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[–] Gsus4@mander.xyz 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Movies in the '90s were more varied, but then after 9/11 and the "war on terror" it seems that there was an intentional focus on superheroes fighting the bad guys, don't know about the '80s.

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[–] Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee 4 points 1 week ago

Well with new Jurassic park/world stuff coming out, there's 90s stuff going on, too.

[–] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] Doc_Crankenstein@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Never even saw an ad for it but, then again, who watches ads anymore? Good reviews? Can't trust them, most are bots nowadays.

Just as well, people are so broke they don't want to risk spending money on something they don't know when they can watch a remake of a story they know they enjoy or just don't have money to even go to the movies at all.

Gotta love that capitalist innovation and the "invisible hand if the market" at work.

[–] slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org 2 points 1 week ago

My favourite thing about movies is that a movie that makes 10million dollars is a flop. It could make 100millions and now we're sad and can only afford to make a cheap remake

[–] Shardikprime@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Best thing is that internet and technology development has brought us masterpieces like this:

https://youtu.be/bl8Z7Dl7P9A

[–] psmgx@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Because the movie industry wants money and the tubes keep paying to see these -- and don't pay to see complex, challenging, or odd films

[–] ech@lemm.ee 0 points 1 week ago

Including the people that make comics like the above.

RLM just made a pretty good video about this topic: https://youtu.be/I0Jwv40MkiY

[–] KyuubiNoKitsune@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I really want to watch We're All Gonna Die, but there's no way for me to see it and I'd love to support the creators.

[–] divineburke@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] jaxxed@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)
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[–] XeroxCool@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

ITT: movie opinions based on movie advertisements for the circle jerk instead of seeking movie announcements or even, retroactively, awards/nominations. But I get it, you know what the next Superman is going to be so it's easy to have an opinion on it without seeing it whereas the other half of the movies are original... but risky for your use of time.

Cue complaints about rigged awards stealing from better movies without acknowledging it's a showdown between multiple original movies.

Cue complaints about popcorn pricing as if you're forced to eat popcorn and eat popcorn for every home movie

Cue complaints about gross movie theaters as if this is really about the originality of movies instead of a likely attention span issue

[–] solsangraal@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

also way too many prequels

[–] Shardikprime@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago

I'd love to see a prequel leading to how the hell did Lucius and Narcisa Malfoy got married. How did they date? How did the families get along?

I bet my bottom dollar it was hilarious as fuck

I'm sure Adam Sandler could play Lucius dad

[–] Shardikprime@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Raul Julia playing Mr Bison was peak cinema, no one can take away from us

Also Peter Weller playing robocop was peak acting. Dude made everyone feel all sorts of emotions just by lip gesticulation

[–] Shardikprime@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

I don't know why people complain so much about this, weren't you like against capitalism and mindless consumption?

If you get one of those apps like HBO or Disney plus, you will have like, a catalogue that last years to watch everything

And about the popcorn? Do you realize you can cook that in your home as well right? Now you don't even need oil, with the air fryers

With the advent of Netflix type apps, you can just do movie nights with your family and friends extremely easy, that's a plus if you don't want to spend so much outside

And if you go the selfhost Route, it's even cheaper

So again why the complains?

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I don't know why people complain so much about this, weren't you like against capitalism and mindless consumption?

The focus is on what is actually showing. We want to see art not this bullshit. And it's not like streaming services are different in this regard.

[–] Bloomcole@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

That's why we don't pay and waste money on streaming sevices either.

[–] BackgrndNoize@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago

No home setup beats the theatre experience for me for most movies

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[–] expatriado@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

the last 2 days have felt like a remake

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