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Post by Neverending on Dec 10, 2015 21:07:47 GMT -5
I watched What Women Want for one of my buddy's birthdays. Yeah, just....I don't know what he or any of us were thinking. That movie was hilarious when we were teenagers. Remember the scene where Mel Gibson is having sex with Marisa Tomei and she's criticizing his performance so he tries to rectify the situation mid-sex? That was mindblowing - at least for my young mind. |
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Post by PhantomKnight on Dec 10, 2015 22:55:13 GMT -5
I did dislike The Chronicles of Narnia...but thought King Kong was worse.
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Post by Neverending on Dec 10, 2015 23:59:24 GMT -5
I did dislike The Chronicles of Narnia...but thought King Kong was worse. The first Narnia is shit, but the other two are good - better than Harry Potter. |
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Post by SnoBorderZero on Dec 11, 2015 10:38:58 GMT -5
What do you mean critics didn't like King Kong? It has an 84% on RT.
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Post by Neverending on Dec 11, 2015 11:48:47 GMT -5
What do you mean critics didn't like King Kong? It has an 84% on RT. I stand corrected... but it isn't a movie that has endured. I think most people wrote it off as too long and self-indulgent. The original King Kong, with its primitive technology, is miles better. It had a simplicity to it that Peter Jackson missed... and a lot of blockbuster directors miss these days. |
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Post by SnoBorderZero on Dec 11, 2015 12:21:30 GMT -5
I don't disagree with that. I've seen it once, in the theater when it came out, and haven't revisited it since. It's overly long and bloated at times, but it is a well made spectacle without a doubt.
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Post by Deexan on Dec 11, 2015 12:44:35 GMT -5
He meant the real critics.
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Post by Neverending on Dec 11, 2015 13:32:29 GMT -5
He meant the real critics. Us guys! I think 2005 CS! liked the movie. This was before Dracula got rid of the peasants. |
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Post by Doomsday on Dec 11, 2015 13:58:02 GMT -5
What do you mean critics didn't like King Kong? It has an 84% on RT. I stand corrected... but it isn't a movie that has endured. I think most people wrote it off as too long and self-indulgent. The original King Kong, with its primitive technology, is miles better. It had a simplicity to it that Peter Jackson missed... and a lot of blockbuster directors miss these days. This. |
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Post by Dracula on Dec 11, 2015 14:09:09 GMT -5
He meant the real critics. Us guys! I think 2005 CS! liked the movie. This was before Dracula got rid of the peasants. ?? I loved King Kong. I declared it the 79th best movie of that decade. |
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Post by PG Cooper on Dec 11, 2015 14:14:15 GMT -5
The Jewel of the Nile, which PG Cooper has never heard of for some reason, Why the fuck would I have heard of The Jewel of the Nile. It's not like it's one of the most well-remembered films of the 80s. About the only notable thing about it is that Michael Douglas and Danny DeVitto are in it. |
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Post by Neverending on Dec 11, 2015 20:52:27 GMT -5
I think 2005 CS! liked the movie. This was before Dracula got rid of the peasants. ?? I loved King Kong. I declared it the 79th best movie of that decade. Why? |
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Post by Neverending on Dec 11, 2015 20:52:58 GMT -5
The Jewel of the Nile, which PG Cooper has never heard of for some reason, Why the fuck would I have heard of The Jewel of the Nile. It's not like it's one of the most well-remembered films of the 80s. About the only notable thing about it is that Michael Douglas and Danny DeVitto are in it. And Kathleen Turner. |
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Post by Dracula on Dec 11, 2015 20:57:46 GMT -5
?? I loved King Kong. I declared it the 79th best movie of that decade. Why? Because I have a long attention span and know awesomeness when I see it. |
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Post by Neverending on Dec 11, 2015 22:33:34 GMT -5
Because I have a long attention span and know awesomeness when I see it. There's nothing about the Peter Jackson version that's better than the 1933 original. Even the stop motion animation has more charm that the CGI. |
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Post by Dracula on Dec 11, 2015 22:36:41 GMT -5
Because I have a long attention span and know awesomeness when I see it. There's nothing about the Peter Jackson version that's better than the 1933 original. Even the stop motion animation has more charm that the CGI. Well, obviously, but that doesn't mean the remake doesn't have worth. |
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Post by Neverending on Dec 11, 2015 22:40:22 GMT -5
There's nothing about the Peter Jackson version that's better than the 1933 original. Even the stop motion animation has more charm that the CGI. Well, obviously, but that doesn't mean the remake doesn't have worth. The 1976 movie has worth too, but I wouldn't put it in a Top 100 list. |
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Post by Dracula on Dec 11, 2015 23:38:13 GMT -5
Well, obviously, but that doesn't mean the remake doesn't have worth. The 1976 movie has worth too I don't know about that... |
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Post by Neverending on Dec 12, 2015 1:54:02 GMT -5
The 1976 movie has worth too I don't know about that...  |
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Post by IanTheCool on Dec 12, 2015 11:16:39 GMT -5
Stay classy San Diego.
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Post by Neverending on Dec 13, 2015 13:25:18 GMT -5
It's the calm before Star Wars.
The #1 movie this weekend is Hunger Games with only $11.3 million. In its 4 weeks of release, the film has grossed $244.4 million domestically. Meanwhile, In the Heart of the Sea is a total flop. Chris Hemsworth can't catch a break.
Opening on Thursday is, of course, Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Most tickets have already been sold out.
This is what 2015 looks like pre-Star Wars:
Domestically
1. Jurassic World - $652.2 million
2. Avengers: Age of Ultron - $459 million
3. Inside Out - $356.4 million
4. Furious 7 - $353 million
5. Minions - $335.9 million
6. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2: $244.4 million
7. The Martian -$222.8 million
8. Cinderella - $201.1 million
9. Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation - $195 million
10. Spectre - $190.7 million
Worldwide
1. Jurassic World - $1.6 billion
2. Furious 7 - $1.5 billion
3. Avengers: Age of Ultron - $1.4 billion
4. Minions - $1.1 billion
5. Inside Out - $851.6 million
6. Spectre - $820.6 million
7. Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation - $682.3 million
8. The Martian - $589.1 million
9. Fifty Shades of Grey - $570.5 million
10. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 - $564.6 million
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Post by Fanible on Dec 13, 2015 21:13:51 GMT -5
2015 has been kinda crazy, and 2016 is looking to be up there as well.
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Post by Wyldstaar on Dec 13, 2015 22:54:37 GMT -5
Opening on Thursday is, of course, Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Most tickets have already been sold out. Before I find my seat on Thursday, I've got to check in on the screens with counter programming before I leave to see if anyone is actually in there. The multiplex I'm going to is still planning to show Mockingjay II, The Good Dinosaur (on two screens!), Creed, Spotlight, The Night Before and Sisters rather than dropping them in favor of Star Wars. Screenings of Peanuts, In the Heart of the Sea, Krampus, Brooklyn, Spectre and Secret in Their Eyes all stop at 7pm in order to free up screens for Star Wars. All their Star Wars screens are already either sold out or only have front row tickets remaining. I can understand having at least one or two screens freed up for Sisters and The Good Dinosaur, but any more than that is just throwing money away. |
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Post by Neverending on Dec 14, 2015 11:12:42 GMT -5
Opening on Thursday is, of course, Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Most tickets have already been sold out. Before I find my seat on Thursday, I've got to check in on the screens with counter programming before I leave to see if anyone is actually in there. The multiplex I'm going to is still planning to show Mockingjay II, The Good Dinosaur (on two screens!), Creed, Spotlight, The Night Before and Sisters rather than dropping them in favor of Star Wars. Screenings of Peanuts, In the Heart of the Sea, Krampus, Brooklyn, Spectre and Secret in Their Eyes all stop at 7pm in order to free up screens for Star Wars. All their Star Wars screens are already either sold out or only have front row tickets remaining. I can understand having at least one or two screens freed up for Sisters and The Good Dinosaur, but any more than that is just throwing money away. I know some theaters that are only playing Star Wars on Thursday. But others couldn't do it for a variety of reasons. |
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Post by Neverending on Dec 14, 2015 16:30:14 GMT -5
STAR WARS... A NEW HOPE AT THE BOX OFFICE After Jaws created the modern blockbuster in 1975, things were quiet for a while. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest was the only other major moneymaker of that year, grossing 447.7 million in 2015 dollars. Yes, there's also The Rocky Horror Picture Show, but that film's success developed over decades as theaters continued to screen it for midnight crowds. Then came 1976 which saw Rocky and A Star Is Born make, adjusted for inflation, $459 million and $313.2 million. Other notable successes were released, but none were in the same ballpark. So when 1977 arrived, Jaws was beginning to seem like a Gone with the Wind for the 70's and not the beginning of a business evolution for Hollywood. Then... Star Wars premiered. At first, almost everyone, even people at the studio, had no faith in Star Wars. They saw it as a silly kids movie that will come and go during summer vacation. To them, the important film was The Other Side of Midnight, a World War II drama featuring Susan Sarandon. In fact, the only reason why Star Wars even got a theatrical reason is because Fox, the studio, told theaters that they would only get The Other Side of Midnight if they agreed to screen Star Wars as well. It sort of worked. Star Wars opened on Memorial Day weekend in about 30 to 40 theaters. It wasn't a lot but it was enough to make an immediate impact. Screenings sold out. Records were broken. By the end of the summer, it was playing in over a thousand theaters. In total, Star Wars grossed $307.2 million in its original release. That's $1.1 billion in today's cash. And this is just domestic gross. Then, in the wake of Star Wars, many other blockbusters flooded the marketplace. Saturday Night Fever, Close Encounters, Smokey and the Bandit, Superman, Animal House, and Grease were all huge successes. Jaws may have unlocked the door, but Star Wars is the one that opened it. For better or worse, these two movies changed Hollywood forever.
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