Posted on 02/01/2023 7:47:00 PM PST by martin_fierro
Why would you even bother after seeing the trailers?
Other than Iron Man, none of these DC or Marvel movies interest me. Too formulaic.
In my days of yute I gave movies a chance and never walked out but at some point I no longer was tolerant anymore. My record was I think 1 minute or so before the credits even rolled. Since I no longer go to the local bijou even if it’s some masterpiece they don’t even get that minute anymore.
But that brings me to my real question: why did you watch this in the first place?
I admit to deliberately watching a few movies from the dark side in the spirit of opposition research. One of my New Year's resolutions is to watch something before dumping on it, on the theory that it is sometimes good to know what I'm talking about before sounding off.
That said, an ounce of due diligence goes a long way. Several people have pointed to the Critical Drinker. I don't follow him especially but I usually do like his take when I do come across him. He's one of the several critics I tend to trust.
Here's the "Best Movies of 2022" list I posted a couple of days ago. It is from a reviewer I had never heard of, in a publication I had never heard of, but both are on my list now. (Fwiw, the_Watchman took the time to vouch for the group as well and I'm always appreciative of freeper reactions.) Take a look. Check out a few of them. You may be impressed.
I'll add you to the movie ping list if you like.
That’s where TCM movies come in. I DVR ones I haven’t seen but are curious about or some I have seen and don’t mind seeing again.Most modern stuff turns me off.
In the summer it is easier because we can go to the park and people watch but when it is 9 degrees out there are not a lot of people to watch.
We do take in a hockey game on occasion.
But movies were our preferred go to when the weather was inclement.
And there is nothing out there.
Are six decent movies a year to much to ask?
Apparently!
I think you lost your opportunity for influence.
I don’t blame you for leaving, but staying and making the official report probably tells these asses that their immorality is not wanted, whereas your glib remark to an usher likely went nowhere, except for him.
I would jump at the opportunity to go Judge Judy on these evil films!
Of course there are six good movies a year, and a lot more than six. See the list in #43 for a start.
By “good,” I mean movies that don’t insult our moral sensibilities and that are honest and intellectually serious about serious questions.
Yes, such movies are still being made; not as many of them as you and I would like, but that’s all the more reason to support the good ones when they do appear.
Finding them can be a challenge. The streamers were already putting the hurt on theatrical movies when covid came along, and covid then basically strangled the serious adult end of the theatrical market. It still hasn’t recovered.
Promoting theatrical films is expensive, and unless audiences return for serious movies, fewer and fewer films will be well publicized. More and more films will get very limited releases with very short runs — they’ll be in and out of theaters before you know they’re there — or go straight to streaming.
So: good films were made last year, but that doesn’t mean that you heard about them, or that any were showing at your local theater on any given date night. That contributes to the downward spiral.
And when a good movie does screen near you, there is no guarantee it will be up your alley in terms of themes and style.
I wish I knew of a solution. At a minimum, however, we need to recognize that our target acquisition systems are broken, that we need better situational awareness, and that we need to become active consumers in seeking out the good stuff. If people like us don’t support the good movies, who will?
Now is actually a good time to start. The Oscar nominations were recently announced. Distributors and theater chains are currently showing a lot of the films nominated for best picture or the acting awards. This includes a lot of 2022 movies that were in and out of theaters months ago and that have been streaming for some time; they’re being re-released in part as a deliberate gambit by the industry to pull live viewers back into the theaters. Why not pick a couple of the better ones and get back out to the theater before the Oscar winners are announced? Any if you live in a city of any size, why not look a bit further afield and find the local art house theaters that go out of their way to screen non-tentpole, non-spandex fare. You might find you like it. It doesn’t hurt to be reminded that the big screen and the necessity to sit in a darkened theater with full concentration on the movie do make a difference.
“I think you lost your opportunity for influence.”
We didn’t. The staffers at the door were with “the studio”, not theater ushers. They had clipboards and pens and got an earful. They got our message loud and clear.
Half way through watching it online for free no ads. Have to agree, quickly approaching the ‘who cares’ moment.
It likely would have been a better (tongue in cheek) movie had the star of BP not died of colon cancer before the BP-WF was made, since a lot of the movie dialog centers around grief for BP’s death.
Ushers or not isn’t the point.
That doesn’t mean they wrote it down, or that it qualified for their official reports.
Yup, I’m sure it was in one ear out the other, and dismissed. They might know, but not the wider staff and production company, etc.
We do not live close to a big city but we have talked to our local movie house guy and he keeps an eye out for movies he thinks we would like.
Maybe you’re right. But the sole purpose of the whole crew being there was to get feedback from attendees. It would be ridiculous if they didn’t submit it. Whatever ...
I hope they did. But since that has been common procedure since the silent, I wouldn’t be surprised they tossed it as “unscientific”!
You filled out that questionnaire when you told the monitor why you left.
Exactly.
That happened to me once, and not in SoCal -- but I was a bit luckier than you were. It was a test screening of Star Wars. (The original, before anyone knew what a light saber or a Wookie was.)
I have not gone to a movie since the Alice in Wonderland update that I was attracted to by reviews done by people I used to trust. After just a few minutes it dawned on me that “This is a damned Disney movie” and I knew how it would progress and how it would end. I stuck it out for a few more minutes then left. The last Disney movie I appreciated was the Popeye flick which was very good until the final chase sequence that was a letdown and smudged the whole movie.
I have not gone to a movie since the Alice in Wonderland update that I was attracted to by reviews done by people I used to trust. After just a few minutes it dawned on me that “This is a damned Disney movie” and I knew how it would progress and how it would end. I stuck it out for a few more minutes then left. The last Disney movie I appreciated(most of it) was the Popeye flick which was very good until the final chase sequence that was a letdown and smudged the whole movie.
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