tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17951989.post4408404130521635238..comments2024-03-13T06:02:45.251-05:00Comments on Cinema Romantico: Movies: Dead, Dying, Or Still Kicking?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17951989.post-8461185383571199422011-03-11T16:56:23.855-06:002011-03-11T16:56:23.855-06:00I'd like to think that could happen again. May...I'd like to think that could happen again. Maybe it could. I feel like there are quality indie filmmakers out there but I just don't know if the mindset or the business is the same anymore to allow them to go that mainstream.<br /><br />I, for one, am hoping to go see Aaron Katz's "Cold Weather" this weekend as opposed to any of the big name releases. Then again, "Cold Weather" isn't an option in most cities.Nick Priggehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17895803287589438170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17951989.post-75383965930820695512011-03-11T14:08:50.331-06:002011-03-11T14:08:50.331-06:00I love posts like this. Thanks for the links to Ka...I love posts like this. Thanks for the links to Kael etc to look at. <br /><br />I think movies are still kicking but I'm one of those anal snobs who likes to distinguish between films and movies. I'd love to see a new wave of indies whereby they're as popular as they were around the damn of Soderbergh and Tarantinofilmgeekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04608736874666418357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17951989.post-83570525184441931632011-03-11T13:02:09.775-06:002011-03-11T13:02:09.775-06:00It should also be noted that these arguments mainl...It should also be noted that these arguments mainly just apply to high-budget studio films.<br /><br />I'm not in any way loyal to the movie theater experience. Some of my best movie watching experiences happened on my couch (like finishing <i>Primer</i>, and immediately starting the movie over again so I could study every shot and line of dialogue)(or the time in high school when I watched <i>Clerks</i>, no kidding, <i><b>5</b></i> times in a row, which marked my discovery that independent films existed). Movies that have real ideas and not just flashy setpieces will always hold up no matter what venue is used to view them. And since ideas are free, those movies don't need the studio's money anyway.<br /><br />I think what I'm trying to say is this: IFC for the win!Wretched Geniushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05691397733214664019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17951989.post-88989609391208782422011-03-11T12:41:47.267-06:002011-03-11T12:41:47.267-06:00Brad: Just kill me now.
Castor: Excellent point. ...Brad: Just kill me now.<br /><br />Castor: Excellent point. Like "Waterworld", which is always labeled as a bomb in America but brought in so much money more overseas. Give ALL the people what they want.Nick Priggehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17895803287589438170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17951989.post-40692539047707712422011-03-11T12:22:23.285-06:002011-03-11T12:22:23.285-06:00I think many people are missing a very important a...I think many people are missing a very important aspect (and probably the elephant in the room): The foreign box office has now grown to be quite bigger than the North American box office and it isn't rare anymore to see Hollywood blockbusters make the majority of their earnings abroad.<br /><br />Now, think of the repercussion this has on the "quality" of the movies produced when you have to make it successful financially while presenting it to such a huge and varied crowd all over the world. You simply have to go down to the most common denominator to make those movies as broadly entertaining as possible.<br /><br />This isn't saying people abroad are less intelligent. Simply put, everyone understands explosions and pratfalls while the zombie-like state of US surburban life may go completely over the head of many foreign viewers (one of the big reason comedies don't do well outside their home markets)Castorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15317266954630009383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17951989.post-42795334418775712812011-03-11T11:47:03.348-06:002011-03-11T11:47:03.348-06:00The Sierra 3 isn't just closed, it's a Gol...The Sierra 3 isn't just closed, it's a Gold's gym now.Wretched Geniushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05691397733214664019noreply@blogger.com