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Random movie thoughts

I didn't know they still existed, to be honest. All of the locations near my house that I used to use were removed long ago and I just assumed they had all been taken down by now.
 
If Harry Potter wasn't based on books and for whatever reason the movie flop so badly they run out of money after Prisoner of Azkaban, would anyone feel the story is incomplete? Those first three movies are pretty standalone. Sure, Voldemort never fully returns, but would anyone assume he was going to? It wasn't really promised was it? Heck, if you make Tom Riddle a separate character (which if you think about it would be as trivial as removing the reveal) you end up with an anthology of movies with different villains like Indiana Jones or superhero movies.
 
Ender said:
If Harry Potter wasn't based on books and for whatever reason the movie flop so badly they run out of money after Prisoner of Azkaban, would anyone feel the story is incomplete? Those first three movies are pretty standalone. Sure, Voldemort never fully returns, but would anyone assume he was going to? It wasn't really promised was it? Heck, if you make Tom Riddle a separate character (which if you think about it would be as trivial as removing the reveal) you end up with an anthology of movies with different villains like Indiana Jones or superhero movies.
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I think people would wonder where the next one is, and years later it would show up on lists of movies with plot holes "everybody missed" that isn't actually a list of plot holes. You know the type. But I don't think people would leave the theater feeling like the story was incomplete, to answer your question.

Going further though, I don't think the films would have been as big a sensation (or even made at all) if not for the success and word of mouth of the books.

I have thought for some time about how I would have handled the story after the third or fourth entry, and what I would have done was have Voldemort out wizards publicly and attack the muggle world. But that's just me.
 
addiesin said:
I have thought for some time about how I would have handled the story after the third or fourth entry, and what I would have done was have Voldemort out wizards publicly and attack the muggle world. But that's just me.
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I've always thought the series should have ended with the worlds' wizards revealing themselves to the rest of the globe. Not only does their self-imposed isolation raise all sorts of ethical problems, but most great endings have an element of melancholy to them (example: the Elves leaving Middle-Earth), and puncturing the cozy insularity of the wizarding community would have been an ideal way to achieve that.

There would still be centuries of stories to be told before such a major in-universe change, of course, so it's not as though future tales would necessarily have to reckon with or explore that process. But, as Q said, "All good things must come to an end."

Instead, however, Rowling said "Nah, it'll be fine," and her disinterest in modifying the status quo in any way allowed for the narrative masterpiece that was The Cursed Child. 😝
 
Gaith said:
I've always thought the series should have ended with the worlds' wizards revealing themselves to the rest of the globe. Not only does their self-imposed isolation raise all sorts of ethical problems, but most great endings have an element of melancholy to them (example: the Elves leaving Middle-Earth), and puncturing the cozy insularity of the wizarding community would have been an ideal way to achieve that.

There would still be centuries of stories to be told before such a major in-universe change, of course, so it's not as though future tales would necessarily have to reckon with or explore that process. But, as Q said, "All good things must come to an end."

Instead, however, Rowling said "Nah, it'll be fine," and her disinterest in modifying the status quo in any way allowed for the narrative masterpiece that was The Cursed Child. 😝
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I must completely agree.
 
I'll be honest, I never bought the whole idea of wizards segregating themselves away in perfect secrecy. As a kid I thought the wizarding world was literally a different world since Harry runs through the column at King's Cross and winds up in a different King's Cross that's still clearly in broad daylight, not to mention Hogwarts being in broad daylight. And hiding magical locations under this or that genjutsu is fine and all but how in the world do you hide wild animals? Dragons would be spotted immediately. And apparently wizards can be born to non-wizard parents? How do they cover that up on such a regular basis? I still think the series would make more sense with my childhood version where there's this wizard Narnia. Or they could've done like X-Men where wizards are segregated but not secret. But the former idea is one that could actually be used in edits.
 
Continuing my earlier thought on Harry Potter as standalone movies, you could stretch it to include Goblet of Fire if you simply replace the finale. Not sure what you'd replace it with, since you need to account for Cedric Diggory's presence when they teleport, but the location and character could be anything, preferably something with David Tennant as a villain. Barty Crouch Jr. would thus be the film's one-off villain. Past that I don't think anything can be done, as it hinges too much on Voldy Moldy, but those entries are garbage anyway so not a huge loss.
 
It occurred to me the other day that Billy Dee Williams is literally named William Williams.
 
Jrzag42 said:
It occurred to me the other day that Billy Dee Williams is literally named William Williams.
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The Night Court reboot features an actor by the name of Nyambi Nyambi.

And while not quite the same thing (and not his birth name), Macauley Culkin's full legal name is Macauley Macauley Culkin Culkin.
 
I'm not interested in seeing the latest Ghostbusters sequel but the reviews are providing some amusing entertainment.

"to call the writing perfunctorily mechanical, would be to insult many perfunctorily mechanical things like u-bends in sinks"

From this "Kermodian rant" video:


and Robbie Collin writing:

"necromantically sustained through force of sheer commercial desperation"
 
addiesin said:
100% positive sure, but only 6 reviews, ten times less than the first.
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The general reception is still way better than before. There are critical people sure but it's mainly the same kind of pearlclutchers that complained about killer Santa in Silent Night Deadly Night.
 
Editzilla said:
The general reception is still way better than before. There are critical people sure but it's mainly the same kind of pearlclutchers that complained about killer Santa in Silent Night Deadly Night.
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I don't know who is reviewing the film and I'm not super interested in the film or reading the reviews, so I can't say whether I agree or disagree that they are pearl clutching. But I can see the numbers. On RT it's currently got 20 reviews and the rating went to 50%.

It might be a good film, I wouldn't know,I do hope it is. Just saying, the RT score isn't particularly out of the ordinary.
 
So the family is Malta this week on holiday but my wife had to take a work call so I wandered around the streets of Valletta and walked into a random pub. Turns out that actor Oliver Reed used to frequent this place while making Gladiator. One day while at this place (called simply The Pub) he had 8 pints of beer, 12 double rums, and half a bottle of whiskey and arm wrestled with British Royal Navy sailors. Unfortunately this was too much for Mr. Reed and he suffered a heart attack and died right there in the pub. Now this place is somewhat of a shrine to him and this last heroic effort. What a random thing to stumble into. 🤣
 
Some guy at Walmart stopped me to ask if I'd seen the new Aquaman. He wanted to hear someone else's opinion before partaking in it himself. I told him that I had not in fact seen it, that I had wanted to but never got around to it (It came out around my birthday, nobody wanted to see it with me and I didn't want to go alone). He asked about the reviews, and I had to say that I hadn't paid attention to the reviews. In truth, I didn't have the heart to say that I've heard nothing but bad things about it. As far as I could tell, he did not buy the new Aquaman that day.
 
Jrzag42 said:
Some guy at Walmart stopped me to ask if I'd seen the new Aquaman. He wanted to hear someone else's opinion before partaking in it himself. I told him that I had not in fact seen it, that I had wanted to but never got around to it (It came out around my birthday, nobody wanted to see it with me and I didn't want to go alone). He asked about the reviews, and I had to say that I hadn't paid attention to the reviews. In truth, I didn't have the heart to say that I've heard nothing but bad things about it. As far as I could tell, he did not buy the new Aquaman that day.
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Side note, I didn't start going to the theater alone until recently as well, you should try it sometime. I was surprised at how much I enjoyed myself, watching a movie in theaters, by myself.
 
Masirimso17 said:
Side note, I didn't start going to the theater alone until recently as well, you should try it sometime. I was surprised at how much I enjoyed myself, watching a movie in theaters, by myself.
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Seconded. I actually prefer going alone. Even though I enjoy going with my wife and kids (or friends), I like not worrying if they are enjoying themselves. But really, don’t wait for others to do anything you enjoy. Can’t find someone to try out that new restaurant? Go alone. No one wants to take that trip you’ve always wanted to do? Go alone. You’ll have a blast!
 
Masirimso17 said:
Side note, I didn't start going to the theater alone until recently as well, you should try it sometime. I was surprised at how much I enjoyed myself, watching a movie in theaters, by myself.
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I have no problem going to the movies alone, it just felt sad going out to celebrate my birthday alone. Plus I had a couple people agree to go with me only to say later that they weren't actually interested, and that soured the mood.
 
Jrzag42 said:
I have no problem going to the movies alone, it just felt sad going out to celebrate my birthday alone. Plus I had a couple people agree to go with me only to say later that they weren't actually interested, and that soured the mood.
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That sounds hard dude, sorry to hear that. That definitely sucks.
 
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