I Heard You Paint Houses/ The Irishman

Started by MacGuffin, October 02, 2008, 01:02:06 AM

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Drenk

QuoteA bigger problem that theaters are probably considering is what kind of precedent a deal with Netflix would set for other studios that are entering the streaming space in earnest. If NATO, the governing body for major exhibitors, negotiated with Netflix, then Disney might want the same deal in order to get its movies to the online Disney+ service more quickly. Warner Bros., which is prepping a streaming app called HBO Max, would want in, too, and so on.

Just like that, the movie business would be inexorably changed, with multiplexes existing only to screen films for a few weeks. That could be the beginning of the end for theaters, part of an inevitable slouch toward the cinematic experience taking place exclusively at home. Theaters, of course, still offer the kind of immersive and communal experience that at-home viewing cannot. But it would be risky for NATO to allow a one-month window to become the new norm across the industry.

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Ascension.

Sleepless

It'll be interesting to see what solutions are proposed or tested. There's two forces at work here, of course, the theaters business and the awards qualification criteria. Netflix isn't making multiplex blockbusters, they're making mid-budget adult fare - classic awards bait. They want to show their films in theaters not only to appease their filmmakers but to qualify for awards. Disney is a different beast, and you've got to imagine they're happy to milk as much money as they can from their IP - both in theaters, and Disney+, and countless special edition blu ray releases. The theatre model does need to change, but it absolutely can survive. They just need a major shift to satisfy what their customers want. Likewise, maybe awards qualification standards need an overhaul - each studio submits a limited quota of films for consideration, theatrical release be damned, perhaps something similar to how different countries submit for the international Oscar?
He held on. The dolphin and all the rest of its pod turned and swam out to sea, and still he held on. This is it, he thought. Then he remembered that they were air-breathers too. It was going to be all right.

Drenk

Ascension.

Alethia

I think it looks like good old Casino-esque fun, gonna try to snag some standby tix at the NYFF screening Saturday, before the Marty talk.

Sleepless

I heard it's long and slow, but that trailer looks good. Just got to get your expectations in the right place.
He held on. The dolphin and all the rest of its pod turned and swam out to sea, and still he held on. This is it, he thought. Then he remembered that they were air-breathers too. It was going to be all right.

jviness02

Quote from: Drenk on September 26, 2019, 06:31:33 AM


It looks...bad.

The effects or the movie itself? The de-aging is a misfire, but the movie itself looks like typical Scorsese, in the best way possible.

jenkins

nah it doesn't look like Silence (best possible Scorsese)

Drenk

It looks like watered down Scorsese. And a really classic and overlong life story of a mob guy. With that extraordinary cast I was imagining something more...urgent.

I wasn't expecting anything else for the effects, I made my peace with it, and it looks less distracting than Gemini Man.

Ascension.

Something Spanish

The deaging doesn't bother me, my two cents is it's like when actors get made up to look older but in reverse, the performance is still the De Niro.


wilberfan



Alethia


jenkins

earlier i threw down for Silence, bc i cherish that movie, but i don't want to get twisted into sounding as if i won't see this movie. and ill like it, it's just a matter of how ill like it

jviness02