I've been to the theater twice in the past 3 years. Not really anything I'm that compelled enough to see on the big screen.
Things you're tired of seeing in movies
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I've been to the theater twice in the past 3 years. Not really anything I'm that compelled enough to see on the big screen.
jkno
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Deadpool/Wolverine, the exception in my case too
The last thing I saw in the theater was Rogue One. That was worth it though.
Having a nice long relaxing weekend my wife and I caught up on some movie viewing- most haunted/horror films.
No Joke- virtually every time there was a night scene there was a shot of a full Moon with some gray clouds. Events could even be taking place a week apart but still there was a full Moon!- it was like the Truman Show dome. I even think a couple of the shots were some stock library footage as they looked identical even though it was a different movie.
How often do you see a full Moon at home?- allowing for a small slice on either side as it waxes and wanes (which is not too noticeable) maybe a couple of days a month, even then sometimes it is during the day instead of at night.
Show me a quarter Moon in a scary movie and I will get scared- this film might actually be taking place in some reality
No Joke- virtually every time there was a night scene there was a shot of a full Moon with some gray clouds. Events could even be taking place a week apart but still there was a full Moon!- it was like the Truman Show dome. I even think a couple of the shots were some stock library footage as they looked identical even though it was a different movie.
How often do you see a full Moon at home?- allowing for a small slice on either side as it waxes and wanes (which is not too noticeable) maybe a couple of days a month, even then sometimes it is during the day instead of at night.
Show me a quarter Moon in a scary movie and I will get scared- this film might actually be taking place in some reality
Rabbit trail... imagine a Truman Show like premise where the lead characters are under the watchful eye of "The Corporation," who unleashes fiendish beings and horrors on the unsuspecting victims.
...wait, they did that. Cabin in the Woods, right?
ScourgiousJinx
Master Member
And the ever present moon often takes up a huge portion of the sky. If it were that close to earth for it to be that big, we'd be in a lot of trouble.
Iskelderon
Sr Member
"That's no moon!"
joberg
Legendary Member
Look at Super Moon images
One of the worst episodes ever, even the show ignores that it happenedThe moon turning out to be an alien egg.
Ok, that only happened once, in a really stupid Doctor Who episode. Once was enough to make me tired of it.
ScourgiousJinx
Master Member
I've taken photos of super moons. Movies often make the moon even larger. Also super moons only occur a few times a year and certainly don't occur every night consecutively for weeks, months or years. I'm pretty sure the next one this year is in October.Look at Super Moon images
Mon, Oct 6, 2025, 10:48 PM
I wrote a lot and then erased it. Very negative stuff. Saw the newest Jurrassic and hated it. Everything looked real, the effects were great and the props and sets were great. Physics was ignored for the most part. Lighting, no need but still very realistic, top notch even. There were no parts where I saw something that seemed unreal, even though physics was not asked for its opinion about how things should fall, fly, bounce, etcetera. The dialogue was so horrendously unreal that it fourth walled me into complaining IN THE THEATER.
Scarlett, who spends the first half of the film lamenting about her dead team member, goes on a full speech about how dead teammates should not stop them from making a crap-ton of money so let's go you whiners..... I fully, out loud, said, "as said by no human being ever" before I remembered I was in a theater. I NEVER talk in theaters. I can fully hate a movie that is so bad it made me complain out loud like a complete loon.
Scarlett, who spends the first half of the film lamenting about her dead team member, goes on a full speech about how dead teammates should not stop them from making a crap-ton of money so let's go you whiners..... I fully, out loud, said, "as said by no human being ever" before I remembered I was in a theater. I NEVER talk in theaters. I can fully hate a movie that is so bad it made me complain out loud like a complete loon.
There a LOT of movies which are technically brilliant- great SFX, cinematography, soundtrack and such, but truly suck as a film.
I have a good number of them in my disc library for reference but I will never watch them for entertainment
I have a good number of them in my disc library for reference but I will never watch them for entertainment
joberg
Legendary Member
Seems to me that they abide by the "Smoke & Mirrors" type of movie...no depth whatsoever
Cephus
Master Member
Precisely. It's the general dumbing down of the movie-going audience. It's why, when you talk to a lot of fans of modern cinema, they can't actually give a detailed, nuanced answer for why they like it. It's just a quick dopamine shot in the noggin and "ooooh... pretty!" What was it about the story or the characters that resonated with them? No answer whatsoever. It's all become pathetically shallow.Seems to me that they abide by the "Smoke & Mirrors" type of movie...no depth whatsoever
This movie was like pulling tropes from a hat. I haven't seen the likes since Doogal, the cartoon, that was written during one of the longer writer's strikes. Filled with A-List talent and horrifying in completion.
Occasionally there is a perfect storm of a movie- one which is visually stunning and brilliantly performed- one such is the film 'A Haunting in Venice'
Every frame is a work of art and story is engaging, the characters, even the secondary ones, are strong and well performed. This movie shows what can be done when the focus is on the plot and how the visuals support it instead of what is typically done these days
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