Topic: The Movie Thread

@LN78 Ha! There's actually quite a lot I like about Die Another Day, unfortunately those things are quite heavily outweighed by most of what's on offer.

I've only ever seen the Brosnan and Craig films on their original cinema runs. Tomorrow Never Dies is the only one I went to more than once.

I did see Goldfinger at my local independent a few years back though. That was cool.

Don't recall seeing any film multiple times in the cinema. There maybe a couple, but I can't think of any. From recent memory the best I got is seeing Civil War a second time cos the screening I was in was audio descriptive. I only lasted 20 mins before walked out!

@RogerRoger There's a bit with Saddam Hussein and Satan that kind of mystified me. "What was Saddam Hussein shaking around in his hand in that one scene?" I wondered. Of course, I wanted to be mature, so I didn't even hint that my young brain wasn't fully processing the goings-on of the film.

Years later, I rewatched it, and the confusion cleared up.
"Oh. Ohhhhhhh. That's what that was."

It was a tiny moment of personal triumph.

@LN78 The problem is they are unintentionally funny and funny for the wrong reasons. At least with South Park it is setting out to be humorous.

I don’t go to the movie theater real often, usually only for a blockbuster release of my favorite franchises (a la Star Wars, MCU, Harry Potter, etc) and rent or stream most everything else. Some franchises it will be hit or miss, like Disney/Pixar will occasionally get a actual theater visit, but not very often lately. Then randomly I’ll go to see something in theater that is a stand alone show, usually it’s because friends or family cajole me. But the last such movie I remember doing that was A Quiet Place, which was great in the packed and dark theater. I’m pretty sure the impact of that film was very blunted to watch on the small screen at home with lights on, phone ringing, or people interrupting and pausing to get a snack or use the bathroom.
A lot of movies are just so much better in the theater on the big screen. The cost has become a little ridiculous though, so if the movie stinks, it’s easy to get buyers remorse for the $20-$40 wasted (depending on if you buy concessions). If you rent a show for $2-$4, then you don’t mind just abandoning it in the middle when it’s bad, like I did recently with Dark Phoenix.

I have friends who go to the theater every week and see just about every major release. It’s just their thing they like doing. For me, I don’t have unlimited time and money so I try to choose wisely. That ends up being about 5-6 trips to the cinema per year.

@RogerRoger For me there is some fun in seeing a show when the theater is packed and there is a palpable excitement crackling throughout the audience. I have to admit it intensifies the experience when there are 200 people cheering when the hero wins, laughing when a joke sticks the landing, and clapping when the show does something well. I’m sure it’s psychological and the same reason sit-coms use laugh tracks, but it works for me.

I was in a movie a couple years ago where the guy in the row behind me was snoring loudly throughout. That was annoying. The whole theater was giggling at it.

@Th3solution Do people really cheer at moments at the cinema in America then? I never known that here in the UK. That would seriously do my head in. Laughing and stuff at funny bits, I'm OK with. But generally and cheering or whooping or anything like that, then no thanks.

@JohnnyShoulder When I went to the 2014 Godzilla film, there was a pretty massive round of applause near the end when Godzilla finally used his atomic fire breath on an enemy MUTO.

There was shouting and hollering from a group of African-American men any time Black Panther showed up in Avengers: Endgame. Also, loud cheering from the audience when you-know-who used the gauntlet to snap things back to normal near the end.

At the end of Joker, half the theater stood up and applauded. I... uh... didn't.

But, usually, people are pretty quiet. And I see most films in theaters.

i normally wait for the DVD to come out, then i play it in my "Cinema Room", it's like my own private little cinema and it's nice and quite and not full of prats ruining it for everyone else

although i really wanna watch Doctor Sleep at Halloween although i could just watch The Shining again instead and wait

@JohnnyShoulder Yeah, like @Ralizah said, it’s not unheard of to have a whoop, holler or cheer during opening week when it’s packed. Later when the enthusiasts and hard core fans die down and the “normal” crowd goes, it’s less common to have audience reaction to be so animated. In fact, it’s downright rare to see it outside of the opening week or so. I personally have never seen a standing ovation for a movie, that’s a little odd. The standing ovation is a show of appreciation and respect to the performers and production crew of a well done show, usually during the closing bows — so when none of said performers are actually present to see the gesture, then what’s the point? Now if Joaquin Phoenix were actually in attendance at that particular theater the a standing ovation would be a very nice show of approval for him to see and take a bow for. But hey, if the audience is so emotionally impacted and spontaneously erupt in such applause, I guess there are worse things.

@Th3solution I forgot to mention Midsommar. That film has a pretty bizarre orgy sequence near the end that made the audience erupt into incredulous laughter.

But yeah, audience reactions aren't typical where I live in the U.S.

@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy Yep, I enjoyed his performance and character arc. It feels more integral to the plot than the last film.

@Th3solution @Ralizah OK thanks for the clarification guys, and @RogerRoger for confirming that I don't live in an area of the world where watching a film in the cinema in relative silence is exclusive. Just when I read something like this

eyebrows are raised lol.

Ha ha don't worry @JohnnyShoulder I had the exact same reaction upon reading all that from Th3Solution!

Aside from chatty folk or energetic kids all the times I've been to the cinema have been quiet... Though I admit it's been a while since I last went!

lol Couldn't help but think of this scene from Scary Movie after the previous discussion (somewhat NSFW, obvs)

Joker has made $771.3 million so far at the box office. Very impressive considering the cost to developed the movie was only around $70 million I believe.

So Hitman: Agent 47 was on TV, so I decided to give it a watch. Movies based on video games have a notoriously bad reputation, so my expectations were low.

The film had very little in the way of Hitman's usual stealth and disguises, and instead had a heavy focus on action. Agent 47 is portrayed in the movie as a seemingly unstoppable killing machine, being able to shoot his way out of any situation regardless of how many enemies there are. The action way over the top, using state of the art technology, super human skills, and straight up doing the impossible as cop-outs so Agent 47 could fight lots of people at once.

The story was mostly forgettable, and mostly just existed to advance the action. It doesn't always make sense, and a lot of people's actions seem silly or over the top.

Despite my criticisms, I did enjoy the movie, but it was a so bad it's good kind of feeling.

Dolemite Is My Name, watch it - absolutely cracking!

If Eddie Murphy can avoid the the cynical 80s sequels that have been rumoured, this could start off his McConaissance!

@LN78 It's a shame. The characters and films work incredibly well in their setting - they'll have to be absurdly different to work these days, which defeats the purpose I think.

Given the success of Dave Chappelle's latest - which is mildly funny at best, and isn't a patch on Murphy in his prime - I can see Netflix giving Murphy a free reign for the stand up. Delirious is still one of my favourites, it's about 20 minutes too long, but Raw really wasn't as good.

Nope, you don't even really need any knowledge or appreciation of the blaxpoitation era to be honest. I can see why they chose Murphy/Murphy chose to do it - it's pretty similar to last good thing he was in (Bowfinger) in a few ways.

@LN78 It'll all come down to whether he's got the material in him any more.

Not massively interested in the Watchmen show. I like the comic, but it didn't change my life the moment I read it (or re-read it), and was too young to appreciate the the 'heightening of the medium' when it first released. As with much of Moore's work, I find It a bit overrated in many ways.

I loved Snyder's film - excellently adapted. From what I've read about the TV show - I'm not sure I really fancy it the sequel setting. The recent comic stuff was more than enough.