Popular Post Disco Stu 15,495 Posted October 2, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted October 2, 2020 Quote Robert Zemeckis' The Witches, originally scheduled to hit theaters this month, will instead go straight to HBOMax on 10/22, becoming the first significant WB film to go that route. source As someone who loves the original Dahl book, the 1990 movie, and is currently going through Zemeckis' filmography in order, watching one a week, I was really hoping his adaptation of The Witches was going to be good. But sending it directly to HBOMax doesn't necessarily bode well.... we'll see! Either way, we're getting a new Alan Silvestri score for a Zemeckis film in 3 weeks! blondheim, Obi and Edmilson 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,287 Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 The Tucc! Bayesian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,465 Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 I'm hoping this is more inspired than a lot of other Silvestri and Zemeckis we've gotten recently. The story certainly inspires a canvas of some size. Like you, Disco Stu, I have fond memories of the book. And the film is one of the few times in my life I went to the cinema with my mother, so I remember it well. Great score by Myers too. blondheim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted October 2, 2020 Author Share Posted October 2, 2020 I'm kind of dreading the CGI witch face they put on Anne Hathaway for the unmasking scene.... This is Zemeckis, there ain't no way they're going the practical make up route... crumbs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 A telly movie? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,465 Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 I should point out that when I mentioned 'canvas of some size' earlier, I was talking about a canvas for Silvestri to score. I'm fairly certain the film will be a campy mess and miss. I mean, seriously, just look at the poster! A far cry from the gorgeous grainy textures and the subversive wit of the Nicholas Roeg movie. Docteur Qui and blondheim 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted October 2, 2020 Author Share Posted October 2, 2020 12 minutes ago, Thor said: I'm hoping this is more inspired than a lot of other Silvestri and Zemeckis we've gotten recently I thought Silvestri's Marwen score was pretty good! The end credits cue at least is a keeper as a nice medley of the themes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,287 Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 I love The Walk's entire score! blondheim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crumbs 14,300 Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 Looks nothing like the borderline-horror film I remember from my childhood. What's with the candy coloured production design? Visuals and CGI are as plastic as Tim Burton's godawful Charlie and the Chocolate Factory adaptation. Edmilson and Docteur Qui 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted October 2, 2020 Author Share Posted October 2, 2020 I actually like the look he's going for. But no I don't think this will be as good as the classic Roeg movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blondheim 1,157 Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 Hathaway's accent is almost as bad as it was in The Hustle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,287 Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 6,646 Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 To be a fly on the wall in the COVID-times Skype meetings where they determine whether to dump their movies to streaming/VOD or delay for a year or more until the whole COVID thing shakes out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,478 Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 Movies are being released directly on TV now... Okay... So, does it mean that scores will be released directly as Expanded scores? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arpy 4,145 Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 Looks like poop. Octavia Spencer and Tucci might be the only good things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,287 Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 So far the ones pushed back to Q4 2020 or 2021 have obvious box office potential (Bond, Wonder Woman, Black Widow & the other MCU films, Fast and Furious, Top Gun, Ghostbusters, etc etc). The ones that went straight to streaming or VOD instead of theaters probably wouldn't have broken any records anyway (Greyhound, Tesla, Ava, Mulan, Antebellum). I doubt The Witches' box office ceiling was very high and maybe now they get some HBO Max subscriptions out of it. We like HBO Max - the software and interface is horrendous (it's ugly and purple, and it's also the streaming service we use that ever pauses to buffer), but there's some good content on there - we liked An American Pickle and Unpregnant, and that Anna Kendrick show - plus it's what we use for HBO's shows too since they took the old app away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 6,646 Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 I have HBO Max free through my ISP. I liked HBO Max when I scrolled through it on my phone, but they don't have a Roku app so I haven't watched more than a few minutes of the first episode of Sesame Street on my phone. Big Bird looked MESSED UP. Jurassic Shark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,287 Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 We're in the same boat, they removed HBO's old app off our Roku and there is no HBO Max Roku app, so now we have to fire up my Playstation 4 just to use HBO Max. It's annoying, but not the end of the world. Someday WB and Roku will resolve their disagreements Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 6,646 Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 Yeah, we were mid-Watchmen when HBO-GO disappeared, so I had to buy a few episodes. Peacock just worked out a deal with Roku, so hopefully HBOMAX will do the same Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 New Silvestri Halloween score hell yeah Disco Stu and blondheim 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,287 Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 I thought you had a Playstation 4? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 6,646 Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 I have a dusty PS3, and not in the main TV room. I'm gonna get a cheap used PS4 sometime after the 5 comes out. I'm kind of a fairweather gamer, so it doesn't make a lot of financial sense for me to invest full price in a system on the promise of future games. My PS4 shortlist is basically just Arkham Knight, Spider-man, TLOU2. I'm kind of toodling my way through replays of the Arkham games right now, and when I beat Origins is when I'll probably up to a PS4. I will buy a Switch on launch day of BOTW2, though. I'm no monster. blondheim and Jay 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollemanneke 3,337 Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 Huh, I totally didn't know this movie was in the making. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,478 Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 13 minutes ago, mstrox said: Yeah, we were mid-Watchmen when HBO-GO disappeared, so I had to buy a few episodes. Peacock just worked out a deal with Roku, so hopefully HBOMAX will do the same Yeah, I have to see Watchmen, with this naked hung black blue man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,287 Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 International poster is different. I wonder if the OST cover will spring off this version Oh, and I just noticed this poster says the soundtrack album will be out on WaterTower Records, something the US poster doesn't mention Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arpy 4,145 Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 She looks like the Joker! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post crumbs 14,300 Posted October 2, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted October 2, 2020 You just know the final witch reveal will be some CGI piece of crap rather than tangible, textured makeup effects. This scared the shit out of me when I was a kid. Nasty, slimey and practical. Henry Sítrónu, Bayesian, Docteur Qui and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 9,499 Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 Oh god not the "Re-imaginings" again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted October 2, 2020 Author Share Posted October 2, 2020 5 minutes ago, crumbs said: You just know the final witch reveal will be some CGI piece of crap rather than tangible, textured makeup effects. Yes I said earlier in this thread, it's going to be a real bad moment when Hathaway removes the mask to reveal a CG mocap thing. Oh well. Hope the score is good! 2 minutes ago, Holko said: Oh god not the "Re-imaginings" again I think adapting books that have been adapted before is perfectly valid, personally. It's a different category. Like with the Coens' True Grit. Not that this will be good, mind you. crumbs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 9,499 Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 5 minutes ago, Disco Stu said: I think adapting books that have been adapted before is perfectly valid, personally. It's a different category. Like with the Coens' True Grit. Not that this will be good, mind you. Nah I meant that the term was used for the Burton Apes and the like. Disco Stu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blondheim 1,157 Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 it looks like it may open up to reveal a very scary mouth. I doubt they will go for something as extreme as Parasyte the Maxim. Or, for those unfamilar with anime, something like the demogorgon from Stranger Things. I guess the new Pennywise does something similar as well. Anyway, I don't want it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted October 2, 2020 Author Share Posted October 2, 2020 Just now, Holko said: Nah I meant that the term was used for the Burton Apes and the like. ah yes. I agree that that term is silly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arpy 4,145 Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 Unfortunately it looks like the dark elements of the original have been oversaturated in CG, nothing in the trailer hints at any of the things that made the earlier film terrifying. There's something about Zemeckis' recent stylings that make everything look like it was given a vaseline coating of CG, reminiscent of the mo-cap look of Polar Express. crumbs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,287 Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 14 minutes ago, Holko said: Oh god not the "Re-imaginings" again 13 minutes ago, Disco Stu said: I think adapting books that have been adapted before is perfectly valid, personally. It's a different category. Like with the Coens' True Grit. Not that this will be good, mind you. I think Holko was referring to the words used in the trailer Disco Stu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,391 Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 Yeah, I don't trust Zemeckis and his mo-cap effects. The Polar Express is creepy until this day thanks to the bizarre mocap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,028 Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 Yeah, it's kind of bizarre that his idea of a family holiday film contains dead looking kids. Edmilson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muad'Dib 1,800 Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 The narration makes it seem like a movie adaptation of Everybody Hates Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 6,646 Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 Just saw Polar Express for the first time ever in IMAX last year and thought the animation was much better than I expected from the reputation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,465 Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 THE POLAR EXPRESS, in all its Chris Columbus-ian Christmas excess, is probably the best of Zemecki's mocap escapades. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Docteur Qui 1,544 Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 I like Hathaway, she’s great in a lot of things. But Huston will always be my Grand High Witch! blondheim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,028 Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 She looks like a witch in real life, so... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bayesian 1,359 Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 Anyone else find the trailer music to be especially irritating? I don’t think there’s a single real instrument playing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 2,833 Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 Interesting to see this was recording during the pandemic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,391 Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 About Zemeckis mocap movies, I have a soft spot for Bewoulf, because that's the first film I watched all by myself in theaters at age 14. And a few months later I rewatched it and I Am Legend with a crush I had back then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 Who knew The Four Tops would one day be trailerfied. It's the most hideous thing I ever heard. Bryant Burnette 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,287 Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 That's the same trailer I already posted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 It didn't appear on my page when I first opened the thread. Only the poster loaded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryant Burnette 654 Posted October 3, 2020 Share Posted October 3, 2020 I loved that book when I was a kid. I might watch this someday for that reason, but it looks pretty bad to me. That heroic symphonic version of "I'll Be There" is embarrassing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 On 10/2/2020 at 12:37 PM, Muad'Dib said: The narration makes it seem like a movie adaptation of Everybody Hates Chris When I started to play the trailer I honestly thought I was watching a commercial for the show Muad'Dib 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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