“ Good movies bring people into the movie theater.” Who knew?
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So were just ignoring Sinners then?
I still haven't seen Oppenheimer, it just sounds like a long boring movie. I'm 70% through the PHM book and I can't wait to see it.
Oppenheimer asked “just because we can build a nuclear bomb, should we?”, but they seemed to imply that the movie was original and edgy to consider that angle rather than it having been asked continuously for the past 80 years.
I’m honestly fatigued with all the reboots/rehashes and marvel slop, glad this one is doing well.
Yeah, I eagerly awaited Infinity War and Endgame, but I was immediately marvelled out after that. Took me years before I watched Loki and Wandavision. They were both good, but I still don't have much of an appetite for them.
Similar with Star Wars, though that eagerness diminished a bit after ep 7 and a lot more after ep 8, to the point where I only went to see 9 more out of a sense of obligation to who I used to be. Funny because they were the opposite of IW/Endgame in their setup (ie, they planned the whole arc out for Marvel but didn't even plan a movie ahead with SW, didn't even use the same director).
Went and saw it. Despite “Rocky” being a little bro to the Galaxy Quest Rock Monster and kinda being cheesy with the “coos” and decidedly un-alien thought processes that were very human…
It was a relief to watch and enjoy.
Not dark, not apocalyptic like supervillains bent on world destruction, not yet another rehash of a franchise or live action reboot.
I was glad to see it. A decent, feel-good original movie.
It was fun, but they stripped 90% of the science out of it. The book is much, much better.
I loved the book, it's the first novel I've reread more than once in my adult life.
In glad they stripped the science out of it. It would have been a boring film if they'd left it in. They did the story justice. There's only so much you can do in 2.5 hours and I think they did brilliantly.
I read and enjoyed the book, but the movie improved on some story beats and trimmed some sciencey stuff that wouldn’t have translated well to the screen. Pretty great adaptation.
If you’re considering watching it, do try to avoid the trailers for it. I understand that you have to market the story, but introducing things in ads that should have been delightful surprises kinda stinks.
trimmed some sciencey stuff that wouldn’t have translated well to
....American audiences
I managed to avoid all trailers, bought tickets for the family, got to our seats and guess what was showing in the early trailers? That's right, clips from the movie spoiling Rocky and giving stupid facts.
Like WTF?
Don't show promotional material for the movie you're already in, let alone spoilery ones
That would be so infuriating. I DESPISE spoilers
The trick is to find a theatre that lets you reserve seats with your tickets and then show up about 10 minutes late to miss all the ads spoilers/trailers for other movies.
It's one area where my procrastination paid off and gave a better experience instead of a worse one.
I've read the book a billion times, it's so damn good, (listened to it ray porter is amazing in everything he reads) and watched the trailer and yea....they spoil the hell out of the big surprise. Like damn...
I was trying to abstain from the trailer. I was watching a live episode of Saturday night live when it cut to commercial- the project Hail Mary trailer. They showed Rocky in the first 5 seconds! I was pissed off. I had to quiet my rage at 11:30 pm while my wife and kid were sleeping. I hate movie trailers
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“Project Hail Mary” is bringing audiences to movie theaters in numbers the industry hasn’t seen for a non-franchise film since “Oppenheimer.”
So, 3 years ago?
so 3 years is like 12 superhero movies. AND THEY STILL HAVEN'T MADE THE ORIGIN OF THE SHOVELLER.
That's an eternity for dipshit business brains that can't think beyond the current quarter
what if we made Oppenheimer 2: nuclear bugaloo?
Oppenheimer and Melania 2. Melanheimer.
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Because its actually good and has real humans. Listen up Hollywood.
Amaze!
non-franchise
Are you really saying that people might actually be fed up with recycled and reheated remakes or yet another addition to a superhero universe? Color me shocked...
Marvel Avengers IV: Revenge of Steroid abuse. Featuring the lovable, Shrinky the Testicle.
You're reading that wrong, they're saying franchise films make more money than non-franchise films. You might interpret that as franchise films are still more popular than non-franchise films. Alternatively you could say even though franchise films suck most non-franchise films suck even more.
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Read the book, but the audiobook is so much better.
agree...what fucking idiot downvoted that?
This movie wasn't on my radar at all. After seeing Adam Savage talking about the production, I definitely want to see it.
Go and see it. Then read the book. Then listen to the audiobook. They're all bangers.
Makes sense. The book was really good and had a lot of the same energy that The Martian did. Weir very clearly grew up on Whedon/Tarantino and the constant self-quipping lines up with that. But, at its core, it is competency porn driven by a refusal to fail. The Martian was about Wattney's personal survival whereas PHM is more about the survival of a species. Of course it is going to be good.
That said: never read Artemis. That ALSO makes it very clear that Weir grew up on Tarantino an Whedon and why it is probably only a matter of time until "nobody could have seen this coming". Jesus fucking christ. Jim Butcher isn't even that creepy and there are a LOT of open secrets about who his characters are "inspired by".
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