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Can't wait to NOT catch this when Netflix starts "streaming" it

posted 9 years ago by petertommaatta-1
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I'm sorry, I don't care how much money Netflix is throwing around these days, the bottom line is that they are just making big budget TV movies. They can never replace the movie theatre experience. The idea that this is the future, is sad and absurd. What's next? Streaming a club going experience? How about this, let's all just stay inside our locked homes and have everything delivered to us.
The reason why movies have the effect on us that they have, is that we are away from our homes... away from distractions of our lives... in a dark room... where we can't pause it for a phone call or somebody at the door... or because we're cooking something... You are IN the movie as you watch it in the theatre. I don't care how big a "home theatre" gets, everybody is seemingly missing the point of what MOVIES are. The theatre is the only true way to experience a motion picture at it's fullest power.
I tried twice to watch Netflix streaming movies and I turned them off both times and quickly forgot them. "The Ridiculous 6" and "Pee-Wee's Big Holiday". Both times it was quit obvious that Netflix doesn't have a clue how to make a good movie.
I feel that Netflix owners are just looking to get bought out by movie studios for some outrageous sum of money, somewhere in the billions. A big threat is all they are. I may be wrong, I hope I'm not, but I don't think Netflix will last. People will return en masse to the movie theatres. The quality of these streaming movies is just poor. Movie studios are just going to have to loosen their purse strings and buy more scripts and make the theatre more inviting to people in some way. People still come in droves at times. STAR WARS, DEADPOOL, etc. Let's see Netflix make those movies work on a mobile device. Good luck. Streaming movies will be the death of the motion pictures, period, if people cave in.

[–] alex_larson 9 years ago

Watch Beasts of no nation. The other two Netflix movies are bad, yes, but Netflix is making quality films and shows as well. The two that you've mentioned are just silly comedies, they're not meant to be quality films. I agree about the experience of going to theaters but the good thing about Netflix and this new way of making films is that they don't have to worry about pleasing advertisers since they are only through subscriptions. In short, this means they have a lot more freedom with what they can do and show in their products as far as ideas, language, controversial subjects, etc. and I'd say that is a plus considering most of the films nowadays don't have any edge to them they are just appealing to the masses with stereotypical comic book movies. So Netflix actually has a good chance to do something great for film and film lovers.

[–] petertommaatta-1 9 years ago

I'll agree with you about the lack of edge. I miss the days of films like "Basic Instinct" and "Natural Born Killers", etc. The upside maybe that studios will loosen up and make the movies that drew that kind of interest. Netflix could work in that regard and force studios to take more chances, but who knows. I just don't think Netflix movies have any appeal. Do they qualify for Emmys? Because Oscars don't recognize them. I doubt Emmys do either. They just box themselves into such a small corner with Netflix (no theatrical, no dvd, no awards, etc) because there is such a backlash against them from the big boys in town. I'll try to be optimistic and feel that it will provoke change for the good and get Hollywood back on track. Thanks for replying to my post.

[–] blondewoman 9 years ago

petertommaatta-1,

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[–] petertommaatta-1 9 years ago

Since you put it that way, wow. I guess you're right. Never thought of it that way. Thanks for your intelligent input blondewoman (with a black haired woman photo). When you have some more thoughts, please let me and the rest of the world know.

This is where you should put YAWWWWWWN!!! or another WAHHHHHHHHHH!!! in there as your response. I can't wait for you to wow me again with something witty or sarcastic.

[–] blondewoman 9 years ago

Peter, it was a joke hahaha. You had just done that exact same thing to me on the movie "Criminal" board starring Kevin Costner. I asked why it bombed so bad and understand now that I have seen it. You can dish it, but....

[–] jackjackisback14 9 years ago

Beasts of None Nation is fantastic.

[–] moviemasochism 8 years ago

People still come in droves at times. STAR WARS, DEADPOOL, etc. Let's see Netflix make those movies work on a mobile device.

If you ever had a question about the benefit of having as many mediums to showcase movies, this is it. Assuming theaters were the only place to see a movie, the majority of greenlit films would be like Star Wars and Deadpool. THAT is the death of motion pictures. Neither one of these are "good" movies although that definitely doesn't mean a lot of people don't enjoy them.

I'm not sure how old you are but if you could remember back to the days before Blockbuster, video rental stores were the brick-and-mortar equivalent of Netflix. There were hundreds of movies to choose from and I'd ballpark 90% of them were ones you'd never heard of until you read the little description on the box. They never made it to the theater but that didn't mean they shouldn't have been made. Many of the most-loved movies from 30 years ago were not wide-releases if they hit the big screen at all. Fans' first experience with anything from The Last Starfighter to C.H.U.D. were on a television screen. And let me add: television sets/VCRs in the 80s and 90s were far worse than the quality of the average smartphone or laptop.

Art changes as technology changes. I'm sure there were many people who thought many things signaled the death of the motion picture. There were probably purists who didn't want audible voices in their movies, or didn't want color, or thought video would end of days in film, or CGI. The bottom line: relax. Netflix is not destroying film.

[–] benGsboat 8 years ago

The reason why movies have the effect on us that they have, is that we are away from our homes... away from distractions of our lives... in a dark room... where we can't pause it for a phone call or somebody at the door... or because we're cooking something...

You're forgetting about distractions like people who talk during the movie...or check their cell phones for a text...or kick the back of your seat...you can't pause the movie to tell people to knock it off.

I prefer watching a movie at home in a dark room with zero distractions. I don't need to be in a theater for a film to have an effect on me. In fact, a lot of my favorite movies I first saw on VHS, DVD, Blu-ray...