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    Wknd Estimates: Nolan = 50M | BH6 = 56M+(pg 72) (who cares, our forum lives!)

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    Well, while Paramount didn't really play up the involvement with the film, technically this stuff was known during filming. But whatever. I said nothing about what role said person had in the film, though it wouldn't be difficult to make guesses given secrecy

     

    It really wasn't just you, I think a bunch of others mentioned it. 

    I could be wrong. I won't go into too much more detail about who I think they played. It was kind of funny to me though  :P

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    Wknd Estimates: Nolan = 50M | BH6 = 56M+(pg 72) (who cares, our forum lives!)

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    Part of the IS promotional strategy also, well.... Kinda alienated me a bit. The trailers were pretty flat for the most part, though the star power was sure as hell strong. And then the long runtime. And then all the emphasis on "MUST SEE THIS IN IMAX FOR THE REAL EXPERIENCE!!!" Well, if it's more difficult to get out to an IMAX theater for some of us, then.... Meh. I'm not going to waste bridge toll fees, ass expensive parking in SF, child care, and then $17 per ticket plus refreshments on your movie.

    The promotion for it kind of rubbed me the wrong way, like they came from it at this elitist, cool kids approach that didn't appeal to me at all. And I do like most Nolan films.

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    Big Hero 6 | November 7, 2014 | Now available on home video

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    How are they like Shrek? :blink:  

    I just rewatched TANGLED last night (and FROZEN a week ago), and both movies seem to be playing with fairy tale tropes the same way SHREK did so wonderfully, at least in the first two movies. I haven't seen SHREK 3 or 4, so I can't speak to those, but WDAS appears to have learned a lesson from that franchise, that there are ways to freshen up the fairy tale/"princess" genre that pokes fun at the conventions while standing as a homage to them.

    And then there's WIR, which was a bit of a play on BEAUTY AND THE BEAST mixed with MONSTERS INC.

    Wknd Estimates: Nolan = 50M | BH6 = 56M+(pg 72) (who cares, our forum lives!)

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    The BH6 Saturday jump is actually smaller than expected, I really thought a 60% jump or so would put it at 26M Saturday and then a 16M Sunday would have meant a 58M weekend. Now it looks like a weekend of 55M. Interstellar has an outside chance at 50M. 

     

    BH6 not showing that big a growth over WiR, and Interstellar falling from Inception.

     

    Well, that's a big downer…  :(

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    Big Hero 6 | November 7, 2014 | Now available on home video

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    I do feel that the LEGO MOVIE (and I watch that shit a lot) is still extremely clever and hilarious. But I found the overall emotional journey of BIG HERO 6 far more satisfying to me. That's really it, in a nutshell. 

     

    The little foibles of BH6 (the name thing, the predictable "twist" at the end) never sullied the arc of Hiro and Baymax and the development of the team. LEGO MOVIE also has it's quirks -- WildStyle's rather devolves as the story moves forward. But it's still a wonderfully clever movie. 

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    Big Hero 6 | November 7, 2014 | Now available on home video

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    I don't get why some people seem to think there wasn't any emotional arc in this movie... I really think Hiro's growth and feelings were handled very well!  He actually felt like a believable kid to me and not just a 'kid character'...if you know what I mean?  The last character I really felt that way about was Lilo. (I don't count some characters because their appearances as children were limited)

     

    Right. The entire movie was Hiro's emotional arc. Everything he did, built, created… everything centered on

    the death of his brother and needing friends to help him. I was legitimately shocked that they showed Hiro wanting to kill Callaghan, but it all stemmed from mourning Tadaschi *sniff*

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    Hiro and Lilo are straight up peas in a pod. 

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    Big Hero 6 | November 7, 2014 | Now available on home video

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    I don't know if it's a guy thing, but I liked this so much better than Frozen - which I liked a lot.

    Amazing movie. My favorite of the Lasseter/Catmull-WDAS era by far.

     

    J'ADORE FROZEN! Like, we watch it a lot at Casa WTF. The soundtrack helped jumpstart my son's vocalizing; singing "Let It Go" was his gateway to speaking full sentences. 

     

    But I connected way more emotionally to this movie. To the point where I ugly cried in ways I didn't when watching FROZEN. Or even my favorite WRECK-IT RALPH.

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