2025 Upcoming Movies Thread

[Zimbra]

I had it backwards with who was writing and directing: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/warners-gremlins-3-steven-spielberg-chris-columbus-1236419932/

Still, no Dante no sale.

[Curt McGirt]

Joe said all he possibly could in 2. Can you really parody this country nowadays like that did? Where do you really go with it as a (for lack of a better term, because I hate this one) "franchise"? This may be a self-fulfilling prophecy but it feels bound to disappoint... even if you didn't carry the "no Dante no sale" position which we should all have anyway.

[Log]

53 minutes ago, RIPPA said:

Well he is Jermaine's son so he is Michael's nephew so its not that much of a stretch

But, still, the kid is not his son. Hee hee! Hoo!

[Zimbra]

28 minutes ago, Curt McGirt said:

Joe said all he possibly could in 2. Can you really parody this country nowadays like that did? Where do you really go with it as a (for lack of a better term, because I hate this one) "franchise"? This may be a self-fulfilling prophecy but it feels bound to disappoint... even if you didn't carry the "no Dante no sale" position which we should all have anyway.

Also the best thing Columbus has made in 20 years are two extremely workmanlike Harry Potter movies. Everything besides that is pretty grim.

[Brian Fowler]

17 minutes ago, Zimbra said:

Also the best thing Columbus has made in 20 years are two extremely workmanlike Harry Potter movies. Everything besides that is pretty grim.

And actually neither of them are even in the last twenty years anymore because we are all so very very old

[Zimbra]

God, that should have been 30 years.  Excuse me while I wither into dust and blow away.

I will give him credit for Nine Months.  That was a good 'un.

[Andrew POE!]

Two for DVDVR Arthouse 

 

[Andrew POE!]

Another one for DVDVR Arthouse wing

 

[Curt McGirt]

What kind of jerk puts the blurbs and announcements for an Italian film in English but doesn't subtitle the dialogue?

[GojiColin]

11 hours ago, Curt McGirt said:

Joe said all he possibly could in 2. Can you really parody this country nowadays like that did? Where do you really go with it as a (for lack of a better term, because I hate this one) "franchise"? This may be a self-fulfilling prophecy but it feels bound to disappoint... even if you didn't carry the "no Dante no sale" position which we should all have anyway.

I can already guess the plot:  Billy and Kate's kids go to their grandparent's house with Billy to help clean out the place for sale.  They find a tchotchke that somehow brings back Gizmo (who left for...reasons and is voiced by Chris Pratt), who has hijinks with the kids.  Meanwhile Daniel Clamp has gone from rich yuppie to deranged madman, waiting for Gizmo to return so that he can be reunited with Greta (who also left for reasons and is voiced by Lady Gaga).  Something goes wrong and Spike (voiced by Jack Black) and company return and its up to the Kids, a reunited Billy and Kate, Gizmo, and as many cameos as possible to save the day.  Also the Gremlins will be full CGI.

[The Natural]

 

[Curt McGirt]

Well, I got my answer about whether they're gonna kill the blue filter on the Crazy 88 fight. 

[zendragon]

Kill Bill is QTs answer to Paul McCartney's "Maybe I'm Amazed" or "Simply Having a Magical Xmas Time"; its him at his worst

[Andrew POE!]

2 hours ago, zendragon said:

Kill Bill is QTs answer to Paul McCartney's "Maybe I'm Amazed" or "Simply Having a Magical Xmas Time"; its him at his worst

Hey now! I loved McCartney's "Wonderful Christmastime" with its Yamaha CS-80s!

[Technico Support]

I really liked the Kill Bill films but have no desire to watch a 4 hour 41 minute version.  But I’m happy Uma is (hopefully) getting a payout after that bullshit she went through.

[Log]

45 minutes ago, Andrew POE! said:

Hey now! I loved McCartney's "Wonderful Christmastime" with its Yamaha CS-80s!

You are not alone. There are dozens of us who love that song. Dozens!

[Curt McGirt]

3 hours ago, Technico Support said:

that bullshit she went through.

Which is? I am unaware.

Kill Bill 2 is awesome and I won't have any argument. I want to see it in the theater, but yeah that four hour runtime sounds like a bladder-buster. I hope they at least have an intermission (they will). On BluRay, at least you could FF over the parts you don't want to see. Really I don't care to see most of the first half, just the anime stuff and the colorized fight, but really you don't know where new stuff is showing up (like the Michael Parks scene they showed in the trailer) so that might be hard to pinpoint. 

[Curt McGirt]

And to answer properly, Death Proof is QT at his worst.

[Technico Support]

@Curt McGirt

Quote

Uma Thurman was seriously injured in a car crash on the set of 

Kill Bill: Volume 2, suffering a concussion, permanent neck damage, and knee injuries after being pressured by director Quentin Tarantino to perform her own stunt. The incident occurred when she drove a modified car off the road and into a tree. The event caused a long-term strain on their relationship, though she has stated she has forgiven him for the "negligent" act. 

There’s footage of it on YouTube.  She was concerned about the car’s transmission and, I think, the state of the roads, but Tarantino talked her into it.

[Curt McGirt]

Jesus, I don't wanna see that. Was it the Pussy Wagon or the car in Mexico? What was she supposed to do?

[Zimbra]

Death Proof is great.

Hateful Eight is Tarantino at his worst.

And it's been a couple years since I watched it but Kill Bill hasn't held up well for me.

[zendragon]

6 hours ago, Curt McGirt said:

And to answer properly, Death Proof is QT at his worst.

For a car movie the talking to car racing ratio is way off, but at least its not 4 hours of references to Kung Fu movies

 

5 hours ago, Technico Support said:

@Curt McGirt

There’s footage of it on YouTube.  She was concerned about the car’s transmission and, I think, the state of the roads, but Tarantino talked her into it.

The story is that they rehearsed the shot going one way but at the last second QT decided he wanted to shoot it going the other way. There was a bend in the road that caused the accident.

[Curt McGirt]

I'll take four hours of kung-fu references over two hours of barefoot women hanging out talking at a bar intersperced with one car murder and one car stunt-show any day.

[zendragon]

Makes note, "Curts not a foot guy"

[Curt McGirt]

You nailed it

Anyway, we're forgetting all about Once Upon A Time in Hollywood. Most Tarantino films, I'll at least pop on for a minute if they're on TV. I find myself skipping this one every time. When I made the effort to actually watch some of it the other night, it was just Brad Pitt feeding his dog and eating mac and cheese out of the pot while watching HIS TV. Then there were some hipsters dancing at a pool party. The shit is boring. It has to be the only one besides Hateful Eight (which was just exhausting) and Death Proof (just terrible) that I didn't feel like seeing again after I walked out of the theater, and that opinion hasn't changed.