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[draggs]

I don't get why some people still act like the downfall of theaters is some sort of mystery. Why would you waste your money going to the theater when most movies suck now and and there's a 90% chance it's going to be on VOD/streaming within a month? It's not like the 80s, 90s, and 00s anymore. Movies are available to watch at home pretty quickly and its pretty fucking cheap to have a nice big tv and sound bar. I very rarely watch a movie at home now and think to myself "wow, that amazing and I wish I would have paid to see it on the big screen" especially since the ones that are best on the big screen are the big budget blockbuster stuff that has been cucked the hardest by modern hollywood.

well yeah because most movies suck now

there is nothing to compare to watching a great movie with a huge screen in a dark theater. we were still getting movies like that fairly frequently even 15 years ago, now there's like one every couple years

 

[Heavy Rainfall2]

I liked the video, but to me movies are flopping because budgets are out of control. A24 and Blumhouse keep their budgets low (well compared to most movies) and tend to do okay. Hell Terrifyer 3 only cost 2 million and made 76 million. The "blow enough money on advertising and you'll likely make you're money back" strategy isn't gonna cut it anymore.

 

[mlanguishi]

Boy this one is a slog from them, they both seemed bored an about to fall asleep and by 30 min in I almost just clicked off and I never do that. Doesn't help that not a single movie they talked about is worth even pirating other than the maybe chicken jockey just to see what the deal with that one. As someone earlier said they did a good job pushing Strange Darling which I'd have never even heard of without them but that's pretty old at this point.

"hey do they release streaming #'s?' 'no'. That's about the whole thing.

 

[Hentai-Semitism]

I don't care how good the movie may be, I can't stand this look. It's like they forgot that ceiling lamps exist. Everything's lit by weak wall lamps and they add this sickly yellow tint. The movie Presence which they reviewed recently looks to be the same in that regard.

I appreciate blurays of movies made before the year 2000 all the more.

 

[#lurker]

Yeah I couldn't finish it, got half way through before I had to turn it off. Their insistent desire to pretend modern films are worth watching is tiresome.
There are thousands of good films going all the way back to the early 1900's that are just sitting there waiting to give you a better time, are cheaper (or free), easier accessible, and it's guaranteed you haven't seen them all.
I've been on a film binge starting this year, trying to watch on average one film a day, and on the rare occasion I watch anything passed 2020 I almost always regret it. They are just a waste of time.

 

[Hentai-Semitism]

Yeah I couldn't finish it, got half way through before I had to turn it off. Their insistent desire to pretend modern films are worth watching is tiresome.
There are thousands of good films going all the way back to the early 1900's that are just sitting there waiting to give you a better time, are cheaper (or free), easier accessible, and it's guaranteed you haven't seen them all.
I've been on a film binge starting this year, trying to watch on average one film a day, and on the rare occasion I watch anything passed 2020 I almost always regret it. They are just a waste of time.

There's a whole ocean of movies out there, you just need to focus on genres and decades that interest you. Look for them yourself and don't rely on recommendations from people on Youtube.

I don't care about Like Like Stoklasa's opinion on torrenting. He must be well off if he thinks $25 for a movie is a good price. I pirate/DDL absolutely EVERYTHING and I have no regrets. The movies that interest me are either unavailable in official distribution or spread across multiple streaming platforms.

Try sites like www.reelgood.com and use filters to find stuff. I just did that and proceeded to leech 60 movies from Tubi using a browser plugin and Jdownloader.

 

[Evil Peter Griffin]

Fuck you Mike you fat drunk I sail the seas for all my media. I'm going to be the king of piracy.

 

[I.B. Niggin]

Remember when Jay barely even knew who John Ford was?

I figured that was a rite of passage for anyone that watched movies with their dad when they were growing up.

 

[Ingmar Aspergman]

I don't care how good the movie may be, I can't stand this look. It's like they forgot that ceiling lamps exist. Everything's lit by weak wall lamps and they add this sickly yellow tint. The movie Presence which they reviewed recently looks to be the same in that regard.

I appreciate blurays of movies made before the year 2000 all the more.

Tbf overhead lighting looks like shit and not very cinematic, but I agree that it looks muddy and shitty due to the color grade. Throughout the video I had trouble distinguishing the films from the clips they chose because they all looked identical.

 

[Eadred]

I watched companion and it has:

Marvel dialogue
Girlbossing
Gays
Every character is an idiot
Every character is unlikable
White man bad
Woman good
Woman is treated like an object, bad!
Internal world rules that absolutely make no sense if you think about it for 1 minute

It's like stoner hack writers took all the bad things from Her, I robot, ex machina and every other "what if robots are real tho" stories, smoked another joint and brainstormed the script. Absolute amateur hour.
Story is absolutely predictable too. Wonder why that movie flopped...
Cinematography was okay though, so there is that.

I'll watch the monkey and the Nicholson movie too in the next days and report back.

 

[Lester Tasker]

Remember when Jay barely even knew who John Ford was?

I figured that was a rite of passage for anyone that watched movies with their dad when they were growing up.

Or that he didn't see a Leone picture until the re:view 2 years ago. I would chalk them not being aware of John Ford (lol) because of the frequent collaborations with John Wayne who gen xrs tend to see as a big joke. As pop culture film buffs though never seeing at least one of the Dollars movies is just egregious!

 

[Pagan Min]

I would chalk them not being aware of John Ford (lol) because of the frequent collaborations with John Wayne who gen xrs tend to see as a big joke.

#NotAllGenXers
*glares at you with his GenX eyes*

 

[Mola Ram]

#NotAllGenXers
*glares at you with his GenX eyes*

Some of us were raised right.

 

[LordofCringe7206 Vol. 2]

I don't even understand what the point of this video was. Pointing out original films aren't doing well at the box office and offering no real solution or insight into it? How many times are the going to have the same conversation? It felt like an hour of them talking without actually saying anything.

It is ironic, but I feel the problem with these guys is that despite being the originators of the whole "Consume Product" thing they themselves are angry that they can't just consume films mindlessly anymore like they did when they were younger. They are losing their minds over not knowing how to distract and entertain themselves. That and the fact they don't know what to do anymore for content since they hitched their careers to movies.

 

[Drag-on Knight 91873]

I liked the video, but to me movies are flopping because budgets are out of control. A24 and Blumhouse keep their budgets low (well compared to most movies) and tend to do okay. Hell Terrifyer 3 only cost 2 million and made 76 million. The "blow enough money on advertising and you'll likely make you're money back" strategy isn't gonna cut it anymore.

The thing is, A24 and Blumhouse don't make cultural impact either. Anyone who doesn't like horror doesn't even know these movies are out. So yeah, they're solvent, but so what? They can't grow beyond the niche audience of film snobs they built.

The proven money makers are kids movies like Inside Out 2 or Sonic or Mario or Minecraft. They don't seek to be propaganda, have an energetic audience, and can talk parents into buying tickets themselves.

 

[EzRolling]

I don't get why some people still act like the downfall of theaters is some sort of mystery. Why would you waste your money going to the theater when most movies suck now and and there's a 90% chance it's going to be on VOD/streaming within a month? It's not like the 80s, 90s, and 00s anymore. Movies are available to watch at home pretty quickly and its pretty fucking cheap to have a nice big tv and sound bar. I very rarely watch a movie at home now and think to myself "wow, that amazing and I wish I would have paid to see it on the big screen" especially since the ones that are best on the big screen are the big budget blockbuster stuff that has been cucked the hardest by modern hollywood.

Pretty much this. I mean I’ve seen 4K 40”+ TVs these days for less than $200. Hook it to a basic Onkyo surround sound system or Klipsch ProMedia and sit close and you essentially have the theater experience with none of the cons. Unless there is some novelty reshowing I’m not all that interested in theaters.


One issue and im probably in the minority here is volume. Theaters have always been consistently past the threshold of comfortable listening. Even after years of power equipment abusing my hearing theaters are just way too loud for me.

 

[Samuel Fuller]

Pretty much this. I mean I’ve seen 4K 40”+ TVs these days for less than $200. Hook it to a basic Onkyo surround sound system or Klipsch ProMedia and sit close and you essentially have the theater experience with none of the cons. Unless there is some novelty reshowing I’m not all that interested in theaters.

Hooking a $200 TV to a sound system like that is like putting $2000 rims on a Yugo.

 

[Heavy Rainfall2]

The thing is, A24 and Blumhouse don't make cultural impact either. Anyone who doesn't like horror doesn't even know these movies are out. So yeah, they're solvent, but so what? They can't grow beyond the niche audience of film snobs they built.

My thought process is more the larger studios need to cut their budgets somewhat, rather than completely ape A24 or Blumhouse's model. Those two can afford to eat a flop despite not being huge movies. A good example is Joker 2. The movie is shit, but it should've been a slam dunk based on the reputation of the first one. However, for some absurd reason it cost 200 million compared to the first's 70 million. If it didn't have such an inflated budget it wouldn't have hurt WB so much. There's also Disney which is it's own clusterfuck that keeps losing money now on inflated budgets (and pushing woke shit but that's a different issue).

I do think you're right about kids movies though, those do seem to be the safest bet now. That or like they discussed in the video, "meme movies" seem to work but you can't really force that. The Barbenheimer thing for example was an organic meme.

 

[EzRolling]

Hooking a $200 TV to a sound system like that is like putting $2000 rims on a Yugo.

ProMedia is around $110 if you wait for a deal and Onkyo HTIBs can be had used for less than $200.

My setup is just an $80/24”/1080P/IPS with the Klipsch ProMedia for sound.

 

[Captain Syrup]

A good example is Joker 2. The movie is shit, but it should've been a slam dunk based on the reputation of the first one. However, for some absurd reason it cost 200 million compared to the first's 70 million.

WB's acting like it got gutted by Gordon Gekko on a bender.

Superman’s going to get pantsed by Fantastic Four, a franchise that’s been rebooted so many times it qualifies for witness protection.