Upcoming Films

[Jay 43,901]

I hadn't seen any footage of Borderlands yet and now I just caught up on these two trailers.

 

 

 

Meh.  I had been intrigued early on, knowing how well the game series is revered, and how many great actors they got to be in it.  But after seeing these, it looks like it's nothing that special.

[Jay 43,901]

Netflix Reportedly Quietly Cancels ‘Army of the Dead’ Sequels and Animated Series

[Edmilson 10,994]

Thank goodness. The first movie was atrocious. Without having seen Rebel Moon, Amry of the Dead was by far Zack Snyder's worst movie.

[A24 4,924]

1 minute ago, Edmilson said:

Thank goodness. The first movie was atrocious. Without having seen Rebel Moon, Amry of the Dead was by far Zack Snyder's worst movie.

 

Rebel Moon is worse! 

[Jay 43,901]

Teaser trailer for Steven Soderbergh's latest, Presence

 

 

[Jay 43,901]

Poster and trailer for Saturday Night

 

 

 

 

[Romão 2,434]

Looking forward to this one. I hope it's a return to form for Reitman, long due

[Naïve Old Fart 12,152]

From the trailer, it looks so knowing and snide, as if it knows it has no value whatsoever, so it goes all-out to alienate you. It's a huge "F**k you!" to the audience.

I don't mind swearing in a film, but I don't want to hear it in a trailer, or especially see it written on a poster. I feel that some sort of Rubicon has been crossed, and I don't like it.

Hard pass.

[HunterTech 1,547]

You're not familiar with the concept of red band trailers? Chances are they'll have toned down variants for non-R screenings.

[Edmilson 10,994]

The epic saga of Anna, Elsa, Olaf the Snowman and songs beloved by 6-year-olds will get a new chapter in 2027 (14 years after the first and 8 years after the second). By then, kids who actually were 6 in 2013/14 will be around 20:

 

 

[The Score Cleaner 8,460]

The art looks better than what the actual movie is probably gonna look like.

[Naïve Old Fart 12,152]

It looks like it's straight out of SLEEPING BEAUTY.

[Jay 43,901]

Disney sure is focusing on existing IP way way way more than originals, eh?

 

[Edmilson 10,994]

Poor Elio sure looks like the "weird" one of the bunch  Seems like original animated movies will continue being the exception rather than the norm, which isn't surprising. Coco was the last fully original to earn over $500 million at the global box office. Elementals nearly got there, but only after overcoming a horrible opening weekend and being pretty much the only option for families with young kids amidst a lot of adult competition (Indiana Jones 5, M: I 7, Oppenheimer, etc).

 

It's sad to see that there may not be room for new, bold ideas in animation like before, when we had Toy Story, Monsters Inc, Incredibles, Ratatouille, WALL-E...

[Xander Harris 8,490]

Endless sequels to things I've never seen. I don't even know what the hell that is between Snow White and Mufasa but it looks like a weirdly stylized 3? A third entry of something I don't know and I've never seen.

 

Seeing Avatar there confused me for a second because I momentarily forgot that they absorbed Fox, one of the worst business deals ever.

 

As someone who was primarily only interested in Disney's theme parks, IPs are also the only things they add to those places anymore. There are no longer original attractions like The Haunted Mansion or Pirates of the Caribbean. It has to be Pixar or Marvel or some princess cartoon movie. This is a company in decline!

[Edmilson 10,994]

3 minutes ago, Brock Lovett said:

I don't even know what the hell that is between Snow White and Mufasa but it looks like a weirdly stylized 3? A third entry of something I don't know and I've never seen.

I THINK that is the third Tron movie that they're doing and releases next year:

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tron:_Ares

 

It will have a score by Nine Inch Nails and will feature flop magnet Jared Leto as the protagonist.

[Xander Harris 8,490]

Well, I've actually seen Tron!

[Marian Schedenig 10,833]

21 minutes ago, Edmilson said:

It's sad to see that there may not be room for new, bold ideas in animation like before, when we had Toy Story, Monsters Inc, Incredibles, Ratatouille, WALL-E...

 

Those are all Pixar films.

 

According to this list, the only original Disney films before the Disney Renaissance were Fantasia (to an extent) Saludos Amigos, The Three Caballeros (the two most obscure ones from the entire list, I suppose - or at least the two I've never seen), and The Aristocats (and that was already 33 years after the first film).

 

And then after the Renaissance we have Lion King (arguably, because Hamlet is strong in it) and then, starting with 2000's Dinosaur, some 15 original stories in just 24 years.

 

Of the last ten films (since 2011), three have been sequels (with original stories, I suppose), and the other seven have had original stories. Clearly, Disney films have never been as original (not even close!) as during the past decade.

 

And if you want to pit sequels against film versions of existing stories (like all those classic fairy tale Disneys), I suppose at least technically the sequels are the more original ones.

[Naïve Old Fart 12,152]

12 hours ago, Edmilson said:

I THINK that is the third Tron movie that they're doing and releases next year:

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tron:_Ares

 

It will have a score by Nine Inch Nails and will feature flop magnet Jared Leto as the protagonist.

 

I don't know.

If they had made TRON 3 after LEGACY, as planned, it would have been brilliant, as it was due to star Bridges, Boxleitner, Warner, Wilde, Hedlund, Murphy, and Morgan, with Daft Punk scoring.

It's Tron, so it's a given; I'll watch it. Whether I'll like it remains to be seen.

I'm not the world's greatest Leto fan, but you never know.

Atticus and Ross seem like a decent successor to DP, and it will look good, at least.

 

[Edmilson 10,994]

29 minutes ago, Marian Schedenig said:

 

Those are all Pixar films.

 

According to this list, the only original Disney films before the Disney Renaissance were Fantasia (to an extent) Saludos Amigos, The Three Caballeros (the two most obscure ones from the entire list, I suppose - or at least the two I've never seen), and The Aristocats (and that was already 33 years after the first film).

 

And then after the Renaissance we have Lion King (arguably, because Hamlet is strong in it) and then, starting with 2000's Dinosaur, some 15 original stories in just 24 years.

 

Of the last ten films (since 2011), three have been sequels (with original stories, I suppose), and the other seven have had original stories. Clearly, Disney films have never been as original (not even close!) as during the past decade.

 

And if you want to pit sequels against film versions of existing stories (like all those classic fairy tale Disneys), I suppose at least technically the sequels are the more original ones.

I think that depends on the definition of originality. If you are considering "original" as a "story you've never seen elsewhere" then yeah, most of the Disney classics being based on fairy tales, literature classics and folk legends aren't original. 

 

But I think there's a huge difference between a Disney version of a classic tale and a sequel created to capitalize on that adaptation's success. Which is why "original" may not be the best word. Scott Mendelson uses "new-to-you" which I think it's better ("you" meaning the general moviegoing public).

 

In other words, before the Disney movies were released people had heard of Beauty and the Beast, the tales of the 1001 nights, the myth of Mulan and Edgar Rice Burrough's Tarzan, but their specific versions made by Disney were new. 

 

Now, instead of looking for other literature classics, myths, etc. to inspire new adaptations or even original ideas (Lilo & Stitch, Wreck-It Ralph, etc), Disney would rather do sequels to their own movies that people already know and love because it's theoretically an easier bet. 

 

Paraphrasing Mendelson again, people would rather watch a proper Frozen sequel than "the new Frozen" i.e. another adaptation of a classic fairytale that Disney haven't done yet and could become either the new Frozen or "just" the new The Princess and the Frog.

 

It is risky to bet in "new" ideas and it has always been. Sometimes you end up with flops. And it's not like Disney didn't try something new before: Atlantis, John Carter, Chicken Little... I guess in the minds of the executives, those movies flopping were such a traumatic event that these days they're only doing movies with established IPs (and I mean that as in "Frozen is a famed IP that Disney would love to explore while other Hans Christian Andersen fables that weren't touched by then are not").

[Jay 43,901]

Turns out Disney has a few originals not on that graphic:

 

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/disney-all-updates-marvel-star-wars-pixar-1235971190/

[Jay 43,901]

 

[Xander Harris 8,490]

What happened to all the weirdos that replaced the dwarfs in the set photos? I thought they weren't even gonna be in this.

 

Eventually they're just going to start remaking Pixar movies in to these types of live action movies, which look more animated frankly than live action. There will be like a Small Soldiers style remake of Toy Story.

[Romão 2,434]

That looks visually horrendous. It's like Midjourney - The Movie.

 

The animals actually look less realistic in in this trailer than they did in the original animated movie

 

 

[Xander Harris 8,490]

I know! I know! I know!

[Naïve Old Fart 12,152]

One word: why?

SNOW WHITE has been (more than) good enough since 1937. It is, arguably, the greatest animated film ever made. It needs no reboot, or reimagining, or re anything.

"Disney invites" me? Sorry, Mouse, I'm washing my hair.

[Jay 43,901]

 

[Tallguy 6,182]

On 10/08/2024 at 12:16 PM, Brock Lovett said:

I don't even know what the hell that is between Snow White and Mufasa but it looks like a weirdly stylized 3?

 

Tron. It's reportedly a reboot but it will have Jeff Bridges. I'll go see it. It's Tron.

 

On 08/08/2024 at 1:58 PM, Naïve Old Fart said:

From the trailer, it looks so knowing and snide, as if it knows it has no value whatsoever, so it goes all-out to alienate you. It's a huge "F**k you!" to the audience.

I don't mind swearing in a film, but I don't want to hear it in a trailer, or especially see it written on a poster. I feel that some sort of Rubicon has been crossed, and I don't like it.

Hard pass.

 

I thought the movie looked pretty good and I think making Michaels the main character was an interesting choice. Good luck to the poor buggers playing the SNL legends.

 

But I certainly agree about the poster. I'm sure there are people who would try and tell me that I'm old and it's just a word. Then I could find the words that not only would not be on a poster but people can lose their jobs for using.

 

On 10/08/2024 at 9:29 AM, Edmilson said:

The epic saga of Anna, Elsa, Olaf the Snowman and songs beloved by 6-year-olds will get a new chapter in 2027 (14 years after the first and 8 years after the second). By then, kids who actually were 6 in 2013/14 will be around 20:

 

Well, I was 8 when The Rescuers came out and I was there on opening night for The Rescuers Down Under when I was 21.

 

I have no need of a Frozen 3 but I think the songs for Frozen 2 are wildly underrated.

 

On 10/08/2024 at 1:22 PM, Edmilson said:

I think that depends on the definition of originality. If you are considering "original" as a "story you've never seen elsewhere" then yeah, most of the Disney classics being based on fairy tales, literature classics and folk legends aren't original. 

 

Gone With the Wind was a book! Casablanca was a play! Charlatans and hacks!

 

[tomsmoviemadness 4,432]

 

[Jay 43,901]

 Ayo Edebiri and Mary-Louise Parker star in a time loop comedy called Omni Loop

 

 

[rough cut 1,783]

Looks good.

 

I love me a time travel/time loop movie.

[Jay 43,901]

Me too!

 

Edge of Tomorrow, Boss Level, and Palm Springs were recent ones that were really good.  Map of Tiny Perfect Things was ok.

 

The first Happy Death Day was really fun.  The sequel was terrible

 

Meet Cute was very forgettable

[Marian Schedenig 10,833]

And let's not forget Predestination!

[Jay 43,901]

I don't really think of that as a time loop movie, because it isn't really about a person reliving the same day over and over again and accomplishing different things through the repeats like all those other ones are.

[Marian Schedenig 10,833]

Maybe. I was going by the original "time travel/time loop movie".

 

Spoiler

It does have an ouroboros structure though.

 

[tomsmoviemadness 4,432]

That looks good. Love seeing Mary-Louise Parker again, always like her but she's been more absemt these past few years. Last time I saw her in anything was Red Sparrow

[Jay 43,901]

The new poster for Saturday Night is much better than the first

 

[tomsmoviemadness 4,432]

Teaser for Wildwood (new film from Laika studios)

 

 

 

[Jay 43,901]

Trailer for Y2K, Kyle Mooney's directorial debut

 

 

[A24 4,924]

Filming of 28 Years Later (Part 1) has finished shooting. They are already working on Part 2. 

 

 

https://comicbook.com/movies/news/28-years-later-trilogy-gets-surprising-update/

[Bayesian 1,560]

2 hours ago, Jay said:

Trailer for Y2K, Kyle Mooney's directorial debut

 

 

This one looks like the kind of movie I could have really gotten into if I were 20 years younger.

[Tallguy 6,182]

2 minutes ago, Bayesian said:

This one looks like the kind of movie I could have really gotten into if I were 20 years younger.

 

24 years younger?

[Jay 43,901]

Shannon Elizabeth is back

 

 

 

Anyone else immediately recognize Snuff by Chuck Palahniuk @ 0:43?

[Jay 43,901]

Tim Curry Returns to the Big Screen in Horror Movie ‘Stream’

[Jay 43,901]

Park Chan-wook to Begin Shooting Violent Comedy-Thriller ‘No Other Choice’

[tomsmoviemadness 4,432]

Trailer for the Christopher Reeve documentary

 

 

[Holko 11,673]

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[Edmilson 10,994]

Sigh. This is the DC studios logo they'll be using.

 

It's kinda bad. It's the logo DC used from the mid 70s until the mid 2000s (aka the logo used in James Gunn's formative years) followed by "Studios" in a similar way Marvel Studios writes their own logo, with one bar above and one below the word.

[tomsmoviemadness 4,432]

Sonic 3 trailer

 

 

[Edmilson 10,994]

Most anticipated movie of the year for 8 year olds!