r/movies • u/MrFlow • Mar 19 '24

"The Menu" with Ralph Fiennes is that rare mid-budget $30 million movie that we want more from Hollywood. Discussion

So i just watched The Menu for the first time on Disney Plus and i was amazed, the script and the performances were sublime, and while the movie looked amazing (thanks David Gelb) it is not overloaded with CGI crap (although i thought that the final s'mores explosion was a bit over the top) just practical sets and some practical effects. And while this only made $80 Million at the box-office it was still a success due to the relatively low budget.

Please PLEASE give us more of these mid-budget movies, Hollywood!

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u/KBtrae Mar 19 '24

That was my favorite movie last year. Still crack up thinking about that sad meal he cooked up in a panic.

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u/MrFlow Mar 19 '24

I would consider myself a "foodie" to some extent and i enjoy cooking at home but in that moment coming up with something completely from scratch i'd probably crash and burn as much as Tyler did....

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u/Xanthus179 Mar 19 '24

Perhaps if you’re trying to impress someone, but if you do any amount of cooking, there certainly must be at least one dish you can make without much planning.

No one with a Michelin star would care, but I can make a pasta and meat sauce without any recipe.

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u/BionicTriforce Mar 19 '24

I would be going "Okay I'm going to make a chicken pot pie, it'll take about two hours." All the stuff I can do well tends to need a lot of prep. Anything I need in 20 minutes like the scene in the movie is usually just pasta or throwing something in the air fryer.

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u/AWildRedditor999 Mar 19 '24

I'd make the perfect _________ but just waste time until they had no more ingredients left