Movies

[Deleterious]

 

[gehringer_2]

1 hour ago, Deleterious said:

 

is there a soul anywhere in hollywood with an original idea anymore?

[oblong]

yes but nobody will pay to go to the movie theater to see those anymore.  They want to see it on a streaming service in their home as part of an 8 episode series.

If they make a good IP related movie that fills the theaters.  Your run of the mill good movie is not enough to get people out of the house for 3-4 hours it takes to see a movie now, plus the added cost of tickets and concessions.

For me I think the peak was the early to 90's.  Pick a random month and year and you find so many bangers.  Every week you could go to the movies and find something great.  I think the fall off from that isn't due to quality of content but changes in consumer behavior.  These movies people like to bash as unoriginal are often the ones keeping theaters alive.

https://www.boxofficemojo.com/month/august/1994/

 

 

[IdahoBert]

I watch some “art house“ films, not a lot but some, and I just watched the independent 2017 film Columbus shot entirely on location in Columbus, Indiana.

This southern Indiana town is recognized worldwide for its stunning modernist architecture, a fact of supreme indifference to most of its citizens. In fact, this was entirely lost on me when I visited Columbus several times when I lived in nearby Bloomington. Now 50 years too late I get it. Would’ve could’ve should’ve…

Casey, a 19 year-old librarian who is going nowhere and whose mom is a recovering meth addict, finds solace in architecture when she looks at a building in her hometown for the hundredth time and finally senses its serene healing beauty. It sounds overwrought and painfully sensitive, but the film makes you a believer. 

She befriends Jin, played by Korean actor John Cho, who is in town standing watch at the hospital over his dying father, a famous architecture scholar.

The story of their friendship is not sentimental or cloying, but honest and authentic. They bond over this common passion for architecture and help each other move on to the next stage in their lives.

It’s very believable and nothing at all like a schmaltzy Hallmark film. The queen of Indie films Parker Posey is in it too.

Every shot in the film is magnificent and breathtakingly composed. 

 

 

[Mr.TaterSalad]

NO, NOT THAT! YES, THAT! It's here, it's finally here. Spaceballs 2 the movie is being made. They better call it Spaceballs 2: The Search For More Money.

 

[Mr.TaterSalad]

I am your father's, brother's, nephew's, cousin's, former roommate.

What does that make us?

Absolutely nothing!

[Mr.TaterSalad]

I thought Mel Brooks' History of the World Part II miniseries was meh and only modestly funny. So I am hoping this will be better than that. The fact that they have Rick Moranis and Bill Pullman coming out of retirement for this project is promising. Moranis has done a movie in years, so I'm excited to see him act again. It will never be the same as the original Spaceballs, because you just can't emulate a classic like that. Also the fact that all of Dickk Van Patten (King Roland), John Candy (Barf the mog), and Joan Rivers (Dot Matrix) are all gone is sad because they played major characters that made the original so funny. But as long as the movie is funny to the majority of Spaceballs fans, myself and others, I'll be satisfied.

Edited June 12 by Mr.TaterSalad

[Shades of Deivi Cruz]

Comedy sequels are rarely decent, let alone good, so while I hope Spaceballs 2 is good I'm not actually optimistic that it will be.

[oblong]

I wouldnt have my hopes up but I'm glad Rick Moranis is involved.  He's a legend and his story is great.

 

[GalagaGuy]

 

[Deleterious]

I always have to watch this when I see CCH Pounder.

 

5 hours ago, GalagaGuy said:

 

 

[Biff Mayhem]

Ballerina. Freaking excellent. If you like the John Wick series, this is an excellent continuation. 
 

Just when I thought I’d seen it all in an action movie (car chases, motorcycles, boats, machine guns, knives) they featured something I hadn’t seen before and it was awesome.