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  • Re: Movie Thread #50: Godzilla gives us permission to nuke our enemies

    Major spoilers in this good article about Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Caveat lector.
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    • Re: Movie Thread #50: Godzilla gives us permission to nuke our enemies

      Originally posted by Kepler View Post

      "What's your favorite scary movie?"

      "Showgirls."
      That was such a horrible movie. JFC. I actually saw that in the theaters. This is the honest reason: seeing a wide-release NC-17 movie with a lot of hype? I don't recall the last time that happened (this includes the previous ratings of X before the NC-17 designation). Plus the cast was decent, so why not pay $4 or whatever it was back then for a matinee?

      It was a comedy at best.
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      • Re: Movie Thread #50: Godzilla gives us permission to nuke our enemies

        Sony said this afternoon the partnership with Disney was over and Spider-Man would no longer be in the greater MCU.

        Sony's stock tanked within minutes.

        Within the hour Sony had backtracked and said negotiations were still ongoing.

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          Originally posted by ticapnews View Post
          Sony said this afternoon the partnership with Disney was over and Spider-Man would no longer be in the greater MCU.

          Sony's stock tanked within minutes.

          Within the hour Sony had backtracked and said negotiations were still ongoing.
          Sony has a rich history of smart business decisions.
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            A fourth Matrix movie is coming. I didn't expect it at all.
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              Originally posted by St. Clown View Post
              A fourth Matrix movie is coming. I didn't expect it at all.
              Just saw that, and I"m kinda wary. Actually, very wary. At least they have Keanu and Carrie coming back.
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                How can there be a fourth movie? There was never a second or third.

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                • Re: Movie Thread #50: Godzilla gives us permission to nuke our enemies

                  Originally posted by French Rage View Post
                  How can there be a fourth movie? There was never a second or third.
                  I would disagree with the second. The second one was awesome. Merovingian, the Architect, The Oracle, all of it, I think encompassed the main points of The Matrix. The third, it was a lot of guns and battle, with a moment or two of actual substance, at best. I liked it, but it was the worst of the three by far.
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                  • Re: Movie Thread #50: Godzilla gives us permission to nuke our enemies

                    The second one was OK. Each of the scenes you mentioned are good.

                    The underlying philosophical issues are explored better in the second one, but the stupidity that's unavoidable in the casting choices is really starting to kick in then.

                    And then the third... oh, god, the third.

                    A-, B+, F.

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                    • The second matrix was the best. They never made a third.
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                      • Re: Movie Thread #50: Godzilla gives us permission to nuke our enemies

                        The first was overrated and unwatchable now, 2 and 3 were horrible.

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                        • Originally posted by The Rube View Post
                          Sony has a rich history of smart business decisions.
                          Sony followed up by saying the decision was essentially Disney's. With everything else on Feige's plate he won't be able to oversee the Spiderman movies anymore. That Disney was (allegedly) seeking an increase from 5% to 50% of the profits of each film wasn't mentioned.

                          So plotwise, I'm going to guess giving Peter Parker the EDITH glasses and making Spiderman the centerpiece for the MCU going forward was a *slight* mistake, seeing as how neither will be in the MCU anymore.

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                          • Re: Movie Thread #50: Godzilla gives us permission to nuke our enemies

                            Originally posted by ticapnews View Post
                            Sony followed up by saying the decision was essentially Disney's. With everything else on Feige's plate he won't be able to oversee the Spiderman movies anymore. That Disney was (allegedly) seeking an increase from 5% to 50% of the profits of each film wasn't mentioned.

                            So plotwise, I'm going to guess giving Peter Parker the EDITH glasses and making Spiderman the centerpiece for the MCU going forward was a *slight* mistake, seeing as how neither will be in the MCU anymore.
                            It's still an ongoing negotiation. They can get a deal done. I think this is a PR play to use the public as leverage.
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                            • Originally posted by ticapnews View Post
                              Sony followed up by saying the decision was essentially Disney's. With everything else on Feige's plate he won't be able to oversee the Spiderman movies anymore. That Disney was (allegedly) seeking an increase from 5% to 50% of the profits of each film wasn't mentioned.

                              So plotwise, I'm going to guess giving Peter Parker the EDITH glasses and making Spiderman the centerpiece for the MCU going forward was a *slight* mistake, seeing as how neither will be in the MCU anymore.
                              There is talk of two more Spiderman films in the works, it will probably come down to negotiating for one or both to still be part of the MCU Phase 4. Likely one last "solo" film or New Avengers movie. Then they can quietly ignore him as Sony strangles their golden goose when the Re-Re-Re-Re-Booted Spiderman origin film flops.
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                              • Re: Movie Thread #50: Godzilla gives us permission to nuke our enemies

                                BREAKING: Disney has announced a new Marvel character, Iron Spider, who lives in Queens and has the alter ego Tony Stark Jr. The movie will star Tom Holland.

                                (Not really...but would it surprise anyone if it happened?)

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