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[MadVillainy]

I love Time Crimes. Great film.

Wish it was on Blu Ray in the US

 

[Monsieur Xavier]

It's Soylent Green year.

 

[Black Narcissus]

Reaction from Cannes of the new Park Chan-wook is glorious.

 

[green]

It's Soylent Green year.

 

[Snow Queen]

 

[Prison Mike]

 

[Black Narcissus]

Eh, both trailers for 'The Grey Man' and Thor4 look fun. I loathe the first two Thor flicks. Taika made me a fan with the third and I'm all in. That trailer looked like a bowl of fruit loops for the eyes. Ti's will at very least be fun.

 

[Prison Mike]

I think the first Thor is deeply underrated.

 

[Kane52630]

I still put the first Thor over the other two. Might be nostalgia talking but pre-disney Phase 1 Marvel was something special.

 

[CaptainWagner]

I love Taika and I loved *most* of Ragnarok but I do mourn for what could have been if Kenneth Branagh had been given unfettered control to grant the mythos the epic Shakespearean gravitas it deserved.

 

[MadVillainy]

Netflix to Stop Greenlighting “Vanity Projects” Like The Irishman

This could be a good thing. While I do applaud them for giving directors more of a chance than studios, most of Netflix films are mediocre at best. And I'm talking about the ones they actually had a hand in producing not just acquired.
Of the ones I've seen, the only ones off the top of my head that stuck with me are The Irishman, Extraction, Dolemite is my Name (I need that Blu Ray) and Beasts of No Nation. El Camino was cool too. But even some of the ones I liked like Adam Project, Always Be My Maybe, Marriage Story; I don't feel the need to rewatch. I guess I don't feel the need to rewatch Beasts of No Nation either. EDIT: Mudbound was really good too but it's another one I don't really feel the need to rewatch

But I think a lot of directors did their worst work with Netflix and you can tell it's just because nobody gave them notes. Dan Gilroy with Velvet Buzzsaw, Michael Bay with 6 Underground (and that's saying something), Peter Berg with Spencer Confidential.

I feel like them tightening their belts will work out in the long run. Quality over quantity

 

[Kane52630]

First They Killed My Father was also another great Netflix film, it's pretty much a companion piece to Beasts of No Nation.

 

[CaptainWagner]

Netflix to Stop Greenlighting “Vanity Projects” Like The Irishman

This could be a good thing. While I do applaud them for giving directors more of a chance than studios, most of Netflix films are mediocre at best. And I'm talking about the ones they actually had a hand in producing not just acquired.
Of the ones I've seen, the only ones off the top of my head that stuck with me are The Irishman, Extraction, Dolemite is my Name (I need that Blu Ray) and Beasts of No Nation. El Camino was cool too. But even some of the ones I liked like Adam Project, Always Be My Maybe, Marriage Story; I don't feel the need to rewatch. I guess I don't feel the need to rewatch Beasts of No Nation either. EDIT: Mudbound was really good too but it's another one I don't really feel the need to rewatch

But I think a lot of directors did their worst work with Netflix and you can tell it's just because nobody gave them notes. Dan Gilroy with Velvet Buzzsaw, Michael Bay with 6 Underground (and that's saying something), Peter Berg with Spencer Confidential.

I feel like them tightening their belts will work out in the long run. Quality over quantity

Thing is, I have no faith that they're going to pivot towards only making high quality content. These are the same people who said they think 'Boss Baby' is the right template for their animation output. Watch them instead slash expensive prestige flicks to double down on mass-produced 'content.'

 

[MadVillainy]

Thing is, I have no faith that they're going to pivot towards only making high quality content. These are the same people who said they think 'Boss Baby' is the right template for their animation output. Watch them instead slash expensive prestige flicks to double down on mass-produced 'content.'

Kids love Boss Baby. That's the demo and they hit it.
I can't hate.

 

[Prison Mike]

Yeah I liked The Boss Baby. Never saw the sequel though

 

[Kane52630]

The sequel gave me a Stu existential crisis.

 

[MadVillainy]

Eh I don't get so much why adults (especially ones without kids "forcing" them to watch it) care about bad kids movies.

It's not even meant for adults so I don't even get why watch it

 

[Prison Mike]

They got greedy with Pixar and now think every kid movie should be for them too.

 

[Black Narcissus]

I finally watched Top Gun for the first time. I had seen clips of it before of course. I mostly know of Top Gun via Tarantino and his very funny monologue about it, which I can't post, but easy to look up on YT. So, this is the ultimate "I love you man' bro movie. I liked it. It also made me clean the dust off from my old Randolph aviators. Val Kilmer was a beautiful bastah. lawd. Reading about all them apple boxes they had for Cruise to stand in was hilarious. Also, Kelly McGillis in the 80s is a pit stop I'm making when that time machine happens.

 

[Kane52630]

Something i've always wanted to ask... has anyone correctly guessed which window breaks in the opening scene of TDK?

I've probably seen it over a 1000 times and I always get it wrong.

 

[MadVillainy]

Something i've always wanted to ask... has anyone correctly guessed which window breaks in the opening scene of TDK?

I've probably seen it over a 1000 times and I always get it wrong.

Same

 

[Web-Head]

Eh I don't get so much why adults (especially ones without kids "forcing" them to watch it) care about bad kids movies.

It's not even meant for adults so I don't even get why watch it

I don't like animation snobs in general or when critics bash some animated movies when it's clear they're not the target audience. I think a lot of critics and just people in general have a hard time judging a movie for what it is. I mean, I still see people bashing a Fast and Furious movie for being "too unrealistic"

 

[Black Narcissus]

Not really interested in a Joker 2. Tis' like Scorsese announcing a sequel to Taxi Driver back then, it wouldn't be necessary.

 

[Web-Head]

Not really interested in a Joker 2. Tis' like Scorsese announcing a sequel to Taxi Driver back then, it wouldn't be necessary.

Agreed. I'm sure I'll still see it but I've been indifferent on the movie and a potential sequel all along

 

[CaptainWagner]

Eh I don't get so much why adults (especially ones without kids "forcing" them to watch it) care about bad kids movies.

It's not even meant for adults so I don't even get why watch it

I mean, do we want animation to be taken seriously as an equal form of cinematic art or do we want to brush away criticism of it because it's "just for kids"? Good kids movies are good movies and bad kids movies are bad movies.