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When will we know what one? Dammit, I don't want to see AH sweep the Guilds.

So, I just saw The Crow for the first time two nights ago. I noticed a lot of eerie similarities to TDK. First, some of the dialogue in The Crow almost exactly matches TDK. Both films are about a vigilante seeking some form of vengeance. And, in both cases, someone died in their twenties wearing white makeup. Has anyone else watched The Crow and noticed the eerie similarities to TDK?

Leo is beyond overdue. I feel he is the best actor working in Hollywood today. I'm surprised he doesn't have even one Oscar

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My money is on 12yas winning. I want Gravity to win though.

Maybe, but he seems to be a heavy chain-smoker from all the documentaries I have seen. But, most Japanese males seem to do that. Hmm...

He's getting really old though. I wouldn't be surprised if he passed away in the next couple of years. I'm not wishing him any ill-will or anything, but The Wind Rises may very well be his last film.

I'm thinking with luck, the reissue nets $15M, putting it at around $270M

Ehh, I mean mainstream in the sense of making $250M+ and having everyone watch your film like a 4quad. Argo and The Departed had a target audience and yes they did well, I wouldn't say they were at the same mainstream level as Gravity or RotK or even non-Oscar nominated films like The Avengers or THG or Spider-Man, etc. Btw, I was never really on the Hanks hype train. I guess between SMG and CP, I guess he should have got nominated, but I am not surprised he didn't get nominated either. But, I guess in retrospect that is the biggest snub this year. Overall, a pretty predictable year actually. What's funny to think is that if next year we only got 5 BP noms under the current rules, that would be a huge shocker and there would be meltdowns.

My thoughts. No real snubs. Biggest surprise is 12YAS not tying or having more noms than AH and Gravity. I still think 12YAS takes BP/BD but this looks to be a close race. Let's look at the pros and cons of the three films that are "really" in contention for BP 12YAS Pros: Better film than AH No black director has won an Oscar yet No film on slavery has won an Oscar yet or has been as well executed as 12YAS Great critical reception "Underdog" story going for it now that AH has the most noms CONS Weak BO performance so far SLP would have maybe won had Affleck not got snubbed for Director causing Argo to somehow win the guilds and win BP Hard film for some people to sit through AH PROS Good BO Nominated in all major categories, something O'Russel has achieved twice in a row, plus tied for most noms O'Russel now seems overdue SLP was a great movie but Argo stole its thunder thanks to the Affleck snubbing JLaw is the hot thing right now CONS 12YAS and Gravity are both better movies Backlash from this film not being so great and getting so many noms Gravity PROS Amazing BO run Amazing critical and mainstream reception Better movie than AH Votes may get split between 12YAS and AH and somehow this might make it in, although unlikely CONS The Academy has not awarded a mainstream film since ROTK Oscar voters who want to vote for Gravity may instead vote for AH or 12YAS as those are perceived the two front runners and voters may feel Gravity has no chance of winning. Most noms are in tech categories, although Bullock getting a nom is a good sign.

I think 12YAS still wins BP. I honestly can't see AH winning, but at least it looks like we have a real race this year.

Man, I just saw the number for CF. To that, I say holy fucking hell. The OW might have been a disappointment, but look at these developing legs.

Just make one more to retire Indy and that's it.

I don't even think it has gotten a US release yet...If so, I know nothing about it.

Damn! I guess WOM is catching up on this. Glad to see it not having Twilight legs.

Honestly, I did not like the special all that much. It just didn't mesh well. I do have a question though. I thought that the war was time locked. So, why is it that the Doctor(s) act as if they used a device that destroys galaxies? I thought that time locking the war just removed it from existence like in another dimension or something. Well, I guess, maybe, they didn't really explain what a time lock is, but it sounds different than outright destroying a galaxy. Also, how is it that different incarnations of the doctor can coexist in the same time stream. I thought that went against the laws of time travel. I guess maybe the ultimate destruction device maybe gets around this rule, but really I am a little confused on some points. With that said, seeing Tenant and Smith side-by-side, it becomes clear that Tenant is the better Doctor. Although, I do like Smith a lot. Would have also been nice to have a few more episodes with John Hurt. And, even though I sort of understood why he regenerated, it still seemed like his regeneration wasn't explained to well. I mean, obviously, Tenant didn't regenerate from this, so why only Hurt? And, I am guessing Hurt regenerates into Eccleston.

Maybe he will be back as a ghost, but still dead.

IMAX does add to the total, but nowhere near the amount of 3D. I think TDKR had 350 screens. About $20M of its OW was from IMAX. And, those ticket prices tend to be about 1.5X the normal ticket price at my theater. So, TDKR would have opened to $155M without IMAX. So, still impressive nonetheless. Now, when we get to something like IM3, take away 3D and we are looking at an OW total close to CF.

Indicates good WOM and decent legs.

If it were in 3D, and came out right after Avatar, it may have actually made more money than Avatar.

It's getting a lot of publicity. That must have been why they did it. This should help get viewers back in. I haven't been paying attention to the ratings, but they have likely been going downhill.

Man, 2014 is going to be a shitty year. No film will likely hit $400M. We might not even get a $150M OW.

Well, most often the fudging happens with estimates like what we saw this weekend. Although, TF2 remains a big exception of fudging after estimates. Although, lots of films fudge to milestones. I mean Superman Returns made nearly another 10 million after running out of steam around $190. Lots of films will hit $100 or $200 and then stop making money all of a sudden. It is rare that a film stops shy of a milestone.

The reason Snow doesn't kill Katniss is because the Game Maker is playing Snow. He is keeping Katniss alive because he is against Snow and needs Katniss for his own plans. In other words, Snow was outsmarted. Also, even though Snow runs the country, he put Plutarch in charge of the Games. So, Plutarch was overseeing everything and every now and then Snow would check in and see what the status update was.