Entertainment Forum General Chat Thread • Page 219

I thought the trailer was bad, and then someone said that Hooper directed it, and now I have to see it for my worst of the year list.

 

I couldn’t get past 45 seconds but now it’s all I can think about. This is on an entirely different level of terrible.

 

An absolute fever dream of a trailer

 

Even if it looked amazing, I wouldn’t be able to watch it without thinking of Kimmy Schmidt

 

And they always prove their point to Olivers!

 

Looks like this was actually announced last week and just went under the radar with all the comic-con news this definitely looks very promising

https://news.avclub.com/tina-fey-and-ted-danson-teaming-up-for-the-ultimate-nbc-1836507976

 

The Cats trailer played twice back-to-back last night when we saw The Lion King and it was terrible lol.

 

Worst Groundhog Day ever.

 

Can't wait to dive in and agree/disagree with this

The 100 Best Movies of the 2010s | IndieWire

 

The writing in that intro hurt my eyes and mind. Will still read it though.

IMMEDIATE EDIT: Great Gatsby being 98 already makes me want to stop.

 

The Slow Death of Hollywood

 

Skimmed the list, and I think that's the most "?" pick on there unless I missed another head-scratcher. I remember enjoying that movie (haven't seen it since it came out) but was definitely surprised to see it on a "Best of" list.

 

There’s a few others that were really terrible on there, but I agree that it stands out. Some good choices in there too for sure.

Reading that just confirmed my feeling a bit more that television in the last decade has excited me more than film in a lot of ways, and those lists are what I’m really looking forward to.

 

I think I've seen most of the "best" tv shows that have come out recently, but there's so much on that Top 100 list that I haven't seen, so it's hard for me to say really. Also, a lot of my personal favorite movies aren't on that list haha. There has been some stellar tv in recent years, though. Leftovers, Chernobyl, Fleabag, Americans, just to name a few off the top.

 

“Downey only makes money as Tony Stark,” is a very weird insult.

 

There are a lot of ways to react to that statement.

It is understandable that an actor would want to appear in a big-budget film or series of films. The financial security you attain is immense, and you would be able to support your family. It also allows them to take risks and give star power to projects that might not have it. Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart did some awful vampire movies so they can appear in films like High Life and Personal Shopper. James Gray has made some amazing films but he says he can't even afford to buy a house.

However, comparing auteur directors to film franchises is pretty silly. For starters, directors tend to dive into different genres and types of work, while a franchise is consistent. Martin Scorsese could have probably been very successful making mob films over and over again, but every time he has made one of the films that people recognize as an all-time great he has followed them up with radically different types of movies. Tarantino is a little bit less diverse, but he didn't keep making films like Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction.

 

I didn't read the full article but I do agree that when I see Leo is in a movie it does make me say "hmm... this must be pretty decent". I can't say that about pretty much any other actor

 

I think I read something like Disney movies account for almost half of all movie ticket sales this year so far? It's bad, but I'm pretty sure most directors would jump at the chance to direct something under the Disney umbrella.

 

I like Ira but the select few actors who generally succeed at the box office outside of superhero fare is an interesting grouping and like Moz said Scorsese and Tarantino dive into wildly different stuff. It’s not like studios were comfortable making Silence or even the Irishman, since he had to turn to Netflix to get the funding he wanted

 

Sam on ER is kind of the worst

Also last night I watched the episode of Frasier where Daphne sees a therapist and talks about not feeling like she can live up to the pedestal Niles had put her on and that he wasn't treating her like a person but this godlike creature he had fantasized about for so long, and anyway I wish more shows with the longtime pining character did that. Maybe then Ross could've worked out the issue before the break!!!

 

The only part of ER I have seen is when they had that Friends crossover.

 

Overall I think this is a good list. I don't agree with some of the ranks but as a general 100 it's good.

 

Piracy Is Back

Interesting article about how Netflix helped to significantly derail piracy, but these streaming services all over the place will encourage it.