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    3 minutes ago, That One Guy said:

     

    excuse me but everything about digimon just looks like a third rate version of Pokemon.  seriously look at this shit.

     

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    THANK YOU VERY MUCH but I prefer to stick to the original shit.  no lame ripoffs of pokemon.  no digimon.

    From what I remember, the Digimon show was better than Pokemon. The characters in that show actually had arcs and backstories and things actually happened and developed. There wasn't some BS like Ash got in every season where he loses the big tournament and has to start all over in a new region.

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    7 minutes ago, MrGamer said:

    All those other films were directed by hacks. All in on the guy who directed other classics like License to Wed and He's Just Not That Into You. 

      For the record, Follow That Bird's low-key iconic.

     

     

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    1 minute ago, WrathOfHan said:

    Korey Coleman from Double Toasted's top 10 is pretty tight:

     

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    1. Get Out

    2. War for the Planet of the Apes

    3. Coco

    4. Good Time

    5. Lady Bird

    6. The Florida Project

    7. Logan

    8. Detroit

    9. Dunkirk

    10. Call Me by Your Name/The Big Sick

    Honorable mentions: The Lost City of Z, The Post, Brigsby Bear, mother!, Thor: Ragnarok, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Three Billboards, LEGO Batman, The Shape of Water, I Tonya

     

    I saw the video version. Did he say his honorable mentions in the Soundcloud version?

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    4 minutes ago, MrGamer said:

    Name a better action scene in the Mighty Ducks cartoon than Gordon Bombay threatening to sue a bunch of stuffy old people.

     

     

    Name me a scene from any of the movies that has an eyepatch-wearing duck with a laser sword, and the word "Nin-Jerks" actually stated by a character.

     

     

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    52 minutes ago, MrGamer said:

    Screw the remakes of animated movies, Disney. Where the hell is my Mighty Ducks remake? 

     

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    Nah son. I want a remake of that weird Mighty Ducks cartoon about hockey-playing ducks from another planet that fought reptilian aliens. I remember when I was a kid being so disappointed when I discovered the actual movie it was based on was just some dumb movie about Charlie Sheen's brother being a hockey coach to some bratty kids.

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    Moviepass and its Impact on the Box Office

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    Stealing from the Buzz & Tracking Thread:

     

    http://blog.moviepass.com/your-top-25-movies-of-2017/

     

    25. Ferdinand

    24. Jigsaw

    23. Geostorm

    22. Downsizing

    21. Shape of Water

    20. Pitch Perfect 3

    19. A Bad Moms Christmas

    18. Happy Death Day

    17. The Foreigner

    16. Wonder

    15. Daddy's Home 2

    14. American Made

    13. The Greatest Showman

    12. 3 Billboards

    11. Lady Bird

    10. It

    9. Kingsman 2

    8. The Disaster Artist

    7. Blade Runner 2049

    6. Jumanji

    5. Orient Express

    4. Justice League

    3. Coco

    2. Thor: Ragnarok

    1. Porg: The Movie

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    Top 10 Wins and Fails of 2017 (& 5 Disappointments) l LIST COMPLETE l #1 ON P. 7

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    WIN #8

    SPLIT

    "The broken are the more evolved. Rejoice."

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    Release Date: January 20

    Director: M. Night Shymalan

    Cast: James McAvoy, Anya Taylor-Joy, Betty Buckley, Hayley Lu Richardson

    B.O. Gross: $138.1M DOM, $278.3M WW

     

    When M. Night Shyamalan first landed on the scene with The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable, and Signs, he was hailed as the next Spielberg. Flash forward a few years, his name would become synonymous with garbage, ranging from disappointments like The Village, to “so bad it’s good” like Lady in the Water and The Happening, to dull messes like The Last Airbender and After Earth. By that point, Shyamalan became a punchline, a gag, a complete has-been. But in 2015, he partnered with Jason Blum and released The Visit. It received okay enough reviews, but was a great success, grossing over $98 million on a $5 million budget. At the very least, the film offered some goodwill to audiences that Shyamalan can still make good work, or at least work that's better than The Last Airbender.

     

    But while The Visit was a gentle reminder Shyamalan was still going to be around, Split was a battle cry that Shyamalan was not only still going to be around, but a force to be reckoned with. Thanks to a creative premise, a PG-13 rating that helped bring in wider appeal, and a unique villainous performance from James McAvoy, Split grossed over $40M in its opening weekend, gaining the highest OW since The Conjuring 2 in 2016. Considering that Conjuring 2 was based off of an acclaimed sequel, and Split was an original film (kinda), that makes it even more impressive.

     

    But what really sealed the deal were the film’s legs and staying power. While this year had plenty of strong legs for horror films, more often than not, this is a genre that’s notorious for being frontloaded, so when the film dropped 36%, 43%, 34%, 24%, and other stellar holds until weekend 9, it was downright shocking. In the end, the film managed to gross over $138 million domestically. Considering most people thought the film would, at best, cross $105 million, this was an amazing feat and outshined everyone’s wildest expectations. There are a lot of compelling reasons why this film held better than other horror flicks, but to me the biggest factor came to James McAvoy. Obviously he’s no Dwayne Johnson level superstar, but seeing him portray multiple characters with unique personalities, while still seeming chilling and frightening helped to make the character stand out as a horror villain, and seeing as how his perfomrance was the main selling point in the advertising, him able to pull it off successfully caused a huge boom in word of mouth, causing people to see how he pulled it off. Add on a twist ending where it’s revealed the whole film was a sequel to 2000’s Unbreakable, and it only helped drive word of mouth even further.

     

    Speaking of which, due to this film’s great success, a sequel is already planned, with Universal and Disney joining forces to releasing it. The sequel, titled Glass, will feature McAvoy and Anya Taylor-Joy teaming up with Bruce Willis and Samuel L. Jackson, alongside a new character played by the lovely and talented Sarah Paulson in what’s sure to be an epic Shyamalan event. Let’s hope it doesn’t disappoint when it releases in January 2019, because as a proud supporter of everything and anything Philadelphia, I love and will always support my Shyamalan, even when he ruined one of my favorite shows of all time, and I want him to continue earning praise and adulation for his future features.

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