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Movies 52 - 1917: Sonic the Bad Boys of Prey

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I mean with the way this country is screwing up COVID can you blame them? The US has botched this so badly I am not sure theater chains are going to survive...and even if they do 2021 is going to be so down a lot of them will downsize anyways.

Even if you assume the vaccine is widely available in March at best it will be fall before things open up fully and movie theaters wont be at full capacity for longer than that. Plus people wont feel confident even if it is deemed "safe".

AT&T is going to take the hit (they would take anyways) and hope it drives subscribers to their service. At least they dont charge a premium price for new releases like Disney+ did with Mulan.
 
Handyman said:
I mean with the way this country is screwing up COVID can you blame them? The US has botched this so badly I am not sure theater chains are going to survive...and even if they do 2021 is going to be so down a lot of them will downsize anyways.

Even if you assume the vaccine is widely available in March at best it will be fall before things open up fully and movie theaters wont be at full capacity for longer than that. Plus people wont feel confident even if it is deemed "safe"..
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Will not people need to queue up again in the fall for the winter’21 Wuhan shots?
 
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Will not people need to queue up again in the fall for the winter’21 Wuhan shots?
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That's the interesting question with this... People will go through 2021 getting basically every blockbuster movie through a subscription service (Disney will probably announce their plan Dec. 10 on a shareholder call). Once 2022 comes around will people be willing to pay their $25+ each time they want to go see a movie in a theatre?

I don't think you can unring the bell here. Sure, cinefiles will still go to the movies... But the money is made with John Q. Public.
 
There's a social aspect, and a qualitative aspect to going to a theater where the audience knows how to keep their phones in their pockets and to STF U. As much as we'd like to think so, our homes can't fully recreate the theater sound or visuals to a fully satisfying level. That said, I'm not likely to make many theater visits for a while, so it's all a moot point for me.
 
RaceBoarder said:
That's the interesting question with this... People will go through 2021 getting basically every blockbuster movie through a subscription service (Disney will probably announce their plan Dec. 10 on a shareholder call). Once 2022 comes around will people be willing to pay their $25+ each time they want to go see a movie in a theatre?

I don't think you can unring the bell here. Sure, cinefiles will still go to the movies... But the money is made with John Q. Public.
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In the short run I think big movies are still going to go to theaters because of the social aspect as Clown mentioned. I think movies with modest budgets though will go to a hybrid model starting with this. It was coming anyways...I think COVID just moved this up about 5 years.

Within a decade though when studios have the revenue streams better figured out to maximize profits theaters will become super niche.

Someone on another board brought up an interesting point...studios might buy out defunct theaters or chains in the short term to be able to show their movies and get more profit. Not sure that will happen en masse but it wouldn't surprise me.
 
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Once 2022 comes around will people be willing to pay their $25+ each time they want to go see a movie in a theatre?
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The teens will because "seeing a movie" is about f-cking afterwards (or before or, presumably with some, during, though I could never get the hang of that).

Why do you think they "see" a comic book movie 10x?
 
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Some pretty unprecedented news for the movie world going forward:

Warner Bros. will release their 2021 slate day & date on both HBO Max and in theaters.
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Wow!

I was wondering if they would do like Disney+ (as was just discussed above) to still keep that "theater premium" for new releases. Apparently not.

I can kinda see it both ways, new releases need a premium, but is charging 25 for early access to streaming seems steep. Especially when there isn't the overhead of a kid making 9.25/hr selling stale popcorn and expired candy.
 
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I watched 3 Netflix movies today. Spoilers in white below the movie.

Time Trap (2017): B

Concept: A
Acting: C
Writing: C
Atmosphere: B

Inception made a lot of money. Excellent rip off of the deeper you go into the cave the greater the time differential with the outside applied to the classic into the forest / labyrinth / darkness. The emotional window dressing of searching for daddy / the petulant 20-something lovers was laughably bad. Points for playing the concept out to its logical conclusion.



Anon (2018): B

Concept: A
Acting: B
Writing: C
Atmosphere: B

Dystopian future meets noirish whodunit. Like Time Trap a great concept. Some nice pseudo-tech touches and an honestly good acting performance by Amanda Seyfried. Nerd porn; not bad at all. How was John Slattery not cast in this movie?


ARQ (2016): B

Concept: A
Acting: C
Writing: B
Atmosphere: C

Edge of Tomorrow made a lot of money. This movie needs less blood and "action" and more thought. The lame hand wave at a multi-dimensional relationship between the two passionless leads fails. I got way more of a sex vibe out of the conflict between the two rival guys.
 
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If you like those, give Primer a try
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Yes, ARQ especially was either an homage or a ripoff. c.f. Safety Not Guaranteed.

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Best time travel movies I have seen:

1. Triangle
2. Twelve Monkeys
3. Memento*
4. Groundhog Day
5. Edge of Tomorrow



Honorable mention:

Primer
ARQ
Time Trap
Looper
Back to the Future


* The audience is the time traveler.



 
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Edge of Tomorrow as fucking great. Not as good as the other four, but I didn't expect it from an action movie starring Cruise.
 
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Edge of Tomorrow as ****ing great. Not as good as the other four, but I didn't expect it from an action movie starring Cruise.
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Given the budget and Cruise, it's amazing. I fully expected Battlefield Earth level garbage but instead it is thoughtful and well done.
 
Indiana Jones is getting another movie, and Harrison Ford will star.

Title bets? Indiana Jones and the Titanium Hip.
 
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