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| stui magpie wrote: | | The current studio deals that artificially prop up cinemas were at least partially responsible for so much video piracy online. People wanted to watch the latest new release but didn't want to go to a cinema and didn't want to wait til it eventually came out on DVD so they'd download and watch some very average quality stuff. |
I should clarify that I'd be happy for a simultaneous cinema/streaming release model in theory, and actually don't think it would necessarily serve as a death knell for theatrical distribution in its own right. I get your point about release windows, too (though I suspect piracy tends to upset the distributors more than the exhibitors, as distributors lose out on cinema box office and streaming clicks and rentals).
In this case, the distributors are presumably fine and will adapt to whatever release model is on offer. The trouble is that cinemas specifically are struggling and already on their knees due to COVID-19 lockdowns around the world, and what they needed more than anything was to be able to get a little bit of momentum back somehow with people flocking back for the Christmas (or, for us, summer) blockbusters. So, in so many ways, this news couldn't come at a worse time, and just feels like another nail in the coffin.
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Interesting, thanks SB. Haven't seen most of these, needless to say (Fourteen, which I caught last year, is fantastic, while Lovers Rock and Sorry We Missed You are also well worth a look; I wouldn't bother with Shirley), but I'm particularly interested in the top two on that list. I'm currently trying to put together my own top ten for the Senses of Cinema critics poll, which is due on Monday, so wish me luck!
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Ooohhhhh my kinda movies, I’ve been waiting for some action, the second one especially, Gibson still has a sexy dad bod!
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| David wrote: | | Interesting, thanks SB. Haven't seen most of these, needless to say (Fourteen, which I caught last year, is fantastic, while Lovers Rock and Sorry We Missed You are also well worth a look; I wouldn't bother with Shirley), but I'm particularly interested in the top two on that list. I'm currently trying to put together my own top ten for the Senses of Cinema critics poll, which is due on Monday, so wish me luck! |
The only films I saw on the list were Kajillionaire, Sorry We Missed You and Sound of Metal. Kajillionaire was pretty dull. I liked Sorry We Missed You and Sound of Metal. I want to see Another Round, Fourteen and Promising Young Woman.
Good luck with your top 10. Make sure you post a link to it. |
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| think positive wrote: | | Ooohhhhh my kinda movies, I’ve been waiting for some action, the second one especially, Gibson still has a sexy dad bod! |
I watched The Fat Man last night, got a $5 pirate DVD at a market.
Very much an 80's action movie, bit of humour, lots of guns, don't try to analyse the plot because......
Enjoyed it.
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hmm ill have to check it out! i need something dumb to mindlessly watch
- i just watched myself doing hubbies reading at the funeral, because he didnt want to, 9neither did I!!) and i had no idea how much of an aussie bogan i sound like! i may never speak again!! like anywhere!! i remind myself of that comedian that dressed in the school uniform!! so bad!
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For a pom you do speak like a true Ausie bogan, god bless you for that. 
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Introduced my sons to Planes, Trains and Automobiles. It's still hilarious.
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| stui magpie wrote: | ^
For a pom you do speak like a true Ausie bogan, god bless you for that. |
i actually LOLed!!!
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peppermint with Jennifer garner, i put it on to do housework too, and didnt move from the couch, its fricken brilliant!!! Stui, you would love it!
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Saw The Muppet Christmas Carol with Ingmar at Thornbury Picture House on Saturday. He loved it!
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thank the lord he didnt inherit your taste!!!!
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| think positive wrote: | | peppermint with Jennifer garner, i put it on to do housework too, and didnt move from the couch, its fricken brilliant!!! Stui, you would love it! |
I had a look at the trailer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeBMQpzoEXQ I think you're right.
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