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Went to see this today only because I was Christmas shopping in my nearest mall which happens to have a movie theatre and when I finished my shopping I said why not and bought a ticket. For full disclosure I thought the first Avatar was bang average. This one was hard to rate. The last quarter/third really saves this movie. That and of course the visuals which were the only good thing about this movie until the end. Thankfully film is a visual medium so just being pretty to look at can carry you far, far enough that cringe worthy dialogue and teen plots that would have been trite in a 2000s CW drama can be mostly forgiven. B+

My first time back in a movie theater in 2 years 😭, yes it is me the elusive missing adult female. I really liked it. Detective Batman will always be my favorite Batman. The best compliment I feel like I can give the movie is that it reminded me of how much I loved watching the Batman cartoons on a Saturday morning. This would be the most straightforward A+ except I feel like at least half an hour could (and should) have been easily trimmed. That Alfred hospital bed scene for one felt like it dragged on for ever. A-

Thank you. Getting ready to come last this week 😄.

1. Will Sonic make more than $25M? Yes 2. Will Sonic make more than $35M? Yes 3. Will Sonic make more than $30M? Yes 4. Will Sonic make more than the next three highest New Entries Combined? Abstain 5. Will Sonic Make it into the Domestic top 20 for the Game by the end of the Game? Abstain 6. Will Birds of Prey drop more than 55%? No 7. Will Jumanji finish closer Domestically to Little Women or Star Wars? Abstain 8. Will Fantasy Island make more than $12? Abstain 9. Will Fantasy Island make more than $15? No 10. Will Parasite enter the top 10? Yes  11. Will Doolittle drop more than 25%? Yes 12. Will Star Wars stay in the top 12? No 13. Will Jojo Rabbit Increase? No 14. Will Sonic turn out to be a beautiful butterfly? No 15. Should I put in a better 2nd free question here next year? No

1. Will Sonic make more than $25M? Yes 2. Will Sonic make more than $35M? Yes 3. Will Sonic make more than $30M? Yes 4. Will Sonic make more than the next three highest New Entries Combined? Yes 5. Will Sonic Make it into the Domestic top 20 for the Game by the end of the Game? Yes 6. Will Birds of Prey drop more than 55%? No 7. Will Jumanji finish closer Domestically to Little Women or Star Wars? Little Women 8. Will Fantasy Island make more than $12? Yes 9. Will Fantasy Island make more than $15? No 10. Will Parasite enter the top 10? Yes  11. Will Doolittle drop more than 25%? Yes 12. Will Star Wars stay in the top 12? No 13. Will Jojo Rabbit Increase? No 14. Will Sonic turn out to be a beautiful butterfly? No 15. Should I put in a better 2nd free question here next year? No Part B: 1. What will Sonic's Weekend be? 40.3M 2. What will 1917's percentage drop be? -11.26% 3. What will Knives out's PTA be? $1,516 Part 😄 2. Birds of Prey 4. The Photograph 6. Bad Boys For Life 8. Jumanji 10. The Gentlemen 12. Knives Out

1. Will Photograph make more than $9M? Yes 2. Will Photograph make more than $14M? No 3. Will Photograph make more than $11.5M? Yes 4. Will Photograph make more than Fantasy Island? No 5. Will Photograph make more than Sonic's Highest Day? No 6. Will Gentlemen drop more than 46%? No 7. Will Bad Boys finish closer Domestically to Spies in Disguise or Jumanji? Jumanji 8. Will 1917 make more than $6M? Yes 9. Will Frozen make more than $1M? No 10. Will Knives Out stay in the top 10? No  11. Will Gretel and Hansel drop more than 45%? Yes 12. Will Birds of Prey's Weekend total be closer to the weekend total of Sonic or Bad Boys? Bad Boys 13. How many films will make over $2M? 11 14. Will Star Wars stay above Jojo Rabbit? Yes 15. Is... Is it over? Yes No Part B for You!!!! Part 😄 There will be 6 films to place and points are expanded because traditionally people haven't scored well here: 3. Fantasy Island 5. 1917 7. Dolittle 9. Parasite 11. Downhill 13. Little Women

Week 16 - Yes

C+ Very nice to look at but there is very little substance. And while I generally don't mind narration they really could have cut half quite easily.

1. Will Birds of Prey make more than $44M? Yes 2. Will Birds of Prey make more than $50M? No 3. Will Birds of Prey make more than $47M? Yes 4. Will Birds of Prey drop more than 22% on Saturday? Yes 5. Will Birds of Prey Sunday gross be enough for 1st place on its own? Yes 6. Will bad Boys Overtake Knives Out Dom Total On Saturday? Yes 7. How many films will make more than $5M? 3 8. Will Parasite stay above Jojo Rabbit? No 9. Will Star Wars have a bigger percentage drop than Doolittle? Yes 10. Will Gretel and Hansel stay above The Gentlenen? No  11. Will Little Women fall more than 30% on Sunday? No 12. Will The Turning stay in the top 12? No 13. Will Jumanji fall more than 20%? Yes 14. Will 1917 fall more than 25% percentage? Yes 15. Where shall we hold the afterparty to celebrate Endgame's Oscar Win? Arkham Part B: 1. What will Birds of Prey's's Weekend be? 48.5M 2. What will Bad Boys' percentage drop be? -46.3% 3. What will Jumanji's PTA be? $1609 Part 😄 3. 1917 5. Dolittle 7. Gretel & Hansel 9. Knives Out 11. The Rhythm Section 13. Just Mercy

1. Will The Rhythm Section make more than $7M? Yes 2. Will The Rhythm Section make more than $10M? No 3. Will The Rhythm Section make more than $8.5M? No 4. Will Gretal and Hansel make more than $4M? Yes 5. Will Gretal and Hansel make more than $6M? Yes 6. Will 1917 stay in the top 2? Yes 7. Will bad Boys make more than OW total of the two main new entries? Yes 8. Will Doolittle finish above The gentlemen? Yes 9. Will Star Wars have a bigger percentage drop than Spies in Disguise? No 10. Will The Turning stay above Little Women? No  11. Will Bad Boys overtake Knives Out's Domestic Total by the end of the weekend? No 12. Will Just Mercy have a higher percetage drop than Frozen? No 13. Will Parasite increase? Yes 14. Will The gentlemen Stay above Jumanji? Yes 15. Where is my medal? 5000 Part B: 1. What will The Gretal and hansel's Weekend be? 6.2M 2. What will Doolittles's percentage drop be? -41.8% 3. What will Frozen's PTA be? $1250 Part 😄 There will be 6 films to place and points are expanded because traditionally people haven't scored well here: 3. Gretel & Hansel 5. The Gentlemen 6. Jumanji 8. Star Wars 9. Little Women 11. Knives Out

Week 14 - No

1. Will The Gentlemen make more than $9M? Yes 2. Will The Gentlemen make more than $12M? No 3. Will The Gentlemen make more than $10.5M? Yes 4. Will The Turning make more than 10.5M? No 5. Will The Turning make more than Gentlemen? No 6. Will Bad Boys drop more than 57.5%? No 7. Will bad Boys make more than double the OW total of the two main new entries? No 8. Will Doolittle finish above 1917? No 9. Will Star Wars cross $500M ON Saturday? No 10. Will Knives Out have the lowest percentage drop in the top 12? Yes  11. Will Jumanji drop more than 30%? Yes 12. Will 1917 cross $100M by the end of the weekend? Yes 13. Will Parasite stay above Jojo Rabbit? No 14. Will Little Women decrease more than 30% on Sunday? No 15. Will I live to see another sunrise? Fingers crossed Part B: 1. What will The Gentlemen's Weekend be? 10.5M 2. What will Just Mercy's percentage drop be? -37.6% 3. What will TROS's PTA be? $1782 Part 😄 2. 1917 4. The Gentlemen 6. Jumanji 8. Little Women 10. Knives Out 12. Frozen II

Week 13- No

1. Will Bad Boys make more than $24M? Yes 2. Will Bad Boys make more than $32M? Yes 3. Will Bad Boys make more than $28M? Yes 4. Will Doolittle make more than 17.5M? Yes 5. Will Doolittle make more than 22.5M? No 6. Will The Gentlemen make more than $12M? No 7. Will the three largest new entries combine to more than $65M? No 8. Will Doolittle's OW total be closer to Bad Boys or Gentlemen? Bad Boys by default I suppose. 9. Will 1917 stay in the top 2? Yes 10. Will TROS stay above Jumanji? No  11. Will Frozen stay above Knives Out? Yes 12. Will Frozen have a bigger percentage drop than Spies in Disguise? No 13. Will Parasite Increase? Yes 14. Will Little Women stay above Underwater? Yes 15. Will the Academy decide to award Alita all the Oscars in order to stop the protest balloon flying over the Awards? No Part B: 1. What will Bad Boys's Weekend be? 37.9M 2. What will Star Wars' percentage drop be? -47.5% 3. What will Just Mercy's PTA be? $2646 Part 😄 2. 1917 3. Dolittle 5. Star Wars 7. Little Women 9. Frozen II 11. Underwater

Week 12 - No