Thanks so much for recommending Honey Don’t! I had originally planned to give it a pass however after reading your review I decided to see it at the theater. My friend and I thoroughly enjoyed it (the acting was terrific) and we are also very puzzled by the very negative reviews.
Good riddance to superhero pabulum. So many talented actors, directors, producers, etc wasting their skills on this garbage. The one exception is Mystery Men, which may be the funniest movie ever made, but largely because it makes fun of the superhero trope and does it very well.
If you need a billion dollar movie, there's always the next Christopher Nolan movie! And aside from perhaps Tenet, it's guaranteed to be a movie worth buying from streaming later on and seeing a re-release in IMAX a decade later. And even Tenet was better than average; just not his best work. Perhaps it's just due to me not connecting with the soundtrack like in his other movies, maybe as it was the first time in many years that it wasn't scored by Hans Zimmer. But Ludvig sure remedied that in Oppenheimer.
"The Fountain" is one of my favorite movies of all time. I only own about a half dozen movies on Prime Video and "The Fountain" is one of them. "The Fountain" did what "Cloud Atlas" (the movie...not the book) tried and failed to do.
CLOUD ATLAS is an interesting success! I think that movie rocks. THE FOUNTAIN simply doesn't come together for me. But I could be convinced to love it if someone put out a packed 4K limited edition of it.
Cloud Atlas is my "alone on a desert island" book. I remember when I first read it, I told a friend of mine, "They'll never be able to make a movie out of this one!" Well, they tried, but David Mitchell didn't make it easy.
I saw the movie was coming out, so I blew thru the book. I don't think I would have enjoyed the film without having read it, but I loved both in concert with each other.
I do agree that things have shifted to an execution-dependent situation for superhero films. Marvel is going to continue leaning into the F4 and X-men, and I believe that once they rebuild trust, the performance of their films will improve. As a DC fan since the days of Crisis on Infinite Earths, I am glad that a good storyteller like Gunn is guiding the creative side. I don't know how much money Supergirl will make, but I am confident that it will be good. That is where Marvel and DC have to start.
Re: The End of the Superhero Boom - OMFG, Mr. Bunch, I hope you are not just right but ABSOLUTELY right. It cannot come soon enough. I'm reminded of the 50's "swashbuckling" spectacles (replete with Victor Mature and odd his Greco-Roman-qua-mythological "Machiste" name) and the unending musicals that lingered relentlessly until PAINT YOUR WAGON (sadly, probably one of the best of its genre is probably the most ignominiously ignored). In fifty years time, other than the generic label "Marvel"/superhero moniker that will be applied to the genre, which ones will actually be remembered? A very profitable genre - yes - but all except a handful are entirelly forgettable. Need proof? How many of these were Big 4 (Picture/Director/Actor/Actress) Oscar winners (and not just in the VFX/Sound categories)?
I'm a comic book guy. I'm a movie guy. I'm a comic book movie guy. Yet, even I was getting a little bored with every year being dominated by comic book movies. This past year has been so exciting. A Superman movie? I loved it. A Fantastic Four movie? I dig it. ThUnderbolts? I really enjoyed it.
Yet, in between and among of those movies were Companion, Sinners, Weapons, and F1. Original movies, both big and small, doing pretty decent business. It's been a pretty good year so far.
Yeah, it's funny: sometimes people accuse me of being a superhero movie hater, other times being TOO into them. But like: some are good, some are bad. The good news is that there have been some really good originals this year! SINNERS, WEAPONS, and F1 show the way forward.
Thanks so much for recommending Honey Don’t! I had originally planned to give it a pass however after reading your review I decided to see it at the theater. My friend and I thoroughly enjoyed it (the acting was terrific) and we are also very puzzled by the very negative reviews.
Sonny or anyone has the video about the Death of Stalin come out yet? I re-watched it in anticipation but can’t find it.
My understanding from the YouTube team is that it’s dropping on Monday?
Thanks Sonny. I’m living DownUnder so will be Tuesday for me.
Good riddance to superhero pabulum. So many talented actors, directors, producers, etc wasting their skills on this garbage. The one exception is Mystery Men, which may be the funniest movie ever made, but largely because it makes fun of the superhero trope and does it very well.
If you need a billion dollar movie, there's always the next Christopher Nolan movie! And aside from perhaps Tenet, it's guaranteed to be a movie worth buying from streaming later on and seeing a re-release in IMAX a decade later. And even Tenet was better than average; just not his best work. Perhaps it's just due to me not connecting with the soundtrack like in his other movies, maybe as it was the first time in many years that it wasn't scored by Hans Zimmer. But Ludvig sure remedied that in Oppenheimer.
I strongly object to footnote #1!
"The Fountain" is one of my favorite movies of all time. I only own about a half dozen movies on Prime Video and "The Fountain" is one of them. "The Fountain" did what "Cloud Atlas" (the movie...not the book) tried and failed to do.
CLOUD ATLAS is an interesting success! I think that movie rocks. THE FOUNTAIN simply doesn't come together for me. But I could be convinced to love it if someone put out a packed 4K limited edition of it.
Cloud Atlas is my "alone on a desert island" book. I remember when I first read it, I told a friend of mine, "They'll never be able to make a movie out of this one!" Well, they tried, but David Mitchell didn't make it easy.
I saw the movie was coming out, so I blew thru the book. I don't think I would have enjoyed the film without having read it, but I loved both in concert with each other.
I do agree that things have shifted to an execution-dependent situation for superhero films. Marvel is going to continue leaning into the F4 and X-men, and I believe that once they rebuild trust, the performance of their films will improve. As a DC fan since the days of Crisis on Infinite Earths, I am glad that a good storyteller like Gunn is guiding the creative side. I don't know how much money Supergirl will make, but I am confident that it will be good. That is where Marvel and DC have to start.
Re: The End of the Superhero Boom - OMFG, Mr. Bunch, I hope you are not just right but ABSOLUTELY right. It cannot come soon enough. I'm reminded of the 50's "swashbuckling" spectacles (replete with Victor Mature and odd his Greco-Roman-qua-mythological "Machiste" name) and the unending musicals that lingered relentlessly until PAINT YOUR WAGON (sadly, probably one of the best of its genre is probably the most ignominiously ignored). In fifty years time, other than the generic label "Marvel"/superhero moniker that will be applied to the genre, which ones will actually be remembered? A very profitable genre - yes - but all except a handful are entirelly forgettable. Need proof? How many of these were Big 4 (Picture/Director/Actor/Actress) Oscar winners (and not just in the VFX/Sound categories)?
I'm a comic book guy. I'm a movie guy. I'm a comic book movie guy. Yet, even I was getting a little bored with every year being dominated by comic book movies. This past year has been so exciting. A Superman movie? I loved it. A Fantastic Four movie? I dig it. ThUnderbolts? I really enjoyed it.
Yet, in between and among of those movies were Companion, Sinners, Weapons, and F1. Original movies, both big and small, doing pretty decent business. It's been a pretty good year so far.
Yeah, it's funny: sometimes people accuse me of being a superhero movie hater, other times being TOO into them. But like: some are good, some are bad. The good news is that there have been some really good originals this year! SINNERS, WEAPONS, and F1 show the way forward.