Entertainment Forum General Chat Thread • Page 1336

how's that for a cultural moment?

 

little nicky, underrated sandman flick

 

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.

 

My dad and my cousins still complain about this.

 

best original song doesn't count for EGOT

 

Pretty sure movies go straight to Netflix because Netflix doesn't like releasing movies in theaters and not because of the quality or genre. I might be crazy though.

 

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.

 

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

 

Maybe there's a misconception conflating straight-to-video or straight-to-streaming with the quality of the project

 

Straight to Netflix is not a marker of quality. The best movies each year are not going straight to Netflix.

do not bring up The Irish Man

 

Netflix is a streaming service. When Netflix has a product, it is advantageous for them to only make it available on their streaming service. No theaters, no EST, no VOD, no broadcast.

 

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.

 

It feels like Netflix tried briefly around 2019 to pay to bring good movies straight the their platform but have since abandoned that strat. Straight to netflix now its mostly likely means they couldn't get a better distribution deal

 

I get that Netflix just wants people to only go to their service. That makes sense when you see how craven Reed Hastings is.

A little pre and post-pandemic, they were working with our local indie theater to release movies there a week ahead of streaming. I think they still do that in NY and LA, but they stopped that in 2023.

For some movies, especially comedies, that was the preferred way to see it. I saw “Dolemite Is My Name” and the crowd was hot for it. It’s a great movie on its own, but you don’t have that same feeling watching it at home without a crowd.

It’s a shame that, despite its faults, “Beverly Hills Cop 4” didn’t get that chance and I feel like “Happy Gilmore 2” will also suffer. Those movies are just better with an audience. But Netflix will Netflix.

As Chris Ryan said on “The Big Picture,” they’re a blessing for giving a chance to so many TV shows and limited series that no one else would touch and they’re a damn near black hole on filmmaking and, I would argue, comedy, both in movies and standup.

 

I feel like multiple users on this site have been saying this for years lol

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY's Chris Pratt Is Aware He's Playing Different Versions Of The Same Character In Movies

 

Chris Pratt didtnt ruin any of the good movies he was in and his absence wouldn't save any of the bad ones

 

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.

 

The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 25, ‘Michael Clayton’ — The Big Picture — Overcast

the big picture is starting a top 25 of the century list. the only rule they set was one per a director. good start with this one

 

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?

 

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.

 

Best Films of the 2000s: Q1 • forum.chorus.fm

Yes

 

Feels like a bracket-worthy idea.