TV/Movies Megathread

[Malthus]

The Irishman is getting lauded to the skies by the critics.

It will be an interesting viewing, given the recent drama over Scorsese's statements about movies as art.

[Malthus]

Damn how good was it expected to be?

The miracle of exceeding low expectations. 

[Sheilbh]

Damn how good was it expected to be?

The miracle of exceeding low expectations. 

"BETTER THAN PEARL HARBOUR! (Two stars)"

[Josquius]

I should go to the cinema soon.
I'm torn between the Joker and Sorry We Missed You.
Yep.
I'm really up for a positive movie.

[Sheilbh]

From everything I hear Sorry We Missed You isn't one of Loach's best

[Josquius]

From everything I hear Sorry We Missed You isn't one of Loach's best

I've heard its pretty good.
And the "OH MY GOD I KNOW THAT PLACE" factor is tempting.

[celedhring]

The Irishman is getting lauded to the skies by the critics.

It will be an interesting viewing, given the recent drama over Scorsese's statements about movies as art.

Good to hear that, Marty is on a roll in his late years (Wolf of Wall Street ranks up with the best of his, imho, and Silence was incredible too).

[Zoupa]

Fuck that.

[Josquius]

The Netflix model won't work with so much competition.
I can't see the satelite TV model re evolving on streaming.
So the future is pay for what you watch?

[celedhring]

I don't think all these platforms can survive, to be honest. At some point there will be winners and losers. I suspect Netflix will be a loser because the others (Amazon, Disney, HBO...) have the support of megacorporations that can eat up losses and sinergize better (i.e. Amazon sells you Prime Video because they want you to have Prime and order merchandise from them, rather than make money off Prime Video itself).

In music we ended up with a nice model where there are loads of platforms (Spotify, Apple, Pandora...) but 90% of the catalog is the same in all of them, because the music majors ended up getting out of the streaming market themselves and just license their stuff and pick up the checks. Here every studio is developing their own propietary platform. 

[viper37]

Apparently, Midway is much better than anticipated.

It's getting pummeled by the critics on Rotten Tomatoes - its at 41%. I'll be interested in what Languisites have to say when they see it.

Well, the critics main point is that it is offering a balanced view of the conflict.

Ok, seriously, I wasn't expecting a 98% score on RT.  But everything is relative, and for an Emmerich movies, that sits in the middle of the line:
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/roland_emmerich

Look the two previous movies' score: 29% and 10%.  Highest score was 65% for ID4 (but don't tell Duque, he didn't like the movie   )


@Valmy
I expected it to be around 8-10% RT score.

[Duque de Bragança]

Ok, seriously, I wasn't expecting a 98% score on RT.  But everything is relative, and for an Emmerich movies, that sits in the middle of the line:
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/roland_emmerich

Look the two previous movies' score: 29% and 10%.  Highest score was 65% for ID4 (but don't tell Duque, he didn't like the movie   )

As far as Emmerich movies go, I'm all ears for Universal Soldier with Dolph and JCVD. 

[Iormlund]

Universal Soldier? No no. Stargate!

Loved the Ancient Egyptian theme.

[Habbaku]

The Netflix model won't work with so much competition.
I can't see the satelite TV model re evolving on streaming.
So the future is pay for what you watch?

The number of streaming subscribers is through the roof. For some reason, I'm sure Netflix will manage to survive even if it drops down to 100 million subscribers instead of 150.

[Tonitrus]

They could survive, but even if a 33% loss in subscribers doesn't look bad as a total, simple number...that often times turns into an avalanche/landslide, where the stock starts tanking, original content starts needing to be cut back, outside producers of content look to other services with exclusivity deals and then eventually the other 100 million subscribers decide it not worth it anymore and go elsewhere.  Then as their stock/value weaken even further, they get bought up by a competitor or merge with one, and then the fun games of industry consolidation begins.