Never understood why they keep pumping out garbage while movies like “Lion” are ignored. They underestimate the American people.
Hell or High Water was great, but most of the films were really uneven last year..
Most of what is produced is fit only for “straight to DVD”.
Even Netflix cannot keep up with the garbage.
I agree. “Lion” was fantastic overall....a little slow at times especially once they began showing him as an adult, but as a child was amazing part of the movie. I like the smaller movies in some cases. I saw Nebraska at the movie theater a number of years ago and it was great (except for the old doggies talking through the movie behind us....I hate that). First of all blockbusters are so packed with movie goers that I can no longer stand going. I think the last movie I went to that was somewhere during opening night was Titanic and I had horrible seats and my wife and I hated watching. We ended up going again a few weeks later and was much more pleasant.
For a few years, the local cinema complex always had a few art-house, non-mainstream flicks. Folks got in the habit of looking for a movie worth viewing. They've cut back on that. It's easy to get out of the habit of checking the movies to see if there's something worth seeing.
Then there's the "improved" seating. They're plush seats, and honestly, tough to get comfortable in. Plus one wonders about spilled food and drinks, perspiration, etc. Then there's having to choose an assigned seat when purchasing a ticket. I'd much rather let random selection be the guide when entering the theater.
What are they thinking? With boomers retiring in large numbers why would they EVER want to change the movie-theater experience that much?
What is Lion about?
I saw Lion. It had some good moments but was mostly boring and dull, especially the second half. Nicole Kidman deserved an academy award nomination about as much as I did.