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[SJRB]

Amazing. What a cool concept for a movie.

 

[justonething]

Maximum cringe factor.

 

[jason10mm]

huh, could go lots of ways. Color me interested.

 

[HL3.exe]

Cool to see A24 consistently greenlight out-there ideas. Don't like all their stuff but I definitely can't fault them for trying!

This one feels like a Charlie Kaufman (eternal Sunshine of the Spotless mind) concept. Curious.

Edit: I actually love that they do instead of easy/cynical nostalgia or franchise cash grabs like most distributors do. Feels like the 90/00's when with these medium sized budget, but interesting ideas that create sleeper hits.

 

[jason10mm]

Cool to see A24 consistently greenlight out-there ideas. Don't like all their stuff but I definitely can't fault them for trying!

This one feels like a Charlie Kaufman (eternal Sunshine of the Spotless mind) concept. Curious.

Edit: I actually love that they do instead of easy/cynical nostalgia or franchise cash grabs like most distributors do. Feels like the 90/00's when with these medium sized budget, but interesting ideas that create sleeper hits.

Agreed, I'd rather a dozen hit or miss wild ideas than a dozen play it safe, homogenized, by committee checklist 4 quadrant projects loaded with buzzwords the AI knows I'm interested in.

The real issue with these types of films, for me, is to have A REAL ENDING. I'm just tired of elaborate set ups that then whiff the ending with a deux ex machina or just trail off with no resolution at all.

 

[Trunx81]

Agreed, I'd rather a dozen hit or miss wild ideas than a dozen play it safe, homogenized, by committee checklist 4 quadrant projects loaded with buzzwords the AI knows I'm interested in.

The real issue with these types of films, for me, is to have A REAL ENDING. I'm just tired of elaborate set ups that then whiff the ending with a deux ex machina or just trail off with no resolution at all.

Or aliens .. KNOWING was a nice film with Cage, but the ending just plain sucked.

 

[AJUMP23]

Cranberries for your trailer song....Im sold.

 

[Ownage]

Curious what camera filters A24 continue to use.

 

[wondermega]

Nic Cage is such a weird guy. I am pleased that he perseveres and continues to have a very unique career in Hollywood, still, after all this time. The trailer was interesting (enough) but I will wait to hear the buzz on it as it seems like it is one of those things that could be really really cool, or as another poster mentioned above, a neat concept that ultimately "they don't know exactly what to do with it" and it kind of meanders.

 

[Pejo]

Interesting twist vibe at the end of the trailer. I feel like that trailer just gave away the whole movie though. Hate when that happens. They should have just cut it about halfway through and surprised audiences.

 

[MudoSkills]

I'll watch this just for some top tier Cage.

 

[Fbh]

A24 + Nick Cage

Cool to see A24 consistently greenlight out-there ideas. Don't like all their stuff but I definitely can't fault them for trying!

This one feels like a Charlie Kaufman (eternal Sunshine of the Spotless mind) concept. Curious.

Edit: I actually love that they do instead of easy/cynical nostalgia or franchise cash grabs like most distributors do. Feels like the 90/00's when with these medium sized budget, but interesting ideas that create sleeper hits.

Yup, while I don't like all (or even most) of their stuff. I love how unique and out there a lot of it is.
If you give me the option to "go in blind to see the new new movie from any studio you want" I'd probably choose A24 because at least it won't be the same formulaic overly safe stuff we get from 90% of Hollywood.

Nic Cage is such a weird guy. I am pleased that he perseveres and continues to have a very unique career in Hollywood, still, after all this time. The trailer was interesting (enough) but I will wait to hear the buzz on it as it seems like it is one of those things that could be really really cool, or as another poster mentioned above, a neat concept that ultimately "they don't know exactly what to do with it" and it kind of meanders.

Nic cage really is one of my favourite actors.
It's really not just the meme, I really think when he is in good movies (like Joe, or Pig or Mandy) he is a great, and when he is in bad movies he is usually the best thing about them and makes them worth watching.

 

[DKehoe]

I went to see this last night and enjoyed it. Anyone else seen it?

 

[BennyBlanco]

watched it on Max last night. it was very good IMO. Nic still got it.

 

[xrnzaaas]

I'm a little lttp here, but I gotta say it was a fun movie. Maybe it went a bit too

Spoiler

Black Mirror

-ish in the end, but it didn't ruin the overall experience for me. Nic definitely delivered some good flicks in the last few years, I remember loving Pig and liking Willy's Wonderland as well.

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

watched it on Max last night. it was very good IMO. Nic still got it.

He's always got it

Willy Wonderland
The Color Out Of Space
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
Spider-Man Into The Spiderverse
Mandy
The Wicker Man

He's in my Top Ten when it comes to actors for a reason

 

[mortal]

I remember watching this a while back, and very much enjoyed the surrealism.

Nic Cage paired with a great director and screenplay can result in equally great performances, but he stars in so much forgettable shlock that it almost cancels itself out lol

 

[12Goblins]

He's always got it

Willy Wonderland
The Color Out Of Space
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
Spider-Man Into The Spiderverse
Mandy
The Wicker Man

He's in my Top Ten when it comes to actors for a reason

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

Top Tier Acting here

 

[wondermega]

Nic Cage is such a weird guy. I am pleased that he perseveres and continues to have a very unique career in Hollywood, still, after all this time. The trailer was interesting (enough) but I will wait to hear the buzz on it as it seems like it is one of those things that could be really really cool, or as another poster mentioned above, a neat concept that ultimately "they don't know exactly what to do with it" and it kind of meanders.

In hindsight, I nailed it exactly. Next!

 

[RaduN]

Good movie.

Nic was perfect in that role.