Not exact matches
I know the trailer didn't have to deal with the movie itself, but after walking
out of the
theater and
thinking about the trailer I got a little frustrated.
In fact the only «wow» factor this movie provides comes on the way
out of the
theater, when you're
thinking — «Wow, that was a whale
of a disappointment.»
About a year and a half ago (before I was writing for any sites), I went to the movie
theater to go check
out Paul Thomas Anderson's «The Master,» a film that not only deeply sat with me, but had me
thinking for days on end about its rich themes and utterly impressive display
of...
I
thought the second movie was a great visual effects film if you wanted to see robots beating the crap
out of each other, but overall it was so poorly executed that I actually wanted to walk
out of the
theater and I almost did.
Even if you
think you've figured
out where «The Gift» is headed for its finale, the last major twist will throw you for a loop and leave you in a much different state
of mind than when you entered the
theater — which is exactly what a great thriller should do.
Even with an increased curiosity about the new «Silent Hill» film and trying to make sense
of whatever is going on with «Cloud Atlas» — which I'm starting to
think is just
out there enough that I might really enjoy it — the next movie I'm most excited about is Daniel Craig's return to James Bond in «Skyfall» set to arrive in
theaters on Nov. 9.
I don't buy into this [theory] that audiences just aren't coming
out to
theaters anymore... Before the end
of the year, I
think we'll see films that will jump
out.»
A few people in the
theater with me last night for the preview screening also walked
out — however, I
thought Refn's film was pretty brilliant both visually and in its hilarious skewering
of a problematic industry I've never been able to understand or embrace.
As we exited the
theater, an army
of cameras swarmed us, screeching, «What did you
think of the movie?!!!» Still, at least for a week we critics all got to puff
out our chests and insist that film matters.
With How to Train Your Dragon 2 enjoying incredibly positive reviews
out of Cannes and poised to do big box office when it opens in
theaters, it's not really a surprise that Katzenberg is
thinking about possibly making a fourth film — and if DeBlois is still onboard, one imagines the quality will remain high.
Perhaps You're Next is a movie where it is best to not
think too much and just go with it, walk
out of the
theater and, more than likely, just forget it.
Almost exactly - Clueless came
out in July
of 1995 and I
think it's safe to say that 95 %
of everyone who saw Clueless in
theaters fell in love with Paul Rudd that summer twenty summers ago.
If the goal is to get the story
out there in grand fashion, I can't
think of a better platform than what they chose and it's a gusty move putting a movie like this into
theaters competing with what most folks consider to be popcorn - worthy pictures.
The point — and whatever else you
think of it, Funny Games is a movie with a point — is that all the violence and suffering is being staged for our benefit (Haneke famously said that anyone who stayed in the
theater «need [ed] the film» and those who walked
out didn't).
We want people to laugh, cheer, sweat,
think and walk
out of the
theater ready to tackle their own adventure, whether it's a big climb, or any personal goal.
This particular tactic
of political
theater,
of performance art,
of spiritual statement, the delivery
of coal waste directly to the lobbies
of corporate entities associated with this environmental destruction, is an intervention that Reverend Billy and members
of his Church
of Life After Shopping (his
thoughts on the rally here) have also carried
out in New York City.
If you're the type who doesn't like movie
theaters,
thinks most
of what Hollywood puts
out these days is garbage, or if you just don't have the time to visit the
theater, then you'll probably want to skip MoviePass.