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
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.
I’m not a big movie theater guy, but I do enjoy heading to the local Alamo Drafthouse occasionally because they have terror Tuesday and weird Wednesday. Then near Halloween it’s like a full day of horror.
Exactly, support your independent theatre’s, they are usually run by people who care about cinema and they have more shows for older classics and modern indies and foreign movies
Dune messiah a franchise exploit? How?
It’s based on the next book in the series. There is a reason for it to exist beyond making money.
anyone who was in for the love of the art already read the books.
Meaning what, that movie adaptations are not necessary? I know that.
The posted list put Dune in with movies that were made based purely on the success of their predecessor, which is not the case for Dune.
Now, while the sequel wouldn’t have been made if its predecessor hadn’t been successful, the books are the driver behind making the movies.
When an original movie or property comes out, nobody goes to watch it. The people complaining about the lack of originality certainly don’t go watch. The last half dozen original movies that Disney has released have bombed, regardless of good ratings. People are paying to see remakes and reboots, which is why they keep making them.
Nobody who complains actually goes to support the original films
Hey, don’t forget those of us who like to complain for complaining’s sake. My poor aching scarf.
Indeed, much of enshittification can be blamed on the corporations, but this one is definitely the consumer’s fault.
Just last year, I went to a new, original movie called Juror #2. It looked great in the trailer, and I was not disappointed! At least, not by the movie. I was disappointed by the fact that there were only like 20/30 people in the room to watch it. And this was only a week after it came out! Meanwhile, Gladiator II had a fully booked and bigger room.
Same, I remember going to the theatre to watch a Ghibli movie, can’t remember which, maybe the wind rises. And the auditorium was empty except for another couple. Meanwhile there was a huge crowd coming out of Trolls 2 or whatever the fuck
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.
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 $5 or less per movie. But i recognize that not everyone has the option to go to the Alamo Draft House. I also don’t eat during the movies i eat before.
This is not a new complaint. It’s been around for decades.
Eat before going to the theatre and try to go for shows before 5 pm, I usual get tickets for 12$ or less
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.
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.
This is a lazy meme, I’ve seen dozens of original movies both foreign and domestic in the last few months, people don’t want to go to the theatre for anything other than IP blockbusters and then complain that IP blockbusters keep getting made, change your habits first
Why spend time and money making new things when tried and true stuff sells just as well?
Welcome to capitalism, where art goes to die.
The Phoenician Scheme was fairly original.
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.
A grenade, in this thread? Thank you, you’re very kind.
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Eukaryotes should be seen and not heard.
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
It’s like when games fail and people complain there is no originality
Dude you ain’t buying the original games, you are buying the tried and trusted versions
Also, 20 minute “trailers” before the actual movie.
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.
Best thing is that internet and technology development has brought us masterpieces like this:
the last 2 days have felt like a remake
This was like so clever. I don’t even know why anybody would downvote you.
