Last year Top Gun: Maverick, Everything Everywhere All At Once. Two very diffrent films that definitely had wow factor. At least IMO one had considerable box office success and the other critical.
Maverick was good but it certainly wasn't Wow! It was a rehashing of 633 Squadron with a large dose of nostalgia. I enjoyed it but it wasn't anywhere near Trainspotting or Pulp fiction wow.
I understand your general feelings on affirmative action. I respectfully disagree I think both performances by the leads were due the praise they got.
Pulp Fiction is overrated Resevoir Dogs remains his best film.
Yeh I kind of get the concept of it. Chinese immigrant family running a laundrette and having money problems, but then has to visit the tax office and then I thought WTF? And it really lost me with all the different threads and timelines. I still stuck to it until the end.
The first one?
The recent one.
It wasn't better than the original because the original was more well ....original. its impact on popular culture was also greater.Pulp Fiction is overrated Resevoir Dogs remains his best film.
I also get that point but it's better film than the original Top Gun and that's usually cited as one the great 80's flicks. Of course part of that is because it builds on very flimsy narrative of the original.
Matilda was out last year/this year we saw it in my wife's birthday early January. I enjoyed it a lot as well.
I agree to a point but the budget of the shitty super hero films is way way above your average Seagal or VDM film and the super hero films are the studios premium product. The old ass kicking Kung Fu jobbies were only ever B movie plus.
I do think there's a issue, films are extremely lean for young children. One of the arguments for Mario Bros. Taking the money it it is lack of options for the youngsters. The focus os mainstream film making has been on young adult men. That isn't to say there isn't diverse choice but you have to hunt it down I love a great coming of age teen comedy. But they are few are far between and even then they are more focused towards adult audiences.
And then apps within apps!
I'm going to disagree a bit with that. I take the kids a bit to the cinema and they really like going. Try and get them to sit down and watch a full movie on Disney or something then forget it. It isn't cheap but I don't mind taking them and it's something we all enjoy. I would happily bin off Disney, Netflix etc before I bin of taking the kids to the flicks
But how often do you take them? once a week, once a month as a treat? And how many other families do you see go often especially during a cost of living crisis?
