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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 hours ago

Couldn’t help but think of paranoia the rpg when I saw the trailer

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I haven't seen or read a single good thing about the movie, but everyone here seems really pumped

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 hours ago

It is a great movie! Fun and chaotic and not a little bit subtle.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

Thank god. Been unable to find it on the high seas for weeks.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 18 hours ago

try searching for a less-than-scrupulous streamer on yandex, it was literally the first result for me. seems to be a proper rip as well, quality is surprisingly nice!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 21 hours ago

Fucking king

[–] [email protected] 54 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I haven’t had the pleasure yet, but my shitty intuition is telling me this is a future cult classic.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Watched it yesterday and totally agree, Mark Ruffalos performance was a perfect out of touch elite.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 18 hours ago

How many Ordinary Sausages would you give that Mark Ruffalo performance?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Digitally also means Blu-ray. I've got my own theatre at home. And the picture and sound quality is much better too.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 20 hours ago

No it doesn't, physical and digital releases are almost always separate dates, often the digital release being much earlier than DVD/Bluray

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I don't pirate them in the way you think I do. I buy blu-rays and rip them for convenient digital access. I don't share the files with others.

I disagree with piracy in general. Piracy and streaming services are the reason why movies suck these days. Plus, it's impossible to find torrents in uncompressed blu-ray quality with the right language. Piracy sucks in every way possible when it comes to movies.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Piracy and streaming services are the reason why movies suck these days.

I hope I don't sound rude, but you are incorrect. Piracy is not the reason streaming and movies suck. In fact, low cost streaming resulted in a decrease in piracy.

Piracy increases when access to media is severely and unjustly restricted. Piracy is a form of protest.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

You're wrong. If the best way for studios to make money is streaming, then restricing access to the corresponding streaming service is their best way to make money. And they will do it.

Pirates might believe they protest against this practice. But actually, they just fuel this system even further by not voting with their money for alternatives. And there ARE alternatives: buy blurays, go to theatres, buy merch.

Pirates will soon realize that these alternatives will also disappear if nobody pays for them. The only money that will be left will be the paying streamers. And this will consequently be the only way to enjoy movies in the future. Quiet the opposite of what pirates are protesting for, isn't it?

Protesting with piracy is just flawed logic.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Piracy is a form of protest and a very powerful one at that, but let's we that argument aside for the moment.

Over the last seven years, Hollywood studios have decreased movie production. And yet their revenue and profit margins have actually increased!

They do this by underpaying writers, usurping copyrighted materials from other countries and using AI.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (1 children)

Let's stay on topic. I'd like to know from you how piracy protest can force studios to change their business models? Enlighten me.

The way I see it studios will double down on their shitty business practices the more people do piracy. The exact opposite of what pirate's protests intend to accomplish. Because the only people who are left paying are paying for the shitty business models. So shitty business practices become the most profitable way. Instead of not paying at all, a better solution would be to pay for good alternatives. Like buying merch, buying blurays, going to theatres. If everyone does that, shitty business practices will become unprofitable.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

I think this is a pretty good take, in line with other forms of effective protest. I don't actually believe that most pirates are genuine protestors, though. They are just people who don't want to pay but feel guilty about it, so instead of just admitting that they don't want to pay they perform some moral gymnastics to rationalise their behaviour and keep the cognitive dissonance at bay. The average pirate's train of thought goes something like this "you didn't give me exactly what I wanted so now I am morally entitled to everything of yours for free until I decide otherwise".

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I saw it on a whim last week. It was a pretty decent movie.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

I wish the movie was longer, even though the runtime is 2h20m.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 19 hours ago

I thought the timing was just right but maybe it'll get a sequel...

[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's a pretty good film, worth a watch if it's the kind of thing you're into

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I definitely enjoyed watching it in theaters

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 day ago

Nice try Robert Pattinson

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago

Say goodbye to movie theaters

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Does the movie cover more than the first book?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 minutes ago

Pretty sure the 3rd hobbit film had to make up most of it, if that counts?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

No, it doesn't go into the second book. It also deviates quite a bit at the end, imo for the better

[–] [email protected] 4 points 14 hours ago

Thanks, just finished the first book, wanted to make sure the movie would spoil the next one!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago

Given that the movie has some references to rather specific news stories from the past year, yes, there are things not in the book in the movie, and those are some of the best parts.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

So, what's the movie about, anyway?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 16 hours ago

It's the story of a loser nobody with no plans, no hope and no future finding meaning and happiness in his life. In a very roundabout and fucked up way. If you enjoy stories about hapless protagonists failing upwards then you'll enjoy this.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 day ago

Robert Pattinson dies a bunch of times. Also, Mark Ruffalo is Trump.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Will there be a Blu-ray UHD release?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I can’t wait to legally acquire the physical UHD release! I definitely won’t be pulling the full blu-ray rip of it off Usenet or anything.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

You won't find it. 99% of times it's re-encoded. The torrents often say it's the original but it's often not. Getting the original bluray is always better and easier too. You can always just rip it yourself using MakeMKV for your Plex or Jellyfin library.

Plus, when you spend some money on your entertainment you guarantee to get more movies you like in the future. Money is the best way to vote for better TV. If everyone who actually cares about good movies goes to not pay for it, then streaming will replace theatres alltogether and we'll only get trash movies locked to streaming services. The industry goes where most of the money is.