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Gareth's a good director but a terrible writer. Him doing a for hire gig with zero narrative input is a great idea. This will probably be his best work.
3 hours ago, lorddemaxus said:I feel like Fallen Kingdom did a decent job with atmosphere (thanks to JA Bayona), but Treverrow's script was just the absolute worst piece of shit. Think 90% of directors would've failed to make a good film out of that garbage script.
It's the only World film that's even semi decently directed but yeah what a stinker of a script.
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13 hours ago, ThomasNicole said:
It´s so funny when people get mad at this comparing to -1 or Shin
This difference in tone is part of the franchise historically even in Japan, if you dislike just focus on the dramatic movies but keeping using them to say how the adventure movies are trash is so ´´look ma i´m an adult now´´ coded lol
Looks fun to me which is the goal clearly, visually it also looks good tbh with the bright colors and nice texture without really care about boring realism like most movies that is also CGI heavy but desaturated
Yeah especially when the dramatic serious entries are the exception not the rule for Godzilla. The people getting mad at comparing the two frankly have no clue what they're talking about and should watch more Godzilla films before speaking out
Now, of course if someone still dislikes this film that's fine but using Minus One's serious tone as a mark against what this film is doing is naive at best.
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Much better than the first trailer but Wingard's MV films ain't hitting me as hard as Skull Island/KOTM did. The whip building throw is something outta the PS2 Pipeworks games lol, i loved that.
I look forward to all the people who've seen 1-2 godzilla films whine and complain that this isn't like Minus One and how it's betraying the character and yadda yadda when it comes out.
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These movies/Reynolds' brand of comedy aren't really my thing and this trailer didn't do much for me but my dad certainly got interested seeing it, esp for Wolverine's return. It should do well like the other Deadpools but less than 1-2 because of genre fatigue and less novelty surrounding the character, 600-650m.
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Apple has quality content but lacks a backlog library which is the issue. TBH they should merge with Paramount+ or one of the other failing studio streamers, get their library onto Apple TV+.
I even think getting one of the smaller streamers like a Shudder would be beneficial, niche but enthusiast market, make Apple the home for horror movies/shows. Just using that one as an example.
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14 hours ago, Brainbug said:
I get what Trevorrow wanted to achieve with the locusts plotline thematically, but it was just ... so meh. It was obviously not what people wanted. That the movie still grossed a billion is testament to how popular dinos and the JP franchise truly is.
I get it but also the prehistoric locust disrupting our ecosystem and agriculture...is WHAT THE DINOSAURS WOULD ALSO BE DOING TO OUR PLANET. So why shift focus away when you're telling a specific story that should involve the dinosaurs.
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No wonder Chad Stahelski signed a deal to have control over the franchise after The Continental and Ballerina (again...why Len Wiseman and not an 87Eleven director???)
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Just got out of it, terrible...Vaughn is washed beyond belief. The post credits scene is one of the most embarrassing things I've seen in a while, dropped my rating half a star on that alone.
The twists are very predictable and there's SO many that the film ends up repetitive and lacking any attachment because it's constantly flipping the narrative. It's too clever for it's own good, you can sense the writers patting themselves on the back at the end of every scene.
It's also the fakest looking film with almost every scene having shoddy green screen. I truly don't believe most of the cast were in the same room together on set. The action scenes have some creative concepts but they're so slathered in CG and the bloodless PG-13 makes them all limp.
I'm baffled that they centred the marketing around THAT twist when...it's not that big of a deal when there's so much more going on. It would've at least sold the film on a semi interesting hook vs no hook at all.
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OMG THE EPA AGENT FROM 1 IS BACK
Ok I take back my criticisms, $800m WW minimum.
SpoilerGen X's reign of terror on our culture MUST be stopped
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Almost feels more like an action film outta Indoneisa or Malaysia in its style and fight choreography (massive compliment). Super hyped for this. Peele saving this from Netflix is a massive W.
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Of the modern run of MI (starting with Ghost Protocl), this is easily the messiest but I can't deny that it's stuck in my head months after seeing it. Cut out 10-15 mins of the overly repetitive exposition dumps and this would prob be one of my fav MIs.
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If WB had given this the Flash treatment instead of unceremoniously dumping it...it might have broke even or even eked out a few bucks for them.
It's clear now that audiences respond to water.
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2 hours ago, Royce said:
Miyazaki's next film The Wind Rises
I didn't click in how Wind Rises is inspired by Takahata's style. I know Takahata convinced Hayao to make that film instead of Ponyo 2 (his original plan).
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20 hours ago, solaris said:
I'm hoping this follows the pattern established by Ridley's two previous 'true' sequels (Hannibal and Covenant) - beautiful, painterly film-making mixed with truly queasy, baroque horror (the Pazzi hanging in Hannibal, the backburster sequence in Covenant) and wonderfully out of place campy villainy (Gary Oldman/hammy Hopkins or Michael Fassbender playing homoerotic flute with himself).
Batshit Ridley Scott might not always be good, but it's sure as hell fun to watch (see also - The Counselor)
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Delivers exactly as promised, just pure entertainment from start to finish. No fluff or frills, refreshingly to the point. It gets to the good stuff early and wraps up right as it ends...oh how I missed films just ending immediately after the mission is done. Fun time!
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I wholeheartedly believe Cruise can singlehandedly save WB
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1 hour ago, lorddemaxus said:
Really stupid of WB
This seems to be a recurring pattern with them the last few years
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Absolutely loved it, one of the best of the year for me. Multiple moments took my breath away and THAT scene? Haven't heard an audience react that loudly in years ha.
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*puts on tinfoil hat*
WB put this in the original screenplay category, knowing it doesn't belong so that when the academy rightly moved it, you'd have legions of stans defending the film. Even though Adapted Screenplay isn't any less or more "prestigious" a distinction.
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Haunted water could've been good fun but yeah seems it doesn't lean into the inherent camp of the premise and keeps things relatively grounded (boring).
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3 hours ago, lorddemaxus said:
Know my brain is falling apart because I watched Rohmer's The Green Ray a couple days ago and all I've been thinking about for the past day is how Clint Eastwood's 15:17 to Paris is the American version of The Green Ray.
He's also the American Kiarostami
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On 12/29/2023 at 10:26 PM, cooldude97 said:
I'm going to put this out in the wild and see if it's a Hot Take But:
GxK doesn't need to be a Good Godzilla Film To Be Well Received Or Do Well at the Box Office
It Needs To Be A Good Kong Film
No, it's true. Pains me to admit as a G fan but Kong is more popular domestically for sure.
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I think BvS killed the initial excitement but Josstice League forever tainted it as a cinematic universe. Splintered the fanbase, pissed off the few fans they had, and they never recovered from just how terrible that was with the GA, not to mention the experience causing Affleck to quit and Cavill to be in limbo after. Thus removing 2/3s of the trinity.
WW and Aquaman were standalone enough to get by.
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Now, of course if someone still dislikes this film that's fine but using Minus One's serious tone as a mark against what this film is doing is naive at best.
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire | March 22, 2024
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That's what happens when you make films specifically for Gen Xers, what's the appeal in Afterlife or Frozen Empire for a new fan or younger demographic to hop onboard? Them "passing the torch" ultimately got sidelined for MORE 80s nostalgia.