The Wild Robot in theaters. Not a sequel or a remake. It is based off of a novel though.
2024 was apparently the first year where all the top-10 highest grossing movies were sequels. List doesn’t include Moana 2 and Gladiator 2 which are expected to make a lot of money as well.
Wild Robot really surprised me… Score was fantastic and some scenes had me bawling
We took our toddler to see it and both my partner and I had multiple episodes of weeping. Lovely film.
Also, for those interested in more mature movies: Juror #2. I had good expectations and was not disappointed. At least, not by the movie. There were only a handful of people in an already small cinema room, only a week after release. Meanwhile, Gladiator II is drawing a lot of public.
While I love shitting on CEOs and business people as much as the next left-oriented person, this trend in the movie industry is very much, at least partially, at fault due to many of the consumers.
People want original without taking the risk of watching an unknown movie that might be bad
I just can’t afford $30 for a ticket
Good thing the critic was invented, my tip is to follow one and getting familiar with them, not looking at aggregate scores, because even if they dislike a movie, you’ll know if you would like it since you are familiar with their tastes.
Hundreds of Beavers.
And I watched it by just sort of holding my eyes open while the video file played on my computer screen.
I stopped watching almost all franchise and remakes. Horror seems be the only genre worth watching. I had the highest hopes for the creator so much wasted potential.
Horror has been exceedingly formulaic for long while, which cabin in the woods masterfully satirized by flopping, but there have been many innovations recently. Love that practical effects have made a comeback.
Yeah I really liked the substance. There were a few issues but enjoyed the overall message they were trying to tell. Most A24 movies have been solid.
I hadn’t even noticed where US horror had been coming from! Added a few movies to my list!
Movies and shows that I have watched this year in no particular order and not all released this year:
The Beekeeper
Iron Claw
Say Nothing
Altered States
The Substance
Oppenheimer
Peaky Blinders (rewatch)
Kneecap
In The Name of the Father
The Batman
Lord of the Rings (rewatch)
The Departed (rewatch)
Deep Space Nine (haven’t finished)
The Devil’s Own
Sicario
Additionally, my wife has recently started watching Gossip Girl but I only catch glimpses of that show. Did anybody actually like that show when it came out?
Additionally, my wife has recently started watching Gossip Girl but I only catch glimpses of that show. Did anybody actually like that show when it came out?
If you think of teenage girls as people, tons of people liked it when it came out. They also liked the books.
There was a theory somewhere that this is about power play. If you produce Spiderman 245, power shifts away from the director and towards the production company. Less artistic freedom, more money management. If you let the director create their own movie, they are mostly in charge of how things go, movies become more artistic and less focused on money (alone).
I have nothing to confirm this and don’t remember the source I have that from except “the internet”
Your comment is compatible with my ideology. It is therefore true.
Poor marketing and limited theater releases is why and studios can blame themselves.
The price of movies is too damn high to go out and watch them. My system at home is far more comfortable and costs barely anything.
The Substance was a wild ride
Does Barbenheimer count?
I hardly watch movies anymore since I find the format limited compared to TV shows.
Last TV show - Slow Horses season 4
Last original movie in a movie theater was probably the Pokemon Movie.
Last movie in a movie theater was Dune part one. (Which for one was a hell of a good remake tbh)
I find the limit to be useful. It prevents random relationship drama and filler.
But I think both film and television series work great for different stories. Having television without a definitive end makes stories weirdly convoluted and meaningless as they try to change another season, just the same as the empty film sequel.
I have a 2 year old so what I find time to see is quite limited. Perhaps my opinion is a result of watching TV-shows adapted from books (Slow Horses), reality (Clarkson’s Farm) and crime/thrillers with a “monster of the week” structure, but with a slight narrative over a season (criminal minds)
Snatch. With my eyes.
I saw Megalopolis in theatres
I too sometimes pee in my own face.
You have my sympathies my brother in Crisp
People want to watch good movies. With remakes people want to see the original but with different actors and usually studios fuck them up by trying to fix what wasn’t broke.
Finally got around to to watching Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 3. I liked it a lot. Rented it on Amazon Video.
Before that, I watch ‘The 5th Wave’ which I think falls under the context of OPs question. Rented on Amazon Video. Garbage movie. Saw it because I saw a single clip of the movie that looked good. It was the only part of the movie that was good.
And before that one, I watched ‘Smile’. Dumb, lazy, predictable writing. Rented on Amazon Video.
Before that, I watched ‘The Edge of Sleep’. Very good series. Also Amazon Video.
Finally, ‘The Menu’, also Amazon Video. I liked it.
I saw all that for probably the cost of a single movie theater ticket. A matinee ticket right now, for my local theater (ordered online) is $17.60. I think the rent price of each of those movies was maybe $4 and ‘Edge of Sleep’ is free.
5th wave started strong with a bit of promise, then quickly degenerated into a hot steaming turd.
