Personally I think it's a bunch of factors. There's the film experience factor where things like theater prices are obviously a issue. There's the streaming factor where studios trained audiences to rely on streaming, and now they're feeling the double edge sword of it. However there's the movies themselves. For me personally, I find majority of modern Hollywood movies so bland and forgettable. And there can be any number of reasons why that is from the story, to the franchise to the actors attached to it. It's that classic saying: you can please some of the people some of the time, but you'll never please all the people all of the time. It's why I find more enjoyment from Tubi than Hollywood movies for the most part. The CEO woman running Tubi was smart in that she looked at what kind of audiences Tubi was attracting and focused on the audiences they weren't attracting. So the end result being Tubi feeling like this classic 90s video store with a large variety of films. She never had to focus on the typical white dude audiences because they were often attracted by nostalgia TV and movies from yesteryear. Hollywood on the other hand feels like I'm only ever seeing the nostalgia and movies from yesteryear category except a more updated version of it. It's also why audiences are turning to films and markets outside of Hollywood for their content. Most noticeably Asia.
Re: AVP "This makes no sense" is about as much as I have to say about those movies, too, Cam. 1. Alien 2. Aliens 3. Romulus 4. Prometheus 5. Covenant 6. 3 7. Resurrection (though it's more entertaining than 3) I don't hate any of them, but there are some clunky parts in the lower ones. AVP and AVP:R would be dead last for me, too. It's a shame. Those should have been amazing, but they were garbage.
My partner said "Alien Romulus was as appointing as Furiosa was disappointing." I agree with her assessment. I'd like to see Romulus again; I had a blast seeing it in the theater. I'm glad I saw it there on a huge screen with huge sound. I agree that "Rook" didn't work very well, but I suspended my disbelief that he looked weird because he was damaged. He looked great in the shots where he wasn't talking. 😄 Absolutely agreed that it was "overworked".
I'm in the same boat as you Kirk. I get so angry when my theater is packed now. But then so happy that people are there. But....I'm a late night movie goer too!
Fellow Alist AND Regal Unlimited member here. Living the bougie life! Hahaha. Here's my top 5 for the year so far (in no particular order) Dune: Part 2, Monkey Man, Civil War, Furiousa, Daddio.
I really enjoyed this movie. The only weird critique that is going to sound awful but the accent. I got so tired of hearing the Jodie Comer’s Bostonian accent like 30 minutes in. A weird critique but I would have been ok with less or just not doing the interview type thing to begin with.
Ngl I hadn’t seen the first two before going into this movie. Didn’t think I needed to since it was a prequel/spinoff. My main gripe with the film is that anytime you have a drove of the same monster/alien, that works so well as a single entity as a menacing presence in a film, immediately goes away when there is like 100 of them during the day. The xenomorph in Aliens work cause there is one alien but by the time you hit AVP they are no longer that scary.
Enjoyed the review! Even though we surprisingly didn’t land on the same opinion of it, I appreciated your takes. I did enjoy it to some extent, and also thought Comer was outstanding
I saw this as the Regal Mystery Movie, and i enjoyed it. But was not expecting it to be documentary style and it felt a bit slow at times. But the story definetly kept me interested throughout.
Glad I skipped mystery movie then! I finally had a free Monday and I was gonna go but I was almost certain it was going to be this and couldn’t justify going just to see it again.
A couple of things need to happen I think, and unfortunately it’ll need to be subscription based. If movie theater chains all implement and normalize a $20 a month subscription service for going to the theater the way AMC and Regal do, then more people will go to the movies. It’s clear it only works if it’s theater chain based (as we saw the ups and downs of movie pass), but it’s boggling how bad Regal and AMC are at advertising these. I will say something that is missing with those now is the ability to have family plans so kids can go. Parents aren’t going to want to pay $20 a month for each family member Another thought is studios having theater subscription services. So pay a certain amount a year to see all of the movies that studio is distributing (obviously would only work for larger studios). People struggle paying for things individually now, and that’s showing at the box office
FULLY agree that kids need to be allowed to get a subscription with AMC or Regal. It's baffling to me that can't be included even under a parent account at an added fee.
The most interesting thing to me is how many companies are exclusively on certain streaming platforms. Especially with companies like A24 signing deals to be exclusive to Max. It makes sense why streaming services would want that, but idk why studios would want to exclusively be on one platform, especially if that platform isn't as cash flow positive. (Not saying that's true about Max, I personally love Max)
I had fun with this one! Great performances by Alyla Browne, Anya Taylor Joy and especially Chris Hemsworth. Some riveting action and great world building. A solid prequel to Fury Road. Great review!
Totally get it. I Def go into movies as a more casual fan, so it may be a fun "popcorn flick" I didn't hate bad boys 3 as much as either of you. I totally understand the plot is WILD, but that doesnt bother me when i go in wanting a fun film. But my guilty pleasure is all the fast and furious movies, soooo feel free to judge me! 😂🤣😂
Personally I thought the movie was mid. Its just hot horrible people doing stuff. Feel like people are overhyping the movie to a crazy degree. Great performances but weird choices with audio cues and cinematography. Maybe the director isn’t my type of movie maker so there is that. JMO
Appreciate you sharing this take! When I left the theater I overheard such an extreme range of opinions so I figured it’d be divisive. That makes it fun!
I was excited and looking forward to watch it after I saw its trailer a few months ago. However, its release in India has gotten delayed as it has caught up in some form of controversy and may have to get a few cuts by censors before it gets released here! Loved the entire discussion!
35:32 *Hanuman. I legit spent like an hour plus reading about this story and how to pronounce this deity’s name using the phonetic alphabet… all to replace the h with an r in the actual podcast. Just goes to show preparation is not a cure for stupidity 😂
@biggwigg93, if you ever get time, please research the epic, "Ramayana" 🙂. Hanuman plays a key role in there, and though the film just touches on one story about the beloved Monkey God who represents loyalty, courage, and strength (he could literally move mountains), you may also see that the film kind of plays out like the epic in parts. I am sure Mr. Patel did that by design, but to a wider/general audience it may go unnoticed. After all, like you said, this was his project and perhaps he interwove it, not so much for the audience, but for himself, a nod to his own heritage/culture. Just my observation while watching this awesome film, it is such a layered storyline, and masterfully balanced the raw beauty and ugliness of society - specifically India in this case, but this story could have taken place anywhere, the same social injustices exist in all parts of the world 😞.
I'm a pretty decent godzilla fan. Currently working through the Showa Era of films. I went to a 10pm showing of the newest godzilla film, and my theater was PACKED. I was truly shocked as normally my 10pm showtime are empty! Great review. Kaylee Hottle stole the show for me. Loved her role here again.
I just got done watching it and its not good at all the fight scenes were horrible and scar king was a joke godzilla and shimo didn't even really throw down.
