AlanMorlock
AlanMorlock t1_jaejaxw wrote
Reply to comment by Lili_Danube in "TÁR" had everything to be unforgettable: Cate Blanchett as an amoral composer? How can you have that and make a movie as boring as "TÁR" turned out to be? by Lili_Danube
Well, maybe circle back to Tar when you're 15.
AlanMorlock t1_jaej6bn wrote
Reply to comment by Intelligent-Age2786 in What would happen if no more superhero films were made for the foreseeable future? by nayapapaya
The hyper concentration of trntpoles without a tent is a pretty recent phenomenon. Comparisons to westerns or whatever just don't really include context fornehst else was in theaters and the budgets and resources committed.
AlanMorlock t1_jaeiwnl wrote
Reply to comment by Intelligent-Age2786 in What would happen if no more superhero films were made for the foreseeable future? by nayapapaya
Honest question, how old are you?
There was a was a point in time when a far wider range of films genres and scales were viable. Movies "coexisting" didn't look like theaters canceling other movies to play Spider-man every 20 minutes for a month straight.
Go back and look at the top top 20 box office charts pre-2000.
AlanMorlock t1_jaei490 wrote
Reply to comment by SooperSte in What would happen if no more superhero films were made for the foreseeable future? by nayapapaya
Have you maybe tried actually looking at thr box office from mote than just 20 years ago?
AlanMorlock t1_jaehyem wrote
Reply to comment by Intelligent-Age2786 in What would happen if no more superhero films were made for the foreseeable future? by nayapapaya
What is different is them being not hyper concentrated into one genre but so few studios.
Bug movies used to be called Tentpoles because they provided revenue thst allowed a wider range of things to be made. The last decade there's been less and less tent.
The contrast between blockbusters and other types of films used to be far less drastic. Actually go back and loose a the top 10 box offices lists from before 2001. It wasn't all IP films from one studio. There was a much wider variety of viable genres.
AlanMorlock t1_jaeh4cp wrote
Reply to Ricou Browning, the Gill-Man in ‘Creature From the Black Lagoon,’ Dies at 93 by MarvelsGrantMan136
Damn, I'd actually just looked up his birthday a week or two ago.
A fascinating career. Not only performing as the Gill-man but also directing the underwater sequences for Thinderball and the Thunderball remake Never Say Never Again.
AlanMorlock t1_jaegvay wrote
Reply to "TÁR" had everything to be unforgettable: Cate Blanchett as an amoral composer? How can you have that and make a movie as boring as "TÁR" turned out to be? by Lili_Danube
You and thr guy next to you in the theater having shit taste or short attention spans isn't much of a comment on the movie.
AlanMorlock t1_jaeggdm wrote
Reply to "TÁR" had everything to be unforgettable: Cate Blanchett as an amoral composer? How can you have that and make a movie as boring as "TÁR" turned out to be? by Lili_Danube
"By thst logic no one has ever give a bad performance"
Most actors aren't performing someone putting on airs and giving a performance. Something tha actually is comparable, for reference, is Mark Ruffalo in Shutter Island, playing a psychiatrist pretending to be a cop. It seems like Ruffalo is awful in the movie until you find out what's going on.
AlanMorlock t1_jaefnnv wrote
Given how low a24 films actually geoss, not sure they'd be doing animated film much of a favor. RLJE, who often distribute to Shudder have branched out more into animation in recent years, picking g up Spine of Night and Mad God.
AlanMorlock t1_jaef97y wrote
Reply to comment by mrmechsale in Why don't smaller distributors distribute more animated features by SuperL_Ken
People say this but there's been more animated films nominated for best picture, and notably far more animated films nomi ated for other awards like screenplay after the the category was started thst in the several decades before. It's made animated festures much more of a part of the awards conversation generally.
AlanMorlock t1_jadufq8 wrote
Reply to Something like Repo! A Genetic Opera by SnootyRabbits
Crimes of the Future most recently.
AlanMorlock t1_jadjmb5 wrote
Paul Schrader has written the same type of character repeatedly for years and and consciously thinks of them as variations ofnthr same character and increasingly thr films are intentional companion pieces.
Most recently with the Card Counter. Earlier films you might enjoy include Light Sleeper, Walker, and American Giggolo. He also has an upcoming film called thr Master Gsrdener which premiered but hasn't been distributed yet.
For some other recent riffs on this kind of thing, you might want to check out You Were Never Really Here and Saint Maude.
AlanMorlock t1_jadi460 wrote
AlanMorlock t1_ja98p1r wrote
Reply to comment by GetToSreppin in How Martin Scorsese's 'The King of Comedy' Predicted the Future, 40 Years On by MsWrite
Some things that were previously more niche concerns become more mainstream behaviors and problems. And a movie becoming more relevant is t bullshit, thst just, you know, happens sometimes.
AlanMorlock t1_ja8okb6 wrote
Really not sure what you were looking for by that description if not In Bruges to be honest. Do you have e other examples of ehat you were looking for?
AlanMorlock t1_ja8jiz8 wrote
Reply to comment by Skritch_X in US 'develops' AI-powered facial recognition tech for military robot drones - The drones are to be tasked with expeditionary roles, including special operations, to "open the opportunity for real-time autonomous response by the robot." by Gari_305
Time to bust out some German Expressionist makeup as dazzle camouflage
AlanMorlock t1_j9x15ws wrote
Reply to comment by AllenWoody34 in Which films could use a shot for shot remake? by howarthe
At one point in time there was one, recreating the film with Doug Jones as Cesare.
They had a kickstarter to do the same with Nosferstu, filmed it but never released it.
AlanMorlock t1_j9x0xlz wrote
None.
AlanMorlock t1_j9tyx40 wrote
Reply to Guillermo Del Toro Following Groundbreaking ‘Pinocchio’ With Animated Adaptation Of Kazuo Ishiguro’s ‘The Buried Giant’ At Netflix by MarvelsGrantMan136
Very silly die Daadline to report an "exclusive" firnsomethong thst Cartoon Brew reported 3 weeks ago.
AlanMorlock t1_j9txz8o wrote
The dorety secret is that it took many yesrs for Netflix to turn a profit and most ofnthe streaming services are operating at a loss. The infrastructure for running a streaming service is massively expensive.
AlanMorlock t1_j9tx6mg wrote
Reply to comment by cabose7 in Guillermo Del Toro Following Groundbreaking ‘Pinocchio’ With Animated Adaptation Of Kazuo Ishiguro’s ‘The Buried Giant’ At Netflix by MarvelsGrantMan136
He's mentioned getting production started on something sooner though it hasn't been announced what.
AlanMorlock t1_j9twyke wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in Guillermo Del Toro Following Groundbreaking ‘Pinocchio’ With Animated Adaptation Of Kazuo Ishiguro’s ‘The Buried Giant’ At Netflix by MarvelsGrantMan136
His at the mountains of madness script was pretty terrible and is one of the biggest dodged bullets of all time.
AlanMorlock t1_j9ts0dd wrote
Reply to I hated the film 'Nope' by jonah_wilkie
I'm a little confused didn, you miss the part where it inhaled all the people from the show?
AlanMorlock t1_j9sz72a wrote
Reply to comment by duaneap in ‘Cocaine Bear’ Team on Committing to the Outrageous Title and Bringing the Killer Bear to Life by RitoRvolto
What if a robot....was a cop?
AlanMorlock t1_jaejlpt wrote
Reply to comment by Lili_Danube in "TÁR" had everything to be unforgettable: Cate Blanchett as an amoral composer? How can you have that and make a movie as boring as "TÁR" turned out to be? by Lili_Danube
Yes! Watts always comes to mindin this context as well. Another example is Rosamund Pike in certain sections of Gone Girl when it's portraying the fakely idealized narrative how her and Ben Affleck's characters got together.