Movie News, Reviews, and Discussion Super-Thread

[Tasty]

I had written this off as another dumb 80s nostalgia fest, it's actually good??

[james]

I've never seen a top gun

[Potato]

I've never seen a top gun

[Svejk]

Top Gun was fucking exhilarating. On track for a 142 million four day opening weekend and deserves every penny.

I haven't enjoyed a movie this much in literal ages. It was fucking awesome.  Going to go back to see it again in the theater, it was that fun.  Totally a well worth sequel.
 

[Tasty]

[Bebpo]

Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale - This was recommended to me as a good Finnish Santa weird/horror mashup.

Lived up to that! Was good weird and enjoyable. I enjoyed some of the twists and Santa was cool looking.

[Nintex]

I've never seen a top gun

when we still had real heroes to outwit the commies that didn't wear capes and spandex





Probably going to see this as soon as monday in Dolby Cinema

[Joe Molotov]

Top Gun 2 was good.

A summer blockbuster with decent acting, plot, and real sets? Who knew such a thing was possible?

[Coax]

Who knew we'd also get one of the more solid emotes from it with a broadly useful expression, good image-to-text ratio, lighting, being actively used and no one begged bork for it in the emotes topic

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[chronovore]

Top Gun: Maverick is a heap of fun, and a worthy sequel. Very happy to watch it in the theater. It’s a better, more nuanced film than the original.

[Nintex]

Tom Hanks sounds perfect for this but what a weird trailer, it's just b-roll footage?

[Tasty]

https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3717110/the-black-phone-featurette-ethan-hawke-calls-the-film-a-sibling-movie-to-sinister/

Excited for this. Been made a Scott Derrickson fan over the last couple years.

[Cauliflower Of Love]

The Norm special was great.

[Tasty]

https://variety.com/2022/film/news/warner-bros-toby-emmerich-steps-down-mike-deluca-1235281708/

Well that's kinda a big deal.

[james]

Do I need to watch previous top guns first?

[paprikastaude]

https://twitter.com/DiscussingFilm/status/1532008425860866049

[Cauliflower Of Love]

can they green light a time machine so that they never released the irishman and I can get my three hours back?

[james]

Netflix is going to launch a series of 90 minute movies about decorating cakes arent they?

[Nintex]

Seems like a better direction. A lot of Netflix movies are just ok enough but not good enough to subscribe for.

It just becomes this sea of content^TM and there's nothing that really stands out in the crowd.

[Bebpo]

can they green light a time machine so that they never released the irishman and I can get my three hours back?

 

[Polident Hive]

Netflix is bitter Apple TV won an Oscar before them. And that Marty went with Apple TV for Killers of the Flower Moon.

No, but once saw a headline about the stupid amount they were paying to get those Daniel Craig detective movies. Close to $500M? That’s without the budget for the actual productions.

[Nintex]

https://www.vulture.com/2022/06/top-gun-maverick-director-joseph-kosinski-interview.html

What happened to the Tron: Legacy sequel?
I got so close. I really tried. I got close in 2015, and Disney pulled the plug on it. I hadn’t built anything, but I had the whole movie storyboarded and written. I was really excited because it was inverting the idea: It was all that stuff coming into our world, and it was about the blending of the two. But it was a different Disney by 2015. When I made Tron: Legacy, they didn’t own Marvel; they didn’t own Star Wars. We were the play for fantasy and science fiction. And once you’ve got those other things under your umbrella, it makes sense that you’re going to put your money into a known property and not the weird art student with black fingernails in the corner — that was Tron. And that’s okay. Had I made Tron: Ascension, I wouldn’t have made Only the Brave, and I wouldn’t have made the movies I made. But remember, the first Tron was not a hit when it came out. It’s a cult classic. And if Tron: Legacy’s becoming the same thing, I couldn’t be more thrilled.

 

[benjipwns]

That tweet is a bit weird, while that is in the linked article the linked article is actually about how Netflix is going to spend more money on bigger films from bigger names. Sounds like they would still consider giving a Scorsese a bunch of money to make something, just not an open-ended budget to make whatever the hell they want with no oversight.

[Tasty]

https://www.vulture.com/2022/06/top-gun-maverick-director-joseph-kosinski-interview.html

What happened to the Tron: Legacy sequel?
I got so close. I really tried. I got close in 2015, and Disney pulled the plug on it. I hadn’t built anything, but I had the whole movie storyboarded and written. I was really excited because it was inverting the idea: It was all that stuff coming into our world, and it was about the blending of the two. But it was a different Disney by 2015. When I made Tron: Legacy, they didn’t own Marvel; they didn’t own Star Wars. We were the play for fantasy and science fiction. And once you’ve got those other things under your umbrella, it makes sense that you’re going to put your money into a known property and not the weird art student with black fingernails in the corner — that was Tron. And that’s okay. Had I made Tron: Ascension, I wouldn’t have made Only the Brave, and I wouldn’t have made the movies I made. But remember, the first Tron was not a hit when it came out. It’s a cult classic. And if Tron: Legacy’s becoming the same thing, I couldn’t be more thrilled.

 

I feel like I've read him give basically the same answer like 3-4 years ago.

Never say never...

I'll get cranky in 2038 when the equivalent timespan between films passes without a new sequel. Til then, current Disney kinda sucks, and I'll always have Legacy.

Kosinksi is a fantastic director tho. Love Oblivion to bits.

[Polident Hive]

What happened to the monkey paw Tron 3 with Jared Leto?

[Madrun Badrun]

Fantastic Beasts 3 was bad.  Had some nice visuals but the story was a mess and boring.

[Tasty]

God I fucking love short theatrical windows

June 22

[bork]

[Potato]

Fantastic Beasts 3 was bad.  Had some nice visuals but the story was a mess and boring.

Johnny Depp would have saved it
 

[Potato]

God I fucking love short theatrical windows

June 22

Excellent. Will save me a fortune not taking my daughter to the cinema to see it.

[Tasty]

Fantastic Beasts 3 was bad.  Had some nice visuals but the story was a mess and boring.

Johnny Depp would have saved it
 

Let a coworker talk at me for 15 minutes today about how that would have been the case.

[Tasty]

Drunkenly rewatching the first Austin Powers and this made me sponaneously burst out laughing for 80+ seconds straight. I couldn't stop. Was not expecting such a joke.

AP1 seems edgier even if I prefer AP2 overall (so far, during this rewatch).

[chronovore]

“The Cold War is over!”

Yeah, that IS pretty funny. 

[Tasty]

Tell me an AP soft-reboot with a cryogencially-frozen-"90s" whippersnapper (Craig era style) playing opposite Mike Myers with moments of actual heart at the end wouldn't be a fun idea.

"Why are you always killing! ...Just feels unnecessary." *Mike Myers shrug*

Seth's Green now appropriately aged in-canon at least. (Mike Myers as Dr. Evil in AP1 = 34 years old, Seth Green today = 48 years old)

[Polident Hive]

Appreciated the first Austin Powers for aping the aesthetic of old Bond movies. A full bodied parody. The sequels toned it down to do their own thing. The two OSS 117 movies aimed to be spoofs of old spy movies in style, too.

Fantastic Beasts 3 was bad.  Had some nice visuals but the story was a mess and boring.

Johnny Depp would have saved it
 

Let a coworker talk at me for 15 minutes today about how that would have been the case.

I’m sorry you had to go through that. Every second of that sounds like torture.

[Potato]

Fantastic Beasts 3 was bad.  Had some nice visuals but the story was a mess and boring.

Johnny Depp would have saved it
 

Let a coworker talk at me for 15 minutes today about how that would have been the case.

That's the kind of co-worker that when they ask if you're going out to lunch you tell them you have some chores to run and then you're going to grab something quick on the way back.

[Sideshow Raheem]

Fantastic Beasts 3 was bad.  Had some nice visuals but the story was a mess and boring.

Oh, god was it awful. Just endless padding and nonsense to get absolutely nowhere. Except now Dumbledore can battle his ex, but not until the fifth movie.

Also, Johnny Depp was replaced as the bad guy. And his ex defamed him in an op-ed article she didn't even write herself.

[Nintex]

https://twitter.com/MorbiusMovie/status/1532763356838305792

wat

[Tasty]

Sony Pictures is so utterly cringe I knew there's no way they'd resist leaning into the meme.

Which is definitely the surest way to kill it.

[bork]

Austin Powers got stupider with each movie, but I still love stuff like this:





A Dr. Evil movie would have been awesome.

[Nintex]

Went to see Top Gun: Maverick


Holy fucking shit, this was the real deal.

A sequel to Top Gun has no right being this good 

[Madrun Badrun]

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/mad_god

woah

[Tasty]

Jeff Sagansky Slams Streaming-Driven TV Business Model: “We Are In A Golden Age Of Content Production And The Dark Age Of Creative Profit Sharing”

Bad news for writers' residuals. Possibly a silver lining that up-front payments have gotten bigger.

[benjipwns]

THE COUNTDOWN TO ZACK SNYDER'S JUSTICE SOCIETY BEGINS

[GreatSageEqualOfHeaven]

I was wondering who Pierce Brosnan was supposed to be, and turns out he's Dr Fate

I'm curious if they're going to actively name, uh, 'lady black adam' given the connotations

[HaughtyFrank]

https://twitter.com/NetflixGeeked/status/1534553420367118336

I'm getting the feeling this movie will be a riot

[Nintex]

The actual plot of Top Gun

[Snoopycat_]

Watched Rain Man. The entire film is about a dude in sunglasses who goes around abusing mongos. I was lead to believe it was a heartrending film about 2 brothers finding each other. No it isn’t. It’s about a guy who goes to a home and shouts at tards, then kidnaps one and uses his mongo powers to get rich. Disgusting

[D3RANG3D]

[Potato]

Ok, Top Gun Maverick was awesome, but God damn it was ridiculous.

Like, sometimes I was laughing out loud at how silly the whole thing was. I loved every minute.

[Polident Hive]

Joker 2 is a musical with Gaga as Harley Quinn

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/joker-2-lady-gaga-joaquin-phoenix-todd-phillips-in-musical-1235154135/

Justin Lin is directing a One Punch Man movie

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/justin-lin-to-direct-one-punch-man-for-sony-1235164560/


Alright

[Tasty]

Weird timeline we're in but okay.

[benjipwns]

https://twitter.com/kennybobart/status/1536466370979692545

[Joe Molotov]

Joker 2 is a musical with Gaga as Harley Quinn

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/joker-2-lady-gaga-joaquin-phoenix-todd-phillips-in-musical-1235154135/

Can't believe they would do this during Pride Month.

[Tuckers Law]

Joker 2 is a musical with Gaga as Harley Quinn

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/joker-2-lady-gaga-joaquin-phoenix-todd-phillips-in-musical-1235154135/

Can't believe they would do this during Pride Month.

How long til certain types starting calling Gaga a bitch-whore-traitorous-harlot for betraying the alphabet community like this, I wonder…

[Tasty]

Looks cool!

[Tasty]

Oh it's a TV series nvm, that makes sense though since it's by the Dark guys. That show's stellar.

[MMaRsu]

Anyone wanna watch Heat

[Tasty]

Shit yeah, that's been on my list.

[Tasty]

https://variety.com/2022/film/news/avatar-last-airbender-films-paramount-nickelodeon-1235295075/

Mike and Bryan are producing. 🤩