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Severance is mid
Landman is slopaganda
Anora is an gopnik incel fantasy
KNEECAP is the best film of the decade
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Synopsis
Months after the sudden disappearance of everyone's most irritating relatives , newly minted Christian Rayford Steele
attempts to convert his millennial daughter Chloe
to the Christian faith. Meanwhile, Chloe's boyfriend Cameron "Buck" Williams
, the host of cable television's most obnoxious opinion program, stumbles across evidence that the elite
is lying about the
covid rapture numbers.
Soon Buck discovers a plot to exploit everyone's fear and anxiety to establish a one world government, one world currency, and universal social credit system, all under the control of incredibly uncharismatic Antichrist Nicolae "Jetty" Carpathia.
Review
It's hard to explain what makes something look like a "real movie," but this looks like a real movie. The shots are well composed and the color grading feels cinematic without looking artificial. The interiors are gloomy and lived in, while the streets capture a sense of urban blight and despair. Everything feels like a run-down shithole. Finally Detroit's filmmaking tax credit is paying off.
The script also makes major improvements to the novel. The book's biggest flaw was failing to connect the Antichrist plot to the Rapture plot--in the book, the one world government emerges simply because that's the kind of thing those people do. The movie, meanwhile, draws the obvious connection of authoritarians seizing power in a crisis.
The down side of this is that the whole thing is obviously an extremely hamfisted covid metaphor rushed through production during the coofdemic. And because fundamentalists don't understand subtext, covid gets mentioned by name multiple times so you'll be sure to connect the dots. Aside from the name drops it's just a general pileup of every current rightoid grievance with a loose coat of Bible prophecy paint.
The government fakes additional rapture-like disappearances and tells non-essential workers to stay home (?).
All of the stats about the vanishings come through a single company called "Dominator Analytics"
All media outlets, social media, and payment processing systems are owned by the same globalist billionaire who wants to take over the world
The protagonist googles "Bible prophecy" and all the videos have been removed for violating the "terms of service." Then he gets his account suspended for unspecified violations (yes jannies got called out in a rapture movie)
Anyone who catches onto all of this gets the
treatment.
Actual dialogue
"It's like, everybody knows there was a second wave, but nobody's actually seen it happen."
"Welcome to a new reality. A Great Reset."
"I think these new vanishing counts that we now proudly display on every broadcast are probably fake."
"The Rapture wasn't debunked. Someone on TV told you it was debunked and you believed them."
[Of the Antichrist] "I haven't seen anything like this since Obama."
Miscellaneous
They didn't have the rights to the UN logo (?) so they made their own version with the map at the wrong projection
The whole thing is narrated by a lispy black guy who's still delivering exposition well past the one hour mark
This is in the Left Behind (2014) continuity, not the Left Behind: The Movie (2000) continuity. Note that both series recast between every movie. Nic Cage was too expensive so they got church basement DVD actor Kevin Sorbo to be Rayford Steele instead.
Somebody vandalized a church by scrawling "SCIENCE!!!!" on the wall
The filmmakers either forgot or retconned that literally all children canonically vanished. The world should have freaked out a lot harder; instead they act like this was maaaybe 3x as bad as covid
One character is killed by a car bomb (with flashing lights, which is just sitting in the back seat of the car that the protagonists were just riding in and they didn't notice) that goes off only after the other characters have already left the car
The movie ends with the Antichrist shooting people gangsta style
One scene after characters discuss the importance of faith even in times of doubt, they dig up the dead grandma's coffin to prove that her body vanished and the rapture was real
Overall this is still an objective improvement over both previous LB adaptations. However, nothing will top the fever dream charm of the classic 80's budget rapture movies. IMO this kind of movie actually gets worse when you do it well. You lose the clumsy earnestness and are left with smugness. !christians
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1. Marvelslop #387482143
2. Pixar's Hoppers - new IP
3. Spiderslop
4. Mooana 3
3. He-Man movie
4. Scream 7
5. Street Fighter Reboot
(but
if it contains
Chun-li and Cammy
)
6. Super Mario Bros 2
7. The Odyssey Black Kween Edition
9. Shrek 5 TikTok Edition
10. Hunger Games again
11. Jumanji 8 or something, doesn't this shit gets a new movie every year?
12. Slopdalorian
13. NEVER GOON THE MOVIE
14. Clayface (Batman slop)
15. Ice Age 6
16. Gollumshit
17. Supersnowbunny
18. Toy Slop 5
19. Project Hail Mary
20. Fast and Furious 10 Part 2
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Not the serial killing or the women throwing themselves at him, but the deep, unadulterated autism.
I rewatched American Psycho for the first time in ages and it really struck me how profoundly neurodivergent he is. His bizarre non-sequiturs, quoting Ed Gein or talking about Ted Bundy's dog. His inability to make an actual connection with anyone. The way he imitated people like the detective at the restaurant because he didn't know how real people are supposed to act. He has few thoughts of his own so he repeats things he heard or read elsewhere. Dude is deep on the spectrum. He's literally me.
This is probably my favorite scene.
PS
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https://old.reddit.com/r/4kbluray/comments/qu244o/the_middle_earth_4k_collection_is_a_scam_do_not/
https://old.reddit.com/r/4kbluray/comments/toqwoe/argument_for_going_w_lotr_remastered_standard/
https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Middle-Earth-31-Disc-Ultimate-Collectors-Edition-4K-Blu-ray/297743/
I was searching for the best way to but the theatrical editions and kept finding ppl arguing. It seems there's niche drama in the community because not only are blueray collectors feuding over difference of opinion but outsider opinions like this guy have ppl defending their purchase:
And apparently a new Blu Ray came out based off the 4Ks so there's now multiple ways to watch the trilogy in HD: Blu Ray, Remastered Blu Ray and Remastered 4K versus the DVDs and fan editions (not to mention that apparently some of these ppl are ok with Blu Ray Theatrical but not Blu Ray extended. It's a mess, a bit like those spergs who only like the dreamcast version of sonic adventure
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Senile old geezer Redactor could never understand our fresh, creative ideas about a dystopian future of draconian tyrants, mad scientists, and plague-stricken mutants. These new and innovative concepts were invented by Todd Howard for Fallout 4, the first game ever made, and he could never hope to grasp them.
-- You
It's a pretty good movie, watchable if not great on its own merits. It's only 75 minutes long, it's not like you're making a huge sacrifice putting it on when you go to bed. But what's really interesting is how they could make a decent dystopian scifi movie the same quality as we'd get from Hollywood now but in one week for $125,000. It must have cost a billion dollars by now to make the Hunger Games and Neurodivergent series and I'd rather watch this.
It's not like these were even new ideas in 1960. You can hear all this on the radio show Dimension X from 1950, which in turn was mostly based on earlier stories from pulp magazines. Sorry zoomers, but every idea that was possible to think of was already thought up half way through the last century.
Especially notable is the character of Princess Trirene, who has the three traits I look for in a woman:
5'3"
wears miniskirts
never talks
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How did the cameramen not burst into laughter everytime they had to film her😭
— aesoka (@AESOKATANO) March 26, 2025
pic.twitter.com/vtiprPgPW7
Gal Gaddot drinking male tears
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I see redditors felate this movie all the time and I finally watched it. It was kind of mid tbh. I kept waiting for it to get good and then it ended. People were gushing about the credits sequences too and after I watched them all I could think was, "That's it?" It's not a terrible movie or anything just incredibly slow and not all that amazing. I don't know how it gets onto so many "best found footage movies" lists.
It also isn't a horror movie at all, more of a mockumentary family drama with some supernatural elements.
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Preface
Sundance, the long running movie festival, has been held in Park City, UT for over 40 years. Today, the festival has announced that the 2027 festival would be hosted in Boulder, CO. The move has been a long time coming as the consideration for the new site has been going on for almost a year. Unsurprisingly, they went with the state that offered them 34 million in tax credits over the next 10 years. The move was supposedly uninfluenced by local political climate as stated by Sundance Institute board chair Ebs Burnough: "This process started 18 months ago and we've been in Utah for 40 years. So politics really didn't guide the process, it was really and truly about evolution. That's where it landed." Despite this, Redditors argue the contrary, among other things, in the post announcing the change.
https://old.reddit.com/r/Sundance/comments/1jl9uox/sundance_selects_boulder_colorado_as_new_host/
Some comments about local business
I do think we'll see a lot of those "launder money to stay in business" spots struggling post-Sundance. The housing impact was shitty with the profitability of short-term rentals impacting long term availability, but it was great some local businesses could afford to stay open by renting their space out for two weeks in January. Talked with several boutique owners who said they basically made their rent/mortgage for the year via Sundance space rentals.
As a business owner on Main St. I would say you're really overstretching here. If anything we'll have more consistent business on the street. (Neg voted)
Lol remind me in 4 years
Talking about Boulder itself
Boulder is very white, wealthy, and liberal but they're surface-level liberal, like from an ideological viewpoint, where
they're more concerned about appearing tolerant than meaningfully interacting or coexisting with marginalized folk.
As a gay person of color, going there, I often meet two types of straight white liberal Boulderites:
(1) They're overly nice to you, you know, like almost in a performative way to overemphasize they're not "those type of
white people". It's coming from a well-meaning place but it's still awkward and othering.
(2) They're nice to you but they also don't know how to interact or relate to folk that look like you so they'd rather avoid > you than risk looking uncomfortable or accidentally saying something ignorant/offensive.
Spot on. Why I left Boulder for SLC
Is this a joke?
Great description of Boulder.
It's like Get Out but a whole city.
Boulder sucks
Too bad we have to be gaslit into thinking white-butt Boulder is a better city.
It's not. It's way worse. I wanted Santa Fe. I'm from Denver, a born a bred Boulder hater. You're not going to see me defend that place ever.
Ah yes, Park City and Santa Fe are staples of diversity.
I mean you can look up the diversity percentages yourself. (-1)
Totally. Park City is right up there with keystone and telluride, tied for most diverse in the country!
Whining about state politics
Utah wanted to pass an endless amount of bigot bills to own the libs. Consider them owned
Can we please stop pretending politics had anything to do with it? Bobert came out of CO. Sundance would move to Mar a lago if they were offered $500 million. It's a capitalist exercise. (-8)
Meh. Still doesn't excuse Utah lawmakers passing bills openly hostile towards the artists Sundance purports to celebrate. The criticism is valid.
Finger pointing
Utah deserves this.
Utah is made up of people, all kinds of people, just like Atlanta and Idaho and any other red state. And we did not deserve this. Our legislators are trying to kill us, can we not have one god dammed nice thing?
No you can't. Complain to your friends, family, neighbors, and co-workers of which you must know some that voted for Trump.
Perhaps if you all laid out more personal consequences for their votes you wouldn't constantly find yourself in these situations where your legislators are set to frick with your life.
But you'll go to your Trump loving Grandma's house for Christmas, hug them, kiss them, say you love them and then go on the internet to complain that you can't have one nice thing. Maybe talk to the Trump voters first.
Incredibly disappointed in the Institute. 40 years of history doesn't seem to matter when you have corporate sponsors to please. What happened to the art?
"What happened to the art?" Are you an idiot? The state of Utah is regressing faster than any state in the country, with attacks on voting rights, the trans community, public lands, education... it's the former host that forgot about the art.
Is this a parody? It was about $$$$ (-4)
You'd like to think that because it absolves you of your worldview. No, it wasn't all about the money.
It's cuz Utah is on an anti-DEI tirade. They had to pick somewhere a trans or minority filmmaker might actually feel like they're not under attack. Blame Utah's legislature.
This is honestly great in my option, Sundance has long been constrained by Utahs strict liquor laws, having in boulder brings back the option for many new venues to open up and allows the "Main Street" area to Have more public events.
Liquor laws? Really? The most drunk, belligerent people are sundancers.
Polis is an annoying homo
I hope you all know that Boulder got Sundance because the governor threw $34MM of taxpayer money at it. Also the governor and his husband live less than a quarter mile from the main venue - and he will be there in force gladhanding all the attendees to support his run for president in 2028. This has nothing to do with the event, and everything to do with politics. And when attendees have to navigate the clusterfrick Boulder is, it'll be a short run for Sundance there.
There's more in there, but I think I got most of the best stuff.
Addendum: As someone who has been to both cities, this move is probably for the best. I've never been to the festival, but Park City is constrained by it's geographical location and has become more ritzy and expensive since the buyout in 2014. Not long until it becomes like Aspen with Moncler and Prada within walking distance of the resort. Boulder is an annoying city full of mouth breathers and people huffing their own farts, but is much bigger and can probably handle large crowds better. Boulder and CU still suck though.
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In the pantheon of parodic filmmaking, Joel Gallen's 2001 magnum opus "Not Another Teen Movie" stands as an unparalleled deconstruction of adolescent cinema, a meticulously crafted palimpsest that simultaneously venerates and eviscerates the tropes that defined the teen film genre from the 1980s through the millennial threshold.
The film's narrative architecture—superficially derivative yet deliciously subversive—centers on the quintessential wager plot wherein football luminary Jake Wyler (portrayed with incipient star power by Chris Evans) undertakes to metamorphose the ostensibly unattractive Janey Briggs into prom queen material. This narrative scaffold, appropriated from "She's All That," serves as the armature upon which the filmmakers drape their tapestry of intertextual allusions to works ranging from John Hughes' oeuvre to the more salacious teen comedies of the late 1990s.
Among the film's most philosophically audacious moments is the geriatric osculation sequence featuring Mia Kirshner as Catherine Wyler and Beverly Polcyn as Sadie Agatha Johnson. This scene represents a multivalent satirical assault on the "Never Been Kissed" archetype, wherein Polcyn portrays an elderly journ*list transparently masquerading as a high school student —"even more obviously not a teenager". The extended French kiss between Catherine and Sadie deliberately subverts the "Girl on Girl Is Hot" trope, as the film renders this interaction deliberately "repulsive" rather than titillating, challenging viewer expectations through its transgressive inversion of conventional teen film eroticism.
The visual composition of this sequence—with its unflinching maximalist approach to the representation of intergenerational intimacy—creates a synaesthetic experience that confronts the spectator with the arbitrary nature of cinematic desire. The scene's calculated grotesquerie earned Kirshner and Polcyn a nomination for "Best Kiss" at the 2002 MTV Movie Awards —a metareferential accolade that further underscores the film's commitment to collapsing the distinction between parody and pastiche.
Kirshner's Catherine embodies the "Depraved Bisexual" archetype with virtuosic commitment, her character having "slept with everyone in school" and willing to "sleep with any hot stranger she hasn't slept with yet". The film's most incisive commentary emerges through Catherine's polymorphous concupiscence, which extends beyond mere promiscuity to encompass incestuous designs on her brother and the aforementioned septuagenarian journ*list. This hyperbolic characterization functions not merely as comedic excess but as pointed critique of the sexual politics that undergird the teen film genre.
Evans' portrayal of Jake Wyler transcends mere performance, achieving instead a state of meta-performative hyperreality that simultaneously embodies and critiques masculinist hegemony in high school narratives. His character's transformation from unthinking jock to self-aware romantic lead serves as microcosmic representation of the film's larger project of generic deconstruction.
"Not Another Teen Movie" thus ascends beyond the limitations of its satirical origins to achieve a state of cinematic sublimity. By rendering explicit the implicit conventions of teen cinema—from the arbitrary nature of physical attractiveness to the absurdity of stock character archetypes—the film offers a profound meditation on the constructed nature of adolescent identity. Its ingenious subversion of generic expectations, exemplified by the boundary-transgressing Catherine-Sadie kiss, establishes this work as an essential text in the metafilmic canon, one whose grotesque excesses ultimately serve as profound philosophical inquiries into the very nature of representational cinema itself.
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(Article is in moon runes)
Hollywood, which has been the center of film production since the early 20th century and is synonymous with the American entertainment industry, is beginning to lose its dominance. Once known for exporting grand-scale films and accounting for about 90% of global box office revenue, its influence has been gradually declining. Although Hollywood has long been a source of the United States' soft power, its global market share continues to erode.
According to the U.S.-based research site The Numbers, American films held a 69.5% share of global box office revenue in 2024. This is a significant drop from over 90% in 2009–2010 and even from 85.6% in 2014—a decline of 16 percentage points over the past decade, falling below the 70% mark.
Just like in politics, division is growing in the world of cinema as well. China, one of the largest markets, has nurtured its domestic film industry, boosting its global share from 5.5% to 16.5%. India, a major film power in Asia, still holds a relatively low share of around 2% in terms of box office revenue, but its presence is steadily increasing.
Japan has also seen its animated films gain popularity worldwide, raising its global market share from 0.6% to around 5%. Once a major market for Western films, Japan in 2024 saw no live-action foreign film make it into the domestic top 10 for the first time since 2000.
These rankings also suggest France is losing its touch
2014
United States – 85.6%
China – 5.5%
France – 4.5%
United Kingdom – 3.1%
New Zealand – 3.1%
South Korea – 2.2%
Australia – 2.1%
Canada – 1.8%
Hong Kong – 1.5%
Germany – 1.4%
2024
United States – 69.5%
China – 16.5%
United Kingdom – 5.6%
Japan – 4.9%
India – 2%
South Korea – 2%
Hong Kong – 1.5%
France – 1.5%
Russia – 1.1%
Canada – 1.1%
So what do we think !dramatards !kino !hatewatchers Is this just the inevitable result of other countries developing their own film scenes or is there some !chuds !nonchuds culture war angle we can spin?
I think it's notable that both Japan and China are rising up the rankings. With Japan it's obviously because of foreign weebs buying their schlock. China seems to be actively rejecting modern American movies. Long gone are the days of Transformers releases being like holidays over there
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Leo is also doing a movie with Paul Thomas Anderson too
https://rdrama.net/h/kino/post/351391/one-battle-after-another-marseybountyhunter-new
guess this is breaking his "only one movie every five years" streak that he'd been on
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!kino following our /lit/ discussion from yesterday, what are the films you consider as pleb filters?
Pic related is the list made by the of /tv/
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https://old.reddit.com/r/boxoffice/comments/1jklwu2/avengers_doomsday_cast_announce/
Basically Fantastic Four + 2000s X-Men + the leftovers from the MCU.
!kino how hopeful are you for this next slop?
Chris Hemsworth as Thor
Vanessa Kirby as Sue Storm / Invisible Woman
Anthony Mackie as Sam Wilson / Captain America
Sebastian Stan as Bucky Barnes / The Winter Soldier
Letitia Wright as Shuri / Black Panther
Paul Rudd as Scott Lang / Ant-Man
Wyatt Russell as John Walker / U.S. Agent
Tenoch Huerta Mejia as Namor
Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Ben Grimm / The Thing
Simu Liu as Shang-Chi
Florence Pugh as Yelena Belova
Kelsey Grammer as Dr. Hank McCoy / Beast
Lewis Pullman as Bob / Sentry
Danny Ramirez as Joaquin Torres / Falcon
Joseph Quinn as Johnny Storm / Human Torch
David Harbour as Alexei Shostakov / Red Guardian
Winston Duke as M'Baku
Hannah John-Kamen as Ava Starr / Ghost
Tom Hiddleston as Loki
Patrick Stewart as Professor Charles Xavier
Ian McKellen as Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto
Alan Cumming as Kurt Wagner / Nightcrawler
Rebecca Romijn as Mystique
James Marsden as Scott Summers / Cyclops
Channing Tatum as Remy LeBeau / Gambit
Pedro Pascal as Reed Richards / Mr. Fantastic
Robert Downey Jr. as Victor Von Doom / Doctor Doom
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