Posted on 07/05/2022 8:26:50 PM PDT by sphinx
You win the internet today for those two movie stories.:)
How do I find movies? First, I have several very specific interests and search for films on those topics. There are also a very few actors and directors with whom I am impressed enough to always check out their work; I may not watch their next film, but I will at least read reviews and watch the trailer. But mostly, I make a habit of scanning reviews and the various best of/most underrated/most overlooked lists regularly published by the pros. If Sundance or Telluride or Cannes select 80-120 movies, I’m happy if I find six or eight that look interesting to me. And there will probably be another six or eight that look like potential wildcards if I’m in the mood to be a bit experimental. It only takes a few minutes to scan the list.
Very few movies nowadays get big promotional campaigns, and those that do are mostly the big studio tentpoles, which are not of much interest to me. I have no use for flying spandex. (Mind you, I am aware that the flying spandex box office is the only thing keeping the theaters alive right now, and I’m grateful for that.) James Bond was worn out before Sean Connery gave up the role. I’ve seen enough zombie apocalypses and rampaging dinosaurs to last a lifetime. Etc. So the advertising misses me almost entirely.
The streaming networks make huge collections available, but the algorithms serve up endless clones of what you watched last time, which quickly becomes stale. And the streamers all create silos. Unless you want to subscribe to a lot of streamers — I don’t — you get quarantined from the bulk of what is actually available. I prefer to scan the lists, pay attention to the major festival selections, pay attention to reviews (especially in conservative publications), identify movies in which I’m interested, and then figure out how to see them. After a few months, they’re usually available for rental somewhere, but you have to know what you are looking for.
The bottom line is that I prefer to be an active consumer, as opposed to a passive viewer paging through whatever the streaming algorithms shove at me. Once it becomes a habit, it’s very easy to do. It becomes part of the automatic daily routine, like checking in to FR and seeing what has stirred the pot overnight.
And lest I forget: I do pay attention to freepers’ recommendations and add them to my watchlist. I may not get around to them, but it’s a place to start looking when I feel like a movie and don’t have anything specific in mind.
Geez what movies have I even seen for 2022? Dr Strange 2 was terrible. I heard Maverick is great, but haven’t gotten around to seeing it.
Wokeness seems to be derided not celebrated. The scenery is outstanding.
Yes but the real woke is in TV series. I just can’t watch another season of Umbrella Academy because they have made a show around a very deranged person Elliott Page. But that’s just one example of woke television. And do we have to have gay characters in pretty much every show?
I liked Greenland on Prime.
I didn’t like Dune. For Dune to work they really needed to visit the nastiness of the Barron and his sons and they did next to nothing building those characters.
Has anybody seen “Father Stu”? I think it’s a Mel Gibson production.
Best opening theme song - Boardwalk Empire
Just watched the Northman. Unrelentingly dark and yeah the ending. How did the focus of the movie end with a switch to the villain? If he even was a villain.
I’ve not seen Father Stu yet, but a couple of freepers liked it on another thread sometime back. I don’t recall who, but I don’t think anyone on FR has panned it.
It’s on my list! Just hoping it will drop to $1.50 to rent.
I’m cheap.
Top Gun Maverick. Best movie in a LOOOONG time. Hardly a speck of wokeness or political correctness...but a good old fashioned movie with a great blend of action, drama and comedy. Home run!
LOL. Me too. I have a massive list of movies to watch and I tend to put off originals as I know they are not leaving at anytime and watch on Netflix and Prime movies that will eventually be pulled.
“Unrelentingly dark “
Perfect description that eluded my prior comment on the movie.
I enjoyed Northman honestly, as it touched a lot of the old Viking stories.
Which is part of the reason most people didn’t like it imo. If you didn’t read the Eddas, you would not have any idea of what is going on.
Our most recent favorite movie was Sing 2.
It is just a fun family movie.
Top Gun Maverick hit all the right buttons for me, but my wife, having missed the original, did not like it.
As mentioned before, I enjoyed the Northman but that is because of my love of the era. It is a serious effort to tell a Viking age tale.
I have great hopes on the Terminal List. Enjoying the books so far, and I am interested in how they are going to film it.
Other than using Vietnam-era tactics in a supposed current technological framework...
Oh; and the fallacy of having a non-test pilot take the Darkstar to areas outside the window, and then merely getting a weak verbal lashing for destroying it...
I have to admit I have had nothing but American born primary care physician every since I returned stateside.
It has not been a choice really but just the way it has happened. Mostly lived in medium size cities and small towns.
I am not saying your scenario would not happen but I find immigrants tend to stick to the big cities. Especially in Washington DC it is probably very different but out here in the sticks it is mostly American born of various flavors.
Sorry, but Joseph Goebbels predated him.
only 12
7 corn gets me!
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