What MOVIE(s) have you been....seeing? watching?

I've gone back and forth on Nope. Big Peele fan. Really enjoyed the first portion, the overall approach to the second half initially disappointed me.

With some reflection, I've come around a little. There are some absolutely great moments, and I really enjoy the overall story. Fantastic visuals.

I think Get Out and Us are stronger though.

That was pretty much my feeling on Nope as well. There are a lot of ideas and scenes that work really well, but the whole never felt solid. Maybe my expectations were too high?

I do kind of like the enigma of the shoe, though. It bothered me the whole movie, but as time has passed and I've learned it bothered others as well, it's given me more respect for the lack of explanation.

i tried to watch The Eternals over dinner tonight, it being the only marvel movie i havent watched at this point (except the new thor i guess). turned it off after an hour (still an hour and 40 minutes to go woof). that movie is crap. its boring exposition, then boring interpersonal drama, then boring exposition but this time about weird marvel cosmology stuff, then occasionally a lackluster superhero action bit happens presumably due to contractual obligations. its sort of interesting to see a marvel movie thats kinda tonally different but man it just didnt cohere into anything beyond a vaguely boring mess.

Eternals was boring, and has a bunch of stuff that doesn’t make sense. Also, none of the subsequent movies ever mention the giant celestial half sticking out of the planet?

That movie is hot trash. The cinematography was beautiful.

I realized now that after 10+ years of seeing EVERY MCU project to completion that after Endgame I have only finished Shang-Chi, Thor 4, and Hawkeye. Never finished Spiderman, Dr. Strange 2, Eternals, Black Widow, Wanda, Loki. Didn't even start Ms. Marvel, Falcon, or She-hulk. If my MCU fatigue is widespread the MCU is gonna be in trouble. They seem to be doing pretty well at the BO in the post-covid era though so maybe it's just me.

Very curious how Wakanda Forever will do. That trailer LOOKED great but the story as presented seems pretty weak to me, not sure if it will be the same phenom BP was.

I have had too many negative experiences in movie theaters since the advent of the cell phone, and would rather watch most movies at home. Prior to Endgame, I only saw a handful of Marvel movies in the theater, but saw several more by checking them out from the public library. Just before the pandemic started, I purchased a bootleg chinese dvd set that included all of the MCU movies up through Spider-man: Far From Home. Since the start of the pandemic (which is still not over), I have only seen one movie in the theater, and it was a sub-titled foreign film with maybe 20 people in the audience. I wouldn't mind watching some of the recent MCU movies and shows, but not if it means going to the theater or subscribing to Disney and subsidizing a bunch of Star Wars junk.

I think we should all just stay home and read really good Russian novels.

This Saturday most theaters have tickets for $3, but with the exception of Top Gun 2: Electric Boogaloo in Imax, nothing looks that exciting.

I can't justify going to a movie theatre unless it is something like the Grease singalong we recently went to or a RHPS showing. I hate hearing other people rustling wrappers and talking and the chance of kids being shits. My telly and surround is decent enough that I don't feel that I am being cheated out of a "theatre experiance" by watching stuff at home.

Also, I can yell at clouds when the movie is paused.

I can't be alone in wanting a solid 10 minute intermission for any film longer than 120 minutes, can I?

Either to refresh a drink or eliminate the effects of the prior drink. My body can't handle these 2.5+ hour flicks anymore

Nightcrawler - my daughter wanted to rewatch it. Her relevant quote was, "I've seen it but I don't remember it." Jake Gyllenhaal's character is seriously f'ed up, but in a way that's going to make him a success.

Gladiator - it had been a while since I saw it. CGI is horrible, but it was horrible back then too. I WAS ENTERTAINED!

Velvet Buzzsaw - Out of left field, courtesy of the missus. Dan Gilroy gets the Nightcrawler band back together. It's a satirical look at the art criticism/art as a business world, mashed together with a haunted artifacts horror movie. Jake Gyllenhaal chews the scenery as an art critic, and you get bonus Toni Collette and John Malkovich. Definitely not the best horror movie I've ever seen, but it wasn't a waste of time.

Nightcrawler is a top 10 film for me. Just fantastic. I was not thrilled with Velvet Buzzsaw.

Cranberries wrote: I think we should all just stay home and read really good Russian novels.

This Saturday most theaters have tickets for $3, but with the exception of Top Gun 2: Electric Boogaloo in Imax, nothing looks that exciting.

I imagine the crowds for $3 movie day will be among the worst you could expect.

jason10mm wrote: I can't be alone in wanting a solid 10 minute intermission for any film longer than 120 minutes, can I?

Either to refresh a drink or eliminate the effects of the prior drink. My body can't handle these 2.5+ hour flicks anymore

Yes!
Ever watch an epic film from the 60’s?

I'll throw out there that intermissions in long movies helped single-screen theaters make back concession money that they were losing by being forced to have fewer showings by movie length. Ex: The Ten Commandments and Lawrence of Arabia were 3+ hours long, so a single-screen theater showing them was going to lose a viewing (and it's concession sales) a night.