I bought a “mystery ticket” for $5 at a Regal and ended up seeing The Order. Pretty intense at times when you abstract to real life, pretty upsetting at times. Remember to be intolerant of the intolerant.
Is that the one with heath ledger?
Banshees of Inishirin.
Story of a friendship going sour and one guy having trouble moving on. Some great acting. A dark comedy. Quite refreshing from the Hollywood schlock that is typically in our local thestre
This movie sticks with me. Such a brutal, dark, nasty movie, and it made me realize Colin Ferrell had actual acting talent. I’d never seen him in anything before and had this impression that he was just a pretty boy, kinda like McConaughey used to be.
Like, I completely get why Colm wanted to cut Pádriac off, he was so dull. But he was also so open-hearted, and so I empathized with both characters.
When Pádraic follows the trail of fingers… you know the scene I mean. I lost it, just fucking bawled my eyes out. That movie pulled no punches. It was amazing but I never want to watch it again.
Yep, the film has you empathize with both sides of their story. I though the actor playing the town simpleton did such a spectacular job too, just the right amount of quirk and lack of focus in his eyes.
Hundreds of Beavers, on YouTube, with ad block
I just saw Flow in theaters last night. Excellent, wholly original animated movie that conveyed a story without any words.
It’s unusual, but it was a little-known Russian movie from which I didn’t expect much, but in the end I liked it. It was Lord of the Wind (2023). Although I usually don’t like modern movies lately. It is about Fyodor Konyukhov is a Russian survivalist, voyager, aerial and marine explorer and his round-the-world balloon flight. Unfortunately, I don’t know if it is available in English.
I quit consuming the Hollywood product almost a decade ago. I watch a lot of small content creators though. I met my wife working at a movie theater, but I’ve seen a movie in a theater maybe twice in the last ten years. I occasionally watch a show with her but if I’m by myself I don’t have any desire to consume their product.
We also need to tackle the monopoly on theater screen time that the big studios control.
The most recent would be The Greasy Strangler, on Blu-ray. Truly one of a kind, it has been stuck in my mind since.
Sounds utterly weird, but I’m intrigued
Do movies getting the Rifftrax treatment count? If so, then Birdemic.
the thing is, most people don’t. Movie buffs are a minority, the casual viewers flock to what they know, which is exactly why there are only sequels and reboots. It wouldn’t be like that if it wasn’t making them tons of money.
False. Star Wars viewing drove off a cliff when their sequels sucked.
There is a 1-2 sequel movies buffer until the drop off starts when the quality is consistently bad.
the thing is, most people don’t. Movie buffs are a minority, the casual viewers flock to what they know, which is exactly why there are only sequels and reboots. It wouldn’t be like that if it wasn’t making them tons of money.
False. Star Wars viewing drove off a cliff when their sequels sucked.
There is a 1-2 sequel movies buffer until the drop off starts when the quality is consistently bad.
That doesn’t make anything they said false. What you said just means that quality still matters, eventually.
The boy and the Heron, in a small local theatre
The Substance. Go see it.
My wife was on board until the ending.
Shrek on VHS
I will not elaborate
Shrek the Musical
… on VHS
Make good movies.
Best I can do is safe and unimaginative with lots of marketing and a big cast of overpaid actors past their prime.
Poor Little Things in the theater
What did you think of the movie? Did you enjoy your viewing? Was it unique enough?
