Movie News, Reviews, and Discussion Super-Thread

[Leadbelly]

He was a good singer. The only singer to do justice to Queen after Freddie Mercury's death. And that is saying something.

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he was crucified for a little bathroom fun!

[Leadbelly]

George Michael is very... poppy but I can dig some pop music now and then. I always liked since I was a kid the duet with Elton John. Don't Let the Sun Go Down On Me.

[TVC15]

The new Charlie’s Angels movie is the worst studio movie I’ve seen since Mr and Mrs Smith.

It features a scene where an adult woman explains the scientific method to another adult woman.

[Madrun Badrun]

Ah, I hate movies where women talk to eachother. 

[TVC15]

It was also written and directed by a woman! I really wouldn't have guessed. It’s really bad and really empty.

[TVC15]

It was so bad that for some reason I’m thinking of doing a Lorenzo Lamas’ Renegade marathon when I get home to lift my spirits. That’s how bad it was.

[TVC15]

To be fair to those that did well, not everything was bad. Saying this is the worst major studio picture since Mr. and Mrs. Smith is a pretty harrowing claim, so I want to be sure that I’m not casting shade on those that did well.

+ Kristen Stewart did her best. She has a few good bits, but her character is such a modern stock template that it can be tough to see.
+ Patrick Stewart was okay. He was basically playing Patrick Stewart so no effort was required here, but hey, he’s a charming motherfucking guy.
+ It’s been less than an hour and I can’t remember the rest of the cast or any plot details. An AI built on an Apple II could have generated this script.
+ The action scenes are terrible, there are long stretches for naps in between. There are only 2 real action scenes in the movie
+ Several times in the movie, the girls legitimately refer to one male character as being attractive, but he has a noticeably fat neck and bottom of the face. Like, he doesn’t look bad, but the dude has a fucking pear-shaped head. Nobody would ever call him out vocally as hot. He looked like a wad of recessive genes.  I’m guessing the actor was a relative of the director or producer. Because he was also a terrible actor and I’ve never seen him before.

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does k stew get naked or suck dick in the movie?

[TVC15]

does k stew get naked or suck dick in the movie?

She gives a treasure: she looks directly into the camera and makes silly, sexy faces for a few seconds. Selxy. Easily the best part of the movie, not being pervy. It’s a fun little moment. Felt improvised.

If anything is giffable in the movie, it’s that.

[Joe Molotov]

Best Paul Feig movie:

[Pissy F Benny]

2 days late but

[Nintex]

https://twitter.com/CultureCrave/status/1196146852187365376

 

[D3RANG3D]

 

[TVC15]

I learned about the scientific method watching it!

Deleted scene:

K-Stew <looks at Patrick Stewart>: “Math is hard!”

[EchoRin]

That tweet is pretty out of context, but that's cool

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Still, the director is aware that, in an age of streaming, “getting people off their couches to pay a babysitter, buy dinner, buy popcorn” is a tough ask.

“Look, people have to buy tickets to this movie, too. This movie has to make money,” she says, plainly.

“If this movie doesn’t make money it reinforces a stereotype in Hollywood that men don’t go see women do action movies.”

https://outline.com/6suuPK

She isn't blaming anybody

[Madrun Badrun]

Oh forgot this was Elizabeth Banks  thing, I'l like it. 

[Tasty]

That tweet is pretty out of context, but that's cool

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Still, the director is aware that, in an age of streaming, “getting people off their couches to pay a babysitter, buy dinner, buy popcorn” is a tough ask.

“Look, people have to buy tickets to this movie, too. This movie has to make money,” she says, plainly.

“If this movie doesn’t make money it reinforces a stereotype in Hollywood that men don’t go see women do action movies.”

https://outline.com/6suuPK

She isn't blaming anybody

Unfortunately this is one of those movies both sides are going to deliberately misconstrue the fuck out of to prove some inane point, only for the movie to suck so much it really doesn't matter. Like Ghosbusters.

It's shouldn't be surprising Nintex is rallying on one particular side of this thing, either.

Side note, Elizabeth Banks is awesome despite this (apparent) misfire.

[TVC15]

Oh forgot this was Elizabeth Banks  thing, I'l like it. 

I’m sure parts of you will find parts you like, pervo.

[Nintex]

I'm not rallying on any side. I just saw this pop up from one of the movie accounts I follow.

But I'm not shocked this movie flopped. You can only reboot so many lukewarm IP's and expect people to care.
Seems like something that would've done well on Netflix but I don't see the cinematic appeal. 

[Stro]

There was no advertising and it's a reboot of a reboot that had a cancelled trilogy because the second movie tanked so hard 15 years ago. Not sure this is really a women action movies don't sell to men thing. Women also were not interested in this project.

[Tasty]

I'm not rallying on any side. I just saw this pop up from one of the movie accounts I follow.

Maybe don't follow Twitter accounts deliberately misconstruing news to push an agenda mmmmmK.

[Tasty]

And for sure don't repost that shit here, you only invite continued mockery on yourself.

[shosta]

you only invite continued mockery on yourself

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[Joe Molotov]

I didn’t go to see the last 4 Spider-Man movies either.

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haven't been to the theater in 4 years. only way to be certain I don't accidentally support a woman action movie 

[Madrun Badrun]

I didn’t go to see the last 4 Spider-Man movies either.

SHAME!

[TVC15]

haven't been to the theater in 4 years. only way to be certain I don't accidentally support a woman action movie 

what -do- you do, man? aside from meth

[shosta]

what -do- you do, man? aside from meth

they took openload and streamago down so I have no idea

[Joe Molotov]

I didn’t go to see the last 4 Spider-Man movies either.

SHAME!

Tobey Maguire or gtfo. Tom Holland is #NotMySpiderman

[TVC15]

The first time I did meth I was already on a bunch of Xanax and alcohol and I don’t remember it and had to be informed of it the next day. It sounds like it was a very Disco Elysium situation, actually

[Madrun Badrun]

I didn’t go to see the last 4 Spider-Man movies either.

SHAME!

Tobey Maguire or gtfo. Tom Holland is #NotMySpiderman

I'm so outraged I know how a middle aged white mother of 3 chirtisren fundamentalist feels. 

[Great Rumbler]

There was no advertising and it's a reboot of a reboot that had a cancelled trilogy because the second movie tanked so hard 15 years ago. Not sure this is really a women action movies don't sell to men thing. Women also were not interested in this project.

And everything I've heard about it [outside of corporate media] indicates that it's a total snooze-fest.

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haven't been to the theater in 4 years. only way to be certain I don't accidentally support a woman action movie 

what -do- you do, man? aside from meth

usually I wait for bluray rips to hit torrent sites and occasionally find a decent cam 

[ToxicAdam]

That tweet is pretty out of context, but that's cool

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Still, the director is aware that, in an age of streaming, “getting people off their couches to pay a babysitter, buy dinner, buy popcorn” is a tough ask.

“Look, people have to buy tickets to this movie, too. This movie has to make money,” she says, plainly.

“If this movie doesn’t make money it reinforces a stereotype in Hollywood that men don’t go see women do action movies.”

https://outline.com/6suuPK

She isn't blaming anybody

I'd be more sympathetic if her trailers knocked it out of the park. But they were all garbage.

Atomic Blonde and Lucy had decent trailers and they were successful.

[EchoRin]

 

[Nintex]

That number is not confirmed why are you posting fake news?

[EchoRin]

That number is not confirmed why are you posting fake news?

A friend of mine on facebook posted this and said he's gonna see it twice lol.

The joke isn't so much about whether it was 3 mil or 300 mil. It's more about the "we gotta support Mr. Gotta Go Fast to show we really love Sanic"

But since you called me out, Nintex, I did a quick Google search and it seems like it was barely anything in the total budget

https://www.indiewire.com/2019/11/sonic-redesign-cost-paramount-five-million-1202190493/

[Great Rumbler]

Thankfully they only had to pay poverty wages to a bunch of animators in Cambodia, so the budget hit was pretty minimal.

[chronovore]

Seen Videodrome for the first time. I kind of couldn't stand James Woods' face, but everything else was right up my alley. I wonder if younger audiences could relate to any of this, considering so much relies on understanding outdated forms of media    Even if the general theme of virtuality vs. reality is still relevant (or rather, more than ever). Either way, love me some well done surrealism. I also prefer these kind of bigger themes compared to Lynch movies, in which relationship problems often seem to be root of each nightmare.

Yeah. It is why David Cronenberg is one of my favourite directors.

In terms of whether it is outdated, I think eXistenZ is kind of an updated version of it. However that was made in 1999 so maybe that is outdated also. And eXistenZ isn't as good as Videodrome in any case. eXistenZ is still worth a watch though if you haven't seen it.

Rewatched eXistenZ earlier this year. If anything, it has gained relevance and quality. Fabulous.

[Leadbelly]

Seen Videodrome for the first time. I kind of couldn't stand James Woods' face, but everything else was right up my alley. I wonder if younger audiences could relate to any of this, considering so much relies on understanding outdated forms of media    Even if the general theme of virtuality vs. reality is still relevant (or rather, more than ever). Either way, love me some well done surrealism. I also prefer these kind of bigger themes compared to Lynch movies, in which relationship problems often seem to be root of each nightmare.

Yeah. It is why David Cronenberg is one of my favourite directors.

In terms of whether it is outdated, I think eXistenZ is kind of an updated version of it. However that was made in 1999 so maybe that is outdated also. And eXistenZ isn't as good as Videodrome in any case. eXistenZ is still worth a watch though if you haven't seen it.

Rewatched eXistenZ earlier this year. If anything, it has gained relevance and quality. Fabulous.

Yeah. I have to say the overarching story is good, but the one thing that bugs me about the movie is, it would make for a terrible video game. Too much random shit happens without any perceivable relationship to what came before it. It almost seems like what someone who doesn't play video games thinks video games are like. I think part of the reason it was done that way was to distinguish something that is not real, i.e. a video game, with what is real. However, it turns out distinguishing what is real from what is not real isn't so easy to do, which obviously is the point, so...

[Stro]

The last Cronenberg movie I watched was Map To The Stars and it was fucking trash.

[TVC15]

One of his only flopzas.

[Joe Molotov]

Even his novel was pretty good.

[Great Rumbler]

The last Cronenberg movie I watched was Map To The Stars and it was fucking trash.

A Dangerous Method was kinda trash, too, but I liked Cosmopolis which came out right after.

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anybody seen this? a 1080p web-dl just popped up on torrent sites 

[Mr. Nobody]

Malena 

[Spieler1]

anybody seen this? a 1080p web-dl just popped up on torrent sites 

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No one saw this. If you're interested in the tech, you can torrent Irishman in a week, so...

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I never even hear of it, thought it was some netflix movie at first 

[Potato]

anybody seen this? a 1080p web-dl just popped up on torrent sites 

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The trailers looked bad. The poster looks worse

[naff]

ang lee can do good things with a bad script (see: HULK). i will prob watch it at some point.

[TVC15]

I saw Gemini Man in fancy hi tech. Pm me the goods and I’ll tell you about it

[Don Rumata]

I'm kind of interested in seeing Gemini Man, actually.
Fresh Prince Will + Ang Lee, can't be too bad.

[Leadbelly]

Fresh Prince Will + Ang Lee, can't be too bad.

It has a terrible rating on Rotten Tomatoes, 26%. However, it has an 83% audience score. That is quite a dramatic difference. My general rule is, the audience score is usually more accurate than the critic score. Although I am not sure I trust it any more. Since the verified user rating has been implemented it seems like fucking everything gets a super high audience rating now. It never used to be that way. The way in which they verify it I think is legitimate, the problem is the number of reviews has really dropped. Whereas in the past user reviews could be over 100,000, now you're lucky to see 20,000. Many movies getting less. So I am not sure any more.

[naff]

Fresh Prince Will + Ang Lee, can't be too bad.

It has a terrible rating on Rotten Tomatoes, 26%. However, it has an 83% audience score. That is quite a dramatic difference. My general rule is, the audience score is usually more accurate than the critic score. Although I am not sure I trust it any more. Since the verified user rating has been implemented it seems like fucking everything gets a super high audience rating now. It never used to be that way. The way in which they verify it I think is legitimate, the problem is the number of reviews has really dropped. Whereas in the past user reviews could be over 100,000, now you're lucky to see 20,000. Many movies getting less. So I am not sure any more.

 

[TVC15]

I could’ve solved this last night if you people weren’t such skinflints. Here:

It’s like 2 notches better than the new Charlie’s Angels. It probably would’ve done well had it come out in the late 90s. The movie is so basic that it’s puzzling why anyone was so interested in this script for 20 fuckin years, let alone Ang Lee.

As for the high tech fancy frame rate shit, action scenes look nice with it, smoke and explosions look awesome, and a few other “special circumstances” scenes look swell (I think I remember a cool underwater scene? Or something? Maybe), but the rest of the movie is hit mega bad with the soap opera effect. Dialogue scenes look really cheap, like you, Big Willie, and yr bro’s grabbed mom and dad’s camcorder and shot some footage in the kitchen. But if you’re watching a rip or stream of this you’ll be getting the low tech version.

The action itself is just okay. Nothing notable. Probably a little lighter on action than it needs to be.

[Kara]

My one month late review of The Lighthouse:

In the credits Robert Eggers--who as best I can tell is that person you went to high school with who moved from "home" when they were a kid and overcompensated by trying too hard to be a superfan of "back home"--gives dap to Sarah Jewett in the credits for teaching him how to write local color dialog like, "If I had a steak . . . I would fuck it!," which would be like me writing a biopic of Jamaal 'abd al-Naaṣr and giving dap to Sayyid Quṭb for giving my characters diglossic accuracy.

[TVC15]

Hahaha very good one! I get it and agree with this notion.

I forgot about this movie, is it already gone?

[Great Rumbler]

It's probably out of theaters by now, or at least only showing in very few theaters.

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