General Movies & TV Thread

[Lucky Planet]

saw the Lost City with Sandra bullock, it was really funny. I really liked it. the story was simple but Sandra and Channing Tatum were really good together.

 

[saint.piss]

Thank god. Lmao

 

[saint.piss]

Well this is extremely disappointing. I was really looking forward to this. Whatever then

 

[PerceptiveCoot]

Well this is extremely disappointing. I was really looking forward to this. Whatever then

Seems like they're just replacing the series with a short-form project? The special they mention in the Hollywood Reporter article lists the same creative team behind the show as the brains behind the special.

 

[TheGentTrent]

Well this is extremely disappointing. I was really looking forward to this. Whatever then

I would have said that this could go the Moana route and get reworked into a sequel…

But that would be a hand-drawn movie then, and Disney can’t go putting that in theaters, now can they?

 

[PerceptiveCoot]

But that would be a hand-drawn movie then, and Disney can’t go putting that in theaters, now can they?

I've heard it's not hand-drawn, but I suppose we'll find out when the special comes out.

 

[SeventyOne]

Two under-the-radar streaming shows I'm sure intended by their creators for very different audiences but both worth a watch:

A Thousand Blows (Hulu) -- from Stephen Knight, creator of Peaky Blinders and the underrated Taboo. The story of two Jamaican immigrants in 1880s London who get involved with the city's largest "girl gang" as well as the growing boxing scene as it moves from the bare-knuckle brawls of the East End to gloved, Marquis of Queensbury rules in the West End. A lot of really good actors, and the period set pieces feel lived in and convincing. And with only 6 episodes, this show moves through plot quickly, while still finding time to touch on issues of racism, sexism and classism. Probably the best show I've seen so far this year.

House of David (Prime) -- imagine George R.R. Martin wrote a PG-13 version of the Bible. Palace intrigue scenes in the House of Saul feel right out of Kings Landing, while David even looks like a Middle Eastern Jon Snow. The costumes are great, acting is fine to very good. The budget betrays itself with a janky CGI lion and the number of indoor talking head scenes, but in between there are a few well-placed shots with beautiful cinematography and great fight choreography. Not overly preachy--doesn't shy away from the source material, but still plays more like a fantasy epic. Enjoying this far more than I expected to.

 

[Cup_Of_Coffee]

I recently got Apple TV via my boyfriends account. Do I dare say it’s the best streaming service? I haven’t even watched Severance. Everything I’ve seen is just so high quality idk how to even create a list. This service in general is just so consistently good. Hard to not recommend subscribing if you can swing it.

 

[Lucky Planet]

I recently got Apple TV via my boyfriends account. Do I dare say it’s the best streaming service? I haven’t even watched Severance. Everything I’ve seen is just so high quality idk how to even create a list. This service in general is just so consistently good. Hard to not recommend subscribing if you can swing it.

what shows do you recommend

 

[Cup_Of_Coffee]

what shows do you recommend

Bad Sisters, Platonic, Shrinking, Silo, Loot, Ted Lasso, Afterparty, Mythic Quest, Hello Tomorrow, Palm Royale, and Severance.

 

[TheGentTrent]

So Mickey 17 only made $19 million this weekend, despite being a pretty enjoyable film in my opinion. I never want to hear anyone complain again about the lack of originality in Hollywood. Apparently, audiences just want SEQUELZ and wouldn't support a decent sci-fi film if it came and kicked them in the rear.

 

[Lucky Planet]

So Mickey 17 only made $19 million this weekend, despite being a pretty enjoyable film in my opinion. I never want to hear anyone complain again about the lack of originality in Hollywood. Apparently, audiences just want SEQUELZ and wouldn't support a decent sci-fi film if it came and kicked them in the rear.

if it was on streaming I wonder how many views it would get. how many people, I wonder how well it would do. I LOVED the gorge for example. wish I saw it in theaters. but,

the theater experience is just not what it used to be. I'm extremely curious about Mickey 17 but theater visits are kind of uncomfortable now.
the chairs, and I can't go to the bathroom without missing stuff, and sometimes people are coughing. or chewing loudly. talking.
and then there's always someone checking their phone. every single time.

and if sequels and superhero stuff is what makes money, maybe it's because that's the same audience that does what I just described lol. those movies might do well because it's for teens.

my worst of all time recent experience in theaters was doctor strange 2 when a lot of teens were screaming and throwing pop corn everywhere and talking. plus the chair was uncomfortable.

I kinda just stopped going. but. I really really wanna see Mickey 17.

 

[Jake S]

I think movie going is dying because 1) our media ecosystem is more fractured than it has ever been and 2) as a result (accelerated by the pandemic) people are less and less tolerant of other people and 3) studios have trained audiences for years to expect the familiarity of sequels/brands they already like. That's especially true because the theater experience has gotten more expensive and also worse in many obvious, measurable ways.

That said, I dunno if a movie like Mickey 17 was ever going to have broad appeal and even when movie going was a much bigger pillar in American society, it's always been a bit of a black box.

 

[Lucky Planet]

I think movie going is dying because 1) our media ecosystem is more fractured than it has ever been and 2) as a result (accelerated by the pandemic) people are less and less tolerant of other people and 3) studios have trained audiences for years to expect the familiarity of sequels/brands they already like. That's especially true because the theater experience has gotten more expensive and also worse in many obvious, measurable ways.

That said, I dunno if a movie like Mickey 17 was ever going to have broad appeal and even when movie going was a much bigger pillar in American society, it's always been a bit of a black box.

a other thing I forgot is that the gas that it takes to get to the movie theater as well and if the movie was bad you feel like you wasted your time and money,
I still remember how burned it felt to watch Halloween 2 in theaters or the Simpsons movie or some specially silent hill 2 ...... ( the last one should have been obvious)
but Halloween 2 and silent hill 2 almost made me quit theaters all together, ( I kinda did for a while)
it's not even about the money spent on the trip but the memory of the bad experience.

 

[Jake S]

it's not even about the money spent on the trip but the memory of the bad experience.

I get this, especially given that things are getting more expensive and so the cost (not just money) of doing something that turns out to be wack hurts more. However, I think life is much less interesting when you try to manage out all the risk. Seeing a couple crappy movies makes the great ones more special; a bad restaurant puts the good ones into perspective.

Of course, the way to make this more palatable for people who Are Not Rich is a better distribution of income, but, alas, solving income inequality is outside the bounds of this message board.

 

[rageofthegods]

I think movie going is dying because 1) our media ecosystem is more fractured than it has ever been and 2) as a result (accelerated by the pandemic) people are less and less tolerant of other people and 3) studios have trained audiences for years to expect the familiarity of sequels/brands they already like. That's especially true because the theater experience has gotten more expensive and also worse in many obvious, measurable ways.

That said, I dunno if a movie like Mickey 17 was ever going to have broad appeal and even when movie going was a much bigger pillar in American society, it's always been a bit of a black box.

Ehh, I can't really doom about Mickey 17's box office, it's basically doing what Ad Astra did back in 2019 and a little less than what Arrival did in 2016. It's a weird, disjointed movie with a lot of bizarre comedy that's nonetheless gonna make in the ballpark of 100-150m ww by the time its run is over. That's not bad at all, it was just budgeted at much too high a level.

Just to get ahead of it, I'm gonna make a prediction that people are also gonna panic when the 140m Leonardo Dicaprio - PTA movie flops in August, and that's going to be a similar situation where they made an unreasonable greenlight to begin with (no PTA movie has ever made enough money to justify that kind of budget, even when moviegoing was much healthier) but it still probably does well for what it is.

Sinners... if Sinners flops, then yeah I'll be a little worried.

 

[Lucky Planet]

I get this, especially given that things are getting more expensive and so the cost (not just money) of doing something that turns out to be wack hurts more. However, I think life is much less interesting when you try to manage out all the risk. Seeing a couple crappy movies makes the great ones more special; a bad restaurant puts the good ones into perspective.

Of course, the way to make this more palatable for people who Are Not Rich is a better distribution of income, but, alas, solving income inequality is outside the bounds of this message board.

I think it burns because you could have waited and watch it at home lol.
if you had a bad meal or went to a bad theme park ride, or some other activity ( or went on a bad mini golf course) then those experiences can't be replicated at home ( you could cook but it's not the same)
but a movie, a bad one, you didn't need to make the trip for it. the giant theater screen experience can't be replicated at home, but you will just remember how bad the movie was lol.

it's like you feel cheated by the trailers. that feeling sucks. like the 2014 Godzilla movie, I really felt cheated, regretted watching it. could have waited for home release

 

[Jake S]

Ehh, I can't really doom about Mickey 17's box office, it's basically doing what Ad Astra did back in 2019 and a little less than what Arrival did in 2016. It's a weird, disjointed movie with a lot of bizarre comedy that's nonetheless gonna make in the ballpark of 100-150m ww by the time its run is over. That's not bad at all, it was just budgeted at much too high a level.

Yeah, my doomerism about the culture of movie going existed long before I knew what Mickey 17 was.

 

[rageofthegods]

Yeah, my doomerism about the culture of movie going existed long before I knew what Mickey 17 was.

No argument there. It's bleak out there right now.

 

[kristenabelle]

There's a really good assessment of how movies like this (unique, non-IP, non-sequels, midbudget - though Mickey 17 maybe isn't mid-budget?) are in danger because of the downfall of physical media. Previously, studios could afford to take a slight loss/flat box office because they'd make it up on the back end with dvds or blu rays. VOD exists and fills some of that gap to an extent, but not really as much when people know they can just wait, and eventually they'll see it on streaming.

Matt Damon talks about this in Hot Ones, and he's spot on.