Will Smith saying he wants to be a vessel for love fifteen minutes after hitting a guy live on international TV and then getting a standing ovation is just an incredible summation of what Hollywood’s all about.
Enough talk about the good times on this website, let’s talk about the dumbest moments on this website. I’ll start: that time people thought there were two drils and the second one was much less funny
Meeting Mike Lindell at the Waukesha Trump Rally must've been what it was like to shake hands with the Apostle Paul before Christ took the stage at the sermon on the mound.
Once Ms. Marvel's finale airs this week, we will have officially had over 100 hours of MCU content between the movies and Disney+ shows. Phase 4 is also (currently) almost the same length as the first three Phases combined!
Continues to be crazy that they try and come up with all these reasons why Marvel films are having trouble now instead of “we had an arc that culminated in a huge crossover issue that landed with a splash and had no idea where to take it afterwards.” That’s as comics as it gets.
"Avengers: Endgame" directors say Marvel's recent struggles are not due to superhero fatigue but "a big generational divide about how you consume media."
“There’s a generation that’s used to appointment viewing and going to a theater on a certain date to see something, but it’s
Comforting to know that even when the world is in the grips of a pandemic, Ticketmaster remains committed to being just a surprisingly large piece of shit.
After losing Imax screens,
#MissionImpossible7
is projected to fall 62% in its second weekend. "Fallout" and "Rogue Nation" each dropped less than 50% in their sophomore outings.
This whole time I thought people were making jokes about James Cameron being down at the titanic site more than the captain, listing how many times he went down, etc. but I only just now watched the video and lmao those were just straight up quotes. he’s so cool.
for some reason, I still remember this Reddit post about a Gamer growing up and wishing Pokemon would also grow up and start committing war crimes already.
THEY. ARE. TRYING. TO. DISTRACT. YOU. FROM. DUNE. PART. 2. BEING. PUSHED. BACK. TO. MARCH. 2024. FROM. ITS. ORIGINAL. NOVEMBER. RELEASE. DATE!
SO tired of people falling for this. The noise is the point!
Thinking about The Cut’s “Should I Divorce My Husband” essay and how it doesn’t drop “I fucked the yoga instructor” until like 3/4 of the way through as a a complete aside. Total masterclass of the form. You rarely see the online personal essay so well constructed these days.
The Batman is the first super hero movie I can recall where they do the whole "villain sees themselves as the good guy" and his plan (almost) arguably could improve things for people. The guy just got a little carried away at the end there with the whole "flood the city" thing.
thinking the "Secrets of Dumbledore is so important for showing a gay relationship in a blockbuster" tweet and today's news that WB cut out dialogue referencing said relationship for China, resulting in a film shorter by 6 seconds.
incredible how this happens every time.
Am such a sucker for behind the scenes stories of actors being good people to crew members, like Viggo Mortensen buying Arwen’s horse for the stuntwoman who rode it but couldn’t outbid an exec who wanted it.
This is an actual affront to American culture. Looney Tunes should be freely viewable by all at any given time imo. Up there with jazz and baseball as cultural exports.
HBOMax is cutting its Looney Tunes collection. Amusing that we hit peak streaming service competition and it’s all getting dismantled within a year and a half
I think the most infuriating thing to me right now is that we had an unprecedented leak that told us this was coming, and the messaging from every Democratic leader is as if they’re hearing of this for the first time. Not even the illusion of a plan or direction beyond “vote.”
Zooey Deschanel on being called a nepo baby
"My father is a cinematographer ... no one is getting jobs because [of that]"
Her dad is a 6X Oscar nominee and her mother is an actress
[Frank Herbert at work on his opus]
Dune: Paul is a dangerous guy
Dune Messiah: who does terrible things
Children of Dune: and look at the mess he made
God of Emperor of Dune: because he didn’t go far enough!!!
Heretics/Chapterhouse: still v scared of sex btw
objectively funny that a handful of quest lines in Elden Ring were broken at launch but because of the lack of quest log and general structure of the game most people other than dataminers were just like “hmmm mysterious. Guess it ends here or I’m not triggering something.”
This guy took an hour and a half for lunch—in which he went home to hang out with his dog—and still got off work at 4:30. If that’s your setup and it’s depressing that’s a skill issue. Cook a real meal or something.
It’s crazy that Game of Thrones did that legit pretty good “everyone chats before the battle they think they’ll all die in” episode in the last season and then in next ep’s big battle, the biggest death is, like, Theon.
I really can’t believe that they made Dune a popular blockbuster. One of those things that felt improbable given the books’ history of being influential but too complicated/weird. Must’ve partially been what seeing Jackson pull off LotR felt like [Bombadil heads start booing me]
I can tell my neighbor is watching The Two Towers and just got to Helm’s Deep because of the muffled music coming from his apartment and all I can think is “hell yeah dude.”
Mad about liberals coming to steal YOUR gas stove??? Tell ‘em to SHOVE it by completing the
#GasStoveChallenge
: turn all your burners up without lighting them and bask in it! Share yours!
ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha DONALD TRUMP IS GUILTY AS FUCK ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha oops I mean how terrible for GUILTY AS FUCK DONALD TRUMP
Other stray Oppenheimer thought: what was with him wearing an army dress uniform once, then he’s immediately told to “be himself,” and then Nolan shoots him putting the hat on and grabbing the pipe like it’s Wayne putting the cowl back on in The Dark Knight Rises lol. so cool.
@_katiestebbins_
I cranked up the light levels (basic curve adjustments) and now I understand: just look at the way the characters are lit. Light has no direction, just a plain looking fill light bounced right to the face — no hard/side lighting of any kind
plenty to get mad at here but I do enjoy people getting mad that the beans they sell are expensive. impossible to say without knowing the background of them of course, but there's a reason we've become accustomed to relatively inexpensive coffee beans & you're not gonna like why!
Every part of the Lord of the Rings:
Secondary character: However you go, Frodo, you must avoid [Some Place] for the shadow lies there, and no light may find its way through. Even the old trees fear it.
[15 minutes later]
Frodo: ah, fuck. shit.
Just remembered the “Another One Bites the Dust” sequence in Bohemian Rhapsody where it shows Mercury attending queer parties as if it’s a “getting addicted to drugs” montage, and there’s a moment where the band shows up at a party to tell him this isn’t OK. What a trash movie.
This scene from the first John Wick is a big “movie hooked me” moment. You could basically feel the entire theater realize the film they were watching was going to be incredible.
@coopercooperco
Feels like cheating because it’s literally the beginning of the movie, but when John Wick 4 started with Laurence Fishburne hamming it up more than most actors are ever allowed to and then quoted the Lawrence of Arabia cut I was onboard for anything
The premise of the Barbie movie feels like such a late 90s/early 00s approach that it’s actually kind of surprising to me. Like I was half expecting some other wrinkle to appear in the trailer.
Barbie: fun! But kinda frustrating? Feels like it brushes up next to something with a real emotional core and then swerves away to never really come back to it. Wish it had more in the vein of that first feelings scene. Also, what was with that Chevy commercial in the middle?
QUESTION: “Are the wars in Israel and Ukraine more than the United States can take on at the same time?”
POTUS: “We’re the United States of America for God's sake! The most powerful nation in the history of the world!” 1/
have seen this clip on the TL several times now, and discovering that the vocalist is rapping just before this bit starts is funnier than any joke I’ve seen about it.