Hatebox

Reading the meltdowns on the ghostbusters subreddit and it’s striking how much they act like superhero fanboys. Because, I suppose, that’s essentially what sony has turned the franchise into: an earnest action film rather than a silly comedy

Can’t even be bothered to be snarky. So I’ll just say: this was fuckin predictable

His next film should be a live-action remake of the Simpsons

well, I’ve never made that argument. 🙂 To me saying the films are objectively very popular and that popularity often isn’t reflected in their internet presence isn’t a qualitative statement, it’s just a fact. And an interesting one in relation to modern box office because it’s so unusual.

I think it’s fine to acknowledge avatar is insanely popular while being slightly baffled at not seeing, literally, a single meme for it. In 2024 that is objectively odd. Trouble is, when you say that, some avatar fanboys think it’s an insult and get defensive. But it’s not. It’s just noting an aberration. When I don’t see other billion dollar grosses I still often feel like I have through online osmosis. I haven’t seen barbie but can pretty much guess the story beat for beat and reel off a few quotes by now. Put a gun to my head and tell me to do the same for avatar 2? I’m dead. To me that’s not a bad thing, it’s intriguing. The franchise exists beyond the internet.

Old joke by now, but if this alliance seems impossible to you then world war 2 will blow your mind 😃

She definitely was, but actually I think the movie needed a bit of that. It would more staid without it. She was the star wars element to the otherwise somber sci-fi

The audience has come out. It’s making about as much as this kind of film can reasonably make.

Patel’s career insane. So he’s the next great action director? Sure, why not!

Garland’s a good filmmaker so I can believe this is great, but I do find it weird how every reaction for every film coming out of this festival is a rave.

I know it’s almost a decade old now but I still can’t believe what a case of blue balls Jurassic World was. Your entire gimmick is the park being open to the public and you end up showing barely 5 minutes of the guests being terrorised en masse. Extras are expensive I suppose.

The trailer was painfully desperate to be a meme. Definitely feels like critical reception could go either way.

I thought this was a very convincing argument on why the talented mr ripely feels so emotionally rich while Saltburn feels vacuous despite both ostensibly being about the same thing.

Oppenheimer was a worthy winner, but I’m mainly relieved its relentless awards campaign is over.

Tim burton making a good film in 2024 would be one of the biggest surprises of the year. Doing it with a nostalgia cash-in would be one of the biggest surprises of the decade. Could happen, but I’ll believe it when I see it

Not surprised at the good legs, the highs in the movie are just really fucking high. while I’ll still probably be more interested in whatever Nolan has coming up in the future I think it’s now pretty easy to admit that Villeneuve has the greatest tonal and visual flair of any director making huge movies today. It’s simply really hard to imagine anyone else realising the Dune world and that kind of vibe this effectively.

if that’s the same one my partner listened to (it has the part 1 movie poster) then it’s a truly bizarre recording - they’ve mashed two audiobooks together so some chapters are one narrator doing all the dialogue and others are multiple actors playing various characters, like a radio play. I’d go so far as to say it’s unlistenable.

turns out this and The Batman have the same cinematographer, so go figure

It won’t crash and burn, it’ll just be a shrug. I felt as bored watching the trailer as bill murray felt making the movie.

Trailers at my dune showing: ghostbusters kong and Godzilla deadpool fall guy they all made he feel old and tired

Had a similar experience watching this as I did with The Batman - absolutely stunning to look at and drink in (seriously other blockbusters, try even half as hard as this with presentation) but the second half does start to buckle a bit under the weight of the plot. The parts that take their time stand in stark contrast to the parts that feel weirdly rushed. I know mystical mumbo-jumbo will always put the viewer at arm’s length from the protagonist to some extent but it feels really quite sudden here.

There’s something funny about all the same actors being on the exhausting awards circuit for weeks and weeks. Must instil a weird camaraderie, even among competing films. As much as movies about the movie business can be annoying I feel like it’s quite fertile ground for a comedy. I know Christopher Guest did For Your Consideration but that was about actors who expected to get nominated and didn’t.

yes, hence the ‘not quite as bad’ qualifier, but this the Oscars - timing is always everything. We haven’t even had this year’s ceremony yet, the next cycle is absurdly far away. If it’s that good and gets recognition then great, but “best picture nom!!” has become a nervous tick on this forum in the last few years.

All this Oscar talk isn’t quite as bad as when an MCU movie would come out with glowing reviews and fanboys would earnestly discuss best picture chances… but it’s not far off. Let’s talk again in ten months.

Huh, surprised at One Love. In a genre that’s almost exclusively terrible it still managed to seem especially bad, but clearly there was an audience who was going to turn up regardless.