Topic: Movie thread.

the new Snow White trailer makes me want to sit on the TV and look at my couch

@ThatZeldaNerd That’s how I’m starting to feel towards every live-action remake.

@ThatZeldaNerd
I will buy ticket and watch Snow White 2025 live action movie for my defence.
Peoples just too much hating and prejudice before even watching.

@Anti-Matter yeah im just a hater hehe (i do hope you enjoy it when you watch it though) its just not for me
@StewdaMegaManNerd factsssssss

@StewdaMegaManNerd i am very very scared for the live action zelda movie, since theres so much they could mess up. like, the artstyle in BOTW and TOTK is just so stunning i dont think they could recreate it. also scared that they will make zelda and link fall in love, even though in the games their relationship is pretty platonic. and the casting is scary, if chris pratt is everyone i will be very sad 😕 hopefully everything goes well tho!

@OctolingKing13 Yeah, I really wish they would go for an anime-style instead of live action. Hopefully they’ll make the most of it.

Loved the original. While teaching in China, one day I found a Taiko no Tatsujin game at an arcade, and was pleasantly surprised to see The Goonies 'R' Good Enough on the playlist! That was my go-to game for when I needed a "connection-to-the-Western-world" feeling.

As for a sequel...I really can't see it being any good. Feels like a slap-dash: "let's mine the IP while we can" exercise.

My sister and I would erupt into giggles when the Siamese cats sang their song.
That is somehow a "controversial moment" now.

"I've got a bad feeling about this..."

The only possible reaction to IX is:

"THAT'S IT?!? THAT'S WHAT 42 YEARS OF STORYTELLING HAS LED UP TO??!!??
WHAT THE ****!?!?!?"

I friend of mine sent me some "fun racist jokes" about Rachel Zegler.

I told him: "Judging people by the colour of their skin makes me question the content of their character."

Agreed. Timon and Pumba, being realistic animals, lost all their facial expressions from the cartoon. Same thing with Beauty and the Beast. Lumiere is a FANTASTIC character in the original cartoon. In the live-action movie? Totally forgettable. No expression. No character.

I've only seen bits of both versions of Cinderella, so can't really comment on that - although I think the animated movie is generally not considered to be one of the better Disney 'classics'.

Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo though! This is one of those cases where "The Internet taught me the childhood classic we loved wasn't great".

I thought live action Aladdin and Beauty & the Beast were nowhere near as good as the animated movies - I didn't like Aladdin at all, and Beauty & the Beast was just OK. Casting Robin Williams as the Genie in Aladdin was perfect, so nobody was ever going to live up to that. I just think the live-action remakes have 'cash grab' written all over them.

Robin Williams as Genie, is the first time an animated movie cast a movie star to do the voicework. Just the idea of trying to watch Will Smith try to match that? I would slap myself in the face.

Personally, I'm done with the Disney live-action remakes. They serve no purpose to me. What they are changing had already been perfected. They're like if Korean boy band BTS did a cover album of Led Zeppelin's "IV". It would sell like hotcakes. But to me? It would be an abomination.

What like Disney and Star Wars

@Bunkerneath

At least going into the sequel trilogy, we could easily imagine exciting new stories in an immense galaxy.

With Goonies? What are they going to do? Have the now middle-aged gang get back together for an adventure? Where we briefly clap or smile as they each enter the scene?

Or what? Have their kids go on an adventure in the same town? To do what?

1 Goonies was good enough!

@MontyCircus
I still have interest with certain of Disney live action movies, depend on the director and scripwriter.
The movies will be good enough or not I can tell from how many times I want to rewatch at my local cinema.
If I watched more than 4 times within 1 month, that means the movies are great (at least 8/10 in my opinion).
Example: Aladdin 2019, Cinderella 2015, Beauty & the Beast 2017.
If I only watched 2 times, the movie was okay but not really satisfied me.
Example: Little Mermaid 2023, Moana 2
But if I only watched 1 time and never thinking to rewatch again, that means the movies are not good for me.
Example: Lion King 2019, Mufasa 2024, Finding Dory 2016.

The reason I still give credits for Disney live action movies because I appreciate the different version between cartoon version and the live action version.
I have ever read the story book version from different author with their differences so I can accept their uniqueness in delivering their version.
I don't expect the live action version have to be 1:1 of cartoon version.
Make it different but not too far from the original version.
Sometimes, I found some improvements from additional scenes in live action version to enrich the storyline by giving more character backstory or progression or additional situation, something that mostly missing from cartoon version.

I'm not totally opposed to remakes in general as there are a few that are genuinely as good or better than the originals, and even some of the lesser-known Disney stuff might be good subject matter for a remake, but Disney seems to be just churning them out one-after-the-other at the moment which I think makes it seem more like a cash grab - especially given they're remaking pretty much everything, even stuff that really doesn't need a remake.

I watch about 4 or 5 movies at the theatre each month.
The # that I watch at the theatre more than once rounds down to 0%.
Only reason I'd go twice is to see it again with someone else. Like when I took my mom to see "Barbie" for her birthday.

I try to wait 10 years before I re-watch movies. There are too many great ones out there.
A friend of mine is completely astounded that I don't re-watch MCU movies when they hit Disney+.

Surprised ya'll forgot that 101 Dalmatians exist. Cause that was that the 1st & ONLY live-action remake of a animated film back in 1996 I ever saw in theaters. After that...that was it. Glenn Close starred in that one btw.

Flick. A 2009 horror/comedy. I only watched, what I could, for the wonderful Mark Benton in a supporting role. A teddy boy who murders someone with a flick knife comes back to life after 40 years and starts killing people.

I flicked it off fairly quickly. The way it was filmed/edited/coloured graded literally made me have to get a bucket and feel I needed to throw up. Not a joke, I really think it gave me motion sickness. It was also just boring.

So recently, I received my Godzilla Vs Hedorah 4K Remastered blu-ray, not the 4K UHD. And boy it really blows all the other previous Blu-ray releases out of the water. It's one of the most bizarre Godzilla films out there. i was able to order it from Amazon.jp for about $47 which is about as cheap as it gets when it comes to imports. but the 5-day shipping will make it higher somewhat. heck, the 4k Remaster blu-ray comes in a white case. Which is rather neat honestly.

The only other decent Blu-rays releases of this movie is either Criterion's or Kraken Releasing's.

Has anyone seen A Better Man? The Robbie Williams ape movie? Great film. It was about redemption, forgiveness, and overcoming childhood trauma. I wish I supported it in theaters. I really didn't expect to enjoy it at all.