Movies...does anyone happily anticipate new ones coming out ?

[ironglow]

  Seems crazy, how Hollywood has committed suicide by "the death of a thousand cuts" !

   To me at least, the movie industry has gone for bad to worse....and worse..over the years !

  No longer any epics, such as BEN HUR, now even any goof fronytier/western films like SHANE..and documentaries are out of the question.

  Seems all that is being produced today, ranges from wild, ridiculous fantasy, to "woke" themes..and portrayals of depraved lifestyles.

   ..And they speak of the many millions it costs to produce a movie these days !

  The way I see it, the least costly movies to produce, should be the movies featuring depraved lifestyles...Shucks, no expensive sets, they can use 
   their own homes and local pubs, where all those actors have to do, is  to just "act naturally".   

[DDZ]

I was just talking to a friend about this same thing. Very few if any movies anymore are any good. Lots of demon based movies also.

[moamonkey]

Last movie I went to was the last Top Gun flick. I appreciated the light they presented our military in. Last movie before that I can’t even remember. Years ago. I simply don’t condone their behavior and don’t want to support them when I know they don’t appreciate it. Don’t want them using my money to run down our country, period!

[ironglow]

   I gave up on the movie theatre experience long ago.  My son & wife as well as grandkids attend on rare occasions.

  My son recently became some kind of a subscriber to Angel Studios, which has been formed by folks who want to keep their movies "family friendly"
    ....or wholesome.

 He has some tickets for a special showing, which is coming up for members.  This movie is  called HOMESTEAD....

  Here's the trailer;
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XURLw2XXHWA
 
   As for me..I'll just stay home and catch old movies off the internet, transferred to my TV...

[Bob Riebe]

I just like going to theaters, much , much better for me than watching on a television.
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The popcorn, candy and pop, are one reason but I grew up with a grandmother who has great love for going to theaters, so I had done so from a very early age.
Used to drive into the Twin Cities just to check out other theaters; sadly they are 70 percent gone now , replaced by the multi-theater crap.
Well over a decade ago , went to one of the new Batman movies at an Imax theater, very interesting experience.

I will go without the other half, but the past year, for what ever reason, I never thought of it, way too often, till to late in the evening and then the movie was not longer being shown.
A large numbers now, are of extra long movies, which I like, but the movie critics complain about that, although a goodly number of articles on current movies come out and state the reason production companies are losing money is the crappy movie content.

[Graybeard]

I've not been to a theater in over 40 years. The last one was Damnation Alley. I took the kids to it and now the youngest of them is 50 so a very, very long time since I've gone to a theater, in fact I'd not even know where to go to find one these days. I will never again go to one.

I wait until movies are on free TV, I don't have any pay per view type access on my TV nor movie channels like HBO or Cinemax.

[ulav8r]

Been at least 15 years since I went to a theater, no idea what was playing.  Besides lousy content, no one knows how to mix sound anymore, action scenes will cause pain in your ears while dialogue is muffled or overpowered by music..

[GTS225]

I like to be entertained, so I do watch a fair bit of cinema.  However, from the comfort of my own chair.  I got real tired of sticky floors and filthy theaters quite a number of years ago, so nowadays, I'll wait until the DVD comes out and buy it so that I can watch it multiple times.  Yes, I've gotten a few "bombs", but overall, I've done ok with them.
The last flick I watched that was a "new" release was, like Moamonkey, "Top Gun Maverick", and even that was off of Netflix.

Now, I do like those that carry good life messages or lessons in the plot.  To name a couple;

Cars....yes, animation, but the story line is pretty good, and the animation detail is outstanding.  Yeah, it's produced by a less-than-exemplary company (Disney/Pixar), but that doesn't detract from the message(s) it sends.
Another is, (believe it or not), the "How To Train Your Dragon" series.  Some more good life lessons for both adults and kids.  The animation is good, and if it helps the younger set learn good civilized traits, so much the better.  I understand there's going to be a remake of the first one released mid-2025 that will be a combo animation/real film, starring Gerard Butler, (from the "Has Fallen" trilogy) as Stoick the Vast.  (He also did the voice in the animation film.)

IG.....I know you're pretty opinionated with some subjects, but if I may be so bold.......give those a try.  I suggest you may just give them a nod, if not for the story line, at least for the life lessons delivered.

Roger

[DDZ]

I just like going to theaters, much , much better for me than watching on a television.
I h
The popcorn, candy and pop, are one reason but I grew up with a grandmother who has great love for going to theaters, so I had done so from a very early age.
Used to drive into the Twin Cities just to check out other theaters; sadly they are 70 percent gone now , replaced by the multi-theater crap.
Well over a decade ago , went to one of the new Batman movies at an Imax theater, very interesting experience.

I will go without the other half, but the past year, for what ever reason, I never thought of it, way too often, till to late in the evening and then the movie was not longer being shown.
A large numbers now, are of extra long movies, which I like, but the movie critics complain about that, although a goodly number of articles on current movies come out and state the reason production companies are losing money is the crappy movie content.

Likewise I like a theater. Mostly the big screen and sound adds much to the movie. My son and daughter in law took me to see the new Gladiator movie. Certainly not as good as the first one.

[sbilson]

I've been to the movies once in the last 40 yrs.
Not worth the price of admission

[DDZ]

I've been to the movies once in the last 40 yrs.
Not worth the price of admission

If you would go in the afternoon, its actually maybe even cheaper than renting it on a streaming service. Not that I'm trying to promote movie theaters. I've been to one twice in the last 10 years.

[ironglow]

IG.....I know you're pretty opinionated with some subjects, but if I may be so bold.......give those a try.  I suggest you may just give them a nod, if not for the story line, at least for the life lessons delivered.
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  I would like to say that I would try those movies...but as you also said, I am quite opinionated.  ..And the frequency of the use of animation, is a
   sore point  with me.  I know many and perhapos most people truly enjoy animation, or cartoons, as I call them.
   
 I am especially irked at those most realistic cartoons that look like somebody has taken real people , animals, and sets..and bu  some kind of computer magic, made them to look like remarkably detailed cartoons.  Why not just leave the real thing, the real thing..

  Perhaps it is part of my desire for facts and my preference of documentary movies...but that's just me, I do not at all, say others are wrong

[wtxbadger]

My wife and haven't been to a movie theater in decades. Cramped seats, no legroom, very pricey concessions and smaller screens just didn't seem worth it. We prefer to wait until the movie released for sell and watch it at home where we can pause it if needs be for an important phone call and we save a lot of money compared to the theater and have the ability to re-watch it if it's a good one at our convenience.

[Bob Riebe]

For those of you who watch movies at home, Fox Nation has Christian series showing now and a $1.99 a month special running right now

https://nation.foxnews.com/featured/

[ironglow]

For those of you who watch movies at home, Fox Nation has Christian series showing now and a $1.99 a month special running right now

https://nation.foxnews.com/featured/

  They look good..have to check them out..

[Bob Riebe]

Here is a partial list of new movies that will be at some theaters.

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/browse/movies_coming_soon/

With very very, very rare exceptions, where the good guys win, and there are zero sequels, horror movies are godless bull-shite, but some of these movies are not total crap.

The other half will not go but I am going to go see this one.

https://www.fandango.com/the-day-the-earth-blew-up-a-looney-tunes-movie-2024-238801/movie-overview