16:58 should be noted though that to make up for their awful handling of its theatrical promotion, Warner Bros immediately redeemed themselves by giving Iron Giant an overwhelming amount of promotion for its VHS/DVD release just a couple months later. That film would not be the classic it’s known as now without that second promo run showing people just how great it was (and also it’s 24/7 thanksgiving runs on sister channel Cartoon Network)
Cartoon Network is where I first saw it, too. Now that I think about it, I think CN pretty much formed by nascent entertainment interests to a large degree. That, and Kids WB.
I want Coppola to enter his redemption arc so bad. Dude is an obviously talented storyteller and filmmaker but his "methods" are getting older for modern day filmmaking
As do I. He's an interesting filmmaker and I think his iconoclasm worked for him, but he also lived in an iconoclastic era. The world's moved on now. I would love for him to try a more grounded movie. The Godfather 1/2& Apocalypse Now, while grounded, are still some of the most epic films ever made.
@@fernandorosales599 Alas, I do. I liked Jeepers Creepers but only found out about the directors conviction afterwards. Really stained the movie for me.
Coppola is a weird one because unlike a lot of older filmmakers- he has kept up with new technologies. He was doing digital a few years before it became en vouge. Megalopolis may not have worked, but it didn't look like a movie made by someone his age or by someone who has been removed from feature directing for as long ad he has been.
Guy Ritchie has arguably rebounded twice, he made his start with Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch before making Swept Away with his ex-wife Madonna, which is considered one of the worst films ever made. He slowly made a comeback until hitting it big again with Sherlock Holmes in 2009. If you haven’t seen snatch it’s one of the best movies ever, i showed it to my friends and we all were blown away by it
And as for Ritchie, it look at least for me that he went to do blockbusters movies for just the money, as after Aladin he went back to his old style, crime black comedies, The gentleman was a good return to his old way.
The Coen brothers have a consistent on doing movies that features some kind of black comedy, so they were the only ones who could do a remake of Ladykillers, crazy how they missed the mark so much that comedy scenes in their following movies were started to get less and less, although they still do some comedy here and there, like burn after reading, hail ceaser and burster scroogs.
It is an odd blemish on their record, and I'm not sure it's fully explicable. Perhaps its because the original is pretty much a perfect movie. They do adaptations and comedy really well; just missed the mark on this one (though I still enjoy it). But I guess every director misses here and there. It's a testament to their skill that the miss came so long after they started making movies.
Thanks for the Video! Guy Richie is actually one of my favorite filmmakers, specifically in the Gang/action/comedy writing, his script is sharp, his shooting is amazing, and the talent he works with are brilliant, take The Gentlemen, one of the movies that I dont get bored from, amazing script and creative storytelling, I think he should stick to that genre, as this is what his audience expect from him, Gang/action/comedy Movies
I agree. His movies are also quite stylish, which I appreciate. Even from his earliest work like Lock, Stock, as well as Snatch, you're pretty much never bored during a Guy Ritchie movie.
For Denis, it is my opinion only, the most I enjoyed is Prisoners and Enemy, both amazing deep character driven stories, and made me think a lot while watching them, which is something I appreciate it, Dune on the other hand, I felt it relies a lot on the visual effects and the budget in it, to show us a big film in a big set, but anyway, it made a financial success so he deserved it
Blade Runner 2049 is probably my favorite Denis movie right now (though Dune 2 is a close contender). One thing I like about him is that, whatever movie he does, you can tell that he takes it really seriously. I think I've seen most of his movies, and he never phones it in. He's set the bar very high.
I would argue that Wicked isn't drawing so much on the legacy of The Wizard of Oz (although it is, obviously) as it is capitalizing on the proven popularity of one of the most successful musicals of all time, based on a highly successful novel (which was, itself, based on The Wizard of Oz). So, it's got a LOT more than the multi-generational appeal of a movie made nearly a century earlier going for it. That does, however, kind of counter the point of it being in some way original. While it's not a sequel or reboot of an established film franchise, it's also not much of a gamble on the studio's part. It's a no-brainer to greenlight a musical that has probably sold multiple millions of tickets in the two decades or so that it's been in production...you KNOW people are going to go see it, and all the director has to do is NOT screw it up.
That's a fair way to describe it. When I wrote that, I think I sort of merged the book & musical into the "long legacy" aspect, but it's on me for not being clearer about it. I think that still supports the overall point that, as you say, it's a no-brainer to greenlight something that people are used to - that original movies are less likely to be made because they're riskier bets from both the studio and the audience perspective.
Suggestion: You should talk about other film directors other than the popular ones. Your content is repetitive saying the same film, film directors, etc
I think I expanded a bit where, save for Cameron. That said, as one of my favorite (meritocratic) filmmakers, I’ll probably return to him often. But will try to bring in others for future videos.
You left out Terry Gilliam, who after making "The adventures of Baron Munchausen", which could have ended his career, he then went onto make "" the Fisher King"", and then "12 monkeys""....
@Syntopikon oof! That might be it. I keep thinking it's a different title tho I gotta look into it. I get your point tho the movie totally flopped haha. Love the channel btw
As for Spike Lee, his thing are movies about the black community. If you see his movies that aren't about it they are usually really weak, like his oldboy remake, th inside man is an exception.
It's why I'm curious about how "Highest 2 Lowest" is going to turn out. Kurosawa can obviously be adapted for a Western audience - The Magnificent Seven & A Fistful of Dollars prove that. But where or not Lee is the right man for the job remains to be seen. Based on Oldboy, I'm not so sure.
I'm glad you gave the Disney remakes their flowers. I'm not saying they're great, or even good, movies, but the nostalgia glasses and pure pessimism around them is just crazy and hyperbolic. They did exactly what they were designed to do and no amount of 40 year old whiners changes their success and their potential to be remembered by Gen Z and Alpha. People forget the world won't always cater to them. You can dislike them but also give them credit.
Glad you agree. Yeah, the discourse around the live action remakes is pretty wild. Perhaps it's because I don't approach it from a nostalgic viewpoint, but none of the ones I've seen have been particularly bad. Some of them have crossed a billion at the box office, which tells me that a lot of people decided to rewatch them. That, I think, is usually the best indicator of whether or not people like a movie, or if it's worth watching.
Intolerable Cruely and Crimewave are better??? I dunno about that one I loved Ladykillers had to buy a ticket for the day after tomorrow back then as I was 13 years old lol
BLADERUNNER 2049 is one of the dumbest films ever made. The cyborg has a baby? Why? Why does Jared Leto want to make cyborgs that can get pregnant? How hard would it be replace cyborgs or fix them? Such a stupid film.
You forgot about Spielberg. 1941 was a massive flop so bad that he almost ended his career. Instead he did Raiders, ET and made a ton of money.
16:58 should be noted though that to make up for their awful handling of its theatrical promotion, Warner Bros immediately redeemed themselves by giving Iron Giant an overwhelming amount of promotion for its VHS/DVD release just a couple months later. That film would not be the classic it’s known as now without that second promo run showing people just how great it was (and also it’s 24/7 thanksgiving runs on sister channel Cartoon Network)
Cartoon Network is where I first saw it, too. Now that I think about it, I think CN pretty much formed by nascent entertainment interests to a large degree. That, and Kids WB.
This is a good channel just keep it up and you'll be big in no time
I want Coppola to enter his redemption arc so bad. Dude is an obviously talented storyteller and filmmaker but his "methods" are getting older for modern day filmmaking
As do I. He's an interesting filmmaker and I think his iconoclasm worked for him, but he also lived in an iconoclastic era. The world's moved on now. I would love for him to try a more grounded movie. The Godfather 1/2& Apocalypse Now, while grounded, are still some of the most epic films ever made.
I like his movies, but I hate how he supported and funded Victor Salva (if you know what he did and why he was arrested, you know why people hate him)
@@fernandorosales599 Alas, I do. I liked Jeepers Creepers but only found out about the directors conviction afterwards. Really stained the movie for me.
Coppola is a weird one because unlike a lot of older filmmakers- he has kept up with new technologies. He was doing digital a few years before it became en vouge. Megalopolis may not have worked, but it didn't look like a movie made by someone his age or by someone who has been removed from feature directing for as long ad he has been.
He's 85. I don't think there's much left of him I think.
Thanks again for the video, enjoyable as always
I appreciate it! Glad you enjoyed it.
Guy Ritchie has arguably rebounded twice, he made his start with Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch before making Swept Away with his ex-wife Madonna, which is considered one of the worst films ever made. He slowly made a comeback until hitting it big again with Sherlock Holmes in 2009.
If you haven’t seen snatch it’s one of the best movies ever, i showed it to my friends and we all were blown away by it
Oh, that's a good one. I've seen Lock, Stock & Snatch, but not his movies between Snatch and Sherlock Holmes (Swept Away, Revolver, RocknRolla).
And as for Ritchie, it look at least for me that he went to do blockbusters movies for just the money, as after Aladin he went back to his old style, crime black comedies, The gentleman was a good return to his old way.
The Coen brothers have a consistent on doing movies that features some kind of black comedy, so they were the only ones who could do a remake of Ladykillers, crazy how they missed the mark so much that comedy scenes in their following movies were started to get less and less, although they still do some comedy here and there, like burn after reading, hail ceaser and burster scroogs.
It is an odd blemish on their record, and I'm not sure it's fully explicable. Perhaps its because the original is pretty much a perfect movie. They do adaptations and comedy really well; just missed the mark on this one (though I still enjoy it). But I guess every director misses here and there. It's a testament to their skill that the miss came so long after they started making movies.
Villeneuve didn't fail though. He made a really good sequel to a sci-fi epic. Sure, it flopped at the box office. But, it was acclaimed by many.
Oftentimes failure is the very thing that forces you to digdeeper the next time
Your videos are FANTASTIC, I appreciate you’re insight it’s incredibly intelligent
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Thanks for the Video! Guy Richie is actually one of my favorite filmmakers, specifically in the Gang/action/comedy writing, his script is sharp, his shooting is amazing, and the talent he works with are brilliant, take The Gentlemen, one of the movies that I dont get bored from, amazing script and creative storytelling, I think he should stick to that genre, as this is what his audience expect from him, Gang/action/comedy Movies
I agree. His movies are also quite stylish, which I appreciate. Even from his earliest work like Lock, Stock, as well as Snatch, you're pretty much never bored during a Guy Ritchie movie.
The failure of Tomorrowland was what got the first iteration of Tron 3 cancelled when it was ready to start shooting.
For Denis, it is my opinion only, the most I enjoyed is Prisoners and Enemy, both amazing deep character driven stories, and made me think a lot while watching them, which is something I appreciate it, Dune on the other hand, I felt it relies a lot on the visual effects and the budget in it, to show us a big film in a big set, but anyway, it made a financial success so he deserved it
Blade Runner 2049 is probably my favorite Denis movie right now (though Dune 2 is a close contender). One thing I like about him is that, whatever movie he does, you can tell that he takes it really seriously. I think I've seen most of his movies, and he never phones it in. He's set the bar very high.
I guess Warners not knowing what they’re doing isn’t new
I think James Cameron is kind of a misfit here given that his debut film tanked (unlike other directors on the list).
Can’t watch it yet but I’ll save it to my watch later and give you a thumbs up now!
I would argue that Wicked isn't drawing so much on the legacy of The Wizard of Oz (although it is, obviously) as it is capitalizing on the proven popularity of one of the most successful musicals of all time, based on a highly successful novel (which was, itself, based on The Wizard of Oz). So, it's got a LOT more than the multi-generational appeal of a movie made nearly a century earlier going for it.
That does, however, kind of counter the point of it being in some way original. While it's not a sequel or reboot of an established film franchise, it's also not much of a gamble on the studio's part. It's a no-brainer to greenlight a musical that has probably sold multiple millions of tickets in the two decades or so that it's been in production...you KNOW people are going to go see it, and all the director has to do is NOT screw it up.
That's a fair way to describe it. When I wrote that, I think I sort of merged the book & musical into the "long legacy" aspect, but it's on me for not being clearer about it. I think that still supports the overall point that, as you say, it's a no-brainer to greenlight something that people are used to - that original movies are less likely to be made because they're riskier bets from both the studio and the audience perspective.
I'm quite worried about Villeneuve and Dune Messiah.
People are expecting a massive war movie and Dune Messiah isn't like that.
I think it'll probably be alright. He's should himself to be a very adept filmmaker.
He will probably add some war scenes here and there.
Suggestion: You should talk about other film directors other than the popular ones. Your content is repetitive saying the same film, film directors, etc
I think I expanded a bit where, save for Cameron. That said, as one of my favorite (meritocratic) filmmakers, I’ll probably return to him often. But will try to bring in others for future videos.
"I bet there's no women in the list, women do not get a second chance at directing"
I still can't believe live action trash saved Ritchie 🫠 King Arthur was amazing. The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare should have been the flop :(
You left out Terry Gilliam, who after making "The adventures of Baron Munchausen", which could have ended his career, he then went onto make "" the Fisher King"", and then "12 monkeys""....
That don Quixote movie might as well ended his career sadly. I love Terry but that was unwatchable.
Where are you from? I love your accent
Ladykillers is hilarious. their worst is that love movie or whatever
Intolerable Cruelty?
@Syntopikon oof! That might be it. I keep thinking it's a different title tho I gotta look into it. I get your point tho the movie totally flopped haha. Love the channel btw
@@Syntopikon yeah I got intolerable cruelty mixed up with down with love for some reason. I'm an idiot.
I appreciate it!
Lol all good. Both are rom-coms that were released in the same year, after all.
I loved Ladykillers.
As for Spike Lee, his thing are movies about the black community. If you see his movies that aren't about it they are usually really weak, like his oldboy remake, th inside man is an exception.
It's why I'm curious about how "Highest 2 Lowest" is going to turn out. Kurosawa can obviously be adapted for a Western audience - The Magnificent Seven & A Fistful of Dollars prove that. But where or not Lee is the right man for the job remains to be seen. Based on Oldboy, I'm not so sure.
If you make 3 or 4 good movies that made money and 1 good movie that lost money no shit you're gonna get another chance lmao
I'm glad you gave the Disney remakes their flowers. I'm not saying they're great, or even good, movies, but the nostalgia glasses and pure pessimism around them is just crazy and hyperbolic. They did exactly what they were designed to do and no amount of 40 year old whiners changes their success and their potential to be remembered by Gen Z and Alpha. People forget the world won't always cater to them. You can dislike them but also give them credit.
Glad you agree. Yeah, the discourse around the live action remakes is pretty wild. Perhaps it's because I don't approach it from a nostalgic viewpoint, but none of the ones I've seen have been particularly bad. Some of them have crossed a billion at the box office, which tells me that a lot of people decided to rewatch them. That, I think, is usually the best indicator of whether or not people like a movie, or if it's worth watching.
Intolerable Cruely and Crimewave are better??? I dunno about that one I loved Ladykillers had to buy a ticket for the day after tomorrow back then as I was 13 years old lol
ngl, I'd rather see Guy make a King Arthur sequel over a third Sherlock Holmes
18:30 it was a very bad movies to be honest
I am first for the first time.
I guess.
BLADERUNNER 2049 is one of the dumbest films ever made. The cyborg has a baby? Why? Why does Jared Leto want to make cyborgs that can get pregnant? How hard would it be replace cyborgs or fix them? Such a stupid film.