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Let me add-- I Saw the TV Glow is something I'd have seen had it stuck around longer. Anora is a recent example of that, where a film I'd have eventually gotten around to seeing in previous years was gone too quickly in 2024 for me to catch it. Saturday Night is another such film. There were many, many films this year that caught my attention, but that I simply wasn't able to get out to see in time.
Partly that's on me, as I tend to prioritize seeing old films that are playing for one night, in one theater, and buy those tickets well in advance, and then try to fit in new releases whenever I have free time to get out to the movies.
I should add the upcoming Nosferatu remake to the list, as I already have a ticket to go see it on Christmas night.
I Saw the TV Glow looked interesting, but at the same time it looked like it wasn't going to be very good. Was it worth seeing? The Wild Robot would have been a good one to take the boys to see, but for whatever reason we didn't go. I've got tickets to take them to see Home Alone later this month, sandwiched in between solo trips to see the 1974 Black Christmas and The Thin Man.
I genuinely enjoyed Megalopolis, and found it to be a staggering spectacle of a film. It captures the zeitgeist of the modern day better than any other recent film, and though it falls apart a bit at the end, it's ambitiousness allows it to become something special. My favorite era of film is the 1930s, and elements of Megalopolis (and not just the fabulous art deco) harken back to that era, especially some of the dialogue. In parts it is hilarious, in others strange, but never too strange. Surprisingly, Shia LaBeouf, an actor I've never enjoyed watching, steals the show at times. You knew it was dead on arrival simply because audiences don't appreciate that sort of film, but I'm glad Coppola took it upon himself to make it happen. It remains to be seen if it will slowly become a cult classic, or fade into obscurity, but I'll certainly watch it again at some future time.
I don't equate a film based on a book, or a play, with a sequel or a reboot. Films have drawn from literature since the nascent days of the industry. Nor do I eschew all sequels and series. My main point is that in an era already heavily laden with sequels and reboots, theaters in 2024 have been especially filled with them.
I'd break down the new films I saw this year into 3 broad categories
Less publicized/popular movies I sought out
American Fiction
Late Night with the Devil
Lousy Carter
Kim’s Video
Immaculate
Am I Racist?
Getting It Back: The Story of Cymande
Abigail
Megalopolis
Heavily promoted films that interested me
Argylle
Civil War
The Fall Guy
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
Deadpool & Wolverine
Madame Web
Movies my kids wanted to see
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
Rocket Club: Across the Cosmos
Migration
Inside Out 2
Harold and the Purple Crayon
Transformers One
And in my kids' defense, they also went with me to a silent Rin Tin Tin film, and the older, 8-year-old, came with me to see the silent Nosferatu, Bride of Frankenstein, North By Northwest, The Man Who Knew Too Much (I caught both versions in a theater this year, he saw the remake with me), Moonrise Kingdom, and a bunch of other not-kiddie films.
I could make a 4th list of films I wanted to see in a theater but they were pulled too quickly for me to be able to do so, which is another pet peeve of mine. Films used to linger longer on the big screen. Now they play for a week or two, and they're gone before I have a chance to see them.
Did they though?
He was honest, and would do what was best for the town. Noble focused on the glory of the position, and how it could benefit him.
True, though Christmas is the day that the world's most famous zombie was born, so there's at least some sense to it.
There's a long tradition of great movies being released on Christmas Day. Nearly every year I head to the movies that night, as do many others.
I remember a group of us buying tickets well in advance for a 70mm roadshow screening of Hateful Eight on Christmas. Another year I met up with friends to see Sherlock Holmes. Django Unchained is another I remember as opening on Christmas. I also remember seeing Cast Away on Christmas night, but I think it had been out for a few days before we went to see it.
Nosferatu feels like a perfect movie to cap off a festive Christmas Day.
They sure are now. It didn't used to be that way. I'd argue it was better before. I love going to the movies. I go to the movies all the time. I just counted-- I've seen 110 movies in a theater this year so far, and I have already purchased tickets to 2 more this month. I'll probably see a few more than that. Of those 110, only 22 were new movies. It used to be at least half of what I saw was new, but now most new films are sequels, remakes, and reboots that I have no interest in seeing. Maybe it's just me? Do you prefer seeing Such and Such part 4 or This Old Thing the Reboot?
I'm not sure what that means. I don't think any race is problematic for an actor, unless they are portraying a historical figure, or a character whose race is intrinsic to their persona, in which case it may or not be strange.
Glad to help.
It's called acting. She's not a "POC in 16th century Germany." She's Snow White.
Why wouldn't they?
If you compare what Trump and his supporters stand for to what the Democrats stood for until quite recently, you'll find the two platforms to be nearly identical. My politics were considered liberal/Democrat until about 2016, now I'm suddenly far right.
I agree with pretty much everything you wrote, but you left out the two best greatest writer-directors of all time, Preston Sturges and Akira Kurosawa. I'd put them at the very top of my list, with Wilder, Woody, Welles, and Tarantino all fighting it out for third place.
Tarantino is remarkable in the way he can direct seemingly any genre, as you pointed out.
I'm 3 or 4 episodes into it, and I like it so far. It reminds me a bit of a show I enjoyed years ago called Bored to Death, which also starred Danson. This is like the more mainstream incarnation of that show.
Is this film woke? I haven't heard that about it. Barbie was super-woke, and it made a boatload last year, so it's not like anything that pushes a leftist agenda is going to automatically fail.
Even if it is woke, it has every built-in advantage a film could possibly have, so it seems "go broke proof." Some of those advantages include,
1. It's a musical, and musicals tend to dominate the box office.
2. It's based on the 2nd highest grossing Broadway musical of all time. 65 million people saw the musical.
3. It's a kid's movie, and those tend to do very well at the box office.
4. It's also a grown-up's movie.
5. It's a date movie, too.
6. It's based on The Wizard of Oz, one of the most beloved films in the history of cinema.
Comparing Wicked and Joker 2 was the mistake. That they are both musicals is incidental to their relative performances at the box office.
It's tracking for a $117 million opening weekend, so it's far from a flop. We'll see where it ends up, but with good word of mouth and positive reviews it could end up doing quite well.
I have zero interest in either, but I hope both make money, for the sake of the theater industry.
The point isn't accessing the site or creating a new account, the point is not wanting to participate in a site that censors content. Freedom of speech should be absolute. Bluesky will be like the old Twitter, a one-sided echo chamber where no idea is challenged, no matter how crazy, as long as it skews far left.