Orestes
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John Hughes ruled the 80's no doubt but there are other films that represented the 80's very well. IMO, Fast Times at Ridgemont High is the defining high school film, even moreso than Breakfast Club. Porky's was also a defining film as it is the highest grossing high school film ever made (I think). It's a good topic and I too wrote about this a while back.
Can't believe I forgot about Ridgemont High. Phoebe Cates
Porky's, too. Only saw that once, though, and it was a while ago.
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10s perks of being a wall flower.
That was set in the 90s though, wasn't it?
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What movies do you think best represent a snapshot of what High School was like each decade, or maybe just a part of a decade?
60s: American Graffiti
70s: Dazed and Confused
80s: Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles
90s: American pie, The Perks of Being a Wallflower
00s: Mean Girls
I've got nothin for the 10's. Might have to wait a few years for the folks who were/are in high school to start making films based on their experiences. I'm also unsure if Mean Girls is particularly representative of the 00s, or just high school generally. There are probably better choices out there.
It also occurs to me that these are all pretty much middle class white kid movies. Hopefully we'll get some movies listed that show things from different perspectives.
What have ya got?
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Guardians down 63% while TMNT/Expendables are close to 70%. Is it fate or is it IMAX?
Its more schools back in session.
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Owning or borrowing? Don't ask, not even sure what I mean but it seems appropriate considering the weekday declines towards GOTG.
It'll probably drop even harder during the week as more schools start getting back in session. The district I live in starts on Monday.
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I hadn't heard of it either.
The Giver is mandatory reading in a lot of middle schools. When I was in grade 8 we were required to read it. I'm surprised you haven't heard of it lol. It was published in 1993.
That's probably why. That was my last year of middle school.
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Damn The Giver could have been a hit
It coulda been a contender. It coulda been somebody, instead of a flop.
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Frozen.
Maybe Disney will release a Guardians Sing-Along.
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Who are you kidding? We all know you love the D.
But maybe not turtle D.
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Maybe this is just a one off. You can't take one summer and disregard the past 40 and say,"See, times are changing."
Not so sure. Didn't the first Apes release in August and do really well? Plus Bourne has done well in August in the past.
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Because the Tuesday bumps this week were much larger
Hey, we're trying to rip on Turtles here, quit bringing facts into it.
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The weird thing is the Inhumans are very connected to the Fantastic Four. Medusa and Crystal were even on the team for awhile and Crystal used to be with Human Torch(
but eventually married Quicksilver
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It's this kind of stuff(like The Punisher and Spider-Man) that make me wish Marvel held the movie rights to all of their characters.
If Marvel did have rights to all their characters, we might not get an Inhumans movie. Probably wouldn't have gotten GotG, either. We'd get X-Men and Fantastic Four. Still, now that we have gotten/are getting those others, I wouldn't mind if the FF came back. I'm fine with X-Men not being part of the MCU, though.
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Agreed. However, Ant-Man will be the Marvel movie coming fresh off of Avengers 2
True, but he's not in the Avengers 2, unless he's in a stinger.
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Other than us knowing Howard exists out there in the MCU, probably not.
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1. Guardians of the Galaxy
2. The Winter Soldier
3. Iron Man Three
4. The Dark World
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2001 a space odyssey had a similar scene in which no - one seemed to question when David Bowman got into the airlock without a mask or suit.
That was before Total Recall.
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Agreed. I would never kill somebody over box office numbers.
Yeah, that's too far. Maim, on the other hand...
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So what did I do wrong?
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That's where I thought GOTG would end its entire run.
Heh. So did I.I am sooooooo very glad I was wrong.Also, what a great weekend for August box office
Same here. Even though I was in that 250m club, I was in more with my heart than my head. My head said Cap1/Thor1 numbers. Stupid head.
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Poor Transformers -74.3%
Thats a pretty hefty drop.
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That has been taken care of.
Was that thread finally taken behind the shed and shot?
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Funny, I had figured Guardians would end up around the 10 spot by the time its run was over, not on its 2nd weekend.
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Sometimes I think people forget that Dawn isn't the 2nd Apes installment, its like the 8th. It's a long running sci-fi franchise with a decidedly downer feel that tends to cater to adult male nerds. It shouldn't be surprising that it's better recieved here than with the general audience. It's never gonna be mega-huge.
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Wed Numbers from RTH (GOTG back on top)
in Numbers and Data
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Sorry, those franchises like their leads wooden and lifeless.