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Hollywood Sees Worst Memorial Day Weekend Takings -- Excluding 2020, When Most Theaters Were Shut Down Due to the Fauci-Funded Pandemic -- In Nearly Thirty Years
The Mad-Max-but-without-Mad-Max sequel Furiosa just barely edged out the nth reboot of Garfield to take the box office prize -- but it was no prize at all. It was the weakest Memorial Day opening since Casper in 1995.
[I]t's the worst Memorial Day weekend in nearly three decades -- excluding 2020 when theaters were entirely closed due to COVID. Box office comparisons to the same holiday weekend in 2023 are particularly tough -- down by nearly 36% -- given that Disney's "The Little Mermaid" remake took the crown with $118 million, one of the best debuts for the holiday. Overall, this Memorial Day stretch adds to Hollywood's summer woes as ticket sales remain 22% behind 2023 and a concerning 41% behind 2019, according to Comscore. It's a particularly disappointing showing for "Furiosa," the fifth entry in director George Miller's post-apocalyptic "Mad Max" series. The R-rated film, which stars Anya Taylor-Joy and Chris Hemsworth, was expected to lead with $40 million to $45 million over the holiday stretch. And even that wouldn't have been a stellar start given the film's $168 million price tag. Globally, "Furiosa" has earned $65 million. At this rate, it'll struggle to live up to the franchise's previous entry, 2015's "Mad Max: Fury Road," starring Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron, which opened to $45 million (not during a holiday weekend) and ultimately grossed a modest $380 million globally. Despite great reviews, analysts believe that "Furiosa" faltered because prequels rarely do as well as direct sequels, especially when they don't have the original stars. And this action epic failed to expand beyond its core demographic of older male moviegoers. For "Garfield," which cost $60 million, it's a decent start for a family film while arriving on the lower end of projections of $30 million to $35 million. The movie has already generated $66.3 million overseas and $91.1 million globally, so it's well positioned in its theatrical run. Chris Pratt voices the titular cat who hates Mondays and loves lasagna in "The Garfield Movie," which was financed and produced by Alcon Entertainment.This is all actually worse than reported, because none of these box-office figures are inflation-adjusted. That is, tickets cost more now due to simple inflation, and we're comparing 1995 dollars to today's dollars without boosting the older dollars to reflect their greater worth. The media is trying to cope with the public's rejection of the media.
Heading into Memorial Day weekend, it was already expected that the box office would see the lowest totals from this holiday since the turn of the century. The final results have fallen even below that. The No. 1 film for this weekend, "Furiosa," made just $32 million over the four-day period, making it the lowest No. 1 Memorial Day release since 1995, when the family film "Casper" opened to $22 million before inflation adjustment. Box office analysis company Nash Information Systems, operator of The Numbers, had projected a $160 million 4-day total prior to the start of the weekend. That would have been enough to make it the lowest Memorial Day weekend since at least 1999. But the final total has clocked in at $128 million, down 37% from last year and the lowest in 26 years. This dramatic a low could suggest a real tipping point for the theatrical movie business. What are the implications for the future of a theatrical business when Memorial Day, with well-reviewed movies, hit a 26-year low? And having chosen to embrace streaming while producing movies for theaters, what changes might studios need to make to adjust to the new reality?Maybe people just aren't going to theaters any longer, and will wait to see movies at home. Both The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare and The Fall Guy are already available on Video on Demand, albeit at too-high prices, $20 to rent, $25 to buy. (I'll have to wait a few months before the prices come down to a more reasonable level, like $15 to buy.) This is terrible for Hollywood -- and it's just going to get worse and worse, because they have very few movies ready for the next year, due to the actors' and writers' strikes. There is going to be an enormous collapse of movie theaters. One quarter, one third, who knows how many theaters will be shut down over the next year. Did the public tune out of Furiosa because we're just sick of Girl Bosses? Maybe. Girl Boss movies are no longer a gimmick, they're now the rule, and we're all pretty tired of them. Did people just stay away because -- well, who cares about Furiosa, anyway? I was disappointed with Fury Road because Mad Max was very decidedly a co-star or second banana. I'm not really into the "Mad Max extended universe" -- I'm a fan of the character. (And the car.) This movie jettisons Max completely. Reviewers I trust say that Furiosa is a pretty good movie (though not as good as Fury Road) and has good action. But maybe people are just sick of female-led action movies, period. Even if you don't object to the obvious pandering feminist politics-- the female badass action hero is now a huge cliche. What else ya got? And let me be like the millionth person to ask this -- if "Muh Representation" is so, so important in a customer's decision whether or not to consume a particular piece of media, then where, may I ask, is the representation for the men in what are traditionally movies for men?
On the other hand, The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, which I heard was okay if a bit disappointing, and The Fall Guy, which I heard was silly but a lot of fun, also both bombed. (The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare might partly be a victim of the anti-Girlboss sentiment, because I've heard that about half the movie follows a female spy and her black partner, who are in a different storyline the male-heavy, action-heavy storyline promised in the advertisements.) An even worse scenario for Hollywood is if this isn't about a public sick of the endless parade of masculine girlbosses. At least if the problem is girlbosses, Hollywood could, theoretically, stop making every male franchise into a female one. (Though if they were capable of making such a change, you'd think they'd have done so in 2018, after The Last Jedi.) At least they could fix that. If they wanted. Which they don't want. But maybe this has less to do with Girl Boss heroines, and more with the fact that Gen Z just doesn't seem to want to go to any movies at all. They just want to watch TikTok and Youtube. And of course Hollywood's primary audience for 60 or 80 years have been young people aged 15 to 29. Hollywood (and every other entertainment industry) has been chasing them hard, believing, insanely, that young people just want to see entertainment with extremist leftwing politics and lots of gays and transgenders. But that's not working. (Obviously.) It could just be that this audience is all-but-unreachable, and Hollywood needs to start playing more to older audiences. Which is a much smaller audience -- older people don't like going to theaters, either -- but at least they'll show up for big movies on occasion. How can Hollywood continue if young people just aren't interested in theatrically-exhibited movies any longer? It probably can't. Not without a dramatic downsizing. Movie theaters saw audiences abandoning them, and started upgrading their theaters. A lot of theaters now have reclining chairs that let you lay nearly completely flat, like you're watching a movie from your bed at home. And that was a nice, though late, investment. But that won't help if no one feels like seeing movies in a theater. Plus, all of these theaters certainly went into longterm debt to install all of these pricey motor-driven Lay-Z-Boys. I don't see how the theaters can survive, except as a niche, nostalgia-based thing. Below, Midnight's Edge discusses the probably-doomed Furiosa film. You won't be surprised to find out this film was greenlighted by the same female executive who had the Galaxy-Brained idea to get rid of the main male DC heroes -- Batman and Superman -- and replace them with their female derivative characters, Batgirl and Supergirl. George Miller, by the way, had been working on Mad Max scripts which actually -- get this! -- featured Mad Max as the main character. But this is the one she greenlighted.
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Burn, hollyweird, burn
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at May 28, 2024 04:30 PM (JMAcK)
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It's funny.
They have EASY winning formulas for a hit movie.
But those formulas are WRONGFUN, so they refuse to make them.
Because THE MESSAGE and THE CAUSE is more important than anything else.
They have EASY winning formulas for a hit movie.
But those formulas are WRONGFUN, so they refuse to make them.
Because THE MESSAGE and THE CAUSE is more important than anything else.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at May 28, 2024 04:31 PM (JMAcK)
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last
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 28, 2024 04:32 PM (GBKbO)
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New movie starring Robert Di Niro Raging Billshitter
Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn it! at May 28, 2024 04:32 PM (ULrwp)
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i was pretty shocked to see The Fall Guy already on POV.
Posted by: ace at May 28, 2024 04:33 PM (KRtlO)
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Willowed:
If a judge does something that violates someone's rights the committee can investigate and recommend removal by the NYS legislature.
Have you ever been to a meeting of the New York legislature? They all talk very fast and very loud and nobody listens to anyone and as a result. . .nothing ever gets done.
I beg the Congress' pardon.
If a judge does something that violates someone's rights the committee can investigate and recommend removal by the NYS legislature.
Have you ever been to a meeting of the New York legislature? They all talk very fast and very loud and nobody listens to anyone and as a result. . .nothing ever gets done.
I beg the Congress' pardon.
Posted by: Zombie Lewis Morris at May 28, 2024 04:33 PM (Q0kLU)
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Esteemed Trump-Ho and Searcher of Wagshambas at May 28, 2024 04:34 PM (VTu1l)
Posted by: Axeman at May 28, 2024 04:34 PM (krQz2)
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There is something wrong with the people. It couldn't be what Hollywood is putting out.
Posted by: jwest at May 28, 2024 04:34 PM (VP9ao)
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Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning also flopped (or at least disappointed) last year, and that was a pretty decent movie.
Posted by: ace at May 28, 2024 04:35 PM (KRtlO)
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New movie starring Robert Di Niro Raging Billshitter
Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn it! at May 28, 2024 04:32 PM
If DeNiro is, in real life, filmed being beaten into a greasy smear on the pavement, I might consider seeing it.
Nah...I'll wait until it streams.
Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn it! at May 28, 2024 04:32 PM
If DeNiro is, in real life, filmed being beaten into a greasy smear on the pavement, I might consider seeing it.
Nah...I'll wait until it streams.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 28, 2024 04:35 PM (OoH/c)
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I saw Furiosa and I liked it. Not as good as Fury Road, but I also didn't sense any blatantly Currey Year feminist BS inserted into an apocalyptic setting where it would get women killed at best. No stupidly overpowered Mary Sue crap either.
My theory is that the intended audience saw the marketing, went "great, another man-hating girlboss flick," and didn't bother. Which is a shame because this was a good (not great) time at the movies.
My theory is that the intended audience saw the marketing, went "great, another man-hating girlboss flick," and didn't bother. Which is a shame because this was a good (not great) time at the movies.
Posted by: MrUNIVAC at May 28, 2024 04:35 PM (1nB7o)
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The ta-dum network has a pretty funny series starring the stand up comic Shane. It is called "Tires".
Posted by: gourmand du jour at May 28, 2024 04:35 PM (MeG8a)
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Dune 2 made $700 million just this year.
I think the whole, "Theaters are dying thing" is overblown.
We are WELL past movies being THE media. It's arguable that it hasn't been THE media since the 50s.
I think it's just further acceptance of the fact that movie theaters are simply not nearly as important as they used to be, that "event movies" are actually more rare than movie studios want them to be, and that being trapped in a decaying culture means that you are just along for the ride (the decaying culture is the girlboss thing).
I think the whole, "Theaters are dying thing" is overblown.
We are WELL past movies being THE media. It's arguable that it hasn't been THE media since the 50s.
I think it's just further acceptance of the fact that movie theaters are simply not nearly as important as they used to be, that "event movies" are actually more rare than movie studios want them to be, and that being trapped in a decaying culture means that you are just along for the ride (the decaying culture is the girlboss thing).
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 28, 2024 04:36 PM (GBKbO)
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The neanderthal audiences just aren't good enough for our wokefest. We need better audiences.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at May 28, 2024 04:36 PM (lTGtQ)
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That happens when you go woke.
Posted by: Gmac - WTF did you think was going to happen? at May 28, 2024 04:36 PM (qZdIZ)
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6 i was pretty shocked to see The Fall Guy already on POV.
Posted by: ace at May 28, 2024 04:33 PM (KRtlO)
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Yeah, it was weirdly fast.
Posted by: ace at May 28, 2024 04:33 PM (KRtlO)
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Yeah, it was weirdly fast.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 28, 2024 04:36 PM (GBKbO)
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I saw 'IF' with my kids this past weekend . . . matinee on Saturday, and the theater was pretty sparsely populated. FWIW, I like 'IF', it was sweet and enjoyable, and didn't seem to be cramming any of the usual 'the message' (copyright the critical drinker) bullshit in
Posted by: bored383 at May 28, 2024 04:36 PM (4Kzkx)
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I'm a fan of the character. (And the car.)
Chevy, Cadillac and Dodge will all sell you a supercharged V8.
Blowers really are the ducks guts.
Chevy, Cadillac and Dodge will all sell you a supercharged V8.
Blowers really are the ducks guts.
Posted by: DaveA at May 28, 2024 04:37 PM (PMJuY)
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>>>Dune 2 made $700 million just this year.
I think the whole, "Theaters are dying thing" is overblown.
Theaters can't survive on a few of moderately big hits here and there.
I think the whole, "Theaters are dying thing" is overblown.
Theaters can't survive on a few of moderately big hits here and there.
Posted by: ace at May 28, 2024 04:37 PM (KRtlO)
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The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
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Isnt that the movie that has that fuckfaced bipolar schizo fuckhole twink who calls himself a Christian that starred in the Amazon show Reacher?
Pass
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Isnt that the movie that has that fuckfaced bipolar schizo fuckhole twink who calls himself a Christian that starred in the Amazon show Reacher?
Pass
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Esteemed Trump-Ho and Searcher of Wagshambas at May 28, 2024 04:37 PM (VTu1l)
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Good for them! I wish them this sort of continued success.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 28, 2024 04:37 PM (QNSds)
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Movie theaters saw audiences abandoning them, and started upgrading their theaters. A lot of theaters now have reclining chairs that let you lay nearly completely flat, like you're watching a movie from your bed at home.
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But if you watch a movie from home you don't get the sticky floor where someone slopped their Coke. Or the people playing with their phones during the movie.
I was at a Padres game where my buddy and I had great seats ($) right behind home plate. The woman to my left continuously played with her phone.
Finally I leaned over to ask her if she could the ball game on that thing.
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But if you watch a movie from home you don't get the sticky floor where someone slopped their Coke. Or the people playing with their phones during the movie.
I was at a Padres game where my buddy and I had great seats ($) right behind home plate. The woman to my left continuously played with her phone.
Finally I leaned over to ask her if she could the ball game on that thing.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at May 28, 2024 04:37 PM (YqDXo)
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sra blaster and I went to see Furiosa the night it opened, Thursday. There were a handful of others in the theater. The movie was good, but I think The Critical Drinker was spot on in his review. It was good. But why?
We also went to see Sight Monday night. If you aren't familiar, it's an Angel Studios film. Nothing blew up. But it was the largest crowd we have seen in a theater in months. Maybe 25-30 people.
We also went to see Sight Monday night. If you aren't familiar, it's an Angel Studios film. Nothing blew up. But it was the largest crowd we have seen in a theater in months. Maybe 25-30 people.
Posted by: blaster at May 28, 2024 04:37 PM (xhfG9)
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Tl;dr - have they at least blamed this on the strikes last year?
Posted by: Lizzy at May 28, 2024 04:37 PM (Hkcdp)
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The collapse of the entire entertainment industry would heal the world.
Posted by: DaisyB at May 28, 2024 04:37 PM (AbL8c)
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The Mad-Max-but-without-Mad-Max sequel Furiosa just barely edged out the nth reboot of Garfield to take the box office prize -- but it was no prize at all. It was the weakest Memorial Day opening since Casper in 1995.
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Ouch. Super ouch.
Average ticket price 1995: $4.35
Average ticket price today: $10.78
% Change: +248%
So it was *way* weaker than 1995.
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Ouch. Super ouch.
Average ticket price 1995: $4.35
Average ticket price today: $10.78
% Change: +248%
So it was *way* weaker than 1995.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 28, 2024 04:37 PM (d04cU)
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GET the ball game on that thing.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at May 28, 2024 04:37 PM (YqDXo)
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21 >>>Dune 2 made $700 million just this year.
I think the whole, "Theaters are dying thing" is overblown.
Theaters can't survive on a few of moderately big hits here and there.
Posted by: ace at May 28, 2024 04:37 PM (KRtlO)
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Every bomb is a problem, but we're going to be getting articles in a few weeks about how theaters are back because of Deadpool and Wolverine and then Inside Out 2.
I think the whole, "Theaters are dying thing" is overblown.
Theaters can't survive on a few of moderately big hits here and there.
Posted by: ace at May 28, 2024 04:37 PM (KRtlO)
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Every bomb is a problem, but we're going to be getting articles in a few weeks about how theaters are back because of Deadpool and Wolverine and then Inside Out 2.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 28, 2024 04:37 PM (GBKbO)
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That comment about closing theaters reminded me of these guys:
https://fathomevents.com/events/
I've been to a couple of their shows over the past five or so years, and it's nice to watch an old favorite on the big screen.
https://fathomevents.com/events/
I've been to a couple of their shows over the past five or so years, and it's nice to watch an old favorite on the big screen.
Posted by: biteme at May 28, 2024 04:38 PM (xWS9V)
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I want to go see "Sight" the movie about the eye surgeon originally from China. It is made by Angel Studios which has made some fine recent films:
https://tinyurl.com/varbxd6n
https://tinyurl.com/varbxd6n
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 28, 2024 04:38 PM (XkYcA)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 28, 2024 04:38 PM (cOq4q)
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Maybe this is why Bobby D was out shooting his mouth off in NY today.
PS: Trump supports former Navy Seal John McGuire in VA, tells Bob Good to eat his ass.
PS: Trump supports former Navy Seal John McGuire in VA, tells Bob Good to eat his ass.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 28, 2024 04:38 PM (aFNOf)
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This is all actually worse than reported, because none of these box-office figures are inflation-adjusted. That is, tickets cost more now due to simple inflation, and we're comparing 1995 dollars to today's dollars without boosting the older dollars to reflect their greater worth.
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Neither inflation-adjusted *or* audience-adjusted. Since movies are ticketed individually, audience adjustments are easy, and make a better basis for comparison than CPI inflation.
The butts-in-seats numbers are way, way, way, WAY down.
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Neither inflation-adjusted *or* audience-adjusted. Since movies are ticketed individually, audience adjustments are easy, and make a better basis for comparison than CPI inflation.
The butts-in-seats numbers are way, way, way, WAY down.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 28, 2024 04:38 PM (d04cU)
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Sorry I'm late, I missed the nood call
Posted by: Skip at May 28, 2024 04:38 PM (fwDg9)
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at May 28, 2024 04:38 PM (od9zZ)
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With Hollywood tanking , the Weinstein's of the movie industry are going to be spooging all over ferns, not would be actresses. The end of an era
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 28, 2024 04:38 PM (wu1+q)
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There was a good John Wayne movie Marathon on GRIT tv this weekend.
Why would I want to go to the movie theater and watch bullshit?
There was a good John Wayne movie Marathon on GRIT tv this weekend.
Why would I want to go to the movie theater and watch bullshit?
Posted by: Law professor Obama at May 28, 2024 04:39 PM (+oR7L)
Posted by: Lizzy at May 28, 2024 04:39 PM (Hkcdp)
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There is going to be an enormous collapse of movie theaters. One quarter, one third, who knows how many theaters will be shut down over the next year.
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Yup. I suspect the boutique and luxury theaters will survive. The rest might not.
Between Hollywood's shit product and other disincentives, well, ...
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Yup. I suspect the boutique and luxury theaters will survive. The rest might not.
Between Hollywood's shit product and other disincentives, well, ...
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 28, 2024 04:39 PM (d04cU)
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Awwww. Oh well, anyway...
Posted by: fd at May 28, 2024 04:39 PM (vFG9F)
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Hell, Mad Max Fury Road just made about $150 million US in its release.
Spending nearly $200 million on a prequel was just...a curious move on the part of the studio.
Spending nearly $200 million on a prequel was just...a curious move on the part of the studio.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 28, 2024 04:39 PM (GBKbO)
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But maybe this has less to do with Girl Boss heroines, and more with the fact that Gen Z just doesn't seem to want to go to any movies at all. They just want to watch TikTok and Youtube.
I think you're on to something here. Gen Z is used to having total control over what they watch. They graze at YT or TT, maybe watch a few seconds, maybe a minute, then it's off to something else. A movie is an investment of about 2 hours, and I suspect many yoots these days just don't have that long an attention span, and regardless, want total control.
I think you're on to something here. Gen Z is used to having total control over what they watch. They graze at YT or TT, maybe watch a few seconds, maybe a minute, then it's off to something else. A movie is an investment of about 2 hours, and I suspect many yoots these days just don't have that long an attention span, and regardless, want total control.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 28, 2024 04:39 PM (xCA6C)
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I'm just looking to see if there are any 40 year anniversary movies being played. I think the original Terminator was in 1984.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at May 28, 2024 04:40 PM (2fIO4)
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16 The neanderthal audiences just aren't good enough for our wokefest. We need better audiences.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at May 28, 2024 04:36 PM (lTGtQ)
How can they teach us uneducated hillbillies to appreciate art? It's hard to concentrate on diversity and equity when we're busy fucking our sisters.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at May 28, 2024 04:36 PM (lTGtQ)
How can they teach us uneducated hillbillies to appreciate art? It's hard to concentrate on diversity and equity when we're busy fucking our sisters.
Posted by: jwest at May 28, 2024 04:40 PM (VP9ao)
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And let me be like the millionth person to ask this -- if "Muh Representation" is so, so important in a customer's decision whether or not to consume a particular piece of media, then where, may I ask, is the representation for the men in what are traditionally movies for men?
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Allyship is your duty, Ace. You got all of your representation for all of history thanks to the patriarchy. We have to correct the historical wrong, and it's incumbent upon *you* to make it work by giving that correction your unwavering support.
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Allyship is your duty, Ace. You got all of your representation for all of history thanks to the patriarchy. We have to correct the historical wrong, and it's incumbent upon *you* to make it work by giving that correction your unwavering support.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 28, 2024 04:40 PM (d04cU)
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44 I'm just looking to see if there are any 40 year anniversary movies being played. I think the original Terminator was in 1984.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at May 28, 2024 04:40 PM (2fIO4)
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Logan's Run is 50 this year.
We need a girlboss reboot of Logan's Run!
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at May 28, 2024 04:40 PM (2fIO4)
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Logan's Run is 50 this year.
We need a girlboss reboot of Logan's Run!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 28, 2024 04:40 PM (GBKbO)
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"And of course Hollywood's primary audience for 60 or 80 years have been young people aged 15 to 29."
By chance, I noticed a thread (twitter? I think?) about the lack of nightlife for middle-aged people.
50 75 years ago, middle-aged people went out on the town. Dinner, dancing, drinking, (GASP) smoking, etc...
Now, "nightlife" stops at 30.
It's very simple why- all the "nightlife" is designed for young people. It's VERY LOUD, very dark, and designed for "hooking up" after.
The old "nightlife" was well-light, with music for dancing that doesn't overpower conversations at the tables for sitting and drinking, designed for talking with spouses and friends and enjoying time together.
Movies that are escapism are fun, but clearly cost a LOOOOOT of money to make.
Maybe try some serious drama, with elevated themes and lower prices to entice serious adults.
NAAAAH, that's crazy talk.
By chance, I noticed a thread (twitter? I think?) about the lack of nightlife for middle-aged people.
Now, "nightlife" stops at 30.
It's very simple why- all the "nightlife" is designed for young people. It's VERY LOUD, very dark, and designed for "hooking up" after.
The old "nightlife" was well-light, with music for dancing that doesn't overpower conversations at the tables for sitting and drinking, designed for talking with spouses and friends and enjoying time together.
Movies that are escapism are fun, but clearly cost a LOOOOOT of money to make.
Maybe try some serious drama, with elevated themes and lower prices to entice serious adults.
NAAAAH, that's crazy talk.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at May 28, 2024 04:40 PM (JMAcK)
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Dune became available for streaming this past weekend. One of the only films I would have seen in a tjeo
Posted by: Lizzy at May 28, 2024 04:40 PM (Hkcdp)
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Every article leaves with the hope that the upcoming Despicable Me sequel and Deadpool & Wolverine might "save the summer."
Despicable Me, okay, that's a kids' movie, I can see that defying the trend.
They're hoping Despicable Me 4 will be a cash cow? Other than the first three Despicable Me movies, there's also two Minions movies that are basically the same. So it's number six in the series. Maybe it'll make money, but I'm guessing it's a dead horse.
Despicable Me, okay, that's a kids' movie, I can see that defying the trend.
They're hoping Despicable Me 4 will be a cash cow? Other than the first three Despicable Me movies, there's also two Minions movies that are basically the same. So it's number six in the series. Maybe it'll make money, but I'm guessing it's a dead horse.
Posted by: bonhomme at May 28, 2024 04:40 PM (Odg76)
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I last went to the theaters so I could enjoy 3D iMax while anxiously awaiting the return of Star Wars with The Force Awakens
haven't been back sense, and that was 7 years ago
Girlboss Mary Sue killed my theater mojo
haven't been back sense, and that was 7 years ago
Girlboss Mary Sue killed my theater mojo
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Esteemed Trump-Ho and Searcher of Wagshambas at May 28, 2024 04:40 PM (VTu1l)
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When one can put a 75" High Def screen on the wall with a killer sound system, it sort of makes the theater experience irrelevant.
Not only that, one doesn't have to worry about the who what and when of the previous seat occupant.
Not to mention it's become pretty easy to copy a DVD to a movie server so all entertainment is on demand at home.
Not only that, one doesn't have to worry about the who what and when of the previous seat occupant.
Not to mention it's become pretty easy to copy a DVD to a movie server so all entertainment is on demand at home.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at May 28, 2024 04:41 PM (tT6L1)
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The biggest problem with theaters is they are full of people.
The biggest problem with theaters is they are full of people.
Posted by: Frank Barone at May 28, 2024 04:41 PM (+oR7L)
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A movie is an investment of about 2 hours, and I suspect many yoots these days just don't have that long an attention span, and regardless, want total control.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 28, 2024 04:39 PM (xCA6C)
Too many filmmakers have moved into the 2.5 - 3 hour territory, because its an important film!
Posted by: Archimedes at May 28, 2024 04:39 PM (xCA6C)
Too many filmmakers have moved into the 2.5 - 3 hour territory, because its an important film!
Posted by: blaster at May 28, 2024 04:41 PM (xhfG9)
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Movies are very much a luxury now. Prices are sky high, the days of a teenagers flocking to a movie are therefore over. So are couples going to the movies to make out (or even watch the movie).
Now you have to put out something that people really want to see, an event, to make them shell out $20 each + concessions food.
Movies are no longer mass, they're niche.
Now you have to put out something that people really want to see, an event, to make them shell out $20 each + concessions food.
Movies are no longer mass, they're niche.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, PNW MOME June 1st at May 28, 2024 04:41 PM (xcxpd)
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You would think someone somewhere would look at the simple formula of The Mario Bros. Family entertainment, no woke agenda or messaging, and it did well. Shocker.
They should do the Studio Ghibli nights at more theaters. I would go to this, it would be fun to see them on the big screen. I just won’t go to Mobile in a sketchy area for it.
They should do the Studio Ghibli nights at more theaters. I would go to this, it would be fun to see them on the big screen. I just won’t go to Mobile in a sketchy area for it.
Posted by: Piper at May 28, 2024 04:41 PM (d2kuJ)
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@47 Jenny Agutter can girlboss me anytime she wants
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 28, 2024 04:41 PM (wu1+q)
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My stepdaughter saw Garfield, and said it wasn't woke or gay. I'm surprised. I figured Odie would transition to a cat that Garfield buggers and gives feline AIDS, but it's ok because they get Catarvy from Obamacare and recover in time to murder Jon for being white, and then redistribute his lasagna to their alleycat friends.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 28, 2024 04:41 PM (0FoWg)
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Wife and daughter were away so was looking to see if there was a movie I could take my son to.
He's four so everything was a bit too long but I was astonished at how few movies I had actually heard of.
Not that I'm necessarily well plugged in or anything but I had no clue about any of it.
Also, what's with music today?!
He's four so everything was a bit too long but I was astonished at how few movies I had actually heard of.
Not that I'm necessarily well plugged in or anything but I had no clue about any of it.
Also, what's with music today?!
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at May 28, 2024 04:41 PM (KbCG3)
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While executing the warrant on Mar a lago, agents encountered Trump in the residential gym where he was holding a pair of 20lb dumbells. In the ensuing exchange, agents expended 147,598 rounds of small arms ammunition, 1200 tear gas canisters, and 27 tons of conventional explosives. Tragically, 37 agents died in the exchange, and additionally 8 aircraft, including 2 agency F-22s and 6 Blackhawks, and 12 APCs were destroyed. Trump was uninjured in the exchange, and is being held on 37 counts of murder and 488 counts of attempted murder of a federal agent.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at May 28, 2024 04:41 PM (Qn59F)
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50 They're hoping Despicable Me 4 will be a cash cow? Other than the first three Despicable Me movies, there's also two Minions movies that are basically the same. So it's number six in the series. Maybe it'll make money, but I'm guessing it's a dead horse.
Posted by: bonhomme at May 28, 2024 04:40 PM (Odg76)
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The last Minions (with young Gru) made almost a billion.
Those Minion bastards are popular. Universal converted a large section of Universal Studios Orlando into a Minions land.
Posted by: bonhomme at May 28, 2024 04:40 PM (Odg76)
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The last Minions (with young Gru) made almost a billion.
Those Minion bastards are popular. Universal converted a large section of Universal Studios Orlando into a Minions land.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 28, 2024 04:42 PM (GBKbO)
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They don't know how to make movies for people
they make movies for exceptional people.
they make movies for exceptional people.
Posted by: Braenyard at May 28, 2024 04:42 PM (lCWOD)
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I took four people to see The Switch earlier this year. I happen to be an investor in Angel, so I had free tickets. The popcorn and drinks were about $40. If I had purchased tickets, the total would have been $100 easy. I liked the movie, and wanted the group to see it.
I'm not spending $100 for a bad remake with character swaps, and I think most people won't spend that money, period, these days.
Not when they are running up credit cards just to buy groceries.
So, for the industry to keep pushing out garbage is suicide.
I'm not spending $100 for a bad remake with character swaps, and I think most people won't spend that money, period, these days.
Not when they are running up credit cards just to buy groceries.
So, for the industry to keep pushing out garbage is suicide.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at May 28, 2024 04:42 PM (lTGtQ)
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I don't see how the theaters can survive, except as a niche, nostalgia-based thing.
Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 04:30 PM
I think that an aggressive theater owner who builds a following on older movies returning to his screens might do okay. Change it every day, and have lots of kids movies on Saturdays... complete with all-you-can-eat popcorn and soda.
For $20 per kid, mom can drop off the little bastards for four hours while she gets four glasses of chardonnay and a salad.
Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 04:30 PM
I think that an aggressive theater owner who builds a following on older movies returning to his screens might do okay. Change it every day, and have lots of kids movies on Saturdays... complete with all-you-can-eat popcorn and soda.
For $20 per kid, mom can drop off the little bastards for four hours while she gets four glasses of chardonnay and a salad.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 28, 2024 04:42 PM (d9fT1)
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I don't go to theaters to watch movies.
Posted by: Lauren Boebert at May 28, 2024 04:42 PM (aFNOf)
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How can Hollywood continue if young people just aren't interested in theatrically-exhibited movies any longer?
It probably can't. Not without a dramatic downsizing.
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There was a time when that would have been a problem, or at least worthy of consideration.
But after a solid decade of poisoning the well (closer to two decades), I can now merely shrug and say, "nothing of value was lost" if Hollywood goes tits up. There is nothing there worth saving, nothing worthy of any kind of effort to defend.
Hollywood committed suicide. It killed itself. That the corpse has not yet toppled to the earth is beside the point.
It probably can't. Not without a dramatic downsizing.
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There was a time when that would have been a problem, or at least worthy of consideration.
But after a solid decade of poisoning the well (closer to two decades), I can now merely shrug and say, "nothing of value was lost" if Hollywood goes tits up. There is nothing there worth saving, nothing worthy of any kind of effort to defend.
Hollywood committed suicide. It killed itself. That the corpse has not yet toppled to the earth is beside the point.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 28, 2024 04:42 PM (d04cU)
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They made a motion picture of the TV show Fall Guy.
That's all you need to know about modern theater.
They made a motion picture of the TV show Fall Guy.
That's all you need to know about modern theater.
Posted by: Frank Barone at May 28, 2024 04:43 PM (+oR7L)
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Below, Midnight's Edge discusses the probably-doomed Furiosa film. You won't be surprised to find out this film was greenlighted by the same female executive who had the Galaxy-Brained idea to get rid of the main male DC heroes -- Batman and Superman -- and replace them with their female derivative characters, Batgirl and Supergirl.
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Can't be having men taking credit for a woman's work!
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Can't be having men taking credit for a woman's work!
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 28, 2024 04:43 PM (d04cU)
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I think it was like 10 years ago I was reading how the music industry was being driven by teen girls as they had the most disposable income that was being spent on music.
Or, at least, they were the only ones still paying for music.
And so, like all media, they haven't tried to expand the audience as so much cater to the ever shrinking audiences.
To put it another way, we can all name all the popular acts that girls want to see.
But name one band (not country) popular with males ....
Or, at least, they were the only ones still paying for music.
And so, like all media, they haven't tried to expand the audience as so much cater to the ever shrinking audiences.
To put it another way, we can all name all the popular acts that girls want to see.
But name one band (not country) popular with males ....
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 28, 2024 04:43 PM (yTj1y)
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The thing I remember about what made summer movies reliable blockbusters before I turned 29 were the gallons of testosterone pouring off the screen while the protagonist ran in slow motion as the world exploded around him
That was fun, lets bring that back again
That was fun, lets bring that back again
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Esteemed Trump-Ho and Searcher of Wagshambas at May 28, 2024 04:43 PM (VTu1l)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 28, 2024 04:44 PM (xG4kz)
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Every article leaves with the hope that the upcoming Despicable Me sequel and Deadpool & Wolverine might "save the summer."
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They will probably be big. Really big. I dunno if Deadpool can crack a billion (probably not), but it will probably make money.
But two movies people actually go to into large numbers will not "save the summer."
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They will probably be big. Really big. I dunno if Deadpool can crack a billion (probably not), but it will probably make money.
But two movies people actually go to into large numbers will not "save the summer."
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 28, 2024 04:44 PM (d04cU)
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I don't like waiting in lines, crowds, or sitting on my ass quietly doing nothing (including watching a movie).
Last movie I saw in theatre was Harry Potter (because kids), before that it was Private Ryan.
I prefer to wait until the come out in Redbox.... haven't rented one of those since Kung Flu Freakout Wake Revolution either.
Maybe I just don't like movies all that much.
Last movie I saw in theatre was Harry Potter (because kids), before that it was Private Ryan.
I prefer to wait until the come out in Redbox.... haven't rented one of those since Kung Flu Freakout Wake Revolution either.
Maybe I just don't like movies all that much.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 28, 2024 04:44 PM (cOq4q)
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> Blowers really are the ducks guts.
*tries to act as if he knows if this is a good or a bad thing*
*tries to act as if he knows if this is a good or a bad thing*
Posted by: bonhomme at May 28, 2024 04:44 PM (Odg76)
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Gen Z just doesn't seem to want to go to any movies at all.
They have jiggly blondes in tight tops at their fingertips. It's a whole new world.
They have jiggly blondes in tight tops at their fingertips. It's a whole new world.
Posted by: spindrift at May 28, 2024 04:45 PM (OguvZ)
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Also, my little podunk theater has a kiosk to buy tickets. No one sits in the booth with the windows anymore, they are empty. You can also preorder your food from it and just go pick it up.
Posted by: Piper at May 28, 2024 04:45 PM (d2kuJ)
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And so, like all media, they haven't tried to expand the audience as so much cater to the ever shrinking audiences.
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By repackaging the same fucking music over and over again
So much it even has a name: The Millennial Whoop
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By repackaging the same fucking music over and over again
So much it even has a name: The Millennial Whoop
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Esteemed Trump-Ho and Searcher of Wagshambas at May 28, 2024 04:45 PM (VTu1l)
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I've been to a couple of their shows over the past five or so years, and it's nice to watch an old favorite on the big screen.
Posted by: biteme at May 28, 2024 04:38 PM (xWS9V)
Just bought my tickets to all three Lord of the Rings movies, starting on June 8th. Once I see Return of the King on June 10th, I can say with absolute certainty that that occasion will be the last time I sit in a movie theater. I haven't been in years and after this, I won't be back.
Posted by: biteme at May 28, 2024 04:38 PM (xWS9V)
Just bought my tickets to all three Lord of the Rings movies, starting on June 8th. Once I see Return of the King on June 10th, I can say with absolute certainty that that occasion will be the last time I sit in a movie theater. I haven't been in years and after this, I won't be back.
Posted by: hobbitopoly at May 28, 2024 04:45 PM (XPM1I)
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Every vehicle in the first Mad Max movies looked like it was made from junk. That was cool.
The stuff now looks like it was made from pixels. Not cool.
The stuff now looks like it was made from pixels. Not cool.
Posted by: huerfano at May 28, 2024 04:45 PM (VGOMa)
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50 Every article leaves with the hope that the upcoming Despicable Me sequel and Deadpool & Wolverine might "save the summer."
Despicable Me, okay, that's a kids' movie, I can see that defying the trend.
They're hoping Despicable Me 4 will be a cash cow? Other than the first three Despicable Me movies, there's also two Minions movies that are basically the same. So it's number six in the series. Maybe it'll make money, but I'm guessing it's a dead horse.
Posted by: bonhomme at May 28, 2024 04:40 PM (Odg76)
All I can say is that my kids are dying to see it.
Despicable Me, okay, that's a kids' movie, I can see that defying the trend.
They're hoping Despicable Me 4 will be a cash cow? Other than the first three Despicable Me movies, there's also two Minions movies that are basically the same. So it's number six in the series. Maybe it'll make money, but I'm guessing it's a dead horse.
Posted by: bonhomme at May 28, 2024 04:40 PM (Odg76)
All I can say is that my kids are dying to see it.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at May 28, 2024 04:45 PM (KbCG3)
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So many franchises have this happen.
"OK, here's a beloved intellectual property. We are sitting on a platinum mine. Do you understand me?"
"Yes, yes! This will be great."
"Good. Now what are you going to do?"
"I'm gonna wokeify the shit out of this!"
"NO! That's the one thing you shouldn't do. Why would you do this?"
"Because we can make it so much better! OK, a palette swap here, a gender swap here. This one can be a they them and everyone is gay! We'll be rich!"
"OK, here's a beloved intellectual property. We are sitting on a platinum mine. Do you understand me?"
"Yes, yes! This will be great."
"Good. Now what are you going to do?"
"I'm gonna wokeify the shit out of this!"
"NO! That's the one thing you shouldn't do. Why would you do this?"
"Because we can make it so much better! OK, a palette swap here, a gender swap here. This one can be a they them and everyone is gay! We'll be rich!"
Posted by: NR Pax at May 28, 2024 04:45 PM (lXCUP)
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They made a motion picture of the TV show Fall Guy.
That's all you need to know about modern theater.
Posted by: Frank Barone at May 28, 2024 04:43 PM (+oR7L)
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Not the first time.
That's all you need to know about modern theater.
Posted by: Frank Barone at May 28, 2024 04:43 PM (+oR7L)
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Not the first time.
Posted by: Charlie's Angels at May 28, 2024 04:45 PM (G0vdT)
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Actually the chain AMC bailed out of a big local theater and the prices now are quite reasonable last time I went there.
Posted by: Skip at May 28, 2024 04:46 PM (fwDg9)
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... "Because we can make it so much better! OK, a palette swap here, a gender swap here. This one can be a they them and everyone is gay! We'll be rich!"
Posted by: NR Pax at May 28, 2024 04:45 PM (lXCUP)
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Sort of. It's more along the lines of "we can do all this, push our message, and *remain* rich and relevant because the brand is invulnerable."
The brand isn't invincible, though. Sorry.
Posted by: NR Pax at May 28, 2024 04:45 PM (lXCUP)
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Sort of. It's more along the lines of "we can do all this, push our message, and *remain* rich and relevant because the brand is invulnerable."
The brand isn't invincible, though. Sorry.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 28, 2024 04:46 PM (d04cU)
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72 They will probably be big. Really big. I dunno if Deadpool can crack a billion (probably not), but it will probably make money.
But two movies people actually go to into large numbers will not "save the summer."
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 28, 2024 04:44 PM (d04cU)
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The numbers on the Deadpool trailer are very high (though...? real? I dunno). The early tracking is real high.
Yeah, I suspect it's going to be the epicenter of a lot of, "Hollywood and the MCU need no course correction! This movie about two buff dudes being action heroes is proof that completely breaks all the rules of the MCU shows that they've done nothing wrong in decades!"
But two movies people actually go to into large numbers will not "save the summer."
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 28, 2024 04:44 PM (d04cU)
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The numbers on the Deadpool trailer are very high (though...? real? I dunno). The early tracking is real high.
Yeah, I suspect it's going to be the epicenter of a lot of, "Hollywood and the MCU need no course correction! This movie about two buff dudes being action heroes is proof that completely breaks all the rules of the MCU shows that they've done nothing wrong in decades!"
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 28, 2024 04:46 PM (GBKbO)
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They made a motion picture of the TV show Fall Guy.
That's all you need to know about modern theater.
Posted by: Frank Barone at May 28, 2024 04:43 PM (+oR7L)
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Not the first time.
Posted by: Charlie's Angels at May 28, 2024 04:45 PM (G0vdT)
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Tell me about it.
That's all you need to know about modern theater.
Posted by: Frank Barone at May 28, 2024 04:43 PM (+oR7L)
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Not the first time.
Posted by: Charlie's Angels at May 28, 2024 04:45 PM (G0vdT)
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Tell me about it.
Posted by: CHiPs at May 28, 2024 04:46 PM (G0vdT)
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Did the public tune out of Furiosa because we're just sick of Girl Bosses? Maybe. Girl Boss movies are no longer a gimmick, they're now the rule, and we're all pretty tired of them.
I don't trust anything put out by Hollywood to not be a woke rainbow nightmare, so I just don't really care, and normally just ignore media (except people like RedLetterMedia, or Disparu dunking on modern crap). I liked Fury Road, and hearing Furiosa is good makes me marginally more interested in seeing it...but "meh". Is it worth going out for 3+ hours and spending a bunch of money, when there are so many other things competing for my attention?
I don't trust anything put out by Hollywood to not be a woke rainbow nightmare, so I just don't really care, and normally just ignore media (except people like RedLetterMedia, or Disparu dunking on modern crap). I liked Fury Road, and hearing Furiosa is good makes me marginally more interested in seeing it...but "meh". Is it worth going out for 3+ hours and spending a bunch of money, when there are so many other things competing for my attention?
Posted by: Moron Analyst at May 28, 2024 04:47 PM (JCZqz)
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Sock Off.
Posted by: WIsRich at May 28, 2024 04:47 PM (G0vdT)
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I can watch a movie at home for far less than what a theater asks. The booze is better and cheaper, the food is more filling, we can pause for bathroom breaks and I have dogs in the living room.
What do they offer me that is better than any of that?
What do they offer me that is better than any of that?
Posted by: NR Pax at May 28, 2024 04:47 PM (lXCUP)
Posted by: The Mod Squad at May 28, 2024 04:47 PM (VTu1l)
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But no industry that seeks to expand its audience by catering to women ever seems to grow, does it? NFL, baseball, movies, TV. Etc.
It reminds me of the idiots on Shark Tank who would come in with their pitch, "x market is a blah blah billion dollar industry."
Like you should be excited to get a small cut of that.
And the sharks would destroy them with, "but what are your sales?"
It reminds me of the idiots on Shark Tank who would come in with their pitch, "x market is a blah blah billion dollar industry."
Like you should be excited to get a small cut of that.
And the sharks would destroy them with, "but what are your sales?"
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 28, 2024 04:48 PM (yTj1y)
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Dune was definitely harmed by the girl- bossing of the female Fremen lead. All she did was scowl and Meg Paul Atraides. Like, why does he keep pledging his love to a woman who is his biggest critic ( to him, she only said she trusted him to others) and reminds him constantly that he is an outsider? Heck, the only way they got her to save Paul after he drank the poison was for his mom to use the special voice that forced her to. Just awfu!
Posted by: Lizzy at May 28, 2024 04:48 PM (Hkcdp)
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The numbers on the Deadpool trailer are very high (though...? real? I dunno). The early tracking is real high.
Yeah, I suspect it's going to be the epicenter of a lot of, "Hollywood and the MCU need no course correction! This movie about two buff dudes being action heroes is proof that completely breaks all the rules of the MCU shows that they've done nothing wrong in decades!"
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 28, 2024 04:46 PM (GBKbO)
Here's my fear: Deadpool and Wolverine are going to fuck. Deadpool 2 was already queerbaiting all over the screen and Disney is DYING for that kind of representation.
I'm-a going to wait for reviews. In the meantime, I just bought Willy's Wonderland to watch at home.
Yeah, I suspect it's going to be the epicenter of a lot of, "Hollywood and the MCU need no course correction! This movie about two buff dudes being action heroes is proof that completely breaks all the rules of the MCU shows that they've done nothing wrong in decades!"
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 28, 2024 04:46 PM (GBKbO)
Here's my fear: Deadpool and Wolverine are going to fuck. Deadpool 2 was already queerbaiting all over the screen and Disney is DYING for that kind of representation.
I'm-a going to wait for reviews. In the meantime, I just bought Willy's Wonderland to watch at home.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, PNW MOME June 1st at May 28, 2024 04:48 PM (xcxpd)
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84 The brand isn't invincible, though. Sorry.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 28, 2024 04:46 PM (d04cU)
They are too stupid to understand that the parts of the brand that they hate so much are what makes it so loved with normal people.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 28, 2024 04:46 PM (d04cU)
They are too stupid to understand that the parts of the brand that they hate so much are what makes it so loved with normal people.
Posted by: NR Pax at May 28, 2024 04:48 PM (lXCUP)
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They should make a movie from comic strip Dondi. Have Rubio be the voice of Dondi.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 28, 2024 04:48 PM (aFNOf)
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Hollywood can rest assured that the new Americans will flock to theaters to see their garbage. If they can't afford it a govt program will be needed for them so everybody has equal access to woke programming.
Posted by: Ripley at May 28, 2024 04:48 PM (JojsZ)
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What do they offer me that is better than any of that?
Posted by: NR Pax at May 28, 2024 04:47 PM (lXCUP)
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Dirty theater seats with gum under the them, dsticky floors and people who don't turn off their cell phone?
What do they offer me that is better than any of that?
Posted by: NR Pax at May 28, 2024 04:47 PM (lXCUP)
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Dirty theater seats with gum under the them, dsticky floors and people who don't turn off their cell phone?
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at May 28, 2024 04:49 PM (tT6L1)
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69 I think it was like 10 years ago I was reading how the music industry was being driven by teen girls as they had the most disposable income that was being spent on music.
Or, at least, they were the only ones still paying for music.
And so, like all media, they haven't tried to expand the audience as so much cater to the ever shrinking audiences.
To put it another way, we can all name all the popular acts that girls want to see.
But name one band (not country) popular with males ....
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 28, 2024 04:43 PM (yTj1y)
Rick Beato talked about this. Think he called it monoculturalism or something like that.
Basically, Taylor Swift is the biggest thing in the world and yet, the vast, vast, vast majority have never heard a single Taylor Swift song. It's just fanaticism from a fanbase that exposes themselves to nothing else.
Or, at least, they were the only ones still paying for music.
And so, like all media, they haven't tried to expand the audience as so much cater to the ever shrinking audiences.
To put it another way, we can all name all the popular acts that girls want to see.
But name one band (not country) popular with males ....
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 28, 2024 04:43 PM (yTj1y)
Rick Beato talked about this. Think he called it monoculturalism or something like that.
Basically, Taylor Swift is the biggest thing in the world and yet, the vast, vast, vast majority have never heard a single Taylor Swift song. It's just fanaticism from a fanbase that exposes themselves to nothing else.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at May 28, 2024 04:49 PM (KbCG3)
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93 Here's my fear: Deadpool and Wolverine are going to fuck. Deadpool 2 was already queerbaiting all over the screen and Disney is DYING for that kind of representation.
I'm-a going to wait for reviews. In the meantime, I just bought Willy's Wonderland to watch at home.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, PNW MOME June 1st at May 28, 2024 04:48 PM (xcxpd)
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I'll probably see it...eventually. I dunno.
I'm about halfway through William Friedkin's work, and there's a surprising amount of gay there. Like...a lot more than I would have expected.
I'm-a going to wait for reviews. In the meantime, I just bought Willy's Wonderland to watch at home.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, PNW MOME June 1st at May 28, 2024 04:48 PM (xcxpd)
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I'll probably see it...eventually. I dunno.
I'm about halfway through William Friedkin's work, and there's a surprising amount of gay there. Like...a lot more than I would have expected.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 28, 2024 04:49 PM (GBKbO)
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Movies and their endless sequels and remakes, plus the COST of going to a movie, is killing the theaters.
Two movie tickets, a box of popcorn, a couple of soft drinks, and you could spend $50.
I remember going on dates with a girl when I was a teen ager and movie nights were like $5-10.
And there's a plethora of movies on Amazon, or Tubi, or whatever, that you can see for free or for a minimal cost. So us cheap old codgers don't usually go out to a movie.
I think the last movie my wife and I went to together was "The Shift", which was another Angel Studios movie, which I liked but she did not particularly....wrong movie for her mood that night.
There has to be a lot of good scripts out there that are just not being made, because all the studios want to hit a big HR with every movie made. And it seems they mostly lay a big goose egg.
Two movie tickets, a box of popcorn, a couple of soft drinks, and you could spend $50.
I remember going on dates with a girl when I was a teen ager and movie nights were like $5-10.
And there's a plethora of movies on Amazon, or Tubi, or whatever, that you can see for free or for a minimal cost. So us cheap old codgers don't usually go out to a movie.
I think the last movie my wife and I went to together was "The Shift", which was another Angel Studios movie, which I liked but she did not particularly....wrong movie for her mood that night.
There has to be a lot of good scripts out there that are just not being made, because all the studios want to hit a big HR with every movie made. And it seems they mostly lay a big goose egg.
Posted by: A face in the crowd..... at May 28, 2024 04:49 PM (vcOmj)
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A movie is an investment of about 2 hours, and I suspect many yoots these days just dson't have that long an attention span, and regardless, want total control.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 28, 2024 04:39 PM (xCA6C)
Too many filmmakers have moved into the 2.5 - 3 hour territory, because its an important film!
Which was one of the problems Critical Drinker cited for Furiosa. At 2.5 hours, it felt bloated and got tiresome.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 28, 2024 04:39 PM (xCA6C)
Too many filmmakers have moved into the 2.5 - 3 hour territory, because its an important film!
Which was one of the problems Critical Drinker cited for Furiosa. At 2.5 hours, it felt bloated and got tiresome.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 28, 2024 04:49 PM (xCA6C)
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Knox Goes Away with Michael Keaton and Al Pacino is about the only movie Ive watched recently that was worth a shit. Keaton is a hitman with an aggressive form of dementia that saves his son that gets in a pinch. Seemed like a stupid premise but they did a good job. Worth the coin to rent if you can find it. I think I payed $6 for it. Viewed it on Amazon.
Ungentlemanly Warfare and Fall Guy were just ok. Do not pay full price for rental.
Ungentlemanly Warfare and Fall Guy were just ok. Do not pay full price for rental.
Posted by: JROD at May 28, 2024 04:49 PM (IlL6s)
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90 Bitch, please
Posted by: The Mod Squad at May 28, 2024 04:47 PM (VTu1l)
21 Jump Street and Baywatch have entered the chat.
Posted by: The Mod Squad at May 28, 2024 04:47 PM (VTu1l)
21 Jump Street and Baywatch have entered the chat.
Posted by: NR Pax at May 28, 2024 04:49 PM (lXCUP)
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Fandango/Vudu had a bundle with Ministry, Gentlemen, and Operation Fortune for $35 all-in, which was just a little too high for me to pull the trigger on without having seen Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare first.
Posted by: Octochicken at May 28, 2024 04:49 PM (oCS0o)
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102 Knox Goes Away with Michael Keaton and Al Pacino is about the only movie Ive watched recently that was worth a shit. Keaton is a hitman with an aggressive form of dementia that saves his son that gets in a pinch. Seemed like a stupid premise but they did a good job. Worth the coin to rent if you can find it. I think I payed $6 for it. Viewed it on Amazon.
Ungentlemanly Warfare and Fall Guy were just ok. Do not pay full price for rental.
Posted by: JROD at May 28, 2024 04:49 PM (IlL6s)
thankee
Ungentlemanly Warfare and Fall Guy were just ok. Do not pay full price for rental.
Posted by: JROD at May 28, 2024 04:49 PM (IlL6s)
thankee
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, PNW MOME June 1st at May 28, 2024 04:50 PM (xcxpd)
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What do they offer me that is better than any of that?
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I think part of it is also that these theaters are often at malls, and rely on mall traffic for part of their revenue as people finish shopping and decide to check in for a movie before going home (at least thats what I did with friends back when teenagers were normal and not soy soaked dickgirls)
How many people shop at the mall these days?
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I think part of it is also that these theaters are often at malls, and rely on mall traffic for part of their revenue as people finish shopping and decide to check in for a movie before going home (at least thats what I did with friends back when teenagers were normal and not soy soaked dickgirls)
How many people shop at the mall these days?
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Esteemed Trump-Ho and Searcher of Wagshambas at May 28, 2024 04:50 PM (VTu1l)
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Basically, Taylor Swift is the biggest thing in the world and yet,
I saw her on an old episode of CSI Las Vegas. She must have been all of 16.
I saw her on an old episode of CSI Las Vegas. She must have been all of 16.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 28, 2024 04:50 PM (aFNOf)
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Does Anya Taylor-Joy shave her head?
Or at least show us her tits?
Or at least show us her tits?
Posted by: wth at May 28, 2024 04:51 PM (v0R5T)
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They are too stupid to understand that the parts of the brand that they hate so much are what makes it so loved with normal people.
Posted by: NR Pax at May 28, 2024 04:48 PM (lXCUP)
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They're savages. As in primitives. They see the brand, see the balance sheet, and think the brand caused the balance sheet. They put stuff out under the brand, and go to sleep assured that the brand will make them rich as they think the brand is what their predecessors rich.
They are cargo cultists, essentially. They have the brand, assume that brand stands alone through its own form of voodoo magic, then proceed to use the brand for their own purposes ("The Message," in this case).
Posted by: NR Pax at May 28, 2024 04:48 PM (lXCUP)
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They're savages. As in primitives. They see the brand, see the balance sheet, and think the brand caused the balance sheet. They put stuff out under the brand, and go to sleep assured that the brand will make them rich as they think the brand is what their predecessors rich.
They are cargo cultists, essentially. They have the brand, assume that brand stands alone through its own form of voodoo magic, then proceed to use the brand for their own purposes ("The Message," in this case).
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 28, 2024 04:51 PM (d04cU)
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Reviewers I trust say that Furiosa is a pretty good movie (though not as good as Fury Road) and has good action.
...not as good as Fury Road...
Hmmm. Fury Road was terrible so Furiosa must be the Worst Movie Ever Made.
...not as good as Fury Road...
Hmmm. Fury Road was terrible so Furiosa must be the Worst Movie Ever Made.
Posted by: Gref at May 28, 2024 04:51 PM (5fDan)
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> All I can say is that my kids are dying to see it.
I guess it's a good thing I'm not a studio executive. Maybe Minions will be a success. I think my son has seen a couple of the movies, but he doesn't seem to know or care about the new feature. He has seen some ads for Inside Out 2 and is pretty excited about that one.
I guess it's a good thing I'm not a studio executive. Maybe Minions will be a success. I think my son has seen a couple of the movies, but he doesn't seem to know or care about the new feature. He has seen some ads for Inside Out 2 and is pretty excited about that one.
Posted by: bonhomme at May 28, 2024 04:51 PM (Odg76)
Posted by: Jay in PA at May 28, 2024 04:51 PM (i7Q7S)
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A movie is an investment of about 2 hours, and I suspect many yoots these days just dson't have that long an attention span, and regardless, want total control.
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I advertise on TikTok, if 15% of our audience watched our videos for more than 6 seconds, that was a LOT.
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I advertise on TikTok, if 15% of our audience watched our videos for more than 6 seconds, that was a LOT.
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Esteemed Trump-Ho and Searcher of Wagshambas at May 28, 2024 04:51 PM (VTu1l)
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I admit I haven't watched a movie at home in months, either streaming or on DVD/Blu-Ray.
Just not interested.
Haven't been to a theater since Rise of Skywalker. I only went to see that because I was curious at just how bad it was going to be compared to The Last Jedi (which I also saw in the theater). Turned out to be worse.
No interest in going back to the theater. I'll fall asleep in those recliners and miss half the movie.
Just not interested.
Haven't been to a theater since Rise of Skywalker. I only went to see that because I was curious at just how bad it was going to be compared to The Last Jedi (which I also saw in the theater). Turned out to be worse.
No interest in going back to the theater. I'll fall asleep in those recliners and miss half the movie.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 28, 2024 04:52 PM (si1C0)
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"Fall Guy" and "Ungentlemanly Warfare" will probably be free on Prime pretty soon.
"The Holdovers" and "American Fiction" were recently available.
"The Holdovers" and "American Fiction" were recently available.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at May 28, 2024 04:52 PM (tT6L1)
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"Because we can make it so much better!
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Ah, the liberal mating cry. They said that about California in 1975. Now look at it.
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Ah, the liberal mating cry. They said that about California in 1975. Now look at it.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at May 28, 2024 04:52 PM (YqDXo)
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I'm about halfway through William Friedkin's work, and there's a surprising amount of gay there. Like...a lot more than I would have expected.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 28, 2024 04:49 PM (GBKbO)
I've been down that road before (all but the Caine Mutiny). He's a great director but yeah...some of his films I don't much care for. 'Cruising' is just one of them.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 28, 2024 04:49 PM (GBKbO)
I've been down that road before (all but the Caine Mutiny). He's a great director but yeah...some of his films I don't much care for. 'Cruising' is just one of them.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, PNW MOME June 1st at May 28, 2024 04:52 PM (xcxpd)
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Dune 2 was one of the very few movies I intended to see in a theater. For a variety of reasons, I never got around to it, so watched it when it was released on Max last week.
It was good, but not THAT good. I'm glad I didn't spend $40 on it for the missus and me. There were times when I felt my attention wandering.
Hey, perhaps I'm Gen Z!
It was good, but not THAT good. I'm glad I didn't spend $40 on it for the missus and me. There were times when I felt my attention wandering.
Hey, perhaps I'm Gen Z!
Posted by: Archimedes at May 28, 2024 04:52 PM (xCA6C)
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114 I admit I haven't watched a movie at home in months, either streaming or on DVD/Blu-Ray.
Just not interested.
Haven't been to a theater since Rise of Skywalker. I only went to see that because I was curious at just how bad it was going to be compared to The Last Jedi (which I also saw in the theater). Turned out to be worse.
No interest in going back to the theater. I'll fall asleep in those recliners and miss half the movie.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 28, 2024 04:52 PM (si1C0)
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Lies! You watched Conan the Barbarian not a few weeks ago! You said so yourself!
Just not interested.
Haven't been to a theater since Rise of Skywalker. I only went to see that because I was curious at just how bad it was going to be compared to The Last Jedi (which I also saw in the theater). Turned out to be worse.
No interest in going back to the theater. I'll fall asleep in those recliners and miss half the movie.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 28, 2024 04:52 PM (si1C0)
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Lies! You watched Conan the Barbarian not a few weeks ago! You said so yourself!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 28, 2024 04:52 PM (GBKbO)
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How many people shop at the mall these days?
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Esteemed Trump-Ho
Do malls even exist anymore? Didn’t everything go back to strip malls and now the trend is a rebuilding of fake Main Streets that are walkable. Heck, our real Main Street and downtown area is seeing a big resurgence.
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Esteemed Trump-Ho
Do malls even exist anymore? Didn’t everything go back to strip malls and now the trend is a rebuilding of fake Main Streets that are walkable. Heck, our real Main Street and downtown area is seeing a big resurgence.
Posted by: Piper at May 28, 2024 04:53 PM (d2kuJ)
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"This is terrible for Hollywood"
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Which means it is good for America.
Posted by: Jay in PA at May 28, 2024 04:51 PM (i7Q7S)
Yep. Maybe the country can be saved after all.
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Which means it is good for America.
Posted by: Jay in PA at May 28, 2024 04:51 PM (i7Q7S)
Yep. Maybe the country can be saved after all.
Posted by: DaisyB at May 28, 2024 04:53 PM (AbL8c)
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Fury Road was terrible so Furiosa must be the Worst Movie Ever Made.
Posted by: Gref at May 28, 2024 04:51 PM (5fDan)
They f*cked it up because they didn't know what kind of movie they wanted to make. Touching and emotional, or channeling Mad Max and Road Warrior.
Posted by: Gref at May 28, 2024 04:51 PM (5fDan)
They f*cked it up because they didn't know what kind of movie they wanted to make. Touching and emotional, or channeling Mad Max and Road Warrior.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 28, 2024 04:53 PM (d9fT1)
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I thought Fury Road sucked ass
Mainly because it didn't have Mel Gibson in it
And also because it had Charlize Theron, who is old and stick figured
Mainly because it didn't have Mel Gibson in it
And also because it had Charlize Theron, who is old and stick figured
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Esteemed Trump-Ho and Searcher of Wagshambas at May 28, 2024 04:53 PM (VTu1l)
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117 I've been down that road before (all but the Caine Mutiny). He's a great director but yeah...some of his films I don't much care for. 'Cruising' is just one of them.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, PNW MOME June 1st at May 28, 2024 04:52 PM (xcxpd)
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Craftsman, not filmmaker is where my thinking is leading.
Hell, I'm even doing his TV movies.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, PNW MOME June 1st at May 28, 2024 04:52 PM (xcxpd)
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Craftsman, not filmmaker is where my thinking is leading.
Hell, I'm even doing his TV movies.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 28, 2024 04:53 PM (GBKbO)
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Hmmm. Fury Road was terrible so Furiosa must be the Worst Movie Ever Made.
Posted by: Gref at May 28, 2024 04:51 PM (5fDan)
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I watched about 10 minutes of Fury Road (Furry Road?) before canning it.
Posted by: Gref at May 28, 2024 04:51 PM (5fDan)
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I watched about 10 minutes of Fury Road (Furry Road?) before canning it.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at May 28, 2024 04:53 PM (YqDXo)
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> the vast, vast, vast majority have never heard a single Taylor Swift song.
I'd be very surprised if you could find someone who has electricity and hasn't heard a Swift song at some point.
I'd be very surprised if you could find someone who has electricity and hasn't heard a Swift song at some point.
Posted by: bonhomme at May 28, 2024 04:53 PM (Odg76)
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So I liberated The Fall Guy from the internets, all around a pretty forgettable film, and it's silly but not in a good way, also, literally zero romantic chemistry between Gosling and Blunt.
There was actually the makings of a good film, but unfortunately, the writers and director chose not to go that route.
There was actually the makings of a good film, but unfortunately, the writers and director chose not to go that route.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 28, 2024 04:53 PM (XV/Pl)
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You know what would be good? A game with funny green Minions who try to make ships to go into space.
Boy, it'd such if we had such a game in early-access which the developer then pulled the plug on before it was done (but after charging suckers full price).
Boy, it'd such if we had such a game in early-access which the developer then pulled the plug on before it was done (but after charging suckers full price).
Posted by: Kerman at May 28, 2024 04:53 PM (gKWVE)
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"Basically, Taylor Swift is the biggest thing in the world and yet, the vast, vast, vast majority have never heard a single Taylor Swift song."
Most have heard them, they just don't stand out enough to make an impression and, except for her fans, are forgotten like elevator music.
Most have heard them, they just don't stand out enough to make an impression and, except for her fans, are forgotten like elevator music.
Posted by: Ripley at May 28, 2024 04:53 PM (JojsZ)
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We are hoped Hollyworod makes more Movies about gays and Transgender people of color and moor peeple wood come to see then....
Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro,Vt at May 28, 2024 04:53 PM (hbjSA)
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Wait. They've turned Mad Max into a chick movie?
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 28, 2024 04:54 PM (0Htd1)
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we went to see Sound of Freedom last summer, early August 2023. Greenville, Texas theater with 4-5 screens at about 4pm in the afternoon.
Maybe three seats were available at that showing. People do go to movies if they're good.
Maybe three seats were available at that showing. People do go to movies if they're good.
Posted by: DanMan at May 28, 2024 04:54 PM (8uzBS)
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120 How many people shop at the mall these days?
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Esteemed Trump-Ho
Do malls even exist anymore? Didn’t everything go back to strip malls and now the trend is a rebuilding of fake Main Streets that are walkable. Heck, our real Main Street and downtown area is seeing a big resurgence.
Posted by: Piper at May 28, 2024 04:53 PM (d2kuJ)
I live near Columbia, SC. There's a decent sized mall near us that I've never stepped foot in but have driven by numerous times.
Wife went once and there was a shooting in the parking lot shortly thereafter (I assume the two are unrelated).
Lot of feral people around malls and movie theaters.
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Esteemed Trump-Ho
Do malls even exist anymore? Didn’t everything go back to strip malls and now the trend is a rebuilding of fake Main Streets that are walkable. Heck, our real Main Street and downtown area is seeing a big resurgence.
Posted by: Piper at May 28, 2024 04:53 PM (d2kuJ)
I live near Columbia, SC. There's a decent sized mall near us that I've never stepped foot in but have driven by numerous times.
Wife went once and there was a shooting in the parking lot shortly thereafter (I assume the two are unrelated).
Lot of feral people around malls and movie theaters.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at May 28, 2024 04:54 PM (KbCG3)
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64 I don't see how the theaters can survive, except as a niche, nostalgia-based thing.
Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 04:30 PM
I think that an aggressive theater owner who builds a following on older movies returning to his screens might do okay. Change it every day, and have lots of kids movies on Saturdays... complete with all-you-can-eat popcorn and soda.
For $20 per kid, mom can drop off the little bastards for four hours while she gets four glasses of chardonnay and a salad.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 28, 2024 04:42 PM (d9fT1)
Anyone know how hard it might be to get projection-worthy copies of older movies these days? Might be easier with digital now, but can you get the movie equivalent of a "moldy oldie" for your theater?
Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 04:30 PM
I think that an aggressive theater owner who builds a following on older movies returning to his screens might do okay. Change it every day, and have lots of kids movies on Saturdays... complete with all-you-can-eat popcorn and soda.
For $20 per kid, mom can drop off the little bastards for four hours while she gets four glasses of chardonnay and a salad.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 28, 2024 04:42 PM (d9fT1)
Anyone know how hard it might be to get projection-worthy copies of older movies these days? Might be easier with digital now, but can you get the movie equivalent of a "moldy oldie" for your theater?
Posted by: Octochicken at May 28, 2024 04:54 PM (oCS0o)
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The crown jewel of a tv show remake would be a TJ Hooker movie, with Shatner making a brief cameo.
The crown jewel of a tv show remake would be a TJ Hooker movie, with Shatner making a brief cameo.
Posted by: Frank Barone at May 28, 2024 04:54 PM (+oR7L)
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Do malls even exist anymore?
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Theres two here but I have no idea if theyre still bustling since i never go there.
I feel bad about it too, I used to like malls but that was still during a time when i didnt hate the human race.
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Theres two here but I have no idea if theyre still bustling since i never go there.
I feel bad about it too, I used to like malls but that was still during a time when i didnt hate the human race.
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Esteemed Trump-Ho and Searcher of Wagshambas at May 28, 2024 04:55 PM (VTu1l)
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Are we sick of girl bosses or is it that Gen Z doesn’t go to movies?
Embrace the power of “and,” perhaps…
Always went to movies with my Gen Z kid , and there wisp many options - it was the heyday of Pixar films, plus stupid fun one like Transformers and Fast and Furious, all made to appeal to BOYS.
Embrace the power of “and,” perhaps…
Always went to movies with my Gen Z kid , and there wisp many options - it was the heyday of Pixar films, plus stupid fun one like Transformers and Fast and Furious, all made to appeal to BOYS.
Posted by: Lizzy at May 28, 2024 04:55 PM (Hkcdp)
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Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at May 28, 2024 04:49 PM (tT6L1)
If you don't have streaming or Cable and can't get something at the library (Yes; Some of us still have DVD/ tape players) finding a good movie every so often is a nice entertainment. My local theatre does not have a problem with people using their cell phone. They don't They're mostly old folks.
If you don't have streaming or Cable and can't get something at the library (Yes; Some of us still have DVD/ tape players) finding a good movie every so often is a nice entertainment. My local theatre does not have a problem with people using their cell phone. They don't They're mostly old folks.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 28, 2024 04:55 PM (XkYcA)
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There was actually the makings of a good film, but unfortunately, the writers and director chose not to go that route.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 28, 2024 04:53 PM (XV/Pl)
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I've seen more than a few of those lately. It's like the directors and writers get about 80% of the way there then screw it up somehow.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 28, 2024 04:53 PM (XV/Pl)
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I've seen more than a few of those lately. It's like the directors and writers get about 80% of the way there then screw it up somehow.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at May 28, 2024 04:55 PM (tT6L1)
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i watched the 1977 procedural film Rollercoaster over the weekend. I mentioned that you can get the DVD on Amazon for $10, with three other movies: the original Airport, Earthquake, and Hindenberg.
The picture quality was really good and I did not miss not getting the (quite expensive) Blu-Ray. It was decent. Written by Columbo writers Richard Link and William Levinson, though not showing the flashes of real brilliance you sometimes see in Columbo. Just a pretty logical, good script. The main character, George Segal, only has a few clues, and he makes rational, basic deductions (or guesses).
I may do a review later in the week. But if you like 70s movies, it's a pretty good deal 4 for $10.
You can also get all four Airport movies for $7.50.
I've been on a 70s Disaster Movie kick.
The picture quality was really good and I did not miss not getting the (quite expensive) Blu-Ray. It was decent. Written by Columbo writers Richard Link and William Levinson, though not showing the flashes of real brilliance you sometimes see in Columbo. Just a pretty logical, good script. The main character, George Segal, only has a few clues, and he makes rational, basic deductions (or guesses).
I may do a review later in the week. But if you like 70s movies, it's a pretty good deal 4 for $10.
You can also get all four Airport movies for $7.50.
I've been on a 70s Disaster Movie kick.
Posted by: ace at May 28, 2024 04:55 PM (KRtlO)
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I like Anya, Dailytimewaster.blogspot.com puts pictures of her up often.
Posted by: Skip at May 28, 2024 04:55 PM (fwDg9)
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RE: Deadpool joining MCU - really? Cause I've always seen Deadpool as belonging to the X-Men universe, not the MCU. Always basically thought of those as separate franchises. If Deadpool is being merged into the MCU, then isn't the whole X-Men universe basically being merged in as well?
If this is simply being done as "Overlap between two distinct universes via multiverse travel", then meh. Could be entirely temporary then. If they are going to act as if the Avengers and the X-Men have been part of the same universe all along, something I never really got the impression was supposed to be the case, that'd be an entirely different story.
If this is simply being done as "Overlap between two distinct universes via multiverse travel", then meh. Could be entirely temporary then. If they are going to act as if the Avengers and the X-Men have been part of the same universe all along, something I never really got the impression was supposed to be the case, that'd be an entirely different story.
Posted by: Qwinn at May 28, 2024 04:55 PM (AYO2r)
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I'd be very surprised if you could find someone who has electricity and hasn't heard a Swift song at some point.
Posted by: bonhomme at May 28, 2024 04:53 PM (Odg76)
Oh, I have no doubt you are correct.
Perhaps it should be, "the vast, vast, vast majority can't recognize a single Taylor Swift song."
Posted by: bonhomme at May 28, 2024 04:53 PM (Odg76)
Oh, I have no doubt you are correct.
Perhaps it should be, "the vast, vast, vast majority can't recognize a single Taylor Swift song."
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 28, 2024 04:56 PM (d9fT1)
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120 How many people shop at the mall these days?
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Esteemed Trump-Ho
Do malls even exist anymore? Didn’t everything go back to strip malls and now the trend is a rebuilding of fake Main Streets that are walkable. Heck, our real Main Street and downtown area is seeing a big resurgence.
Posted by: Piper at May 28, 2024 04:53 PM (d2kuJ)
Most of the malls in my area are turning into apartment/condo complexes surrounding a small shopping district.
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Esteemed Trump-Ho
Do malls even exist anymore? Didn’t everything go back to strip malls and now the trend is a rebuilding of fake Main Streets that are walkable. Heck, our real Main Street and downtown area is seeing a big resurgence.
Posted by: Piper at May 28, 2024 04:53 PM (d2kuJ)
Most of the malls in my area are turning into apartment/condo complexes surrounding a small shopping district.
Posted by: Octochicken at May 28, 2024 04:56 PM (oCS0o)
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If I have ever heard a Taylor Swift song, I had no idea. I listen to CDs and MP3s, and I cut the cable years ago, so I don't know how I would have been exposed.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at May 28, 2024 04:56 PM (lTGtQ)
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I'd be very surprised if you could find someone who has electricity and hasn't heard a Swift song at some point.
*raises hand*
I'll bet you're wrong.
*raises hand*
I'll bet you're wrong.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 28, 2024 04:56 PM (xCA6C)
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I'd be very surprised if you could find someone who has electricity and hasn't heard a Swift song at some point.
Posted by: bonhomme at May 28, 2024 04:53 PM
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I'm almost certain I have without knowing it.
I'd be very surprised if you could find someone who has electricity and hasn't heard a Swift song at some point.
Posted by: bonhomme at May 28, 2024 04:53 PM
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I'm almost certain I have without knowing it.
Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at May 28, 2024 04:56 PM (wzAuc)
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And also because it had Charlize Theron, who is old and stick figured
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Esteemed Trump-Ho and Searcher of Wagshambas
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I thought she got squashed like a June Bug on some distant planet.
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Esteemed Trump-Ho and Searcher of Wagshambas
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I thought she got squashed like a June Bug on some distant planet.
Posted by: wth at May 28, 2024 04:56 PM (v0R5T)
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@131
>>Wait. They've turned Mad Max into a chick movie?
They pulled a bait and switch in Fury Road, then they thought lets go full retard and have an entire Mad Max film without Max at all and see what happens.
One of the worst Memorial Day openings in the last 30 years is what happens.
Or alternatively...
Ersatz Lincoln Osiris: You Never Go Full Retard.
>>Wait. They've turned Mad Max into a chick movie?
They pulled a bait and switch in Fury Road, then they thought lets go full retard and have an entire Mad Max film without Max at all and see what happens.
One of the worst Memorial Day openings in the last 30 years is what happens.
Or alternatively...
Ersatz Lincoln Osiris: You Never Go Full Retard.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 28, 2024 04:56 PM (XV/Pl)
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I live near Columbia, SC. There's a decent sized mall near us that I've never stepped foot in but have driven by numerous times.
Wife went once and there was a shooting in the parking lot shortly thereafter (I assume the two are unrelated).
Lot of feral people around malls and movie theaters.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at May 28, 2024 04:54 PM (KbCG3)
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Savor the diversity!
Wife went once and there was a shooting in the parking lot shortly thereafter (I assume the two are unrelated).
Lot of feral people around malls and movie theaters.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at May 28, 2024 04:54 PM (KbCG3)
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Savor the diversity!
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at May 28, 2024 04:56 PM (YqDXo)
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142 RE: Deadpool joining MCU - really? Cause I've always seen Deadpool as belonging to the X-Men universe, not the MCU. Always basically thought of those as separate franchises. If Deadpool is being merged into the MCU, then isn't the whole X-Men universe basically being merged in as well?
If this is simply being done as "Overlap between two distinct universes via multiverse travel", then meh. Could be entirely temporary then. If they are going to act as if the Avengers and the X-Men have been part of the same universe all along, something I never really got the impression was supposed to be the case, that'd be an entirely different story.
Posted by: Qwinn at May 28, 2024 04:55 PM (AYO2r)
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It's something about Deadpool getting sucked into the TVA (the authority from the Loki series) and being sent to a universe where the X-Men exist, or something. Unclear until the movie comes out, but it's multiverse stuff.
I dunno.
Essentially, this is Disney utilizing X-Men after they bought the Fox library years ago. Same with the Fantastic Four movie in development.
If this is simply being done as "Overlap between two distinct universes via multiverse travel", then meh. Could be entirely temporary then. If they are going to act as if the Avengers and the X-Men have been part of the same universe all along, something I never really got the impression was supposed to be the case, that'd be an entirely different story.
Posted by: Qwinn at May 28, 2024 04:55 PM (AYO2r)
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It's something about Deadpool getting sucked into the TVA (the authority from the Loki series) and being sent to a universe where the X-Men exist, or something. Unclear until the movie comes out, but it's multiverse stuff.
I dunno.
Essentially, this is Disney utilizing X-Men after they bought the Fox library years ago. Same with the Fantastic Four movie in development.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 28, 2024 04:57 PM (GBKbO)
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DeNero is an idiot and a clown. When I watch his movies ON TV I do not place his stupidity in the movie and just enjoy the movie. I will not buy or rent his movies, only watch them when on TV.......
Posted by: Franklin Stein at May 28, 2024 04:57 PM (1t11C)
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Always went to movies with my Gen Z kid , and there wisp many options - it was the heyday of Pixar films, plus stupid fun one like Transformers and Fast and Furious, all made to appeal to BOYS.
Posted by: Lizzy at May 28, 2024 04:55 PM (Hkcdp)
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Pixar wasn't a boy brand, it was a family brand. There's something in Pixar (was something, rather) for everyone. And Pixar had something absolutely priceless: trust. Parents knew if they saw that Pixar logo, it would be okay. It might even be great, but it was at least going to be okay and wouldn't be some attempt at brainwashing. They could pile the kids into the car, all of them would like it and the parents would probably like it, too.
Then Disney destroyed it.
Posted by: Lizzy at May 28, 2024 04:55 PM (Hkcdp)
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Pixar wasn't a boy brand, it was a family brand. There's something in Pixar (was something, rather) for everyone. And Pixar had something absolutely priceless: trust. Parents knew if they saw that Pixar logo, it would be okay. It might even be great, but it was at least going to be okay and wouldn't be some attempt at brainwashing. They could pile the kids into the car, all of them would like it and the parents would probably like it, too.
Then Disney destroyed it.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 28, 2024 04:57 PM (d04cU)
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Wait. They've turned Mad Max into a chick movie?
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 28, 2024 04:54 PM (0Htd1)
Not really. If you listen to what people are criticizing here, it's basically the entire industry that's at fault for a film like this performing poorly.
Everyone says it's a good story, that the criticism mostly comes from the fact that the public is tired of female leads in action stories, it's tired of cinematic universes, and frankly, it's sick of 2 and a half hour long movies.
In other words, if the industry itself weren't sick, and people weren't sick of it, this movie would probably be a smash hit. But this is 2024, not 2014.
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 28, 2024 04:54 PM (0Htd1)
Not really. If you listen to what people are criticizing here, it's basically the entire industry that's at fault for a film like this performing poorly.
Everyone says it's a good story, that the criticism mostly comes from the fact that the public is tired of female leads in action stories, it's tired of cinematic universes, and frankly, it's sick of 2 and a half hour long movies.
In other words, if the industry itself weren't sick, and people weren't sick of it, this movie would probably be a smash hit. But this is 2024, not 2014.
Posted by: BurtTC at May 28, 2024 04:57 PM (dGCAG)
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we went to see Sound of Freedom last summer, early August 2023. Greenville, Texas theater with 4-5 screens at about 4pm in the afternoon.
Maybe three seats were available at that showing. People do go to movies if they're good.
Posted by: DanMan
If a movie is actually good, or worth seeing, word of mouth is the best advertisement. We also went to see Sound of Freedom. And while the theater was not packed, it was pretty full.
Maybe three seats were available at that showing. People do go to movies if they're good.
Posted by: DanMan
If a movie is actually good, or worth seeing, word of mouth is the best advertisement. We also went to see Sound of Freedom. And while the theater was not packed, it was pretty full.
Posted by: A face in the crowd..... at May 28, 2024 04:57 PM (vcOmj)
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Some malls are changing to attract people. There’s one here that converted open retail space to sports courts - volleyball, basketball, etc.. it’s now a well/used venue for club sports for kids. Clever!
Posted by: Lizzy at May 28, 2024 04:58 PM (Hkcdp)
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Posted by: Octochicken at May 28, 2024 04:54 PM (oCS0o)
Movie place about half an hour has times on Saturday where they played oldies. A few months ago it was the one with jack Nicholson in the old hotel (Having a senior moment on the name) and a few weeks ago it was the first "Star Wars " film. We went to see "Jaws" in a movie theatre three years ago and it was packed.
Movie place about half an hour has times on Saturday where they played oldies. A few months ago it was the one with jack Nicholson in the old hotel (Having a senior moment on the name) and a few weeks ago it was the first "Star Wars " film. We went to see "Jaws" in a movie theatre three years ago and it was packed.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 28, 2024 04:58 PM (XkYcA)
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Lies! You watched Conan the Barbarian not a few weeks ago! You said so yourself!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 28, 2024 04:52 PM (GBKbO)
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Heh. I forgot all about that...
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 28, 2024 04:52 PM (GBKbO)
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Heh. I forgot all about that...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 28, 2024 04:58 PM (si1C0)
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126 > the vast, vast, vast majority have never heard a single Taylor Swift song.
I'd be very surprised if you could find someone who has electricity and hasn't heard a Swift song at some point.
Posted by: bonhomme at May 28, 2024 04:53 PM (Odg76)
Maybe played in the background?
Point is, there's this perception that her music is widespread when it's not.
I'd be very surprised if you could find someone who has electricity and hasn't heard a Swift song at some point.
Posted by: bonhomme at May 28, 2024 04:53 PM (Odg76)
Maybe played in the background?
Point is, there's this perception that her music is widespread when it's not.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at May 28, 2024 04:58 PM (KbCG3)
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We saw Furiosa over the weekend-
I didn't hate it. Had some good action between all the exposition. Anya Whosis-Taylor idea of acting is a dirt smeared testing bitch face throughout the whole.
It's the fifth best Mad Max movie, which still makes it the worst Mad Max.
BONUS! Mad Max shows up in the movie as a back silhouette for 3 seconds, so Furiosa has that going for it .
Kind of a coin flip
I didn't hate it. Had some good action between all the exposition. Anya Whosis-Taylor idea of acting is a dirt smeared testing bitch face throughout the whole.
It's the fifth best Mad Max movie, which still makes it the worst Mad Max.
BONUS! Mad Max shows up in the movie as a back silhouette for 3 seconds, so Furiosa has that going for it .
Kind of a coin flip
Posted by: naturalfake at May 28, 2024 04:58 PM (KRMqK)
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154 Not really. If you listen to what people are criticizing here, it's basically the entire industry that's at fault for a film like this performing poorly.
Everyone says it's a good story, that the criticism mostly comes from the fact that the public is tired of female leads in action stories, it's tired of cinematic universes, and frankly, it's sick of 2 and a half hour long movies.
In other words, if the industry itself weren't sick, and people weren't sick of it, this movie would probably be a smash hit. But this is 2024, not 2014.
Posted by: BurtTC at May 28, 2024 04:57 PM (dGCAG)
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Lots of good movies bomb. Lots of terrible movies make gobs of money (Transformers is always the go to example there).
Quality rarely has any kind of direct connection to box office receipts.
If one could predict this sort of thing, one could make a lot of money
Everyone says it's a good story, that the criticism mostly comes from the fact that the public is tired of female leads in action stories, it's tired of cinematic universes, and frankly, it's sick of 2 and a half hour long movies.
In other words, if the industry itself weren't sick, and people weren't sick of it, this movie would probably be a smash hit. But this is 2024, not 2014.
Posted by: BurtTC at May 28, 2024 04:57 PM (dGCAG)
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Lots of good movies bomb. Lots of terrible movies make gobs of money (Transformers is always the go to example there).
Quality rarely has any kind of direct connection to box office receipts.
If one could predict this sort of thing, one could make a lot of money
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 28, 2024 04:58 PM (GBKbO)
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127 So I liberated The Fall Guy from the internets, all around a pretty forgettable film, and it's silly but not in a good way, also, literally zero romantic chemistry between Gosling and Blunt.
There was actually the makings of a good film, but unfortunately, the writers and director chose not to go that route.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 28, 2024 04:53 PM (XV/Pl)
That's too bad considering the director came up from the trenches as a stuntman before doing the original John Wick.
There was actually the makings of a good film, but unfortunately, the writers and director chose not to go that route.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 28, 2024 04:53 PM (XV/Pl)
That's too bad considering the director came up from the trenches as a stuntman before doing the original John Wick.
Posted by: Octochicken at May 28, 2024 04:59 PM (oCS0o)
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143 I'd be very surprised if you could find someone who has electricity and hasn't heard a Swift song at some point.
Posted by: bonhomme at May 28, 2024 04:53 PM (Odg76)
Oh, I have no doubt you are correct.
Perhaps it should be, "the vast, vast, vast majority can't recognize a single Taylor Swift song."
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 28, 2024 04:56 PM (d9fT1)
We'll go with this.
Posted by: bonhomme at May 28, 2024 04:53 PM (Odg76)
Oh, I have no doubt you are correct.
Perhaps it should be, "the vast, vast, vast majority can't recognize a single Taylor Swift song."
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 28, 2024 04:56 PM (d9fT1)
We'll go with this.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at May 28, 2024 04:59 PM (KbCG3)
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Lies! You watched Conan the Barbarian not a few weeks ago! You said so yourself!
I watched part of Commando the other night. Man, did that movie suck bigly.
I watched part of Commando the other night. Man, did that movie suck bigly.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 28, 2024 04:59 PM (xCA6C)
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Some malls are changing to attract people. There’s one here that converted open retail space to sports courts - volleyball, basketball, etc.. it’s now a well/used venue for club sports for kids. Clever!
Posted by: Lizzy "
They converted the mall here into 32 world class Pickleball courts.
Posted by: Lizzy "
They converted the mall here into 32 world class Pickleball courts.
Posted by: fd at May 28, 2024 04:59 PM (vFG9F)
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Essentially, this is Disney utilizing X-Men after they bought the Fox library years ago. Same with the Fantastic Four movie in development.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 28, 2024 04:57 PM (GBKbO)
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Good grief, studios have failed with what, 4 Fantastic Four movies, so, they figure "this time they'll get it right?" Though, I thought Julian McMahon was a pretty good Dr. Doom.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 28, 2024 04:57 PM (GBKbO)
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Good grief, studios have failed with what, 4 Fantastic Four movies, so, they figure "this time they'll get it right?" Though, I thought Julian McMahon was a pretty good Dr. Doom.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at May 28, 2024 05:00 PM (tT6L1)
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Notice how ready Disney is to make things better by firing Kathleen Kennedy.
These people are going to go down in flames with their ship. They deserve it.
These people are going to go down in flames with their ship. They deserve it.
Posted by: Ribbed at May 28, 2024 05:00 PM (Ectld)
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my kids go to the movies
at a local place that plays classic films
they ALWAYS now request "old movies" (90s and 80s flicks) for "movie night."
fortunately I purchased many in the beforetimes!
a lot really do hold up pretty ok. with modern stuff, that's a low bar
at a local place that plays classic films
they ALWAYS now request "old movies" (90s and 80s flicks) for "movie night."
fortunately I purchased many in the beforetimes!
a lot really do hold up pretty ok. with modern stuff, that's a low bar
Posted by: BlackOrchid at May 28, 2024 05:00 PM (s3qiR)
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Y’all fix the world while I am gone to teach my last 2 classes today, please. It’s been tough getting back into the swing of things after my mini vacation!
Posted by: Piper at May 28, 2024 05:00 PM (d2kuJ)
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166 Good grief, studios have failed with what, 4 Fantastic Four movies, so, they figure "this time they'll get it right?" Though, I thought Julian McMahon was a pretty good Dr. Doom.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at May 28, 2024 05:00 PM (tT6L1)
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You can make a good movie about anything.
Will this one be good? Considering the talent getting promotions and jobs at Disney, it does seem doubtful.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at May 28, 2024 05:00 PM (tT6L1)
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You can make a good movie about anything.
Will this one be good? Considering the talent getting promotions and jobs at Disney, it does seem doubtful.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 28, 2024 05:00 PM (GBKbO)
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100 So us cheap old codgers don't usually go out to a movie.
I think the last movie my wife and I went to together was "The Shift", which was another Angel Studios movie, which I liked but she did not particularly....wrong movie for her mood that night.
Posted by: A face in the crowd..... at May 28, 2024 04:49 PM (vcOmj)
That's the biggest challenge I have too. I'm 41 and have been going to the movies my whole life. Nowadays it's a choice between either: dropping 20 bucks minimum, driving 20 minutes to the nearest GOOD theater, dropping another $20-$30 for snacks (because I like movie theaters and that's where they make their $$$), sitting through 30 minutes of previews, dealing with sticky floors and annoying other people, and then having to drive back home way past my bedtime.
Or I can get into my jammies, pour a glass of whiskey, and put on one of the pile of Blu-rays I haven't watched yet.
The jammies win 9 times out of 10.
I think the last movie my wife and I went to together was "The Shift", which was another Angel Studios movie, which I liked but she did not particularly....wrong movie for her mood that night.
Posted by: A face in the crowd..... at May 28, 2024 04:49 PM (vcOmj)
That's the biggest challenge I have too. I'm 41 and have been going to the movies my whole life. Nowadays it's a choice between either: dropping 20 bucks minimum, driving 20 minutes to the nearest GOOD theater, dropping another $20-$30 for snacks (because I like movie theaters and that's where they make their $$$), sitting through 30 minutes of previews, dealing with sticky floors and annoying other people, and then having to drive back home way past my bedtime.
Or I can get into my jammies, pour a glass of whiskey, and put on one of the pile of Blu-rays I haven't watched yet.
The jammies win 9 times out of 10.
Posted by: MrUNIVAC at May 28, 2024 05:00 PM (1nB7o)
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Movie place about half an hour has times on Saturday where they played oldies. A few months ago it was the one with jack Nicholson in the old hotel (Having a senior moment on the name) and a few weeks ago it was the first "Star Wars " film. We went to see "Jaws" in a movie theatre three years ago and it was packed.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 28, 2024 04:58 PM (XkYcA)
"Shining" is what you're looking for there.
Those are/were big hits in their day, so I'm not surprised they're still available. I'm wondering about the lesser movies that might lurk at the bottom of a top 20 BO haul for a given year.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 28, 2024 04:58 PM (XkYcA)
"Shining" is what you're looking for there.
Those are/were big hits in their day, so I'm not surprised they're still available. I'm wondering about the lesser movies that might lurk at the bottom of a top 20 BO haul for a given year.
Posted by: Octochicken at May 28, 2024 05:00 PM (oCS0o)
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I dunno, perhaps people are sick of Hollywood stars pretending they are better, smarter, wiser and more beautiful than the rest of us low rent slobs.
When they take off their makeup and wigs and the plastic starts to sag, they are hideous and frightening. Plus, they are evil perverts who seek to defile children.
So, they can go to hell. I'm not supporting them.
When they take off their makeup and wigs and the plastic starts to sag, they are hideous and frightening. Plus, they are evil perverts who seek to defile children.
So, they can go to hell. I'm not supporting them.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 28, 2024 05:00 PM (tHKLd)
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Sad, huh?
Posted by: fd at May 28, 2024 05:00 PM (vFG9F)
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36 What kind of an idiot still goes to the movies in 2024?
Hollywood is shit.
Pure. Shit.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy
I like seeing movies at the theater. It's a better experience that at home, even if you have a big screen tv. The problem is that, like you said, Hollywood has turned movies to shit. You go to a movie that looks like it may be good, but they ruin it by putting in woke shit that does nothing but make the movie annoying. The main thing they do is to stick in gay characters, or make the hero a woman. Someone needs to tell the imbeciles in Hollywood that every little group of people doesn't necessarily have a gay person running around making sure everyone knows that he is gay. And women are physically weaker than men. They just are.
Hollywood is shit.
Pure. Shit.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy
I like seeing movies at the theater. It's a better experience that at home, even if you have a big screen tv. The problem is that, like you said, Hollywood has turned movies to shit. You go to a movie that looks like it may be good, but they ruin it by putting in woke shit that does nothing but make the movie annoying. The main thing they do is to stick in gay characters, or make the hero a woman. Someone needs to tell the imbeciles in Hollywood that every little group of people doesn't necessarily have a gay person running around making sure everyone knows that he is gay. And women are physically weaker than men. They just are.
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 28, 2024 05:00 PM (0Htd1)
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Fury Road was decent. I did not, however, come away from it wanting to know more about the one armed broad.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at May 28, 2024 05:01 PM (u73oe)
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"ASS", a film that shows nothing but a guy's wrinkled butt farting for 90 minutes, slightly edged out the biopic of Joe Biden, also called "Ass".
Posted by: Son of Dad at May 28, 2024 05:01 PM (8JB5s)
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Essentially, this is Disney utilizing X-Men after they bought the Fox library years ago. Same with the Fantastic Four movie in development.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 28, 2024 04:57 PM (GBKbO)
Product.
People like product, so make more product.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 28, 2024 04:57 PM (GBKbO)
Product.
People like product, so make more product.
Posted by: BurtTC at May 28, 2024 05:01 PM (dGCAG)
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the vast, vast, vast majority have never heard a single Taylor Swift song
I could very well have heard one of her songs, but I don't hang on wanting to find out who sang whichever edition of autotuned blandness gets airplay these days.
Having been in airport terminals a week ago, I was repelled by the bland, insipid and genderless pabulum that passed for songs these days. Purely unmemorable dreck.
the vast, vast, vast majority have never heard a single Taylor Swift song
I could very well have heard one of her songs, but I don't hang on wanting to find out who sang whichever edition of autotuned blandness gets airplay these days.
Having been in airport terminals a week ago, I was repelled by the bland, insipid and genderless pabulum that passed for songs these days. Purely unmemorable dreck.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 28, 2024 05:01 PM (xG4kz)
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Hey Ace, you might be interested in this article entitled "Is 19-day VOD Poisoning The Well?" I think it's spot on to one factor here - although I would also add the others you discuss (woke fatigue, inflation, economy sucks, inflation, girlboss fatigue, inflation, etc.)
https://tinyurl.com/2m8h8n3x
https://tinyurl.com/2m8h8n3x
Posted by: Commodore Sterling at May 28, 2024 05:01 PM (PJaTp)
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167 Notice how ready Disney is to make things better by firing Kathleen Kennedy.
These people are going to go down in flames with their ship. They deserve it.
Posted by: Ribbed at May 28, 2024 05:00 PM (Ectld)
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We're going to get articles about how big The Acolyte is on Disney+ soon. It will offer few specifics and no comparisons (except to maybe Andor if it does better than that), but we'll be assured that it's "one of" the biggest debuts ever!
These people are going to go down in flames with their ship. They deserve it.
Posted by: Ribbed at May 28, 2024 05:00 PM (Ectld)
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We're going to get articles about how big The Acolyte is on Disney+ soon. It will offer few specifics and no comparisons (except to maybe Andor if it does better than that), but we'll be assured that it's "one of" the biggest debuts ever!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 28, 2024 05:01 PM (GBKbO)
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Stop trying to make Anna Taylor Joy happen, Hollywood. She's not going to happen. This is not the kind of actress with the presence to lead an action blockbuster.
Posted by: Joe, living dangerously at May 28, 2024 05:01 PM (B9Prs)
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@154
>>In other words, if the industry itself weren't sick, and people weren't sick of it, this movie would probably be a smash hit. But this is 2024, not 2014.
It's not even that they are sick of girl bosses, they are sick of literally no explainer for why this chick is a kickass girl boss.
Nobody complained about Ripley, Sarah Conner or River Tam being kick ass, because it was explained in the universe they were in.
>>In other words, if the industry itself weren't sick, and people weren't sick of it, this movie would probably be a smash hit. But this is 2024, not 2014.
It's not even that they are sick of girl bosses, they are sick of literally no explainer for why this chick is a kickass girl boss.
Nobody complained about Ripley, Sarah Conner or River Tam being kick ass, because it was explained in the universe they were in.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 28, 2024 05:01 PM (XV/Pl)
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I WANT to go to movies. Every week I check what movies are coming out, and every week I am disappointed.
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 28, 2024 05:01 PM (0Htd1)
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It's something about Deadpool getting sucked into the TVA (the authority from the Loki series)
I cannot express how much I despise the "TVA"
worse than a Girl Boss - let's have Bureaucracy
I cannot express how much I despise the "TVA"
worse than a Girl Boss - let's have Bureaucracy
Posted by: BlackOrchid at May 28, 2024 05:02 PM (s3qiR)
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Good grief, studios have failed with what, 4 Fantastic Four movies, so, they figure "this time they'll get it right?" Though, I thought Julian McMahon was a pretty good Dr. Doom.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at May 28, 2024 05:00 PM (tT6L1)
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Fantastic Four movies always seem to sound good on paper...An ensemble of superheroes fight crime!
But the execution always tends to fall flat for whatever reason....
"The Incredibles" is perhaps the only Fantastic Four movie that actually worked.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at May 28, 2024 05:00 PM (tT6L1)
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Fantastic Four movies always seem to sound good on paper...An ensemble of superheroes fight crime!
But the execution always tends to fall flat for whatever reason....
"The Incredibles" is perhaps the only Fantastic Four movie that actually worked.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 28, 2024 05:02 PM (si1C0)
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Two...big big problems.
1) Far too many crappy leftwing movies. Take a look at what was coming out 20 years ago and it was higher quality on average, and there was far more apolitical and occasionally right leaning content.
2) The Business model is stupid.
I can pay $20 to go to a theater. Probably about the same as 20 years ago in regards to inflation but...really? My home setup is much closer to the theater experience now.
Or I can't rent the movie at a reasonable price. Yes yes everything's on streaming. On half a dozen different streaming services. Twenty years ago I could go to a store to rent the movie or order it from out Netflix and get it in a couple of days.
Note: Paying small money and waiting 2 days to pick out of an expansive catalog is WAY WAY better then paying big money and having little selection in a particular streaming service.
1) Far too many crappy leftwing movies. Take a look at what was coming out 20 years ago and it was higher quality on average, and there was far more apolitical and occasionally right leaning content.
2) The Business model is stupid.
I can pay $20 to go to a theater. Probably about the same as 20 years ago in regards to inflation but...really? My home setup is much closer to the theater experience now.
Or I can't rent the movie at a reasonable price. Yes yes everything's on streaming. On half a dozen different streaming services. Twenty years ago I could go to a store to rent the movie or order it from out Netflix and get it in a couple of days.
Note: Paying small money and waiting 2 days to pick out of an expansive catalog is WAY WAY better then paying big money and having little selection in a particular streaming service.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 28, 2024 05:02 PM (ibTVg)
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Trying to care...uuuuunnnnnhhhh... nope. Don't care.
Posted by: Careless at May 28, 2024 05:02 PM (39Yzc)
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I watched part of Commando the other night. Man, did that movie suck bigly.
Posted by: Archimedes
I let him go
Let off some steam
He’s dead tired.
It had the highest cornball rating in movie history
Posted by: Archimedes
I let him go
Let off some steam
He’s dead tired.
It had the highest cornball rating in movie history
Posted by: Kratwurst at May 28, 2024 05:02 PM (nIRE6)
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Movie place about half an hour has times on Saturday where they played oldies. A few months ago it was the one with jack Nicholson in the old hotel (Having a senior moment on the name) and a few weeks ago it was the first "Star Wars " film. We went to see "Jaws" in a movie theatre three years ago and it was packed.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 28, 2024
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The Shining, directed by Stanley Kubrick.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 28, 2024
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The Shining, directed by Stanley Kubrick.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 28, 2024 05:02 PM (J2vNu)
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Lots of good movies bomb. Lots of terrible movies make gobs of money (Transformers is always the go to example there).
Quality rarely has any kind of direct connection to box office receipts.
If one could predict this sort of thing, one could make a lot of money
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda
I remember the summer that "Jaws" came out, and the theaters were packed for weeks.
And in retrospect, it was a good movie, but not great. Typical for Spielborg, it had pretty good production values, but in the end, the story was kind of dumb and lame.....with the hindsight of 40+ years on.
Or maybe just so many imitators after that the whole animal menace concept has been over done. Probably.
So few actual new ideas in Hollywood. And I bet that there are tons of good scripts that just get thrown out.
Quality rarely has any kind of direct connection to box office receipts.
If one could predict this sort of thing, one could make a lot of money
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda
I remember the summer that "Jaws" came out, and the theaters were packed for weeks.
And in retrospect, it was a good movie, but not great. Typical for Spielborg, it had pretty good production values, but in the end, the story was kind of dumb and lame.....with the hindsight of 40+ years on.
Or maybe just so many imitators after that the whole animal menace concept has been over done. Probably.
So few actual new ideas in Hollywood. And I bet that there are tons of good scripts that just get thrown out.
Posted by: A face in the crowd..... at May 28, 2024 05:02 PM (vcOmj)
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178 Essentially, this is Disney utilizing X-Men after they bought the Fox library years ago. Same with the Fantastic Four movie in development.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 28, 2024 04:57 PM (GBKbO)
Product.
People like product, so make more product.
Posted by: BurtTC at May 28, 2024 05:01 PM (dGCAG)
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It's a tale as old as time in Hollywood. B-movies were product, just done on film and released in theaters in blocks rather than dumped onto streaming.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 28, 2024 04:57 PM (GBKbO)
Product.
People like product, so make more product.
Posted by: BurtTC at May 28, 2024 05:01 PM (dGCAG)
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It's a tale as old as time in Hollywood. B-movies were product, just done on film and released in theaters in blocks rather than dumped onto streaming.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 28, 2024 05:02 PM (GBKbO)
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182 Stop trying to make Anna Taylor Joy happen, Hollywood. She's not going to happen. This is not the kind of actress with the presence to lead an action blockbuster.
her "O" face (lol... ozempic) makes her look like she's always sucking a lemon
her "O" face (lol... ozempic) makes her look like she's always sucking a lemon
Posted by: BlackOrchid at May 28, 2024 05:02 PM (s3qiR)
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Did the public tune out of Furiosa because we're just sick of Girl Bosses? Maybe. Girl Boss movies are no longer a gimmick, they're now the rule, and we're all pretty tired of them.
Did people just stay away because -- well, who cares about Furiosa, anyway? I was disappointed with Fury Road because Mad Max was very decidedly a co-star or second banana. I'm not really into the "Mad Max extended universe" -- I'm a fan of the character. (And the car.) This movie jettisons Max completely.
I am tired of female action heroes for sure.
Still, I'd like to see this one in theaters.
The Mad Max franchise generally sucks. Only The Road Warrior is worthwhile, and I don't really need a bunch of Mad Max reboots or reimaginings.
I thought Fury Road looked great on screen, and that's more or less my interest in seeing Furiosa.
An apocalyptic wasteland is the kind of thing where an extended universe makes sense.
Mostly I think Covid killed theaters and they just don't know they're dead yet. Habits got changed, and going to the theater is expensive and the theater is filled with all kinds of misbehavior.
Did people just stay away because -- well, who cares about Furiosa, anyway? I was disappointed with Fury Road because Mad Max was very decidedly a co-star or second banana. I'm not really into the "Mad Max extended universe" -- I'm a fan of the character. (And the car.) This movie jettisons Max completely.
I am tired of female action heroes for sure.
Still, I'd like to see this one in theaters.
The Mad Max franchise generally sucks. Only The Road Warrior is worthwhile, and I don't really need a bunch of Mad Max reboots or reimaginings.
I thought Fury Road looked great on screen, and that's more or less my interest in seeing Furiosa.
An apocalyptic wasteland is the kind of thing where an extended universe makes sense.
Mostly I think Covid killed theaters and they just don't know they're dead yet. Habits got changed, and going to the theater is expensive and the theater is filled with all kinds of misbehavior.
Posted by: Toothless Wastelander at May 28, 2024 05:02 PM (n1dXD)
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> *raises hand*
I'll bet you're wrong.
Are you a hermit? Unless you totally avoid commercials, shopping centers that play music, modern movies, modern TV, professional sporting events, etc. you've been exposed.
I'll bet you're wrong.
Are you a hermit? Unless you totally avoid commercials, shopping centers that play music, modern movies, modern TV, professional sporting events, etc. you've been exposed.
Posted by: bonhomme at May 28, 2024 05:02 PM (Odg76)
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We saw Fall Guy the previous week.
Total fun summer popcorn movie you'll forget 3 minutes after you leave the theater.
It just wants to entertain you then kick your ass out of the theater so it can sell more tickets.
Not necessary to see on the big screen so you can wait for streaming if you wish.
Check it out
Total fun summer popcorn movie you'll forget 3 minutes after you leave the theater.
It just wants to entertain you then kick your ass out of the theater so it can sell more tickets.
Not necessary to see on the big screen so you can wait for streaming if you wish.
Check it out
Posted by: naturalfake at May 28, 2024 05:03 PM (KRMqK)
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"This is not the kind of actress with the presence to lead an action blockbuster."
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It is silly we need an actress to carry Mad Max. I think that might be the issue here.
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It is silly we need an actress to carry Mad Max. I think that might be the issue here.
Posted by: Jay in PA at May 28, 2024 05:03 PM (i7Q7S)
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>>> Hey Ace, you might be interested in this article entitled "Is 19-day VOD Poisoning The Well?" I think it's spot on to one factor here - although I would also add the others you discuss (woke fatigue, inflation, economy sucks, inflation, girlboss fatigue, inflation, etc.)
I think that is a problem. Some movies they may keep off VOD for a couple of months, but others go on VOD in 19 days.
even knowing that a movie COULD be on VOD in 19 days will keep people from seeing it in theaters.
The thing is, there is no rule here. We used to know movies wouldn't be out on videotape for like three months or more. Now sometimes it's 60 days, sometimes it's 45 days, and somtimes it's 19 days.
I think that is a problem. Some movies they may keep off VOD for a couple of months, but others go on VOD in 19 days.
even knowing that a movie COULD be on VOD in 19 days will keep people from seeing it in theaters.
The thing is, there is no rule here. We used to know movies wouldn't be out on videotape for like three months or more. Now sometimes it's 60 days, sometimes it's 45 days, and somtimes it's 19 days.
Posted by: ace at May 28, 2024 05:03 PM (KRtlO)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 28, 2024 05:03 PM (XkYcA)
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Stop trying to make Anna Taylor Joy happen, Hollywood. She's not going to happen. This is not the kind of actress with the presence to lead an action blockbuster.
She is good - look at her in The Menu, Split, or The Witch But...headlining an action movie? No. She's a pretty little thing and looks like she would curl up if you breathed on her too hard.
She is good - look at her in The Menu, Split, or The Witch But...headlining an action movie? No. She's a pretty little thing and looks like she would curl up if you breathed on her too hard.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 28, 2024 05:03 PM (ibTVg)
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>>>The Mad Max franchise generally sucks. Only The Road Warrior is worthwhile, and I don't really need a bunch of Mad Max reboots or reimaginings.
heathen ravings
heathen ravings
Posted by: ace at May 28, 2024 05:04 PM (KRtlO)
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200 Stop trying to make Anna Taylor Joy happen, Hollywood. She's not going to happen. This is not the kind of actress with the presence to lead an action blockbuster.
She is good - look at her in The Menu, Split, or The Witch But...headlining an action movie? No. She's a pretty little thing and looks like she would curl up if you breathed on her too hard.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 28, 2024 05:03 PM (ibTVg)
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Or, the movie star is largely a myth perpetuated by actors and their allies in Hollywood to up their pay.
She is good - look at her in The Menu, Split, or The Witch But...headlining an action movie? No. She's a pretty little thing and looks like she would curl up if you breathed on her too hard.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 28, 2024 05:03 PM (ibTVg)
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Or, the movie star is largely a myth perpetuated by actors and their allies in Hollywood to up their pay.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 28, 2024 05:04 PM (GBKbO)
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I've seen Anya Taylor-Joy play a chess wiz, a young witch and a duped whore. Road warrior seems to follow, alliteratively at least.
Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at May 28, 2024 05:04 PM (wzAuc)
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I watched the movie Rope the other day. Was quite good using one setting. Basically filming a stage play.
We can talk about the quality of movies all we want, but that's a damn good one that would draw flies today. Cerebral and subtle, dialogue driven.
We can talk about the quality of movies all we want, but that's a damn good one that would draw flies today. Cerebral and subtle, dialogue driven.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at May 28, 2024 05:04 PM (KbCG3)
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201 >>>The Mad Max franchise generally sucks. Only The Road Warrior is worthwhile, and I don't really need a bunch of Mad Max reboots or reimaginings.
heathen ravings
Posted by: ace at May 28, 2024 05:04 PM (KRtlO)
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The first one needed a script doctor, but Toecutter is kind of awesome.
heathen ravings
Posted by: ace at May 28, 2024 05:04 PM (KRtlO)
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The first one needed a script doctor, but Toecutter is kind of awesome.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 28, 2024 05:04 PM (GBKbO)
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If one could predict this sort of thing, one could make a lot of money
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 28, 2024 04:58 PM (GBKbO)
Well, one can predict that the next female led action movie is going to bomb, so while making money is hard, losing it is apparently quite easy.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 28, 2024 04:58 PM (GBKbO)
Well, one can predict that the next female led action movie is going to bomb, so while making money is hard, losing it is apparently quite easy.
Posted by: BurtTC at May 28, 2024 05:04 PM (dGCAG)
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I think that is a problem. Some movies they may keep off VOD for a couple of months, but others go on VOD in 19 days.
this is not ... kids can see films immediately
I don't know how they do it but they do it
this is not ... kids can see films immediately
I don't know how they do it but they do it
Posted by: BlackOrchid at May 28, 2024 05:04 PM (s3qiR)
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But they just wanted to visit their lover in the hospital. Yeah, me neither.
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at May 28, 2024 05:04 PM (as3uC)
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Despicable Me, okay, that's a kids' movie
i dunno. despicable me 3 was chock-a-block full of '80s member berries.
i dunno. despicable me 3 was chock-a-block full of '80s member berries.
Posted by: mao at May 28, 2024 05:05 PM (v3pYe)
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>>>204 I watched the movie Rope the other day. Was quite good using one setting. Basically filming a stage play.
I watched that a few weeks ago and was going to write a review... I didn't like it! I liked the premise but it was slow and very stagey.
I watched that a few weeks ago and was going to write a review... I didn't like it! I liked the premise but it was slow and very stagey.
Posted by: ace at May 28, 2024 05:05 PM (KRtlO)
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I getvto a movie maybe every other year, I go to one's I want to see, they don't make many.
Napoleon I wouldn't have missed and it was bad
Napoleon I wouldn't have missed and it was bad
Posted by: Skip at May 28, 2024 05:05 PM (gm8TH)
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Theres a lot of headwinds due to the changing times and smaller crowds and Hollywood pours gasoline on the fire by making movies that appeal to even smaller audiences woke filled poofsie audiences
Pass
Pass
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Esteemed Trump-Ho and Searcher of Wagshambas at May 28, 2024 05:05 PM (VTu1l)
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If Ana Taylor-Joy is gonna headline an action movie, if should be Elfquest.
Posted by: Toothless Wastelander at May 28, 2024 05:05 PM (n1dXD)
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So, that youtube of New Yorkers yelling insults at DeNiro, they should do a whole movie of people doing that to various "stars". I'd pay to see 2 hours of that. They could have people throwing rotten tomatoes at that smarmy, sanctimonious bitch Meryl Streep.
To this day I wonder if Meryl and Gwyneth Paltrow had to f**k fatty Weinstein to get parts.
To this day I wonder if Meryl and Gwyneth Paltrow had to f**k fatty Weinstein to get parts.
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 28, 2024 05:06 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at May 28, 2024 05:06 PM (s3qiR)
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I like Anya, Dailytimewaster.blogspot.com puts pictures of her up often.
Posted by: Skip
She was good in Queens Gambit but I find her wide set eyes very distracting. Someone, maybe it was here, said her eyes are in different zip codes.
Posted by: Skip
She was good in Queens Gambit but I find her wide set eyes very distracting. Someone, maybe it was here, said her eyes are in different zip codes.
Posted by: Tuna at May 28, 2024 05:06 PM (oaGWv)
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She's a pretty little thing and looks like she would curl up if you breathed on her too hard.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 28, 2024 05:03 PM (ibTVg)
I would like to test that theory.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 28, 2024 05:03 PM (ibTVg)
I would like to test that theory.
Posted by: BurtTC at May 28, 2024 05:06 PM (dGCAG)
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The Mad Max franchise generally sucks. Only The Road Warrior is worthwhile, and I don't really need a bunch of Mad Max reboots or reimaginings.
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I'm waiting for the re-imagining of "Birth of a Nation" and "Triumph of the Will."
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I'm waiting for the re-imagining of "Birth of a Nation" and "Triumph of the Will."
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at May 28, 2024 05:06 PM (YqDXo)
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210 >>>204 I watched the movie Rope the other day. Was quite good using one setting. Basically filming a stage play.
I watched that a few weeks ago and was going to write a review... I didn't like it! I liked the premise but it was slow and very stagey.
Posted by: ace at May 28, 2024 05:05 PM (KRtlO)
If you skip until Jimmy Stewart shows up, it's totally different. Damn he was good.
I watched that a few weeks ago and was going to write a review... I didn't like it! I liked the premise but it was slow and very stagey.
Posted by: ace at May 28, 2024 05:05 PM (KRtlO)
If you skip until Jimmy Stewart shows up, it's totally different. Damn he was good.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at May 28, 2024 05:06 PM (KbCG3)
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In the last 12 years, I've seen exactly one movie in a theater. Hollywood can diaf.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 28, 2024 05:06 PM (OoH/c)
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Imagine instead of Furiosa closing out the Mad Max saga with an old Mad Max played by Mel Gibson. Could be amazing but ofc Mel Gibson is persona non grata in Hollywood.
Posted by: steevy at May 28, 2024 05:06 PM (FQmDC)
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Are you a hermit? Unless you totally avoid commercials, shopping centers that play music, modern movies, modern TV, professional sporting events, etc. you've been exposed.
Posted by: bonhomme
OK, I'm good. Based on that list, I have never been exposed to Taylor Swift. Do I still need a vaccine, though?
Posted by: bonhomme
OK, I'm good. Based on that list, I have never been exposed to Taylor Swift. Do I still need a vaccine, though?
Posted by: Thomas Paine at May 28, 2024 05:07 PM (lTGtQ)
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204 I watched the movie Rope the other day. Was quite good using one setting. Basically filming a stage play.
We can talk about the quality of movies all we want, but that's a damn good one that would draw flies today. Cerebral and subtle, dialogue driven.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at May 28, 2024 05:04 PM
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It was also one scene, events transpiring in real time.
We can talk about the quality of movies all we want, but that's a damn good one that would draw flies today. Cerebral and subtle, dialogue driven.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at May 28, 2024 05:04 PM
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It was also one scene, events transpiring in real time.
Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at May 28, 2024 05:07 PM (wzAuc)
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I'm lucky I had young kids at the right time to stop going to the movies. Really easy to justify not having the expense of going to the theater and the hassle of getting a baby sitter when everything blows.
Posted by: Joe, living dangerously at May 28, 2024 05:07 PM (B9Prs)
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I saw where they gave a best actress award to a man at Cannes.
Posted by: fd at May 28, 2024 05:07 PM (vFG9F)
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220 In the last 12 years, I've seen exactly one movie in a theater. Hollywood can diaf.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 28, 2024 05:06 PM (OoH/c)
Only broke my long theater drought thanks to you Morons. Made the wife go to see Godzilla Minus One on a whim.
Not the worst decision ever.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 28, 2024 05:06 PM (OoH/c)
Only broke my long theater drought thanks to you Morons. Made the wife go to see Godzilla Minus One on a whim.
Not the worst decision ever.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at May 28, 2024 05:07 PM (KbCG3)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at May 28, 2024 05:07 PM (s3qiR)
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News like this gives me hope that a significant number of Americans do not want to participate in the decline of our culture.
I do not have my finger on the pulse, but I hope that truly talented (and sane) entertainers and storytellers are filling the gap. Or maybe not, since a lot of people have had to cut their entertainment budgets. I dunno.
I do not have my finger on the pulse, but I hope that truly talented (and sane) entertainers and storytellers are filling the gap. Or maybe not, since a lot of people have had to cut their entertainment budgets. I dunno.
Posted by: Emmie at May 28, 2024 05:07 PM (Sf2cq)
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this is not ... kids can see films immediately
I don't know how they do it but they do it
Posted by: BlackOrchid at May 28, 2024 05:04 PM (s3qiR)
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Torrent, I'll wager.
I don't know how they do it but they do it
Posted by: BlackOrchid at May 28, 2024 05:04 PM (s3qiR)
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Torrent, I'll wager.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at May 28, 2024 05:08 PM (YqDXo)
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@164 some good lines in Commando , but the worst thing was letting Alyssa Milano live
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 28, 2024 05:08 PM (wu1+q)
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The Mad Max franchise generally sucks.
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I was never a Mad Max fan, but I enjoyed the game immensely... until the ending.
The ending was so bad and enraged me so much I never played it again.
Brilliant strategy, lets make a game that pisses people off so much that theres fuck all replayability
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I was never a Mad Max fan, but I enjoyed the game immensely... until the ending.
The ending was so bad and enraged me so much I never played it again.
Brilliant strategy, lets make a game that pisses people off so much that theres fuck all replayability
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Esteemed Trump-Ho and Searcher of Wagshambas at May 28, 2024 05:08 PM (VTu1l)
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My view is that the experience of going to a movie theater or flying commercial has been reduced to the same godawful level that cross country travel on a bus afforded fifty years ago. It is a surfeit of hoi polloi sauce and all the deviant behavior that comes with it.
My view is that the experience of going to a movie theater or flying commercial has been reduced to the same godawful level that cross country travel on a bus afforded fifty years ago. It is a surfeit of hoi polloi sauce and all the deviant behavior that comes with it.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 28, 2024 05:08 PM (xG4kz)
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@160
>>Kind of a coin flip
I'll tell you right now, you make a Mad Max film with Mel Gibosn as Max, Jim Caveziel as the crazy is he or isn't he the mesiah, and Max acts as Yoda to some chick, showing her the ways of The Wasteland and Max makes the ultimate sacrifice so that his new charge can escape and give that charge the impetus to bring order to The Wastelands.
I mean, that's what I would do, but I don't get paid the big bucks to come up with stories.
>>Kind of a coin flip
I'll tell you right now, you make a Mad Max film with Mel Gibosn as Max, Jim Caveziel as the crazy is he or isn't he the mesiah, and Max acts as Yoda to some chick, showing her the ways of The Wasteland and Max makes the ultimate sacrifice so that his new charge can escape and give that charge the impetus to bring order to The Wastelands.
I mean, that's what I would do, but I don't get paid the big bucks to come up with stories.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 28, 2024 05:08 PM (XV/Pl)
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I watched the movie Rope the other day. Was quite good using one setting. Basically filming a stage play.
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I watched that a few weeks ago and was going to write a review... I didn't like it! I liked the premise but it was slow and very stagey.
Posted by: ace at May 28, 2024 05:05 PM (KRtlO)
The old Hitchcock film?
Meh, of the 30 or so of his movies I've seen, Rope is about the 29th best. This one and a few others, the characters don't act like they're in the action they're in, so yeah, it's a stage play.
No thanks.
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I watched that a few weeks ago and was going to write a review... I didn't like it! I liked the premise but it was slow and very stagey.
Posted by: ace at May 28, 2024 05:05 PM (KRtlO)
The old Hitchcock film?
Meh, of the 30 or so of his movies I've seen, Rope is about the 29th best. This one and a few others, the characters don't act like they're in the action they're in, so yeah, it's a stage play.
No thanks.
Posted by: BurtTC at May 28, 2024 05:08 PM (dGCAG)
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Torrent, I'll wager.
File sharing went away, or at least went down, because it became easier, faster, and cheaper to rent movies.
Now? The industry made it harder, slower in practice, and way more expensive.
Torrent, I'll wager.
File sharing went away, or at least went down, because it became easier, faster, and cheaper to rent movies.
Now? The industry made it harder, slower in practice, and way more expensive.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 28, 2024 05:09 PM (ibTVg)
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" Unless you totally avoid commercials, shopping centers that play music, modern movies, modern TV, professional sporting events, etc."
I don't know anything by Taylor Swift but I'm no hermit. Cultist, maybe.
I don't know anything by Taylor Swift but I'm no hermit. Cultist, maybe.
Posted by: fd at May 28, 2024 05:09 PM (vFG9F)
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> I watched that a few weeks ago and was going to write a review... I didn't like it! I liked the premise but it was slow and very stagey.
Same. I think Rope is one of Hitchcock's weakest movies.
Same. I think Rope is one of Hitchcock's weakest movies.
Posted by: bonhomme at May 28, 2024 05:09 PM (Odg76)
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Anna Taylor Joy
She was good in "The Menu" and okay in "The Queen's Gambit."
She was fucking awful in "Peaky Blinders."
She was good in "The Menu" and okay in "The Queen's Gambit."
She was fucking awful in "Peaky Blinders."
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 28, 2024 05:09 PM (d9fT1)
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I watched that a few weeks ago and was going to write a review... I didn't like it! I liked the premise but it was slow and very stagey.
Posted by: ace at May 28, 2024 05:05 PM
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John Dall (the older villain) was the worst actor ever in a Hitchcock film. He dragged it down.
Posted by: ace at May 28, 2024 05:05 PM
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John Dall (the older villain) was the worst actor ever in a Hitchcock film. He dragged it down.
Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at May 28, 2024 05:09 PM (wzAuc)
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Ok, the Transformer s movie deserve some derision; however, Michael Bay wants no more than to entertain you for two hours with fast cars, hot women, big explosions, unironic patriotism , US military as the good guys, and some silly humor.
No lectures. No gut punches directed at normies/flyover states.No woke crap. No girl boss stuff, though the hot women do some reasonable action.
Not Oscar material but he wants to please the audience , unlike most filmmakers today.
No lectures. No gut punches directed at normies/flyover states.No woke crap. No girl boss stuff, though the hot women do some reasonable action.
Not Oscar material but he wants to please the audience , unlike most filmmakers today.
Posted by: Lizzy at May 28, 2024 05:09 PM (Hkcdp)
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Are you a hermit? Unless you totally avoid commercials, shopping centers that play music, modern movies, modern TV, professional sporting events, etc. you've been exposed.
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As with Ryan Gosling, who is literally me, this is also literally me.
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As with Ryan Gosling, who is literally me, this is also literally me.
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Esteemed Trump-Ho and Searcher of Wagshambas at May 28, 2024 05:09 PM (VTu1l)
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My view is that the experience of going to a movie theater or flying commercial has been reduced to the same godawful level that cross country travel on a bus afforded fifty years ago. It is a surfeit of hoi polloi sauce and all the deviant behavior that comes with it.
this is correct
even here, it's bad. it's gross.
we go out to Lancaster every weekend it seems like now. some actually really fun stuff going on there, surprisingly. and the city is cool (and safe)
this is correct
even here, it's bad. it's gross.
we go out to Lancaster every weekend it seems like now. some actually really fun stuff going on there, surprisingly. and the city is cool (and safe)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at May 28, 2024 05:10 PM (s3qiR)
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Are you a hermit? Unless you totally avoid commercials, shopping centers that play music, modern movies, modern TV, professional sporting events, etc. you've been exposed.
Posted by: bonhomme
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you totally avoid commercials - check
shopping centers that play music - check
modern movies - check
modern TV - check
professional sporting events - check
Posted by: bonhomme
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you totally avoid commercials - check
shopping centers that play music - check
modern movies - check
modern TV - check
professional sporting events - check
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at May 28, 2024 05:10 PM (YqDXo)
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One Cut
Of The
Dead
everyone watch it!
Posted by: BlackOrchid at May 28, 2024 05:07 PM (s3qiR)
Watch it once, you'll almost immediately want to watch it a second time.
Of The
Dead
everyone watch it!
Posted by: BlackOrchid at May 28, 2024 05:07 PM (s3qiR)
Watch it once, you'll almost immediately want to watch it a second time.
Posted by: BurtTC at May 28, 2024 05:10 PM (dGCAG)
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239 I watched that a few weeks ago and was going to write a review... I didn't like it! I liked the premise but it was slow and very stagey.
Posted by: ace at May 28, 2024 05:05 PM
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John Dall (the older villain) was the worst actor ever in a Hitchcock film. He dragged it down.
Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at May 28, 2024 05:09 PM (wzAuc)
Actually thought the two villains were awful. Stewart was great, though.
Posted by: ace at May 28, 2024 05:05 PM
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John Dall (the older villain) was the worst actor ever in a Hitchcock film. He dragged it down.
Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at May 28, 2024 05:09 PM (wzAuc)
Actually thought the two villains were awful. Stewart was great, though.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at May 28, 2024 05:10 PM (KbCG3)
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You want to see Alyssa Milano Commando in her 20s.
You'll settle for seeing her Commando now
You'll get...Cookie being a worse actor then Ahnuld in Commando
You'll settle for seeing her Commando now
You'll get...Cookie being a worse actor then Ahnuld in Commando
Posted by: Obligatory at May 28, 2024 05:10 PM (ibTVg)
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@204 The Central Scrutinizer-I think The Rope was two long continuous shots. I love Hitchcock movies and finally watched this one last year.
Posted by: JROD at May 28, 2024 05:10 PM (IlL6s)
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"I don't see how the theaters can survive, except as a niche, nostalgia-based thing."
We have the oldest continually running movie theater in TX here- I'm going to the film society's May pick tonight-
and while they show a nice variety of first run movies, a fair amount of their business is speciality stuff. For those who want to see classics on the big screen.
We also have the Western Festival in the summer and you can rent the theater and sponsor a movie you like.
For Cinco de Mayo, someone sponsored "Coco", for example.
But were we still in the Big City, we would not be going to the 'plexes to watch movies.
We have the oldest continually running movie theater in TX here- I'm going to the film society's May pick tonight-
and while they show a nice variety of first run movies, a fair amount of their business is speciality stuff. For those who want to see classics on the big screen.
We also have the Western Festival in the summer and you can rent the theater and sponsor a movie you like.
For Cinco de Mayo, someone sponsored "Coco", for example.
But were we still in the Big City, we would not be going to the 'plexes to watch movies.
Posted by: sal: tolle adversarium et afflige inimicum at May 28, 2024 05:10 PM (IZjwR)
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> File sharing went away, or at least went down, because it became easier, faster, and cheaper to rent movies.
I was an avid collector for a while. I don't even know a safe way of collecting anymore.
I was an avid collector for a while. I don't even know a safe way of collecting anymore.
Posted by: bonhomme at May 28, 2024 05:11 PM (Odg76)
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Hollywood's problem extends well beyond woke politics. There is simply a dearth of talent at all levels. We are on the 3-4th generation of nepots. Each generation is degeneration. (See the Kennedy Klan, as an example.)
Are there any actors in Hollywood with star power, acting range, or a name that puts butts in (increasingly expensive) seats?
Where are the auteur directors? The compelling stories? The smart writing? The credible CGI?
When was the last laugh out loud comedy made?
When was the last 90-minute complete, original story on screen?
Are there any actors in Hollywood with star power, acting range, or a name that puts butts in (increasingly expensive) seats?
Where are the auteur directors? The compelling stories? The smart writing? The credible CGI?
When was the last laugh out loud comedy made?
When was the last 90-minute complete, original story on screen?
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at May 28, 2024 05:11 PM (wBaIH)
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The big problem with movie theaters aren’t the amenities, it’s the people who go there.
Who wants to be around a bunch of idiots who are looking at their phone for two hours?
Who wants to be around a bunch of idiots who are looking at their phone for two hours?
Posted by: Allen at May 28, 2024 05:11 PM (lFLgt)
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you totally avoid commercials - check
shopping centers that play music - check
modern movies - check
modern TV - check
professional sporting events - check
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at May 28, 2024 05:10 PM (YqDXo)
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And you know what? I'm MUCH the happier for it.
shopping centers that play music - check
modern movies - check
modern TV - check
professional sporting events - check
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at May 28, 2024 05:10 PM (YqDXo)
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And you know what? I'm MUCH the happier for it.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at May 28, 2024 05:11 PM (YqDXo)
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247 @204 The Central Scrutinizer-I think The Rope was two long continuous shots. I love Hitchcock movies and finally watched this one last year.
Posted by: JROD at May 28, 2024 05:10 PM (IlL6s)
Going to "ackshually" you here because I read the IMDB trivia after every movie I watch.
Was actually 10 shots. Still cool for a movie that was an hour and 20 minutes.
Posted by: JROD at May 28, 2024 05:10 PM (IlL6s)
Going to "ackshually" you here because I read the IMDB trivia after every movie I watch.
Was actually 10 shots. Still cool for a movie that was an hour and 20 minutes.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at May 28, 2024 05:11 PM (KbCG3)
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I don't know anything by Taylor Swift but I'm no hermit. Cultist, maybe.
Posted by: fd
I heard some of her songs when she was still considered a country artist. That was a long time ago and I'll be darned if I can remember what they were.
Posted by: fd
I heard some of her songs when she was still considered a country artist. That was a long time ago and I'll be darned if I can remember what they were.
Posted by: Tuna at May 28, 2024 05:12 PM (oaGWv)
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Who wants to be around a bunch of idiots who are looking at their phone for two hours?
Posted by: Allen at May 28, 2024 05:11 PM (lFLgt)
_________________
If I want that, I go to the gym.
Posted by: Allen at May 28, 2024 05:11 PM (lFLgt)
_________________
If I want that, I go to the gym.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at May 28, 2024 05:12 PM (YqDXo)
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Watch it once, you'll almost immediately want to watch it a second time.
that's right Burt! omg yes
I was an avid collector for a while. I don't even know a safe way of collecting anymore.
blue rays have to be it, I hope. have three players. hope that gets me thru
that's right Burt! omg yes
I was an avid collector for a while. I don't even know a safe way of collecting anymore.
blue rays have to be it, I hope. have three players. hope that gets me thru
Posted by: BlackOrchid at May 28, 2024 05:12 PM (s3qiR)
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My view is that the experience of going to a movie theater or flying commercial has been reduced to the same godawful level that cross country travel on a bus afforded fifty years ago. It is a surfeit of hoi polloi sauce and all the deviant behavior that comes with it.
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Well said, that hits the point exactly.
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Well said, that hits the point exactly.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at May 28, 2024 05:12 PM (lTGtQ)
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Still waiting for Godzilla Minus one Bluray release. Or even an announcement when it will come out
Posted by: steevy at May 28, 2024 05:13 PM (FQmDC)
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Anya would be a good elf character
Posted by: Skip at May 28, 2024 05:13 PM (fwDg9)
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"New" in theaters this week!
Remake of an 80s hit...Part 3!
Feminist lecture fest...Part 2!
Indian movie with dancing!
A waif pop tartlet beating up men twice her size Part 8!
A comedy about gay guys Part 4!
Remake of an 80s hit...Part 3!
Feminist lecture fest...Part 2!
Indian movie with dancing!
A waif pop tartlet beating up men twice her size Part 8!
A comedy about gay guys Part 4!
Posted by: Why don't people go to movies?!? at May 28, 2024 05:14 PM (ibTVg)
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@253 The Central Scrutinizer-That's right they hid the cuts. I think there was one cut that was noticeable.
Posted by: JROD at May 28, 2024 05:14 PM (IlL6s)
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CNN Breaking News...... After 20 years of investigation by the FBI it has been determined.........
"TRUMP SHOT JOHN LENNON" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"TRUMP SHOT JOHN LENNON" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Franklin Stein at May 28, 2024 05:15 PM (1t11C)
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@258
>>Still waiting for Godzilla Minus one Bluray release. Or even an announcement when it will come out
It's released in Japan on BluRay and Streaming, there are places to liberate it on the internets.
I don't think it's going to be available in the US on BluRay or Streaming until September.
>>Still waiting for Godzilla Minus one Bluray release. Or even an announcement when it will come out
It's released in Japan on BluRay and Streaming, there are places to liberate it on the internets.
I don't think it's going to be available in the US on BluRay or Streaming until September.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 28, 2024 05:15 PM (XV/Pl)
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My view is that the experience of going to a movie theater or flying commercial has been reduced to the same godawful level that cross country travel on a bus afforded fifty years ago. It is a surfeit of hoi polloi sauce and all the deviant behavior that comes with it.
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The demographics have changed, and there's now a lot of trash culture going to movies and flying commercial. I remember when people used to dress up to fly - suit and tie for men (or boys, as I was then).
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The demographics have changed, and there's now a lot of trash culture going to movies and flying commercial. I remember when people used to dress up to fly - suit and tie for men (or boys, as I was then).
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at May 28, 2024 05:15 PM (YqDXo)
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The old Hitchcock film?
Meh, of the 30 or so of his movies I've seen, Rope is about the 29th best. This one and a few others, the characters don't act like they're in the action they're in, so yeah, it's a stage play.
No thanks.
Posted by: BurtTC
Rope was tedious, but somewhat interesting. Certainly nowhere near the best that Hitchcock made.
Vertigo, The Birds, North by Northwest (which is strangely similar to The 39 Steps), Psycho, Marnie....yeah, a lot of good movies. Rope was ok, but not one of them. Even The Man Who Knew Too Much was better.
Meh, of the 30 or so of his movies I've seen, Rope is about the 29th best. This one and a few others, the characters don't act like they're in the action they're in, so yeah, it's a stage play.
No thanks.
Posted by: BurtTC
Rope was tedious, but somewhat interesting. Certainly nowhere near the best that Hitchcock made.
Vertigo, The Birds, North by Northwest (which is strangely similar to The 39 Steps), Psycho, Marnie....yeah, a lot of good movies. Rope was ok, but not one of them. Even The Man Who Knew Too Much was better.
Posted by: A face in the crowd..... at May 28, 2024 05:16 PM (vcOmj)
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What killed Hollywood stars is large paychecks. Way back when, stars had agents who knew how to pick films for their clients which wouldn't damage the brand, which was the star.
Large paychecks meant actors could collect the check and sucker people into seeing a film because they were in it. See: Cowboys and Aliens. Heck, Harrison Ford admitted he collected the check and never looked back.
People have, to a certain extent, wised up to that scam, though, it still works on occasion.
There is only one actor in Hollywood that I'll see a movie just because he's in it: Tom Cruise. He tends to be in films I find entertaining and that's good enough for me.
Large paychecks meant actors could collect the check and sucker people into seeing a film because they were in it. See: Cowboys and Aliens. Heck, Harrison Ford admitted he collected the check and never looked back.
People have, to a certain extent, wised up to that scam, though, it still works on occasion.
There is only one actor in Hollywood that I'll see a movie just because he's in it: Tom Cruise. He tends to be in films I find entertaining and that's good enough for me.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at May 28, 2024 05:16 PM (tT6L1)
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"TRUMP SHOT JOHN LENNON" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Franklin Stein at May 28, 2024 05:15 PM (1t11C)
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Give it a rest; I was already going to vote for him.
Posted by: Franklin Stein at May 28, 2024 05:15 PM (1t11C)
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Give it a rest; I was already going to vote for him.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at May 28, 2024 05:16 PM (YqDXo)
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Still waiting for Godzilla Minus one Bluray release. Or even an announcement when it will come out
Posted by: steevy at May 28, 2024 05:13 PM (FQmDC)
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Same.
Posted by: steevy at May 28, 2024 05:13 PM (FQmDC)
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Same.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at May 28, 2024 05:17 PM (tT6L1)
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Having been in airport terminals a week ago, I was repelled by the bland, insipid and genderless pabulum that passed for songs these days. Purely unmemorable dreck.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 28, 2024 05:01 PM
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So true. I was just trying to remember the last time I heard something playing at a bar or someplace and going, "Who's that?" I think it might have been The White Stripes' "Seven Nation Army."
Having been in airport terminals a week ago, I was repelled by the bland, insipid and genderless pabulum that passed for songs these days. Purely unmemorable dreck.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 28, 2024 05:01 PM
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So true. I was just trying to remember the last time I heard something playing at a bar or someplace and going, "Who's that?" I think it might have been The White Stripes' "Seven Nation Army."
Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at May 28, 2024 05:17 PM (wzAuc)
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>>… when was the last complete original 90 min story
Foreign films.
Have picked up random dvds at the library and there were some nice surprises. - The Rosemaker and Evie .
Foreign films.
Have picked up random dvds at the library and there were some nice surprises. - The Rosemaker and Evie .
Posted by: Lizzy at May 28, 2024 05:18 PM (Hkcdp)
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My view is that the experience of going to a movie theater or flying commercial has been reduced to the same godawful level that cross country travel on a bus afforded fifty years ago. It is a surfeit of hoi polloi sauce and all the deviant behavior that comes with it.
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Have you seen the videos of fights breaking out in departure lounges? (Yay diversity!) That NEVER used to happen.
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Have you seen the videos of fights breaking out in departure lounges? (Yay diversity!) That NEVER used to happen.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at May 28, 2024 05:18 PM (YqDXo)
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The main problem is that we are no longer a movie going culture.
This is largely a result of the movie industry pushing streaming, pumping out massive amounts of product, which dilutes the product and the media oversaturation of "Stars" to where there is no mystery or mystique to any of them save maybe Cruise or DeCaprio and precious few others.
This is largely a result of the movie industry pushing streaming, pumping out massive amounts of product, which dilutes the product and the media oversaturation of "Stars" to where there is no mystery or mystique to any of them save maybe Cruise or DeCaprio and precious few others.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 28, 2024 05:18 PM (XV/Pl)
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263 Thanks, that's not too bad. I better pre order when it shows up because I got screwed on the 50 anniversary edition of Enter the Dragon.
Posted by: steevy at May 28, 2024 05:19 PM (FQmDC)
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re 95: they did, came out around 1960. widely rated as one of the worst movies of all time. the comic strip was pretty crappy, too
Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 28, 2024 05:19 PM (B1FKF)
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The demographics have changed, and there's now a lot of trash culture going to movies and flying commercial. I remember when people used to dress up to fly - suit and tie for men (or boys, as I was then).
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at May 28, 2024 05:15 PM (YqDXo)
Or going to their child's HS graduation. Do you not own a shirt with a collar? A pair of slacks? A dress, Madam?
I was actually kind of shocked. The last one I attended was in 2006. (Missed granddaughter's in 2020.)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at May 28, 2024 05:15 PM (YqDXo)
Or going to their child's HS graduation. Do you not own a shirt with a collar? A pair of slacks? A dress, Madam?
I was actually kind of shocked. The last one I attended was in 2006. (Missed granddaughter's in 2020.)
Posted by: sal: tolle adversarium et afflige inimicum at May 28, 2024 05:19 PM (IZjwR)
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ducks guts.
*tries to act as if he knows if this is a good or a bad thing*
IIRC it's from the garage intro to the car scene.
*tries to act as if he knows if this is a good or a bad thing*
IIRC it's from the garage intro to the car scene.
Posted by: DaveA at May 28, 2024 05:20 PM (PMJuY)
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I'm still hoping for a big-screen version of Madame's Place starring Wayland Flowers. Judy Landers is only 65.
Posted by: Can Pick'em at May 28, 2024 05:20 PM (V5BDR)
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"My view is that the experience of going to a movie theater or flying commercial has been reduced to the same godawful level that cross country travel on a bus afforded fifty years ago. "
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I am going to a meeting next week that is 4 states away and I'm driving.
I am wondering if I will ever be in an airport again.
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I am going to a meeting next week that is 4 states away and I'm driving.
I am wondering if I will ever be in an airport again.
Posted by: Jay in PA at May 28, 2024 05:21 PM (i7Q7S)
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The Chosen.
Posted by: Come and see at May 28, 2024 05:21 PM (39Yzc)
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What does it mean to "buy" a movie these days? You can watch it anytime you want as long as you have internet access and it doesn't mysteriously disappear?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 28, 2024 05:21 PM (63Dwl)
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But he didn't shoot the deputy
Posted by: Skip at May 28, 2024 05:21 PM (fwDg9)
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The Chosen.
Posted by: Come and see
I note that is the third Angel production to be mentioned in this thread.
Posted by: Come and see
I note that is the third Angel production to be mentioned in this thread.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at May 28, 2024 05:22 PM (lTGtQ)
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Btw, tonight's film is 'Double Indemnity".
Can't wait!
Can't wait!
Posted by: sal: tolle adversarium et afflige inimicum at May 28, 2024 05:22 PM (IZjwR)
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Attention influencers: There is no clean end of a turd. No matter what the queers say.
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at May 28, 2024 05:23 PM (as3uC)
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I have $120 in Regal gift cards. I've had them for at least 6 years. There have been no movies since getting the gift cards has there been a movie I want to see.
Posted by: Beartooth at May 28, 2024 05:23 PM (K4dTD)
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There is only one actor in Hollywood that I'll see a movie just because he's in it: Tom Cruise. He tends to be in films I find entertaining and that's good enough for me.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at May 28, 2024 05:16 PM
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I like all the movies in which he runs. That boy's a runnin' fool.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at May 28, 2024 05:16 PM
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I like all the movies in which he runs. That boy's a runnin' fool.
Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at May 28, 2024 05:23 PM (wzAuc)
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I am going to a meeting next week that is 4 states away and I'm driving.
I am wondering if I will ever be in an airport again.
Posted by: Jay in PA at May 28, 2024 05:21 PM (i7Q7S)
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My wife would love to travel. When I was working I flew everywhere, all the time, both domestically and internationally (including taking a red eye to Europe, attending meetings during the day, and flying back that night. Great fun!)
So ... I'm pretty much done with flying if I can avoid it.
I am wondering if I will ever be in an airport again.
Posted by: Jay in PA at May 28, 2024 05:21 PM (i7Q7S)
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My wife would love to travel. When I was working I flew everywhere, all the time, both domestically and internationally (including taking a red eye to Europe, attending meetings during the day, and flying back that night. Great fun!)
So ... I'm pretty much done with flying if I can avoid it.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at May 28, 2024 05:24 PM (YqDXo)
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"Stop trying to make Anna Taylor Joy happen... She is good - look at her in The Menu, Split, or The Witch"
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I would trouble identifying her.
A star, she is definitely not.
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I would trouble identifying her.
A star, she is definitely not.
Posted by: Jay in PA at May 28, 2024 05:24 PM (i7Q7S)
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And Deadpool won’t grow another one of those IYKWIMAIKYD.
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at May 28, 2024 05:25 PM (as3uC)
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In the suburbs of Seattle there have been at least two modern multi-screen theaters (8 screens and 10 screens, IIRC) that have been bulldozed and are now empty lots with For Sale or Lease signs on the empty land. Two others are closed.
Mind you, the local populations have increased since they were built.
Maybe people with money are tired of being insulted while paying stupid amounts for tickets and snacks?
Mind you, the local populations have increased since they were built.
Maybe people with money are tired of being insulted while paying stupid amounts for tickets and snacks?
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at May 28, 2024 05:25 PM (2ds6i)
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Rope was tedious, but somewhat interesting.
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Interesting concept. So, like watching paint dry but thinking the final shade might turn out ecru instead of taupe?
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Interesting concept. So, like watching paint dry but thinking the final shade might turn out ecru instead of taupe?
Posted by: Muldoon at May 28, 2024 05:25 PM (991eG)
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‘You pushin’ too hard, pushin’ too hard, you pushin’ too hard on me.’
- The Seeds
- The Seeds
Posted by: Eromero at May 28, 2024 05:25 PM (o2ZRX)
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Maybe, just maybe, the people of this country are beginning to pull their collective heads out of their collective asses and stop supporting the people who despise them. I mean we con only hope right?
Posted by: C.M. Delta at May 28, 2024 05:26 PM (SJVBN)
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268 Still waiting for Godzilla Minus one Bluray release. Or even an announcement when it will come out
Posted by: steevy at May 28, 2024 05:13 PM (FQmDC)
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Same.
i want it on dvd.
*shifty eyes*
for reasons.
Posted by: steevy at May 28, 2024 05:13 PM (FQmDC)
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Same.
i want it on dvd.
*shifty eyes*
for reasons.
Posted by: anachronda at May 28, 2024 05:26 PM (v3pYe)
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In the suburbs of Seattle there have been at least two modern multi-screen theaters (8 screens and 10 screens, IIRC) that have been bulldozed and are now empty lots with For Sale or Lease signs on the empty land. Two others are closed.
Mind you, the local populations have increased since they were built.
Maybe people with money are tired of being insulted while paying stupid amounts for tickets and snacks?
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg
People with money are being insulted, and there are far less of them. Disposable income is now negative for many.
Mind you, the local populations have increased since they were built.
Maybe people with money are tired of being insulted while paying stupid amounts for tickets and snacks?
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg
People with money are being insulted, and there are far less of them. Disposable income is now negative for many.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at May 28, 2024 05:26 PM (lTGtQ)
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@280
>>What does it mean to "buy" a movie these days? You can watch it anytime you want as long as you have internet access and it doesn't mysteriously disappear?
I don't stream anything, I liberate what I need from the internets onto my Plex, I have... looks at Movie folder on Server... 1500 movies, and... Looks at TV Folder, 200 Full Seasons of Episodic Television Programs from the 50's ending roughly in the early aughts.
Ersatz Sam Quint: I'll never buy a BluRay ever again Chief.
>>What does it mean to "buy" a movie these days? You can watch it anytime you want as long as you have internet access and it doesn't mysteriously disappear?
I don't stream anything, I liberate what I need from the internets onto my Plex, I have... looks at Movie folder on Server... 1500 movies, and... Looks at TV Folder, 200 Full Seasons of Episodic Television Programs from the 50's ending roughly in the early aughts.
Ersatz Sam Quint: I'll never buy a BluRay ever again Chief.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 28, 2024 05:27 PM (XV/Pl)
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280 What does it mean to "buy" a movie these days? You can watch it anytime you want as long as you have internet access and it doesn't mysteriously disappear?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 28, 2024 05:21 PM (63Dwl)
If you want to download movies and TV shows from your premium streaming sites, there is a program called Stre_mf_b (replace blanks with a) that lets you do it. Not cheap, but the company often has sales. I have it. It works very well. There must be a number of similar programs available.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 28, 2024 05:21 PM (63Dwl)
If you want to download movies and TV shows from your premium streaming sites, there is a program called Stre_mf_b (replace blanks with a) that lets you do it. Not cheap, but the company often has sales. I have it. It works very well. There must be a number of similar programs available.
Posted by: Gref at May 28, 2024 05:27 PM (5fDan)
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Limu Ecru
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 28, 2024 05:27 PM (63Dwl)
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Rope was tedious, but somewhat interesting. Certainly nowhere near the best that Hitchcock made.
Vertigo, The Birds, North by Northwest (which is strangely similar to The 39 Steps), Psycho, Marnie....yeah, a lot of good movies. Rope was ok, but not one of them. Even The Man Who Knew Too Much was better.
Posted by: A face in the crowd..... at May 28, 2024 05:16 PM (vcOmj)
I do think it's an issue of tone. The actors don't seem to be in any real danger. It was similar, and not quite the same as "The Trouble With Harry," although that wasn't a danger situation, just that everyone was so casual about the fact there was this dead guy and nobody knew what to make of it.
Real people wouldn't act that way.
Vertigo, The Birds, North by Northwest (which is strangely similar to The 39 Steps), Psycho, Marnie....yeah, a lot of good movies. Rope was ok, but not one of them. Even The Man Who Knew Too Much was better.
Posted by: A face in the crowd..... at May 28, 2024 05:16 PM (vcOmj)
I do think it's an issue of tone. The actors don't seem to be in any real danger. It was similar, and not quite the same as "The Trouble With Harry," although that wasn't a danger situation, just that everyone was so casual about the fact there was this dead guy and nobody knew what to make of it.
Real people wouldn't act that way.
Posted by: BurtTC at May 28, 2024 05:27 PM (dGCAG)
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What I like about "Rope" is Jimmy Stewart getting hoisted on his own "such a rebel" petard.
And I like the technical aspects as well.
And I like the technical aspects as well.
Posted by: sal: tolle adversarium et afflige inimicum at May 28, 2024 05:29 PM (IZjwR)
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Btw, tonight's film is 'Double Indemnity".
Can't wait!
Posted by: sal: tolle adversarium et afflige inimicum at May 28, 2024 05:22 PM (IZjwR)
That's my girl. I think I would do just about anything she asked me to.
Can't wait!
Posted by: sal: tolle adversarium et afflige inimicum at May 28, 2024 05:22 PM (IZjwR)
That's my girl. I think I would do just about anything she asked me to.
Posted by: BurtTC at May 28, 2024 05:29 PM (dGCAG)
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Joe Biden to be nominated virtually so he can be on the Ohio ballot.
(several spaces)
https://www.wtaj.com/news/ dnc-plans-to-virtually-nominate -biden-ahead-of-convention -amid-ohio-ballot-concerns/
(several spaces)
https://www.wtaj.com/news/ dnc-plans-to-virtually-nominate -biden-ahead-of-convention -amid-ohio-ballot-concerns/
Posted by: Ann at May 28, 2024 05:31 PM (4neFu)
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Heh,
Biden is going to do a virtual roll call so he can be nominated before the Ohio deadline.
R's proposed to extend deadline but put some poison pills in the legislation and Dem's wouldn't agree.
To bad Joe!
Biden is going to do a virtual roll call so he can be nominated before the Ohio deadline.
R's proposed to extend deadline but put some poison pills in the legislation and Dem's wouldn't agree.
To bad Joe!
Posted by: WIsRich at May 28, 2024 05:31 PM (G0vdT)
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The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
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It probably took a hit from the Reacher dude criticizing audiences as not lefty enough.
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It probably took a hit from the Reacher dude criticizing audiences as not lefty enough.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 28, 2024 05:31 PM (HRik4)
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Iff ‘Willowed’:
My ‘betcha’:
Jury convicts.
Biden’s big announcement is a pardon.
Best of all worlds for FJB:
Trump remains forever a ‘Convicted Felon’.
Appeal will not happen because of Pardon
This, no true justice
FJB diffuses ’lawfare’ accusation.
Tell me this doesn’t ring true with these dicks….
My ‘betcha’:
Jury convicts.
Biden’s big announcement is a pardon.
Best of all worlds for FJB:
Trump remains forever a ‘Convicted Felon’.
Appeal will not happen because of Pardon
This, no true justice
FJB diffuses ’lawfare’ accusation.
Tell me this doesn’t ring true with these dicks….
Posted by: Oldowan at May 28, 2024 05:32 PM (htesZ)
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I don't stream anything, I liberate what I need from the internets onto my Plex, I have... looks at Movie folder on Server... 1500 movies, and... Looks at TV Folder, 200 Full Seasons of Episodic Television Programs from the 50's ending roughly in the early aughts.
Ersatz Sam Quint: I'll never buy a BluRay ever again Chief.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 28, 2024 05:27 PM (XV/Pl)
Wait until you download some movie where they mean to a tranny, or the help is all black, and suddenly it's not what you remember. Everyone's gender swapped, and the white people are all waiting on the black people.
Think it's not coming?
Just wait.
Ersatz Sam Quint: I'll never buy a BluRay ever again Chief.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 28, 2024 05:27 PM (XV/Pl)
Wait until you download some movie where they mean to a tranny, or the help is all black, and suddenly it's not what you remember. Everyone's gender swapped, and the white people are all waiting on the black people.
Think it's not coming?
Just wait.
Posted by: BurtTC at May 28, 2024 05:32 PM (dGCAG)
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When the studios go bankrupt; production companies, writers and actors will only than realize that what they were producing was dreck. They live in a world of fantasy that they have created for themselves. Eventually reality will bite them in the ass.
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at May 28, 2024 05:33 PM (2NHgQ)
Posted by: bonhomme at May 28, 2024 05:33 PM (Odg76)
309
Joe Biden to be nominated virtually so he can be on the Ohio ballot.
(several spaces)
https://www.wtaj.com/news/ dnc-plans-to-virtually-nominate -biden-ahead-of-convention -amid-ohio-ballot-concerns/
Posted by: Ann at May 28, 2024 05:31 PM (4neFu)
TO SAVE DEMOCRACAH!!!
(several spaces)
https://www.wtaj.com/news/ dnc-plans-to-virtually-nominate -biden-ahead-of-convention -amid-ohio-ballot-concerns/
Posted by: Ann at May 28, 2024 05:31 PM (4neFu)
TO SAVE DEMOCRACAH!!!
Posted by: BurtTC at May 28, 2024 05:33 PM (dGCAG)
310
I was devastated to learn that while the film 'The Apprentice' received a standing ovation at Cannes - of course! - it did not win any awards nor pick up distribution offers, etc.
Posted by: Cheri at May 28, 2024 05:33 PM (oiNtH)
311
An expert has come to the defense of a Las Vegas family who claim they came face to face with eight-foot-tall aliens. The Kenmores have insisted for over a year that two gangly, green-gray creatures crash-landed on their property last summer.
… the real problem now is that green-gray is not in any of the rainbows for Pride Month
… the real problem now is that green-gray is not in any of the rainbows for Pride Month
Posted by: SMOD at May 28, 2024 05:33 PM (amcPb)
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Posted by: Oldowan at May 28, 2024 05:32 PM (htesZ)
It is a state trial. Biden has no pardon power.
It is a state trial. Biden has no pardon power.
Posted by: Ann at May 28, 2024 05:33 PM (4neFu)
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The media is trying to cope with the public's rejection of the media.
Cry harderer, beeyatches. Make something normies want to see and maybe we'll part with some discretionary cash to go see it.
Cry harderer, beeyatches. Make something normies want to see and maybe we'll part with some discretionary cash to go see it.
Posted by: BifBewalski at May 28, 2024 05:34 PM (MsrgL)
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Anya Taylor Joy has Jesse Jackson eyes
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 28, 2024 05:34 PM (wu1+q)
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An expert has come to the defense of a Las Vegas family who claim they came face to face with eight-foot-tall aliens.
50% - Its all made up for attention
50% - Its some experimental craft/suit that really did crash and our government will make it out as "must be aliens couldn't be anything else right?!?"
50% - Its all made up for attention
50% - Its some experimental craft/suit that really did crash and our government will make it out as "must be aliens couldn't be anything else right?!?"
Posted by: 18-1 at May 28, 2024 05:35 PM (ibTVg)
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Took my 80 year old mom to see Planet of the Apes, she loved it.
One row ahead of us, two geriatrics were beefing for ten minutes on who was in the other's reserved seats. They were both wrong.
One row ahead of us, two geriatrics were beefing for ten minutes on who was in the other's reserved seats. They were both wrong.
Posted by: Candidus at May 28, 2024 05:35 PM (26Lj9)
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… the real problem now is that green-gray is not in any of the rainbows for Pride Month
Posted by: SMOD
Old people who use solar cells?
… the real problem now is that green-gray is not in any of the rainbows for Pride Month
Posted by: SMOD
Old people who use solar cells?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 28, 2024 05:36 PM (63Dwl)
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Jury convicts.
Biden’s big announcement is a pardon.
Best of all worlds for FJB:
Trump remains forever a ‘Convicted Felon’.
Appeal will not happen because of Pardon
This, no true justice
FJB diffuses ’lawfare’ accusation.
Tell me this doesn’t ring true with these dicks….
Posted by: Oldowan at May 28, 2024 05:32 PM (htesZ)
===============
Trump is accused of a NY state crime. Biden cannot pardon a state conviction, only a federal.
Biden’s big announcement is a pardon.
Best of all worlds for FJB:
Trump remains forever a ‘Convicted Felon’.
Appeal will not happen because of Pardon
This, no true justice
FJB diffuses ’lawfare’ accusation.
Tell me this doesn’t ring true with these dicks….
Posted by: Oldowan at May 28, 2024 05:32 PM (htesZ)
===============
Trump is accused of a NY state crime. Biden cannot pardon a state conviction, only a federal.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 28, 2024 05:36 PM (HRik4)
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We're going to get articles about how big The Acolyte is on Disney+ soon. It will offer few specifics and no comparisons (except to maybe Andor if it does better than that), but we'll be assured that it's "one of" the biggest debuts ever!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 28, 2024 05:01 PM (GBKbO)
I saw a trailer for that turd last week. It showed the female lead fightin' with lightsabers with someone else. She moved like she had a long stick shoved up her rear end.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 28, 2024 05:01 PM (GBKbO)
I saw a trailer for that turd last week. It showed the female lead fightin' with lightsabers with someone else. She moved like she had a long stick shoved up her rear end.
Posted by: hobbitopoly at May 28, 2024 05:36 PM (XPM1I)
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302 Joe Biden to be nominated virtually so he can be on the Ohio ballot.
(several spaces)
https://www.wtaj.com/news/ dnc-plans-to-virtually-nominate -biden-ahead-of-convention -amid-ohio-ballot-concerns/
so... what do they need the convention for?
(several spaces)
https://www.wtaj.com/news/ dnc-plans-to-virtually-nominate -biden-ahead-of-convention -amid-ohio-ballot-concerns/
so... what do they need the convention for?
Posted by: anachronda at May 28, 2024 05:37 PM (v3pYe)
Posted by: marty feldman at May 28, 2024 05:38 PM (v3pYe)
322
F-35 crashes on takeoff in NM. The pilot safely ejected.
http://tiny.cc/vyq9yz
Posted by: bonhomme
That's okay. We'll build more.
*wipes blood from beak*
http://tiny.cc/vyq9yz
Posted by: bonhomme
That's okay. We'll build more.
*wipes blood from beak*
Posted by: Lockheed at May 28, 2024 05:38 PM (MsrgL)
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Tell me this doesn’t ring true with these dicks….
Posted by: Oldowan at May 28, 2024 05:32 PM (htesZ)
President can't pardon state crimes but it's all Calvinball now so who knows.
Posted by: Oldowan at May 28, 2024 05:32 PM (htesZ)
President can't pardon state crimes but it's all Calvinball now so who knows.
Posted by: blaster at May 28, 2024 05:39 PM (IFNME)
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No fkin way will Sundowner's Puppeteers pardon Trump after all the trouble of convincing him, besides its NY court
Posted by: Skip at May 28, 2024 05:39 PM (fwDg9)
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F-35 crashes on takeoff in NM. The pilot safely ejected.
http://tiny.cc/vyq9yz
Posted by: bonhomme at May 28, 2024 05:33 PM (Odg76)
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sheesh, at $100 mill per plane you would hope it could take off.
http://tiny.cc/vyq9yz
Posted by: bonhomme at May 28, 2024 05:33 PM (Odg76)
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sheesh, at $100 mill per plane you would hope it could take off.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 28, 2024 05:39 PM (HRik4)
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Early Robert De Niro needs to be distinguished from Late and Current De Niro. He was amazingly good as the younger Don Vito Corleone in Godfather II, and his early work with Scorsese was a tour de force. Post-Goodfellas De Niro though, all condemnation merited.
Posted by: John Drake Nearing the Caspian Sea at May 28, 2024 05:40 PM (u/Zei)
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I am going to a meeting next week that is 4 states away and I'm driving.
I am wondering if I will ever be in an airport again.
Posted by: Jay in PA at May 28, 2024 05:21 PM (i7Q7S)
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Four states away for me is a long haul. But, I agree... avoid air travel.
Hell I drove to Corsicana a couple years ago. And I just got back from a trip to Missoula and back. 1400 hundred miles each way.
I love the freedom of making my own schedule.
I am wondering if I will ever be in an airport again.
Posted by: Jay in PA at May 28, 2024 05:21 PM (i7Q7S)
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Four states away for me is a long haul. But, I agree... avoid air travel.
Hell I drove to Corsicana a couple years ago. And I just got back from a trip to Missoula and back. 1400 hundred miles each way.
I love the freedom of making my own schedule.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, with a drawer full of pieces of flair at May 28, 2024 05:40 PM (hZc6Q)
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Hochul will pardon Trump and Joe will congratulate Hochul for her efforts.
Kamela will then become former VP Harris.
Kamela will then become former VP Harris.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at May 28, 2024 05:40 PM (tT6L1)
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321 314 Anya Taylor Joy has Jesse Jackson eyes
*pouts*
Posted by: marty feldman at May 28, 2024 05:38 PM (v3pYe)
*glares*
*pouts*
Posted by: marty feldman at May 28, 2024 05:38 PM (v3pYe)
*glares*
Posted by: Bette Davis at May 28, 2024 05:40 PM (wzAuc)
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so... what do they need the convention for?
Posted by: anachronda at May 28, 2024 05:37 PM (v3pYe)
Three days of free TV time in which to rush important scare stories about abortions and Hitler.
Posted by: anachronda at May 28, 2024 05:37 PM (v3pYe)
Three days of free TV time in which to rush important scare stories about abortions and Hitler.
Posted by: blaster at May 28, 2024 05:40 PM (IFNME)
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These people have no earthly idea about the affect their *screaming* social media accounts have poisoned people against their work product.
Movies starring Robert DeNiro (someone prominently in the news *today* for screaming at people) are some of my all time favorites. I still watch "Goodfellas" and "Meet the Parents" and "Godfather II" and "Taxi Driver" and "Casino" and "Raging Bull" and "Midnight Run" and...well, more. Love them. I know every line.
And I will never spend another dollar on a Robert DeNiro movie ever again because he has made his position on people who think differently than him abundantly clear. He would get into the same screaming match with me in a parking lot as he did today in New York City.
Now, multiply that by thousands of other "stars" / directors / producers who have also decided that I need to have my intelligence, spirtuality, sexuality, the simple things I like, and my very being changed to fit their world view...and, yeah. The hell with supporting that. Tell stories amongst your he/his/their-selves.
BTW -- just wait for the pleas for "government assistance" when the crunch gets even more severe. It's coming.
Movies starring Robert DeNiro (someone prominently in the news *today* for screaming at people) are some of my all time favorites. I still watch "Goodfellas" and "Meet the Parents" and "Godfather II" and "Taxi Driver" and "Casino" and "Raging Bull" and "Midnight Run" and...well, more. Love them. I know every line.
And I will never spend another dollar on a Robert DeNiro movie ever again because he has made his position on people who think differently than him abundantly clear. He would get into the same screaming match with me in a parking lot as he did today in New York City.
Now, multiply that by thousands of other "stars" / directors / producers who have also decided that I need to have my intelligence, spirtuality, sexuality, the simple things I like, and my very being changed to fit their world view...and, yeah. The hell with supporting that. Tell stories amongst your he/his/their-selves.
BTW -- just wait for the pleas for "government assistance" when the crunch gets even more severe. It's coming.
Posted by: oldhometown at May 28, 2024 05:41 PM (mGwiS)
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Misspoke. 14 hours. Still, my point stands.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, with a drawer full of pieces of flair at May 28, 2024 05:42 PM (hZc6Q)
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Someday a real rain will come and wash all this scum off the streets.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 28, 2024 05:42 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: anachronda at May 28, 2024 05:42 PM (v3pYe)
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I've seen all three movies.
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly warfare suffers from...a lack of cleverness. It wants to have everything both ways - this is a true story/this is action hero stuff. It's...okay. Much like the Beekeeper. Just an average action movie. Not bad, but not great.
The Fall Guy - meh. Too much romance story. Movies fail when the central source for the conflict is...two people who don't talk for some reason. That happens a lot in this movie - huge conflicts develop because nobody will pick up the phone. It also ignores the TV show in a critical way - The Fall Guy TV show the stunt man WAS a bounty hunter. here he's just a...stuntman...who gets caught up in some crap. The hero lack agency for most of the movie.
Last, Furiosa. Best movie of the three, by a wide margin. But it's a lot more Beyond Thunderdome than Fury Road. 40 minutes of the movie is spent with Furiosa as a kid, which is not the most interesting 40 minutes. As to Girl Boss...meh. It's not that bad. It's just not that great either. This would have done better had it been released five years ago.
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly warfare suffers from...a lack of cleverness. It wants to have everything both ways - this is a true story/this is action hero stuff. It's...okay. Much like the Beekeeper. Just an average action movie. Not bad, but not great.
The Fall Guy - meh. Too much romance story. Movies fail when the central source for the conflict is...two people who don't talk for some reason. That happens a lot in this movie - huge conflicts develop because nobody will pick up the phone. It also ignores the TV show in a critical way - The Fall Guy TV show the stunt man WAS a bounty hunter. here he's just a...stuntman...who gets caught up in some crap. The hero lack agency for most of the movie.
Last, Furiosa. Best movie of the three, by a wide margin. But it's a lot more Beyond Thunderdome than Fury Road. 40 minutes of the movie is spent with Furiosa as a kid, which is not the most interesting 40 minutes. As to Girl Boss...meh. It's not that bad. It's just not that great either. This would have done better had it been released five years ago.
Posted by: El Mariachi Attorney at Law at May 28, 2024 05:42 PM (nLFEI)
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I watched the movie Rope the other day.
Spoiler: they're gay.
Good old gay movies, the kind we used to have.
See also, "Compulsion." Whoa gay.
Spoiler: they're gay.
Good old gay movies, the kind we used to have.
See also, "Compulsion." Whoa gay.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at May 28, 2024 05:44 PM (zdLoL)
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The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
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Isnt that the movie that has that fuckfaced bipolar schizo fuckhole twink who calls himself a Christian that starred in the Amazon show Reacher?
Yes, and he is gay in the movie.
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Isnt that the movie that has that fuckfaced bipolar schizo fuckhole twink who calls himself a Christian that starred in the Amazon show Reacher?
Yes, and he is gay in the movie.
Posted by: Eric at May 28, 2024 05:45 PM (RqJez)
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I'm soooo over girlboss movies. Here's my rule: if the cover image contains a woman, automatic pass. If a movie has a woman in the lead or second lead role, it *will* be some horriblyvstupid thing that doesn't even have a plot, because she's so strongenbrave that there will be no conflict in the story, because she's perfect, can't screw anything up, is smarter than Einstein, and stronger than Charles Atlas.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 28, 2024 05:45 PM (0FoWg)
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@335
>>Posted by: El Mariachi Attorney at Law at May 28, 2024 05:42 PM (nLFEI)
El Mariachi, is the greatest film made for 208k dollars.
FIGHT ME!!!!
>>Posted by: El Mariachi Attorney at Law at May 28, 2024 05:42 PM (nLFEI)
El Mariachi, is the greatest film made for 208k dollars.
FIGHT ME!!!!
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 28, 2024 05:46 PM (XV/Pl)
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11 If DeNiro is, in real life, filmed being beaten into a greasy smear on the pavement, I might consider seeing it.
Nah...I'll wait until it streams.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 28, 2024 04:35 PM (OoH/c)
The world in general needs a whole lot more people getting beaten to at minimum comatose.
The net increase in global testosterone is desperately needed.
Nah...I'll wait until it streams.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 28, 2024 04:35 PM (OoH/c)
The world in general needs a whole lot more people getting beaten to at minimum comatose.
The net increase in global testosterone is desperately needed.
Posted by: XTC at May 28, 2024 05:46 PM (6Uni8)
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Craftsman, not filmmaker is where my thinking is leading.
Hell, I'm even doing his TV movies.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda
I'll grant you that Friedkin's works vary in quality, but the guy that did The French Connection, The Exorcist, and To Live and Die in LA was more than a craftsman. The Exorcist alone set such a bar for the Horror genre that subsequent efforts by various directors haven't been able to surpass it - he managed the first and so far only Art House Horror Film.
Hell, I'm even doing his TV movies.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda
I'll grant you that Friedkin's works vary in quality, but the guy that did The French Connection, The Exorcist, and To Live and Die in LA was more than a craftsman. The Exorcist alone set such a bar for the Horror genre that subsequent efforts by various directors haven't been able to surpass it - he managed the first and so far only Art House Horror Film.
Posted by: John Drake Nearing the Caspian Sea at May 28, 2024 05:48 PM (u/Zei)
342
Grilled a Rib Eye rare, Malbec wine, salaand microwave potato, damn good
Posted by: Skip at May 28, 2024 05:48 PM (fwDg9)
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@338
>>Here's my rule: if the cover image contains a woman, automatic pass. If a movie has a woman in the lead or second lead role, it *will* be some horriblyvstupid thing that doesn't even have a plot, because she's so strongenbrave that there will be no conflict in the story, because she's perfect, can't screw anything up, is smarter than Einstein, and stronger than Charles Atlas.
Well, men had their genre, Action Adventure and Broad Comedies and Women had their Genre, Drama's and Romantic Comedies, but Hollywood, like good little leftists, couldn't leave what worked for decades alone.
And here they are, The Garbage Twilight of Hollywood.
Sucks to be them but they brought it on themselves.
>>Here's my rule: if the cover image contains a woman, automatic pass. If a movie has a woman in the lead or second lead role, it *will* be some horriblyvstupid thing that doesn't even have a plot, because she's so strongenbrave that there will be no conflict in the story, because she's perfect, can't screw anything up, is smarter than Einstein, and stronger than Charles Atlas.
Well, men had their genre, Action Adventure and Broad Comedies and Women had their Genre, Drama's and Romantic Comedies, but Hollywood, like good little leftists, couldn't leave what worked for decades alone.
And here they are, The Garbage Twilight of Hollywood.
Sucks to be them but they brought it on themselves.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 28, 2024 05:49 PM (XV/Pl)
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Keep in mind that the studios get only a small portion of the box office, most of it goes to the theater owners, who also get most of their scratch from concessions.
Haven't seen most of these flicks, other than Ministry. The girl-spy-thing could actually work since there were a shitload of women spies. Plus, the party sub-plot was essential to the whole operation, according to the book (can't remember if there was a chick-spy in the op though).
The big problem I had was that it was baldly imitating Inglorious Basterds.
Keep in mind that the studios get only a small portion of the box office, most of it goes to the theater owners, who also get most of their scratch from concessions.
Haven't seen most of these flicks, other than Ministry. The girl-spy-thing could actually work since there were a shitload of women spies. Plus, the party sub-plot was essential to the whole operation, according to the book (can't remember if there was a chick-spy in the op though).
The big problem I had was that it was baldly imitating Inglorious Basterds.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 28, 2024 05:49 PM (n+4am)
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F-35 crashes on takeoff in NM. The pilot safely ejected.
http://tiny.cc/vyq9yz
Posted by: bonhomme at May 28, 2024 05:33 PM (Odg76)
I don't think that is going to buff out.
http://tiny.cc/vyq9yz
Posted by: bonhomme at May 28, 2024 05:33 PM (Odg76)
I don't think that is going to buff out.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at May 28, 2024 05:50 PM (rHld2)
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This Robert DeNiro hullaballoo is really amazing. The more I read about it the more I believe he is completely looney.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 28, 2024 05:52 PM (N39Tj)
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Well, men had their genre, Action Adventure and Broad Comedies and Women had their Genre, Drama's and Romantic Comedies, but Hollywood, like good little leftists, couldn't leave what worked for decades alone.
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Action movies where the hero is an unstoppable force of nature that can't be challenged in any way suck. That's why there weren't too many of them. Plots need conflict. That requires challenge.
All girlboss movies are like this. They don't even count as stories. Just ego fulfillment for braindead chicks who don't watch action movies anyway.
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Action movies where the hero is an unstoppable force of nature that can't be challenged in any way suck. That's why there weren't too many of them. Plots need conflict. That requires challenge.
All girlboss movies are like this. They don't even count as stories. Just ego fulfillment for braindead chicks who don't watch action movies anyway.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 28, 2024 05:52 PM (0FoWg)
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Off bloody sock
Posted by: BifBewalski at May 28, 2024 05:52 PM (MsrgL)
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The Business model is stupid.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 28, 2024 05:02 PM (ibTVg)
YEP. Last time I went to the movies - 20 minutes of fucking ads, before the coming attractions. That is arguably WORSE than Netflicks. If the movie is just a comedy...what's the point?
Posted by: 18-1 at May 28, 2024 05:02 PM (ibTVg)
YEP. Last time I went to the movies - 20 minutes of fucking ads, before the coming attractions. That is arguably WORSE than Netflicks. If the movie is just a comedy...what's the point?
Posted by: El Mariachi Attorney at Law at May 28, 2024 05:55 PM (nLFEI)
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323 Tell me this doesn’t ring true with these dicks….
Posted by: Oldowan at May 28, 2024 05:32 PM (htesZ)
President can't pardon state crimes but it's all Calvinball now so who knows”
But the Predicate Crime MIGHT BE federal…. Nobody can tell for sure given jury instructions…
Posted by: Oldowan at May 28, 2024 05:32 PM (htesZ)
President can't pardon state crimes but it's all Calvinball now so who knows”
But the Predicate Crime MIGHT BE federal…. Nobody can tell for sure given jury instructions…
Posted by: Oldowan at May 28, 2024 05:55 PM (htesZ)
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Regarding The Fall Guy movie, it reminded me of how good Ryan Gosling was in The Nice Guys - if he and Russell Crowe teamed up for a sequel to that one, it could have major potential.
Posted by: John Drake Nearing the Caspian Sea at May 28, 2024 05:56 PM (u/Zei)
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I like action moves and noir thrillers, but my opinion doesn't matter. My bride likes old movies, especially pre-code. Her favorites are "It Happened One Night" and "My Man Godfrey". What should I rent next for her?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 28, 2024 05:56 PM (N39Tj)
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Guess we are willowed again
Posted by: Skip at May 28, 2024 05:59 PM (fwDg9)
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I like action moves and noir thrillers, but my opinion doesn't matter. My bride likes old movies, especially pre-code. Her favorites are "It Happened One Night" and "My Man Godfrey". What should I rent next for her?
Posted by: Huck Follywood
Go with The Thin Man - appeals to both male and female viewers, and opens up the opportunity to view the others in the series. The Third Man might be workable as well.
Posted by: Huck Follywood
Go with The Thin Man - appeals to both male and female viewers, and opens up the opportunity to view the others in the series. The Third Man might be workable as well.
Posted by: John Drake Nearing the Caspian Sea at May 28, 2024 06:00 PM (u/Zei)
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Or maybe Ministry bombed because one of its co-stars, the Jack Reacher guy, came out and trashed just about everything conservatives stand for and did it in as a$$holish a way as possible. I'm not generally the guy that cares what singers or movie stars support politically, and normally it doesn't affect whether I like their stuff, but there is a limit. Get in my face and tell me what a moron I am for believing differently and I'll react by just withdrawing my support from you.
I've deleted Jack Reacher TV show from Prime and won't watch it anymore, and I have no intention of watching any of his movies going forward.
I've deleted Jack Reacher TV show from Prime and won't watch it anymore, and I have no intention of watching any of his movies going forward.
Posted by: Heresolong at May 28, 2024 06:08 PM (FSbq+)
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If Ana Taylor-Joy is gonna headline an action movie, if should be Elfquest.
Posted by: Toothless Wastelander
Holy shit, I've been talking about wanting an Elfquest movie for years!
(SPOILER: They'll fuck it up, if they do it..Leetah Girl Boss!!!).
Posted by: Toothless Wastelander
Holy shit, I've been talking about wanting an Elfquest movie for years!
(SPOILER: They'll fuck it up, if they do it..Leetah Girl Boss!!!).
Posted by: Oedipus at May 28, 2024 06:09 PM (Z6vKV)
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100% this!!
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at May 28, 2024 06:16 PM (5AVMW)
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LOL!!!
Forgot to paste what I was agreeing with!
Or maybe Ministry bombed because one of its co-stars, the Jack Reacher guy, came out and trashed just about everything conservatives stand for and did it in as a$$holish a way as possible. I'm not generally the guy that cares what singers or movie stars support politically, and normally it doesn't affect whether I like their stuff, but there is a limit. Get in my face and tell me what a moron I am for believing differently and I'll react by just withdrawing my support from you.
I've deleted Jack Reacher TV show from Prime and won't watch it anymore, and I have no intention of watching any of his movies going forward.
Posted by: Heresolong at May 28, 2024 06:08 PM (FSbq+)
Forgot to paste what I was agreeing with!
Or maybe Ministry bombed because one of its co-stars, the Jack Reacher guy, came out and trashed just about everything conservatives stand for and did it in as a$$holish a way as possible. I'm not generally the guy that cares what singers or movie stars support politically, and normally it doesn't affect whether I like their stuff, but there is a limit. Get in my face and tell me what a moron I am for believing differently and I'll react by just withdrawing my support from you.
I've deleted Jack Reacher TV show from Prime and won't watch it anymore, and I have no intention of watching any of his movies going forward.
Posted by: Heresolong at May 28, 2024 06:08 PM (FSbq+)
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at May 28, 2024 06:17 PM (5AVMW)
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One row ahead of us, two geriatrics were beefing for ten minutes on who was in the other's reserved seats. They were both wrong.
Posted by: Candidus at May 28, 2024 05:35 PM (26Lj9)
Statler and Waldorf?
Posted by: Candidus at May 28, 2024 05:35 PM (26Lj9)
Statler and Waldorf?
Posted by: Kindltot at May 28, 2024 06:20 PM (D7oie)
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Remember what happened to the Arcade when the home game systems became just as good as the Arcade?
Movie theaters:
+ Big screen
+ sweet audio
- other humans I probably hate
- expensive (tix + food)
- time (driving etc)
Movie theaters:
+ Big screen
+ sweet audio
- other humans I probably hate
- expensive (tix + food)
- time (driving etc)
Posted by: JD at May 28, 2024 06:23 PM (+3wcB)
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If I want to be indoctrinated I'll go to a university or watch CNN thank you very much.
Posted by: Fred at May 28, 2024 06:48 PM (bXvrr)
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El Mariachi, is the greatest film made for 208k dollars.
FIGHT ME!!!!
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 28, 2024 05:46 PM (XV/Pl)
Not yet....
FIGHT ME!!!!
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 28, 2024 05:46 PM (XV/Pl)
Not yet....
Posted by: El Mariachi Attorney at Law at May 28, 2024 06:57 PM (nLFEI)
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"Furiosa" was pretty good, up until the ending which was weak (and then it got weird.) I don't think they knew how to write a good ending, that was it's biggest fail. And, Hemsworth needs acting lessons. He always mumbles his lines, you almost need CC to understand him.
Kingdom of the Apes was also good. I went to an early showing and had the whole theater to myself.
Kingdom of the Apes was also good. I went to an early showing and had the whole theater to myself.
Posted by: As not seen on TV at May 28, 2024 07:07 PM (t/AMM)
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Maybe, just maybe, if somebody came out with a movie that anyone wants to see. FFS, it is not rocket science.
Posted by: beckydotdata at May 28, 2024 07:11 PM (uiI3M)
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>Mad Max was very decidedly a co-star or second banana
I wish people would stop with this. Since _The Road Warrior_, Max has not been the protagonist. He's a framing device used by Miller to tell vignettes about the Wasteland. Miller has been explicit about this. Trying to claim that Max was the protagonist in _Beyond Thunderdome_ but wasn't in _Fury Road_ isn't reconcilable with what's on screen.
Also, the very first film is a protracted metaphor for being a closeted gay man in Australia. It all but beats you over the head with a rainbow dildo.
I wish people would stop with this. Since _The Road Warrior_, Max has not been the protagonist. He's a framing device used by Miller to tell vignettes about the Wasteland. Miller has been explicit about this. Trying to claim that Max was the protagonist in _Beyond Thunderdome_ but wasn't in _Fury Road_ isn't reconcilable with what's on screen.
Also, the very first film is a protracted metaphor for being a closeted gay man in Australia. It all but beats you over the head with a rainbow dildo.
Posted by: Daniel Ream at May 28, 2024 07:27 PM (0Go0g)
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Fury Road was too much going on, and yet it was boring. When someone is doing a wild, crazy stunt, and you want to yawn, the movie has problems.
Since I figured this next one was more of the same, but even more feminist, bleh. Me might watch when it comes on free.
Deadpool, well, I want to like it, but its just too disgusting, and perverted. So, I passed.
Ministry--well, people are starting to reconsider the whole Holy WW2, and we can be evil to Germans just because thing. Maybe burning alive half a million civilian refugees in Dresden was not actually a praise worthy thing....the road melted and the air was on fire... Also, its a bit been done a LOT. There are a lot of other wars to use for stories: Siege of Vienna? Chancellorsville? Alaric sacking Rome? Austerlitz? Alfred the Great fighting the Vikings?
You could probably make your own list of overlooked, and very interesting battles or wars in history.
Since I figured this next one was more of the same, but even more feminist, bleh. Me might watch when it comes on free.
Deadpool, well, I want to like it, but its just too disgusting, and perverted. So, I passed.
Ministry--well, people are starting to reconsider the whole Holy WW2, and we can be evil to Germans just because thing. Maybe burning alive half a million civilian refugees in Dresden was not actually a praise worthy thing....the road melted and the air was on fire... Also, its a bit been done a LOT. There are a lot of other wars to use for stories: Siege of Vienna? Chancellorsville? Alaric sacking Rome? Austerlitz? Alfred the Great fighting the Vikings?
You could probably make your own list of overlooked, and very interesting battles or wars in history.
Posted by: Eric2 at May 28, 2024 08:39 PM (q7Vou)
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Saw the movie "IF" this weekend. Cute. No noticeable "message" (refreshing!).
There is a dance on stage scene, and that little girl *rocked* it. Great footwork.
There is a dance on stage scene, and that little girl *rocked* it. Great footwork.
Posted by: Ranten N. Raven at May 28, 2024 10:07 PM (8YAVU)
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