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Morrissey replied to the thread Entertainment Forum General Chat Thread.

Spring Breakers in IMAX was interesting. The audience was much more game than the angry crowds 12 years ago. It is only the second IMAX movie I have ever seen, and I was much more impressed with the audio than anything else. You hear things you might not even notice at home or in a regular theater.

Morrissey replied to the thread Entertainment Forum General Chat Thread.

All of my knowledge of Reign Over Me comes from an episode of Chapo Trap House.

Morrissey replied to the thread Entertainment Forum General Chat Thread.

Isn't Reign Over Me one of his worst?

Morrissey replied to the thread Entertainment Forum General Chat Thread.

Meyerowitz deserves more praise. An unfairly forgotten Baumbach film.

Morrissey replied to the thread Entertainment Forum General Chat Thread.

I haven't actually seen Jack and Jill or Grown Ups but I can assure you that Eight Crazy Nights is bad.

Morrissey replied to the thread Ballerina (Len Wiseman, June 6, 2025).

Not what I expected when I saw the Wiseman name.

Morrissey replied to the thread Entertainment Forum General Chat Thread.

Morrissey replied to the thread Entertainment Forum General Chat Thread.

Feels like a bracket-worthy idea.

Morrissey replied to the thread Entertainment Forum General Chat Thread.

One per director restrictions bother me. I understand the reason is you want to spread the acclaim, but you can always do more than 25 films. The list is going to feel incomplete if you have to keep off The Master or Punch-Drunk Love for There Will Be Blood, for example. People use these lists as a way of catching up.

Morrissey replied to the thread Entertainment Forum General Chat Thread.

Michael Clayton's critical evolution has been interesting to watch. Back when it came out it was a bit of an afterthought to all the other big movies winning awards. It was very good, and the way Clooney walks away as Swinton is arrested is shot so well. Didn't we do one for the quarter century somewhere here?

Morrissey replied to the thread Entertainment Forum General Chat Thread.

I don't have Netflix so every time I am in a situation where I have access to it I am surprised how little quality film is actually there. Not just art films but popular mainstream films or classic films. You can only rewatch The Irishman so many times and usually people aren't in the mood for a gritty Mexican drama about a housekeeper or a brutal divorce movie. It's a shame because Netflix was my film school. The DVD-by-mail had everything but even their early streaming had a lot of interesting stuff to fill the gaps. Obviously when they had Criterion that was an embarrassment of riches, but Starz and others had good picks.

Morrissey replied to the thread Entertainment Forum General Chat Thread.

Netflix films fall into a couple of categories. I looked for the wiki for Netflix original films and they literally have to give a page to each year because it is hundreds. On one hand, you have the films they are using to win awards. Think of Roma, The Irishman, Emilia Perez, The Power of the Dog, Marriage Story, and so on. You also have a couple of big-budget movies that are trying to be an alternative to theater blockbusters, like those Zack Snyder movies. A lot of it, though, is just there to fill up the page when you log in. Movies people won't really remember and wouldn't see in a theater, but if you put David Spade or David Schwimmer on the cover people might give it a chance. That is essentially what the Sandler Netflix films are; they star him or one of his SNL friends, they can be made cheaply, and they can come out pretty reliably. They would probably fail at the box office because more and more films do these days and comedies have had it especially hard, but middle-aged people who remember Happy Gilmore will watch it when it pops up on their front page.

Morrissey replied to the thread Entertainment Forum General Chat Thread.

I would say the majority of people who watched the show at the time didn't understand what it was trying to say.

Morrissey replied to the thread Entertainment Forum General Chat Thread.

It depends on the movie. They have a strategy for winning awards and competing with blockbusters but also trying to fill their library with questionable "content". They were direct-to-Redbox before this.

Morrissey replied to the thread Unpopular Entertainment Opinions.

One of the problems I have with buffets is that you pay up front with no option to tip on your card and I never have cash for the busser.

Morrissey replied to the thread Unpopular Entertainment Opinions.

There is a new buffet in Titusville that has a 12 dollar lunch. It is a 45 minute drive but I have nothing better to do.

Morrissey replied to the thread Unpopular Entertainment Opinions.

The other day I was trying so hard to remember the name of Ponderosa. KFC and Pizza Hut buffets were fun but stuff like Ryan's/Stacy's/Whistle Junction were the real excitement. One of them would have a clown for kids' night and he would make balloon animals.

Morrissey replied to the thread Unpopular Entertainment Opinions.

Buffets should make a comeback. There was something so exciting having that smorgasbord at your fingertips.

Morrissey replied to the thread Entertainment Forum General Chat Thread.

Yes, because they are the types of films that people will watch on Netflix but won't go to theaters to see. Comedies have been largely dead in theaters for a while.

Morrissey replied to the thread Entertainment Forum General Chat Thread.

Why Happy Gilmore and not Billy Madison? I feel like the latter is more iconic, and Billy Madison going to college feels like it writes itself.

Morrissey replied to the thread Entertainment Forum General Chat Thread.

In some ways it is. There is a "straight to streaming" where they figure they won't make much money in theaters, but then there are big movies that they hope are so well acclaimed that people sign up for the service just for it.

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Morrissey replied to the thread Entertainment Forum General Chat Thread.

@OhTheWater bring your class.

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Morrissey replied to the thread Movie Anora (Sean Baker, October 18, 2024).

My mother wants to see this but that means she wants to see it with me. Probably not going to sit through that awkwardness.

Morrissey replied to the thread Unpopular Entertainment Opinions.

My students complained for a whole year when I wouldn't let them see the Angelina Jolie Beowulf scenes.

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Morrissey replied to the thread Entertainment Forum General Chat Thread.

The highest-grossing film of all time since recorded box office is all classic, iconic films and then you get to Avengers. Coppola, Cameron, Lucas, Spielberg, and then two guys you wouldn't recognize at a grocery store.

Morrissey replied to the thread Letterboxd.

Mother is his best film. I will try to see Mickey 17 this week but Okja is his worst. There is a pretty significant gap between his Korean films and his English ones.

Morrissey replied to the thread Movie Mickey 17 (Bong Joon-ho, March 7, 2025).

Normally you'd worry about a directors' career after a loss like that but in three years he will have another great Korean film coming out.

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Morrissey replied to the thread Entertainment Forum General Chat Thread.

Blomkamp's attempt at metaphor in District 9 was among the worst of all time. He has no business working even near Verhoeven.

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Morrissey replied to the thread Entertainment Forum General Chat Thread.

It would be poetic if such a bizarre series ends with that cliffhanger and no resolution ever.