Triangle of Sadness (2022) released 22 March 2023

[Aunt Peg]

Despite disappointing at the box-office in Australia (due to sitting on the film for too long and having SAG release the film for on-line viewing last month ) Triangle of Sadness is coming to Blu Ray on 22 March 2023:

https://www.madman.com.au/actions/ca...webChannelId=2

I think the film would have been much more successful has it been released in mid August in Australia (after it's Sydney & Melbourne Film Festival screenings) - this sitting on films for months needs to change as people now expect instant gratification.

[vinny98]

Nice to see, just watched this earlier today and had such a fun time. Will definitely pick up on release.

[kuzronk]

Nomadland having limited advanced screenings from boxing day but not coming out until late March even in a year where there was a lack of new releases still puzzles me to this day speaking of what you said.

[13school]

The story from distributors is that they only have limited release dates in a year when these kind of films will get traction in cinemas - it's like how kids movies only come out in the school holidays here, even if they've been out for months overseas. So while everyone overseas saw Tar months ago, and it's been shown at various festivals here, it's not getting a "real" cinema release in Australia until the end of January.

More realistically, the distributors know that the majority of arthouse audiences aren't big on piracy (they're too old or too devoted to the big screen experience), so they'll release these kind of films whenever they think they'll make the most money even if they're yesterday's news.

[Rick Grimes]

Enjoy supporting local Blu-Ray, but now I am a little pissed off to see Criterion do a US/UK release in UHD Blu-Ray. I would have bought the 4K over the local BD.

Didn’t even notice a 4K release being promoted and definitely not in the database. Oh well, I guess I will hand it to Madman for getting first to market. ‘Cos they definitely don’t appear to give a shit about Blu-Ray… And box office numbers is a shithouse way of deciding whether to go Blu-Ray or not. If anything, a crappier showing at the theatre would mean more interest for home video, as people are more willing to buy for the home theatre rather then shell out the big bucks to go see a film in a theatre. That is something, nowadays, that I reserve for action/sci-fi, where a big screen and gigantic Atmos set-up, is the way to go.

[koberulz]

I don't understand the "I'll only go to the cinema for an action movie" mindset. If you've got a decent surround-sound setup and a decent-sized screen at home, you can emulate the cinema experience just fine when it comes to that fare.

Comedy, to me, is the genre best-served by theatrical. The first time I saw Modern Times, it was on my own at home. It was okay. Saw it in the cinema a couple of years later and it was hilarious. The comedic moments in North by Northwest are transformed from merely goofy to genuinely funny.

Go see comedies with groups of people. It's so much better as an experience.

[Rick Grimes]

Originally Posted by koberulz

I don't understand the "I'll only go to the cinema for an action movie" mindset. If you've got a decent surround-sound setup and a decent-sized screen at home, you can emulate the cinema experience just fine when it comes to that fare.

Comedy, to me, is the genre best-served by theatrical. The first time I saw Modern Times, it was on my own at home. It was okay. Saw it in the cinema a couple of years later and it was hilarious. The comedic moments in North by Northwest are transformed from merely goofy to genuinely funny.

Go see comedies with groups of people. It's so much better as an experience.

The Dolby Atmos set-up at Springfield Gold Class shits all over my Samsung Atmos Soundbar with rears/upfiring speaker set-up, so I generally go see Marvel films, when I do go to the cinema.

I also prefer to watch comedies without others, and movies in general for that matter, since I am not a fan of other people’s laughter, since it is so incongruous. I especially hate laugh tracks in sitcoms, and to a lesser degree, studio audiences.

Even the Star Wars Special Edition in ‘97 had a lot of nervous laughter initially, in a packed theatre (e.g. Leia first meets Darth Vader, Luke whinging he wanted to go to Tosche station), and not for actual gags.

And it pisses me off in horror/films with graphic violence, when there is laughter that goes beyond what a person’s acceptance level of violence is, and inappropriate laughter ensues. E.g. In Fightclub, when

[Show spoiler]Robert Poulson (Manboobs) has been shot in the head, and they bring him home and when he is laid out on the table, his brains fall into the floor

, a bunch of viewers affects were incongruent to their mood, as they laughed at that scene. Happened in Kill Bill too, and not to the “humorous” bits amidst the gore (the kid getting spanked), and there was also laughter, as a reaction to what the head nurse suggested a patron can/can’t do with The Bride, while she is in her coma…

Would much prefer to watch all films at home. And I usually do. But I always fork out for Gold Class when I do. Better seats, awesome sound and less proles, talkers, sniffers, coughers and those dicks who choose to eat from plastic chip packaging. It’s enough to drive one mad, and hence why I prefer the home theatre any day. And the gods willing, I will spend most of my retirement chilling out watching films in my HT.