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Is it possible to judge a movie's quality in the 1ST 5 Minutes? Bi-weekly deep dive on Substack.
Hollywood is at risk of becoming Detroit, advocates warn, unless the U.S. responds to the 81 countries embracing filmmaking as an economic tool. “I watched the demise of steel and rubber and automotive manufacturing as I grew up,” says IATSE vice president Mike Miller, who was raised in Cleveland. “This is identical in many ways. We have an undeclared trade war that our government is standing by and watching happen.” Read the full cover story on the mass exodus of LA productions by @GeneMaddaus: wp.me/pc8uak-1lHp4O
Complaining about the CGI in Disclosure Day is a great tell for whether you actually Pay Attention At The Movies.
The 80s were a GREAT decade for movie-making, but lots of 'classics' are extremely overrated. Any short list of surprisingly bad 'classics' would include Blade Runner, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, The Color Purple, Return of the Jedi, Who Framed Roger Rabbit (ack) and Body Double.
… okay man…
Star Wars Andor fans are, at heart, perpetual tweenage adolescents who are embarrassed at still liking a kid’s property, want to be treated like Serious Intellectuals, and so they turn to the Shadow the Hedgehog version of the story that’s clearly embarrassed of its origins.
The Justice Department has approved Paramount’s $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros, allowing the merger to move forward. (politico.com/news/2026/06/1…)
I am about 20 minutes into Disclosure Day… ITS TERRIBLE🤮🤮🤮
Elon Musk has become the first trillionaire in history.
People need to stop writing him as just the soft “golly gee gosh” hero and avoid portraying him as some displaced god persona. The best Superman is one who feels most like a man with firm beliefs from how he was raised, stoic and controlled in the face of turmoil and opposing views, and just earnestly does his part as a hero because he wants to do good and be responsible. The “golly gee” soft type we’re seeing lately is a drastic over correction from how he was in the Snyder movies, and if anyone wants the template for how to write Superman there are two extremely good choices to follow: Christopher Reeve Or Superman: The Animated Series. Also he’s not even that hard to write, you just need to know how to use a flat character arc effectively.
Steven Spielberg got rejected from the James Bond franchise so many times in his life that if they asked him to make one now, he'd say 'you can't afford me' "I approached [the Bond producers] after 'Jaws' was a big hit. I’d always wanted to make a James Bond film from the day I saw 'Dr. No,' so I called after 'Jaws' and volunteered" "I said, ‘If you need a director, I would love to direct one.’ And they said no ... they consistently turned me down [and] never explained why they weren't letting me into the Bond family" (via The Rest is Entertainment)
