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[Victoria Watcher]

Then I take it you didn't like Being John Malkovich?

 

i didn't .  but forest gump is a favourite.  so go figure.

[Victoria Watcher]

Would I be correct in saying Parasite is so far the least viewed Best Picture winner in North America?

 

$35m domestically.  not sure.

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 10 February 2020 - 07:23 AM.

[Mike K.]

Orson Bean who was in Being John Malkovich has died. Struck by two cars in LA.

[Victoria Watcher]

canadians are twice as likely to watch as us residents.

 

 

CTV:

 

Without a host or a great deal of pizzazz, ABC's telecast of the Academy Awards reached its smallest audience ever of 23.6 million viewers.

 

The Nielsen company said Sunday night's audience was down 20 per cent from a year ago. The previous low-water mark for the Oscars was the 26.5 million people who watched in 2018.

 

In Canada, the broadcast attracted an average of 4.6 million viewers. That's down from last year, when 5 million people tuned in.

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 11 February 2020 - 01:17 PM.

[Tom Braybrook]

...movies that weren't nominated...

 

https://www.theparis...eens-and-snubs/

[LJ]

People were getting up and walking out of a showing of Parasite in Sidney.

[Victoria Watcher]

I actually considered walking out. it was a silly story.

[Victoria Watcher]

the boy ii filmed here in victoria is not doing too well with the critics.

 

https://en.wikipedia...y_II#Production

 

On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 9% based on 22 reviews with an average rating of 3.29/10.^[12] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 32 out of 100, based on nine critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews."^[13] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "C–" on an A+ to F scale, and PostTrak reported it received an average 0.5 out of 5 stars, with 24% of people saying they would definitely recommend it.^[11]

 

Benjamin Lee, writing for The Guardian, gave the film one star out of five, describing it as "so punishingly dull to watch, filled with dry, perfunctory dialogue from Stacey Menear’s consistently uninventive script and shot without even a glimmer of style, that even at a brisk 86 minutes, it feels like unending torture" with a finale "that buckles under the weight of its own stupidity, as well as some god-awful CGI.

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 22 February 2020 - 08:02 AM.

[Victoria Watcher]

Ticket sales plunged to their lowest levels in at least 20 years at North American movie theatres as the coronavirus pandemic led to one of Hollywood's worst weekends at the box office.

 

Receipts totalled about $56 million in U.S. and Canada theatres, according to studio estimates Sunday. Not since September 2000 has weekend box office revenue been so low, according to data firm Comscore, when $54.5 million in tickets were sold on a quiet weekend. More people went to the movies the weekend after Sept. 11, 2001.

 

Hollywood also has postponed most of its upcoming releases. Next week's most anticipated movie, “A Quiet Place Part 2,” has been removed from the schedule. Other major releases, including Disney's “Mulan” and the James Bond film “Die Another Day” have been put off.

 

That means that even if movie theatres remain open in the coming weeks, they will have little to play.

 

 

 

 

i'd say that's good for 1,000 layoffs or cutbacks in canada.

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 15 March 2020 - 10:52 AM.

[Victoria Watcher]

the big movie theatre chain amc might be near bankruptcy.

https://www.cordcutt...to-go-bankrupt/

[Victoria Watcher]

Greater Victoria actor stars in upcoming Netflix film The Half of It

Brentwood Bay’s Daniel Diemer plays love struck teenager Paul Munsky

https://www.vicnews....the-half-of-it/

[todd]

Anyone remember the movie Basket Case? They advertised free surgical mask with each viewing.

[Victoria Watcher]

The University of Victoria will welcome moviegoers back to campus for three nights of drive-in theatre screenings this week, joining a growing list of exhibitors turning to the decades-old format as a viable entertainment option.

 

The university has announced it will show a trio of movies outdoors on campus starting Thursday night with Hook. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou is screening Friday, while The Breakfast Club is on deck Saturday.

 

https://www.timescol...ings-1.24145461

 

i do not quite understand why people like this.  $30/car to watch an old movie you can probably get on netflix.

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 03 June 2020 - 05:27 AM.

[Nparker]

...i do not quite understand why people like this.  $30/car to watch an old movie you can probably get on netflix.

Why do people go to music concerts when they can watch YouTube clips for free?

[sebberry]

Drive-in movies promote car use and should be banned.  

[GetLisaSomeHelps]

Why do people go to music concerts when they can watch YouTube clips for free?

 

A concert and drive-in movie are hardly comparable...

[Victoria Watcher]

Why do people go to music concerts when they can watch YouTube clips for free?

I will admit I occasionally find myself at a concert - especially in nose bleed seats - wondering the same thing actually.

but there is something about seeing a performance live - concert or sport - that’s quite thrilling. being in the same space as the performer.

with movies no matter what format you do not get that.

[Victoria Watcher]

When the Vic Theatre reopens Friday, it will become the first movie house in Canada to get back to business during the COVID-19 era, according to organizers.

 

A trio of film festival favourites will return the Douglas Street theatre to operation for the first time since its closure in mid-March. Lost in Paris will reopen the cinema at 5 p.m., followed by Trip to Greece at 7:45 p.m. The World Before Your Feet joins both films on the schedule Saturday.

 

 

 

https://www.timescol...open-1.24150215

good for them.

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 10 June 2020 - 03:44 PM.

[Jackerbie]

^ Elsewhere in the province, Hollywood 3 cinemas reopened today. They have locations in the lower mainland and in Duncan. via https://www.facebook...75389122507670/

[Jackerbie]

In other big cinema news, Cineworld has dropped the proposed takeover of Cineplex claiming the Canadian company made a breach of contract. Via https://beta.ctvnews.../1_4982369.html