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And before 2pm on the West Coast on Wednesday, too.

Since this thread exists, does there need to be a separate Wednesday thread?

My brother in law is from New Mexico but lives in Iowa. The last time I visited them, I asked him what the best joint was in their town. His flat response: "I don't eat Mexican food in the midwest." The Seattle area has a pretty sizeable Hispanic population so there are quite a few good options around here, thankfully.

Should be TF4. Tammy I could see getting to the upper 20s to low 30s, but TF4 should be in the low-to-mid 30s for the 3day.

From Deadline:

Crusts make or break pizzas. You can do all you want with the toppings, but even with the best sauce and cheese and stuff, if your crust isn't up to snuff, the pizza won't be great. A lot of people swear by Zeke's here in Seattle, but I've never found them to be anything more than mediocre because of the crust.

Tangent, but the first post in the thread has been updated with the daily numbers for easy reference, if anyone wants to discuss them. Okay, back to talking about food.

Mmm. Pizza. My first job was at a pizza place and I discovered that jalapeno and bacon is an amazing topping combo. The Seattle area does pretty good pizza. My favorite place is probably this: http://www.therockwfp.com/

Well, there was the fact it was the best reviewed summer film of 2013 or something. Okay, fair enough point. Lindelof is one of the credited screenwriters on STID, though. And I'd agree. Gary Mitchell would have been so much better than Khan. Although it still wouldn't have fixed the plotting issues. I'm willing to give Orci the benefit of the doubt. He and Kurtzman do very well on the fun meter. Sleepy Hollow is pretty terrific, after all.

Wasn't there an interview with Kurtzman who indicated he was on one side where they shouldn't use Khan and Orci and Lindelof were on the other saying they should? Or was it something different?

I think I gave it 3/5 when I first saw it, but the stupid in it is really glaring. I'm actually kinda pissed because I do like Trek and the cast quite a bit, and they dropped the fucking ball big time in the writing department.

STID is pretty bad. It's a film that gets worse with subsequent viewings. All the great action sequences can't overcome the tired, derivative throwbacks. Plus the entire script is a mess, with layered twists that don't make sense, character motivations that aren't explained, and plot elements that undermine the entire worldbuilding when you give them consideration. It's sad how much potential they wasted. 2/5

Didn't they take it away from him in the editing room? Even had Jeff Robinov stepping in to make changes? From what I read, his original plan was considerably more interesting. I've heard the director's cut improves things slightly.

Uhh. I'm definitely not a huge fan of The Avengers, but still, no. GL had a lot of potential, but it's a mess.

Yeah. I want to see it again, but I don't really want to see it again.

Today's background noise: Star Trek Into Darkness.

Since both films made over $100m, I think it's going to be fine either way.

That John Powell.

Better than the first, but probably not much above 100m.

Well, we'll have to see what Paramount reports tomorrow. If they're still correcting for the weekend, it's not going to be 10. 9.5 or so, rather.

If Paramount is skewing the weekdays to correct for the weekend, it should be, what? 9.5 or so as their daily actual?

1 1 Transformers: Age of Extinction Par. $10,410,443 -1% - 4,233 $2,459 $120,953,107 5 2 3 How to Train Your Dragon 2 Fox $2,614,015 +15% -40% 3,750 $697 $126,839,947 19 3 2 22 Jump Street Sony $2,284,747 -6% -49% 3,426 $667 $145,003,982 19 4 4 Maleficent BV $1,574,353 +9% -32% 3,073 $512 $205,025,903 33 5 5 Think Like a Man Too SGem $1,173,401 +4% -54% 2,225 $527 $50,381,737 12 6 7 Jersey Boys WB $1,135,183 +16% -41% 2,905 $391 $29,561,103 12 7 6 The Fault in our Stars Fox $1,045,171 +2% -41% 2,845 $367 $111,944,607 26 8 8 Edge of Tomorrow WB $761,364 -2% -52% 2,535 $300 $85,889,385 26 9 9 X-Men: Days of Future Past Fox $540,462 -4% -48% 2,014 $268 $224,517,107 40 10 10 Chef ORF $212,822 -4% -18% 801 $266 $19,848,917 54 11 11 Godzilla (2014) WB $142,136 -3% -57% 750 $190 $197,309,422 47 12 - Rio 2 Fox $93,201 +10% +0% 322 $289 $128,324,648 82 13 12 Neighbors Uni. $92,020 -28% -59% 510 $180 $147,460,745 54 - - Blended WB $87,243 -21% -54% 475 $184 $43,743,851 40 - - A Million Ways to Die in the West Uni. $70,225 -22% -73% 483 $145 $41,881,680 33 - - The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Sony $54,549 -9% -45% 274 $199 $200,300,256 61 - - Heaven is for Real TriS $45,032 +8% +34% 211 $213 $90,261,767 77 - - Island of Lemurs: Madagascar (IMAX) WB $43,004 -13% -4% 41 $1,049 $3,638,551 89 - - Belle FoxS $41,273 +7% -24% 175 $236 $9,735,331 61 - - Divergent LG/S $34,442 +1% -29% 210 $164 $150,613,028 103 - - The LEGO Movie WB $31,362 +6% -25% 335 $94 $257,061,167 145 - - The Other Woman (2014) Fox $25,977 -3% -34% 195 $133 $83,456,776 68 - - Mr. Peabody & Sherman Fox $20,245 +26% -25% 141 $144 $111,053,756 117 - - The Grand Budapest Hotel FoxS $17,468 -8% -30% 90 $194 $58,586,435 117 - - Moms' Night Out TriS $16,482 +11% +115% 117 $141 $10,307,818 54 - - Begin Again Wein. $12,737 -5% - 5 $2,547 $160,201 5 - - God's Not Dead Free $11,670 +20% -33% 90 $130 $60,626,463 103 - - The Signal (2014) Focus $10,823 -9% -55% 180 $60 $578,795 19 - - The Immigrant Wein. $10,505 +12% -32% 61 $172 $2,004,591 47 - - Brick Mansions Rela. $5,936 -36% +17% 31 $191 $20,373,824 68 - - Yves Saint Laurent Wein. $3,700 -5% - 2 $1,850 $43,436 7 - - The Railway Man Wein. $2,457 -23% -69% 38 $65 $4,413,091 82 - - Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return CE $2,170 +33% -82% 21 $103 $8,437,664 54 - - America (2014) LGF $1,704 -14% - 3 $568 $42,295 5 - - Radio Free Albemuth Free $1,007 +19% - 10 $101 $7,410 5 - - The Hornet's Nest Free $142 +71% -60% 2 $71 $307,172 54

Yeah. I had the option of either the Theatrical or Extended and Tele said the latter was better, so I went with that. Aw, but you only need like 12 likes to get to 10k.

The movie feels a little weird, nowadays. While there is some action, it's mostly done. The climax scenes of the film are oddly sedate and really gear up the wonder of first contact rather than the excitement. Despite that, it's pretty great. The visual composition is outstanding and Douglas Trumbull knocks it out of the park with the visual effects. Considering the technology available, they are outstanding here. It's rather like looking at the animation in Pinocchio and trying to figure out how they did it, because they hold up so well.