LateReg

Why are there so few reviews, and why is the embargo lifted so early? Did it play somewhere or SXSW or overseas or something?

This is true. It should release in theaters just fine. Whether or not it's a limited release will probably be based on the level of weirdness/accessibility.

I'm sure you meant to say Get Out versus Exorcist gross...but its funny it came out as "ghettos versus Exorcist gross."

It's not what it's about, but how it's about it...I don't think the trailer does justice to what the experience of watching the film will be. Most likely, all rhythm and kinetic energy.

What is the total budget for Ghost in the Shell? Do we know?

For what it's worth, Michelle Williams finished number 2 on both the Indiewire and Village Voice polls for Best Supporting Actress. She was definitely one of the frontrunners.

The last two shots in particular are absolute perfection. So moving in their stillness. I also like the third act. And in response to an above comment, the movie is divine from a technical standpoint. The smooth camera, the beauty of the cinematography, the color coding in the scenes when Harris is yelling, and the music...all outstanding.

I think that the original Godzilla is definitely a horror movie. All of the creature features were considered horror movies back then. And I think there's a very solid argument that Jurassic Park is also a horror movie, though it is obviously also sci-fi/adventure even more so.

What about A History of Violence?

I agree, but Get Out actually made over 33 mil it's opening weekend, so it wouldn't necessarily be an increase.

I agree 100%. Also, it's worth noting that I can see some crazy parents taking their kids to Deadpool, as it is still a raunchy kids movie, basically. But this...is not for kids at all.

I don't think that Split is a crowdpleaser in the same way Get Out is. At my showing, people were basically cheering on the protagonist. I know Split has humor, but Get Out is downright hilarious at times. And in response to your other question...I think Get Out is a better film for sure, but I do like Split a lot.

I think Arrival had like 72 or something.

Nicely done. I'm hoping for the same!

Plenty, lately. It Follows, The Witch, The Babadook, Green Room, The Wailing, The Love Witch, Under the Shadow, Demon, A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night...a few others, too. It's a veritable horror renaissance out there. Don't Breathe, Conjuring 1 and 2, Ouija 2 all scored in the 80s.

With Coppola it's all about tone and atmosphere, though. I bet she has some neat tricks up her gown.

Agree with everything you said about Inherent Vice. Well put. I think, however, that The Master works much the same way. Some themes are the confusion of young men and longing to sort it all out in a post-war world, and the filmmaking and frustrating lack of resolution at all turns reflects that confusion. I hit me like an IMAX movie (without the need for IMAX) on first viewing.

I always find it interesting that there are people who love Inherent Vice but didn't care for The Master. I get that they're two totally different entities, but in my opinion, if anything, Inherent Vice is the more challenging, more opaque work, continuing in the same style as The Master. I am, however, fully open to someone suggesting that any of PTA's (later) films are his best. I love The Master and Inherent Vice and have a feeling that one day, one of those might be most frequently cited as his best film.

As he goes from studio to studio with each new, challenging picture, I think it's pretty obvious that every studio just wants to produce a PTA movie just to say that they have. It's a total abnormality in this current climate, but that's the only logical explanation. His run of films and growth as a filmmaker on a somewhat large scale is pretty much unprecedented and just about unmatched in modern movies (I know there's Tarantino haters out there, but he's the only one that comes close, though on a more populist scale), and even if the mainstream isn't getting it, it warms my heart to see that the respect is there as evidenced by these studios forking money over for movies that might not make it back.

I agree about the 2nd trailer. But it's only a minute long and seems to show barely any totally new footage. Most of it seems to draw heavily from imagery from the first movie, and then you get about 30 seconds of stuff that is clearly new. I don't want to get my hopes up.

The Hallow is a pretty good slow burner. It's kind of not that different from Hard to Be a God in some ways!

This was fun watching you watch this. I will say that the movie is entirely difficult to the last as it never once makes anything clear regarding the actual plot (of which there definitely is one, having read the book, but the movie is more interested in throwing you into the shit, so to speak), and it is so chaotic that it is easy to be overwhelmed by it and not understand a single thing about it. It's also so viscerally repulsive that it can make a viewer physically ill amidst one's disorientation. I'm speaking from experience, of course. One key to understanding it is to remember that this movie is actually set in the far off future...but on a planet that is still stuck in the middle ages and resembles earth during that time. Rumata et al are there studying the people, but they are only allowed to observe despite wanting to help. So they have all the power, yet are powerless. So it's essentially a science fiction movie that seems like it's just a movie about the middle ages, and that's a very frustrating concept, especially if a viewer is looking for a great science fiction movie where these future folk eventually show us some insane futuristic weapon. Now that would be an awesome contrast within this movie! Like you said at some point, this is as far from Hollywood as it gets. Kudos for sitting through it and for getting out of it what you did.

I've seen it twice. It's a masterpiece. Reading the book definitely helps. The director is a master, but his films are probably harder to come by than those of any other super-acclaimed filmmaker (for obvious reasons once you've seen any of them...they're difficult and specifically political). The only other one I've seen is Khrustalyov, My Car, also a masterpiece.

Does anyone have any news of any screenings, or from anyone who's seen this? I'm very curious to see if it's as bad as its trailers and gestation time seem.

Being an idealist myself when it comes to music/art, I can tell you that being in his situation would kill me. It rang totally true to me, and it had nothing to do with entitlement or anything of the sort. It had to do with integrity. I also think that he did try to make the best of it, but felt his soul being sucked away, yet still repressed that feeling so he could make a living to nobly put food on the table. I also thought it was a commentary about the state of the industry nowadays re: dumbing down your art so it will sell.