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I like the casting, he seems more "realistic" for a rural farmer type than a saintly white haired old man.

I'd have to imagine these do well on VOD/TV reruns.

Really dug this a lot, great in IMAX for the sound alone. Felt like I was in a real war zone with how LOUD it was. Wish it's themes and ideas tied together a bit more cohesively but it was a very visceral experience. Keep Garland out of the press though, because none of what he intended or is saying about the film comes through AT ALL and I'm baffled as to what he's talking about. How is this a veneration of journalists? Just an observation, but it's interesting to me how the only people who haaaaaate this movie are also the ones most online (esp on twitter).

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/ancient-rome-once-filled-the-colosseum-up-with-water-and-staged-epic-mock-sea-battle They actually did fill the colleseum with water, staging fake naval battles and other crazy stuff. Not sure about sharks or monkeys ha but rhinos were 100% fought by gladiators during some games.

Seeing The Rock play an AMAZING heel on WWE right now does make me think that his Black Adam Universe idea could've worked. Treat the superhero fights almost like a wrestling match, big personalities and drama clashing...it's a fun idea! BUUUUUUT, if it weren't for Black Adam flopping and scaring The Rock, I don't think we see him playing heel right now (or doing the Safdie movie) and getting a personality again. Had BA been successful, his DC plans would've been more of the same, the boring sanitized corporate Rock we've been getting over the last 10 years (and doomed BA with it's blandness). Maybe if he brought that energy to Black Adam to begin with, would've been a better film and maybe a hit?

I feel like a savvy marketing team and studio willing to take a risk COULD sell this (lean into the mystery, make it a legendary event, "an undefinable next step of cinema you need to see to believe", etc.) and trick people into seeing it opening weekend who'd otherwise never see it. Y'know how studios got audiences in the 70s to see weird foreign/art films? Deceptive (and alluring...sometimes for sex appeal lol) marketing. Sure you might get a steep 2nd weekend drop but at least people would see it and talk about it vs throwing in the tower and not even trying. Hyping it up, getting a decent opening and buzz (even with a steep 2nd weekend drop) could garner more theatrical $ than a foregone "it'll flop" mentality (self fulfilling prophecy) and they just dump it with no fanfare.

"Most of those who spoke to THR describe a film that is an enormously hard sell to a wide audience. Two people say it’s hard to figure out who is the good guy and who is the bad guy." This level of insight from studio execs running multibillion studios explain a lot about the current state of things lol.

It's so intrinsically tied to their DNA and life experiences, I can't see it working with anyone else. I saw idiots on twitter point to Animatrix as an example of how Matrix can still be good without the Wachowskis and uh....they wrote and produced that.

Saw this last night and...didn't like it. Biggest disappointment of the year so far, I was soooo hyped. The script is a total mess, it's political ambitions are admirable and I respect what Dev is going for...underbaked to put it mildly. Which I'd be fine with if the action was amazing but, there's not enough action set pieces and what we get is waaaaaay too spaced out. The choreography is terrific but most of it is shot in either too dim lighting (you can tell it started as a Netflix film) or it's tight shaky handhelds with rapid editing so you never get to see much of it. Dev Patel rules though, he should be in more action films but maybe not direct them.

I wonder if the major trades will be too scared to give this film a letter grade again because of how dangerous it is lol

I went through most of his films/OVAs over the past 5-6 months, unfortunately many are really hard to find (esp his live action where I've had to resort to buying bootlegs, using sketchy russian torrent sites and relying on fan translations) but he's consistently fascinating, def my fav animation director.

BOOOOO APPLE BOOOOOOOOOO I liked the theatrical cut and I suspect pretty much all the positive reviews were with the added caveat of...well I'm sure my big issues will be solved with better pacing and runtime length.

I've never seen the show but Mamoru Oshii's UY: Beautiful Dreamer is a great anime film!

WE HAVE NEVER BEEN MORE BACK

I just got out of it and had a great time, nowhere near among my faves but it's very fun. Never reaches the heights of GvK or other MV films (it never blew me away or had a particularly standout moment) but its one of the most consistent, all killer no filler. SO MUCH monster stuff, there are long 5-10 min stretches with zero dialogue, just monsters roaring at each other. Monsterverse Ranking: 1. King of the Monsters (my beloved) 2. Kong: Skull Island 3. Godzilla vs. Kong 4. Godzilla x Kong 5. Godzilla (2014) I like ALL of them mind you.

The Minus One comparisons and being used to criticize this film are gonna drive me up a wall seeing GxK in 3 hours 🫡

The response I got was "gayer than Venom" lol

Anecdotal but my friend just saw it tonight at a preview screening. He's very much a "casual" fan, mostly just familiar with the Monsterverse and Minus One. And they absolutely loved it, put it as the 2nd best MV film after Skull Island. Could bode well for GA WOM if that's indicative?

3 was surprisingly good considering no Bay and this looks even better! The humour and style seems to be even more pronounced, I'm excited. Shame they wasted Bad Boys 4 Life on the THIRD film though!

I have heard some rumblings that it might not be entirely accurate/circumstances are slightly better than believed (I know exactly what you're talking about).

For myself, I found the teasing of the Godzilla theme (he'd play the first few notes) before it divulged into loud clanging noises a MAJOR hype deflator in GvK. That's totally fair, but his remixes of the pre-existing music WERE great and I'd say a decent chunk of the original compositions (Ghidorah theme esp) were quite strong! That last bit from 2:15 on...awesome

I'd disagree, Junkie is excellent on George Miller films but 99% of the time it's just loud clanging noise. Giacchino is hit or miss but he hits waaaaaaaaaaay more often.

The full soundtrack was released today: It's just as awful and bland as his GvK score (he's recently come out as pro AI for music and uh...I think he's already using it blegh) #BringBackBear

Isolation def runs waaaaay too long but for an absolute Alien nerd like myself, it captures the atmosphere, visual aesthetic, etc. SO unbelievably perfectly well that I honestly played half of it as an immersive sim just checking out all the little details and such.

I'm hoping there's a little more to it than just alien slasher film (the other films always have a bit more on their minds) but either way it looks fun.