After SuperHeroes , What Do You Think Will be the Next Big Thing in The Movies?

Cathbad said:
Just watched a trailer on Twitter for Murder On the Orient Express. It was obviously made to showcase the big names involved, rather than give a glimpse into the movie. But what disturbed me came at the end: This movie has a PG-13 Rating.

Are you kidding me?? An Agatha Christie tale requiring that rating??

Sorry, but the more I hear about this version, the less I want to see it!!
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It's visually reimagined classic for modern audiences.:)
 
Cathbad PG 13 is basically an upgrade of PG rating. Both are Parental Guidance, just that PG13 might contain some more adult themes than a PG, but not enough to make it a full 15 rating. So its got an age rating, but its not that serious. There shouldn't be blood, sex or gore.

Cadfieal - Morse - Sherlock Holmes - Frost - all of those carry a 15 age rating. So on that score its doing better than a lot of crime dramas.


Don't forget certain things push an age rating up automatically - swear words might push it up instantly; dealing with death or seeing a dead body might also be another thing that automatically jumps an age rating up a level.
 
Overread said:
Cathbad PG 13 is basically an upgrade of PG rating. Both are Parental Guidance, just that PG13 might contain some more adult themes than a PG, but not enough to make it a full 15 rating. So its got an age rating, but its not that serious. There shouldn't be blood, sex or gore.

Cadfieal - Morse - Sherlock Holmes - Frost - all of those carry a 15 age rating. So on that score its doing better than a lot of crime dramas.


Don't forget certain things push an age rating up automatically - swear words might push it up instantly; dealing with death or seeing a dead body might also be another thing that automatically jumps an age rating up a level.
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I remember watching the pilot episode of Airwolf on video back in the 80s that was an 18 for some reason.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B004IZDV9A/?tag=brite-21
 
Parents Guide - IMDb This shows that "Murder on the Orient Express" received the PG 13 rating largely because of the intensity of the movie. --- No nudity, 1 F bomb, a scene where someone is attacked with a fireplace poker. All in all sounds like a bare 13 rating. The site lists other countries rating and most rate it inappropriate for anyone under 12.


(Remember that some years ago a Billy Graham movie received a PG rating because .... wait for it .... "Strong religious content." .... well like Duh! it's a movie done by a strongly religious organization anyone should be able to discern that.)
 
Vince W said:
Who said he wasn't? He was probably just too busy wrecking other intellectual properties to do it.
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Have they thought about casting him in the role of Sherlock Holmes ?:)
 
It would seem that the super hero movie trend is not abating anytime soon.
 
Is it time to remake the Matrix, yet?


I would like to see some non-dystopian SF movies made.
 
Onyx said:
Is it time to remake the Matrix, yet?


I would like to see some non-dystopian SF movies made.
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Amen! I'll bet I'd go to a Honor Harrington movie at least 3 times. :)
 
Parson said:
Amen! I'll bet I'd go to a Honor Harrington movie at least 3 times. :)
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Right! Upbeat military combat with optimistic mass decompression deaths!

(Sorry - couldn't help myself. But I was thinking something along the lines of exploration and adventure like Contact or 2010 rather than non-dystopian war.)
 
Onyx said:
Right! Upbeat military combat with optimistic mass decompression deaths!

(Sorry - couldn't help myself. But I was thinking something along the lines of exploration and adventure like Contact or 2010 rather than non-dystopian war.)
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Sorry, I misunderstood. I enjoyed "Passengers." Perhaps the lack of hype helped.
 
Parson said:
Sorry, I misunderstood. I enjoyed "Passengers." Perhaps the lack of hype helped.
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Thinking about it, any drama is going to have it's dark side that provides the central problem for the protagonists. Star Wars is another optimistic war story, in a sense, as is the Fifth Element. But I would really like to see a future depicted that is more good than bad and the central problem isn't necessarily life and death, and that problem is truly speculative in nature - like the Arrival. SF is too often used to provide new types of horror rather than wonder. We could use some realistic future wonder on the big screen.
 
Onyx said:
Thinking about it, any drama is going to have it's dark side that provides the central problem for the protagonists. Star Wars is another optimistic war story, in a sense, as is the Fifth Element. But I would really like to see a future depicted that is more good than bad and the central problem isn't necessarily life and death, and that problem is truly speculative in nature - like the Arrival. SF is too often used to provide new types of horror rather than wonder. We could use some realistic future wonder on the big screen.
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It wouldn't fly. Movie Goers want intense conflict and Special Effects.
 
Arrival made just over $200m... not the figures movie houses are looking for today. And, can you name a second?
 
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