Movies of 2019!

[Depressed edge lord]

Wow its got a great cast as well I'll probably see it

[Soda]

War movies always have too many of the great characters die.   It makes them sad.

[Blurr]

Well of course....it's war movies.

[Rainberry]

The same happens in western movies.  The good guys always lose too many good people. 

[MasterXtreme]

Time for another flop in 2019.  Seems the new CATS movie is quite the hairball.  You could sat it is a 'cat-tastrophie.'

'Cats' film review.

Another review.

And still another...

[RainySunshine]

Cats is bombing.

[Anyponedrawn]

Despite being panned by critics and audiences, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, is still sadly drawing in big money for Disney.  Not nearly as much as they'd hoped, as it's the worst performing Star Wars film so far... What makes this sad is because Disney has learned nothing these recent few years producing awful reboots.  People still support these awful films so Disney will just keep making awful films.  Why should they even try if people will still support their worst content?  So far the Rise of Skywalker has made $572.1 million from it's budget of about $270 million.

Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported an approval rating of 55% based on 421 reviews, with an average rating of 6.16/10. The website's critics consensus reads: "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker suffers from a frustrating lack of imagination, but concludes this beloved saga with fan-focused devotion." At Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 54 out of 100, based on 60 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".

[Anyponedrawn]

1917 is being praised by critics and movie goers.  It is being praised for it's cinematography, story, and realism!  I hope this film rocks it at the box office. 

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Plot: At the height of the First World War during Spring 1917 in northern France, two young British soldiers, Schofield and Blake, are given a seemingly impossible mission to deliver a message which will warn of an ambush during one of the skirmishes soon after the German retreat to the Hindenburg Line during Operation Alberich. The soldiers race against time, crossing enemy territory to deliver the warning and keep a British battalion of 1,600 men, which includes Blake's brother, from walking into a deadly trap. The pair must give their all to accomplish their mission by surviving the war to end all wars.

[MasterXtreme]

‘Cats’ Getting Fixed: Universal to Roll Out Version with “Improved VFX”
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Academy Award-winning director Tom Hooper (The King’s Speech, The Danish Girl) has created one of the most talked-about films of late 2019 … in a way. His adaptation of the hit Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Cats is a star-studded affair which promised to be a unique visual spectacle, relying on digital fursuits rather than costuming to transform Judi Dench, Idris Elba, Ian McKellan, Taylor Swift, Jennifer Hudson et al into lithe, leg-licking feline hybrids.

Unfortunately, the product’s rush to a Christmas/awards season release — Hooper said he had barely squeaked the CGI-packed film into the can ahead of the World Premiere last week — has run headlong into a wall of merciless, often quite creative, cinema criticism. Many reviewers have noted the unfinished look of the VFX, mostly with the secondary or background cats, but even some of the A-list felines appear to have been overlooked in the final clawing toward the finish.

On the film’s official opening day Friday, releasing studio Universal sent out word to theaters that an updated version of Cats with “some improved visual effects” was on the way, according to Hollywood Reporter. This course of action is unprecedented for a film already in theaters, drawing comparisons to the “Day One Patches” common to video game releases.

As-is, Cats coughed up a fourth place opening this weekend, with a domestic take of $6.5 million from 3,380 locations — placing it in the 20 worst openings of all-time for film playing in 3,000+ locations — and about $4.4M in the U.K. The film, which is estimated to have cost around $100M to make, is set to roll out to 37 international markets this week and more through February. It seems unlikely that even a major VFX facelift can rescue Cats, as the film is sitting on a C+ CinemaScore from opening day audiences, and an 18% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

Who knows? Maybe this second life of Cats will turn things around, whether because Tom Hooper’s vision is finally realized and appreciated or whether he has a bit of a Tommy Wiseau moment. Either way, there’s still seven lives left to figure it out.

[MasterXtreme]

Another box office bomb.

Playmobil: The Movie
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Has only made $13.8 million worldwide after spending $40 million.  It is a German/French film and bombed miserably.  Possibly one of the worst of all time.

On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 16% based on 59 reviews, with an average rating of 3.72/10. The site's critical consensus reads: "Much like the toys it advertises, Playmobil: The Movie seems sadly destined to be regarded as a superficially similar yet less desirable alternative to the competition."

[RainySunshine]

One year later for this topic, and this is it's 100th post...

This topic was started on Jan 1st, 2019. 

It's 100th post was on Dec 31st, 2019.  New Years Eve.  Talk about a perfect ending for "Movies of 2019."

[Depressed edge lord]

What do you guys think was the best movie of 2019? For me it was joker but shazam deserves a mention I've always liked shazam and glad he's finally getting some love I remember every hated him and called him a Superman clone and shit and klaus deserves best animated film of the year

[Anyponedrawn]

My favorite movie of 2019 was, "The Irishman."  Great crime drama.  A little long, but I really enjoyed it.

[MasterXtreme]

Ford vs. Ferrari or Toy Story 4.  Those are the top picks for 2019.   As an honorable mention, "They Shall Not Grow Old" is Peter Jackson's documentary recolored of war footage. 


I haven't seen "The Irishman" yet, but it's on my hitlist.

2019 wasn't that great of a year for film... yet again.

[Darrin]

I like music, so it's no surprise I liked the music from these musical films, "Rocketman" and "Rolling Thunder Revue," the later being a story about Bob Dylan by Martin Scorsese. 

I didn't watch much this year, and I certainly didn't support Hollywierd by buying tickets to see any of these films... except for a few. 

My overall winner is "Ford v Ferrari." 

I think the film 1917 will be on the list too, but I haven't seen it and it's officially being released Jan 2020... but it say a short limited release in 2019.v