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I'm making this post to bring attention to original movies being released that people here might not have heard about. If it's recieved well, perhaps I'll make this a weekly series of posts about originals being released.
Okay, technically, A Working Man is based on a book, but for all intents and purposes, it's original.
It's a pity Statham has been typecast and can't seem to escape it or doesn't care to.
I don't really hate Jason playing only one kind of role, if the universe around him is interesting.
What about Snatch? I liked that he played a loser who was always just one step away of getting murdered.
I'll have to watch it again to see. I think it's from before he was typecast though, or before he decided to lean in to the typecast. Lucky for me it's raining and doesn't look like it's going to stop any time soon so there's no time like the present.
I think the last good thing I saw him in was The Bank Job and that was ages ago. I wouldn't mind the typecasting if the films were that interesting and entertaining.
Original movies come out all the time. Any given week, if you look up what's currently playing, there are some original movies. I'm so sick of people constantly complaining there's nothing original because they'd know about all the original movies coming out if they actually cared. It's like hearing someone complain there's nowhere to buy groceries while on a street with three grocery stores.
nobody advertising originals means nobody will see them since they might sa well not exist. Not everyones browser home page is the imdb released today list. Basically nobodies is. Most people are casual viewers. I'd say its very good casual viewer is getting exhausted of capeshit or sequels and wants something new. Unless you want only films people see to be disney cashgrabs or marvel copy pastes, I don't see why you complain people bringing attention to different films, especially ones not from hollywood.
I'm not complaining about bringing attention to original films. I'm just saying if all the people whining "there's nothing original" actually wanted original, they'd bother to look up what's playing
Yeah but I think it's childish to complain about movies "might as well not existing" if you haven't even looked for them.
Things that don't get advertised might as well not exist.
Is that your attitude to everything in life? The only book I've seen advertised lately is the new Hunger Games. Do people assume it's the only book released lately or do people who want to read go to the fucking bookstore and see what else is there? If you need a new stove or a new sofa, do you wait around for an advertisement or do you fucking look for what you want? If you have a child, do you research what toys and books might be good for them or do things only exist if an advertisement happens across your screen?
I dont go on bookdatabase or gamesdatabase or sofadatabase and take all the new books/games/sofas released that day. I usually watch reviews from people i trust and any that have caught my eye from people talking about them online, eg recently released threads. After which I add it to a list to check it out later. As in reminder that word of mouth advertising is advertising and you are complaining about it.
You know why? You would if you checked new movie/whatever releases. It is cause 90-99% of new releases are shit. And again i don't know a single fucking person who sits in the new releases one and spends hundreds every day watching films (that may not even available in their region) in order to "not be someone influenced by marketing, word of mouth or otherwise" cause that is insane.
Where did I complain about word of mouth advertising? Somehow you took my comment as a complaint about the original post advertising that there are original films. I didn't take any issue with the post.
My complaint is people saying there are no original films when there are. I think it's reasonable to expect someone who cares enough to complain that there are no original films to care enough to look up what films are out
Calling people childish for wishing there were more original movies and more advertising for original movies and spending every single post arguing how people should just shut up and find movies on their own. Your attitude says that to me, even if you did not mean it.
I'm irritated by people complaining that something doesnt exist when it does. If they care enough to complain, they should care enough to look up what movies are out. Original movies are released every week. They don't actually care about wanting to see Original movies advertised, they're really complaining they don't want remakes advertised
Starwars, marvel and other slop is completely inescapable even of you avoid info on movies alltogether. Thats why people feel there are no original movies. I understand you have a pet peeve and may have been just venting but nobody was complaining, you just barged in and complained that the thread talking about original movies exists.
But I wasn't complaining about this thread existing
People shouldn't complain without checking to see if the thing they claim to want is out there. Just because Marvel is in your face all the time it's fair fir people to assume they're the only movies out there? Again, that's like assuming the Hunger Games is the only book currently in stores. People who don't care enough to know what movies are out shouldn't complain about there being no original movies
A fresh horror movie to watch that I have never heard of before?
Yes please!
Tomorrow I'm seeing The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie before it leaves theaters. I like to support 2D animation on the big screen, and I'm not really into horror movies or Statham action movies.
For those who might be interested, Paul Rudd stars in Death of a Unicorn, and David Harbour and Michael PeΓ±a are in A Working Man.
Eh, I prefer to support 1D animations.
A enjoyer of the finer tastes of animations.
These are the types of movies I want to watch. Consider this post received well (by me).
Planning on seeing A Working Man and Death of a Unicorn this weekend.
A Working Man has Jason Statham. Is it original if heβs just the same character in every movie?
Do you like Jason Statham?
Do you like seeing people being beaten up for 90 minutes?
Then you'll love Jason Statham in Jason Statham Beats People Up For 90 Minutes starring Jason Statham.
Went to see Unicorn just as it came out - purely by chance, I was in town and needed to kill a couple of hours.
You'll find this out if you look at most reviews, but it's a solid 6/10 movie. It's competent and has an interesting premise, but it doesn't do anything terribly original with it. The "scare" moments were predictable to even a passive fan of horror, though not unearned.
What brings it out of mediocrity are the performances; the whole cast is bringing their A game. Even if the characters never really surprise you, they're still somehow believable and it's easy to root for (or against) them.
All three of these look pretty interesting.
If A Working Man is based on a book, you can't really call it original. It's also another Statham action movie, which also can't really be called original.
I am excited to see Death of a Unicorn.
I have heard about one and a half of these.
There are no longer gatekeepers, which means there are no longer promoters outside of narrowly defined online niches associated to specific brands or viral hits.
It... kinda sucks. I miss when we all heard about the same things. There were pros and cons to all the centralied control of dicourse, but man, do the pros sound increasingly better than the cons this century.
At least "a working man" will be something i can just turn on and turn my brain off to. Sometimes you need that.