movies

[JoeMcKim]

Why would the studios and theaters set up their own version of MP? They're not going to give the customers a deal on movie tickets unless you have a third party to pay them the difference in the ticket price.

[Michael]

Why would the studios and theaters set up their own version of MP? They're not going to give the customers a deal on movie tickets unless you have a third party to pay them the difference in the ticket price.

They could have a profitable version of model where the discounts aren't as deep. MP has to run out of money eventually.

[tlombard]

Depending on price, I'd rather stick with a third party with the option of more than one chain as MoviePass is now. Of course once they launch their own service, the other chains will stop playing nice with MP and either block them from their chain or undercut them and MP will die. We will see how long I manage to make use of it before they go broke.

[Schlich]

Is that not basically what Netflix did??

[tlombard]

Is that not basically what Netflix did??

If I remember correctly, this guy now running MP was a co-founder of Netflix or something like that.

[ghostrunner]

Just saw Mother!

So I didn't catch on to the meaning

[SHOW]

or allegory. Wife knew about it and told me afterward. Now it seems like it couldn't have been spelled out any clearer. Without knowing that, it got a little frustrating because I kept thinking of it one way and it would take an unexpected turn. Now it seems really on the nose. I keep thinking of different parts and going "ohhhhh!"

If you want to know the likely intentional meaning, or what seems to be most common interpretation :

[SHOW]

Javier Bardem = God
Jennifer Lawrence = Earth
Ed Harris = Adam
Pfeiffer = Eve
Office = Forbidden Tree
Sons = Cain/Abel
Other guests = humanity
Baby = Jesus (that one might be less direct)

[go birds]

i watched IT COMES AT NIGHT...don't waste your time

[mikechamp]

Watched "Take Me Home" via Amazon Prime over the weekend. It's a romantic drama, but I would describe it as flat or monotone. There are no real ups & downs (action or comedy) in the movie. It's mostly 2 people talking while they travel across the country. There are also a couple of head-scratching plot holes.

It's clear from the beginning that it's an indie film/passion project of the two main actors, who are also married in real life. The most notable name in this movie is Victor Garber, and he's not even in it that much.

Pass on this one.

[InvincibleCakeEater]

[BottenFieldofDreams]

This is the kind of project that can get me excited about Wes Anderson. I always tell people (because he comes up all the time) that I'd love to see him direct an outer space movie--I would just like to see his aesthetic in places it doesn't belong. This is kind of close, in a sci-fi way. People talking dryly at scout camp and in charming old hotels with bland 50's acoutrements just feels a little too on the nose for me.

I'd argue, incorrectly, that my prediction here wasn't that far off. The jism flooding the streets of Portland though--I nailed that (in a Kevin Durant kind of well, duh victory).