I loved the ending of Rogue One, saw it in the cinema too (I don't really watch new Star Wars movies).
I am fan of the director, Gareth Edwards, Monsters (2010) was such a good indie sci-fi experience.
jbone
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Wait, people watch new Adam Sandler movies? .
He had entertaining films in the 90s and 2000s, but I can't imagine watching a new Adam Sandler movie.
Pointing out an incoherent arguement (built around the financial compensation of rather wealthy actors) does not make me a Rowling supporter.
I am in neither camp. I don't see what this has to do with my OP.
That's fair. I am just sharing my perspective. Keep in mind this was in 2008, when it just got released in cinemas and that was my initial gut-feeling reaction. Not sure who the other fellows are, but in my mind the Stark character was clearly an American oligarch.
As I mentioned in my OP, for me positioning Minecraft's popularity as being bad for the movie industry, while at the same time presenting Superman as a contribution to cinema seems a bit inconsistent.
That's not how this works.
You can't demand that no other media competes with your work in order for you to maintain royalties.
It's like saying anyone releasing a fantasy movie is undermining the Harry Potter movies actors' royalties because on some level a fantasy movie may decrease demand for the Harry Potter movies.
These types of arguments do not inspire confidence in the anti-Rowling camp (and there are definitely things Rowling can be criticized for).
I was curious about how the Minecraft movie adapted the voxel world, but I started watching it and pretty quickly turned it off.
Superhero movies are OK, I like the Batman series, but otherwise I am good watching one movie a decade (with some exceptions).
To me, a lot of the motifs are extremely provincial and lazy. I remember watching the first Iron Man in 2008, there was this scene where Downey Jr. is imprisoned in a cave by the Taliban and he builds the iron man costume out of spare parts or something and escapes.
It was so stupid. Especially considering in real life an American oligarch in such a situation would do everything to not rock the the boat and exploit his American citizenship and financial status to get released (either via an exchange or giving the Taliban lots of money).
Exactly, why not just get the album from another source?
I am going to check it out after I am done with the current series I am watching.
You can find most movies/TV shows on the following torrent trackers:
rutracker.org
mazepa.to
The first audio track is in russian or Ukrainian, but they always have English audio tracks as well (just set eng audio defaults in your player).
The selection is far wider than any streaming service and there is lots of rare stuff (classic movies, grindhouse, art house).
For rarer content you may have to download in advance. For mainstream stuff you can start streaming as soon you start the torrent (select "download first and last" and "download in order in your client).
It's an entertaining scifi-horror b-movie.
And Natasha Henstridge is great too. :)
An arguement can be made that Superman itself is not a great sign for the movies.
Not telling anyone what they should watch, but for me personally there is little difference between Minecraft, Lilo and Stitch and Superman.
It sounds like it will never be completed.
Check out Prometheus Chaos Edition if you get a chance, IMO it addresses many of the issues with Prometheus (as much as a fanedit can).