If talking animals was actually a common thing, I would be seeing a lot more movies.
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I don't know why people complain so much about this, weren't you like against capitalism and mindless consumption?
If you get one of those apps like HBO or Disney plus, you will have like, a catalogue that last years to watch everything
And about the popcorn? Do you realize you can cook that in your home as well right? Now you don't even need oil, with the air fryers
With the advent of Netflix type apps, you can just do movie nights with your family and friends extremely easy, that's a plus if you don't want to spend so much outside
And if you go the selfhost Route, it's even cheaper
So again why the complains?
I don't know why people complain so much about this, weren't you like against capitalism and mindless consumption?
The focus is on what is actually showing. We want to see art not this bullshit. And it's not like streaming services are different in this regard.
That's why we don't pay and waste money on streaming sevices either.
It's nice to go outside sometimes, particularly to movie palaces. I dress up a little and so does my date, and we usually have a fun discussion about the plot afterwards.
Later I fuck them so hard their orgasm shifts Earth's orbit very slightly.
So yeah, I like movie theaters.
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This is old, all four should say superhero demake.
Just saw Life of Chuck, that is something original.
Where does Robot Dreams fall? The animals never talk but it is animated.
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The are movies like Never look away(2018), Amanda(2018), Empire of Light(2022) and Perfect Days (2023) that where barely advertised, but worth watching all the way. Still somehow using an old movie or having more super hero is ok.
ITT: movie opinions based on movie advertisements for the circle jerk instead of seeking movie announcements or even, retroactively, awards/nominations. But I get it, you know what the next Superman is going to be so it's easy to have an opinion on it without seeing it whereas the other half of the movies are original... but risky for your use of time.
Cue complaints about rigged awards stealing from better movies without acknowledging it's a showdown between multiple original movies.
Cue complaints about popcorn pricing as if you're forced to eat popcorn and eat popcorn for every home movie
Cue complaints about gross movie theaters as if this is really about the originality of movies instead of a likely attention span issue
Are the talking animals sexy?
I'm down for Zootopia 2. And Avatar 3
Also another Shyamalan mindfuck
So... Yes.
Awooo!
This is just so inaccurate. Sometimes it's 90's reboots and remakes with talking animals, too.
And now, Disneys latest innovation: Live action(ish) reboots with talking animals!
I really want to watch We're All Gonna Die, but there's no way for me to see it and I'd love to support the creators.
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Because the movie industry wants money and the tubes keep paying to see these -- and don't pay to see complex, challenging, or odd films
Including the people that make comics like the above.
The Phoenician Scheme was fairly original.
A grenade, in this thread? Thank you, you're very kind.
And it is setting up to be a box office flop. Wes Anderson is apparently the only one who is allowed to make original scripts and even that seems to be wearing thin.
Judging movies by how much money they made some executive is the most uninteresting and capitalist way of thinking about films and stories.
The conversation is literally why these movies don't get made. And it's because the average movie viewer is uncultured swine who wants to turn their brain off for two hours.
I honestly don't see any AES countries spending big money on art pieces either.
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Wes Anderson movies are both original and not at all original. The stories are original, but the style is always the same. That said, I love his style, but recently his movies have almost parodies of themselves. I haven't enjoyed his latest stuff.
They're doing 90s and post 2000s remakes now . See Lilo and Stitch and How to Train your Dragon remakes with 3d and live action incorporated that nobody asked for. I think originality in film and tv is also disappearing, along with many other things heading towards extinction these days
Originality is uncertainty, and shareholders don’t like uncertainty. Better to spend the money on certain failures instead.
In an ideal world, investors (and big shareholders) would be interviewed to see if they’re committed to the thing they’re investing on. “Have millions make me billions” or being a nepo baby shouldn’t be valid reasons. This is why every thing they touch converges to enshittification.
I’m looking forward to the coming superhero universe reboot - now with fun CGI animal.
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The best stuff at a cinema is rarely plastered all over the front, that's just advertising for people who don't really care about movies.
Also if your area is like mine, look for the smaller cinemas that screen the new oddities and forgotten classics
Get down to 6 Bags Cinema in Victorville. The aircon isn't great but shows nothing but popcorn classics.
Depends on your town. I live in a small tourist town with one cinema and they only play the biggest hits, focusing on the lowest common denominator. I mean, I'm not even sure they screened Sinners, but they definitely played The Minecraft Movie in 4 (out of 14) theaters for months. If I want to go to a different cinema, I have to drive 45 minutes to get to the next town (where the selection still sucks, but at least they've got more screens) or 75 min to get to the closest independent theater.
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also way too many prequels
I'd love to see a prequel leading to how the hell did Lucius and Narcisa Malfoy got married. How did they date? How did the families get along?
I bet my bottom dollar it was hilarious as fuck
I'm sure Adam Sandler could play Lucius dad
They still have a few the low budget horror films and originals by Soderberg but no one watches them even when they are really good. I go every week and don't watch any remakes and maybe the occasional superhero flick when it reviews well. There are maybe 9 people in the theater.
It's so annoying to see this shit. Every person who complains about how stale movie releases are only ever goes to see what the ads on tv/youtube tell them to, then whine about their own choice while excellent indie movies eke by or fail outright. They reinforce the problem they complain about with zero sense of hypocrisy.
Yeah black bag was a great movie that no one saw and only was in the theater for like a week before it got pulled.
People can’t afford to go out to watch movies regularly enough to justify taking a gamble with their small entertainment budget.
The theatre experience is becoming so expensive and frankly unsatisfying compared to watching from home. Snacks that aren’t 22$ for a popcorn combo, smoke and toilet breaks, no shitheads with their phones, etc…
So no shit they are gonna take the safe bet and just download and watch the movies that they are unsure about.
It’s a negative feedback loop being used by the executives to pump out more regulated slop while thinking that’s what people want. No, people just can afford shit you greedy fucks!
Yeah I will say it's been super cheep for me to go to the movies it's about $5 or less per movie. But i recognize that not everyone has the option to go to the Alamo Draft House. I also don't eat during the movies i eat before.
This is not a new complaint. It's been around for decades.
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Superhero sequel 29 looks pretty good this year!