I saw Megalopolis in theatres
I too sometimes pee in my own face.
You have my sympathies my brother in Crisp
People want original without taking the risk of watching an unknown movie that might be bad
So they take the risk of watching a movie that is somehow familiar to them ahead of watching it, and that might also 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.
Poor marketing and limited theater releases is why and studios can blame themselves.
The huge improvements in TV screens have a lot to do with it too, I think.
When we only had CRT screens at home it was a big jump in quality to go to the theater. But when you have a 4K screen in your living room, there’s less reason to go to the theater.
It’s not just that they were CRTs.
You can get an excellent picture from the CRT computer monitors of the '90s and '00s, with high resolution (up to 2048×1536—better than 1080p!) and color rendering that’s arguably better than modern LCDs.
CRT TVs had low resolution, and NTSC/PAL has pretty bad color fidelity as well, but one of those high-definition CRTs connected to an RGB component video input (VGA or SCART) carrying high-definition content (DVD or Blu-Ray) is another story entirely.
Yeah I was talking about TVs… we are discussing movies after all. Moreover, TVs that the average person has.
There’s a huge jump in quality between the TVs the average person has now compared to 20+ years ago.
Just get Nick Cage to be in your movie, that seems to be the secret ingredient
This checks out. I think the most recent “original” movie I watched was The Color Out of Space. Not in theater though.
How original we talking?
I have seen The Substance (good) in theaters and I saw the TV glow (hated it). I also watched Megalopolis (weird) in theaters and if we want something really original I even last year watched the Onyx the Fortuitous movie in theaters (enjoyed the heck out of it)
I will likely watch Nosferatu in theaters and any smaller movie that puts the effort in and deserves my money.
But I am not paying for the movies that they make just to make money. I don’t reward that kind of bad behavior and that afront to art and story telling.
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 watched every Terrifier film in the span of a weak and it was a roller coaster. Art is amazing.
I enjoyed those too for what they are but the second one feels sooo looooong
I agree with that. The bedroom scene felt like it never ended.
The Substance on Netflix
Does Barbenheimer count?
I used to love going to the theater. I would go almost every weekend, and often during the week. I watched almost everything. Then cell phones came along. At one point, many, many years ago, I swore if some mother fucker took out their fucking phone during the movie I was seeing, I would never set foot in a theater again. Some piece of shit mother fucker did, and I haven’t. It’s been all the open seas for me since. It also helped that affordable larger screens became available for home. I haven’t been to a movie in a theater in probably a decade, and I doubt I’ll ever go again.
Yup, the death of cinema has more to do with inconsiderate assholes and big screen TVs being affordable now.
Sorry to Marty Scorsese, but I’m not going to the cinema to see some septuagenarians talk about a hit they did decades ago for three and a half hours.
Also, you can watch movies on your PC or phone now. If you’re watching by yourself, you don’t particularly need a big screen any more, just a normal screen and a good pair of headphones.
Provided your eyes can comfortably focus at such a short distance for 2 hours at a time, of course.
The adjective “good” needs to proceed “movies”.
Precisely. The problem with some original movies is that they’re not great. Of the thousands of movies made every year, probably only a hundred will receive wide recognition and praise, let alone a tidy profit. There is a reason why people are typically skeptical of indie movies.
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.
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.
Went to the kinoplex to watch Megalopolis, I didn’t think it was that bad, the acting was just more like a regular theater than movie acting.
I can’t speak for all people, but I just don’t want Hollywood to add an unwanted aftertaste to my favorite movies. Other than that, they can do whatever they want as long as I can ignore it.
I think it was The Whale, in theaters with my sister
