TV/Movies Megathread

[Grey Fox]

So joker 2 seems to be a flop.
Got to say, I was surprised to hear of its release a few weeks ago as I thought it had long since been out. Something went weirdly wrong there.

It was always going to flip. It's a musical. A fucking Musical. These studios executives are idiots.

[Josquius]

So joker 2 seems to be a flop.
Got to say, I was surprised to hear of its release a few weeks ago as I thought it had long since been out. Something went weirdly wrong there.

It was always going to flip. It's a musical. A fucking Musical. These studios executives are idiots.

I do like the base idea of a massive fuck you to the incels who adopted the original.
But they did over do it a bit and went into a "and basically everyone else too" with that.

[Oexmelin]

A lot of my film academic friends seem to like the film. Wouldn't be the first time critics and public disagree.

[Josephus]

Speaking of The Joker. Enjoying The Penguin. 3rd episode was a bit hard to watch at times, but really enjoying it.

[Barrister]

That's the CW but is it true?
One year, I recall that two movies came out that were both period pictures about turn-of-the-century European stage magicians.  I think they both did very nicely at the box office.

Maybe not. It could well be overstated.

Although the ones that spring to mind for me are Braveheart and Roby Roy, the two Capote films and the two Steve Jobs films - and feel like in all those case there was a definite winner and loser.

But it is also very, very possible that Kubrick just went into an obsessive spiral

Armageddon / Deep Impact
A Bug's Life / Antz

both come to mind.

Actually, as I was trying to think of more examples, I whole Wiki topic came up for me, listing way, way more examples than I would have realized.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twin_films

[Sophie Scholl]

One year, I recall that two movies came out that were both period pictures about turn-of-the-century European stage magicians.  I think they both did very nicely at the box office.

It was 2006. The Prestige (Bale, Jackman, Johansson, Caine) and The Illusionist (Norton, Biel, Giamatti, Sewell). I quite enjoyed both and they were different enough in tone and style to do fairly well at the box office. I'd like to give them another viewing some day and see if they still hold up.

[Admiral Yi]

Then there were the underwater movies of 89.  The Abyss is the one I saw.

[Darth Wagtaros]

Then there were the underwater movies of 89.  The Abyss is the one I saw.

Deep Star Six and Leviathan.  The Abyss was a bit more high concept than the other two.

[Admiral Yi]

Deep Star Six and Leviathan.  The Abyss was a bit more high concept than the other two.

Which one had the tits and Navy Seals?  That's the one I saw.

[Sheilbh]

Armageddon / Deep Impact
A Bug's Life / Antz

both come to mind.

Yes! I weirdly watched a Bug's Life and Antz recently on exactly this point and remember thinking the wrong film won but I also can't remember which one that is

Less invested in Armageddon/Deep Impact

[Tonitrus]

Then there were the underwater movies of 89.  The Abyss is the one I saw.

And I also recall a synchronized spurt of Christopher Columbus biopic films in the early 90s.

[crazy canuck]

Then there were the underwater movies of 89.  The Abyss is the one I saw.

And I also recall a synchronized spurt of Christopher Columbus biopic films in the early 90s.

Yeah, I was trying to remember the names of the two movies - did they both start with 1492:

[Tonitrus]

Then there were the underwater movies of 89.  The Abyss is the one I saw.

And I also recall a synchronized spurt of Christopher Columbus biopic films in the early 90s.

Yeah, I was trying to remember the names of the two movies - did they both start with 1492:

1492: Conquest of Paradise
Christopher Columbus: The Discovery

Both in '92.

[crazy canuck]

Then there were the underwater movies of 89.  The Abyss is the one I saw.

And I also recall a synchronized spurt of Christopher Columbus biopic films in the early 90s.

Yeah, I was trying to remember the names of the two movies - did they both start with 1492:

1492: Conquest of Paradise
Christopher Columbus: The Discovery

Both in '92.

 

[Darth Wagtaros]

Deep Star Six and Leviathan.  The Abyss was a bit more high concept than the other two.

Which one had the tits and Navy Seals?  That's the one I saw.

I think the Abyss had SEALs.  The other two were standard 'people turning into monsters' and evil megacorp themes.