They should make more films based on real life events.

@@zelowatch30it would be really boring if there was a movie about the Big Bang event.

@@zelowatch30Ford V Ferrari will be my favorite “based on a true story” movie for a long long time Edit: It was also quite memorable because I saw it opening weekend with friends ofc just months before covid. If only I knew that’d be my last time in a movie theater for about 2 years.

@@zelowatch30

@@AJ13688Oh yeah that was a good one!! I’m not even like into cars and I really liked it

yea im better then Penguinz0

I wish I could say that for the video game industry

That’s what I’m thinking too I love the theater but man the movies are shit

I think they're just playing more videogames and waiting to rent and stream.

​@@Gta4isgarbageFor real. People will pay $70 for broken cookie cutter games over and over and over again and then cry online that AAA studios keep putting out half finished games. Quit buying them on release and studios will get their act together real quick when sales drop..

75 euros so like 100cad yea it is crazy I havent seen a movie in theaters since 2018 but I go for the arcade because ciniplex in canada is fun as hell and only arcade really in my city

What kind of cinema did you go to, for 3 tickets in the UK it's 14.97 and another like 15 - 20 for snacks (we never pay for snacks in the cinema though because they're overpriced). It's like 15 for 3 tickets or 34.97 with snacks

@AqueousYT this was back in the 90s, bro. Tenner is probably an exaggeration, but me and my friend would constantly frequent the cinema and not need much money.

@@D8nnyJ Nah the modern day price is unbelievably high I mean

@AqueousYT aha. Yeah I haven't been to a cinema in the UK for over a decade as I'm now living overseas. But here in Austria, its insane. As I said in my original post, it cost me over 70 euros to take my 2 kids to see super mario. It really sucks, as it seems like going ANYWHERE these days will put a dent in your wallet.

What possible job is giving you 3k bonus every month ? 😂😂

@@taylor0000027either some sort of sales goal bonus or stock option. In the US, the employee stock option plan is actually capped at 25k a year, so I doubt he is getting paid in stocks. He must be doing salesman or getting tips as a server at a restaurant. Getting around 100 bucks per night he works sounds right. Calling tips a bonus is not wrong but it is something you say when you are embarrassed about your profession. Don’t be.

@@onewayraildex4827 Restaurant sounds right, min wage. But 100 a night is actually really good, must be a bustling spot.

Why mention the bonus if you arent gonna include it in the math

​@@taylor0000027 In NYC, 100 a night working at a restaurant is below average or slow day numbers. Maybe widest locations in the US probably it's alright.

profit needs a consumer base but also prefers to insult consumers when they know it can fly

Than tell me how you please your investors or stockholders by having one woke box office flop after the other. To earn money you have to please the audience... But literally nobody wants to see a dead horse beaten till theres only mush left, nobody wants to see a corpse dug up and raped on screen... Cause thats the only thing hollywood can come up with the last 10 years. Remake after remake, live action that nobody wanted or asked for, woke agenda, raceswaps and genderswaps, franchises getting stomped into the ground and being left to die. But Hollywood just doesnt see that theyre not making money with that any longer, people are fed up with that crap being shoved down their throats, and box office numbers prove it...

I think it's really fucking funny you think this hasn't been the case since the dawn of cinema and it's some new thing.

@@MINTY_FN then why does nostalgia exist? couldn't it be products used to actually appeal to people (even if in tacky ways) instead of insulting them?

Same goes with Video games

Didn't Shawshank Redemption flop? It was up against Pulp Fiction and Forrest Gump at the time.

I honestly think those types of movies are a thing of past which is sad.

These will make a resurgence more as indie films than big studio backed.

well yea thats the thing, i dont like super hero movies and i only go with my nephews when they want to see something, fewer movies of horror or suspense dosent do any favors to me atleast

@@biteofdog shawshank and green mile both flopped but are now seen as cult classics which is kinda sad since they didnt get the the recognition they deserved on release.

to be fair, at least for me, snacks have been outrageously priced since the begening of time, before streaming was a thing and while blockbuster was still the place to rent vhs lol. they haven't offset with the price of snacks or tickets, not in my country at least, it was never cheap. They just rather stayed complacent haha. Thinking they could forever charge the prices they desired and the audience would go along because they had few options back then, but not now.

It’s watching a bleeding animal try to bite you when you can help.

You’re going to an IMAX theatre though, one of the most expensive spots to see new movies, so of course it’s going to be expensive. Besides, local movie theaters are much cheaper and you get more bang for your buck, despite not watching in 4K with high end leather seats.

@@shadowbug1811 It’s still way too expensive at most local theaters. It cost around $60 for 3 people ($14 per ticket) including snacks when I went last week with my family.

Look out for deals I just went yesterday with my freind group of 10 and tickets just cost over $60. I also have a membership with the theatre for discounts

14 per ticket is pretty average tho… what price do you think makes sense. Also… just bring your own snacks when you know for ages now movie theaters have overcharged on them

@@crow27837that’s why you buy snacks somewhere else and bring them into the theater

Completely agree older movies are way better than anything new

this is because you had to write something good for it to be popular, not just be a brand movie to succeed not to mention that movies and tv shows have dips and peaks in quality, it correlates to the current happiness of everyone, the creative inspiration of the time, etc. with everything right at your fingertips, would you really be interested in seeing snow white or king arthur told the for the 1000th time? imo, not really haha

You couldnt make a movie like Talladega nights, superbad, hangover and tropic thunder now wit out the woke mob getting enraged

@@Boostlagg sure you could and let people hate on it, but have such a good amount of people who like it so you have defensive capabilities and not get cancelled.

Same, I just watched My Cousin Vinny and its pretty funny.1992

Absolutely true. Furthermore, one good video game might cost a bit more than a trip to the theater. But not only does it often last longer than a movie, when you do the math on how much entertainment you're getting per dollar, it's absolutely no contest.

​@@Isaiah_Rude0925more dopamine per dollar👌

Nope, games, even the most interactive ones like God of War, have nothing to do with movies, unless there is an actual research on this, it's just not believable in the slightest.

​@TheKayShawn It's only speculation but you have a point. We don't know until there is research to back it up but I think it's a good claim. I'd rather play a video game than watch a movie. I wouldn't want to spend money on a movie unless it has good story telling.

@@bozardo101 most people aren’t gamers and most games require you to buy, download, install, have a good PC, and then play, whereas you just open your netflix on any device you have and start watching, hell of a difference, I do not think games have had any change at all on movies but I can be wrong, maybe there will be a research someday.

Spider-Man ATSV is an example of this. It was well animated but gee, wasn’t it overrated! The story was a cliched mess with plot holes everywhere. I could honestly watch it again due to the various details and Easter eggs, BUT I still scratch my head why people panned Elemental for the story but gave ATSV a free pass. It makes no sense. Spoilers: First, you have your typical rebellious teenager story plot line. Then you have the fact every Spider-Man is propped up by human sacrifice in every f*ckin dimension? Lore wise it makes no sense because the existence of Spider-Man in itself is far more complex than what they portrayed in ATSV. They essentially dumbed down the lore for the sake of what exactly? Honestly what a way to take away the power through responsibility principle and turning the story into an utter mess. Don’t get me started on how a rookie like Miles outsmarted thousands of so called “genius” spider men/women with years and years, decades of experience during the escape scene. I am ok if people didn’t like Elemental or Indiana Jones, but opinions make the world go round. Call the stories boring, or whatever, I don’t care. My only gripe is that people are essentially playing favorites. I hate this picking and choosing. ATSV is hardly a masterpiece and certainly ain’t a 10/10 movie.

@@cbgg1585the entire movie was a cliffhanger. for me it was just eye candy. very good eye candy, mind you.

⁠@@lahar2412As I said, WELL animated. The story was just utter horse $hit with or without part 2 incoming.

I saw Atsv in theaters and there was like 8 trailers before, I'm not kidding, all of them looked dogshit (some of them might be good but the trailers sucked). Rotten tomatoes and other review sites are also very popular now

​@cbgg1585 look at you, trying to be all unique lol

I went to the theater today and it was packed. Probably because of Indiana Jones.

@@nytrobros.4810 I see

@@nytrobros.4810same

Last time i went to a movie theater it caught on fire because someone was smoking and caught the carpet on fire

Last few times i went it was near empty, seen the last Scream, and The Barbarian. Was barely anybody in the lobby.

It’s not excellent. It’s safe, generic, typical Wes Anderson shit and I think people are finally picking up on it.

@@davemac9563🤝

movies don't do this

@@beerlover343 lol i think it's time to get out from under that rock of yours

It’s cause those movie focus on a good script. U can’t hide behind fx.

Freaking love the Truman Show.

SO many romcoms were mid/low budget too and became cult classics

Spaceballs.

The thing with mid-budget movies is that they often depict everyday normal scenarios we can relate to. Home Alone, it's just a kid at his house. Pulp Fiction - it's just some criminals driving around doing crime. Some of the most famous and loved films depict very mundane settings and are entirely driven by characters and plot. We don't need giant CGI monsters or huge visual spectacle.

Basically like watching Tokyo Ghoul Season 2 without reading the manga of the first season first. Season 1 completely branches off from the manga in the second half then in Season 2 follows the manga again. Causing a lot of confusion with my friends at the time.

I think disneys problem is they keep trying so hard to be diverse to get more people to watch the movie than they are worrying about if the product is actually good.

@@k3salieri they should've gone the Blue Exorcist route. Season 2 just completely ignores whatever the fuck happened in the 2nd part of season 1, since the source material didn't exist yet.

It's literally homework. Dull boring crap that gets assigned for you to slog through so you can understand what's being discussed on the screen. Entertainment is fundamentally not supposed to work that way.

@@Soggywafflecakes I don’t think people have a problem with diversity per se. Arcane is one of the most diverse shows I’ve ever seen, and it’s phenomenal, but I agree that the main problem is that they hide behind diversity to excuse bad writing.

they do at amc, download AMC stubs! tuesdays only $6

Not after Ruby Gillman. That film was painful to watch.

I'm better than bots and scammers and tompussies here

Spiderverse 2 and Puss 2 hard carrying the western animation scene this yr

Man, every reply to every comment is just bots

what are these bots bruh

I like this too. I want more villans that are just stubbornly bad and stay that way. I like to think about walter white. Despite everything crumbling down around him, he stayed true to his own shitty ideals as a drug lord.

Exactly that, your point about the villains staying bad is perfect. I do like a redemption arc sometimes, but I’m getting tired of having them in every movie. I really feel like a good example of how to a redemption arc right is The Winter Soldier. He was bad, had his mind control broken through in a legitimately intelligent and convincing way, and then turned good. However, AFTER Bucky turned good, he struggled with the deeds of what he did while he was bad. This is something a lot of redemption arcs miss, and that’s what makes them lacklustre. It’s legit “I was bad but now I’m good” and not enough “what have I done?” A good example to me of a bad guy staying bad to the end is David from The Last of Us, but specifically in the show. He was fighting Ellie in a BURNING BUILDING and still was going to do what he wanted to do until she killed him. He was willing to put his life aside just to be an evil son of a bitch. As terrible of a person as David is, he’s a wonderfully written character. Some characters deserve to be irredeemable, like The High Evolutionary or Micah Bell from Red Dead Redemption II. Others deserve redemption. It’s just that studios have a huge problem deciding who deserves redemption, and if they do, how to do it well.

I was trying to tell my sibling this and they all laughed at me at our Fourth of July picnic. Really made me feel bad

I agree but can someone tell me why death is considered to be evil if it is just a natural thing?

@@BoginTheOrange I’d say he’s considered evil because of his particular anger towards cats for having nine lives

feels like some ploy to retcon and cultivate some intergenerational compartmentalization....

I like reboots. It brings attention to the older versions and allows new generations to explore something they originally would never have. Even if the movie flops, the discovery of the original is totally worth it Ex: charlie and the chocolate factory :) thats my fav

Yeah and then female version after that. It’s so annoying. (Coming from a female) Nothing is original anymore - some things are but you know what I mean.

Yall remember Ghostbusters 2016? I do i wish i could forget it.

⁠@@megmc80basically that’s how most movies are now. take a franchise, make a sequel, kill the main character, replace it with the female lead that nobody likes and is basically invisible and keep making movies with that character. A lot of the directors basically use the characters as a self insert for what they want to see themselves do rather than being a character.

my family did the exact same thing

I miss dollar theaters, there was one I liked going to throughout my life, but I think COVID killed them off. Which sucks because you get the cinema experience but at a cheaper price. Heck, the food wasn't stupidly overpriced either.

Why would you give your hard earned money to pedos in hollywood ? Good question huh

The old dollar theaters were the best

I'm sorry for your loss...

I don't know man, Fast X doesn't seem like a great story😅

Na, most ppl aren’t that smart and prefer an adrenaline rush to a real story.

​@@hamburgler227 Tetris this year was pretty good, and it was more story than anything that would classify as an "adrenaline rush".

Sadly, Its not like that. Its simply because of streaming services and everyone getting access to it. And to add to this... Believe it or not, a few years ago, not everyone had internet. Now even the poorest of the poor can have access.

So by pander your mean “have a progressive message” When countless movies with no progressive messaging still bomb

That's nothing new. Hollywood favoring big blockbusters has been a thing since blockbusters. And now, what's the alternative? The ONLY movies that do well in theaters now are blockbusters, anything else people don't bother to show up because they know they'll just be able to stream it later on. And, "Instead of just going for success"? What does that even mean??

I have no idea what you were going for here but it made no sense to me. They don't care until WE don't care.

Define success though

What does that even mean? Is a successful movie not a blockbuster? A movie having a high budget is not the same thing at all as being a blockbuster. block·bust·er nounINFORMAL a thing of great power or size, in particular a movie, book, or other product that is a great commercial success. "the latest Hollywood blockbuster" So what you're saying is that Hollywood has stopped making successful movies in the pursuit of making successful movies. Ah yes, now I understand. Why would the goal of the film industry ever be to NOT make successful movies? Wtf? How does your comment have 500 likes?

That's not. It's the woke agenda. The Mary Sue. The need to down the male lead. Real filmmakers are far and few between because nobody would hire them. People only want to put money behind things that won't offend anyone. U can't entertain people without offending somebody.

It’s all fabricated and a lie. Really just shows how easily people are manipulated

Yep

It's not based on real life..sex trafficking happens a lot differently.

@gudzhis This movie is literally based on what Tim Ballard did. He even helped direct it, lol. It is quite literally based off of real life and real events that happened

@@collegehumorrulz1 highly doubt it.

Almost like finding a good new movie is a treasure hunt, it's buried underneath a ton of crap movies, and ya need to find and dig it out of that pile

It's so rare to see a good new movie nowadays

Transformers ROTB was good, and it’s not even a month old

Just blockbusters, there are plenty of good new movies that don't come from the big guys

@@SCREAMshot6781 theres 1 movie in the horizon that im actually excited for and that Dune part 2, that shit is gonna be lit

The fact that some directors and writers have gone on record and openly bragged that they didn't consume or study the source material when making remastered works or derivative adaptations is truly pathetic.

"PEOPLE WANT THEIR EXPECTATIONS SUBVERTED! Ruin all their heroes! Crap on all their franchises! It's art!" - Idiots in the film industry

@@BlazingOwnagerExactlyyy like how killing off characters is just so expected and never shocking at this point. They all try to do it for shock value or thinking it’ll make them special when everyone is expecting it and it only makes people lose interest. Idk how they’re just not understanding they don’t have to kill every single character people like to make a good movie.

Well the people keep crying that nothing is like what it's used to be . Talking about how movies back then were better then we get remakes . Also the people don't know what they want .

@@tesytes318people do know what they want. It’s modern era elitist Hollywood that refuses to give people what they want in favor or a newer more inclusive/progressive movie landscape that belittles all their beloved characters

Are you all not being constantly bombarded with ads about it??

@@DeathnoteBB never heard of it, it might be a location thing though edit: went to the movies, saw one screening of it and one 3 sec ad lol

I watched it earlier today. It was all right, nothing special, but not a bad movie by any means

@@DeathnoteBB it was mostly the first trailer and everybody going wild about the movie for about a week that I knew anything about the movie, also it's kinda funny seeing it flop after everyone hyping up DreamWorks just because they made two good movies back to back recently

I've just now learned that there was a new DreamWorks movie at all

As long as theres dead horses laying around, you can be sure hollywood already has the stick in his hands to beat it till nothing is left...

Hollywood woke. Hollywood bad. Hollywood stinky. Hollywood stupid. (Did I miss the bandwagon guys?🤓)

Disney wants them to flop so people will buy real disney movies again

I get the feeling it's all about minimizing risks, trimming all the fat, trying to get the most out of doing the least. No new ideas, just rehashed canned products. It's the same in music where you have all these made-up stars that get their texts written by that one Swedish guy and keep pumping the same stale sh*t over and over again.

Wait, they made a new Toy Story?

I predict that it will happen soon. We are currently witnessing the death of cinema, as how the generations before witnessed the death of the drive-in.

​@@adumate6543And video rental stores

personally unless its one of those 3D or 4D movies, nothing at a movie theatre cant be done better at home easier. Most people already can get a better experience at home with just their TV than they can at a movie theatre. Without a "home theatre" setup. Unless you've got a CRT or something at home, lights you cant turn off, speakers that dont work, and you have the worlds most uncomfortable couch; Theatres that arent doing special effects offer absolutely nothing.

It happened to Drive-in Movie Theaters.

Theaters have a niche in that they show indie project, foreign films, or small non hollywood movies that aren't worldwide releases. Usually they are for one night or weekend but it's still a purpose I don't see being replaced

barbie looks tacky and over hyped to hell and back

Oppenheimer yeah, but Barbie? Ffs.

@@mastermill79 from what ive read the plot for barbie seems to be expected to be quite interesting, self aware, and good quality, with vibes of (a somewhat lighter hearted) truman show. I think it has potential

@@mastermill79Believe it or not, yes lol

They already fucked Barbie right up with the woke agenda. The movie starts where EVERYBODY is Barbie every color of person is a Barbie. Every color of man is a Ken. It's stupid as shit. I took my kid to Little Mermaid and she hated it. She's 3. We are not racist but she's like Daddy why is this little mermaid black? I had no way to answer her question. All I could muster was, I Really don't know?

exactly

Funny😐😐😐😐

why u gotta be rude man @@TheDeathvice187 🤣

I went to go watch the new insidious movie. It wasn’t bad but it also wasn’t great, so many plot holes and it felt a bit lazy. 6/10 for me. I spent 20 bucks on the damn popcorn and large drink combo, I felt like I got so ripped off. On top of that they have me a cup that was bent towards the top. When I filled my drink and when to put the top on, it didn’t fit and it kept falling off, I couldn’t get a new cup cuz I already filled this cup. Every time I would hold the drink the cover would pop off. Then when we are watching the movie I get caught off guard by the first jump scare and spilled half my popcorn on the floor 😢 I know the last bit was my fault lol but still, overall not a great experience and it’s felt like this for a while now.

I went to watch a movie with a girl I bought the tickets and I was buying the snacks, little did I know she was going to order a large popcorn and two large drinks, it was about fifty dollars for me to go to a movie with a girl, and I didn’t even make a move

12! Shit here is 19 dollars for ticket(except tuesdays, its 15), 8 for a drink, and 10 or 12 for popcorn. Candy is like 5 and thats a stretch.

@@dontnonowuno9953skill issue

@@ILLUSI_O_N-V1 movie theatre sucks buy firestick

Doubly expensive when food and snacks cost double the ticket sometimes I'll just wait so I can eat at home and watch it on demand

I think that combined with how long theatres were shut down and made people realize "Oh hey, we were marketed these big ass TV's to us for a reason" really sucked a lot of reason to actually go to a theatre.

If you live in a big expensive city, it has been an "event" for a while. But, I agree it has gotten worse. The tickets were $25 for 3 adults (the theatres were running a promo), yet the food was $50...(large popcorn, coke, and taxes). This was last year, I do not plan on going to a movie theatre anytime soon.

are they that expensive though? i'm from australia and tickets cost around $20 here (about 15 usd), which is perfectly fine for going to the movies once a week

Used to have 5$ ticket Tuesdays around where I live. Plus free (small) popcorn if you were a part of their free loyalty program. Miss those days of seeing a movie with a drink and popcorn for like 10 bucks

Yeah, superhero movies are garbage.

@@alpsalish They were fine when they tried to follow the comic books and descriptions, but when you stop listening to the fans and what made people go in droves... failure sets in.

The Batman trilogy is really looking like the last hope for superhero movies lol

@@alpsalishwtf are u on Spiderverse and GOTG are fucking perfect gems idk what y’all are complaining about

@@jaybarbieri8619this has got to be a joke! Batman movies are trash now Spiderman slams in every way and Spiderverse is the best movie ever

Any normal movie theater ticket sales are pretty much split 50/50 with the theater and the studio that made the movie

@@capybara9802no lol There's a reason a lot of theaters are struggling and why say Disney or WB hasn't created their own theater. There's very little profit in it.

@@capybara9802it’s not 50/50, not even close, they do make money from tickets though but most of the money is made from concessions. Also as the movie gets older, the cinema gets more in terms of ticket sales but not that helpful considering most watch a film earlier in its cycle.

@@Antwannnn I’m not sure how you thought I was trying to say movie theaters are profitable from that comment, all I’m saying is that they do make money from ticket sales, all the money doesn’t go strait to the studios.

​@@capybara9802 This isn't remotely true - you shouldn't speak so authoritatively on something you don't understand. Studios will often take 80 or 90% of the ticket sales for the first 3 weeks or so. The longer the movie plays the percentage starts to even out and can eventually reach the 50/50 split. No studio is offering theaters 50% of tickets sales on a new release ever.

Thing is, the Pixar problem kinda started back when Inside Out was a thing. I never liked that movie, and I couldn't see why it was so popular. Now, it seems that's all Pixar is focusing on. "What obscure thing can we give feelings today?" I'm just snoozing at these new releases lol..

@@nomoretwitterhandlesinside out was a great film tho. Honestly. I look inside our emotions and how memories also are effected by emotions.

Elemental is just "What if X had feelings" number 1347.

For real, though. A lot of Disney’s movies these days I don’t hear about until shortly before it releases. I had no idea Encanto was a thing until just a few weeks before it came out and wouldn’t have seen it if it weren’t for streaming. The lack of promotion just shows me that they don’t have confidence in their products.

ill do it for us a short text to dumb us back down again😶

I’m looking forward to Oppenheimer. I just hope there’s no historical revisionism that’s so prevalent in movies these days.

Meh, the first dune movie was overhyped like Black Panther.

i hope oppenheimer does well. It looks good.

Barbie is guaranteed to be shit

​​@@lonestarrk9308hey'll definitely try to sprinkle modern politics into it if there is an investor who bases their whole personality around it, but I'm cautiously optimistic to see Oppenheimer in theatres

We’ll said brother

My problem with movies now is they're just boring and are so routine. We all used to make fun of Adam Sandler movies back in the day because they were all basically the same. But that's basically how all movies are now. It's all just a formula. There's very little personality. It's always just "crank out another of something that has been time-tested and done to death" or rebooting an old IP (generally with a movie that doesn't advance the IP in any way and just regurgitates shit... like the Terminator movies or most one-off remakes of horror movies) Like, honestly, I've been out of touch with movies for years. I DO wanna rewatch the early MCU up until to a point... but even those movies eventually get boring. To someone who's not a comic book guy, you watch the earlier MCU movies and they just feel really innovative and memorable as movies. But then I've had times where I've been to a friends house and they show one of the later MCU films I haven't seen and it's just [insert character here] but stylistically and structurally they feel the same as any marvel movie And I know that's just Marvel movies but like... beyond that, that's my problem lol. It gets even less interesting. I don't care for Disney or Pixar's modern animated movies, I just don't. I mean, I guess I'm also different from most people because I was never big into those kinds of movies even as a kid. But like, usually a lot of these movies tend to have some kind of gimmicky aesthetic or setting attached as "window dressing" of sorts, but then you look at the plot of the movie and it's basically the same as every other pixar/disney movie. The setting for many animated films is generally more interesting than the content of the movie itself, but the setting is undermined by the fact that the entire thing is a device to convey some extremely generic moral or lesson that is probably so dumb and basic that kids don't even learn anything from it. On top of it, the jokes in these movies. And I'm sick of action/drama movies that try to look 'gritty' but come off bland. I think you know what I'm talking about. Big gruff guys with no personality, shaky cam, 'realistic fight scenes' that come off as uncoordinated and lacking any interesting technique or choreography to them. Compare this shit to the action movies of the 80s or any martial arts flick or any john woo flick and basically adult action movies nowadays suck. The plotlines are often so generic too... like the Taken movies. I've heard of people liking those? But literally the premise of the movie is the most plain thing ever Like just give me something that looks cool with a cool style, interesting gimmick, some personality, and for fuck's sake just be creative. All I want to do basically is watch older movies and avoid the newer ones. Nothing nowadays compares to things like, OG Terminator, Aliens, the Matrix, the James Bond movies, etc. Even movies when I was a teen (so like, 2008 to 2014 maybe) were more interesting than the shit that came out. I've seen one-off sci-fi flicks like, Edge of Tomorrow, Oblivion, etc. Even then they were coming up with shit. Nowadays... no one has any kind of creative or artistic mind at all.

Don't forget the massive Top Gun Maverick! It earned an unbelievable amount of money it was just an amazing movie.

100%agree

Yea it seems like Charlie, along with most people have really low standards (which is why we got here in the first place). I mean he just said Indiana Jones is a totally fine movie but you forget it on the drive home. Forgetting a movie on the drive homes makes it objectively bad. Acting like the movies are pricing people out despite literally every movie thats actually liked getting everyone and their mother into the theater to see it is strange. Top Gun, Mario, Spiderverse, even Avatar 2 all resulted in absolutely packed theaters. The brain drain in Hollywood and many other media industries has been so massive in the 21st century and it's sad to see people still missing this. I basically only watch movies from before I was born (2004) because they're so much better written. I can barely stand to sit through the horribly cringey dialogue in modern movies and when I can it's usually because a classic film franchise gets revived and isn't changed that much like with Top Gun.

This rings true when you think about Avatar, James Cameron told an A-List actor that the story could function just fine without them. That anyone could play the role. And he was right. Saved a shitload on just the main character.

They are spending more money on SFX, but Mavrick and Mario destroyed those movies except Avatar. You do touch on the issue, tho. They just need better writing.

Every business wants that "no way it can fail guarantee" and if that means you gotta put Chris Pratt in the movie, or Margot Robbie, or The Rock, or Steven Segal, or whoever. It's worth it to them. And it's our fault as viewers because people will actually go watch a movie just because an actor they know is in it. We'll also skip them if we don't know any of the actors. Cameron obviously already has exposure because people will definitely watch a movie because of a well known director. And they made it like everyone was waiting on Avatar 2 to drop for like 10 years, even tho most of the current generation probably didn't even see Avatar 1 when it was this incredible cinema experience everyone had to see. I mean who actually thought about Avatar before the marketing for part 2 started? I know I didn't.

I think that's the main point. It's very baffling how I've seen animations that probably needed a grain of sand of the budget that big studios have to come to life. The cost of course is in time, and big studios like pushing out movies like an assembly line every quarter. Like, if the companies are in the interest of cost cutting, how about start by cost cutting on the most unnecessary and expensive garbage that only fluffs the movie visually but not artistically (it just makes it look more AI generated ironically).

@@corruptfaith6674 very different between sfx being the selling point i.e Avatar and the Mario movie and it not being the selling point i.e most other live action movies

i agree with the advertising, the only time i ever saw a trailer was when i was in the theater before watching spiderverse.

​@@RyusutaI had to Google that. Thank God you're only half right

@@Ryusuta as of today, international gross was $243,744,758. Combined with the Domestic Gross of $281,241,145... we're at $524,985,903 combined, which is at the low end of estimates for a "break even" point (not profit, just paying off what they spent to make/advertise the film)

@@Ryusuta hummm not sure about this the overall gross is 526 millions. China has rejected that movie and international box office did not pass expectation. Is only here in America the movie generated most revenue. You can correct me on this one if you know better.

It’s also just kinda ugly looking tbh

​@seanolaocha940 It's ok buddy. You'll catch up eventually. Some people are just slower than others.

Here's the problem: it's not that they don't understand whatever "issue", it's that they're making up shit to whine about.

​@seanolaocha940 no, they were not shoving everything must be gay and/or black. All men must be lower than the woman. That's pretty new.

oh another "agenda" handwave because you don't want to just come out and say you can't stand gay people(or whatever other cultural/social minority you have recently seen representation for) so seeing any representation at all makes you so upset you are willing to out yourself online over it. there are movies where it is laid on thick or is obviously in bad faith, I will give you that. but if that is what you think is causing cinema to fail, then you are wrong and part of the reason such representation is necessary. if the entire premise of the show/movie is the representation for the sake of marketing scheme and its writing obviously suffers for it, sure I guess that sucks. but generally its treated in movies about as it works in real life. something that is mostly a personal thing that can, due to social injustice, occasionally make life a lot harder and scarier. media in general has gotten better at displaying stuff like this with nuance. it is not a personality trait and queerness does not automatically make you a good person. so the problem is very likely you.

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I agree, though I feel the "old broken shell" arc can only be pulled off by certain characters and not feel by the numbers (Logan, Thor kinda, etc)

Sounds like what they did to Optimus in RiD

Luke Skywalker is the first thing that comes to mind when you say this

When I first saw the trailer for Indy 5, I knew they were wanting to replace him with Phebe Waller Bridge’s character and that the whole movie was only made to be able to continue it with her

I saw a trailer for it, and as soon as I saw "A Christopher Nolan film", I knew I was going to see it.

It's a Nolan movie, he almost never makes a bad movie

Considering the state of the world, and increasing threat of war. I guarantee this movie was made for a reason. There's definitely an underlying message in the film, or propaganda. Keep in mind that world leaders have underground bunkers. They will press that button. If anything for depopulation.

This didn't age well... People walked out of the movie because of how much it drags the actual plot of the movie which is Oppenheimer's security clearance which is not what people thought they were going to see.

It's well crafted but overrated for sure

personally, since tv shows are so long, i get more invested in the story/characters and it will be more impactful. After finishing the last season of a series, I almost get sad. like losing a friend lol

I'm rewatching boba Fett rn lol

@@zwro5045totally agree, but with an additional observation: some series are too long. Not every story needs 6-10 episodes. Seems like a lot of the “documentaries” Netflix has have been intentionally stretched out to get more content but it at the expense of making it boring.

TV is dying too, has been for years

@@chrism4008network tv but now shows on streaming

Except if they keep a tight grip, complete outsiders will take over.

Most films of the 70s themselves weren’t hits or memorable thoughts that’s due to the style of the films

unironically watching the critical drinker and taking anything he says seriously lol lmao

fk all of those creators. The movie cynic is obsessed with hating marvel. They’re all right wing pos. Especially the critical drinker

This comment is literally how I feel. And the exact movies you named were the ones I was super hyped for and talked hours about them with my friends. It’s such a amazing feeling to see good movies. And I’m literally scrolling through the movie theater movies to see a good one release.

I find your observations as a theater employee insightful and interesting. I've studied Cinema in college, years ago, and I understand the potential the movie theater experience has to elevate the art and craft of big screen cinema. Unfortunately, for many, many, reasons what we're seeing come out of Hollywood is rarely meeting the ticket price expectations that consumers have. Yes, making movies is a big business, with stakeholders who have expected returns on their investment so risk is minimized while trying to maximize reward. Why are so many movies remakes, repackaging, pre-quals, sequels or even ongoing versions of an established franchise? because there's less risk when you have an proven storyline or cast. The reason Adam Sandler still has a career is because his movies are cheap and pretty much have a guaranteed audience who want to see a 90s SNL cast reunion on the big screen that's relatively funny and entertaining. Are they good movies? thats open for interpretation, but they make a set amount of money that's pretty well predicted before shooting begins. On the other hand, investing $500 Million over years of development into a blockbuster like Avatar: the Way of water is still a gamble that studios have little interest in taking when Sandler movies make a consist amount for a fraction of the cost and little risk. Personally, I'll take a trip to the theater to see movies that have had the money invested in a serious sound track and image resolution to ensure an immersive experience (Ex. Top Gun 2) that's only possible on the big screen versus my 85" 4K TV at home. Unfortunately, the theater is also were the $20 popcorn and $8 Cokes and all the idiots come out to talk during the movie or use there phone which ruins the experience. Yes, I like the theater experience, but I like the ability to control my surrounding and actually enjoy a movie instead of being frustrated by an ever increasing level of public stupidity.

I enjoyed Avatar: The Way of Water but honestly it could have only been a two hour movie. There was no reason it needed to be three fucking hours.

​​@@jefffaller8474 enjoy watching entertainment in my own surroundings too. I didn't pay $20+ for tickets and possibly over $15 for food to hear the people four seats down from me talking during the whole fucking movie or hearing a kid (who clearly should not be seeing the same movie I am seeing) keeps asking his parents stupid ass questions throughout the whole movie because he is a kid in a rated R movie. People are annoying and no matter how many acne ridden teenagers they get to sweep and scrub those floors, they are never getting that damn sticky spot of spilled Dr. Pepper off of that floor. That being said, there are some really well kept theaters that offer patrons drinks and even like, full meals for the movie. Some family, friends, and I went to one a few years back in Northern California and I ordered a couple of cocktails and some buffalo wings to have during the movie. I can't even remember what movie we saw but the experience was awesome and memorable and I thought "Europe's been doing this shit for years. Why the fuck don't we do that here in the States?" and then I remembered "Oh, yeah. A lot of our people suck and can't be trusted to do the right fucking thing or control themselves with an ounce of dignity or respect." Anyway. I do appreciate being in the comfort of my own other-people-free surroundings.

Those movies came out recently so what are you talking about

Add onto that the fact that movies are getting pushed to streaming so fast, there’s not that push to go to the theatre when you can watch it on digital in like a 8 weeks (maybe a little longer at worst) especially in our current economy, it just makes more financial sense to watch at home.

Crazy looking back on how people overreacted to something that was never that deadly.

It's actually the forced propaganda and sjw agendas forced at the audience in big budget movies like anything disney touches that people are correctly getting sick and tired of, it's nauseating.

For me, its simply the writing. Hollywood has gotten lazy and started hiring hack activists instead of paying the extra cash for some competent, proven writers. That's why so many movies are remakes now, and why audiences are routinely rejecting them. Give us better written content, and we'll come back to theaters. But half the remakes and shows on D+ could've been written by an AI.

plus they are all just woke

I wish i got to see it alone. It just feels so personal. Very good movie.

I'm so glad I went with a very close friend to see it. Like you said, it's a special experience. I was expecting a great movie from what I heard, but Puss in Boots 2 was beyond that 🩷

Wtf is this some new meme?

That movie was so weak to me. I liked Mario brothers

That movie is the only film that competes with Spiderverse. The action, colors, characters, and Death, all were so good and they made fun of fairytales along the way. They should really do that with superheroes except we got The Boys and I'm satisfied with that result.

4. woke/feminist agenda

Maybe writers and critics should realize that movies are still allowed to be comedic

Peter Jackson went to studios to pitch his idea for a lotr film. He was passionate about making it. He found new line cinema to fund it. He had to deceive them in a few ways to get it made. Now, studios hire a director to film the movies the studio has rights to. They change stories to make them politically correct. Directors used to make movies with passion. Now directors are cast just as the actors are cast. Hollywood became too political and full of identity politics. After years of it, people are done with the shit movies they produce.

Hollywood writers are uninspired and lean on CGI, A-list celebrities, and hype to carry their terrible stories. Marvel movies/Disney movies are like junk food now. Sometimes they are a lot of fun, but too much just makes you sick.

I also think a factor is that most people have ad-blockers or premium services. So, no one is seeing the ads 😂 But the main issue is most likely price. I'd go to the theatre for a medicore movie if it didn't cost so much per person.

Thats because of inflation. They need to pay their workers a livable wage and Animation studio workers are not paid that amazingly to begin with. The problem is ultimately how out of control the economy is. People can't afford to go see movies anymore, and they are getting too expensive to make because of inflation as well.

@@merleawe_That’s why the main comment wasn’t talking about animation. They said that the films were shot on-location with practical effects , not green screen animation. And the films looked better back then. Modern films suck.

That's the thing, why pay millions of dollars for cgi when it's cheaper to use practical effects? The movie studios are lazy.

ok but im better then Penguinz0

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inb4 someone mentions across the spiderverse

Everyone just report all these bots for spam please and thank you

There never was. All classic Disney movies are stories ripped from cultures around the world, churned in a vat of Disney's own agenda and ideology, and spit out.

😂why

I heard that the trailers did a terrible job at showing what the movie was. It was like one of those trailers like "Silence of the Lambs but it's a Romantic Comedy" as far as how off it was.

Elemental can't be considered a failure yet because it hasn't even been released in most countries yet.

the trailers were awful for Elemental. I went into it ready to sleep, but I was genuinely engaged into a great movie from start to finish. The random buddy next to me getting a blowjob didn't even distract me. Do not watch Ruby Gilman though if you value your time.

@@IlikeTrainsguy100 It hasn't? I wasn't aware. All I've heard is its opening weekend was far from a succes.

@@thomaspluijm4396 In my country anyway, The UK, elemental doesn't come out until the end of this week. And the UK is one of the highest grossing countries for movies outside America. I know I'm going to see it anyway, so hopefully it can make a bit of money here because it looks really sweet and charming.

Exactly, even with already built audiences, people are not going to movies as much. examples are thor love and thunder and doctor strange and the multiverse of madness. They both also bombed.

@@hoodzieboythor love and thunder was what killed superhero movies for me because of how painful it was to watch. Legitimately was unfunny and just downright cringe.

Spiderverse was really dumb ngl

@@hoodzieboyDoctor Strange performed very well. You're thinking of Quantumania, that's the one that bombed

That and paying ridiculous amounts to see the movie and to get food there. There is so much more than I can do with 50+ dollars than watch a movie that in a month will be on a streaming play form that I likely already have

Noah, you're fired!

It’s y people sneak in food

Right. That's why I bring food with me

you're a G for that, thank you for your service

I salute you, a true patriot!

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nah you gotta be lying theres no way water is $50

​@@talal3c i think they meant all together, not each bottle water

​@@talal3cBruh common sense😂

@@nikofoxz9716 i know that I’m still saying theres no way its $50

I do the same but with music. I feel the music industry has also been unoriginal in the last decade.

@@KraXoomnah, you just aren’t looking hard enough. You have preferences and that’s okay, but there’s more music now than there has ever been.

@@KraXoommusic now is far more original than music before, you’re crazy!

​@@kafka315he probably refers to the mainstream. Back in the 80s, what was hitting the pop mainstram was Peter Gabriel, Pink Floyd, Queen and others. They all had their very strong touches, all trying new sounds and new themes. The mainstream today has become as lazy as the movies, but if you look hard enough you find new experimental musical bands and you find A24 for movies.

Most of the “big” films these days are NOT worth it and are typically among the worst movies of the year.

Sounds like a horrible movie

Suzume was beautiful and you could tell the people making it actually cared about the product.

Japan still makes movies to entertain people... America makes movies to preach agendas at people and destroy their beloved icons for the sake of "updating them for modern audiences". This mythical "modern audience" that doesn't actually exist outside of the activist writers' imaginations.

@@jeremywall577 Cry in lowering western movie quality.

@@jeremywall577 You are saying its horrible because of the title?, tf... sounds like you just hate movies

2002 was the exact year.

Only time my Mormon family ever talked about a movie in our group chat. I’m not a Mormon any more so I didn’t even hear about it until the family was talking about it like they had never heard of sex trafficking before. I asked why they are all talking about this particular movie when the subject has been covered so many times. They just cared because the guy in the movie is Mormon. I guess sex trafficking wasn’t real until a Mormon told them it was a problem. I thought it was pretty sad and pretty funny.

wow. amazing comment chain

@YY-ln1olAll the top 3 record breaking box office movies are woke

Yeah i didn’t know Fast X was coming out until maybe 2-3 months before. Back when Fast and Furious 4 came out i knew about it a year and a half before

​@@natescosmosAs always

My piss is worse than Charlie's piss

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Movies like EEAAO are Pandering TRASH. Woke movies like that are COMPLETE TRASH and Everything Everywhere is dam near UNWATCHABLE. Hot dogs for fingers fight scene won best film at the oscars?????? That's how you know 100% woke people in power in hollywood are ruining movies.

Back when simple minds were easily amused

That was one of the worst movies I've ever seen in my life I can't believe anybody likes it

@@retrobrahhhgood for ya lad

Yeah I feel like the cost of the theatre is a major part of the plummeting sales and popularity. Me and my family love going to movies, even if they are probably gonna be mid, but it cost our family of seven near or over $100. We are not wealthy, so that is a big chunk of change, too big except for birthdays or something.

Yeah well maybe you should've accepted islam.

@@lightningbolt4419 please kindly piss off. don't bring a religion into this. knowing islam, allah will not be pleased if you force his religion onto others.

@chloewalker5331 Working at the theater gives me benefits like 9 free showings for a movie a month and half off on all concessions. After totaling the prices every time, it's baffling to me why the amount I paid for isn't just standard. From my understanding, it's just that fact that the theaters don't make a lot of money on their own, so they do silly stuff like this to stay relevant and open.

@@lightningbolt4419 what's that?