The Tenant: Psychological horror-thriller about a man who rents an apartment with a troubled past directed by Roman Polanski. Like his other two apartment films, Repulsion and Rosemary's Baby, there's a real sense of paranoia. In all fairness a lot of films from the '70's were infused with paranoia, though Polanski was doing this before Watergate. The acting is good, although I wasn't particularly blown away by it. My biggest gripe is with the pacing. While I don't mind watching a slow burner, The Tenant is a bit too slow unfortunately. That's not to say it's uninteresting, far from it, but there's too much time showing the protagonists life in and out of the apartment before the paranoia really takes hold. Compare this to his other apartment films where the paranoia takes hold much earlier, and neither of those films have a particularly fast pace. Really it all comes down to pacing issues for me. I know I'm probably being a bit too negative (if you're still reading my ramblings), but I did like The Tenant. Despite it's leisurely pace it still kept my attention, which can't be said for other films I've seen that have the same problem. If you are a fan of these slower horror films you'll probably get more out of this than be, but every one else be aware. 7/10
Also watched the director's cut of Star Trek: The Motion Picture, directed by Robert Wise. I've avoided the original because I've heard it's not good, but I heard the director's cut was better. It's weird because it feels like a Star Trek film, but at the same time it doesn't. I'll explain. The plot is cerebral and feels very Star Trek. It's about a cloud that seemingly destroys anything that it comes in contact with. Naturally, the Enterprise investigates. Unfortunately, it's missing much of the humor and character dynamics that The Original Series is known for. The acting in general felt very restrained. The only character who wasn't affected was Spock, he's honestly one of the more emotional characters. Bones had some funny dialog, but he also felt like a step down from his TOS characterization. Then there's poor Kirk. They don't even let Shatner ham it up, which is strange for TOS standards. It felt like they were trying to do a 2001 without the cryptic plot. This is especially apparent in the pacing, which moves at a glacial pace. I liked looking at the nice visuals too, but can we get a move on already? People also complain about the lack of action, but it's not like every TOS episode was brimming with action either. It all reminds me of another Robert Wise film, The Andromeda Strain. It also has a slow pace and restrained acting, although there is some excitement near the end. Fortunately regarding Star Trek, these issues are rectified in the sequel. What's also interesting is the plot is awful similar to a TOS episode, "The Changeling".
On a more positive note, I thought the visuals were exceptional. The director's cut adds in some CGI, and I thought it was extremely well integrated. It's a good thing it has great visuals too, because you'll be looking at them an awful lot without anything else happening. Also get ready to see plenty of shots of the Enterprise crew staring in amazement. The film score was great, going for a more epic feel. I can see why the main theme was reused for The Next Generation, why fix something that isn't broken? What also helped make this movie into something more is when it was revealed what was controlling the cloud. All in all, this is a bizarre beast. While it's a great piece of sci-fi, it's also a mediocre representation of TOS. I still liked it even with it's flaws. It's just a terrible starting point for anyone who's interested in TOS. 7.5/10
Saw Lightyear tonight, it's on Disney+ right now. Honestly, that movie ended up being better than I was anticipating it to be. Not my favorite Pixar movie, but the movie picked up more towards the end, and I like that. The only thing I didn't like was the first half. I'll go into it in the spoilers. The concept of Buzz flying into the future and not aging just felt weird to me. I get what they were going for, but it felt odd, and it dragged on for a bit. The latter half of the movie made up, and I wasn't expecting the plot twist with Zurg being future Buzz. The action moments in the second half were fun. Also, loved Sox, and he was my favorite part of the movie. Reminded me of my cat too.
Ended up enjoying it more than I was expecting to. Even though it's not one I'd go to the theater to see, or rush to buy a DVD of day one.
Questionable at best and downright stupid at worst. They should at least release it on HBO Max, but they’ve started laying off 70% of their workforce, so whoever’s left can figure it out.
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@Sunsy Kinda the opposite for me. I liked the first 20 minutes of the movie right before the time travel stuff, then it got worse, and worse, and worse. Also the villain plot twist was stupid, but it's not like I can think of anything better. Maybe him being his actual father. Still a decent movie. I would say this is a 6/10 film. Not horrible, but also disappointing. I liked Turning Red a lot more, that was a 9/10 for me, I recommend that much more.
Questionable at best and downright stupid at worst. They should at least release it on HBO Max, but they’ve started laying off 70% of their workforce, so whoever’s left can figure it out.
Heard about the Batwoman and Scoob Holiday Haunt movies' cancellation outside of this website. I think it's a bummer. A bunch of people's passions and work kinda just flushed down the drain.
Even if, even if both movies were absolutely horrible, you'd might as well just release it at that point, like it's already basically finished.
I think it pains me even more that so many other stuff was cancelled, especially things that were beloved or underrated.
All of these, with the exception of Chad and CNN+, were all great shows or projects or anticipated movies.
(Note: Snowpiercer is still getting a season 4)
I seriously hope they don't cancel much more projects, because if they cancel Smiling Friends, I'm gonna f---ing cry. You already broke my heart by cancelling Close Enough, Warner Bros. Discovery, if you touch Cartoon Network or anymore of Adult Swim, I'm gonna lose it.
@HotGoomba That sucks, I mean all that work for nothing. This is a business where people like to see their very hard work, from the craft (food) table people to the directors all that effort is now gone.
I want to focus on being a writer/director when I graduate. Seeing this and franchises hold such power, and also the power studios have, hurts me.
@HotGoomba Apparently it’s because of tax reasons. The US has some stingy tax laws. Hear about that person that won $1.2 billion in the lottery, and only received less than half a billion because of how much was slashed out due to tax? I dunno, this whole thing feels like some kind of fever dream. It’s better to put it out there to give credit to the filmmakers, crew, and actors that put hard work into it in spite of how bad it could be. At least Disney have the war chest to spend it on shows that despite their mediocrity sometimes, actually see a release.
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It's Batgirl, not Batowman. Considering people can't even get the name right this is much like Advance Wars where at the very best it would have been a modest hit if it was released but because it's been cancelled people are getting upset about it now even though they had no intention of seeing it. It's a shame for those real fans who were looking forward to it.
It's Batgirl, not Batowman. Considering people can't even get the name right this is much like Advance Wars where at the very best it would have been a modest hit if it was released but because it's been cancelled people are getting upset about it now even though they had no intention of seeing it. It's a shame for those real fans who were looking forward to it.
It's Batgirl, not Batowman. Considering people can't even get the name right this is much like Advance Wars where at the very best it would have been a modest hit if it was released but because it's been cancelled people are getting upset about it now even though they had no intention of seeing it. It's a shame for those real fans who were looking forward to it.
Gotta say, DC has a really confusing naming scheme for it's characters. Batman, Batgirl, Batwoman, Catwoman, Superman, Superwoman, Supergirl, and Shazam, also known as Captain Marvel, not to be confused with Marvel's Captain Marvel.
@HotGoomba I know America is funny about these sorts of things but I hope for your love life's sake you can tell the difference between a girl and a woman. ;p
Marvel is as bad where there's at least three Captain Americas, also four Ms Marvels but not to be mixed up with Captain Marvel, She-Thing, Moonstone, War Bird or Binary then there are four Ant-Mans but who are also called Giant Man, Yellow Jacket, Goliath, Slaying Mantis and Wasp but not to be confused with the other Wasp etc.
It's Batgirl, not Batowman. Considering people can't even get the name right this is much like Advance Wars where at the very best it would have been a modest hit if it was released but because it's been cancelled people are getting upset about it now even though they had no intention of seeing it. It's a shame for those real fans who were looking forward to it.
I mean, I hadn't even heard of it until it was cancelled and probably wouldn't have gone out my way to watch it, but it's still pretty ridiculous that they've just completely cancelled a finished movie that the cast and crew must have put a lot of work into. Although they'll probably release it one day as 'the movie you never got to see!!!' and it will do better than it would have done otherwise.
Come on Nintendo, give us Donkey Kong Jr Math on Switch Online
@HotGoomba I know America is funny about these sorts of things but I hope for your love life's sake you can tell the difference between a girl and a woman. ;p
@TheJGG, @Kermit1, @HotGoomba, @jump, apparently the guy in charge of Discovery (which now controls Warner Brothers) is simply no friend to big budget and/or scripted content.
While the tax write off thing is probably certainly part of it, this is the guy who was in charge of the Discovery Channel when it became known for lowest common denominator reality TV garbage like Here Comes Honey Boo Boo, My 700 Pound Life, & the like (all Discovery owned platforms are filled to the brim with cheap reality TV shows), and it's what his plans likely are for HBO (Max) as well.
There have even been 6 HBO Max exclusive movies/series that were already out that have been retroactively pulled from the service, likely as part of a plot to make a quick buck by selling them off to rival channels/streamers.
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@RR529 it's the opposite though, Batgirl wasn't big budget enough which is why it was canned as they want DC films to be big event films. Batgirl was loosely based on her Year One storyline which was a smaller more personal story and using the minor villain Firefly rather than one of the numerous big names villains like The Joker or Catwoman.
For context, WarnerMedia (owned by AT&T from 2018 until 2022 and known as Time Warner from 1990–2018) and Discovery, Inc. merged to form Warner Bros. Discovery on April 8, 2022 as a separately traded company. A lot of the management from Discovery took over operations and there's even been controversy over discrimination, which I'm not going into. Apparently this merger is supposed to be better for both companies overall.
However if they actually get rid of HBO Max in favor of Discovery+, we're doomed.
@HotGoomba from some insider info I know. Discovery is merging HBO Max and Discovery+ together as one giant package, plus a few other small services. In Canada it will be Crave not HBO Max (same thing with a different name).
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