movies just aren't in the theaters long. Ad Astra had all that publicity on tv during commercials. it was out in theaters maybe 2 weeks. tops.
It depends on the movie, they keep it in there for as long as they see people are showing up. Weak ticket sales will get a movie pulled quicker.
i get that but it's so expensive now that people just don't go anymore. i saw motherless brooklyn on sunday night. tix were $13.50 for me by myself not counting food. that's a lot. bring the wife and kids to see Toy Story 4 and you're talking $40+ bucks as soon as you walk in the door. again, not counting food. with streaming devices and illegal bootlegs, people just don't go to theaters that much anymore. and the quality of movies aren't that great anymore for people to go and shell out a lot of money. The new Terminator reboot (yes, another one) had the worst opening in Franchise history of only $11 mil. That says a lot. Not even Linda Hamilton could save it.
Someone told me yesterday that they watched Terminator and said it was good. People will spend the money if it's worth it, 3.5 hrs is a good deal if it's good. I think a lot of people are just getting tired of the lazy writing, cheesy repetitive story lines. Also actors just fulfilling their contracts and going through the motions. I would rather watch a movie made in the 40s and 50s than some of this garbage.
agreed skinny- Motherless Brooklyn, which is set in the 50's, had the look and feel of a vintage Bogart movie. Well done by Actor, writer and director Edward Norton. Loved seeing the vintage cars in it. I'm am movie guy skinny. Saw MB this Sunday. See Midway Thursday night and Ford vs Ferrari in 2 weeks. I enjoy the theater as mine as reclining comfy seats. Popcorn and soda is a nice big size for the money. Not everyone can afford that. Hell, I go months without going because there's nothing worth going to see. Something has to catch my attention to go now. It's fall now, so it's the big movie push towards the Oscar race. Next month will be the last Star Wars movie and I already have my tickets for it ! The new Adam Sandler drama is getting a huge push. It's not a comedy. He's a sleazy jewelry that has ties to the NBA players with betting and jewelry sales with Kevin Garnett. They are really pushing for an Oscar nomination for him. Previews look excellent. I'll be there for that as well.
All that matters is the opening weekend. Crank em out, advertise the shit out of em, get enough people to show up week 1 to cover the nut and then on to the next one. “Big” movies will hang on for a few weeks, but with far fewer showings than on the opening weekend. Movies that are #1 at the box office for more than one week are a real rarity nowadays.
unless U Dog it's an Avengers, X-men, or Harry Potter type movie. Any non-serial standalone movie has no shot in the box office if a sequel to a huge hit comes out. Any movie that comes out around Dec 20th will have to face Star Wars episode 9 at the box office. Good luck.
'The Irishman' review: Scorsese close to perfect with crime saga RATING: **** (OUT OF FOUR) Director: Martin Scorsese Cast: Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Joe Pesci, Ray Romano, Harvey Keitel, Bobby Cannavale, Anna Paquin, Sebastian Maniscalco, Jesse Plemons and Jack Huston Screenplay: Steven Zaillian Running time: 209 minutes Never mind about all the people Frank Sheeran murdered. The big thing on the hitman’s conscience is his troubled relationship with one of his daughters. Sheeran — a real-life union heavy and mob assassin — is the focus of Martin Scorsese’s completely immersive new crime epic, The Irishman. A three-and-a-half-hour meditation on personal loyalty, organized crime and recent American history, The Irishman involves a superb cast in mesmerizing storytelling. This is peak Scorsese — all manner of terrible things made wonderful to look at. The Irishman is based on Charles Brandt’s 2004 book, I Heard You Paint Houses, and it follows Frank Sheeran over nearly 60 years. Sheeran’s criminal claim to fame is his involvement in the disappearance and death of union leader Jimmy Hoffa. We meet Sheeran (Robert De Niro) in a nursing home at the end of his life. He narrates parts of his own story, which is a sort of Horatio Alger mob tale; the seeds of his rise in the crime world seem to be planted in WWII service that leaves Sheeran adept at, and unbothered by, killing people. (How “painting houses” came to be a mob euphemism for killing people involves bullets through the head and colourful blood spatter on walls; yergghh. The violence in The Irishman is understated and personal, and next-level disturbing as a result.) Sheeran’s tale unfolds over the course of a three-day drive to Detroit to attend a wedding. He drives in the company of his friend and mentor, crime family kingpin Russell Bufalino (Joe Pesci), and their wives. As Bufalino, Pesci plays the wise, quiet, moral centre of the mob universe, a contradiction in terms that kind of sums up the whole picture. The movie involves an extraordinary cast putting in flawless performances, and even so, Pesci manages to be a standout; something about his physical stillness and unwavering gaze is beyond anxiety-inducing. As the road trip progresses, the story of Sheeran’s involvement with the union and with Jimmy Hoffa (Al Pacino) unfolds. Other stories come out of that tale. The underworld and the rest of the world are not separate from one another; here is the mob’s offhand involvement in the Bay of Pigs incident, for example, or in John Kennedy’s election and in his death. As always, Scorsese pulls a viewer completely into the world he has created. The cast includes Anna Paquin, Bobby Cannavale, Harvey Keitel, Jack Huston, Ray Romano, Jesse Plemons and Kathrine Narducci, not to mention the usual arresting collection of unique secondary players and faces that the filmmaker never fails to produce. Anyway, consider The Irishman an entirely transporting experience. The Irishman opens at the TIFF Bell Lightbox this Friday. It will expand to additional Canadian cities in the coming weeks before streaming on Netflix Nov. 27.
MIDWAY - i didn't know much of the real story, but after seeing the movie, i do now. it was missing something. they didn't show why Midway was important. Not even tactical information. Just go protect it and get the Japanese. Good acting overall and great special effects. Kind of went fast over the Pearl Harbor attack and Doolittle's raid. B+
I heard Deniro plays a character younger than Bobby Cannavale is in real life. haha. Go figure. The magic of movies.
The island of Midway was critical. Had the Japanese secured it, they would have a forward land base for continued air strikes against the Hawaiian islands and other Allied bases in the Pacific theater.
They could put makeup on a 76 and 79 year old and try to make them look like they're 30 years younger, but you just know these guys are seniors. At the end of the movie they were made to look older, they looked like they were over 100 years old.
FORD VS FERRARI. Very, very good. Loved seeing the old cars in it. Great filming sequences of the car races. Solid story overall. A-. I could see Christian Bale get a Best Actor Nomination if the studio pushes him for it. The question is will they push Matt Damon for Best Supporting Actor, when he could be considered the lead? It happened last year with Mahershla Ali winning Best Supporting when he was the lead in GREEN BOOK. I can see Damon easily winning the Oscar then. Bale is very good as well.
SKinny- i got 4 brand new movies for you: THE CURRENT WAR - about the war over the not the invention of electricity, but how to get it into houses across the US. Like the real story, the movie is too low on facts about Nikoli Telsa. The movie should've been more about him and less about George Westinghouse. Overall the way it was filmed was far too jumpy. Back and forth and then it keys on 4 main people. Didn't like that. JP Morgan needed way more dialogue and screen time. I've seen better documentaries on this than the movie. Fair. C- Knives Out - very very good. Funny and I liked it a lot. Clever at times and a good whodunit film. Could've used more twists. Didn't see the ending coming and thought something else was going to happen. Solid overall. Great cast all around. Daniel Craig is great in it. A good date movie. A- A Good Liar - really, really well done. A movie whose ending doesn't suck ass. Very clever and great performances by 2 acting legends - Helen Mirren and Ian McKellen. Didn't see the end Spoiler: xxxxx or the big twist coming. Fucking awesome. A++ The Irishmen. Wow. Where to start? Entirely too fucking long. Like 90 min too long. Scorsese drags scenes out for no reason. Way too long and boring at times. Frank Sheeran isn't that interesting of a character to have a 3.5 movie about, that some people say is bullshit anyways. His back story was entirely too long. Should've been way shorter. The real stars of this movie and I suspect one or both will get Best Supporting Oscar Nominations are Joe Pesci and Al Pacino. Pacino, who is nearly 80, is great as Jimmy Hoffa. A great supporting role and I think he has to be an Oscar front runner. Pesci, with his death stare of a look, is great as well as the icy cold master head of the Mafia. Scorcese uses a few actors from his other movies in this and the young blonde girl from Goodfellas, who uses her sister's baby, to transport cocaine to Pittsburgh, and foolishly uses the house phone instead of a pay phone (and all the yeah, yeah, yeah), is now a 40 yr old actress in this as well. The movie will get Oscar nominated for Director and Picture, but I don't think it will win. It's not that good. It's not epic film making. It's not even film making 101. It's slow and boring at times. Should've and could've been way better. B-/C+. Deniro C+. Pesci A- Pacino A++
