I watched this movie last night on DVD and I really liked it! The cast was great: George Cloonym David Stratham, Joseph McCarthy, Robert Downey, Jr., Jeff Daniels, Frank Langella, Ray Wise, Alex Borstein, Liberache, Helen Slayton-Hughes, Eugene McCarthy, Any Ross, and Dianne Ross were really a great cast! I especially liked the last scen where David Strtham gives a speech about "wires and lights in a box" I highly recommend this movie!
shareIt was definitely an excellent film!!!
Also Wish they still made more like it these days instead of churning out NON STOP COMIC BOOK SUPER HERO movies!!!
That’s original. Hey, what it do, Scorsese? Ya good ol’ gatekeeping purist goodfella who speaks for all the true “back in my day!” boomer-minded elitists of the world.
Fact: they make *all types* of quality films and shows these days. In fact, whether they come out in theaters or steaming services, they’re making more of them than ever before (you read that right). More like this particular film? Uh, well, I’d ask if you could be more specific but that’s obviously unnecessary as I know exactly where you’re coming from. As such, I guess the likes of “Mank” passed you by? Or what about the recently released “The Courier”? Not good enough, huh? Yeah, ok. (And those are by no means the only “real” films that have come out recently.)
But I know... those like you miss ‘em good ol’ days, you can’t even with modern cinema (many modern things), and so naturally you need to find a scapegoat. Yup, in this film bubble of ours your type has always blamed whatever genre is currently the most successful and/or popular in the world of film for the apparent downfall of cinema, and since the wildly elitist-disapproved superhero genre remains the biggest in the industry today... and for GOOD reasons... the snobbish boomer xoomer types discredit the hell out of comic films (ANYTHING they don’t approve of) and claim that that’s all they make nowadays. Yet the truth is, things are as eclectic as ever in the world of cinema.
Of course, your kind doesn’t make an effort to keep up with what’s out there (it goes beyond cinema), so this will all fall on deaf ears anyway. Need to complain about modern things you don’t like and, either way, nothing will ever compare to the good ol’ days to y’all, eyyy? Welp, if there’s an excess of those big bad superhero movies these days (still lagging behind pure dramas, artsy pics, comedies, etc.), then news flash: the success of these properties is what’s keeping the industry alive and makes it possible for “real” films to be made. ‘Course... why would film snobs and propagandists against modern films even care, right? Oh, O true cinema lovers.
Anywho... sure, that fantastical comic stuff is all they make for the most part and true cinema be dead. Ok, uninformed snobs and boomas. Unfortunately for y’all, these MIGHTY SUPERHERO FILMS aren’t going anywhere ANYTIME SOON!!! #StayWhiny
Thanks for the heads up about MANK which looks great, but unfortunately I also don't get NETFLIX.
>the snobbish boomer xoomer types discredit the hell out of comic films (ANYTHING they don’t approve of) and claim that that’s all they make nowadays.
What one said was they "KEEP CHURNING them OUT", which is also NOT the same thing as saying "that's all they make." And that also means that you've placed WORDS into the mouth of someone that they DID NOT SAY.
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And Here's some more FACTS for you that also back up my claim about how there's been a decline in the quality of FILMS (not in TV shows or streaming programs) rather than yours:
Movie Attendance Continues its 12-Year Decline
https://www.whitehutchinson.com/blog/2015/01/movie-attendance-continues-its-12-year-decline/#:~:text=Over%20those%20twelve%20years%20per%20capita%20attendance%20has,movies%20that%20year%2C%20the%20lack%20of%20blockbuster%20films.
Over those twelve years per capita attendance has declined by more than one-fourth (-27%) and box office ticket revenue has declined by 13%. We’ve been following cinema’s decline for many years. Every year Hollywood reports declining attendance, they attribute it to the poor quality and draw of movies that year, the lack of blockbuster films.
the truth is, things are as eclectic as ever in the world of cinema.[/i]
https://www.quora.com/Why-have-we-seen-a-large-decline-in-the-quality-of-Hollywood-films-in-this-decade
Hollywood is targeting foreign audiences more than domestic. Simpler filmmaking, like shootouts, car chases, and explosions, translates better across cultures than complex filmmaking does.
Original films are much harder sells than non-original films. Not only that, but in addition to non-original films, (this is the most significant item in my answer) audiences today prefer non-original filmmaking as well.
Along similar lines, audiences used to hate high numbered sequels (minus Bond and Star Trek, anything more than a trilogy used to be laughable and absurd), now they anticipate and love them and can’t wait for more.
Studios have deals with movie theaters that give the studio a higher box office cut in the initial weeks of release, and as the film stays in theaters longer, the theater gets a bigger cut. This incentivizes studios to make films that are super-front loaded (ie released on specific dates, super hyped up, marketed a ton, quality not as important as these other aspects) compared to films that have legs, which is where quality filmmaking that generate strong reviews and word of mouth comes in.
And last but definitely not least, talent is flocking to television.
television is no longer considered to be where inferior actors and filmmakers work, and (2) movie studios simply aren’t interested in doing anything interesting, whereas HBO and Netflix and lots of other TV content providers are.
[i]movies in general are pretty bad today,
we are in the worst era for feature film since 1927–1933. At the same time, because of Netflix, HBO, AMC, and lots of other content providers, television is better than its ever been.
Charlie Rojas
Answered 3 years ago
movie ticket sales for 2017 were the worst in nearly 30 years. anyone who thinks that hollywood, as we know it, isn’t dying, is either an idiot or a shill.