When I was a kid in the 90s, the 70s were in vogue and if you wanted to be retro it meant the 70s. That 70s Show for example, plus N-Trance doing all those old disco remixes, plus Dazed and Confused, plus Almost Famous, plus the disco songs in The Full Monty, etc.
And in the 70s, retro chic meant the 50s, what with Grease and American Graffiti and Happy Days etc. So it seemed like “retro” meant “20 years ago”.
How, in 25 years, have we only advanced to the 80s for retro chic? Shouldn’t we be on the 90s by now at least, if not the 00s?
The best stuff at a cinema is rarely plastered all over the front, that’s just advertising for people who don’t really care about movies.
Also if your area is like mine, look for the smaller cinemas that screen the new oddities and forgotten classics
I’m not a big movie theater guy, but I do enjoy heading to the local Alamo Drafthouse occasionally because they have terror Tuesday and weird Wednesday. Then near Halloween it’s like a full day of horror.
Depends on your town. I live in a small tourist town with one cinema and they only play the biggest hits, focusing on the lowest common denominator. I mean, I’m not even sure they screened Sinners, but they definitely played The Minecraft Movie in 4 (out of 14) theaters for months. If I want to go to a different cinema, I have to drive 45 minutes to get to the next town (where the selection still sucks, but at least they’ve got more screens) or 75 min to get to the closest independent theater.
Exactly, support your independent theatre’s, they are usually run by people who care about cinema and they have more shows for older classics and modern indies and foreign movies
Get down to 6 Bags Cinema in Victorville. The aircon isn’t great but shows nothing but popcorn classics.
This is old, all four should say superhero demake.
Just saw Life of Chuck, that is something original.
Where does Robot Dreams fall? The animals never talk but it is animated.
I don’t have an answer, but that lil gay robot is all I think about now when I hear September by Earth, Wind & Fire.
They’re doing 90s and post 2000s remakes now . See Lilo and Stitch and How to Train your Dragon remakes with 3d and live action incorporated that nobody asked for. I think originality in film and tv is also disappearing, along with many other things heading towards extinction these days
Originality is uncertainty, and shareholders don’t like uncertainty. Better to spend the money on certain failures instead.
In an ideal world, investors (and big shareholders) would be interviewed to see if they’re committed to the thing they’re investing on. “Have millions make me billions” or being a nepo baby shouldn’t be valid reasons. This is why every thing they touch converges to enshittification.
If talking animals was actually a common thing, I would be seeing a lot more movies.
We’ve been getting into more robots lately at our place. They have done a great job at creating memeraboe personalities with animated droids.
also way too many prequels
I’d love to see a prequel leading to how the hell did Lucius and Narcisa Malfoy got married. How did they date? How did the families get along?
I bet my bottom dollar it was hilarious as fuck
I’m sure Adam Sandler could play Lucius dad
Are the talking animals sexy?
Awooo!
So… Yes.
I’m down for Zootopia 2. And Avatar 3
Also another Shyamalan mindfuck
Best thing is that internet and technology development has brought us masterpieces like this:
Because the movie industry wants money and the tubes keep paying to see these – and don’t pay to see complex, challenging, or odd films
Including the people that make comics like the above.
I really want to watch We’re All Gonna Die, but there’s no way for me to see it and I’d love to support the creators.
I’m looking forward to the coming superhero universe reboot - now with fun CGI animal.
Made with AI
the last 2 days have felt like a remake
This was like so clever. I don’t even know why anybody would downvote you.
The are movies like Never look away(2018), Amanda(2018), Empire of Light(2022) and Perfect Days (2023) that where barely advertised, but worth watching all the way. Still somehow using an old movie or having more super hero is ok.
They still have a few the low budget horror films and originals by Soderberg but no one watches them even when they are really good. I go every week and don’t watch any remakes and maybe the occasional superhero flick when it reviews well. There are maybe 9 people in the theater.
It’s so annoying to see this shit. Every person who complains about how stale movie releases are only ever goes to see what the ads on tv/youtube tell them to, then whine about their own choice while excellent indie movies eke by or fail outright. They reinforce the problem they complain about with zero sense of hypocrisy.
Yeah black bag was a great movie that no one saw and only was in the theater for like a week before it got pulled.
People can’t afford to go out to watch movies regularly enough to justify taking a gamble with their small entertainment budget.
The theatre experience is becoming so expensive and frankly unsatisfying compared to watching from home. Snacks that aren’t 22$ for a popcorn combo, smoke and toilet breaks, no shitheads with their phones, etc…
So no shit they are gonna take the safe bet and just download and watch the movies that they are unsure about.
It’s a negative feedback loop being used by the executives to pump out more regulated slop while thinking that’s what people want. No, people just can afford shit you greedy fucks!
Yeah I will say it’s been super cheep for me to go to the movies it’s about $5 or less per movie. But i recognize that not everyone has the option too go to the draft house. I also don’t eat during the movies.
This is not a new complaint. It’s been around for decades.
I don’t know why people complain so much about this, weren’t you like against capitalism and mindless consumption?
If you get one of those apps like HBO or Disney plus, you will have like, a catalogue that last years to watch everything
And about the popcorn? Do you realize you can cook that in your home as well right? Now you don’t even need oil, with the air fryers
With the advent of Netflix type apps, you can just do movie nights with your family and friends extremely easy, that’s a plus if you don’t want to spend so much outside
And if you go the selfhost Route, it’s even cheaper
So again why the complains?
No home setup beats the theatre experience for me for most movies
It’s nice to go outside sometimes, particularly to movie palaces. I dress up a little and so does my date, and we usually have a fun discussion about the plot afterwards.
Later I fuck them so hard their orgasm shifts Earth’s orbit very slightly.
So yeah, I like movie theaters.
I don’t know why people complain so much about this, weren’t you like against capitalism and mindless consumption?
The focus is on what is actually showing. We want to see art not this bullshit. And it’s not like streaming services are different in this regard.
That’s why we don’t pay and waste money on streaming sevices either.
