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Shrek on VHS

I will not elaborate

Make good movies.

Watch "The Wild Robot".

I saw the TV glow, The Wild Robot, The Substance, Fallen Leaves, Kinds of Kindness.

Poor Little Things in the theater

I mean, make fun of me if you want, but I saw The Beekeeper in theaters. Maybe not super original but it wasn't explicitly marketed as a remake or rehash or whatever.

No, I didn't have a free ticket or voucher or anything, I paid full price for the ticket.

Yes, I snuck in alcohol (they don't serve).

As a popcorn flick, I enjoyed my 1.5 hours or whatever.

Yes, I paid a stupid amount of money for popcorn, it's a local theater not tied to any mega corps.

The boy and the Heron, in a small local theatre

Market it properly. I'll watch. The way they marketed movies like Transformers One, or the utter failure that was The Fall Guy, I can't even fathom why they would choose to market it that way...

the thing is, most people don't. Movie buffs are a minority, the casual viewers flock to what they know, which is exactly why there are only sequels and reboots. It wouldn't be like that if it wasn't making them tons of money.

We also need to tackle the monopoly on theater screen time that the big studios control.

The Substance. Go see it.

Banshees of Inishirin.

Story of a friendship going sour and one guy having trouble moving on. Some great acting. A dark comedy. Quite refreshing from the Hollywood schlock that is typically in our local thestre

Nimona. Definitely watched it legally on Netflix.

People also want to see more after season 1 instead of cancelation and some new junk pushed in their face.

Invalid. It's a comedy about a man in a wheelchair who fights local city mafia

The last movie I saw in theaters was Interstellar... just pulled up the release date, and holy shit, it's been a solid decade.

...not really feeling the urge to change that either. All I remember theaters being is a sticky fucking mess where a bag of skittles and a drink will cost you like 5% of your net worth; from there you pack into these disgusting seats, invariably right behind some 6'11" 400lb dude in a fucking cowboy hat and, surrounded on all sides by people who have never heard of the concept of shutting the fuck up for 90 mins...

His Three Daughters. In the theater. Time and money well spent.

I went to a film festival and watched cool indie shit

Fifth Element. With my eyes.

Not the NEWEST original movie I've watched, though. I'm not sure which one that is but I'm confident that I used my eyes for that as well.

I bought a "mystery ticket" for $5 at a Regal and ended up seeing The Order. Pretty intense at times when you abstract to real life, pretty upsetting at times. Remember to be intolerant of the intolerant.

It's unusual, but it was a little-known Russian movie from which I didn't expect much, but in the end I liked it. It was Lord of the Wind (2023). Although I usually don't like modern movies lately. It is about Fyodor Konyukhov is a Russian survivalist, voyager, aerial and marine explorer and his round-the-world balloon flight. Unfortunately, I don't know if it is available in English.

"Original" as in it has original ideas, or "original" as in it's not part of an established franchise? If it's the latter, I saw The Wild Robot in theaters. It was okay. A bit by-the-numbers, and I'm not sure everything made total sense, but it's a kid's movie so that was to be expected.

If the former, then, uh... Problemista? Also in theaters. I really liked that one.

Does Wicked Count? If not then that weird piece of shit Nicolas Cage was involved in last year. Really cool concept until it became an out of touch rant about “woke cancel culture” or some shit.

I just saw Flow in theaters last night. Excellent, wholly original animated movie that conveyed a story without any words.

Not the last original, but I caught “Her” with my SO in the cinema on a lark, just to pass the time. And we loved every bit of that film. So original in so many ways.

Watched it again last night, but Legend of Hei. Chinese animated film I have on Blu-ray/DVD through Shout! Factory. Love the Chinese dub because I personally don't like how they use an English translation for a few different characters names. Watched on my Blu-ray player and must say, it's probably my tv, but I cannot really see is big difference between DVD and Blu-ray. Last movie I watched, let alone original movie.

May be based on an animated web series, but I still consider it original.

Hundreds of Beavers, on YouTube, with ad block

I quit consuming the Hollywood product almost a decade ago. I watch a lot of small content creators though. I met my wife working at a movie theater, but I've seen a movie in a theater maybe twice in the last ten years. I occasionally watch a show with her but if I'm by myself I don't have any desire to consume their product.

Collateral. What a fucking gem of a movie.

The most recent would be The Greasy Strangler, on Blu-ray. Truly one of a kind, it has been stuck in my mind since.

The last movie I watched in cinema was deadpool & wolverine. Before that was Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets.

And that's all, I don't watch movies in cinema. Mostly because closest cinema for me is 103km away.

Normally just watch pre 2010 movies.