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Toy Story Theory: RC, the remote-controlled car, doesn't return in Toy Story 2 because Andy had to get rid of him after Buzz and Woody left his controller in the middle of the road towards the end of the first movie
After watching the first Toy Story again this morning with my daughter I noticed something I hadn't before. When RC's battery power sputters out and they're left stranded in the road Buzz sets down the controller and never picks it back up before they light the fuse. With RC's battery drained and no controller to drive him it is likely that Andy either donated him at some point or had to toss him out to make room for his new Christmas gifts. via /r/movies http://bit.ly/2QblxDT
Box Office Week: Aquaman is #1 again with a great $51.5M weekend and has crossed $750M worldwide. Vice opens Christmas day to make an okay $17.6M for the week. Holmes & Watson also opens Christmas and earns a solid $19.7M for the week but gets an 8% on RT and a D+ on Cinemascore.
RankTitleDomestic Gross (Weekend)Worldwide Gross (Cume)Week #Percentage ChangeBudget1Aquaman$51,550,000$748,785,0002-23.5%$200M2Mary Poppins Returns$28,019,000$173,329,7582+19.1%$130M3Bumblebee$20,500,000$156,778,0202-5.3%$135M4Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse$18,315,000$213,243,7303+11.2%$90M5The Mule$11,780,000$60,738,4653+24.0%$50MNotable Box Office StoriesChristmas Rundown - Christmas is one of the best single days of every box office year which then basically repeats every day until New Year's. I'll cover Aquaman, Holmes & Watson, and Vice in more detail below but let's go through the other notable Christmas releases and how they fared. First up let's talk Mary Poppins Returns, the film that was the most in dire need of a Christmas miracle after it opened to just $23.5M last weekend at a budget of $130M. The film, which is the long awaited sequel to the 1964 Disney classic, just hasn't had the same massive global impact Disney was likely expecting, but it did have a pretty good Christmas where it scored $11.4M. Also, it had a $28M second weekend with is a rise of 19% from it's previous weekend. It has now grossed almost $100M domestic, so Poppins seems to be out of the domestic flop range but it still has a long way to go for a great run. Meanwhile Bumblebee is not fairing as well. While it did scored a $20.5M second weekend it only managed an $8.8M Christmas and ends the Christmas run with just $66M domestic on a $135M budget. One just has to look at the pitiful state of Bumblebee merch to see how poorly this film is fairing with the general public. Despite being better acclaimed than every other Transformers movie it seems that audiences are just too burned on the franchise to care.Christmas Rundown (cont.) - Speaking of acclaimed films trying to find their audience, Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse is one of the most acclaimed films of any medium this year but has not had the same kind of run you'd expect for such a beloved film. Christmas was rough for Spidey, scoring just $5.6M but it had an okay third weekend where it gained 11.2% for $18.3M, which pushed it over $100M domestic. That at least will give Spiderverse some good bargaining power for its next run on home video where frankly it will have to make most of its money. Look maybe in your family you watch some pleb Christmas garbage like It's a Wonderful Life but in my house we watch Clint Eastwood grumble about pecans and clearly we are not alone. The Mule has had a quietly great run this Christmas season where it made $4.9M on Christmas day and had a 24% gain this weekend for a $11.7M haul. The film has already passed its $50M budget domestically and could hold as the adult counter-programming choice in the dead month of January to come. Small last note, most films gain on this weekend but the one film that dropped was The Grinch which dropped 50.3% to come in with $4.2M this weekend. This shows how Christmas movies have a very specific shelf life and after Christmas no one wants to watch Christmas movies. Thankfully The Grinch was smart and released in early November so by the time that drop happened it had already grossed over $250M domestic.Aquaman - Of course the big winner of the Christmas season is Bird Box memes. No it's Aquaman which has taken that sweet Avatar/Star Wars spot and swam with it all the way to the water bank...I'm so tired. The film won Christmas day with $22M, almost double the second highest grossing film of that day (Mary Poppins Returns with $11.4M). While it was one of the few films that dropped this weekend, it was pretty small with 22% drop to come in with $51.5M. Worldwide though the film is just massive with a whopping 75% of its now $748M gross coming from overseas. While the film has yet to surpass any of the other DCEU films domestically, it has already surpassed the lifetime worldwide gross of Justice League, Suicide Squad, and Man of Steel in just one month of release. At its current rate the film could very well be the first DCEU film to crack $1B worldwide but it will in some part rely on the US. Every DCEU film besides Justice League has made at least $300M domestic and Aquaman could very well do it too, but it needs to keep being the single choice for families and teens for the next month which is quite possible with limited options and being so much ahead of the rest of the Christmas bloodbath.Vice - And now finally we get to the two new releases which did not exactly ignite the Christmas time box office but did find their own spots. First up is Vice, the biopic of former US Vice President Dick Chenney from now political firebrand director Adam McKay that was something of a final gamble for already in trouble Annapurna pictures. The film carries a shockingly large budget for a modern biopic with $60M and was hoping to become something of the political talking point of the Christmas season. It didn't quite do that as it debuted on Christmas with $4.7M and ended its week long run with $17.6M. Not exactly an incredible debut for the rather pricey film. Part of that is likely that many in the US are already sick of politics. Hell just this Christmas had its own political firestorm with the government shutdown. And then there are the reviews which are wildly all over the place with some praising it's biting satire and wit and some calling it pretentious and smug garbage. Mostly the whole thing just feels muted and Vice needs a lot more attention put on it for it to stick around in such a crowded marketplace.Holmes & Watson - Ah yes here it, the film that brought families together by having them all walk out of the theater in mutual horror and disgust. Perhaps it should have been apparent by the very telling sign of not a single review being posted by the time the film was released on Christmas but the reviews for this Will Ferrel and John C. Reilly led comedic take on the Sherlock Holmes characters were just awful. The film currently has a whopping 8% on Rotten Tomatoes, but in a shocking Christmas miracle audiences and critics could actually agree on something, as the film received a terrible D+ rating on Cinemascore and inspired a rash of meme responses about walking out of the theater on social media. It almost became a 2018 Christmas tradition to see this film and then demand your money back. The effects of this insane backlash were felt almost immediately. While the film opened fine on Christmas to $6.4M it dropped immediately by the 26th to $3.4M and then on the 27th to $2.4M. Remember the insane thing about this week is you basically repeat your Christmas day numbers every single day until New Year's. However the response was so vicious that it didn't happen for this film. It will be so fascinating to see how bad it drops next weekend. People love Christmas joy but we are also creatures of schadenfreude and I think there's a deep part of us that can't wait to watch this garbage fire burn.Oscar Movie Round-Up - It's the final qualifying week for Oscar movies so a few of them snuck in under the wire to get their qualifying on. However we are going to start with a film that's been out for a bit but has had just wonderful expansions. If Beale Street Could Talk added 60 theaters for a total of 65 where it made $759K, a per theater average of $11.6K. The film has just done very well in limited release despite not being quite the same insane critics darling and Oscar contender of the director's previous film Moonlight. Expect it to continue this very slow rollout into January. Okay on to the new. On the Basis of Sex opened this week in 33 theaters to $690K, a per theater average of $20.9K. Early in the year this seemed to be a lock for a big Best Actress win on subject matter alone. The biopic about Ruth Bader Ginsberg came out the same year as her smash documentary hit RBG and when major portions of the American people have been F5ing on her health updates all year. However, the film itself has not received the best reviews and lead Felicity Jones has had none of the precursor noms for a Best Actress nomination at the Oscars. While this opening shows interest in the subject matter, without a big win for Jones in the next few weeks it could struggle. Now while everyone was trashing John C. Reilly's bigger release this Christmas, a more acclaimed film starring him opened this week. Stan & Ollie opened in 5 theaters to $79.6K, a per theater average of $15.9K. While the film has gotten good reviews for the portrayals of comedic film icons Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy by Steve Coogan and John C. Reilly respectively, it just has not had the kind of massive Oscar heavy push it needed to squeeze either one into a major acting race, which again could make it struggle in the coming weeks. And one last time with this, another early contender for Best Actress that has just fallen out of favor is Destroyer which opened this week in 3 theaters this week to $58.4K, a per theater average of $19.4K. The film starring Nicole Kidman in an transformative role as a grizzled cop has not been the hottest film for critics but was an early festival favorite for best actress. But once again the push has been light and this film just has not gotten the precursors it needs for a major upset at the Oscars.Films Reddit Wants to FollowThis is a segment where we keep a weekly tally of currently showing films that aren't in the Top 5 that fellow redditors want updates on. If you'd like me to add a film to this chart, make a comment in this thread.TitleDomestic Gross (Weekly)Domestic Gross (Cume)Worldwide Gross (Cume)BudgetWeek #Venom$174,338$213,205,181$855,156,907$100M13A Star is Born (2018)$818,000$201,041,727$388,741,727$36M13First Man$31,075$44,891,255$100,261,118$59M12Bohemian Rhapsody$4,024,717$189,106,515$702,451,741$52M9Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald$2,027,000$156,649,713$627,549,713$200M7Notable Film ClosingsTitleDomestic Gross (Cume)Worldwide Gross (Cume)BudgetCrazy Rich Asians$174,016,156$238,016,156$30MAs always r/boxoffice is a great place to share links and other conversations about box office news.Also you can see the archive of all Box Office Week posts at r/moviesboxoffice (which have recently been updated).My Letterboxd: http://bit.ly/2rSmMyn via /r/movies http://bit.ly/2RljYYV
/r/movies BEST OF 2018: Best Film of 2018
We're celebrating the best moments from the films of 2018 here on /r/movies! In the fifth of six installments, today we're discussing the best films of the year.YouPoll has compiled a list of the movies of 2018 from best to worst - as ranked by you, /r/movies. Join us tomorrow (New Year's Day) to discuss your most anticipated films of 2019!For those of you who are curious, here's the full schedule for the /r/movies BEST OF 2018 series - we will do our best to post each one at around 10 AM EST each day:DateTopicThursday, December 27Best Score of 2018Friday, December 28Best Trailer of 2018Saturday, December 29Best Scene from a 2018 FilmSunday, December 30Best Performance of 2018Monday, December 31Best Film of 2018Tuesday, January 1Most Anticipated Film of 2019 via /r/movies http://bit.ly/2EZbK1K
I can't take watching the trailer for A Dog's Way Home before every movie anymore
This trailer so cringy. I want to die every time it comes on. And for some reason, it plays in front of every single movie I've recently gone to at the theater. The voice over for the dog is the absolute worst.Not only is it an extremely cringeworthy trailer, but it shows the every plot point, including the very end of the movie.So not only am I not going to see this because the trailer looks terrible, but I'm not going to see it because it outright shows the dog getting back to his owner.Sorry for the rant, but this trailer is infuriating. I wouldn't care if I wasn't forced to watch it every time I go to the theater.Edit: Link for the lucky un-informedhttps://youtu.be/1pKdCHvH310 via /r/movies http://bit.ly/2VcRDmu
I wanted to watch 365 movies this year. Went a bit overboard and just closed the year after 750 movies.
I mostly watched two movies a day after work and went alphabetically through my collection backlog, which made for some very funny combinations, like watching The Boy in the striped Pyjamas back to back with The Jungle Book (with their German titles they are right next to each other). I also buy new releases basically every week, so i watched everything i bought new before continuing the pile of shame i call my backlog.The oldest movie was Metropolis from 1927 and i think the newest movie might have been The Ballad of Buster Scruggs from not long ago.Most of the titles i were frist times for me, i would guess there were around 20 - 25 rewatches among them.I tracked everything in Letterboxd, so if anyones interested: http://bit.ly/2ThHdQY also made a little graph that shows the IMDb rating of every movie i watched. I always stumble upon people saying they basically never watch anything with a rating below 6 or so, and i think that is quite sad. You shouldn't discriminate by ratings! http://bit.ly/2CGSPYi also crowned a movie of the week every week, they can be seen in this imdb list https://imdb.to/2TmN2N3 up all the runtimes and removing an average of 5 minutes because i often don't sit through the complete credits i spent 1303 hours out of the 8760 in a year watching movies.Watching that many movies while having a regular job and trying to maintain a healthy social life was quite the challenge, so i'm really quite proud tho have basically doubled my new years resolution goal, while also being sad that there is no way to top it in 2019, as watching even more wouldn't be healthy i fear.edit: oh and if someone wants a laugh (or a cringe, i don't know if it is actually funny), i have a small blog where i basically rant about the titles foreign movies get in Germany: http://bit.ly/2hPeyAq via /r/movies http://bit.ly/2ApP8Vb
What was the best film you watched this week? (24/12/2018 - 30/12/2018)
Weekly Official Discussion Megathread (Vice, Holmes & Watson, The House that Jack Built, Holiday Theatrical Releases)The way this works is that you post a review of the best film you watched this week. It doesn't have to be a new release, just any film you have seen over the last seven days that you feel is worth talking about. Here are some rules.1. Check to see if your favourite film of last week has been posted already.2. Please post your favourite film of last week.3. NO TV SHOWS!4. ALWAYS use spoiler tags. Report any comments that spoil recent / little-known films (e.g. Aquaman) without using the spoiler tag.5. Comments that only contain the title of the film will be removed!For further expansion of the rules, please read this link.Have fun and play nice! via /r/movies http://bit.ly/2VjXzKz
The director of Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday confirms Jason is an Evil Deadite
The Necronomicon pictured in Jason Goes to Hell: The Final FridayWhen Steven is in Jason's house he flips through the Necronomicon / Book of the Dead from the Evil Dead movies.'Director Marcus says the truth is that Jason is a Deadite from Evil Dead, summoned by Pamela Voorhees:"She makes a deal with the devil by reading from the Necronomicon to bring back her son. This is why Jason isn’t Jason. He’s Jason plus The Evil Dead, and now I can believe that he can go from a little boy that lives in a lake, to a full grown man in a couple of months, to Zombie Jason, to never being able to kill this guy. That, to me, is way more interesting as a mashup, and Raimi loved it!”Source http://bit.ly/2Src2T1 r/Movie_Trivia via /r/movies http://bit.ly/2EVIUPS
I saw 162 movies in theaters in 2018. Here is my full ranking.
I saw 162 movies in theaters in 2018, so about 3-4 visits per week. That's up from 140 movies in 2017 & 9 movies in 2016. I like to keep track/score/ticket stubs/etc for all of them. I rarely ever go for re-watches (only 3 times this year). I don't have MoviePass/A-List/Sinemia/etc. I use Regal Points quite a lot though. I regularly go to about 6-7 different local theaters depending on what they're showing. Here is my full year-end ranking from favorite to least favorite, including a few small reviews/thoughts/etc for some of them.The Favourite - 10/10 : One of 3 masterpieces this year IMO (along with Roma & Shoplifters). This was the funniest movie of the year and the best ensemble performance. Stone & Colman could both easily win/deserve the Oscar in their categories. The script is amazing. There's a unique shot/camera movement every 5 minutes. Lanthimos is pretty much my favorite active director and can do no wrong at this point with 5 hits in a row. So many memorable lines, and even a great, surprising performance from Nicholas Hoult. Awesome dry humor & surreal moments, in classic Lanthimos fashion. I don't think I've ever laughed more in a theater than during this movie. The only criticism I can think of is that the last 25% of the film definitely loses a bit of the momentum that was built up, but this is still easily my favorite film of the year.Mid90s - 10/10Shoplifters - 10/10 : A masterclass in humanism. Every single character is fleshed out to the point where it feels like you've known them for years. The perfect mix of ambiguity & realism. Kore-eda's best film, and that's obviously saying a lot. I could've watched 5 more hours of Shoplifters.First Reformed - 9/10The Death Of Stalin - 9/10Summer 1993 - 9/10Black Klansman - 9/10They Shall Not Grow Old - 9/10Damsel - 9/10 : My 'Hidden Gem' suggestion of the year. I went in completely blind for this movie and was blown away. Really goes into directions you don't expect, nice twists. Looks great. Mia Wasikowska is a total badass & Robert Pattinson plays an endearing doofus perfectly. You really feel for the guy. Surprisingly dark comedy. Really caps off a great year for Westerns. Easily stuck in my Top 10 throughout the entire year.First Man - 9/10Wildlife - 9/10 : Carey Mulligan & Jake Gyllenhaal both deserve awards attention for this movie. Just a perfect snapshot of rural 1960s America that you don't see often in movies. Feels more like a documentary than a movie at times. We were really spoiled with directorial debuts this year but Paul Dano had the most impactful one. I really want to watch this again without a shitty audience. Also, Bill Camp plays a creepy rich guy in a way only he can.Loveless - 8/10Leave No Trace - 8/10Custody - 8/10 - The tension in this movie is pretty much indescribable. Didn't want to move from my seat after it ended. It reminded me a lot of Leviathan or Graduation. European 'real-life' cinema at its finest. Depressing in all the right ways, I guess.Eighth Grade - 8/10Blindspotting - 8/10Thoroughbreds - 8/10A Star Is Born - 8/10 : Great directing debut by Cooper. Awards-worthy performances by all 3 leads. Solid all around. Not much to say except it did everything well. I could definitely see this becoming a movie that reddit hates/calls overrated after it wins Best Picture though. It just fits that mold perfectly.Disobedience - 8/10Isle Of Dogs - 8/10Lean On Pete - 8/10Mission Impossible: Fallout - 8/10The Sisters Brothers - 8/10 : This movie could've used more scenes with Riz Ahmed and Jake Gyllenhaal but that's my only nitpick. Really good Western.The Miseducation of Cameron Post - 8/10Beast - 8/10Beautiful Boy - 8/10 : Insanely good performance by Timothee Chalamet, my pick for the Best Supporting Actor Oscar. Really believable, deep look into dependence & addiction. Amazon fucked up the release (because of course it did), so it won't get the credit it deserved. Steve Carell was pretty distracting in this though, he's had a pretty rough year.Spider Man: Into the Spiderverse - 8/10 : Best comic book movie of year, for sure. Really unique, funny, well-written, relevant. Had a smile on my face the whole time. Sony's got a real winner here and I wouldn't mind 3-4 more of these. Less Emoji Movie, more Spiderverse. Rooting for this or Isle of Dogs to win the Oscar. I'd be happy with either. Both are a big step above Incredibles 2.A Private War - 8/10American Animals - 8/10Won't You Be My Neighbor? - 8/10Journey's End - 8/10Green Book - 8/10 : It's weird seeing how much backlash this movie has gotten in the past couple months. Seems like there's a new controversy surrounding it every few weeks. Mortensen & Ali put in great performances and the story is solid. Pulls at your heart strings but never feels too manipulative. Yeah it feels obviously too clean & polished at times, but it's a solid movie.A Quiet Place - 8/10Free Solo - 8/10 : Sweaty Palms: The Movie. Perfectly tense. You never really understand/relate to the main subject of the documentary but I think that adds to the charm of it. Watching a achievement so mindblowing on the big screen was really worth it.Hearts Beat Loud - 8/10McQueen - 8/10Love, Simon - 8/10In The Fade - 8/10In Between - 8/10The Rider - 7/10 : When using amateur actor goes right. Really grounded, beautiful, believable neo-Western.Old Man & The Gun - 7/10You Were Never Really Here - 7/10Foxtrot - 7/10Goldstone - 7/10 : The Australian Wind River. Great crime-drama that keeps you engaged from start to finish. Unique setting, great characters.Upgrade - 7/10Overlord - 7/10The Guilty - 7/10What They Had - 7/10 : Solid character-driven family-drama with an awesome performance from Michael Shannon. The dialogue reminded me a bit of Aaron Sorkin. Taissa Farmiga is great.Game Night - 7/10Black Panther - 7/10Ready Player One - 7/10Avengers: Infinity War - 7/10The Cakemaker - 7/10The Insult - 7/10Creed II - 7/10Tully - 7/10Deadpool 2 - 7/10Support the Girls - 7/10Solo: A Star Wars Story - 7/10Incredibles 2 - 7/10Searching - 7/10Vice - 7/10 : Most disappointing movie of the year for me. This was all over the place and unfocused. Adam McKay tried to do way too much and it really backfired. The narration was sloppy and the actual story jumped around too much, it was impossible to focus in. He tried to replicate the lighting-in-a-bottle he caught with The Big Short but it didn't work out at all. Christian Bale was great but that's about it. I was really hyped for this but walked out underwhelmed.Boy Erased - 7/10Colette - 7/10Crazy Rich Asians - 7/10Widows - 7/10Vox Lux - 7/10 : There's a reallllly good film hidden in here somewhere. Brady Corbet & Lol Crowley are absolutely a director & cinematographer to watch out for. They did some really 'out-there' and risky stuff with this one and a lot of it landed really well (...some not so much). It's just the ending that completely deflated the movie, and some awkward pacing throughout. This had the potential of a 9/10, just completely ruined with the ending. Could've used some more editing/cutting.Mary, Queen of Scots - 7/10Unsane - 7/10A Fantastic Woman - 7/10The Night Eats The World - 7/10 : Fresh take on the zombie genre. It's more about survival than actual zombie fighting, which I really liked. It's how I imagine a world-ending zombie apocalypse would actually go. It's a real slow-burn so it's definitely not for everyone. Not much actually happens for most of the movie.Bumblebee - 7/10Chappaquiddick - 7/10Adrift - 7/10Bag Of Marbles - 7/10Puzzle - 7/10Three Identical Strangers - 7/10The Wife - 7/10Instant Family - 7/10Red Sparrow - 7/10 : I actually don't think this was as bad as most other people thought. Jennifer Lawrence puts in a great performance and I'm a sucker for Cold War-era spy-thrillers. The biggest problem was the runtime. This really needed to be cut down by at least 20 minutes, preferably even 30 minutes. There is absolutely no excuse for this movie being almost 2.5 hours.Tag - 7/10After Auschwitz - 7/10Can You Ever Forgive Me? - 6/10 : I went into it expecting to be blown away but it was just kind of a middling biopic with 2 great performances. Nothing really stood out and the characters really didn't evolve much. One of the more disappointing movies of the year for me, based on all the buzz it had.Aquaman - 6/10Ben Is Back - 6/10Flower - 6/10Paddington 2 - 6/10 : Mods pls don't ban for the low score. It was fine, the hype is a bit overstated to me though. Cute/10Den Of Thieves - 6/10The Front Runner - 6/10Back To Burgundy - 6/10 : If you've always wanted to know the inner-workings of France's wine-industry mixed with intense family-drama, this is the movie for you.Bad Times at the El Royale - 6/10Tomb Raider - 6/10The Mule - 6/10: Clint Eastwood Scowls & Growls: The Movie7 Days In Entebbe - 6/101945 - 6/10Anna & the Apocalypse - 6/10 : I'm not usually a fan of musicals but this was decent. The songs are catchy and the characters are likeable. The practical effects were convincing and still was a well-made, bright, zombie movie.Alpha - 6/10On Chesil Beach - 6/10Film Stars Don't Die In Liverpool - 6/10Pacific Rim: Uprising - 6/10The Third Murder - 6/10 : Needlessly convoluted. Way too many twists & turns. The plot gets very sloppy. It went from 'solid legal thriller' to 'messy & unfocused' really quickly. Again, a movie that needed to be a lot shorter. Surprisingly weak for Hirokazu Kore-eda.The Seagull - 6/10Blockers - 6/10Christopher Robin - 6/10Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story - 6/10Ant-Man & The Wasp - 5/10Sorry To Bother You - 5/10At Eternity's Gate - 5/10 : Willem Dafoe was awesome in this but it doesn't have much else going for it. It was way too artsy for it's own good. Felt like an off-brand Terrence Malick film. This feels too mean, but I actually liked the trailer a lot more than the movie itself.Oh Lucy! - 5/10Beirut - 5/10Hotel Artemis - 5/10Mortal Engines - 5/10 : The special effects in this were actually really good but it's brought down by a very predictable, by-the-numbers, generic story. Really hammy & distracting performance by Hugo Weaving. The dialogue is laughably bad and the stars are forgettable.Maze Runner: The Death Cure - 5/10Rampage - 5/10Death Wish - 5/10The Equalizer 2 - 5/10The Meg - 5/10 : You get what you pay for. Jason Statham fights a shark, cheesy one-liners and cliche characters follow. It's an okay movie if you don't care too much and don't ask any questions. The definition of a Redbox movie, really.Operation Finale - 5/10Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom - 4/10Final Portrait - 4/10Sicario 2 - 4/10Don't Worry He Won't Get Far On Foot - 4/10 : This was a sloppy mess. Really low-tier Van Sant. The only redeeming factor was Jonah Hill. Probably the most underrated performance of the year, absolutely awards worthy. Comparable to Claire Foy in First Man. It didn't get any recognition because the rest of the movie sucked and Amazon sucks at releasing/promoting movies. Disappointing.The Girl in Spider's Web - 4/10Bohemian Rhapsody - 4/10The Little Stranger - 4/10 : This is a great movie if you want to take a nap. Absolute snooze-fest, slow, gothic-lite, non-thriller. The highlight was being completely alone at a 7:00 PM opening night showing at my local theater's biggest room (200+ seats). That's always fun. The redeeming factors are the set designs & Ruth Wilson.Annihilation - 3/10Mary & The Witch's Flower - 3/10The Party - 3/10Early Man - 3/1012 Strong - 3/10 : I was honestly expecting something better based on the cast alone but this is really just a glorified Army recruitment ad. Really felt heavy-handed and unrealistic. Pointless movie.Skyscraper - 3/10The Commuter - 3/10Leisure Seeker - 3/10Gringo - 3/10Arizona - 3/10 : Five years too late. Godawful script and the violence is really off-putting for some reason. I don't usually mind gratuitous violence, but this was awkward/unnecessary.Gemini - 3/10Submission - 3/10L'Amant Double - 3/10Humor Me - 3/10Bye Bye Germany - 3/10Uncle Drew - 3/10 : Who knew that an entire feature-length film based on a bad commercial would result in a sub-par, uninspired, sell-out product?The Catcher Was A Spy - 2/10Venom - 2/10Winchester - 2/10Boundaries - 2/10Mile 22 - 2/10Fantastic Beasts: Crimes of Grindelwald - 2/10: It looked good I guess? The only real positive. It spends way too much time on characters we don't care about, love triangles that are irrelevant to the main arc, and pointless storylines. Feels like we start at Point A, and 2+ hours later we are still at Point A. Nothing really happens, whole movie feels like lame sequelbait. This franchise took a real bad turn, tough to see how it can recover.Nostalgia - 2/10Ocean's 8 - 2/10 : Winner of 2018's "Most Unnecessary Sequel' Award. It was in a very close race with Sicario 2.A Wrinkle In Time - 2/10The Predator - 1/10 : The best description for this movie: Gross & awkward. All the jokes feel dated and overcooked. Feels like 20 people contributed to the script. The character are all super unlikeable and everything reeks of studio interference. Shane Black can do a lot better than this. Really disappointing follow-up to The Nice Guys.Happy End - 1/10Let The Sunshine In - 1/1015:17 To Paris - 0/10Proud Mary - 0/10 : Undisputed worst film of the year for me. This was really amateur film making. Shit script, shit direction, horrendous acting. They straight up re-used some shots several times. Action scenes feel like a John Wick movie made by a freshman college student on a $1000 budget, and that college student also happened to be blind. I regret spending $11.00 on this so much. I don't know what I was thinking.The Misandrists - N/A - Walked out after ~10 minutes. No Score.The Ballad Of Lefty Brown - N/A - Walked out after ~30 minutes. No Score.Notable movies that I haven't seen yet but will see in the next few weeks:22 JulyBurningBorderCapernaumCargoCold WarDestroyerHale County: This Morning, This EveningThe House That Jack BuiltIf Beale Street Could TalkMary Poppins ReturnsMinding the GapOn The Basis of SexThe Other Side of the WindStan & OllieMovies that I saw outside of theaters, not included in the list:Roma - 9/10Private Life - 9/10The Night Comes For Us - 8/10The Ballad of Buster Scruggs - 7/10Kindergarten Teacher - 7/10Outlaw King - 6/10Apostle - 6/10Bird Box - 4/10Hold The Dark - 3/10Movies that I saw in theaters in 2018, but are not included in the list due to original release date:Phantom Thread - 9/10Hostiles - 9/10I, Tonya - 8/10Molly's Game - 8/10The Post - 6/10So that's that, no complaints about this year, solid all-around. Looking forward to 2019. My wallet is not. via /r/movies http://bit.ly/2LHuxQu
/r/movies BEST OF 2018: Best Performance of 2018
As the year comes to a close, we're celebrating the best moments from the films of 2018 here on /r/movies !In the fourth of six installments, today we're discussing the best performances from 2018 films. Think about all the new movies you watched this year and tell us which ones had examples of acting that you liked or that stood out the most!Please remember that not everyone has had a chance to watch these movies (especially if they are recent), so if you are able to find a link on YouTube to what you're referring to, it will make discussion easier! Also remember to use spoiler tags where necessary.For those of you who are curious, here's the full schedule for the /r/movies BEST OF 2018 series - we will do our best to post each one at around 10 AM EST each day:DateTopicThursday, December 27Best Score of 2018Friday, December 28Best Trailer of 2018Saturday, December 29Best Scene from a 2018 FilmSunday, December 30Best Performance of 2018*Monday, December 31Best Film of 2018Tuesday, January 1Most Anticipated Film of 2019*The customary Sunday "What was the best film you watched this week?" thread, to discuss all the other movies not from 2018 that you enjoyed that week, will be posted today as well. via /r/movies http://bit.ly/2BLM45M
I go to movies alone. Why is there a stigma ?
I go to movies alone Once a week. Why is there such a stigma attached to it? I have friends. I have children. I could have someone come anytime I wanted. But I don't need to or want them to come. I go to a movie to watch a movie. Not to talk. Not to socialise...just to watch. It doesnt enhance my experience having someone there. I want to focus on the movie....not someone else. I'm 40, I'm not a sociophobe and I cant think of one reason i need to have someone sitting next to me. I've had friends who have missed out on movies because they had noone to go with. That's just freaking stupid. Seriously. Stupid via /r/movies http://bit.ly/2BNfTCT
Finally Shouted "Shut Off Your Phone!" During a Movie
For the first time in my life, I finally had enough and couldn't hold in what was persistently being repeated in my head. I went to see Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse and during the showing there were two people looking at their phones constantly.To give some context, there were some children in the theater and a bit of talking. I expected this with a PG rated Spider-Man movie. For the most part, none of this bothered me. The speaking volume of those kids was more respectful than the person a row over and in front of me constantly using his phone.The person doing this was by no means young enough to not know better. This person should have been aware that it is unacceptable to be starting at your phone during a movie. For crying out loud, we all paid good money to see a movie up on the big screen, not watch you look at the tiny bright white screen in your hands. Have some respect for your fellow patrons and shut off your phone! via /r/movies http://bit.ly/2TkCfCY
/r/movies BEST OF 2018: Best Scene From A 2018 Film
As the year comes to a close, we're celebrating the best moments from the films of 2018 here on /r/movies !In the third of six installments, today we're discussing the best scenes from 2018. Think about all the new movies you watched this year and tell us which ones had a scene that you liked or that stood out the most!Please remember that not everyone has had a chance to watch these movies (especially if they are recent), so if you are able to find a link on YouTube to what you're referring to, it will make discussion easier! Also remember to use spoiler tags where necessary.For those of you who are curious, here's the full schedule for the /r/movies BEST OF 2018 series - we will do our best to post each one at around 10 AM EST each day (I overslept today, sorry folks):DateTopicThursday, December 27Best Score of 2018Friday, December 28Best Trailer of 2018Saturday, December 29Best Scene from a 2018 FilmSunday, December 30Best Performance of 2018*Monday, December 31Best Film of 2018Tuesday, January 1Most Anticipated Film of 2019*The customary Sunday "What was the best film you watched this week?" thread, to discuss all the other movies not from 2018 that you enjoyed that week, will be posted on December 30 as well. via /r/movies http://bit.ly/2GOlWNd
