The Covid Cinematic Wasteland
POSTED BY: JEWELSTAITEFAN
UPDATED: Thursday, December 7, 2023 05:36
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There has obviously been a dearth of films in cinema this year.
Some say Cinema may never recover.
But what have you found this year? Any overlooked gems from past years that you found this year? Have you gained greater appreciation for what decent films we had in some of the recent years?
Personally, my DVD players hasn't been very active, and I've binged on some TV shows which I missed or avoided when they were originallly broadcast.
What about you? Did you find new favorites?
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Warner Bros. decided every movie they're putting out next year will be on HBO Max from day one. They believe that movie theaters are dead and are happy to be the company that puts the final nail in that coffin.
Huge payoff for them if it works, but they're hemorrhaging money right now and if their plan or 2021 in general doesn't work out the way they think it will they're going to be in a lot of trouble.
Are people going to want to sign up for yet another streaming service?
Have you seen Under the Silver Lake yet? The Hunt? Both were really good.
I also liked an independent flick called Space Cop, made by the guys from RedLetterMedia on YouTube, but I have a hard time recommending that movie to people unless they already watch and enjoy RLM content.
What have you done today to earn your place in this crowded world? :)
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Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN:
Some say Cinema may never recover.
New Zealand box office cinema bouncing back.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-04-16/global-box-office-r
ebounds-set-to-boost-new-zealand-s-best-stock
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Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN:
Any overlooked gems
These are some older classics 6IXSTRINGJACK liked I mentioned in another thread, maybe you've seen them
Mad Ma, Friday the 13th, Dolemite,
Young Frankenstein, Killer Clowns from Outer Space,
Don't Tell Mom The Babysitter's Dead, Planes, Trains & Automobiles,
Evil Dead, Black Sheep,
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest,
Halloween, Bubba Ho-Tep
You also have a 'Binge-worthy?' thread with modern Tv shows
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Quote:Good.
Originally posted by JAYNEZTOWN:Quote:New Zealand box office cinema bouncing back.
Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN:
Some say Cinema may never recover.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-04-16/global-box-office-r
ebounds-set-to-boost-new-zealand-s-best-stock
Quote:I have seen those, except probably 4 that I don't want to. Some I've seen several times. None I want to see again soon.Quote:These are some older classics 6IXSTRINGJACK liked I mentioned in another thread, maybe you've seen them
Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN:
Any overlooked gems
Mad Ma, Friday the 13th, Dolemite,
Young Frankenstein, Killer Clowns from Outer Space,
Don't Tell Mom The Babysitter's Dead, Planes, Trains & Automobiles,
Evil Dead, Black Sheep,
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest,
Halloween, Bubba Ho-Tep
Have you seen Nobody? That is quite good.
For rewatching, I'd go with Rogue One, Wind River, Edge of Tomorrow, Arrival, King Arthur, Galaxy Quest.
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Who can make indie films or tv shows or movies
We've got a Godzilla-KingKong thing, a video game 'Mortal Kombat' made into a movie and a Japanese anime dominating Global Box Office
Japan animation Demonslayer
In India perhaps Bollywood might suffer with this Corona virus, or Covid lockdown thing
France and Brazil are also big film producers and i believe they are also suffering with how to deal with the virus.
Swedish cinema came into prominence in the 1960s maybe back in the fifties, its still hanging in there but I think they also have issues since tyhe Swedish government refused any lockdown. It will be interesting to see how the Global Film industry as a whole recovers.
I don't think I would re-watch Arrival JEWELSTAITEFAN, I really enjoyed it as a film but it feels almost like one of those murder mystery puzzle films where I think knowing the ending and twist makes it less re-watchable. There are scenes and moments and sound fx and a musical sound track that's amazing, its just how the film unfolds and knowing how it unfolds makes it less impactful, the subject amtter is great aliens invaders from space, the truly human question, it's not a movie about cosmic invader aliens. In this movie there are moments I would re-watch for their merit as writing or great film making
but I'm not sure would watch the film in its entire again.
The film Wind River sounds good I might give it a watch its one of those that slipped under the radar for me, I guess with all the Avengers, Disney Pixar, Justice League and WonderWoman and political season stuff it managed to slip past me.
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Movie Buffs Re-open Australian City Outback Town’s Cinema
https://nz.news.yahoo.com/movie-buffs-open-outback-towns-220006788.htm
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Anybody buying AMC?
Wishing they did when it was $2.16 per share?
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Give me liberty or just come shoot me in my house. I'm so over this ridiculous reality.
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Is Hollywood done? the global Hollyweird box office has dropped by billions of dollars, the Popstars and people who made Rock Concerts are out of a job
Did Asia win??
Not all American brands are done, HBO, netflix, hulu, the Disney plus YouTube TV the Microsoft Xbox, they make cash, the vax is sold, the booze is still sold, the weed dealer still gets a way to sell his stuff, the video game brands are making money.
maybe not all Asia will win, Bollywood will suffer while India is impacted by the virus
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Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN:
Cinema may never recover.
The Cinema itself, I think its coming back kind of slowly in NZ, South Korea, Australia, without the China numbers there would be no sales. Avatar the movie came out in 2009 now its had a 2021 Re-release in China, knocking the Avengers box Office record down and reclaiming the top, now there is a small movie Wales maybe English British Welsh about some Horse. The is some Danish Denmark thing 'Riders of Justice' I think it might be an action comedy. There are big blockbuster type films still out there waiting, the Bonds, the Scifi Fantasy stuff, the WB DCs and the Disney Marvels but they are keeping it on hold, weird cartoonish stuff and Asian stuff like video games are now made into movies.
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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Warner Bros. :)
Godzilla and DonkeyKong are making money or was it the King Kong brand WB owned?
I've no idea when the next Superman thing will come out but the new Wonder Woman flopped, the new Wnder Woman lost $101 in milliion of Dollars, sometimes they make some money back but a big movie like this can cost over 200+ Million $ to make
The Aussie and China is still going to the Cinema but they wont sell that many tickets in Aus or China
Where is our WB for building that Drive-in theater?
I'm looking at the Cinema numbers across the world and most of it is Asia-Pacific. 'Detective Chinatown 3' I never heard of it, the Actors seem to be Japan, HongKong, Chinese or Japanese, there is that Thailand kickboxer guy Tony Jaa in it but I never heard of the film before. A movie The Dry loos like it was filmed by the Aussies, a 2020 Australian mystery drama thriller film. There is a film Nuevo orden....probably New-World-Order stuff, it seems to mix a bunch of real life Venezuela BLM Antifa stuff into a near future horror fantasy stoty, it is a 2020 Mexican-French art film thriller, the NewOrder it takes place in a dystopian near future. Hollywood is making nothing, is this not a good opportunity for America's smaller Indie Studios to pop up in other parts of America? there are movies in Aus box office and other places called 'Impasse' it seems to be about the Dynasty Emperor Times, the rise of Communism and the Japanese Occupation, Video Game type stuff is selling in the cinema across the world and more Japanese animated cartoons are sold as material for box office movies.
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I'm looking at the world wide cinema, we still have Godzillia Donkey Kong King Kong thing, some anime manga thing, Mortal Kombat doing thwe rounds for over 2 months 8 weeks + or maybe more, Demon Slayer a Japan cartoon is making money while out for almost half a year 20 weeks + or 150 days, Australia is showing The Hobbit movies again, Europe has old Italian films like Nuovo Cinema Paradiso in its cinemas that remained open. Cruella i guess a spin off on 101 Dalmations is maybe going to break even it has made $132 million world wide but could have cost 100+ Million mayeb 150 million to produce, box office is now highly dependent on cinema markets like Aus, S.Korea, Russia, Brazil, France, Canada, China etc
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I noticed my fave local cinema is showing Double Feature of Quiet Place 1 & 2. Now this is the sort of thing they should have been doing for the past year. Instead they were closed.
Also showing Top Gun, while Maverick is not due until November.
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