Apparently nobody has discussed this yet, but we've seen the trailer in the theater a dozen times, and it just looks astounding. I haven't been this excited about a trailer since the one for Everything Everywhere All At Once. Tilda Swindon stars as a lonely widow who finds a bottle, and Idris Elba stars as the genie. The trailer has production design that I haven't seen in anything since the tragically underseen film The Fall. His last film was Mad Max: Fury Road. Other great ones by him include Lorenzo's Oil and Gene Siskel's best film of 1998, Babe Pig In The City.
Thanks for posting, I always look forward to what ever George Miller has come up with. I had the pleasure of working on his ill-fated version of Contact back in 1995. I’ve always felt if he had been able to make it it would have been a classic.
I enjoy the Robert Zemeckis film - all the way up to the point where they wimped out and equated scientific knowledge with religious belief. Penn Jillette wrote an essay about how it made him practically taste blood, that it was against everything that Carl Sagan stood for. I very much would have liked to have seen the film that George Miller would have made.
I'm in the theater for a free screening at my local Cinemark theater. Sadly, most of the other people don't really seem to be here for the new George Miller film, they're just here because it's a free screening. For instance, they're complaining about the fact that Cinemark no longer offers free refills on drinks or popcorn - but that's been the case since they reopened after having to close due to the pandemic. So I can only assume they haven't been to this particular theater in several years, while Vickie and I were here last night to see two Indian films. Amateurs!
We were in the second of three rows in the front section, so we were at least 15 ft away from anyone else. And as I've pointed out multiple times, the air conditioning systems in movie theaters are actually far better than anything you'll encounter this side of a hospital. I follow several epidemiologists on Twitter, and they all agree that not one outbreak has been traced to a movie theater.
The film itself was brilliant. Absolutely brilliant. And I have no idea how they're going to sell this to the public. It is, at its heart, a romance, and a story about the power of stories. I'm going to have to think a lot more about this film, definitely have a good night's sleep about it, and see it again before I can really talk about it. Suffice to say, there were parts that had me nearly in tears, but I'm also quite confident there will be people who will absolutely hate this.
My response had nothing at all to do with Covid. It had everything to do with being in a situation with people who are just there in the theater to watch a movie that is free. That alone holds zero appeal for me.
They were surprisingly quiet and respectful through the film, which surprised me because I overheard a number of them talking waiting for the theater to fill up. We got there nearly 45 minutes early, because they typically distribute more tickets than they actually have seats, figuring that not everyone will show up. The theater was actually about 50% full. I talked with a young man in front of me in the line, and apparently he hadn't seen anything directed by George Miller - none of the Mad Max films, neither of the Babe films, The Witches of Eastwick or Lorenzo's Oil. So I got to have my "kids today" moment, but on the other hand few people have seen as many films as Vickie and I have.
The trailers do look interesting and Miller usually delivers. However, i can imagine it was a movie that while looks stunning for the audience, for the poor actors it was 8 weeks sitting on green blocks in a windowless green hanger.
Looks very cool and if Mr. Miller made it, I'm in. Never heard of it before thanks for sharing. Its on my must see list now.
The answer is they can't sell it, it's not Marvel or DC. I'm very interested in it, but I think they just have to pray for word of mouth. It looks like they made a film that they wanted and were pleased with. They have to hope that people who like different stuff like Coens or Wes will come out for it.
this is our film choice for the weekend. i'm stoked for it but the wife is a little less so based on the trailer/reviews. will report back.
I hope you and your wife enjoy it - My wife and I definitely did. I would encourage everyone to see it in the theater, if for no reason other than the astonishing art direction. But the story has remained in my head, especially the part about Sophia, and her second wish to have access to all the knowledge of the world. I haven't bothered to read many reviews of the film. Not that I'm worried that they'll show me the foolishness of my own positive reaction to it, or to witness the foolishness of the critic for missing what I most valued. It's like the negative reviews that I saw of Jojo Rabbit, and how they had nothing to do with my own experience of the film, that I could feel nothing but pity for those who didn't understand the film.
Vickie saw The Fall in the theater as many as 10 times. She was so impressed that she actually kept going back to the theater that she most disliked in the city of Chicago, the Landmark, to see it.
I'm sorry to hear that you're ill. Hopefully you'll still be able to see it in the theater. It really is a remarkable cinematic vision.
Yes, I saw it on Sunday and loved it. I may go see it again for National Cinema Day on Saturday. I posted about it in The last movie you saw in the theater thread. There are two general movie threads I follow and post in, and then I found this one yesterday. It’s hard to know where to post, and I don’t like to crosspost the same thing in multiple threads.
