Brilliant Husband and I finally went back to a theater to see an actual movie with real, live, other human beings! (Well, he'd done it for Dune, but I wasn't ready then.) We saw Everything Everywhere All at Once, and I really recommend it. It's a lot, though: you have to be braced for some very rapid cutting (fortunately, not generally for too long at any one time).
I have to say, I didn't feel great about us being the only two people in the theater wearing masks. And I don't mean just our theater; I saw no one else wearing masks at the whole multiplex. Not the staff, not people in the halls, not people in the bathrooms (BH didn't see any in his, either). We were fortunate to have empty seats on either side of us. We'd considered buying them to keep them empty, but so few had sold before we bought that it didn't seem sensible to buy them. And I'm still basically cheap, which is a big part of how we could afford to buy them now.
The movie is genius. Michelle Yeoh is awesome, and the rest of the cast can keep up with her. It packs a surprising emotional punch for a fantasy-action-comedy. I laughed, but I also felt very moved at points (but don't want to say too much).
Weirdly, I spent the whole movie feeling I should recognize Ke Huy Quan, who plays Evelyn's husband Waymond, and I found from the IMDb that I had only seen him when he was a child—in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (which I like to call Indiana Jones and We Really Didn't Think This One Through and have only seen partially, and once) and The Goonies (which again, I have only seen once, and he was quite young).
It was also a good feeling to be with other people laughing together. I hadn't realized how much I missed that.
Have any of y'all seen it? Is anyone else going to go through the rest of your lives referring to the movie Racaccoonie?
I have to say, I didn't feel great about us being the only two people in the theater wearing masks. And I don't mean just our theater; I saw no one else wearing masks at the whole multiplex. Not the staff, not people in the halls, not people in the bathrooms (BH didn't see any in his, either). We were fortunate to have empty seats on either side of us. We'd considered buying them to keep them empty, but so few had sold before we bought that it didn't seem sensible to buy them. And I'm still basically cheap, which is a big part of how we could afford to buy them now.
The movie is genius. Michelle Yeoh is awesome, and the rest of the cast can keep up with her. It packs a surprising emotional punch for a fantasy-action-comedy. I laughed, but I also felt very moved at points (but don't want to say too much).
Weirdly, I spent the whole movie feeling I should recognize Ke Huy Quan, who plays Evelyn's husband Waymond, and I found from the IMDb that I had only seen him when he was a child—in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (which I like to call Indiana Jones and We Really Didn't Think This One Through and have only seen partially, and once) and The Goonies (which again, I have only seen once, and he was quite young).
It was also a good feeling to be with other people laughing together. I hadn't realized how much I missed that.
Have any of y'all seen it? Is anyone else going to go through the rest of your lives referring to the movie Racaccoonie?
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It does come out on DVD July 5th, and I've already pre-ordered for the library. The Amazon price is already down to $12.96, which is kind of surprising considering the rave reviews. Most DVDs are staying at the $17+ price point for much longer than they used to pre-streaming and covid.
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I'm hoping this is a sign that more "arty" films can survive and not be completely buried by blockbusters. It was an issue before covid anyway, but it's even worse now that even more are used to streaming.
I'm not a huge fan of Tom Cruise, but I do respect his insistence that Top Gun 2 be released in theaters first. Delayed the movie two years, but it's making bank. I don't think going direct to streaming will ever earn the kind of money theatrical releases do. Why would streamers pay $170 million for a movie to be made that might draw the same number of views as a $17 million movie? Could the movie have even been made on a streamer's budget?
Will be interesting to see how things shake out in the next few years. Streaming is convenient, but theaters are available without internet access, and I know too many people who don't have it on a regular basis.
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Tom Cruise delayed his movie two years, and that's fine—and I really mean it, I have other quarrels with him but not this one. Disney refused to delay the Black Widow movie and streamed it, Scarlett Johansson sued over the lost money, and Disney made it sound like she was personally trying to infect theater-goers with covid! I wonder what would have happened if they'd held that movie? (And I also have some criticisms of Johansson, but not about the lawsuit.)
I'm glad when things stream, because almost no one wears masks here, but I have missed seeing things on the big* screen, with none of the distractions at home.
(*the smaller screen at the multiplex where they showed most of the movies I want to see, unless I make it to an MCU movie in the first two weeks, which I haven't done in years now)
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Johansson was in the right with the lawsuit. Her pre-Covid contract was written with box office take as the basis for her residual pay. No box office (or at least greatly reduced) meant less pay, and Disney tried to play dirty.
I mostly go to the small 6-screen non-screen theater that's never massively busy. The only plus that the two bigger theaters have is they've upgraded to the nice recliner seats. One has full meal service too, but it's pricey. If I go to one of those, I try for a matinee so it's not as busy. I can't eliminate risk, but I can minimize it.
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*HUGS*