Posted on 04/29/2022 7:49:36 PM PDT by sphinx
The summer season is upon us and, per each year, we’ve dug beyond studio offerings (though a few potential highlights remain) to present an in-depth look at what should be on your radar. From festival winners of the past year to selections coming straight from Cannes to genre delights to some high-flying spectacles, there’s more than enough to anticipate.
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That’s fine, as we know it’s subjective.
“Val Kilmer as Doc Holiday is the best character ever.”
I disagree, but recently probably yes
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=n-XdDc8SZyA&t=50
Friend and I are dashing off to see the second Downton Abbey movie:
“Downton Abbey, A New Generation” when it opens here in a week.
Not everyone’s cuppa, but we both loved the show and the first movie. We’re ladies, but my big hunky sheriff of a son-in-law loved the tv show too.
PVOD
I’d much rather rent a movie that I actually want to see, as opposed to paying for a subscription and browsing generic content presented by a streamer with a quantity over quality mindset.
Most movies will end up as inexpensive rentals on multiple platforms eventually. I’d like to see that option be available from the start, without the necessity of a subscription. Let me “buy a ticket,” for Pete’s sake!
The dominance of streamers is shifting control from engaged viewers making discrete decisions to see specific films to subscription based platforms peddling generic content to passive viewers.
let me see I will watch Outlaw Josey Wales, War Wagon, Tombstone, The Shootist, True Grit, Unforgiven, The good the Bad and the Ugly, For a Few Dollars More, Fistful of dollars, Absolute Power, Hang them High, 2 Mules for Sister Sara. to name a few..
I never thought I’d see the day when the flicks on MST2K (Mystery Science 2000) outperform the “best” that Hollyweird has to offer...
I plan to see 2,000 Mules next week.
OK. PVOD is streaming but you want by-the-drink, not subscription.
Right?
Right. My big concern is a stranglehold over distribution that will lead to a handful of hyper woke global conglomerates controlling content and pushing their agenda down to all “partners.” The big legacy studios are now mostly owned by the streamers and the still independent midsized and independent studios are becoming captive vendors. That’s how the woke disease threatens to become all-consuming.
Bkmk. Couple of those sound good. Gotta work on my attention span. Haven’t been able to stay engaged in movie/show in quite awhile. The internet did it.
one not to see is “The Batman” - saw it last night on TV- criminy what a load of racist crap- whining about ‘white privilege’- Mr mopey Dopey plays batman in the movie too- it was like watching a depressed person sulk around town the whole movie- I felt like i needed Thorazine after watching it-
The Joker movie though was pretty good- a lot better than i thought it was gonna be honestly- At least his character had something to be disturbed about=- so it fit with his persona in the movie-
Agreed- He nailed that part perfectly-
wow. what a list of crap.
1 out of 40 is interesting.
Have you ever seen Godard’s ALPHAVILLE? A light-hearted, whimsical dystopia.
I will check it out. :)
"If the streamers are gone where are we going to conveniently find these films?"
Thanks sphinx
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