Amph At The Movies (film discussion thread)

God Resurrection sucked. Took the franchise straight to mindless slasher territory. At least the previous films had the continuity and mythology behind it all.

 

Oh, I thought the 2018 Halloween was going to pick up right after Halloween II. Is it actually the original it follows directly? That would be better, I think. Halloween II has a lot of defenders and I like the idea of just literally picking right up with Halloween. So many of these movies end with the main survivor being put in an ambulance that I love the idea of Halloween II being like, "Um, okay, so you're in an ambulance. That just means you're going to a HOSPITAL which is literally the SCARIEST PLACE ON THE PLANET." But I really think it's a whiff, way gorier, way less atmospheric. I'm a Halloween purist; it's the first one for me and none of the sequels (not that I've even seen all of them, but I just mean that I don't include II in my canon, the way most people do),

 

The trailer looks great and Margot Robbie looks like she has disappeared into the role. I'm looking forward to this movie.

 

Halloween begins and ends with the original film for me too. Halloween II is forever a in my memory because my 8th grade history teacher forced us to watch it and I was still scared stupid of horror then. Needless to say, I had nightmares for days and that's probably why I hate hospitals.

As far as the 2018 Halloween, how are they going to explain the time jump if the sequels do not exist? Michael vanishes for decades... and all of a sudden he comes back? That would kind of work if they stuck with the supernatural element of the novel where he was possessed by the spirit of some Celtic person or entity. Wasn't this also in the TV version of Halloween...(it's been decades since I've seen and read those.)

Sith_Sensei__Prime - Ah, another dark sports satire that Sebastian Stan is in. I may rent for him (despite that mustache.) Hope you like it.

 

Why in the world did you watch Halloween II in an 8th grade history class?

 

Got me. My Junior High School teachers were strange. I wouldn't be surprised to learn if a few of them were on drugs.

 

Tyler Perry's Throne of Blood.

 

so is ddl not really retiring or did he shoot this before the announcement?

 

He intends for this to be his last film.

 

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I heard he was gonna become a cobbler , unless that was a load of cobblers .

 

He did that the last time he retired. No idea what he's going to do now.

 

Please tell me he's going to have a Joaquin Phoenix-esque rap career.

 

I doubt he's done for good. The right type of role he loves will come around again for him eventually.

 

Just saw Blade Runner 2049 - unexpectedly excellent. I can now say I enjoy a film that stars Ryan Gosling.

 

Phantom Thread looks sooo dope. Was expecting something more exuberant but the actual thing looks so much better.

 

That seems like a terrible idea. Sounds like its just an excuse to gouge people for blockbusters.

Regal is a pretty trashy chain in my opinion. We have a regal here that I once had a friend refer to as "the theater where you go to get murdered" and it was hard to disagree. It just has this awful atmosphere and the chairs are dirty and the carpet is ripped and there are stains on the walls. We have a dollar theater in town that is way nicer and the Regal is a full price theater. I far prefer both Cinemark and AMC.

 

I could see it being a good idea to discount smaller and less successful films, try to get people in the theaters. But upping the price for blockbusters, yeah, that’s just going to come off as a gouge. I can’t see that being successful.