Film forum off topic/random chat thread

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

This is quite sad. By all accounts she was about to have a breakout moment in Triangle of Sadness

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-62735665

AMKC

I see Vue have updated there settings arrangements in the screens and changed there prices too.

It used to be just 6 Euro everyday for the standard seats , 8 Euro for the VIP seats and 11 Euro I think for the Recliner seats but that's all changed now.

Mr Crispy

I didn't see this coming, for a whole host of reasons.

https://deadline.com/2022/09/constantine-sequel-keanu-reeves-francis-lawrence-warner-bros-dc-akiva-goldsman-scripting-producing-bad-robot-jj-abrams-hannah-minghella-1235121127/

pixelburp

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119629219#Comment_119629219

Ah Akiva Goldsman. Such a great writer of naturalistic, realistic dialogue. 🙄🤭

That is a surprise. Weirdly though, it had popped up in conversation a lot lately in some podcasts I listen to; it's like it was ordained. Either way wouldn't have said the film was that fondly remembered.

Agent Coulson

So Constantine with a beard.

I love Keanu however Keanu without the beard as seen in Bill & Ted 3 looks all his 58 years of age and by the time this hits the screen he will be 60 at least.

Agent Coulson

Some serious reports over the last week that Comcast owners of NBCUniversal are looking at buying WarnerBros/Discovery and merging the two.

Discovery after buying out Warners now are having serious financial troubles.

Slydice

Hold on.. so the ultimate move then is from being owned by Mobile Phone company AT&T .. to Phone Company Comcast?

I .. eh.. yeah ok.. I'm sure there's something to read into it.. some kinda business sense.

Mr Crispy

There's another Cloverfield movie in the works although it's not known if it will be an actual sequel/prequel to the original, or a loose tie in like the good Cloverfield Lane, or abysmal Cloverfield Paradox. The fact it's being directed by Babak Anvari (Under the Shadow) and written by Joe Barton (The Ritual) makes me think it won't be a big budget kaiju movie, but a smaller scale, more psychological affair.

https://deadline.com/2022/09/cloverfield-paramount-babak-anvari-1235125119/

dublinman1990

This scumbag got life for the murder of his mother in Vancouver. He also had plots to kill Canadian PM Justin Trudeau and people who attended the Simon Fraser University as well. What a sick and depraved individual. I hope he rots in hell.

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-63005840

Tony EH

Jesus...he has the face of a 10 year old kid. Some deep, deep, crap going on there.

Chilling stuff.

Xofpod

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119629518#Comment_119629518

Actually watched it again recently and it's a decent little movie. Certainly measures up to the majority of comic book adaptations.

I presume it's the netflix Sandman buzz that's moved it along.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

https://youtu.be/lzXlcYqkgQI

Came across this band earlier and they have a song called War of The Buttons and all the lyrics are just quotes from the film, War of the Buttons. I've been listening to it on repeat for about half an hour now.

Agent Coulson

The movie the whole world wanted lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UMFQcCRFu0&ab_channel=Tubi

CastorTroy

I'm sure a film made and released within a months of the trial ending will be thoroughly researched and of the highest quality.

Then again, i suppose they had plenty of the script already with court transcripts.

Mr Crispy

First look at "Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes";

https://whatsondisneyplus.com/first-look-at-the-kingdom-of-the-planet-of-the-apes/

I'm very sceptical of it getting anywhere near the quality of the reboot trilogy (especially if Reeves and Serkis aren't to be involved) but I'd welcome it a hell of a lot quicker than more watered down dino-piss from Trevorrow.

https://www.slashfilm.com/1032049/colin-trevorrow-strongly-hints-at-a-lot-more-jurassic-world-movies-to-come/

pixelburp

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119683041#Comment_119683041

Its not like he's the only working hack in Hollywood, but I don't think there's a hack inexplicably working this high up the food chain as Trevorrow is. Wish he'd bog off at this stage.

On a totally different tangent: I mentioned it in passing elsewhere and been meaning to share (though doubtless had been before): if anyone ever doubts the point of star power, or indeed the idea that not all remakes are inherently bad, compare...

https://youtu.be/ye6tmftzMoI

With its remake

https://youtu.be/LUy2Wx_r0_w

Electric Nitwit

This looks very interesting...

https://twitter.com/RealChalamet/status/1575512105071017984

The Black Oil

Grave robbing, torture, possessed nuns.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_rAKw7q6RY

Agent Coulson

A quiet place getting a spin off.

I guess this is the next Universe being created a TV series can't be far behind.

‘A Quiet Place: Day One’ At Paramount Taps Lupita Nyong’o To Star

As she readies to make her return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Lupita Nyong’o is looking to make the jump to another popular franchise: Sources tell Deadline that she is in final negotiations to star in Paramount’s A Quiet Place: Day One. The spinoff will be directed and written by Pig helmer Michael Sarnoski.

Not much more is known about this project other than it not being a threequel but rather a spinoff, based on an idea from John Krasinski, who directed and starred in the first two films. The hope is this film will help set up a potential Quiet Place universe that the studio can build on for years to come. It also is known that, while not out of the question, Emily Blunt and Krasinski likely won’t reprise their roles in this installment. The film is set to bow on March 8, 2024.

The original franchise is currently developing the third film, with Krasinski returning to direct that pic, which is set to bow sometime in 2025........

https://deadline.com/2022/11/a-quiet-place-day-one-paramount-lupita-nyongo-1235159475/

pixelburp

Well, good to know as much as Hollywood changes, it's urge to drive every good, successful Idea into the ground hasn't ebbed.

silverharp

A wonderful clip

https://twitter.com/MichaelWarbur17/status/1558919490078908416

the_amazing_raisin

Okay, stupid question, but here we go. Where is good to buy DVDs these days, specifically the 4k variety

I know, WTF is a DVD anyway, this is what the internet is for. I got rid of most of my DVD collection a few years back at the height of streaming

But there's a bunch of films that I always come back to, and I'm fed up with having to sign up to different streaming services because they've locked in a particular studio

So anyway, back to the old disc versions for me...

Here's the problem, there doesn't seem to be many shops that sell a lot of DVDs these days. Best I could think of was Golden Discs but someone has filled it with vinyl records. HMV and all went out of business years ago

There's always the local Tesco, but the selection is limited

Amazon seems the obvious answer, but they're pretty pricey. Any other shops that anyone can recommend?

johnny_ultimate

Depends what you’re looking for. There are a few Golden Discs about, but their selection is mainly just the most mainstream studio fare. Tower Records in Dublin still has a good and varied selection, and the IFI Shop has a decent library of discs to buy.

Online is usually the way to go though. Amazon, evil as they are, is still the main place to get them. If you’re looking for DVDs or Blus from the boutique labels, however, it’s often worth going through the label’s own site - Arrow Video, for example, has a good selection in its web store and they often have good sales. Only thing is Brexit means you might get stung with a customs charge when ordering from the UK.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

CeX? Not sure how diverse their collection is, or how pricey they are. Zavvi have an Irish site but I'm pretty sure everything comes from the UK still.

the_amazing_raisin

Thanks guys, I probably wouldn't be looking for anything beyond mainstream Hollywood. There's a few films which I think are visually impressive enough they deserve the 4k viewing, otherwise I probably won't bother

On a side note, 4k films seem to have gone up in price over the past few years. I'm guessing that streaming has eroded sales enough that the old economy of scale doesn't apply anymore

Spon Farmer

There is a new French action movie on Prime Video called OVERDOSE - two cops investigating a “go-fast lined to the murder of two teenagers”.

What is a “go-fast”?

A robbery of a moving cash security truck?

odyssey06

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119851646#Comment_119851646

That description is like similar plot to this Franco-Belgian film I just watched last night on Prime!

it is listed as "Above the Law" and as Tueurs.

(action scenes were very well done, but plot itself was over complicated \ convoluted)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6901252/

But maybe "go fast" means this...

A drug gang that imports hashish from Morocco using the "Go Fast" method. A fleet of high-powered speedboats and cars races across the Mediterranean to Spain

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1179855/

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

Just reading there that Marcel The Shell With Shoes on has been deemed eligible for the best Animated Feature category at the Oscars. Which is interesting. Potentially 3 stop motion nominees? And a slightly bigger chance at Disney and/or Pixar being shut out completely?

FunLover18

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119855416#Comment_119855416

I haven't been following it but I know there was controversy when Linklater's Apollo 10½ was deemed ineligible.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119855571#Comment_119855571

Oh it's also been deemed eligible now. I personally do not like that style of animation, but who knows what the academy will go for. Plus he's a known name, like GDT. I can't remember if it's just the animation guild that decides nominations or if everyone gets to. It was one thing, but they changed it, but they might have changed it back? Not sure. But it'll be interesting to see what the nominations end up being. Lightyear, Turning Red, Strange New World could still all get in and make it a bog standard set of nominations.

johnny_ultimate

There needs to be better representation for anime and international animation as well tbh. Don’t want to see Netflix just sweeping the majority of nominations either if something as imaginative and idiosyncratic as Inu-Oh gets overlooked in the process (although obviously national pride dictates that Cartoon Saloon should always win).

https://youtu.be/iGL4ETxVKd8

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

Arguably they could up the number of nominations to allow a bit more diversity there. There's a rule about how many nominees there can be depending on how many animated films are released in LA in the eligibility period. So there's either only 3, or mostly 5. Animation Magazine lists about 30 films as eligible this year. They could easily have 8-10 without diluting the quality of the category.

johnny_ultimate

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119855743#Comment_119855743

TBH you could make the same argument for most Oscar categories. It’s madness to limit the entire breadth of non-English language cinema to a mere five nominations per year.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119855759#Comment_119855759

That's true, but at least there's a long list for the international category. But then again there's only one allowed per country before the long list is decided. France alone probably could have had 5 by itself the last couple of years.

pixelburp

There's an argument that some of those nominations are valid Best Picture nominations", nevermind Best Animated Feature, especially as American Animation matures and expands as a medium. The catch-all group does seem to be creaking at the seams by now.

CastorTroy

Haven't seen Marcel, but is the discussion because it's filmed in real world settings with stop motion animation only on a few elements, like Marcel? Though from the shorts it seems they focus mainly on Marcel and since everything would revolve around the animation, it would probably count.

I can understand that. Same with 10½ going by what I see and it being rotoscoped. Like I don't think I would consider Undone or A Scanner Darkly an animation. I guess they would be hybrids.

Like would Who Framed Roger Rabbit be eligible now?

johnny_ultimate

I’ve seen Marcel and I’d definitely consider it an animated film with live action elements over a live action film with animated elements. It’s a pointless distinction, really, but it should definitely be eligible for an animation award.

pixelburp

Speaking of Marcel, that hasn't had a UK and Ireland yet, right? Seems like American film Discourse has been chatting about it for months now.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

The rule for animated films being eligible is

"a significant number of main characters animated, and at least 75% of run time including animation"

So something like Paddington wouldn't qualify, but Marcel does. I don't think there was any debate over Marcel, it just hadn't been confirmed whether it qualified or not. Linklater's film was rejected, but he appealed it, obviously successfully.

johnny_ultimate

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119857140#Comment_119857140

Nothing yet, no. I saw it at an IFI festival screening in Dublin a few months back so it has screened here, but only in a festival context.

Unfortunately it’s another of the recent A24 titles caught up in release limbo here and in the UK, along with Pearl and a few others. It’s seemingly random whether some other distributor will pick them up or if A24 will handle it themselves. They did release Everything Everywhere… on their own, and I believe are doing The Whale as well. But they sold After Yang rights to Sky and X was handled by Universal or someone. It does seem like they’re getting a bit more comfortable handling UK and Ireland releases themselves post EEAAO so hopefully more of these films show up promptly rather than months or years later.

johnny_ultimate

👀 👀 👀

https://twitter.com/jp_ghibli/status/1590720957676949504?s=46&t=bcP29akxe6CcJJ2mHw91fw

pixelburp

Wait, what? Some kind of collaboration?

johnny_ultimate

That video is all they’ve said! A truly next-level tease.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

Do Disney own Lucas Film?

Mr Crispy

SW Visions Volume 2 I'd venture.

johnny_ultimate

The mysterious Ghibli / Lucasfilm project is… a 3 mins short in which Baby Yoda crosses over with the dust bunnies from Spirited Away. On Disney+ now.

https://twitter.com/jp_ghibli/status/1591340995639377920?s=46&t=yOO7rWP6UCaH-mS-WmtOzA

pixelburp

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119864357#Comment_119864357

I'm genuinely hitting the point of cultural saturation where I'm somewhat sick of that bloody Yoda. Cute at first but ....

The Black Oil

Unsurprisingly, he loathes the idea of "content" and Rotten Tomatoes et al.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqvFUSsR8-Y

pixelburp

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119884437#Comment_119884437

I think he's dead right about Rotten Tomatoes; it's a total devaluation of cinema as something subjective and conversational. I've ranted about it enough but I think it's an attempt to reduce sometimes complicated, often elaborate art-entertainment into an arbitrary score - a value that's so crude as to call 3/5 "fresh" and worthy of praise. Equally frustrating when people - including some folks here - try to use it as a cudgel to "prove" people love or hate a film. It's literal points-scoring a medium that by its existence contradicts that simplification.

The remarks about "content" I could take or leave; but no doubt there have been a lot of films that got drowned by the Netflix algorithm. Few that might ahve make millions in the cinema but depressing that despite getting an ostensible global audience, the algorithm does its best to ensure nobody ultimately see it.

johnny_ultimate

On the topic of Scorsese, the man himself turns the big 8-0 today. What a towering figure he is, albeit with his delightfully charming and modest public persona. He is naturally one of the major directors in contemporary film himself, and in every interview you can tell how much he adores the medium. But its his commitment to the restoration and release of classic films from around the globe that has cemented his status as a true champion of the artform. In a world where film history is often dominated by a handful of countries (US, UK, France and Japan particularly), Scorsese has always been committed to expanding the canon to the rest of the world.

Mubi actually has a bunch of the Scorsese World Cinema Project titles available at the moment: a bounty of riches to be found there.

https://mubi.com/specials/film-foundation