A simple question this week: Do you believe film reviewers are out of touch with the tastes of the movie-going public? Are they too jaded to appreciate lightweight fun for what it is? Are they too wrapped up in film school terminology and auteur appreciation to communicate what really matters – whether the film is good or not? Or, alternatively, …
Today it’s your chance to be a time-travelling hero. If you could go back and stop the making of a single massive movie disappointment, which would it be? Lock away M. Night Shyamalan before he could botch the Last Airbender movie? Eradicate Terminator Salvation from the world’s memory? Punch Ridley Scott in the mouth before he could talk up Prometheus? …
TheMovies.co.za’s recent decision to publish Second Opinion reviews for high profile, potentially divisive movies like Prometheus (Kervyn’s review, Noelle’s review) and Mad Buddies (Gavin’s review, Kervyn’s review) has certainly led to a lot of heated debate and disagreement. So today’s question is: Should films only be reviewed by reviewers who are in the target audience, or is it open season? …
Dear Ridley Scott, thank you for Prometheus. It is currently the best movie to gleefully discuss drunk. From the most squeamish, non-procedural scientists in the galaxy; to a ball-busting, “I’m always prepared” career woman who fills her escape pod with all kinds of sharp, fragile breakables and a men-only surgical unit… From heroes who can only think to run forwards (not sideways) to …
Today we want to know more about your viewing habits. Do you often rewatch the same movie at the cinema, despite the cost of movie tickets, or are you a love-it-and-leave-it type? What films, if any, have you delighted in watching multiple times on the big screen? Last Updated: June 20, 2012
As the world debates Prometheus – and endless other prequels and remakes are apparently greenlit just to answer some of moviedom’s great questions – today we want to know whether you’re someone who prefers ambiguity in their movies, or demands an explanation? What films have left you pondering long afterwards, and what could have actually benefited from ending before everything …
They’ve both been called gimmicks but today we want to know which of moviedom’s 2 most prominent “immersive” formats you would pick if forced to choose: 3D or IMAX? (Alas, the 3D IMAX combo has never made it to South Africa). Or, alternatively, do you dismiss both as blatant excuses to milk cinemagoers of extra money. For the record, this month …
‘Tis the season for high profile sequels! How do you feel about the apparently endless series of cinematic follow-ups? Has Hollywood gone too far with its scripting and approval of sequels before the original has even come out (e.g. The Amazing Spider Man)? Should decades’ old classics be left alone instead of being hauled out for a wrinkly second/third/fourth/fifth/sixth installment …
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A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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