Amph At The Movies (film discussion thread)

I guess that allows does allow them to fulfill their obligation and yet still be able to basically do a direct to video release. I mean most theaters are closed now anyway (my wife and I had lunch in the parking lot of one for her birthday) so really this is just a VOD with a sneak peak in a few theaters.

And I lay the over/under of the next tentpole release in the theater to be summer of next year...at the earliest. The hybrid movie theater model simply does not work for them. Movies like that are front runners and unless you get a lot of people in the theater quickly, it simply is not going to be the big earner they expected. The days of the blockbuster slow burn are over with. It's get it out, have the theaters be backed for about 2 months and then watch it slowly fizzle over the next two months before moving quickly to VOD/home video sales.

 

I ventured to my local art house to see Sofia Coppola's latest, On the Rocks.

Easily her worst film. And extremely bland. I mean, in the past even if she made a movie that you didn't like, you had to admit that there was a vision there. Like Marie Antoinette. The whole pop music video vibe might not have worked for you, but it was a very personal take, there was a clear artistic vision and it was interesting even if you thought it didn't work. You could have a conversation about the movie and the ideas behind it. It wasn't bland. It wasn't boring. I have nothing to say about On the Rocks. There isn't one interesting thing, not one interesting scene or shot, not one good performance or good line, not a single personal touch . . . it's the blandest movie imaginable. There's not a moment where it doesn't make the safest choice.

Okay, fine, Jenny Slate is in it for about five minutes and I'm always glad to have her on-screen company. Otherwise, bad.

 

Greyhound was probably funnier.

 

Constantine 2

Sweet! The original was underrated.

 

I agree. Peter Stormare is the best cinematic interpretation of Lucifer in recent memory.

"Busy busy busy"

 

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Also Tilda Swinton's Gabriel is one of the best on-screen angels in the movies. So ******* good.

 

First trailer for the Tom & Jerry live action movie slated for next year:



That has PVOD written all over it. Also another trailer for ZS cut of Justice League just dropped as well:



Why do I have a feeling it will be released on HBO Max in October of next year right when the HBO Max deal expires???

 

So the fact they are calling it "Scream" makes me suspect that this might be like Halloween was a few years ago and they throw away the previous sequels. That make a lot of sense as none of them were very well received (though both Scream 2 & 3 did very well at the box office) and this obviously gives them a lot more freedom story wise. Just I don't think anyone cares about the Scream franchise anymore. The younger generation barely knows what it is (nor cares) and while Generation X thinks it should be left back in the 1990's when the film actually worked. Point blank the younger generation does not understand irony very well.

 

@Luke02 the fact they are calling it "Scream" tracks with industry standards that masses are less likely to go see a movie with a number in it because of the "requirement" to see the previous numbered films to understand the backstory before seeing the new film

@The2ndQuest good news for PVOD fans, but what do you think the policy will be for physical media?

 

Super confusing movie titles of the day, Margot Robbie 2019 film Dreamland (released on VOD this week) and Canadian Bruce McDonald 2019 film Dreamland (on Crave today, was released online in May) with Juliette Lewis and Henry Rollins. The Canadian one was at the 2019 Toronto Film Festival the Margot Robbie one was at other 2019 film festivals. The cable description I'm looking at right now says the Margot Robbie one when the Canadian one is one (which was confusing because I was going to shell out the rental for the Margot Robbie one but it's not that one that is on now). I'm planning to watch Dreamland this week. The Margot Robbie one. Although if I can I'll also watch the other one!

 

Wonder Woman 84 will hit theatres and HBO MAX on Dec 24th


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This seems a desperation move to get HBOMax subs in the US and then just tossing it out internationally, which seems ridiculous. Theaters are closed in places that aren't America too, specifically in my city in Ontario. Not that I'd go anyway with the current COVID cases. It's incredibly stupid that WB thinks they'll somehow make it back internationally.

 

If I had to guess WB is probably gambling that other countries will have reopened theatres by late December.

Which, hm...

 

Very bold @Ramza but has a HBO Max subscriber I am actually really happy. Now of course I had to order Amazon Fire stick since Comcast + HBO have STILL NOT gotten a deal together (neither has Roku) and talk is it won't be until after the New Year. So now I had to spend money on that. Ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Only good part is that I can eventually move that Fire Stick to the kids playroom TV since right now it has only a Blu Ray/Nintendo hook up to it. So in the end it was most likely something I needed to get anyway but still not something I needed to get right away.

It's obviously though that HBO is going to be the DC Network which is a good thing IMHO. HBO makes fabulous TV shows obviously and really bring a quality that is been lacking in DC content overall.

 

Interesting that Cineplex didn't do the deal until about a week and a half before Croods 2 drops which is the Beta Test for it, I was wondering if it was going to go through by the time it hit. It's probably likely Universal movies will still be "premium" priced.

Chaos Walking has been delayed for so long (and hellova cast too) I wonder if it'll end up with a VOD deal similar to Croods/Wonder Woman 84.

 

My Regal movie theater is still closed. They even took down the posters outside.

 

Cinemas are closed in England til at least Dec 2 since we are in lockdown.