Movie recommendations

[DaleCooper]

Good Bad and The Ugly was on over the weekend, and did some reading about it.

In today's money it cost $12million to make.

About sums up the creative and artistic black hole the film industry is in.

For comparison that budget would cover 21-27 days of shooting Avengers Endgame[which took 154 days] and bear in mind that's before anything else.

[Milltown Row2]

Good Bad and The Ugly was on over the weekend, and did some reading about it.

In today's money it cost $12million to make.

About sums up the creative and artistic black hole the film industry is in.

For comparison that budget would cover 21-27 days of shooting Avengers Endgame[which took 154 days] and bear in mind that's before anything else.

Was in Northern Spain recently and nearly hired a car to go to the cemetery! That film had the army to carry out the war scenes no fake blue screens just real live people and explosions! A Masterpiece of a film with a musical score that makes it even better! 

[Smokin Joe]

Good Bad and The Ugly was on over the weekend, and did some reading about it.

In today's money it cost $12million to make.

About sums up the creative and artistic black hole the film industry is in.

For comparison that budget would cover 21-27 days of shooting Avengers Endgame[which took 154 days] and bear in mind that's before anything else.

This reply isn't in relation to movies more just a general thought about "in today's money" and how very little that what is desirable goes up in just by inflation / RPI terms.

I was just looking at Premier League record transfer prices and how Alan Shearer was the record transfer in 1992 at £3.6m, that is less than £10m in today's money.

Go and look at what houses cost 30 years ago and what they would be worth in today's money.

I'm not really sure of the point I'm making, just that it seems to me that for anything people really want the inflation in these things / assets is much more than the headline inflation rates.
I guess this is related to how the poor become poorer because those with money are able to take advantage of the debasement of the currency as more and more has been printed.

I know that this concept is what attracted Michael Saylor to Bitcoin.  He thinks desirable assets (whatever they may be. He speaks of Manhatten or Miami beachfront property) are needed due to its potential to appreciate over time, acting as a hedge against inflation.

I guess Premier League players are desirable assets, but the skills needed for all the movie crap look to have been classed as desirable also when you read about the budgets required nowadays.

Anyway, that's a bit rambly, but it came to mind when I read the post.

EDIT - I realise that Shearer could be attributed to the introduction of the Premier League around that time.  So fast forward instead to 2001 when Veron went for £28m which was the new record. In today's money that is £52m.  Of course we know that value is being blown out of the water now too.  So the general point is that inflation just does not keep up with desirable assets

[lurganblue]

Went to see The Long Walk at the weekend.  I read the King novel years ago and enjoyed it so I was looking forward to this.  I think they did it justice. It is well worth a watch IMO. Some gory enough shots of killings.

[lurganblue]

One Battle After Another - strange one.  For the first 40 mins I thought it was awful. I enjoyed it from then on but it's definitely weird.  A mix of silly and serious. Sean Penn is brilliant, yet an uncomfortable watch.   

[tiempo]

One Battle After Another - strange one.  For the first 40 mins I thought it was awful. I enjoyed it from then on but it's definitely weird.  A mix of silly and serious. Sean Penn is brilliant, yet an uncomfortable watch.   

It was like a collage of about 14 different movies, not bad in the round, probably designed to be disorientating, wouldn't be in a hurry to rewatch it, Sean Penn saved it frankly. Been meaning to rewatch Milk for ages, he is just top class

[tiempo]

Back to the Future - 40th anniversary screenings out next week