Never heard of it but I googled it. The premise alone sounds intriguing.

I watched it about a week ago and overall really enjoyed it! The animation was my favorite aspect as a fan of the medium, but I thought the main characters were well-realized and engaging. In particular, I loved the opening scenes before Pinocchio was made, as well as the circus bits. "Ciao Papa" was perhaps the peak of the film.

The movie did start to lose me a bit in the second half; I thought the fascism angle was not very well-integrated with the rest of the movie, and that whole plotline kinda just never resolved. I e seen several of Del Toro's other movies (Pan's Labyrinth, The Devil's Backbone, and the Hellboy movies), and I felt the messaging in those movies, while never subtle, felt organic. Luckily, it stuck the landing; I really liked the way the movie ended.

Hmm, if I get enough good recommendations, I might push the number up. I was considering GDT’s Pinocchio because I love stop-motion, but I’ve heard EVERYONE talk about how good Puss in Boots 2 is. What makes it so good?

I have seen Airplane, but likely missed this scene as I always USED to skip credits. I no longer skip credits, hence the post. It is funny to think that maybe there are more out there, and we simply do not know because we skipped over them LOL

They have everything

Neptune Frost

I have NEVER heard of this film before. I am going to check it out this weekend. I love when a plot can still be true/scary 50+ years later (nuclear winters, etc.)

He’s been writing more lately. Published a novel and two graphic novels since Dragged Across Concrete.

One of them, Hug Chickenpenny, he’s adapting into a film with the Jim Henson Company. Apparently started filming last year.

There was also something about a western series mentioned early last year, but haven’t heard any updates on that.

If you’re a reader check out his books as well. Wraiths of the Broken Land is what got Russell to sign on to Bone Tomahawk without reading the script. Even has a blurb on the back cover.

Mean Business on Ganson Street is in the same genre as Dragged Across Concrete.

Puss in boots 2 or GDT’s Pinocchio

>todays filmmakers

That's pretty fuckin vague pal hahaha, who in particular has earned your emnity? I'd also say there's plenty of directors who can get actors to act and can utilise their budget well

Pirates of the Caribbean had them before the MCU.

That last line has gotta be one of the most succinctly sad and true things I’ve heard in a movie.

As a whole I really dug the flick. I think the biggest problem was that despite all the changes, Del Toro was still stuck with telling a story we’ve all seen a million times, and for the most part the story beats remain the same. Not much he could’ve done, just what happens when adapting something so popular. The songs were also pretty weak for the most part.

But hey, I’d still give it 4/5, so these are nit picks. I’d also hot take (?) and say it’s the third best Del Toro movie.

Its a fantastic ride.

Lop wtf are you talking about with Canadian Radio. Theres normal top 40 stations just like everywhere else.

You’re still here? It’s over. Go home. Go.

The Silencers (1966) The first-ever film to have a post-credit scene was The Silencers. Featuring Dean Martin and Daliah Lavi, The Silencers follows secret agent Matt Helm, who comes out of his retirement to stop the Big O from generating global nuclear conflict.

First one that popped in my mind was Ferris Beuller but I’m sure that’s not the first.

Edit: Airplane had one that predates FB. The guy still waiting in the Taxi 🤣

The first one I can remember is Ferris Bueller's Day Off from 1986. It didn't become common/huge until the MCU with Iron Man in 2008.

Loved Matthew Fox in that movie

I agree; I also think the portrayal of Mussolini was ridiculously comical and undermined any kind of serious critique of fascism. Similar problem to Jo-Jo Rabbit, in my view -- films that flirted with very serious themes but treated them in an irreverent way, leaving the audience with nothing deeper.

>guy who is not Slim Pickens

Show some respect for Sid Haig (RIP)

When talking to someone who works on set, it's interesting to know that unless your a DeNiro or Pesci or Baldwin level actor, he's worked with all 3, 2 were a holes, word gets around. I'd say, IF Zack was truly hard to work with, big budget movies don't want to put up with the nonsense. Making movies and TV shows is a lot of work and money. So, the producers and the casting managers typically avoid even having these folks read for roles. So, to answer your question in a long, winded way, the latter. Interesting add, my friend is based solely in NYC, so there are probably other actors dealing with these problems as well, especially those that shoot on locations or are shot in LA. Zack might have more "connections" being in LA, and it's possible that the powers that be are okay with him being a douche of a person.

Canadian here.

So while a show or 3 produced here that meet our "Canadian Content" rules and are good enough to find an international audience they are the exception not the rule. We get a ton of crap dumped on us due to our quota system, the rest of the World just doesn't see all the garbage on Canadian airwaves so it makes it appear only quality content comes from Canada. It does not.

Yes we have the advantage of a really robust film and television infrastructure as many U.S. produced films and TV are made in Canada, the truth is our requirements to be "Canadian content" makes the majority of what is created in Canada not eligible to be considered "Canadian". So what happens? Streaming services don't invest in protectionism countries, instead they reduce the content from other locations to meet our quotas.

Content protectionism does not increase production of local content, instead it reduces content from other countries. Canadian Netflix has significantly less content than either U.S. or U.K. Netflix simply to meet our quotas.

Canada is not a good example of content censoring due to protectionism. We are a cautionary tale not an epitome.

10/10 movie. Love it. Beautifully animated and written. Beautiful soundtrack too. Every now and then I feel sometimes the love thats poured into a film shows, it just flows, and this was one of those cases. I love it.

Check out The Burrowers(2008)