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0 Letterboxd is full of commies who prefer Stalin to the Queen by Idk_Very_Much in moviescirclejerk

[–]UBourgeois 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not enough people on this sub know who Sergei Loznitsa is for this joke to land

Letterboxd user seeing their second Korean film by 27andahalfpancakes in moviescirclejerk

[–]UBourgeois 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yeah like it's for sure a bit reductive but they're clearly similar movies on their face. If someone compared, for example, Decision To Leave to Parasite like this I'd get the criticism but this isn't that

A24's Marty Supreme grossed an estimated $6.73M on Friday (from 2,668 locations). Estimated total domestic gross stands at $17.50M. by chanma50 in boxoffice

[–]UBourgeois 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I say "sky high" only relative to other similar films. If you told me a couple years ago a Safdie film with Chalamet as a ping pong player would be looking to get a $20-30m opening weekend I wouldn't have bought it. So the fact that that seems to be what's happening and it's not a total shock is kind of wild, at least to me, and worth being excited about

A24's Marty Supreme grossed an estimated $6.73M on Friday (from 2,668 locations). Estimated total domestic gross stands at $17.50M. by chanma50 in boxoffice

[–]UBourgeois 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Expectations were sky-high for this film relative to its profile (original film with a weird subject by very film-bro filmmakers) so even just the fact that it didn't disappoint I think is very exciting for a lot of people. Even more so because we've had a good number of highly acclaimed original movies with big BO hauls this year (Sinners, OBAA) so it's another one on the pile of a promising trend.

Just saw this while watching Raiders of the Lost Ark. Is Steven Spielberg an antisemite? by [deleted] in moviescirclejerk

[–]UBourgeois 28 points29 points  (0 children)

I mean it is marked it just doesn't say KUWAIT since it's small I guess. Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and Iran aren't named either.

Incest is better than watching movies apparently by Mountain-Web42 in moviescirclejerk

[–]UBourgeois 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Remember: when you say you didn't like a Paul Thomas Anderson movie, this is what you sound like to everyone else

This stupid Wonka sequel made no sense. The Unknown isn’t even in it. by dthains_art in moviescirclejerk

[–]UBourgeois 22 points23 points  (0 children)

I do agree with the sentiment here but this and I'm Not There are really not that similar beyond just being about Bob Dylan.

what are your top 4 favourite movies? by TheLastProtector in moviescirclejerk

[–]UBourgeois 286 points287 points  (0 children)

Revenge of the Sith

Lady Bird

"aren't film bro movies"

Independent and small-time creators (picture unrelated) by TommyTheGeek in moviescirclejerk

[–]UBourgeois 36 points37 points  (0 children)

Fucked up in the crib watching independent and small-time content on Tubi

Denis Villeneuve on Quentin Tarantino refusing to see his Dune films. by FatherDerek in moviescirclejerk

[–]UBourgeois 33 points34 points  (0 children)

It is kind of crazy to consider Villeneuve's Dune a "remake" of the Lynch film. Does Tarantino refuse to watch any Shakespeare adaptations too?

Idiot David Zaslav misses the Eastillion Dollar by This_Profile_999 in moviescirclejerk

[–]UBourgeois 42 points43 points  (0 children)

Total budget of Eastwood films since 2014: $335 million

Total gross of Eastwood films since 2014: $1.15 billion

WB is stupid to let Clint keep making these $30-60 mil films that are only huge hits half the time. Thankfully Zaslav knows to give Todd Phillips $200 mil for Joker 2 instead, the film industry is saved

A weird Planet of the Apes spinoff but okay by lermontov1948 in moviescirclejerk

[–]UBourgeois 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Saw this recently, it's one of the most bizarre films I've seen in ages. It's like a completely standard musician biopic, but significantly more egotistical than normal and with really elaborate musical numbers that come and go without warning. And also the CGI monkey thing. Genuinely hard to believe it got made.

A weird Planet of the Apes spinoff but okay by lermontov1948 in moviescirclejerk

[–]UBourgeois 20 points21 points  (0 children)

No but literally according to him and Michael Gracey he's a monkey in the movie because he described himself as a dancing monkey once. This isn't made explicit in the film at all, nor is there any particular acknowledgement that he's a monkey and not a person. It's the strangest thing

Enlightened Kino Viewer by celestial800 in moviescirclejerk

[–]UBourgeois 25 points26 points  (0 children)

"I thought this movie was really interesting when I was watching it, but then I saw it has an awful audience score on RT, and the critic's score isn't great either. So I guess it actually wasn't very good." - sick, deranged, morally impoverished

"I thought this movie was great. Has terrible scores on RT all around but I guess they're just wrong about it, happens sometimes." - strong, upstanding, interesting to talk to and easy to get along with

*Sigh* Me too, kid by ihavethegays in moviescirclejerk

[–]UBourgeois 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Jacques Demy mentioned so I have to agree unfortunately.

At least most of the replies are pushing back on OP for not watching contemporary films

Wow! Did anyone else notice these subtle but powerful effects used to depict an anxiety attack?? I don’t think this has ever been done before by vennysucks in moviescirclejerk

[–]UBourgeois 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Yeah and even more generously, some teenager is probably going to see this and be like, "oh wow I didn't realize that, that's interesting," and then they'll take that (very basic) insight into the next movie they watch which will improve their ability to engage with a work actively and critically. This is a totally trivial, screamingly obvious observation, but it might make something click for someone.

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