Let's Talk Movies #36 - 2020 - Yep it is a new decade

[Winnipeg]

The Mummy trailer looks really scary/creepy

 

[ilovepaydays]

Toy Story 5 - Official Trailer

Who else, other than Disney/Pixar who knows they’ll likely make $1B on it, is actually asking for this?

 

[Tesla]

Toy Story 5 - Official Trailer

Who else, other than Disney/Pixar who knows they’ll likely make $1B on it, is actually asking for this?

This doesn’t look good.

 

[ilovepaydays]

This doesn’t look good.

Toy Story 3 had the perfect ending to this whole story, IMHO. But they had to do a fourth film and it made ~$1B.

 

[made_in_canada]

Mr. mic and I watched Rental Family tonight. We both loved it. It’s a beautiful movie.

 

[misskarne]

Toy Story 3 had the perfect ending to this whole story, IMHO. But they had to do a fourth film and it made ~$1B.

This. 3 was the most perfect ending to a franchise probably in all of Disney/Pixar. Especially for some of us who basically were on Andy's timeline. The kids who met Andy and the toys when the first one came out had grown up, and all of us understood the perspectives better because of it. The toys had a new home, they were together, they would be loved.

Four and now five? Totally unnecessary. Not least because there's no even semi-realistic way the toys can win this one long-term. It undoes all the good ending of three.

 

[MacMadame]

I just consider 4 and 5 to be separate movies that just happen to have some of the same characters.

 

[ilovepaydays]

Box Office Mojo - U.S. Domestic Box Office: Weekend 8

Notable opening next week: The Bluff (Amazon Prime Video), The Revenant (IMAX 10th Anniversary Re-Release), Pillion (Expands), Scream 7, In the Blink of an Eye (Hulu), and Paul McCartney: Man on the Run (Amazon Prime Video)

 

[emason]

Regarding Toy Story: it’s been s long time since I’ve seen them, but one of them, and I’m thinking 3, is a blatant rip off of The Brave Little Toaster. I’ll take TBLT any day over whichever Toy Story ripped it off.

 

[ilovepaydays]

Meanwhile, Paramount has submitted an increased bid to acquire Warner Bros.

 

[canbelto]

So I saw Marty Supreme finally.
The good: the acting, soundtrack, dialogue, etc. are all terrific and deserve all the plaudits. I was not bored.
The negative: the characters are not just unlikable, but I never cared about them. It's not that the movie is like a chronicle of shitty things Marty does in his quest for fame and fortune. It's that I never once cared about his journey. For instance, all the characters of Wolf of Wall St. or Succession are objectively horrible, but I cared about them. I wanted to see what happened next. With Marty Supreme I was actually glad the movie was over.
Maybe it's the lack of humor? This is a remarkably unfunny movie. Idk. But I just didn't connect with this one. I admired the craftsmanship but that was it. And a few sideplots (like the dog) could have been drastically curtailed.

 

[ilovepaydays]

Meanwhile, Paramount has submitted an increased bid to acquire Warner Bros.

Breaking News!

Netflix has declined to raise their offer.

It now looks like Paramount is going to get to buy Warner Bros.

 

[Kasey]

Just watched "If I had legs I'd kick you". Wow, disturbing movie on many fronts. But Rose Byrne could give Jessie Buckley a race for best actress, although I still think Buckley will win it.

 

[MacMadame]

Breaking News!

Netflix has declined to raise their offer.

It now looks like Paramount is going to get to buy Warner Bros.

Wasn't Netflix's offer always lower than Paramount's?

 

[ilovepaydays]

Wasn't Netflix's offer always lower than Paramount's?

I don’t think so - but it’s crazy what’s been happening to Netflix’s stock price since news of this WB deal was originally revealed.

 

[MacMadame]

I don’t think so - but it’s crazy what’s been happening to Netflix’s stock price since news of this WB deal was originally revealed.

I read that their price was lower but that also they weren't buying everything. And Warner Bros. was originally hostile to Paramount regardless of the terms because Paramount raised its offer and Warner Bros. said No.

But then they raised it again? And also there was some talk of a hostile takeover or something.