Outside of health issues, just business wise. I'm really worried about movie theatres after the pandemic. You can't capture that magic elsewhere.
Surprised no one has posted the Thor-Wakanda reaction from an Indian theater yet:
I would agree.I might argue every second of Endgame after they enter the time machine is fanservice.
So, as Film Twitter enters a phase of peak nostalgia for the movie theater experience (I saw a viral post this morning about movie theater carpets) - a clip from a screening of Endgame went around with the crowd noise included. (Yes, it's THAT moment)
It's a good bit, and I think anybody who went to an opening weekend screening of Endgame had a similar experience on some scale. It's a moment of corny fan service that has been broken down & criticized a million times - but I doubt I'll ever forget the way the whole room popped when they realized what had happened. An emotional payoff for a decade of worldbuilding, devotion rewarded by giving people exactly what they always wanted to see - with zero concern for it being 'too much'.
It also made me realize that Rise of Skywalker has absolutely nothing that even attempts to capture this same magic, despite allegedly being the payoff for the entire "Skywalker Saga".
The Force Awakens has plenty of these moments trickled in - the movie is BUILT on them. Every time a classic character comes back, the movie almost pauses for applause. The Last Jedi was the same way, but with incredible reveals (Rey's parantage, the Holdo Maneuver) in addition to character revivals. Each one got a pop from my first night audience.
But I think back to my first TROS experience and it's just... quiet. The biggest pop out of the crowd was Rey & Ben's kiss at the end, and even that was mostly awkward laughter. I'm going through the film in my head, and the plot beats that should have gotten that reaction - Ben recalling Han, and the brigade of ships led by Lando - are just silent. Even the last moment feels like it was written for a huge, Endgame-esque spectacle where the Jedi of the past come to Sith Hell to assist Rey - but instead, they only manifest as voice memos.
I know there's no shortage of "Wow, TROS was underwhelming" takes - but something about this clip really just made it impossible to not think about what could've been.
To be fair, that moment was paying off over a decade of 20+ films compared to a trilogy. Yeah, many movies have those applause moments but there's just nothing really like that moment in cinematic history. That being said, Disney rushed SW out the door to quickly capitalize on their investment and it shows.
Hahah I recall hearing a handful of "what the fuck was that?"I know the part of Rise of Skywalker near the endgot a reaction from the crowd I was watching with... Mostly 'what?' and some confused laughing but I guess it's something.where the lightsaber teleports to him
GoT Season 8 spoilers obviously.
Unfortunately it was all down hill after that.
The first Matrix, I don't know how to describe it but when Trinity kicked the cop back at the beginning the theater went dead silent like you could almost feel the "holy shit ... what is this?" response from the audience.
Really cool.
Yep, have effectively stopped going to theaters, but I'd be wrong to say the communal aspect of theaters can not add to a film.These are the kinds of experiences that will be missed when you watch a movie in your own home.
I was 100% sure that Force ghosts of Jedi through the history of the franchise were going to show up and back Rey up in the final fight but...nope. Some voice over and the most thrown-together "just cross the sabers or something" shit ever. JJ blew it in every imaginable way.
I might argue every second of Endgame after they enter the time machine is fanservice.
GoT Season 8 spoilers obviously.
Unfortunately it was all down hill after that.
Yep, have effectively stopped going to theaters, but I'd be wrong to say the communal aspect of theaters can not add to a film.
So that entire intro to the final battle was completely new just to get a rise out of the crowd? I read a lot of comics growing up, but that's one series I never read, so I honestly didn't know just how much it deviated from the source material.
Anyone who says the battle of winter fell was bad is silly in my eyes. These videos prove how awesome it was.
it wasn't until TROS marketing kicked off that suddenly this whole sequel trilogy was now about it tying up all 9 movies
No one ever does this in cinemas in the UKIn before: "I hate when people go crazy in movies" crowd. Not realizing that some movies are designed to get those reactions out of people.
The Rise of Skywalker really did feel like the end of Star Wars, just not in the way Disney intended.Sure, the movie is flawed in a million different ways. It's just wild that it couldn't conjure even the mildest excitement for the end of Star Wars.
Fan Service doesn't simply mean referencing source material. It's fan service because it's something put in their specifically to please fans.
The first Matrix, I don't know how to describe it but when Trinity kicked the cop back at the beginning the theater went dead silent like you could almost feel the "holy shit ... what is this?" response from the audience.
Really cool.
I live in the UK, and I remember the whole theatre cheering in the big battle of endgame. It was an incredible cinema experience.
I think that Rey giving Ben the Skywalker lightsaber was a reshoot, kind of insane to think that possibly the best moment of the movie almost wasn't there.
Unfortunately I think killing the Night King so quickly like that ultimately damaged the show badly.
Dating myself a bit here, but
The Matrix - the helicopter scene, the train leap(s) scene, and the stopping bullets in the hallway scenes were all pretty "holy shit" moments in theater from what I remember.
Dating myself a bit here, but
The Matrix - the helicopter scene, the train leap(s) scene, and the stopping bullets in the hallway scenes were all pretty "holy shit" moments in theater from what I remember.
The first Matrix, I don't know how to describe it but when Trinity kicked the cop back at the beginning the theater went dead silent like you could almost feel the "holy shit ... what is this?" response from the audience.
Really cool.
I don't expect to have a theatrical experience like The Matrix again. That was something else entirely; such a fun and unique experience
That's true, I'd forgotten about that.The "I am Iron Man" line was also the very last thing they shot for Endgame (they were contemplating what/if he should say in that moment)
Filmmaking's basically like cooking, even once you get the recipe down you're probably still gonna mess around with some spices and ingredients afterwards to get the best flavour.
First time I saw it in '99, the crowd fucking lost it once she kicked that last cop in the hotel room. We had no idea what movie we were in for, but at that moment realized we were watching a classic.
Anyone who says the battle of winter fell was bad is silly in my eyes. These videos prove how awesome it was.
I hated Endgame. A god damn slog of a movie with a trashy story and almost pure fanservice. Overly long and poorly paced. I loved Infinity War though. Should have ended with that one *edgy*
NOOO poor Disney lol
Yup. If Star Wars wasn't the first big cultural popcorn movie then it would have never had another movie made past Episode 1Star Wars has been getting shown up for a while now.
The Matrix > Phantom Menace, of course TPM did bigger box office, but Matrix was the bigger pop culture impact.
Or you can say Titanic >> Phantom Menace.
Spider-Man >> Attack of the Clones, not really even close here.
Return of the King > Revenge of the Sith
I'd add probably the Pirates trilogy and Harry Potter series was bigger culturally than the prequel trilogy. And Avatar also.
And currently with the Disney era
Avengers > Sequel Trilogy.