Comments on: The Magic School Bus: Bustin' Through

By: Boom-cha

Boom-cha — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 19:09:38 +0000

You guys fail to grasp the use of “realism” in certain context. He may use a realistic setting for a super hero movie, but not one for an action movie.
I’m just going to mention 2 recent action movie receiving the Academy Awards and their subsequent realistic issues: The Departed and No Country for Old Men.
First one, the undercover police agent (played by DiCaprio) would never had the chance of joining the ranks of that mob. And the second one – the final scene. He survives a friggin car crash and walks away, albeit very slow and under lots of pain.
And those two weren’t even showcased as potential blockbusters, especially the second one.
Heck, even 2001: A space odyssey (one of the most realistic movies in existence, even to the point of showcasing the realistic boringness of human life) portrays humans like a dolls, in a totally unrealistic way.
If realistic is only portrayed on certain elements, it doesn’t make it less realistic. The stuff from TDK are highly improbable BUT still possible in real life, even if by luck. As compared to being a mutated organism with super-powers.

By: Earlofthercs

Earlofthercs — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 03:55:59 +0000

I think everyone (including Nolan) should read the essays on realism in literature by Nabakov (the dude who wrote `Lolita’. He basically concluded that it doesnt matter so much if the world of a story (be it a book, film, comic, folk tale) is `realistic’ in terms of being similar to our understanding of our reality, but only that the story be true to its own inherent `realism’. Very salient.

By: High C

High C — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:14:14 +0000

Yeah, but Nolan keeps telling us how ‘realistic’ it is. The author’s point here is that the movie is realistic when the director/writers want it to be, and unrealistic when they want it to be.
That’s not a coherent movie.

By: Chelsea

Chelsea — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 04:52:24 +0000

it’s because it is based on a fictional comic book, dumbass. its not supposed to be real.

By: Hottoyzjoker

Hottoyzjoker — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 22:43:38 +0000

This is the biggest piece of bullshit website I every seen and you sir the maker of it are a asshole Dark Knight is a masterpiece something youll never make so you feel the need to rip anthor one… Heath is god and the Joker two things you will also never be… So stop making up shit you jerk… Ledger took the Oscar because of his acting dumbass the rest of the roles in best supporting actor this year where ones that put you to sleep… I guess you perfer shitty actors over real talent??? I could keep going on like this forever…

By: Earlofthercs

Earlofthercs — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 00:10:09 +0000

I’ve seen a truck crash through the side of a brick building (an insurance office ironically enough!) and pull back out ok with minimal damage if that makes any difference to you.

And the bystanders looked pretty shocked to me.

But yeah, unless ALL the other bus drivers were on the Joker’s payroll, someone would have called it in and pointed out which bus was the dodgy one, I’ll grant you.

By: Kwb

Kwb — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 18:21:46 +0000

What gets me is that people keep using the excuse that The Joker was ‘in on it’. Well bloody hell of course he was, but how the hell did a BANK, you know one of those things that keeps all your MONEY, not get the slightest of looks when a huge YELLOW BUS was stiking out of the side after being what could be considered a self projected missile.
If that bus had taken off in the caravan of buses, but with people looking somewhat disturbed, no issue, but there was no reaction whatso ever. And the excuse that it’s fiction is also bollocks. Stop finding excuses, it was a shit bit of the film.

By: High C

High C — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 19:01:13 +0000

Even Chief O’Hara from the old 1960s show might have said, ‘Begorrah, that school bus looks a wee bit suspicious.

By: Alex Sahounov

Alex Sahounov — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:24:26 +0000

I agree that this was one of the biggest jumps of logic in the film. It’s one thing to have a school bus crash through the wall (making bystanders call the police), but it’s quite another to drive that same vehicle out into traffic (into a line of other school buses, no less) and expect that no one will notice the vehicle leaving. The bus still had smoke trailing off it as it pulled in front of the bus behind him. Maybe that bus driver was just stupid.

By: roger

roger — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 01:50:02 +0000

music video plot and continuity
but it matters not
if it had wings it would fly
it has no wings
no heart
no soul
just an amusement
woo-wee
as i said before
wonder what chan-wook park might’ve done
maybe nothing based on what’s going on with spike jonze’s
where the wild things are
apparently warner brothers is now disney dark
corporate american at its’ best
getting rich off an appeal to the lowest common demoninator