Current releases chat...

[guest4955]

So I'll start a general chat thread to discuss current releases....

[guest4955]

Only a total moron could have green-lighted this ....

[guest4955]

I've seen five of 'em....

[guest4955]

[guest4955]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/it-turns-out-raiders-of-the-lost-ark-wasnt-so-far-off-about-the-nazis/2017/08/01/d22f640e-75f5-11e7-8f39-eeb7d3a2d304_story.html

[guest4955]

Saw Spiderman Homecoming today and it's an easy "A" - probably the most entertaining movie of the summer.

The posters are nothin' special:

[eatbrie]

I've seen five of 'em....

I've seen 19.  9 in theaters, the rest at home.

T

[guest4531]

Saw Spiderman Homecoming today and it's an easy "A" - probably the most entertaining movie of the summer.

The posters are nothin' special:

I really enjoyed HomeComing, especially the goofy and funny Spiderman I used to watch in the 60s animated serie.  I am a big fan of Ralph Bakshi, the guy behind Fritz the Cat, Lords of the Ring and Coonskin.  Bakshi was a master !!

Very few people know this but Ralph Bakshi actually did all season 2 & 3 of animated serie Spiderman (1967).    Bakshi was hired to produce because his team was familiar with producing stuff on the very cheap (rotoscoping)   Many dislikes the Spiderman produce by Bakshi for its bad quality, especially cheap background.

BUT something very important happened, Bakshi suggested to get rid of the super Spiderman fighting super villains and have instead a friendly Spiderman fighting everyday thieves.  He left all the big villains from comics books, focusing on early life of Peter Parker and his beginning as the "Friendly Neighborhood Hero"...  Bakshi turned Peter Parker into a clumsy character: Peter failed to enter into the football team and became the star pitcher for the school baseball team and most of his girlfriends ended up waiting angrily for Peter to arrive. Bakshi also created the character Susan Shaw. Actually, Stan Lee decided to use Bakshi's idea as the origin of Spiderman.

From Wikipedia - "Bakshi provided the first origin story for Spider-Man presented on television, "The Origin of Spider-Man," which actually used chunks of Stan Lee's dialogue from Spectacular Spider-Man #1--specifically, "In the Beginning," published in July 1968, a few months before the episode aired." - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider-Man_(1967_TV_series)

Thanks Bakshi !!

The animated serie is also famous for its theme song, the Spiderman theme song...  I enjoyed hearing the Ramones (Blitzkrieg Bop) in the HomeComing movie but I wonder why they didn't pick the Spiderman theme played by the Ramones









 

[guest4955]

BUT something very important happened, Bakshi suggested to get rid of the super Spiderman fighting super villains and have instead a friendly Spiderman fighting everyday thieves.  He left all the big villains from comics books, focusing on early life of Peter Parker and his beginning as the "Friendly Neighborhood Hero"...  Bakshi turned Peter Parker into a clumsy character: Peter failed to enter into the football team and became the star pitcher for the school baseball team and most of his girlfriends ended up waiting angrily for Peter to arrive. Bakshi also created the character Susan Shaw. Actually, Stan Lee decided to use Bakshi's idea as the origin of Spiderman.

Yep, the villain was not so overwhelming and that made all the difference:

[guest4955]

The news is mostly bad for the US 2017 summer box office, overall down 16% from 2016.

The winners were Wonder Woman, Spiderman, and Dunkirk.

The losers/underachievers were The Mummy, Pirates, and Valerian.

 

[eatbrie]

What's always interesting, to me at least, is to figure out which movies will stand the test of time and be remembered 30 years from now like Lethal Weapon, Raising Arizona, The Untouchables, Predator, Full Metal Jacket, Robocop, The Lost Boys or Dirty Dancing are today from 30 years ago.

My vote goes to Beauty and the Beast, Wonder Woman, Dunkirk and Baby Driver.

T

[Tob]

Finally got round to watching Get Out last night, thought it was really good fun, I'm glad it made a big profit.

[guest4955]

Two Batman movies have featured Joker. Enough is enough!

[guest4955]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/the-fall-movie-lineup-is-full-of-promise-heres-whats-on-the-docket/2017/09/08/ae5338ac-8e83-11e7-91d5-ab4e4bb76a3a_story.html?utm_term=.1194c287015a

[guest4955]

"“Marshall,” in which Howard University graduate Chadwick Boseman portrays Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall...."

Could be good for a former lawyer such as moi...

[erik1925]

I know nothing about the flicker, but that poster is about as blah and boring as anything.

I wonder if posters that actually entice and attract crowds will ever make a comeback.

 

[50s]

The credits at the bottom also take up a bit of real estate

[mcfree]

If you just told me that there was a movie coming out about a young Thurgood Marshall, I'd be intrigued and want to see it. But this poster is seriously weak. If I just glanced at it, I would not have deduced what the movie was about. More importantly, I would've forgotten the poster and the movie five minutes later...

[guest4955]

This is the "Movie Talk" area, so the Q is how EFFECTIVE the poster, not its creativity/originality.

Marketing Marshall is a delicate dance.

First, serious docudrama films nowadays are primarily made for TV/streaming nowadays (like the Wizard of Liea, with De Niro starring as Madoff).

Second, marketing a black lead character for a white audience is very dicey. They went with a picture of a serious scowling Boseman but showed him dressed immaculately, so potential white viewers aren't overly threatened.

I do think they did better with this one:

[mcfree]

This is the "Movie Talk" area, so the Q is how EFFECTIVE the poster, not its creativity/originality.

There wasn't a "Q". This is a Current release chat. We were chatting....

[50s]

I think there is a movie poster discussion section elsewhere on this forum 

The above poster looks largely like a pubic bush... no good...

 

[guest4955]

I did employment law for 20 years, including endless "harassment" cases.

Most harassment plaintiffs are total nut jobs and lose their cases.

But in this case the defendant is kinda a nut job. You CANNOT get away with this BS nowadays....

[eatbrie]

Expect way more stories on Harvey.  I’d love to know what is going on behind closed doors between him and his brother.  He doesn’t want to leave TWC but he may have to if the « masturbating in a planter » story is true.

T

[erik1925]

I have friends that have worked at Weinstein Co. They've all said he's a letch and scumbag.   

[erik1925]

Im sure we know what wife Georgina saw in Harvey.  ($$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$) 

And he's on a leave of absence from his own company, too:

https://www.yahoo.com/celebrity/accusations-hollywood-asks-harvey-weinstein-done-070147825.html?.tsrc=bell-brknews