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TLDW: I recommend five Christmas movies you may not have seen or may have forgotten about, in descending order of wholesomeness.

1. Love Hard
2. Family Man (2000)
3. Gremlins
4. Violent Night (Note: Very graphic violence)
5. Bad Santa (Note: VERY raunchy, offensive humor)

Brad Pitt at his absolute best.

At a time when one of the few genuinely exciting trends in the world of cinema is the growing popularity of repertory theaters screening old movies on film, taking a major library off the market would be yet another blow to the theater industry that Netflix is apparently keen to destroy entirely. As movie theaters have struggled with finding creative solutions to the problem of Hollywood’s substandard (and decreased) output, repertory cinema has been a rare bright spot.

Theaters like Metrograph in New York, the New Beverly in Los Angeles, the Philadelphia Film Society (PFS) in Philadelphia, Coolidge Corner Theatre in Boston, and Music Box Theatre in Chicago have thrived as young cinephiles have flocked to see old movies on the silver screen. Recent rereleases of films ranging from Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar (only in IMAX 70mm) to Jaws to Kill Bill have enthralled moviegoers. Even more important, studies show that the supposedly “YouTube-addled” Gen Alpha actually prefer the theater experience to streaming, despite what Sarandos might say about the communal experience of a movie theater being “outdated.”

Rather than trusting Netflix to be stewards of such an important piece of America’s artistic and cultural landscape, they should turn over control of the archive to an institution like the University of California, Los Angeles, which already does a great deal of film preservation, along with the rights to license movies for rep screenings and physical media releases, the way Warner itself has assumed control of a number of old studio libraries.

Why doesnt the RDA just mine the floating rocks and not the surface of the planet?

Basically movies where the director didn't care about logic and used that freedom to cook

What I don't get here is why tne couldn't be retraesmitted to YouTube starting tnis or next year? Is it because of licensing?

Also interested in your opinion of the move from ABC.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.bestiver.se/post/799325

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It's always good to come 10 minutes early to get a crowd in the room before it starts.

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Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/embed/tV2qoDVnfxs

From the great movie-makers who brought you The Sound of Freedom and a baker's dozen movies about the Bible. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel_Studios#Production_library

Right, so I just wanted to make the point that the alien films with Sigourney Weaver are kinda same flavour as the Riddick films with Vin Diesel, and that the Sigoureny movies are better. Prove me wrong! Or come up with something better than either :)

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Link to the reminder from the previous month if people are interested: https://piefed.zip/c/movies/p/663830/meta-monthly-reminder-for-people-looking-for-a-more-active-community-there-s-movies-piefed#post_replies

2 PM showing, 15 minute intermission, back to the car just before 7 PM... that was an experience!

The changes are actually pretty minor:

1. The anime sequence that provides O-Ren's backstory is extended, showing how she got her revenge on the assassin who killed her parents, not just the boss who ordered it.

2. In the original fight with the Crazy 88, she does an eye pluck and the rest of the fight is in black and white, this cut remains in color for the full run of part 1.

3. Part One ends right after The Bride's speech to Sophie, "And I want them all to know they'll soon be as dead as O-Ren." Break for intermission. No cliffhanger.

4. Part 2 opens with the Church scene, a recap of part 1 not being necessary.

5. Added material after the end credits including a new scene set after the killing of Vernita Greene showing the end of the Pussy Wagon. Gogo's sister flies to L.A. for revenge.

That whole sequence is weird as it's, not kidding, animated in Fortnite and seems to follow Fortnite violence rules. Uma Thurman does return to do the voice of the Bride though.

Overall, it's a good flick, but I think I like the original versions better.

First, the second movie also has sequences in black and white, and because the big fight scene is now in full color, there's no precedent for the B&W footage, it just kinda comes out of nowhere.

Second, the cliffhanger at the end of part 1 is epic, it seems criminal to cut it.

Third, Fortnite? Seriously? They couldn't even be bothered to call the Pussy Wagon "Pussy Wagon", it's "😸 Wagon".

Edit The Fortnite clip is on the Fortnite YouTube channel:

https://youtu.be/PrUI5Ys3OwE

So i was bored and saw a trailer for Playdate and on a whim I decided to give it a watch and yes, it is bad. VERY bad. For one this the movie reads like it was written by AI. And the editing and ADR is atrocious as well. Look. It's just a BAD movie overall.

BUT. There is a discussion to be had. Because of the ending.

The movie is about Kevin James trying to bond with his step son who is coded as being Gay because he likes to dance. And macho Kevin just can't seem to connect with this kid. (Who already calls him dad by the way)

While trying to bond in the park by throwing a football around, they encounter Alan Richson's Character who is doing the same thing and they strike up a conversation.

Long story short, they both start being chased by bad men with guns because Alan's character stole the kid he currently acting as the father towards.

Eventually they find out that the kid is actually a military clone of Alan Richson's character, and the bad guys get the kid back back. When Kevin and Alan finally find the kid to get him back, they discover not just one kid, but hundreds.

They eventually get Their Kid back but then the question arises as what to do about the rest of them. The movie decides...

TO BLOW THEM THE FUCK UP!

You read that right. they blow up hundreds of innocent brainwashed kids.

My only question is did NO ONE at any point go "Hey guys, maybe blowing up a bunch of kids might look bad, don't you think?"

Like, did Kevin James and Alan Richson not once go "Guys, I'm not so sure I want to star in a movie where we mass murder children?"

That was honestly the most disturbing piece of art I've ever seen. I'd say it's a disturbing masterpiece in a way. I've had my share of unpleasant horror films but none have made me feel like this. I'd love to start a discussion about this film. What does everyone else think? What made it so effective?

A dream come true. Got to see my favorite movie, Blade Runner: The Final Cut on 35mm print at Million Dollar Theater in Download Los Angeles. The venue itself is significant for being seen in the movie and the neighborhood being where the movie was set and filmed. Directly across the street is The Bradbury, which many scenes were filmed in.

The Bradbury is a building primarily used for coworking spaces, so it is closed to the public. During open hours you can go into the lobby. Part of the building itself is a Blue Bottle cafe, so you can get coffee during the day.

Inside Million Dollar Theater:

Inside The Bradbury:

TLDR it was a pretty alright movie.

I'm not a FNAF superfan, or even a fan really. I saw the first movie with friends. I am aware of the games, the basic premise of at least the first game, and that there is sprawling and intentionally convoluted lore (though I don't know what it is).

I was not pointing at the screen because Things I Know were appearing. At the same time I set my expectations for a PG-13 tier horror movie where the primary audience was teens or tweens.

The movie itself was full of dumb characters, silly visuals, and plot contrivances for days. However it was never incomprehensible. I never found myself confused on what was happening or why with the plot. That might sound like a low bar to clear, but I'll get back to that.

The movie exists to be a live action themepark adaption of the games. Judging from the spurts of cheering in my audience it succeeded. As an outsider to FNAF's intricates I enjoyed this fever dream of interesting and surreal visuals delivered with nice looking effects, adequately likeable characters, and more Wayne Knight than I've seen in over a decade. It had a few too many screaming faces flying at the screen for my taste, but that comes with the territory.

I easily place FNAF2 into a woefully thin genre- it is a "gateway horror" film. The kind of movie that a child who might like horror can watch and have fun with. It sits alongside movies like Critters and The Gate. While it isn't quite as lean as those two, it comes in at a respectably tight 104 minutes.

On a whim I peaked at RottenTomatoes and was instantly reminded at the true uselessness of the site. I have never agreed with the idea of taking diverse and potentially nuanced viewpoints of individual critics and melting them down to pour into the mold of an aggregated score. The value of critics better comes from finding individual ones and learning their critical voice, so they can be used as a measuring point.

Beyond that, I looked at the score for FNAF2 which currently sits at a professional critic score of 12%. I found it interesting that The Gate is at 36% and Critters at 52%, which are higher numbers but still deeply in rotten territory.

I suspect some weighty professional critics had already made up their minds about the movie before actually watching it. Perhaps many a highbrow art connoisseur wants to avoid be seen enjoying a lowbrow film for dum dums. I read more than one FNAF2 review calling the plot impossible or hard to follow. I am just a simple person and had no trouble following it. I am not making the "just turn off your brain" argument, but more that a movie should be approached on its own wavelength. Perhaps all the techno-babble about "wireless remote control" was simply beyond the grasp of these intellectual giants.

I saw a complaint from a critic that this movie didn't really go deep enough into the trauma and psychology of the main characters. It's a movie made for tweens and they aren't watching it for a cerebral dive. Not every movie can be Friday The 13th Part 2 with Amy Steel playing Jason's mom.