Tweets: Movies that should be TV shows, QT fun, Minority Report ages
Saturday, August 3, 2019 at 4:18PM SO RELATABLE
Me: *literally in the middle of a scene*
— Andy Mientus (@andymientus) August 1, 2019
My Imposter Syndrome: pic.twitter.com/yoSYE70zpl
We stopped doing weekly tweet roundups but nevertheless, it's fun to share highlights from time to time for those that don't use twitter (and because it's so easy to miss hilarious tweets or interesting little provocations or takes. So every once in a while we feel the need to share a batch. Hope you enjoy the round-up after the jump which includes Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Minority Report, Weekend, Christopher Nolan, and two very fascinating questions for the room (if you're reading we assume you love the movies lots) so please answer 'em in the comments...
PERFECT JOKES FOR PEOPLE WHO GET THE REFERENCES
felt nothing, might delete later pic.twitter.com/3oBNHFTfew
— taylor trensch (@taytrensch) August 2, 2019
Just remembered Brad Pitt repairing the TV antenna in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood again... pic.twitter.com/EeVBCaLMDw
— Matthew Eng (@Eng_Matthew) August 2, 2019
oh damn i lost all you guys tarantino rankings can you post them again
— Chris Stangl (@RevChrisStangl) July 28, 2019
RANDOMNESS
Reservoir Dogs opened the same year as Aladdin
— Michael Cusumano (@WhiskeyTempest) August 1, 2019
Pulp Fiction opened the same year as Lion King
Jackie Brown opened the same year as Men in Black
Basterds opened the same year as Zombieland
Once Upon a Time... opened the same year as Aladdin, Lion King, Men in Black and Zombieland
just an absolutely stupendous summer for Brightly Colored Patterned Men's Shirt Representation In Media pic.twitter.com/QA3yJXQFNy
— Angie J. Han (@ajhan) July 27, 2019
At the time of filming Minority Report, Max von Sydow and Lois Smith were 72 and 71 respectively.
— Jonathan M. Boehle (@jm_boehle) May 8, 2019
The film takes place in 2054.
In the film Minority Report, Max von Sydow and Lois Smith are playing millennials. pic.twitter.com/VvtaYgzpIA
petition to ban the word "visionary" from film criticism slang plz
— Ed Stevens (@edd_gosbender) August 2, 2019
can't stop thinking about this Midsommar review on rotten tomatoes pic.twitter.com/z5wuBKA19d
— Sammy Nickalls 🧚♀️ (@sammynickalls) August 2, 2019
My dad: would you hand me that socket wrench, please?
— Brandi Maxxxx, City Council Candidate (@NickAltishin) July 24, 2019
My 13 year old gay ass: pic.twitter.com/nQ7veHMZUb
look, whatever your opinions on Quentin Tarantino, i think we can all agree on one thing: OUATIH is a terrible acronym
— Angie J. Han (@ajhan) August 1, 2019
Just invented a new month: Jaugust pic.twitter.com/aw696IGz2N
— Sharon Knolle (@sknolle) August 1, 2019
The guy sitting next to me on the plane was barefoot the whole time. I blame Tarantino. (cc: @neithernor)
— Anderson Dennis (@HeyheyDRA) July 29, 2019
regular person: I like a movie
— jourdain searles (@jourdayen) July 29, 2019
twitter: have you heard about the pre-backlash, backlash, post-backlash, that person we all hate who defended it, the director commentary, the director’s face during the Q&A—
TOM CULLEN & CHRIS NEW REUNITED — GIVE US THE WEEKEND SEQUEL WE DESERVE pic.twitter.com/h1KMBc5QlL
— Jason Adams (@JAMNPP) July 28, 2019
Happy August. pic.twitter.com/R5Ax8z0Fcd
— Kevin Jacobsen (@Kevin_Jacobsen) August 1, 2019
FINALLY - TWO QUESTIONS FOR THE ROOM
This cartoon challenge sparked some really passionate responses on Twitter. It turns out that most critically not well received movies I personally love at least scored in the 50% range like Marie-Antoinette (2006). So my personal answers are I'm So Excited (2013) which is minor Almodóvar but still hilarious and Birth (2004) which is brilliant. What would your answer be?
Unpopular Opinions https://t.co/syzYVnWuiK https://t.co/ahuenwzszE pic.twitter.com/AdcPbUvLCr
— XKCD Comic (@xkcdComic) August 2, 2019
The following question that will end with brought out tons of good serious answers and funny ones like Baby Boom "Diane Keaton just puts different things in jars each week" - my personal answer would be Shortbus (2006) to get more sex-positivity out there
Congratulations! You have been given the power to turn any one movie into a television show. What movie do you pick?
— Matt Singer (@mattsinger) August 1, 2019
Reader Comments (19)
A Shortbus TV show would be brilliant! It would also drive rightwingers crazy. Maybe John Cameron Mitchell is listening...?
Biggs -- the possibilities are endless and it would avoid the problems of so many TV shows in that it wouldn't be about the plot so it could continue indefinitely just delving into people's sex lives and identity.
I don't want to know about other's sex lives gay or str8 or whatever it's called in 2019.
1. How is it possible that BIRTH has below 50% on RT??!!?? That movie is brilliant on so many levels.
2. The movie I would turn into a TV show is TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN. And, the TV show I would turn into a movie is TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN.
1. BIRTH is great choice. I didn't realize the reviews were that bad.
2. INCEPTION would make a terrific TV show. 60 to 75 episodes easily.
Venom. Yes, THAT Venom. It's clearly aiming at intentional horror-comedy and...honestly, isn't TOO bad at it...? I wouldn't say it's Evil Dead 2, Shaun of the Dead good or anything, but it's not what critics generally said it was.
The obvious one for me is Birth (2004), which is Jonathan Glazer’s magnum opus, and has Alexander Desplat’s finest score, and of course Nicole Kidman’s best perf. I’d say Unfaithful (2002) and—OK, a little cheat—Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999), both of which deserve more than 50 on RT.
1. I LOVED Seeking A Friend For The End Of The Word. I guess it just came out at the tail end of the Steve Carrel/twee oversaturation, and about a decade after the high concept indie comedy was still in vogue. But I loved it. It felt very much in the vein of Joe Versus The Volcano except with an extra bit of weeping on my part. I remember it being tagged at "rotten" but I'm not sure if it was below 50%. HONORABLE MENTION: Speed Racer.
2. I didn't love The Nice Guys, but I probably would love to see a show set in the universe with Crowe and Gosling bickering and solving crimes. Ditto Kiss Kiss Bang Bang and RDJ/Kilmer.
Mr Pitt removing his shirt before he fixes the t v antenna is a movie moment for the ages
As far as a movie that would make a great show, though? (Leaving aside superheroes, because, well, no duh. Episodic TV is a better fit for them then movies. Just a shame the only remotely episodic Marvel TV we've gotten to date is, what, the first 14 episodes of SHIELD? And if those Disney+ Marvel shows, are going the strictly serial route? I'll wait for the DVDs.)
If episodic: Isle of Dogs: Tales of the Island.
If serial: The Florida Project. (Specifically, 2-4 seasons, 10 episodes each, but I think that approach has potential.)
1. Some of my options are surprisingly above 50%, others (basically spanish language films) are not even ranked but FINALLY I find one title: The trouble with Terkel
2. For your consideration: For your consideration (with the same cast,) No one knows about persian cats, Gritos en el pasillo (Going Nuts), Abel (Diego Luna) and The Brand New Testament
I saw Tarantino's latest for the second weekend in a row. I'm still in the like category.
I genuinely like Scoop, which is not just considered lesser Woody Allen, but bad Woody Allen.
I thought for sure my unpopular opinion would be "Get Him to the Greek" - but that's at 72%??? And "Australia" is hanging in at 55%.
So my official answers have to be: "Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle", "The Sweetest Thing", "She's the Man", and "All I see is You".
I can't say I LOVE "Jennifer's Body" but it's also better than its rep and below 50% right now.
A movie to become a tv show - 4 Woody Allen movies:
Hannah and Her Sisters
Radio Days
Interiors
The Purple Rose of Cairo
Would like to know more 'bout those people.(Several Allen's movies would give good tv shows, series, limited series, sitcoms.)
1. Do you guys remember American Dreamz? It is obviously silly, but I thought it was hilarious and some of the satire quite on point. Saw it at a sneak preview in university, and then quite shocked by its terrible reviews afterwards.
2. Most of my options from the top of my head are/had been TV series, (somewhat) surprisingly. In fact, both of my original answers were kind TV series: Traffic (which was a miniseries, but can certainly last longer) and Legally Blonde (a failed pilot, but if written well, can be a fun procedural). So finally I settle on Better Luck Tomorrow. That aspect of the Asian American culture is quite unexplored and should work as a dramatic counterpoint to Fresh Off the Boat.
Definitely Jane Campion's IN THE CUT. 33% at Rotten Tomatoes. A perfect example of how patriarchy and male critics can create a consensus around something just because it's not for them...
I started with a "rotten" that turns out to be 52%. The one I found at last was Better Than Chocolate. WHO DOESN'T LOVE THIS? Okay, I get a transwoman is played by a man, but it was 1999, and the trans character herself is treated with great dignity.
Make the Mulholland Drive TV show Lynch wanted originally.
WTF -- America's Sweethearts is 32%. I thought it was adorable.