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  1. In the sense that she took the role. I suppose. But she was directed and he liked the direction she was taking it in. I don't know. It's one of those very rare films that I think was very well made. But I have to many moral dilemmas to say I liked it. I'm not a very big fan of Yargos and he seems kind of like a creep to me tbh. I really have a hard time seeing it as a feminist film. When there is so much female exploitation taking place in the film.
  2. Don't know how to say this without spoilers, but from that perspective, she actually plays "the victim"
  3. Thanks to their being almost no big SH films this year there actually could be a lot of $200-$300m hits this year. Dune Part 2 $280-$310m Kung Fu Panda 4 $180-$220m Furiosa $160-$220m Inside Out 2 $250-$350m Despicable me 4 $250-$350m Twisters $150-$220m Deadpool & Wolverine $285-$385m Borderlands $180-$280m Beetlejuice Beetlejuice $150-$250m Joker: Folie à Deux $250-$300m Venom 3 $200-$230m Gladiator II $250-$350m Wicked $150-$250m Moana 2 $120-$200m (probably not though) Untitled Karate Kid $130-$230m The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim $130-$230m Mufasa: The Lion King $150-$250m Sonic the Hedgehog 3 $180-$250m Nosferatu $110-$200m. (probably not that high but who knows) Like Seriously I see almost no film hitting $400m+ dom this year. a very small chance for DP3 and IO2. Maybe Gladiator II, but I doubt it. so really almost all of the potential hits are looking to fall into this range.
  4. Sorry I know this is a really long post. It's basically an article but I wanted to post it somewhere were people can discuss it and it has been on my mind for a while.
  5. Before I write this I am going to say I mean this with no disrespect to anyone working in the industry. I know there are several people working in the industry on this site. I am just an outsider, granted a lifetime film fan who watches 50-70 films released a year. but I do not live in or work for Hollywood. but this is a glaring issue I have noticed, especially since the start of the new decade. and think it should be discussed. Now there have always been bad movies being made. But I am here to discus why I think there has been a major decline in the quality of films being released and it is almost always one area, the Script or maybe studio interference has been gradually getting worse for at least the past 5 years on a wide scale. actors are not getting worse. most of the time there is some incredible talent involved with these films, the set design, actors, cinematography are all top notch, but it is like it is there to cover up and elevate a weak script. Whats funny as there have been some massive delays in these films since 2020. thanks to the pandemic of 2020 and writers/actors strike last year. So you would think there would have been MORE time to perfect these issues', but the film comes out with just of flimsy and weak, rushed scripts as ever. and I have noticed this decline in all types of film, mainstream blockbusters, arthouse films, mid-budget films. I have noticed it seems to be the least affected in smaller budgeted and independent films, which makes believe that one of the biggest issues has to be studio interference. but I don't know if that is all of it. another thing I have noticed as the issues is almost entirely in Hollywood, If I want to see a good film today I will almost always choose an international film over a domestic one, (if I want quality that is). This may vary per studio but I do think Disney is one of the worst as far as quality drop in the last few years, I want to say I like Disney (well used to at least). I grow up on Disney movies, and It saddens me they have fallen this far in just the last couple of years. But lets take their Marvel films, Avengers Endgame is my favorite superhero film of all time, you can tell it was 10 years in the making, it has an excellent script, if not perfect, but it's incredibly solid, and it is elevated by a staller cast, master directing, and most of all it does not feel like it was rushed. and that was released in 2019. from 2020 onwards I have enjoyed most of their films to an extant (Especially Spider-Man NWH, Loki and WandaVision). but the quality has been much less consistent, and some of them just out-right not very good. The Marvels for example, I enjoyed solely because of it's cast namely Iman Vellani, who carries what would have been a very bland rushed plot, with almost no character devolvement from it's other two leads. and I not gonna hate on Brie Larson, Brie Larson did a fine job for what she had work with, especially considering how much hate she gets from the online trolls. but once again the issue with this movie was not the cast, it was to script we get an extremely weak villain with motivations that are do not even make since... But moving on from that I do feel there is this creative lock on what can be done in Hollywood, there are just certain things that can't be done anymore because they are afraid they are going to offend a certain demographic, now I don't want to get too political here, I am not very political, I am not a right-winger, or a leftest, I am bisexual and I do like to see some diversity in the film industry, but I feel that the way it has been Incorporated into a lot of mainstream films and tv feels extremely forced, inauthentic, and even pandering. Now I like diversity. true diversity. (the Sandman is a good example of being extremely diverse without sacrificing any of the original stories quality imo) but If every film that is being released has to fill Slot A B and C on checking a demographic, and correct viewpoint or to try and gain as wide of audience as possible. (The Rings of Power did this to an extent) it starts to feel more like a science experiment. or *gasp* propaganda then an actual piece of art, or even as cash grab, which I get it the film industry is a business, they got to make money, but here's the thing the film industry as a whole has lost more money they they ever have in such short period of time. Disney lost an estimated $1b dollars last year, just at the US box office alone. that's not a good number. and yeah a lot of the more conservative audience will scream it is because the industry PC. I do not believe that is really the case. although it is definitely become more agenda based and when all you are seeing is a rushed script on a 11th film in a series. people are going to notice something like that more than when it is a good well thought out script on a solid film. regardless of if it is "Diverse" or not. Like I love Japanese films. I loved Godzilla Minus One. I think that the entire cast was Japanese. and I wasn't offended by that, it was just a good movie. Another major issue is budget control, I just found out that Apple+ new film Argylle was budgeted at a reported $200m.. like how for one thing how could anyone in their right mind think that an original spy comedy directed by a man who has not been proven to be a box office draw (the Gentlemen made $115m worldwide, not huge numbers really but it's budget $22m so it made money though. but it had a REASONABLE budget). and then they populate it with all these "Stars" movie goers do not flocked to a movie based on who is in it anymore. this does not work. there is a handful of actors still around today that can elevate a films box office and almost all of them are over 50 now. So what were they thinking when they gave this movie a $200m budget? even if it got glowing reviews and audiences loved it and everything went right for it. it would gross maybe $100m dom, and another $150-$200m internationally. So how does a film get greenlit at a budget of $200m. but the absolutely best realistic scenario is $300m dollars. maybe $400m. but's still only breaking even BEFORE marking comes into play. granted its gonna be on apple+ so maybe it didn't need to make as much as another movie. but they were probably expecting at least $300m from theaters and hoping for what $500m??? this was never gonna make that amount. granted this was an original film and I applied them for greenlighting something original. I haven't seen the film, but like HOW did it get that budget? nothing in the advertising made me think that cost $200m. maybe $100-$125m. mostly cause of the cast. but why spend so much on such an expensive cast if it has been PROVEN that no one will watch it by their names alone? and now it has been criticised once again for having a weak plot and poor script. And lets talk about franchise fatigue. Indiana Jones 5... Yeah people love Indy, Indy 4 not so much, but it still made almost $800m. and maybe if you give them enough time you they will forget and give them enough time to get the script right and people will see it and love it. Now I did see Indy 5. and yeah I didn't hate, in fact liked parts of it. it is probably a better film then "Crystal Skull" but only marginally. and it still feels. tired, old like its got a lot of miles on and well Harrison Ford has got a lot of miles on him and it kind of shows. but I just don't think this generation showed up for it. granted their were some things out of the studios control that made it's budget balloon to an outrageous $300m dollars (again an educated guess based on what I've found online). And yeah maybe it's script wasn't quite as rushed feeling as some recent blockbusters. Yes on paper this feels safer. And it still bombed, because people are growing tired of the lack of originality in Hollywood. Basically I believe that the film industries inability to take risks on original properties, it's over reliance on established or even "Known" IP had hurt them to the point where audience just aren't interested anymore. their budget control or lack their off and they greenlighting films that simply do justify these massive budgets anymore. and quite frankly I am not sure where these "budgets" are going anymore in a lot of these films. their weird forced "diversity" diversity isn't even the right word for, it's lack of creative freedom on ethical, and moral issues aka the way certain characters can be portrayed and its drive to create inoffensive, cookie cutter characters in film and tv. (aka weak writing) I am actually not really even referring to "Race' there are there are couple instances were there is some obviously miscasting that race may a factor in, but the race of the actor playing a character is almost never the issue unless its alike a historical figure or something, (for me anyways) more the way that men and woman are being written in film, or the way a certain race of a character is being written in the film or how they are made to act in a film, and how dated and stereotypically a lot of LGBT characters are being portrayed in films, NOT their inclusive in the film, I am a member of this community and think they should be included but I don't like that they don't really seem interested in diversifying them and making the believable in MAINSTREAM films, this is a much smaller issue in Indy LGBT films. This lack of creatively or lack of creative freedom has greatly damaged creative freedom creating a lot of stale Diverse-less content that feels like it was made by a committee more concerned with making money and not offending certain demographics, than making a good product. All of this over-rides creative freedom, hurts artistic integrity and ironically is now starting to lose them money. So thoughts do you agree disagree? I want to discus it. the fact is that Hollywood as a whole is loosing a lot of money right and what do you think can be done to fix that? I love film and the theater going experiences and am pretty easy on a lot of these movies, even though I think the quality is going down on a lot of them I still can find something to enjoy seeing most of these movies, but I am a hardcore film fanatic, not an average movie goer. and would like for it to have still exist in 10-20 years down the road. Sure there are still smash its like Barbie, Oppenheimer and Top Gun Maverick being released, and we are still recovering from the effects of the pandemic. but I do not believe you can blame the pandemic on this anymore. it hasn't been a major issue for over a year now. and the industry can't survive on the 1 or 2 Barbies and Avatar sequels that are released each year.
  6. I didn't know this counted as Disney, It would have been in like my top 5 if I had known.
  7. Alot of "Oscar contenders" are polished trash now anyways so I think your vote as probably as good as any these days.
  8. Best Picture All of Us Strangers Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 Saltburn Killers of the Flower Moon Oppenheimer Society of the Snow Nimona The Hunger Games: A Ballard of Songbirds and Snakes Of an Age Spider-Man Across the Spider-Verse Best Director Martin Scorsese - Killers of the Flower moon Christopher Nolan - Oppenheimer James Gun GOTG VOL 3 Emerald Fennell - Saltburn J.A. Bayona - Society of the Snow Andrew Haigh- All of Us Strangers Joaquim Dos Santos Justin K. Thompson Kemp Powers - Spider-Man Across the Spider-Verse Best Ensomble Poor Things Killers of the Flower Moon The Iron Claw Oppenheimer Saltburn Society of the Snow Best Actor Zac Efron - The Iron Claw Barry Keoghan - Saltburn Leonardo Dicaprio - Killers of the Flower Moon Cillian Murphy - Oppenheimer Glen Powell - Anyone But You Andrew Scott - All of Us Strangers Best Actress Emma Stone - Poor Things Lily Gladstone - Killers of the Flower Moon Margot Robbie - Barbie Carey Mulligan - Maestro Rachel Zegler - The Hunger Games a Ballard of Songbirds and Snakes Sophie Wilde - Talk to me Best Supporting Actor Mark Ruffalo - Poor Things Robert De Nero - Killers of the Flower Moon Ryan Gosling - Barbie Willem DeFoe - Poor Things Charles Melton - May December Jeremy Allen White - The Iron Claw Best Supporting Actress Catalina Saavedra - Rotting in the Sun Da’Vine Joy Randolph - The Holdovers Minami Hamabe - Godzila Minus One Adèle Exarchopoulos - Passages Iman Vellani - The Marvels Best Voice Performance Bradley Cooper, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 Hailee Steinfeld, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Chloe Grace Moretz, Nimona Riz Ahmed - Nimona Linda Cardellini - Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 Oscar Isaac - Spider-Man Across the Spider-Verse BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY Of An Age Talk To Me Theater Camp The Holdovers Rotting in the Sun BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY Killers of the Flower Moon All of Us Strangers Nimona Saltburn Oppenheimer Society of the Snow BEST ANIMATED FEATURE Nimona Spider-Man Across the Spider-Verse The Boy and the Heron The Super Mario Bros Movie Suzume BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Spider-Man Across the Spider-Verse Barbie Killers of the Flower Moon Oppenheimer Maestro Talk To Me BEST EDITING Of An Age Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning Part 1 Talk to Me Poor Things Saltburn Nimona BEST VISUAL EFFECTS Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 The Creator Spider-Man Across the Spider-Verse Oppenheimer Godzilla Minus One BEST COSTUME DESIGN Barbie Poor Things The Hunger Games a Ballard of Songbirds and Snakes Maestro Napoleon The Boys in the Boat BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN Barbie Spider-Man Across the Spider-Verse Poor Things Oppenheimer Maestro Anyone But You BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP DESIGN Society of the Snow Maestro Barbie Poor Things Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 BEST ORIGINAL SCORE Spider-Man Across the Spider-Verse Oppenhimer Society of the Snow Saltburn The Super Mario Bros Movie Godzilla Minus One BEST SOUNDTRACK Guardians of the Galaxy VOl 3 The Hunger Games A Ballard of Sounbirds and Snakes Saltburn Barbie The Super Mario Bros Movie Spider-Man Across the Spider-Verse BEST ORIGINAL SONG I'm Just Ken - Barbie Can't Catch me Now - The Hunger Games a Ballard of Songbirds and Snakes What Was I made for - Barbie Peaches - The Super Mario Bros Movie Dance the Night Away - Barbie BEST STUNT ENSEMBLE Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 MOST EPIC BOX OFFICE RUN Barbie Oppenheimer The Super Mario Bros Movie Anyone But You Sound of Freedom Spider-Man Across the Spider-Verse MOST SOUL CRUSHING BOX OFFICE RUN The Marvels The Creator Saltburn All of Us Strangers Killers of the Flower Moon Knock at the Cabin Best Comedy Feature Saltburn Nimona Anyone But You Red White and Royal Blue The Holdovers BEST HORROR FEATURE Godzilla Minus One Talk to Me Scream IV M3GAN Knock at the Cabin BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE Society of the Snow Of An Age Godzilla Minus One The Eight Mountains The boy and the Heron Rotting in the Sun BEST TV SHOW/MINISERIES - DRAMA The Last of Us The Chosen Season 3 Loki Season 2 Star Wars: Ahsoka
  9. I feel I must once again apologize. I knew If I didn't finish before the holidays that it would be difficult to finish this. I am going to try and finish this before the end of the month. if the mods want to move this thread to make way for new countdowns I would totally understand though.(just please leave it unlocked and somewhere where people can find it) I should be able to get back into the countdown this weekend. I will tag everyone once it is done.
  10. Working list: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 Saltburn Killers of the Flower Moon Nimona Oppenheimer Society of the Snow The Hunger Games: A Ballard of Songbirds and Snakes Of an Age Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part 1 Spider-Man Across the Spider-Verse Sound of Freedom The Covenant Godzilla Minus One Scream VI Talk To Me Red, White and Royal Blue The Super Mario Bros Movie Jesus Revolution Theater Camp The Eight Mountains The Holdovers The Boy and the Heron The Iron Claw Anyone But You Rotting in the Sun
  11. I just saw Poor Things. It's a beautiful film to look at, and really funny at parts. but I did find the premise kind of disturbing and more than a little problematic. but one thing is for sure I cannon't see anyone else even coming close to topping Emma Stone in the best actress category. I think it was one of the best performances I have ever seen. Mark Ruffalo will also be hard to top in best supporting actor, he was absolutely hilarious and had prefect comedic timing. but Willem Dafoe was also fantastic.
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