Director Gore Verbinksi and screenwriter Matthew Robinson on the making of this darkly satirical sci-fi film.
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If I could make a suggestion, can you put the release dates and formats (theater, which streaming services, physical, whatever) in the first paragraph of these reviews? After the intro, I thought it might be something I would try watching, so I stopped at the spoiler warning. But it wasn't clear if this was a major theatrical release or something that just dropped on streaming. It certainly sounds like something that could have just popped up on Apple TV+.
It's in theaters right now, if anyone else is wondering.
It's in theaters right now, if anyone else is wondering.
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I was saying to my friend after we watched this movie that it was one of those movies that would get people seriously talking after they watched it, because while on one hand it is a weird and fun movie, there's plenty of deeply uncomfortable things the movie has to say about current trends in technology and society itself (and they go way beyond 'kids these days are too addicted to their damn phones').
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I didn't read the second half of this article because this movie sounds like too much fun to spoil.
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Hard Thoughts
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The movie was a good kind of weird. A little bit preachy but not the worst and the performances do carry it.
Funny that it works a little better if it was set inside a simulation.
Funny that it works a little better if it was set inside a simulation.
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I don't need one of those. I'm already living in a Black Mirror episode.
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Jokes aside, I do want to see this.
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I'm usually not a fan of the Ars film reviews. They seem pretty basic.
Working in the screenwriter's and director's thoughts without explicitly revealing the story was much more interesting!
Working in the screenwriter's and director's thoughts without explicitly revealing the story was much more interesting!
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I saw this last week with some friends and loved every minute of it. The best thing I can say is it's almost a combination of 12 Monkeys and the Matrix (on a philosophical level, nothing to do with action). Without spoiling anything, one of my favorite aspects was the movie left a lot of things untold, and kind of leaves up to to the viewers interpretations.
It had plenty of opportunities to tie up loose threads, but it chose not to and it's a better movie for it. Too many movies fall on their faces when they try to string plot devices together, or package them up in a neat little box. Sometimes leaving things a mystery can be a better narrative option.
Anyway, this is movie that sees made for the Ars audience. If you're on the fence, just go see it.
It had plenty of opportunities to tie up loose threads, but it chose not to and it's a better movie for it. Too many movies fall on their faces when they try to string plot devices together, or package them up in a neat little box. Sometimes leaving things a mystery can be a better narrative option.
Anyway, this is movie that sees made for the Ars audience. If you're on the fence, just go see it.
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Turns out it was already in my ReelGood queue, where the latest review is currently “Old man yells at cloud, but the old man is Sam Rockwell.”
So thanks for the reminder that it’s finally out!
So thanks for the reminder that it’s finally out!
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THANK YOU
Same suggestion goes for articles about apps or games -- ideally lead off with what platforms it's on, when it's coming out, etc. Minimally, include it at all, somewhere, anywhere.
"< long read > ... this sounds great ... < scrolls madly back through to find out on what > ... damnit ... < not my device and/or service >"
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If anyone's taking notes, I much prefer this format of introducing new releases rather than the format of "here's a trailer, now I'll barf up some text to describe the trailer" we usually see here.
Already have tickets to see this tomorrow, but reading about its influences was interesting!
Already have tickets to see this tomorrow, but reading about its influences was interesting!
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Not at all. More like Ground Hogs Day meets 12 Monkeys meets The Simpsons (old man shakes fist at AI computer cloud) meets The Matrix, with a touch of Pulp Fiction thrown in for flavor. If you can't imagine that combo, SEE THE MOVIE.
Seen it twice, once Monday a week ago as AMC-s Scene Unseen Mystery Movie and again yesterday. Just one of those great movies out of nowhere.
It's kind of a call to arms for our modern times.
Though I could have done without
Michael Pena's tasting the Catotaur's rainbow sprinkle pee before being eaten. That should have happened to one of the cell phone zombies. They deserved it for filming the death of the girl getting the selfie with it. Henry deserved to "live".[/ISPOILER]
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I'm hearing really mixed reviews for this film which is generally a good thing. Love / Hate always beats MEH.
Mark Kermode reviews Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die
I quite like Mark Kermode's reviews, though he wasn't in love with the film.
Mark Kermode reviews Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die
I quite like Mark Kermode's reviews, though he wasn't in love with the film.
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Saw it with my kids and we all enjoyed it. Hits a bit close to home at times, but in a good way.
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Yeah, I kind of feel the same way.
Trailers and trailer reviews to talk about the upcoming <whatever> are fine, but they're so often misleading that I don't take them very seriously. But a review of an entire movie... that's got value, at least when a reviewer explains why they approve/disapprove of things.
In parallel, a short story like "Samsung is planning to release the Galaxy Tesseract, a phone that folds 64 ways into 4 dimensions, no price announced yet" is interesting while a longer story like "we got our hands on the Galaxy Tesseract and man... it turns out that this thing lets you add 50,000 square feet of storage space to your house, your car, or wherever you go, and also it prevents cancer and dementia. The price tag is a bit high at $10,000 but it comes in six good colours and a yellow that looks like vomit. Don't get that one. Unless you like vomit." is useful.
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Damn it, it’s not getting a theatrical release in Australia, and the streaming platform will be Amazon.
Where did I put my eye patch?
Where did I put my eye patch?
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I didn't realise that Gore Verbinski directed The Lone Ranger, Rango, and the hit Budweiser frogs advert of 1995.
Turn a website into an app in Safari on iPhone.
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I read a few paragraphs and skipped the rest because it sounds like my jam and I'll plan to check it out. But the concluding quote definitely resonates with me. Every day I feel more and more like the constant stimulation and dopamine-pushing engagement algorithms of The Wired are unhealthy for me, and I suspect for many others as well.
I don't think I can (or need to) break up with the internet entirely; I work an office job, I love music and video games, I do need to keep tabs on the crooks plundering my country from the White House, etc. But there's value in embracing empty minutes and using them to cultivate an appreciation for the quiet rather than reflexively filling it with Content. I spent the '80s and '90s living a full life in meatspace (with occasional joyous Nintendo interludes), and there's no reason I can't go back to doing that now.
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Which episode? I keep wondering which one will become reality first. I can deal with my social credit score being 0, but killer robot dogs seem a bit more worrisome.I don't need one of those. I'm already living in a Black Mirror episode.
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Jokes aside, I do want to see this.
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"Sam Rockwell stars as an otherwise unnamed man who shows up at a Norms diner in Los Angeles looking like a homeless person but claiming to be a time traveler from an apocalyptic future."
What more do you really need to know?
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I feel like I heard about this movie and even saw a trailer for it a LONG time ago, but it seems to only be in theaters now. Has distribution been delayed or something?
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I stopped watching Black Mirror because too much of it felt like it was already reality, and I didn't really need more to worry about.
A good portion of the episodes just take some preexisting negative aspect of technology and ramp it up to the extreme to show what might happen in a world where no one stopped to think that maybe we shouldn't be doing that thing.
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Charlie Brooker says it's a frustrating show to write, because so many things that start off as what seem like great fictional ideas turn up in the news before they can release them.
It amazes me that this is the same writer/producer behind the also excellent Philomena Cunk character.
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I usually agree with the good doctor, but not this time; I think he was way off. It's a wild ride and a good film.
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Hope this is good, the premise sounds solidly + Sam Rockwell.
However the trailer was very whelming, and the stills featured in the article look dim and ugly.
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it's just bleh cinematography and CGI held together by great writing, which is preferable than the reverse.
However the trailer was very whelming, and the stills featured in the article look dim and ugly.
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it's just bleh cinematography and CGI held together by great writing, which is preferable than the reverse.
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I really enjoyed the film.therevisca great manic energy to everything, and lots of little horrible things that make right now not quite as bad...yet.
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The Sheep Look Up
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My brother in Christ. Your lips to God's ear.
It's high fucking time that we realized that tools exist to our benefit, and that an "improved" tool that yields sufficient detriment should be discarded for the
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I really hope we never find out that Sam Rockwell is secretly terrible, because he was the entire reason I was up for this movie from just seeing the trailer.
The movie was just fantastic in so many ways. I'm definitely looking forward to seeing it again.
The movie was just fantastic in so many ways. I'm definitely looking forward to seeing it again.
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One of my favorite parts of the movie was the way swipe-media brainrot was depicted on the phones. I went in with no expectations and really admired how they went for the jugular on things we have grown too accustomed to.
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I see lots of Sam Rockwell fans here - I'm one too. His presence is huge plus for anything he appears in, much as Edward Norton was. (Sigh . . . Mr. Norton, where did you go?)
Verbinski suffered a completely unearned trashing with The Lone Ranger, which I thought was brilliant fun – and a deeply subversive commentary on the Western myth. If you avoided it because of its reputation, give it a shot - you'll be surprised.
Verbinski suffered a completely unearned trashing with The Lone Ranger, which I thought was brilliant fun – and a deeply subversive commentary on the Western myth. If you avoided it because of its reputation, give it a shot - you'll be surprised.
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Loved it!!! I can't wait for it to come out on streaming so I can download it onto my iPad. 
(But seriously, loved it.)
(But seriously, loved it.)
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The most entertaining movie I've seen in a long time. Can't wait for it to hit streaming so I can watch it again in my living room.
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