Full Disclosure, I'm not really into racing and I know little to nothing about Formula 1. Regardless, I was still looking forward to watching this movie because it's been advertised as being like Top Gun: Maverick but for Formula 1 racing. I didn't care for the first Top Gun movie but I absolutely loved Top Gun: Maverick and considering F1 is made by the same filmmaker I figured what the hell? This'll probably be just as fun right? Wrong.

Holy shit F1 is a boring movie. Outside of the fact that this is basically just a 2 and half hour commercial for F1 but with incredibly bland characters and an uninspired plot surrounding it, the racing scenes, which start out as being fun to watch, become incredibly repetitive and boring to watch by the time you get to the 9th race in this movie. Every racing scene is shot, edited, and executed the exact same way. It's basically like watching the same action scene over and over and over again. All of which involve characters that I couldn't give less than a shit about.

I realize that Top Gun: Maverick doesn't have the most original plot in the world, but I'll tell what that movie has that F1 doesn't, and it's passion. You can feel the passion in just about every frame of that movie. You can feel it in Tom Cruise's performance, you can feel it in the amazing aviation sequences, and you can feel it in the way that it tries to honor the legacy of Top Gun. And it makes the movie that much more enjoyable to watch.

When it comes to F1, this just feels like a sleek super bowl commercial for the sport. All this movie really has to offer is racing scenes and that's it. As far as the story and the characters go, you're just gonna get the most boring, flat, and clichéd characters you've ever seen in just about every half-assed underdog movie ever made.

Still one of my favorite movies, but would history have judged it better without that cheezy synthesizer 80s soundtrack?

Does anyone else besides me get goosebumps during the ending of this movie especially when the door is closed on Kay?

I just saw Hostiles, with Christian Bale, and Pike, lamenting her deceased children. She reminded me of Meryl Streep in Sophie’s Choice. She’s in a lot of flicks these days, and has that same demure strength. A very convincing actor…or a big phony?

I’ve seen this movie 4 or so times now, and I love it. One thing that I never understand is the ending.

I’ve seen many hypothesis, that he’s dead or in a coma and is just dreaming it. I’ve seen it said that it is just as you view it and nothing is happening, I’ve seen weird theories about the rear view and what that could mean etc.

I was most shocked by the part right before the credits roll and there’s a really abrupt and bizarre audio cue/snippet or whatever you’d call it and some weird visual effects…then just the credits.

It also has the weird film grain only present in one other scene if I remember correctly, but that could be entirely unintentional.

Thoughts?

Eyes Wide Shut famously took 400 days to shoot. That’s only just less than the 438 days it took to shoot all three Lord of the Rings movies. But this long shoot had some interesting consequences.

• Tom Cruise was due to star in Mission Impossible 2, so that film had to be delayed.
• Because of MI2’s delay, Dougray Scott wasn’t able to take up the role of Wolverine in the X-Men, so that film was delayed too, and the role ended up going to Hugh Jackman instead.
• Because of the delay to X-Men, Ian McKellen was able to fit Lord of the Rings into his schedule.

This throws up several questions and counter-factuals:

• Dougray Scott’s career never really took off in the way he deserved. Would Wolverine have made the difference? Hugh Jackman was obviously great in the role, but Scott would also have been a great choice.
• Would Hugh Jackman’s career have taken off anyway? Wolverine made him famous, but he’s managed not to be typecast by it.
• Would the X-Men films have been as good without Jackman, or LOTR without McKellen?
• Who would have played Gandalf? Sean Connery turned the role down before Ian McKellen was offered it, but would they have gone back to him?

Are there any other consequences of Eyes Wide Shut’s long shoot that you’re aware of?

Are there any other examples of similar behind-the-scenes problems that had interesting repercussions for actors or other films?

Joe (1970) really flew under my radar, and obviously has heavy contrasts to Taxi Driver (1976). I wanted to at least open discussion about this cause I couldn’t find one anywhere on Reddit.

And in addition to the similarities, the main protagonist Joe (Peter Boyle) is in Taxi Driver as another driver under the nickname Wiz (wizard). Could Joe (1970) been an inspiration for Scorsese and he added Boyle as a nod or a coincidence?

Would also like to hear thoughts on Joe (1970) as a whole, was a pleasant surprise on my first watch…shocking ending.

I feel Michael Cimino was lost potential

You know, I’ve been researching Michael Cimino and his career for quite awhile and recently I've been on a kick again, I think a few years and it still amazes me that he had it all with The Deer Hunter and lost it all and became a pariah with Heaven’s Gate. In spite of all that, I still think Cimino was lost potential.

With Cimino, I think Thunderbolt & Lightfoot is good fun, The Deer Hunter is his masterpiece and Heaven’s Gate is a lost masterpiece, though slow & long. What I like with Cimino is that he gives room to breathe with the scenes and its clear Cimino really enjoys the scenery and makes sure all of his shots are to perfection.

I will say with Cimino, he had a lot of unrealized projects that either weren’t made, almost made but got cancelled days before shooting or that Cimino really wanted to get made. I’ve made posts about these projects and sometimes I’d got back to those posts and make revised posts after finding new Information. Here is the most complete version of it- Michael Cimino's Unrealized Projects : r/TrueFilm

I always wonder if Cimino could get one project off the ground from his Unrealized Projects (like The Fountainhead, Frank Costello Biopic, The Yellow Jersey, Dostoevsky Biopic, Michael Collins Biopic, Man’s Fate, Cream Rises exe.) or accepted a director position (Footloose, The Bounty, The King of Comedy) that he could rehabilitated his image after Heaven’s Gate. But, researching Cimino, he really couldn’t compromise on his vision and I just think he thrives on difficult productions. I do know that he was originally the director of Footloose, but he just went bigger, darker & had more extravagant demands for the production and the producers decided he was too much of a liability and fired him. 

Also on difficult production & inability to compromise, after Heaven’s Gate, Cimino made Year of the Dragon, The Sicillian, Desperate Hours, & Sunchaser. Apparently, Cimino had a smooth time on Year of the Dragon, but on The Sicillian & Desperate Hours, they were difficult productions and Cimino went to war with executives. Apparently, there was a lawsuit on The Sicillian over the final cut and Cimino was kicked off the project. Desperate Hours was apparently 2 anna Half Hours long in his original cut and that but to 30 Minutes got cut.

I honestly think it was Cimino’s own hubris and inability to compromise that resulted in his decline. I think Cimino needed someone to reign him in, like with what Clint Eastwood did when Cimino directed Thunderbolt & Lightfoot, to make sure he got the necessary takes and not go insane like he did with Heaven’s Gate. Also, at looking at his unrealized projects, I feel Cimino had more to give and that I still think he is an interesting director with a lot of lost potential.

For those of you who are old enough to remember, have you noticed any big changes over the years in terms of how people online discuss and aproach certain aspects of films whether it's about story, characters, casting, comidic and serious tones in the film etc. I know that one common thing that many people have noted is that a lot people have become much more obsessed with trying to point out "plot holes" in movies. That made me wonder though if there are any other examples of how people's opinion on certain aspects of movies have changed when they talk about them online compared to what it was like in the early 2000s.

Gen Z and Alpha is gonna kill me for say this, and I will say I enjoyed the movie, BUT...

Megamind

Will Ferrell and David Cross are great

Tina Fey is good but not great and is a bit wasted on a character that's a bit straight forward for her (After the scene where Roxanne is bored with Megamind's frequent attempts to kill her)

Brad Pitt and Jonah Hill...just sound like they're reading off a script to me. Maybe their voices are just too normal for animation? (Or at least Megamind's super expressive animation style?)

Honestly kinda wish they went with, I dunno, Patrick Warburton and Jason Marsden but I get it they needed names!

So I was looking at some movies from the early 00s as one in particular that stuck out to me was a movie titled Corky Romano as while I don't know if the film is any good, one aspect that I noticed is how Chris Kattan's name fell into obscurity.

Like back in the day, people knew him for his comedic roles on SNL as he was often associated with outlandish comedies, but what I found interesting was how obscure he became since hardly anyone remembers the name Chris Kattan anymore.

I may have a controversial opinion, but I really love Nymphomaniac, and honestly don’t understand the hate for it that some people display. I’m curious on everyone’s opinion on his films, and what people thought of Nymphomaniac.

Ok im sure someone has already done this multiple times in here but, im new.

What is a book that became a movie that you feel was better off NOT being made at all?

Not one youd like to see them fix or remake, one you feel no matter what should just remain in print form.

I'm going Great Gatsby.

I've noticed that in the last seven years or so there have been very few theatrically released movies that have been really panned by professional film critics. To be clear when I'm talking about movies getting really panned I'm talking about films like Howard the Duck, Cat in the hat, Son of the Mask, Inspector Gadget etc. Sure there are plenty of movies right now that don't get a particularly good critical reception, but even then it's mostly just "Meh" rather than being absolutely trashed like the examples I listed above. There are exceptions but the number of movies that are absolutely panned by film critics seems to have been way higher 15-20 years ago.

Have audiences viewing habits changed in a way that means misfires on that level no longer get made, or are movie critics simply less negative than they used to be?

What do you guys think?

Can’t get enough of the drama, romance, and scandal in Bridgerton? Here’s a binge-worthy list of shows and films that serve the same steamy, high-society energy - with corsets, secret affairs, and all the juicy gossip.

Not sure if you guys have seen some of them but its all worth the watch and so do you recommend me some to add or watch?

I’m wondering what movies you think could be watched together and feel connected but aren’t direct with the connection. Like for example I recently watched Elvis (2022) and Priscilla (2023) and I think watching them together improves the experience. I feel like there’s a lot of war movies that could fall into this category. I saw 1917 and All Quiet on the Western Front recently and those movies tie together just being both about WW1. Just wanted to see what you guys had to say.

This movie I think was a funny af. I found my self chuckling genuinely throughout, and there were some standout parts... unfortunately a few of them shown in the trailer but thankfully a couple of them showed more in the actual movie.

I've never seen any of the past Naked Gun movies (think I will now), but I definitely had a great time with this one and Liam Neeson was perfect in this, he was hilarious....not something I'm used to given his usual serious stuff, but he was awesome here.

I'd definitely love to see another Naked Gun and hopefully with him in it.

Superman is not as good as GOTG, but its got the same elements and Gunn once again shows he knows how to perfectly balance them.

Just enough romance, but not too much. Just enough humor but not too much, etc.

I think that is Gunn's super power, not just including all those elements, but also balancing them just right. And it shows, 93% RT audience rating and $600M box office would suggest he knows how to make a crowd pleasing movie.

All in all I though it was a solid popcorn super hero movie. Can't really complain.

the destruction of [city on earth] was really awesome to see and SPX were up to snuff.

So, yeah, Weapons happened two weeks ago, so you can feel free to unload any major spoilers and stuff - it's over $100 mln so far so there's no harm being done - but did you actually enjoy it?

Many of film buffs first ever caught a wind of this movie when the studio pushed for the articles about Jordan Peele firing his manager (though some posted it even earlier; bt if you don't know, you can read one such article) and general hype-building. It doesn't look so, but if movie will hold on tight it can be second mid-budget horror to gross over $200 mln (unlikely though) after Sinners.

But, again, was it worth the hype? What do you think about it? And, yeahm did you like it?

Something that I wanted to discuss was the vulgar genre of cinema because I am taking about movies that use concepts such as bawdy humor that tests the limits of what is acceptable for mainstream cinema.

For instance, some of my personal favorites are Blockers and When Harry Met Sally because while I only saw a few clips of the latter, I found WHMS kind of charming for how it used its style of humor as for instance, the scene that got me interested in the movie was the pleasure scene where Sally moans loudly in a diner without worrying about fear of embarrassment.

I was nineteen when Revenge of The Sith hit theaters and looking back at all that happened in it so much of it I felt helped answer questions I had as a child watching the originals with my dad. Questions I had answered include what caused the Jedi to be limited to just Obi-Wan & Yoda? What was the cause of Vader to abandon the Jedi and become evil? The music by John Williams no matter if it’s the original trilogy, the prequel trilogy or sequel trilogy it still holds up as powerful especially a lot of the tracks for Revenge. Looking on the biggest thing of all I look on how much Lucas wanted to make sure that he left no loose ends.

I have heard a concerning amount of people say that "Norbit couldn't be made today because people would be offended"...

As if people weren't offended by it in 2007...even though I am old enough to remember people absolutely WERE offended by its portrayal of black women, asians, and, well, everyone!

It was a very controversial movie, it wasn't just criticized for being Murphy's follow up project to Dreamgirls

If anything I think it would have less controversy nowadays because it probably wouldn't go to theaters if it came out now; it probably would've been dumped straight onto Netflix, people would complain when they see the trailer, and move on the next day and not even notice when it actually comes out

It would've gone the way of Loqueesha and Sextuplets!

I've heard that 'Days of Future Past' was originally the end of the "younger trilogy" of X-Men films and there was going to be a middle chapter very soon after First Class's story that was essentially abandoned because the execs loved the pitch for DoFP so much, they just wanted to skip to it (understandable, but still).

I heard this original FC sequel would take place in 1963, with Mutants becoming more common knowledge after Cuba, and deal with the assassination of JFK. But I don't know anything else. Does anyone have any information about this story? Videos, articles, whatever.

TIA

Not just because the actors are naturally more charming & entertaining, the mob is simply not nearly as cool or exciting as portrayed on screen. The guys are mostly low level street thugs and violent psychopaths. Goodfellas and Sopranos probably painted the most accurate portrait but even those glamorized and embellished beyond reality.

Hello, I’m looking for more movies that feature very strong acting performances especially a dedicated central lead performance that elevates the film to another level of mastery. I’ll include my top 10 below as well for reference.

1. Robert DeNiro - Raging Bull
2. Daniel Day Lewis - There Will Be Blood
3. Marlon Brando - The Godfather
4. Leonardo DiCaprio - The Aviator
5. MatthewMcConaughey - Dallas Buyers Club
6. Phillip Seymour Hoffman - The Master
7. Christian Bale - The Machinist
8. Natalie Portman - Black Swan
9. Cate Blanchett - Blue Jasmine
10. Jake Gyllenhall - Nightcrawler

Honorable Mention: Joaquin Phoenix - Joker