Film forum off topic/random chat thread

pixelburp · 05-09-2021 11:34am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117848971#Comment_117848971

I had been wondering for the longest time if there was something afoot. My wife and I share the same account and she loves those mushy series where big-town women fall in love with a rustic everyman. Those Xmas Netflix films are catnip. Every time she goes through a couple of them, the thumbnails would change from something ... contextual to the show, to mugshots of the leads, often in romantic (or adjacent) poses. Most notable in the shows we DO watch together.

JP Liz V1 · 09-09-2021 8:15pm

Rosario Dawson joins LaKeith Stanfield, Tiffany Haddish and Owen Wilson in Disney's Haunted Mansion

Mr Crispy · 09-09-2021 8:52pm

Anyone got a lend of a few bob?

Oh What A Lovely Day: All The Mad Max: Fury Road Cars Are Going Up For Auction

JP Liz V1 · 10-09-2021 7:55pm

Andy Serkis is to star in the upcoming Caddyshack remake.

The Caddyshack remake will star Andy Serkis and directed by Gus Van Sant. The Lord Of The Rings star will don the mocap suit to play the cuddly Gopher.

My golf precious 😄

Zero-Cool · 12-09-2021 6:13pm

My friend has a Kickstarter for a new film they are looking to start making next month of they reach the goal of €16,000. They are currently on 12k and have 9 days left to reach the target.

For gamers out there, Steve Palmer aka Bill Williamson from Red Dead Redemption 1 & 2 will be flying over to join the cast. So please check out the link and if it's something that sounds interesting, throw a few quid if you can spare please, would love to see this project come to life.

"Lulu and The Electric Dreamboat is a pop punk driven, coming-of-age romantic, comedy with dramatic elements. The film is a love letter to the works of John Hughes as well as movies like 500 Days of Summer, Detroit Rock City, Adventureland and Scott Pilgrim VS The World."

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/michaelcaseydirector/lulu-and-the-electric-dreamboat/description

p to the e · 13-09-2021 10:32am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117848971#Comment_117848971

I recently finished listening to the podcast "The Butterfly Effect" by Jon Ronson and it's about the creation of Pornhub and the company behind them "MindGeek". They go into how they used this sort of stuff depending on your viewing history so maybe Netflix were inspired by them. There's so many amazing bits of psychology in internet usage that you don't even know are influencing you.

Agent Coulson · 13-09-2021 9:46pm

His cancer is in remission however Covid kicked his ass.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CTw0OyLlL7c/

My cancer is in remission — the “9 X 12″ mass has shrunk down to the size of a marble,” Bridges writes, and “my covid is in the rear view mirror.......

https://jeffbridges.com/latest

JP Liz V1 · 14-09-2021 9:03pm

https://twitter.com/GeekVibesNation/status/1437853572155195396

I thought Eddie Murphy was attached

CastorTroy · 14-09-2021 11:23pm

Saw someone suggest a remake with The Rock and Kevin Hart, which could work. Or could just be too much.

15-09-2021 10:39am

Anything with Kevin Hart is way too much. Even the Graham Norton show.

Agent Coulson · 16-09-2021 4:39pm

Christopher Nolan has ended his longtime partnership with Warner Bros.

His new film will be with Universal and will be about Oppenheimer and the atomic bomb.

He wasn't happy and was vocal about Warner's moving cinema releases to HBO Max.

FunLover18 · 19-09-2021 1:14pm

Keanu Reeves is 57 which is a year younger than Sean Connery was when he made Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.

pixelburp · 19-09-2021 5:49pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117910789#Comment_117910789

Connery was also playing father to a character whose own actor was only 7 years his junior.

If you had told me in the mid 90s that affable plank Keanu Reeves would be one of the most beloved and biggest stars in 2020/1, I'd have called you mad.

pixelburp · 01-10-2021 6:43am

Looks like Francis Ford Coppola is going to sink the money made from his successful winery into a final film, Megalopolis. He may put as much as $100-$150 million; that's a lot of bottles sold. At 82 he may want to get a wriggle on mind you.

Coppola, who directed The Godfather, Apocalypse Now, Bram Stoker's Dracula ... ... and, uhm. Jack.

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/sep/03/megalopolis-francis-ford-coppola-film

Agent Coulson · 01-10-2021 7:09am

Can’t take it to the grave so blow it all on one last film.

Tony EH · 01-10-2021 11:28am

Wow, Coppola's looking old.

sterz · 02-10-2021 10:56pm

Wow? Really? The man is 82. What were you expecting?

johnny_ultimate · 05-10-2021 6:29pm

Don’t think I’ve ever seen anything like this before (caveat that it’s US-centric so mightn’t apply here):

https://twitter.com/neonrated/status/1445425759107969024?s=21

Basically it means the film will never be released in a home format, at least if they stick by this announcement. Now I’m a big Apichatpong Weerasethakul fan, and think his films are best seen in a cinema - indeed, think a lot of his recent work has been for museums, so it makes sense in that context. I like the idea of this as a rare spectacle. But conflicted on this as there’s obviously big access and archiving issues when it comes to purposefully restricting access to any given film. Very curious to see if this’ll be the case internationally.

Mr Crispy · 05-10-2021 9:11pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117980622#Comment_117980622

So essentially the film will only exist in the memory of those who have seen it. It's a fascinating idea.

pixelburp · 06-10-2021 5:36am

Eh; it's a cute idea but does little to counter the idea that art house cinema sets itself as intentionally impenetrable or withholding for the common film enthusiast; a bit high on its own supply. I've never seen a film by this director but reading that kind of gimmicky, affected scheduling doesn't make me go ooooh, what's this? This kind of cinema should be trying to find as large an audience as possible, not making a game of its release.

CastorTroy · 07-10-2021 8:47pm

Television and film crew strike action possible

https://variety.com/2021/film/news/iatse-strike-vote-result-1235079382/

JP Liz V1 · 08-10-2021 2:13am

Deadline

Jake Gyllenhaal will star in a new superhero film titled 'Prophet' which will be directed by Sam Hargrave

"John Prophet gains superhuman strength after being conscripted by the Germans and subjected to scientific experiments during WWII"

silverharp · 13-10-2021 8:44am

in what has to be the most pointless use of resources since since leaving the immersion on when going on holidays

https://twitter.com/getFANDOM/status/1447927099633897480

pixelburp · 13-10-2021 8:56am

Oh god; Aisling Bea's "English" accent is quite ... something. It's usually British actors mangling Irish accents, not the other way around.

CastorTroy · 13-10-2021 9:07am

Trying to figure out if it's the bad Kevin impression or just the English accent but the kid doesn't seem right. Seems very forced like they're trying to reuse the original dialogue without using the actual dialogue. Like "you can copy my homework but change it a bit"

silverharp · 13-10-2021 9:22am

2 words, Mobile Phone , now try watch this film you filthy animals

Agent Coulson · 13-10-2021 9:23am

It's directed by Sasha Baron Cohen's writing and producing partner.

That looks horrendously bad.

silverharp · 13-10-2021 9:30am

the only remotely amusing thing was the cop being Buzz

FunLover18 · 13-10-2021 10:31am

You can also see there's a lot of VFX at play (a character runs into a snow man) and it looks poor and obviously fake.

Mr Crispy · 13-10-2021 4:34pm

Surely Bea, Delaney, and Kemper are better than this? Netflix must be paying good money.

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Andy Serkis is to star in the upcoming Caddyshack remake.