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You must be this site's Armond White ... can you explain how Despicable Me is better than all of Pixar's films?

Yet you think Despicable Me and all of Illumination's film are quote on quote... good? I'd say half of Pixar's films are better than Jaws - yeah I went there You think the last 20 minutes of TS3, the first 15 minutes of Up, the first 30-40 minutes of WALL-E, and Jessie's sad story in TS2 are horrible? You think the end of Monsters Inc is bad? How about the climax of The Incredibles (really the entire movie), or the humor in Nemo? A Bug's Life and Cars are both fun kids movies while Ratatouille is a cleverly hidden allegory for Disney and Pixar's merger/relationship - Anton Ego's review is also the highlight of the film. Only Cars 2 and Brave are what I'd call mediocre/bad films (and Cars 2 is entertaining for it is) Illumination has 1 original movie so far, Pixar had 7 straight original movies between TS2 and TS3

TLR has a B+ CinemaScore (so did John Carter) - both mainly appeal to older people DM2 has an A CinemaScore (so did Toy Story 3) - both mainly appeal to everyone Plus its Wed-Thurs grosses softened the blow for its 2nd weekend so 50-55 million is very doable with the WOM and lack of competition (Pacific Rim and Grown Ups 2 aren't direct threats to Despicable Me 2)

No... just no... aside from the zany humor, the Minions, and Agnes, Despicable Me has nothing on Toy Story, Nemo, Monsters Inc, The Incredibles, WALL-E, or Up- I'll give you Cars, A Bug's Life (it's equal to Despicable Me in quality), Brave, Cars 2, Monsters U (DM2 does look a little better) and Ratatouille (not intriguing enough) though

I think DM2 will hold on next weekend: 1. DM2: $53.5 million (no competition and good WOM = 35% drop) 2. GU2: $48 million (no PG-13 comedies = a rebound for Adam Sandler) 3. Pacific Rim: $42.5 million (plenty of genre movies over last few weeks = mid-level opening) 4. Monsters U: $16.5 million (no competition + good WOM = some Pixar legs after DM2's death blow) 5. The Heat: $14 million (no female competition + good WOM = average hold) 6. LR: $12.5 million (60% drop + more competition next 2 weeks = at least it'll do better than John Carter ) 7. WWZ: $8 million (Nice hold this weekend but Pacific Rim = crash and burn) 8. MoS: $6 million (family audiences negate Pacific Rim so an average drop) 9. Kevin Hart: $4 million (5-day weekend rush + GU2 = front-loaded much? ) 10. This is the End: $3 million (GU2 = the end of its run)

Exactly... Shrek 2 adjusts to almost $600 million today - would people say that's better than Pixar solely because of the box office? Despicable Me 2 is just a funny 4 quadrant family movie so of course it was going to be huge. But Toy Story 3 was just as huge and I'm fairly confident Finding Dory has a chance to be just as huge. But Illumination has 2 mediocre movies on their record - Hop and The Lorax. So they're not golden like Pixar or even DreamWorks post-HTTYD. But yes they're on the rise and making money while doing it. If Pixar made Monsters U in 2005 or 2006 as opposed to this year, it would have gotten close to DM2, Shrek 2, and Toy Story 3 heights since the movie is quite popular - just a little too late.

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Yeah I suppose so but Slumdog was a surprise hit - no one thought it was gonna do well at all. But I agree - Midnight is Paris is his best film IMO because it doesn't have him whining about life - just a thought provoking high concept character study. But you didn't think LOTR, Toy Story, Nemo, Avengers, Shrek, or Up were great? Wow you're a tough critic but you love TDK and Anchorman so I can forgive that I'm someone who can enjoy any film though - I just tend to like more mainstream films. I just don't see how King's Speech is better than Toy Story 3 or Inception or how Slumdog is better than TDK or Wall-E. I know indies and prestige pics can be the best pic of the year sometimes but so can blockbusters too! I just want some balance I guess

Well, it doesn't make it bad - I don't get British humor at all but I liked Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Still, English sitcoms are meh, but you have Doctor Who so it evens out lol

1. Oz - The Great and Powerful: B+2. Iron Man 3: A-3. Star Trek into Darkness: A+4. Man of Steel: A-5. This is the End: BGoing to see Despicable Me 2 and Monsters U in the next week or so. Spring/Summer 2013 Movies Left: 1. The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (Redbox) 2. The Croods (Redbox) 3. 42 (Redbox) 4. The Great Gatsby (Redbox) 5. Before Midnight (Redbox) 6. Now You See Me (Redbox) 7. The Purge (Redbox) 8. WWZ (Redbox) 9. Lone Ranger (Redbox) 10. Pacific Rim (theater) 11. Grown Ups 2 (Redbox) 12. The Conjuring (theater) 13. Elysium (theater) Still have these 10 in the fall too:1. Cloudy 22. Gravity3. Thor 24. Catching Fire5. Delivery Man (best teaser ever lol)6. Frozen7. Hobbit 28. Anchorman 29. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty10. Saving Mr. Banks

Yet Monsters Inc ended up standing the test of time while Shrek only went down after the 2nd one - but BP? Well that would have been cool lol

10 Performances of the 2000s1. Amy Adams - Enchanted2. Gary Oldman - Batman Begins3. Will Ferrell - Elf4. Jim Carrey - Eternal Sunshine5. Alfred Molina - Spider-Man 26. Andy Serkis - The Two Towers7. Zoe Salanda - Avatar8. Ellen DeGeneries - Finding Nemo9. Johnny Depp - POTC 110. Ian McKellen - Fellowship of the Ring

Umm... or the Academy has become more snobbish? Avengers, DH2, Star Trek 1 & 2, the Toy Story Trilogy, TDK trilogy, Up, Finding Nemo, Spider-Man 2, Bourne Ultimatum, Tangled, The Incredibles, WALL-E, Ratatouille, Monsters Inc, Elf, LOTR trilogy, Casino Royale & Skyfall, Lincoln, Wreck it Ralph, Meet the Parents, There's Something About Mary, Scream, Lion King, Aladdin, Despicable Me 1 & 2, Inception, Iron Man, The Green Mile, Saving Private Ryan, Jurassic Park, The Sixth Sense, The Matrix, POTC 1, Cast Away, Prisoner of Azkaban, A Bug's Life, Sleepless in Seattle, Groundhog Day, Clueless, Anchorman, Shrek 1 & 2, Bridesmaids, District 9, Inglorious Basterds, Django Unchained, Les Miserables, The Help, Life of Pi, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Mission Impossible IV, How to Train Your Dragon, Rango, and Fast Five? All great box office hits from the last 20 years... I don't see what's "wayward" about em.Theyre all great, popular, crowd pleasing films which got good to excellent reviews. People still like good movies - the bad ones usually don't top the year, aside from Avatar, Spider-Man 3, and POTC 2. It's usually a great movie that is #1 for the year. TDK, Shrek 2, and The Avengers were all great movies with buzz, WOM and earth shattering box office results. Film critics and the Academy are too much like Anton Ego - they've forgotten how to simply enjoy a movie. They can't imagine a true blockbuster ever being BP of the year.

Gravity looks intriguing.., it and Cloudy 2 are the only movies I'm gonna see in theaters this fall until Thor 2

Barely over 120 million but yes over

I agree with none of this but only thinking Spider-Man 3 is better than anything costs you film buff points lol

5 strange movie opinions of mine: 1. I thought Grown Ups was one of Adam Sandler's best movies (in my top 5 Sandler films) 2. I don't like Judd Apatow/Seth Rogen movies at all - yet I enjoyed Freaks and Geeks? Guess I'm not fond of pot jokes and F bombs for 90 minutes 3. I don't like Ratatouille 4. I thought Iron Man 3 was the best of the Iron Man trilogy 5. I think most Will Ferrell movies - except Elf, Blades of Glory, Curious George, and Anchorman - are really bad. He just seems really smug and arrogant, he's rude about signing autographs apparently, and he's more popular than a lot of funnier actors. But especially after he refused to meet with Bush Jr. solely because he's a Republican... yet you had no problem making fun of him for a million dollar paycheck? Ok Tina Fey meet Sarah Palin, Dana Carvey met Bush Sr, why not meet Bush Jr.? It would have taken 10 seconds lol

Well exactly what makes indie movies worthy? You're telling me that The Avengers wasn't as "deep" or "profound" as Lincoln or Silver Linings Playbook? Don't get me wrong - I loved both of those movies, but there's no denying The Avengers was a critical hit that should have gotten a Best Picture nod - not a win, but a nod. Joss Whedon should have gotten a Best Director nod over Spielberg since he had the tougher job by far! Same with Deathly Hallows Pt. 2 - that was the Best Picture of 2011, not a Singin' in the Rain knockoff... sure they had Help in there, but a 96% and an 8.8 on RT should have given Potter his Oscar due finally!! was Snow White (1937) mediocre, and just couldn't compare to "The Life of Emilia Zota"? was Gentleman's Agreement (1947) - typical Oscar bait movie - a better film than Miracle on 34th Street - a superb crowd-pleasing Christmas movie - by default? was The Apartment better than Psycho? My Fair Lady over Mary Poppins, Goldfinger, and Dr. Strangelove? was Annie Hall better than Star Wars? Was Gandhi more deserving of BP over ET? Chariots of Fire over Raiders of the Lost Ark? No Ghostbusters or Beverly Hills Cop in 1984, but Amadeus was good apparently? How did Out of Africa beat Back to the Future for a nod?!? Aliens, Ferris Bueller, and Stand by Me just couldn't make the cut against... more movies no one has ever seen? Were Die Hard, Big, and Roger Rabbit not good enough for a BP nod? Because Ghost got one in 1990 and it was mediocre! Aladdin didn't get a BP nod Lion King was robbed of one by something called "Quiz Show"? What?!? How did Braveheart beat Toy Story? The Truman Show wasn't cut out for BP? Finding Nemo and The Incredibles BP worthy? Slumdog over TDK and Wall-E? The Hurt Locker over Up? Or Star Trek? Or District 9? Avatar shouldn't have been nominated thou - maybe for a couple Razzies but no best acting, writing, directing, or best picture-related awards! The King's Speech was a bland, formulaic melodrama and it beat out the far superior Toy Story 3 and Inception - I'd give them 10 Oscars before Colin Firth got one stuttering for 2 hours isn't great acting, it makes me think of Simple Jack from Tropic Thunder Seriously though, aside from LOTR, Forrest Gump, Gladiator, and Titanic, I don't think blockbusters get near what they're due! Why is making tons of money considered a crutch when it comes to Oscars?

Anchorman!! Lol that would be in my top 100, but I'd really need a top 250 list. Most of your list except POTC is good too!Wonder Years is the greatest family sitcom/drama ever, just sayin! Well here's my top 50 list 1. Toy Story trilogy 2. It's a Wonderful Life 3. E.T.The Extra-Terrestrial 4. Star Wars IV-VI 5. Forrest Gump 6. The Muppet Movie 7. The Dark Knight 8. Airplane! 9. Beauty and the Beast 10. The Goonies 11. Dumb and Dumber 12. The Lion King 13. Finding Nemo 14. The Avengers 15. Dumbo 16. Spider-Man 2 17. Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy 18. The Sound of Music 20. LOTR trilogy 21. The Shawshank Redemption 22. Psycho 23. Young Frankenstein 24. The Shining 25. Monsters, Inc. 26. Ace Ventura - Pet Detective 27. The Incredibles 28. DodgeBall 29. Aladdin 30. Who Framed Roger Rabbit? 31. Meet the Fockers 32. Back to the Future 33. The Dark Knight Rises 34. Meet the Parents 35. Up 36. The Great Muppet Caper 37. Big 38. The Muppets (2011) 39. Die Hard 40. The Muppets Take Manhattan 41. Tommy Boy 42. Billy Madison 43. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington 44. Network 45. Raiders of the Lost Ark 46. Liar Liar 47. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 48. Close Encounters of the Third Kind 49. All the President's Men 50. Superman (1978)

I've seen 44 out of 100... good or bad?

Lone Ranger's goin over 100 DOM so 50 points it is! WWZ is under 600 million WW while I actually think Grown Ups 2 will top Pacific Rim due to lack of PG-13 comedy competition

Deal!

Yes I agree!

Sadly the 70-80 million price tag would probably keep Disney from assembling such a cast, not to mention it's supposed to be a Muppet movie but I'd go the midnight showing with those 3 as the human stars.