Disney's A Wrinkle in Time | 9th March, 2018 | Frozen's Jennifer Lee writing, Ava DuVernay directing. 45% on RT

[a2k]

2 minutes ago, Telehilation said:

#EthicsinMovieReviews

It's an important part of Box Office Theory coursework. Never skip their lectures.

[grim22]

Moderation: This thread is going in circles, putting a pause on it before the sexism and racism arguments begin. Take 30 to cool off everyone.

[grim22]

After a discussion among the mod team, it has been decided that this thread will stay locked till tomorrow morning at which point hopefully some people will have watched the movie itself and the merits of the movie can be discussed in here.

[grim22]

Unlocked. Be civil. The mods will not hesitate to threadban, give points or suspend people.

[Avatree]

[moah]

Just saw Double Toasted's review of this 

[langer]

Not a big fan of Narnia type movies with religious undertones.  I'm definitely out of the target audience on this one.

[WrathOfHan]

1 minute ago, moah said:

Just saw Double Toasted's review of this 

I'm about to give it a listen; they said they weren't looking forward to it at all on their Oscars live stream when Kimmel crashed the screening, so it should be fun  

[Morieris]

4 minutes ago, moah said:

Just saw Double Toasted's review of this 

 

Spoiler

Martin called it the worst movie he's seen this year which is

 

[KeepItU25071906]

I've heard from couple of people books is awful, absolutely uncinematic and too childish. Is it true?

Edited March 9, 2018 by KeepItU25071906

[RandomCat]

1 minute ago, KeepItU25071906 said:

I've heard from couple of people books is awful, absolutely uncinematic and too childish. Is it true?

Not really, at best uncinematic. but the book is good, and isn't childish. But I'm not surprised if it doesn't translate well to the big screen.

[AndyLL]

46 minutes ago, grim22 said:

Unlocked. Be civil. The mods will not hesitate to threadban, give points or suspend people.

Being civil means talk about the movie.

 

DO NOT talk about the politics of the reviews.  Take that elsewhere.

[Jandrew]

I knew this would be called too ambitious. The trailers were all over the place. Shame, but RT isn't law, kids may enjoy that ambition.

[SLAM!]

I think this will make with bad reviews what it would've made with good reviews. A Wrinkle of Time is both a family film (when the last one was Peter Rabbit) and a proponent of diversity (which has been proven to be profitable with Black Panther). 

 

Plus, the film is in the 40s on the Tomatometer; next to new releases like Gringo, Hurricane Heist, and Strangers, the film looks like it has a healthy leg up amongst the wide release crowd.

[Dementeleus]

27 minutes ago, langer said:

Not a big fan of Narnia type movies with religious undertones.  I'm definitely out of the target audience on this one.

 

...it's not really much like Narnia at all. And I wouldn't say religious so much as spiritual. 

[DAR]

I could be wrong but didn't Disney try this as a mini series about 15 years ago?

[DAR]

2 minutes ago, HerediTele said:

 

...it's not really much like Narnia at all. And I wouldn't say religious so much as spiritual. 

I know the religious undertones are there in Narnia but I never really felt I was being hit over the head with them

[filmlover]

2 minutes ago, DAR said:

I could be wrong but didn't Disney try this as a mini series about 15 years ago?

Yeah, they did. Apparently it was shot in 2001 and didn't see the light of day until three years later.

[marveldcfox]

46 minutes ago, moah said:

Just saw Double Toasted's review of this 

Yeah...I saw that yesterday. It was savage. 

[dudalb]

1 hour ago, DAR said:

I know the religious undertones are there in Narnia but I never really felt I was being hit over the head with them

I did. I thought the symbolism of the death of Aslan could not have hit you over the more.

But A Wrinkle In TIme..the movie...does look like a New Age Narnia. Which would not have pleased the the author of the book..who was a Catholic.