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I did enjoy Saltburn.

And there were a couple of damn good horror movies, but overall, a pretty lame year for films.

Can anybody else name something/anything that blew your mind this year?

Lame year? I'm guessing you didn't hop on the "Barbenheimer" bandwagon?

I did see Oppenheimer, but no Barbie.

I thought Saltburn was dumb! You didnt think it was overly slow and boring, without any coherent message, a la Parasite? And why the fuck is it shot in 4:3?

I believe that was the only new movie I saw this year

Killers of the Flower Moon was well made.

This new Japanese Godzilla Minus One movie is supposed to be really good. Getting excellent reviews. I might actually go to the cinema for the first time in two years!

Kinda?
Pile after pile of dog shit

The Holdovers is really good!

Every time I get in the mood to go see a movie and I look I am blown away at how there is just nothing to see. It’s not even the cost anymore. It’s just shit movies.

Here is how to fix it.

1. Stop with the extreme make overs. I don’t need a female Asian Indiana Jones , gay transgender gremlins or middle eastern ghostbusters. If the original cast is too old/disinterested then leave shit well enough alone.

2. Christmas time needs a Star Wars movie. Even bad Star Wars is better than the best Barbie or Trolls movie. It’s just astonishing how badly SW is being handled. Why not do an animated film that takes place during the OT era? Find some sound a likes for Han and Leia etc. Turn some of those comic book stories into a 2 hour animated movie. Just do something! I want SW back on the big screen. If you had a decent SW movie in theaters this year people would have paid to see that shit 3 times each. Hell you could do a Pixar style movie about Jawas or some shit. If it was done with class and charm and no agendas families would eat that shit up.

3. I realize it’s hard to get people to give new stories and characters a chance but Hollywood needs to get back to creating new hero’s. The old wells are dry.

4. Stop releasing shit to streaming so soon. Why am I gonna pay $50 to take my family to see a movie today that will be free on Peacock in 4 weeks?

5. Re-release classics. If you have nothing new to push bring back old movies on wide release and for more than a day. Too often you find out a movie was released after the fact or it’s only for a night or two or it was only at 50 theaters nationwide. You could do classic double features the entire month of December. I’d pay $10 to sit and watch Star Trek II followed by Return of the Jedi on the big screen. Or Die Hard. Or James Bond.
Do a Back To The Future marathon. On the big screen. Family pricing. Maybe even offer some retro merch. Tell me you wouldn’t want to sit and watch some classics on Christmas Eve while eating popcorn out of a Stormtrooper helmet?

Just no fucking effort at all anymore from HW/movie theaters. It’s like they’ve given up without saying it out loud and are just waiting it out.

Talk to Me was a good scary movie

I think the subject applies to most TV/movies nowadays. It's a generalization, but it covers a lot of ground. Therefore, I quit going to the theater and tracking TV shows I want to stream. I have a few favorites on Apple TV that I didn't know put out new seasons until they were all released. I kind of like that, so I don't need to watch it week to week. Movies, I'll wait until I can rent or stream for free. The wife put on Barbie the other day. It was more watchable than I'd have guessed, but I'd never have paid to see it at a theater. 5/10.

I want to see Oppenheimer and Wonka, and I'll give John Wick 4 a view since I'm a fan of the movies and graphic novels (though I heard it was the worst of the four).

The last dozen or so of "new" movies we have watched have been total throwaway drivel. Netflix is a dumping ground of pure garbage and I would love to cancel our subscription. The last 10 years of cinema/television is why I watch the same old movies for the "20th time".