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lost: Avengers Doomsday movie: I recently rewatched Marvel’s fantastic core series of superhero team films (my rating: Infinity war>End game>Avengers>Civil war>Thunderbolts>Age of Ultron). But as many fans have pointed out, this week is highly anticipated doomsday The teaser (below) seemed like a muddled step down from Marvel’s previous trailers Avengers privilege. It shows groups of random characters standing around looking like distorted 3D images trying to figure out their eye lines in round rooms (one puzzled trailer viewer wrote: “Every room is round! WTF?!”). It’s like they’re stuck in that classic The twilight zone The episode “Five Characters Searching for a Way Out”, where the twist reveals that all the characters are stuck in a trash can, except doomsday Much like 60 actors enduring a headache-inducing exercise blocking the stage.
doomsday Production designer Gavin Bukithas said the film actually used 80 percent practical sets. But an interview with Gold Derby is off-script Alan Cumming (who reprises his X-Men role as Nightcrawler) may haunt the film because it seems like an expression of fans’ CG sensibilities (“I did the whole movie in isolation. Lots of green screen, face replacement. They even gave the characters fake names. I don’t know who I was acting with half the time.”). Cumming added that he believes Nightcrawler is a killer Pedro Pascal Mr. Fantastic, but later I wasn’t sure.
Part of this is simply unfortunate timing for Marvel, which had to release its own trailer in the aftermath Christopher Nolan Odyssey And his crew – incl Avengers normal Tom Holland-Be evangelical about practical effects and location shooting.
The bigger problem is that Marvel has brilliantly built MCU stories over the course of a decade to brilliantly lead up to its predecessor Avengers movies while doomsday It feels like a character dump that only happens because the studio desperately needs it to happen. Would such criticisms matter? Maybe not. doomsday It has already generated as much as $16.5 million in domestic advance sales within its first 24 hours.
Two well-received trailers this week are for the horror movie that keeps up the look of DC’s best Clayface (Watch it here) and Universal Rob Savage horror movie Another motherwhich stars Jessica Chastain In a dual role. the the mom The trailer will give unsuspecting audiences a jump scare when it is shown before other films. Bonus: The rooms in the trailers are not round.
beat: Ed Harris. Gotta love a great actor strolling down the red carpet and letting loose on his hit show without a care in the world. Harris wasn’t too happy with his “junk” arc for the first season on Paramount+ Dutton Farm -And it’s a TV show, not a steakhouse or Doritos flavor. “Midway through the first season, I was ready to say, ‘Get me out of here,’” he snarled, adding that he felt “misled” about the size of his role. Harris’ role was still too big Demi MooreWhich consists of swimming sessions in the pool throughout the entire first season Landman.
Harris will return for his second (and likely final) season on the show next year. One can imagine the Creator Taylor Sheridan He reacted in one of three ways to his actor’s comments: “I got that kind of whine Kevin Costner“I’m not taking this from Harris, let’s grant his wish to get him off the show in the Season 2 premiere.” Or: “He was right, and I can’t blame someone for being honest when I’m exactly the same way.” Or more likely: “I’m too busy writing this whole thing Call of duty This week’s movie script for sponsorship.
lost: Television Academy. The Academy caused a stir when it decided to drop five categories from this year’s prime-time Emmy telecast. I’d like to list the cut categories, but that would mean typing the phrase “in a series, limited movie, or anthology” four times in a row, which, as everyone knows, is a powerful spell that sends you into an enchanted slumber. Unions are angry about this change. Candidates, agents and managers are angry. Studios and awards strategists are furious. Do you know who wouldn’t get angry? Viewers.
Unfortunately, the idea doesn’t seem to be, “Let’s make the Emmys telecast shorter.” Television Academy President Chris Abrego said diverse“, “We’re really excited to showcase more creativity on the show” and “We really want to find the time to create a great night of entertainment.” Yet that’s exactly what awards shows are terrible at – those annoying sketches, or tearful maudlin moments, that struggle to celebrate the industry by intertwining the show with a theatrical annex.
Here’s a question: What do you really remember from any awards show? Some speeches and sometimes a monologue by the host. The rest? Weak and unforgettable. It’s not because the people involved aren’t talented. But because the non-awards segments during an awards show are inherently a bit weird, confusing and frustrating because the awards show is the thing you’re trying to watch and any short, non-sequitur piece of entertainment that the producers provide on stage isn’t the thing.
The comparison that comes to mind is the Super Bowl Halftime Show, which actually acts as an interruption to the thing you want to watch because it’s a real stopping point in the game and an impressive, star-studded, cohesive half-hour production (except when FIFA does that). But what if, after a random play, the NFL pays Jason Bateman and Will Arnett On the 50-yard line to exchange some banter and provide a segment on penalty kick history while waiting for the game to resume? Fans hate it. Which is why the Television Academy should either bring these five awards back to the show or keep them out and shorten the show.
beat: Sony/Alamo Drafthouse: alive Cinema dome It’s a heroic move that everyone can feel good about, and plays a role in the “Cinema Comeback!” The narrative we all happily enjoy now. It also gives Alamo some much-needed positive press amid the constant drumbeat of backlash headlines “QR Code Request Has Ruined User Experience” (Read the latest “From Big Show to S**tshow” from Dr. Magazine). Ironically, the chain recently named a theater in San Francisco after it Christopher Nolan A month later, the director praised it Quentin Tarantino Theater instead for having a “cool” no-phones rule. I’m not sure I’ve ever seen a company so stubbornly continue to double down on a customer experience decision that received such universal negative reaction.
The disturbing part of the Dome news is the Alamo-ification Arclight Theaters (but not the Dome itself), which will be reconfigured to include in-theater food service. What was great about ArcLight was that its theaters were perfect black boxes with perfect projection and sound, where you could focus on the movie without distraction. Likewise, what was great about Alamo was his movie-obsessed character and his strict no-talking/no-texting policy. It’s great that Sony is investing in theaters. Maybe they should also keep an eye on what people like about going to the theater.
