I’m incredibly frustrated being a DC fan right now. The scrapped Batgirl, one of the films I was actually looking forward to. They’ve cancelled production on Zatanna and there are numerous great characters that have never been seen on the big screen. But what are we getting forward? Superman again. And new versions of the rest of the Justice League. The Synderverse was such a disaster that there needs to be more time for the dust to settle before they start, especially since they will inevitably want to cover the same story beats.
Or maybe I’m just old and miss the days where it took more time to reboot a franchise than it took to make a Bond movie.
I’d love if DC went more along the route of prestige movies for their characters. JOKER and THE BATMAN showed that there are audiences for those kinds of movies. Leave the theme park rides to Marvel.
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Superman has not been treated right for quite some time. And he is the main piece of DC. Of course, Gunn will focus on him.
As for the story beats, who knows?
And if done well - see Matt Reeves - the familiar will be fresh and exciting.
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I’m not a member, so can’t read it. Thought I’d share for anyone who might be.
I know what side I stand on…
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Agreed. Loved Returns and thought Routh was fantastic (was channeling Reeve) and got a raw deal not being able to follow it up. That said the Superman The Movie 3 Donner model is absolutely the right course of action. Truly believe that’s the version of Superman we need.
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Not sure about this movie but I still like Nicholas Hoult for Bond every time I see him…
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That looks utterly bonkers. I’m in.
Who are these people flocking to see Avatar every time it’s in the cinema? I genuinely don’t know anyone who has seen Avatar 2. I saw Avatar 1 when it was released, but dont know anyone who has gone to the re releases. Compared to films like Avengers where it was hard finding someone who hadn’t seen it, I’m stumped as to how it’s been this successful.
At least here in the US, if you’re a teen wanting to go out and see a movie there’s not a whole lot else to choose from.
The next couple of movies on the charts are Puss in Boots, a movie that was released 2 months ago (Black Panther 2), and a Whitney Houston biopic. All the ticket money is flooding to 1 film…
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Another attempt at maligning a movie due to its production history. The trades always run on schadenfreude.
And hey, this is how Coppola rolls. Chaos and tripple-guessing.
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It sure didn’t hurt “Apocalypse Now”.
And here he debunks the whole THR story:
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“He didn’t want to do it. He thought it was boring.”
I refused to watch films with Di Caprio in them for another 5 years after seeing it. It was Catch Me If You Can before I would, and that was him saying that he also hated Titanic.
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But… but… but… the movie was so successful!
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My admiration for DiCaprio has increased. Titanic is succinctly, exactly that, boring.
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Time has a way of turning things around. At one point, Tom Cruise was near the bottom of my list of actors and it’s hard to imagine I could have hated a movie more than I did the first Mission: Impossible. By now Cruise has delivered enough solid entertainment that I’ll give any of his new stuff a try, and for a long time now I’ve been more enthused about new M:I installments than the Bonds.
“Titanic” is an unusually deep hole to dig oneself out of, but Leo’s done pretty well.
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I’ve only liked his Unbreakable trilogy, but I do want him to succeed. His aims seem good, he is just not that good in his execution.
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I had been a huge fan until “Lady in the Water”. Afterwards I did like the much maligned “The Happening” but every following film did not click with me at all anymore.
I had come to believe that he was really the one-trick pony many critics considered him to be.
Two years ago, during lockdown, I gave “Servant” a chance, and despite being lukewarm about it at first, I stuck with it and enjoyed binge watching the first two seasons after all. But since he was not the only creative force behind this show I thought: yeah, well, I’m not loving this show too much and for what I love I don’t give him the sole credit.
Then, in fact, two weeks ago, I had to separate myself from my wife within our own apartment because she finally contracted COVID (thanks to full vaccination status it stayed mild, to my relief) and I, so far, managed not to be infected. I remained for the most part in my work room and, yes, worked like crazy to get my mind on something productive. And I tried “Servant, Season 3”. At first I only managed the first two minutes. I was not in the mood, I was scared and angry because of the COVID-situation (my wife is a teacher and was so extremely careful not to get anything, but after three years, with her one of the very few still masked, and colleagues and pupils coming sick to school, it was inevitable that even one moment during a break and eating and drinking was enough for the virus to find a new host),
But out of boredom (nothing I tried to watch did excite me) I gave the third season another chance - and suddenly I was hooked again. I began to adore this season and understood how delicate this show balances drama, comedy and horror, with the most finely tuned performances by the cast.
And this got me to rediscover the Shyamalan filmography, re-appreciating what I loved before, and making me eager to seek out the films again he made after “The Happening”.
I haven’t watched “Old” yet but I want to. And this “Knock at the Cabin” definitely is now on my watchlist, too.