‘Shazam,’ ‘Hustlers,’ ‘John Wick 3’ and the 13 best movies of 2019
Sam Mendes’ “single-take” World War I action drama, concerning two grunts attempting to race across enemy lines to deliver crucial, life-saving intelligence to allies readying to wage war, is a genuine marvel of movie magic. What unfolds is a remarkable piece of action filmmaking, with the “How did they do that?” pizzazz of Mad Max: Fury Road
. Mendes and cinematographer Roger Deakins have created something truly unique. It works as a visual miracle, a violent action picture, a grim anti-war fable, a character play and an emotional roller coaster. It’s everything it promises to be, visually, narratively and emotionally, operating both as a technical blow-out and just a damn great movie. It’s a towering proof that there is still value in big studio theatrical movies beyond the surefire franchise pics.
Many of the issues with theatrical moviegoing are about what moviegoers choose to see. If you gravitate exclusively toward franchise fare, then you’re going to have a lower batting average than if you see bothand you’re going to start to consider theatrical movie going to be, on the whole, a lesser form of entertainment. Nearly every movie noted above played in wide or semi-wide theatrical release.
All the talk about Disney becoming a monopoly ignores the simple fact that you, dear moviegoer, have the choice to see both. And, yes, if you have a decent theater that won’t charge you a fortune for tickets, it’s even worth it to sample occasional ambitious failures , if only so that maybe the next ambitious long shot still gets made and maybe works like a charm.
Hollywood releases, nearly every week, original, non-franchise, adult-skewing, and/or star-driven movies from an increasingly diverse batch of filmmakers and storytellers. How long that remains the case is almost entirely up to you. As always, vote with your wallet.
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