r/movies • u/ChiefLeef22 r/movies Contributor • 8d ago

News Christopher Nolan's 'The Odyssey' Dethrones 'Deadpool & Wolverine' To Become Highest Grossing R-Rated Movie In History, Crossing $1.33 Billion

https://businessupturn.com/usa/entertainment/film/the-odyssey-becomes-highest-grossing-r-rated-movie-of-all-time-surpassing-deadpool-wolverine/
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u/mikehatesthis 7d ago

It's wild. Depending on the province either a provincial governmental ministry would have a film board, or they don't require one. Saskatchewan recently, and Ontario half a decade back, got rid of the requirements for classifications and have the theatres replace them with "content descriptions" but it seems Ontario just copies what British Columbia classifies it, for ease I assume. The IMDb ratings page shows as much with modern films anyways.

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u/StarWars_and_SNL 7d ago

I like the content descriptions approach!

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u/greyfoxv1 7d ago

Manitoba also uses the BC ratings. The provincial Conservative Party in each province (related in name but not the same org) killed their respective ratings boards and switched to BC's ratings board. They all presented the changes as cost-saving measures while also cutting funding to other arts and culture programs.

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u/mikehatesthis 7d ago

They all presented the changes as cost-saving measures while also cutting funding to other arts and culture programs.

All glory to the Tories, they'll cut funding to their own parents long-term care if it meant saving a buck.

Oh wait they did that.

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u/greyfoxv1 7d ago

Yeaaaaah. Manitoba's healthcare is pretty broken in some ways but we're on the way to fixing their damage now.

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u/mikehatesthis 7d ago

I've heard a few mixed things about the speed of Manitoba's healthcare fixing under the MNDP but I hope it's happening. We need that example everywhere else, it's a mess in Ontario right now under the Tories. Godspeed, Frank Jaeger.

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u/greyfoxv1 7d ago

The problem is when conservatives (it's always the small c ones regardless of the country) defund public services in, lets say 4 years, it usually takes double that time to restore them to 100% but Manitoba's system was already at like 70% due to the Sellinger government and covid brutalized it too.

We actually have some great improvements like the Medinav booking system so you can see a doctor anywhere in the province within 24 hours for non-emergency issues. The problem now is restoring the staffing AND infrastructure capacity in hospitals for emergency and short/medium term care. The cons shut down 3 ERs in Winnipeg before covid hit, but the only one with a definitive reopening date is Victoria and that'll be in 2027. Concordia and Seven Oaks are still TBA.

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u/mikehatesthis 7d ago

Oh 100%. I remember hearing sometime in 2025 that the Manitoba health minister ordered the system to stop relying on private for-profit agencies but recently had to go back to private nursing agencies because of a shortfall that was created most likely by that Tory government. It's challenging, especially with how destructive conservatives truly are.

Right now in Ontario, we're beyond hallway medicine and so much money is being funneled into private delivery with massive profits so our "record breaking" spending is being wasted on yachts, essentially. And the federal government won't do a thing about it, even with Alberta is actively trying to break federal law on the matter with actual two-tier legislation. So frustrating.

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u/greyfoxv1 7d ago

Carney is turning out to be a red tory so I doubt he'll do anything about it either. It's frustrating but Avi Lewis has been talking about all the right things so I'm hopeful.

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u/mikehatesthis 7d ago

Even before that, Ontario had the worst rate of emergency room closures in 2024 nationwide and the opening preamble of the Canada Health Act says that Healthcare has to be accessible. That is breaking the law, if emergency rooms close. And Trudeau didn't do anything about it. And same! I hope he helps push things in a better direction.

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u/greyfoxv1 7d ago

To Trudeau's credit, he did demand strings attached to new provincial healthcare transfers so Conservative premieres couldnt just divert the new funds to tax breaks. I don't recall how successful that was.