God film snobs that are not even real film snobs are the absolute worst. Do I need to list more films for you? I didn't because I didn't expect a smartass response. Ok, going off the current 2023 Oscar film lineup, The Fablemans made 30 million and Tar made 15 million. Which, to be fair surprised me. People are going to the movies to see good movies. Learn to be less judgmental.

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Btw, can you even name a thousand films? Never mind thousands*.* And again, I listed three examples btw. Everything Everywhere All At Once, Banshees of Inisherin, and Top Gun Maverick. Unless you want to not count Top Gun because it's an action film. In which case you're an absolute pretentious try-hard. Which I think you are anyway.

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I'm not some anomaly. There are other movie goers like myself. I try to go see every Marvel movie that comes out, no matter how bland and cookie cutter they may be. They're often fun and colorful with some fun action pieces. I also pay monthly for the Criterion streaming service. I regularly watch classic films and I also like to turn off my brain and watch dumb Adam Sandler comedies. I'm not so pretentious that I act like watching a dumb film somehow ruins my palate.

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Given how harshly you're judging people who go to the movies and assuming every one of them is a brainless dullard just makes me think you must not have very many friends. I'd think maybe you'd be jealous of the folks going to the theater to see Cocaine Bear because they're going with other people.

Dude what are you talking about? Who's they? Everything Everywhere All At Once made over $100 million at the box office. People didn't ignore that movie. Banshees at Inisherin made $45 million at the box office and that's absolutely not a big dumb action/gore fest. It's a film about two friends having a friend breakup.

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While an action movie and not an indie drama, I'd say that Top Gun Maverick is still an amazing film. It's nominated for best picture and it should be. Great writing, directing, acting. The story is fantastic, the cinematography is incredible. It made 1.4 billion at the box office.

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It's a no brainer that indie films typically get less attention because.. they're indie films. They don't have the same advertising money that big budget films get. They often get put into fewer theaters across the country.

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But either way, you're putting people into a box. Anyone who goes to enjoy Cocaine Bear won't also watch "quality" films. That's just an ignorant mindset. Fuck, I saw Cocaine Bear and had fun at the theater. I also think Banshees of Inisherin is one of the finest films I've seen in the last .. I don't know how many years. It's possible to enjoy both.

There is no problem. You can enjoy goofy dumb movies as well as high quality “well made” cinema as well.

What does that even mean exactly? Not every meal needs to be filet mignon. Just because a movie isn’t high brow doesn’t mean it should be looked down upon. The purpose of film is to entertain. If it can do that and elevate you in some way or challenge your way of thinking or spark a deep discussion about the human condition, then great!

But suggesting someone enjoying cocaine bear is someone with no taste is, in itself, in poor taste.

I’m not sure about the “violent crazy concepts” part of it, but I think it’ll definitely help change the state of movies. Don’t get me wrong, I love Marvel, but I’m just so very tired. I think fatigue is setting in for everybody. The last few films getting less than stellar responses is a sign of the times.

People want to just go see a fun movie. Both Violent Night and Cocaine Bear are films that are just good, fun movies. I don’t think the violence bit is what’s drawing people in. Maybe the unexpected nature of the violence. “Lol Santa killing people. Lol the bear did cocaine. Lol the killer robot is a little girl.”

If it’s entertaining, people will go see it. Hopefully these films show studios that. We want entertainment, not a shallow story with Spider-Man doing flips in front of a green screen.

(Note: absolutely nothing wrong with Spider-Man. But a lot of the recent MCU films/shows feel like there’s no heart. Like they’re just cash grabs.)

Last Action Hero.

Way ahead of its time.

Private schools can have whatever rules they want (within reason obviously). It's like asking why does the military have strict rules. You signed up for the program, you have to follow the rules.

almost racist. While native Americans do willingly accept the term Indian, in context, it makes sense to say “native American.” I wouldn’t say I’m dumb, but it took me a minute to get it was Indian meaning Native American and not someone from India.

Dad jokes are clever tho. And not overly convoluted.

The joke is incredibly stupid and nonsensical for numerous reasons. That’s definitely one of them. Like there’s some goofy explanation for why he’s named Onestone and zero explanation why there’s women named “Bird.” Other than being “Indian.”

Which is almost racist. I originally read this as “Indian” meaning from India.

I’m not sure I would even say moderately okay. It doesn’t make any sense and it isn’t clever. Soon as they introduced a character inexplicably named “blue bird,” I literally rolled my eyes knowing somehow the punchline would involve two birds one stone.