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Witness the beginning of a [movies] thread

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  • BlankZoeBlankZoe Registered User regular
    THR is reporting WB is developing an Aquaman spin-off

    It is

    The Trench

    A horror movie with no primary Aquaman cast members focusing on the bestial hordes of the Trench as featured in the third act of Aquamn


    Sure, fuck it, why not

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  • ShortyShorty touching the meat Intergalactic Cool CourtRegistered User regular
    edited February 2019
    I thought, based on the title, it would be one kind of movie, and that was an idea I was here for, and then I saw the trailer, and it seems like a very different kind of movie, one that I am also here for, but which seems at odds with a lot of the basic conceits

    Shorty on
  • Bloods EndBloods End Blade of Tyshalle Punch dimensionRegistered User regular
    I have breaking news! With links so people believe me

    https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/aquaman-spinoff-works-1184285

  • KetarKetar Come on upstairs we're having a partyRegistered User regular
    Ketar wrote: »
    the man who killed hitler and then the bigfoot is available on demand however

    The reviews on it don't sound great. I was tempted to watch it this weekend, but not so sure now.

    i have not read a single one honestly

    i don't trust reviews

    If I scan through 5-10 reviews and most of them point to the same issue(s) with a film, and it's something that is likely to be an issue for me as well, I'll usually wait until I can watch it without paying anything (beyond my pre-existing monthly fees or whatever).

  • TubeTube Registered User admin
    A lot of the reviews are just "the title is silly but it's actually dour so zero stars" and like watch the trailer dummy

  • Rorshach KringleRorshach Kringle that crustache life Registered User regular
    Ketar wrote: »
    Ketar wrote: »
    the man who killed hitler and then the bigfoot is available on demand however

    The reviews on it don't sound great. I was tempted to watch it this weekend, but not so sure now.

    i have not read a single one honestly

    i don't trust reviews

    If I scan through 5-10 reviews and most of them point to the same issue(s) with a film, and it's something that is likely to be an issue for me as well, I'll usually wait until I can watch it without paying anything (beyond my pre-existing monthly fees or whatever).

    oh yeah no i get it. i just never know what will or won't work for me. even i can't predict me, so getting too much feedback is actually a negative? weird, i know.

    i basically just go with the gut reaction i get from a trailer

    it's accurate like 96% of the time for me

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  • GustavGustav Friend of Goats Somewhere in the OzarksRegistered User regular
    Listen I’m here for more sad Sam Elliot

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  • BlankZoeBlankZoe Registered User regular
    The Trench will probably never actually get made, like a bunch if other DC projects, but I don't hate it.

    They were legitimately creepy and would make for a good horror flick

    It's just such a weird pull to make instead of, like, a Mera or Black Manta movie

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  • FawstFawst The road to awe.Registered User regular
    Guess the sequel to The Meg won’t take its title from the novel (The Trench).

  • see317see317 Registered User regular
    Blankzilla wrote: »
    The Trench will probably never actually get made, like a bunch if other DC projects, but I don't hate it.

    They were legitimately creepy and would make for a good horror flick

    It's just such a weird pull to make instead of, like, a Mera or Black Manta movie

    Seems like it could be entertaining if they managed to get an almost lovecraftian horror of the unknown going.

    But this line:
    Wan and Peter Safran will produce the project, titled The Trench, which would be much more modestly budgeted than the normal DC superhero tentpole.
    kind of quashes any anticipation, because I can't imagine a movie about a CGI trench at the bottom of a CGI ocean populated with CGI hordes of CGI monsters would be able to conform to a modest budget, even a budget that is only modest when compared to other super hero movies.

  • Up JobUp Job Registered User regular
    Why can't a spinoff of Aquaman also be a sequel to The Meg?

  • BlankZoeBlankZoe Registered User regular
    Eh, you would be surprised

    A "modest" budget for a superhero movie nowadays is like 60-80 million dollars

    If they don't get any real big names, that's still a lot to work with, effects wise

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  • TubeTube Registered User admin
    Chloe Grace Moretz is doing a movie with Max Landis because there are some crucial lessons she has not learned I guess.

  • TubeTube Registered User admin
    Apparently his movie is "feminist" so great really looking forward to his take on that

  • Blake TBlake T Do you have enemies then? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.Registered User regular
    Tube wrote: »
    Chloe Grace Moretz is doing a movie with Max Landis because there are some crucial lessons she has not learned I guess.

    I was curious on how this was shaking out so I looked this up, I like the Jezebel heading for this

    Max Landis, Who Has Not Been Missed, Returns

  • Rorshach KringleRorshach Kringle that crustache life Registered User regular
    edited February 2019
    i keep thinking about that 2013 puff piece from buzzfeed and like yeah

    yeaaah

    https://www.buzzfeed.com/amphtml/jordanzakarin/max-landis-screenwriter-director-origin-story?__twitter_impression=true

    Rorshach Kringle on
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  • pookapooka Registered User regular
    " a prolific writer — bordering on savant-like, really"
    oh fuck you, i am done
    *scroll up*
    Jordan
    Zakarin
    you fucking ugh :mad:

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  • pookapooka Registered User regular
    also the formatting is wretched

    never heard of paragraph breaks, i guess

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  • PreacherPreacher Registered User regular
    Can't we like get Woody Allen, Roman Polanksi, Max Landis and James Dean (the porn performer not the dead actor) out to some deserted island where we like dropped nuclear bombs on it?

    I would like some money because these are artisanal nuggets of wisdom philistine.

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  • Rorshach KringleRorshach Kringle that crustache life Registered User regular
    i am sorry for breaking you, pooka

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  • BlankZoeBlankZoe Registered User regular


    Here is a handy dandy thread of all the various ways Max Landis sucks ass

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  • 2 Marcus 2 Ravens2 Marcus 2 Ravens CanadaRegistered User regular
    Tube wrote: »
    Apparently his movie is "feminist" so great really looking forward to his take on that

    Wait, is this her justification for doing the movie?

    Polanski has made “feminist” films. Louis CK has done “feminist” comedy. Their actions kind of negate that fact!

  • DarkPrimusDarkPrimus Registered User regular
    Preacher wrote: »
    Can't we like get Woody Allen, Roman Polanksi, Max Landis and James Dean (the porn performer not the dead actor) out to some deserted island where we like dropped nuclear bombs on it?

    The last thing we need is them turning into nuclear super-powered mutants.

  • KetarKetar Come on upstairs we're having a partyRegistered User regular
    pooka wrote: »
    " a prolific writer — bordering on savant-like, really"
    oh fuck you, i am done
    *scroll up*
    Jordan
    Zakarin
    you fucking ugh :mad:

    Apparently when he isn't writing about movies, Jordan Zakarin dabbles in making short films. He's credited as the writer and director of winners like The OCD Couple - "A guy tries to leave his apartment to go on a date, but keeps getting sucked back in by the imaginary roommate that embodies his obsessive compulsive disorder."

  • -Tal-Tal Registered User regular
    I like the idea of an ocean horror movie that just happens to be in the dc universe

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  • Sweeney TomSweeney Tom Registered User regular
    I like the idea of a comic horror film

    Like New Mutants if it ever got released and was good all of a sudden

  • -Tal-Tal Registered User regular
    Like whatever the next abc sitcom is just have it be lowkey set in the mcu with like one oblique reference every ten episodes

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  • LalaboxLalabox Registered User regular
    -Tal wrote: »
    Like whatever the next abc sitcom is just have it be lowkey set in the mcu with like one oblique reference every ten episodes

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    The Event

  • FishmanFishman Put your goddamned hand in the goddamned Box of Pain. Registered User regular
    Look, I can respect the 'get work, get paid' ethic required of those working the entertainment industry, but after Woody Allen, Louie CK, and now Landis, I'm beginning to wonder if Chloe Grace Moretz really honestly didn't have alternative opportunities to pursue.

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  • PreacherPreacher Registered User regular
    Fishman wrote: »
    Look, I can respect the 'get work, get paid' ethic required of those working the entertainment industry, but after Woody Allen, Louie CK, and now Landis, I'm beginning to wonder if Chloe Grace Moretz really honestly didn't have alternative opportunities to pursue.

    If she signs on for jeepers creepers 4 someone should stage an intervention.

    I would like some money because these are artisanal nuggets of wisdom philistine.

    pleasepaypreacher.net
  • nightmarennynightmarenny Registered User regular
    Fishman wrote: »
    Look, I can respect the 'get work, get paid' ethic required of those working the entertainment industry, but after Woody Allen, Louie CK, and now Landis, I'm beginning to wonder if Chloe Grace Moretz really honestly didn't have alternative opportunities to pursue.

    Honestly Im a little more worried FOR her then worried about her. She has been in the business since she was a child and appearing in that many movies with abusive men makes me wonder if she's entirely making these choices.

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  • DJ EebsDJ Eebs Moderator, Administrator admin
    I'd buy that someone wasn't aware that Max Landis is a problem, or that she was even aware of who she was working with. Her agent needs to fucking...learn how to use google, for one

  • Centipede DamascusCentipede Damascus Registered User regular
    Tube wrote: »
    Apparently his movie is "feminist" so great really looking forward to his take on that

    Wait, is this her justification for doing the movie?

    Polanski has made “feminist” films. Louis CK has done “feminist” comedy. Their actions kind of negate that fact!

    Incidentally, she did a very strange film with Louis C.K. a couple of years ago that was never released.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Love_You,_Daddy

  • OlivawOlivaw good name, isn't it? the foot of mt fujiRegistered User regular
    I can say, having watched The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot, that I have never seen a movie quite like it before

    I wouldn't quite call it a great movie, but it is definitely a good one

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  • 2 Marcus 2 Ravens2 Marcus 2 Ravens CanadaRegistered User regular
    Going back to Soderbergh for a sec, one thing I like to keep in mind when thinking about his work is that he’s almost always worked as his own cinematographer, even on his biggest productions. While that gives him a rare amount of control over his films, and a more direct connection to his images than a lot of directors have, it’s an enormous amount of responsibility on set. Not just creatively, but simply managing crew. I’m sure he has help, but a big part of being a cinematographer is working with the camera/grip/gaffer crew.

    So with that in mind I can definitely see the appeal of this:

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  • TubeTube Registered User admin
    Tube wrote: »
    Apparently his movie is "feminist" so great really looking forward to his take on that

    Wait, is this her justification for doing the movie?

    Polanski has made “feminist” films. Louis CK has done “feminist” comedy. Their actions kind of negate that fact!

    That's Landis' opinion, Moretz hasn't commented as far as I've seen.

  • PhillisherePhillishere Registered User regular
    I like the idea of a comic horror film

    Like New Mutants if it ever got released and was good all of a sudden

    I'd like to see a take on Hellblazer with a horror movie sensibility.

  • GreasyKidsStuffGreasyKidsStuff MOMMM! ROAST BEEF WANTS TO KISS GIRLS ON THE TITTIES!Registered User regular
    I watched Y Tu Mamá También last night. It’s really good! It’s also one of the horniest movies I’ve ever seen, and I admire Cuaron’s dedication to having his male actors hang dong as frequently as possible.

  • David_TDavid_T A fashion yes-man is no good to me. Copenhagen, DenmarkRegistered User regular
    I watched Y Tu Mamá También last night. It’s really good! It’s also one of the horniest movies I’ve ever seen, and I admire Cuaron’s dedication to having his male actors hang dong as frequently as possible.

    I've always wanted to know how the conversation at Warner Brothers went.

    "Have you seen Y Tu Mamá También?"
    "I have! Did you think the same thing I did watching it?"
    "That's a lot of peni--" "Harry Potter!"

    "... what?"

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  • GvzbgulGvzbgul Registered User regular
    "That Alfonso Cuarón sure is good at directing teens"

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