I can’t speak for all people, but I just don’t want Hollywood to add an unwanted aftertaste to my favorite movies. Other than that, they can do whatever they want as long as I can ignore it.
I used to say “if you’re gonna remake a movie, you should remake a bad movie but do it better.”
Then they remade The Crow. “Dude I said do it better. 🤦♂️”
Seriously, there’s nothing inherently wrong with remakes but why do it if you’re not trying to make it BETTER? Or at least substantially different? Do a different take on the material, don’t just swap the CG animated boy for a real life actor while leaving everything including the CG animated dragon as it was, for fuck’s sake.
Remakes that are better than the original:
The Thing
The Fly
The Blob
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Cat People
Hmm. I’m noticing a trend here.
Every iteration of me from 1994 to now is coming to your home to kick your ass right up and out past your teeth for callong the OG Crow a bad movie.
Yes, most of us will be in face paint. Some of us may have black trench coats on. There may even be some hammer pants, but we won’t talk about that.
You said “remake a bad movie.”
I used to love going to the theater. I would go almost every weekend, and often during the week. I watched almost everything. Then cell phones came along. At one point, many, many years ago, I swore if some mother fucker took out their fucking phone during the movie I was seeing, I would never set foot in a theater again. Some piece of shit mother fucker did, and I haven’t. It’s been all the open seas for me since. It also helped that affordable larger screens became available for home. I haven’t been to a movie in a theater in probably a decade, and I doubt I’ll ever go again.
Yup, the death of cinema has more to do with inconsiderate assholes and big screen TVs being affordable now.
Sorry to Marty Scorsese, but I’m not going to the cinema to see some septuagenarians talk about a hit they did decades ago for three and a half hours.
Also, you can watch movies on your PC or phone now. If you’re watching by yourself, you don’t particularly need a big screen any more, just a normal screen and a good pair of headphones.
Provided your eyes can comfortably focus at such a short distance for 2 hours at a time, of course.
The Substance on Netflix
Went to the kinoplex to watch Megalopolis, I didn’t think it was that bad, the acting was just more like a regular theater than movie acting.
Finally got around to to watching Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 3. I liked it a lot. Rented it on Amazon Video.
Before that, I watch ‘The 5th Wave’ which I think falls under the context of OPs question. Rented on Amazon Video. Garbage movie. Saw it because I saw a single clip of the movie that looked good. It was the only part of the movie that was good.
And before that one, I watched ‘Smile’. Dumb, lazy, predictable writing. Rented on Amazon Video.
Before that, I watched ‘The Edge of Sleep’. Very good series. Also Amazon Video.
Finally, ‘The Menu’, also Amazon Video. I liked it.
I saw all that for probably the cost of a single movie theater ticket. A matinee ticket right now, for my local theater (ordered online) is $17.60. I think the rent price of each of those movies was maybe $4 and ‘Edge of Sleep’ is free.
5th wave started strong with a bit of promise, then quickly degenerated into a hot steaming turd.
Does Barbenheimer count?
I saw Megalopolis in theatres
I too sometimes pee in my own face.
You have my sympathies my brother in Crisp
Movies and shows that I have watched this year in no particular order and not all released this year:
The Beekeeper
Iron Claw
Say Nothing
Altered States
The Substance
Oppenheimer
Peaky Blinders (rewatch)
Kneecap
In The Name of the Father
The Batman
Lord of the Rings (rewatch)
The Departed (rewatch)
Deep Space Nine (haven’t finished)
The Devil’s Own
Sicario
Additionally, my wife has recently started watching Gossip Girl but I catch glimpses of that show. Did anybody actually like that show when it came out?
Watched A Real Pain in the theater with maybe 5 other people.
I stopped watching almost all franchise and remakes. Horror seems be the only genre worth watching. I had the highest hopes for the creator so much wasted potential.
Horror has been exceedingly formulaic for long while, which cabin in the woods masterfully satirized by flopping, but there have been many innovations recently. Love that practical effects have made a comeback.
Yeah I really liked the substance. There were a few issues but enjoyed the overall message they were trying to tell. Most A24 movies have been solid.
I watched every Terrifier film in the span of a weak and it was a roller coaster. Art is amazing.
I enjoyed those too for what they are but the second one feels sooo looooong
I agree with that. The bedroom scene felt like it never ended.
I’ve watched a few older original movies here and there on streaming at home, but I guess the last time I went to the theater for one was Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. I don’t really go to the theater much in general anymore. Last time I went was for Dune 2 (mostly because I like the director more so than I’m interested in the franchise) and it was so loud I thought it was going to damage my eardrums.
That aside, if I’m gonna go see something, I want some reason that isn’t just brand recognition. A director I like, some good reviews, maybe an interesting premise, etc.
The substance last week in a rocking indie theatre. Lots of.collective “ohhhhhhhhhhhh.”
I watched A League of Their Own last week. Very watchable, not at all flashy, and refreshingly earnest. I hate that so many modern movies are so wised up and meta, and I find myself watching older movies more and more.
Recently it’s been Ghost, Bull Durham, Forrest Gump, and Field of Dreams. (I don’t even like baseball, no idea why so many of these are baseball movies!)
Theres some amazing Hockey movies too.
Aside from The Mighty Ducks, any recommendations?
Ooh I just remembered another random sports movie I watched recently - Hoosiers!
The last one I saw, by release date, was Late Night with the Devil, and I pirated it. I’m glad I pirated it, because I didn’t know it had AI slop in it. If I did, I wouldn’t have watched it. It’s a shame, too, cause otherwise, it wasn’t bad.
I just watched this recently and didn’t know it had AI slop in it. Boooooo.
Yep. All the interstitial “be right back” cards are AI generated. Such a dumb thing to skimp on.
I ended up looking into it and came across an artist that drew up one of the interstitial cards themselves to demonstrate what a single hour of an artist’s time can accomplish.
