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#15
Harry Potter
Directed by Chris Columbus, Alfonso Cuarón, Mike Newell, and David Yates
"There won't be a child in our world who doesn't know his name."
Box Office: $2.39B Domestic, $7.723B Worldwide
Why it's So Meaningful to Me: At a young age, everyone experiences their first attachment to a film franchise. The one where every subsequent film released fills them with great anticipation. For me, that would have to go to The Boy Who Lived. Admittedly, I didn't get super into the franchise until the movie version of Goblet of Fire rolled around, but from 2005 to 2011, Harry Potter was pretty much my life, similar to other kids my age growing up. I read the books cover to cover, I saw the first five movies on DVD multiple times, and the following three on TV multiple times, and each time I'm transported back to being a kid again, experiencing these well-written stories and interesting characters, watching as the films progress in their darkness and themes.
Of course what makes this even more special was the appeal this series had towards my entire family. There are very few movies that everyone in my family gets equal enjoyment out of, but the Harry Potter series is definitely one of them. The films have been rewatched multiple times over the years in the household, and the excitement between all of us when the last two movies were coming was through the roof. We all pretty much caught Pottermania, and it still sticks with us, as pretty much any time one of the movies is passed by during a channel surf, at least one of us will sit down and watch it all the way through.
But what's arguably the most important part of it all is that it kickstarted my love for fantasy and worldbuilding. The ideas of mythical creatures and unique sorcery were so fascinating and fun, which has helped me later fall in love with Lord of the Rings, Narnia, and How to Train Your Dragon, and it helps that the Wizarding World was so multi-layered and strongly developed. The ways of transportation, the structure of Hogwarts, the different blood purities, the political systems found in the Ministry of Magic, the creatures, the Quidditch matches, the towns; fucking everything! Rowling's unique universe is so well-developed, especially for a young adult series, as it takes the idea of fantasy, witchcraft, and wizardry to its full effect, all the while creating a fun, dramatic, and interesting story around it.
So due to it being my first fanboy franchise, a wonderful thing for the family to bond over, and the reason why fantasy and worldbuilding kick so much ass for me, the Harry Potter franchise holds a special place in my movie-loving heart.
And if you're wondering, yes, the whole family's beyond excited to see Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.
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2 minutes ago, filmlover said:
lololololololololololololol
I can't wait to see all of those families in the theater when it comes out. Some Deadpool shit right there.
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23 minutes ago, kitik said:
reminder: there's a little over a day left to vote in this week's Most Anticipated Movies thread
Not many folks have been voting over the last few weeks, so that means that relatively, your vote counts for more.
All you have to do is post your top 10 movies coming out in the next 12 months.
Just put in mine.
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1. Passengers
2. Rogue One
3. Suicide Squad
4. Jason Bourne
5. Moana
6. BFG
7. Fantastic Beasts
8. Kubo
9. Billy Lynn
10. Beauty and the Beast
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1 minute ago, MovieMan89 said:
Are we really bringing up classics like that as a comparison point for this? Nothing about it indicates it would be remotely on the level of those. And if I'm wrong and it somehow is, then it will become a classic with time like most of those movies had to.
You make a good point...cept I wasn't comparing them with BFG. I was just answering Jack's question on what live-action children's films are considered all-time classics.
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2 minutes ago, Jack Nevada said:
Like what? I'm sure you're right but I just cant think of any.
E.T., Wizard of Oz, Adventures of Robin Hood, Princess Bride, Sound of Music, Mary Poppins, Willy Wonka, and Harry Potter (
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4 minutes ago, ThatOneGuy said:
Still remaining optimistic
OW: 39M (46M 4-day)
DOM: A leggy run and make its way to 184M
Not 200M+...but a successful run.
Jesus Christ, I'd never thought I'd be fanboying for a movie like the BFG in my entire life
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2 minutes ago, DAJK said:
My theatre isn't getting BFG this weekend, and talking to our booker, we "may get it in mid-July" but we may not get it at all.
I may just single-handedly construct a sixth screen at our theatre in time for Friday...
Aw man, that sucks! Are there any other theaters nearby?
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On 6/25/2016 at 0:30 AM, No Prisoners said:
4 estimates so far. FD 75 ID2 45 TS 13 FSoJ 8
1 Player Total Score (out of 40) 2 Olive 39.15 3 WrathOfHan 38.75 4 JohnnY 38.27 5 SquareWatcher 38.15 6 TalismanRing 37.93 7 Exxdee 37.93 8 Viceversa 37.69 9 AndyLL 37.68 10 PanaMovie 37.46 11 Wonka 37.42 12 JMorphin 37.41 13 Horror Wizard 37.37 14 Korean 37.29 15 boxofficeth 37.23 16 8wombi7 37.18 17 kayumanggi 37.15 18 Rolling Thunder 37.1 19 Simionski 36.83 20 CoolEric258 36.8 I made the top 20? SWEET!
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This is animated, right?
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5 minutes ago, tribefan695 said:
Talking about recycled models is opening a can of worms. Disney recycled their animation all the time in the old days and it's probably a reason they're able to keep their budgets low.
The big problem with them is their characters are just thinly written and forgettable. Their most popular creations are one dimensional comic relief, not truly interesting characters like Buzz or Nemo or Elsa
Eh, I think Gru's decently written. He has a predictable arc, but he at least seems to have some decent depth in his backstory and his love for his daughters that I think makes him more endearing and entertaining. Of course, he's still nowhere near as strong as the characters you listed.
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8 minutes ago, Baumer said:
I told @Free State of Tele this earlier today and I'll share it with you guys as well. About two decades ago, I wrote a manuscript that I tried to get published, called Day for Night. It was about aliens invading earth and using us for slavery and food and so on. It was my first book I tried to get published. I didn't succeed. However, my best friend at the time was married to a woman who's grandfather was the fifth richest man in Canada. He had business ties with Centropolis. My friend's wife gave my manuscript to two execs from Centropolis who apparently read it on a flight. They told her that my manuscript was not quite good enough to made into a film or to be optioned for a novel. I agree with them....it was not good enough. Having said that, they told me that my book wasn't good enough to be made into a movie and yet they come up with this piece of shit called Independence Day Resurgence, and they had the audacity to tell me that my work wasn't good enough? My novel was War And Peace compared to what they put on screen this weekend. Basically, IDR is a horrible film with absolutely no redeeming qualities except that I enjoyed seeing Maika Monroe on screen. Other that than, this is about the worst film I've seen, at least in the top 100 worst films of all time.
After 20 years of relative peace, the aliens from the first come back for revenge. Basically they create a ship that is 3000 miles long. Let that sink in for a second. Not only is it ridiculously big but the aliens have developed a new shield technology that is impenetrable. So they decide that they are going to drill to the earth's core so that they can steal resources or something...and that will basically wipe out earth. This massive ship that is drilling in the ocean is untouched and it is being monitored by a rogue ship which was looking for 100 million dollars in gold. This ship is seen at the beginning f the movie, and then at the end. Again, Earth's weapons cannot get through it's shields. It's untouchable. We'll get back to this in a minute.
Now, the earthlings think that the best thing to do is to try and find the Queen alien and try to kill her. So they send out their ships and try to blast their way through a bunch of alien ships and then they figure that they can find the queen on another ship. Shockingly, the aliens this time are smarter and set a trap for them. I have no idea why the erthlings would think that they would find the queen unprotected, but this is actually in the script. Keep in mind, the queen is the only one that can be killed in order for the humans to win again. Wouldn't you think the best place for her would be to be on the ship that is 3000 miles long and is impenetrable?
Then there is a subplot about a bunch of characters who are somehow mentally linked to the aliens. So when it's convenient to move the story forward, every few minutes one of the charazcters gets a head ache and then draws something which is supposed to help the humans understand what is happening. There's also a lot of screaming in the movie.
When Liam Hemsworth read the script, he must have liked that half of his lines were, "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH" or "OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO" OR "YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAA". Maika Monroe has one scene where she channels her inner Rambo when he shoots up the airplane hangar at the end of Rambo, because she also lets out a really good, "AAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG" There's also one scene in the film when Liam and the black guy and some other dude are all saying, "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA.....OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO....EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.....AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGG" IN UNISON.
I think part of the problem with the acting is that they did so much of it in front of blue screen that there was just no experience with any of the actors. They were so unbelievable and cold and the acting in most of the movie felt like it was acting from a 1940's film, not one from 2016..
A lot of the cast from the first one shows up. Goldblum is fine and does what he can with the shitty script he is given. Bill Pullman is kind of wasted and he has a beard for no reason. He shaves it off at the end and then he dies, and no one mentions him again....EVER. Goldblums dad is in it again and he adds nothing to the plot and he should have died about 5 times. Then there's Joey King and three other kids who also add nothing to the plot. Dr. Okun comes out of a coma and is annoying and then William Fichtner shows up and becomes president and even he is not good in the film.
There's a Chinese pilot who adds nothing to the plot. There's two white side kicks who are supposed to be comic relief and they do nothing. In fact, there is no intentional comedy in the movie. And the one political aide sidekick is the exact same character from White House Down. The one who is mousy and inexperienced and then learns how to become a warrior and gains everyone's respect.
The script is the worst part of the film. I am not going to look up who the writers were but they should have their WGA cards revoked. This is a horrible piece of shit. It's not interesting, not a lot makes sense , there's no buildup there's no snappy dialogue there's no characters to like and even when they try to give characters back stories they are about as interesting as reading a volume of notes from a conference on spores fungus and mold.
When the action is there, it's just CGI overload. There's no sense of dread. No one really dies with the exception of Pullman and black guys's mom. But you really don't care. And then when people try to show emotion, it comes off as if they are in a high school play and they are being directed by one of the class mates who is hoping to impress his drama teacher. When Goldblum is not even that interesting and Fichtner isn't even that good, you know you have a shitty film.
I laughed a lot watching this. I laughed when black guy's mom dies. I laughed when Maika does her Rambo yell, I laughed when people tried to show emotion and I laughed at the end when they set up for a sequel that is never going to come.
Back to the giant ship that is impenetrable....if they would have left the queen on that ship, then they win. End of story. There was no reason for her to be off that ship. They apparently came back to punish us but in the process they got stupider than last time. They left their queen unprotected and when Maika finally is able to destroy her protection, it's only because she does her Rambo scream....somehow this destroyed the protective shield.
IDR is one of the 100 worst films I've seen. Besides a couple of shots of Maika being really really fucking hot, there is nothing to like about this piece of shit.
0.5/10
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Psycho
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
"I hope they are watching...they'll see. They'll see and they'll know, and they'll say, 'Why, she wouldn't even harm a fly...'"
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Box Office: $32M Domestic
IMDB Summary: A Phoenix secretary steals $40,000 from her employer's client, goes on the run and checks into a remote motel run by a young man under the domination of his mother.
Why it's So Meaningful to Me: I've already admitted my love for Trey Parker & Matt Stone, but do you want to know who also fought against censorship decades ago? Alfred Hitchcock! Hitchcock's work is praised for his voyeurism, strong camerawork, and meticulous planning, and for good reason. Better yet, many of Hitchcock's elements are at their strongest in Psycho. The production design is wonderful, the acting, with Anthony Perkins as Norman Bates in particular, is astounding, its ending is absolutely flawless, and the usage of visual elements to explain the story and the quiet buildup of each scene is astonishing and a near-textbook definition on how to do visual filmmaking and suspense.
However, what really seals the deal for why I love this movie so much was Hitchcock's massive battle between censorship during production. For those who don't know, when Hollywood movies were in full effect and making big money, there was no MPAA. Instead, there was the Motion Picture Production Code, though many prefer to call it the Hays Code. It was a list of guidelines that told filmmakers and film studios to not have certain elements that would be risque, adult, or provocative, which included bad language, nudity, or offending religion or race. As you can imagine, it was very limiting for filmmakers with bold and unique ideas.
When Hitchcock discovered the 1959 novel Psycho, he had yearned to make the movie adaptation of the story, but with two catches: he had an abnormally small budget and had to use the production crew of his television show, and he had to face the censorship board, who weren't very fond of dark or racy material. But Hitchcock insisted on poking holes at their flawed logic. He would show specific scenes again and again, and get different results each time; he was asked to reshoot the opening scene so that he can have the shower scene, but later on just kept the original take; he even had the nerve and audacity to take something never shown before, due to its controversial status: a flushing toilet! Oh the audacity of such a scene! (But seriously though, why was a flushing toilet never seen on a movie or show until Psycho came out? Am I missing something?) He even told theaters to not let anyone in after the movie starts. For whatever reason, that idea was unheard of, but Hitchcock's demands came, and greatly flourished.
Alfred Hitchcock pretty much said "Fuck you" to standards and the norm and decided to keep his vision in tact, with no ifs, ands, or buts about it. Hell, I can't even imagine what it must have been like for audiences in 1960. Having to actually be in their seats on time, witnessing an opening scene of two people as lovers sharing a bed, seeing one of the greatest villains of all time become a legend before their very eyes, and watching a shower scene packed to the brim with symbolism, fear, suspense, and an ultimate payoff, with the scariest violin sounds ever put on film. None of these wonderful moments could have happened if Hitchcock stayed stubborn on his decisions and keeping his creativity and integrity in tact. He knew that thinking and working outside of the box was more important and more impressionable to audiences in both 1960 and 2016, and that's what really makes this horror classic just a little bit more special.
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1 minute ago, Baumer said:
If anyone is interested in my mini rant about IDR, and are not caring about spoilers, head to the RTM in about 15 minutes.
Time to cook up some popcorn.
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Confession: I've never seen a Roland Emmerich film.
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9 minutes ago, MovieMan89 said:
Are you aged 10 or under? Anyone who's been in a theater packed with kids when a Pets trailer plays should know the kind of reactions it gets from them. Been seeing it happen for a year now. There's no way it goes under 80m for OW.
You do know that kids don't pay for the tickets, right? Mommy and Daddy will have to say yes on going to the theater, and for the most part, it depends on if they think it will be worth their time and worth their wallet. If not, the family isn't gonna go, and they'll wait for Redbox. I'm not going to completely deny your prediction, but just having strong kid appeal won't automatically equal an Inside Out-level opening.
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2 hours ago, Nova said:
Pitch Perfect 3 will go on. The issue is that it's not just sequels that are flopping. Original stories are too. That's why it's refreshing to see movies like Central Intelligence and The Shallows do well respective to their budgets. Maybe what Hollywood should do, is actually start creating quality films instead of garbage regardless of whether they're sequels or not. If IDR was actually a good film, I'm sure people would have went out and watched it. But it's not and people aren't stupid.
People didn't go see The Nice Guys though.
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24 minutes ago, WrathOfHan said:
Movies available on Netflix:
58. Von Ryan's Express
39. Re-Animator
37. The Enemy Below
Woof.
There's also The Killer.
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#17
The Lord of the Rings
Directed by Peter Jackson
"Fly, you fools!"
Box Office: $1.035B Domestic, $2.917B WW
Why it's Meaningful to Me: So I'm kinda cheating on this one. I was originally going to put Return of the King on here, because it's my personal favorite, but I feel that the trilogy alone is so strong and powerful for me that only having one would just be unfair.
Now my introduction to Peter Jackson's interpretation of Middle-Earth was actually with the first Hobbit movie. My dad was a huge Lord of the Rings fan, but I never really got around to them. But when my dad was excited to go see it, I decided to tag along, since he was paying for it, I loved fantasy, and we were going to be heading to Red Robin later. When I saw it, I loved it, and later on, my dad and I would rewatch the original 2001-2003 trilogy on cable numerous times, and every time, I'm enchanted and enthralled by the story, characters, and universe.
Outside of it being something my dad and I easily bond over, these films are a huge part of my love for unique worlds and mythologies. I was already a huge fan of the universes found in Avatar: The Last Airbender, and another fantasy series that will be brought up later, but I feel that very few universes are as layered, as developed, or as unique as Tolkien's, and Jackson is able to successfully capture this unique universe on the screen. It still amazes me how the writers were able to take a trilogy known for its excessive length and massive backstory, and managed to create a simplified, but just as enthralling story, with its characters still wonderfully layered and unique. In all honesty, this is the gold definition on how to make an adaptation right.
In fact, not only is this trilogy a perfect adaptation, what made me put these movies together is that Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings, in my opinion, is the greatest trilogy of all time. No, I'm not kidding. While other trilogies, even the ones I love, have their movies just be consistently good or one being slightly lesser than the other ones, Jackson was smart enough to make every movie bigger and better than its predecessor. Fellowship established the story and the dangers that will come to its characters. The Two Towers picks up on the first movie, expands on characters like Gollum, intercuts three wonderful stories, and ends on a foreboding note with Gollum seemingly derailing the entire adventure. And the end of it all comes with Return of the King, with some of the best action sequences ever conceived on film, unbelievable visuals, unforgettable character moments, and a perfect end to Frodo and Samwise's wonderful adventure.
As both the greatest trilogy ever made, and a soft spot between me and my father, The Lord of the Rings deserved to be here as a package on this list.
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So while the list was in progress, I was seeing how many of these are available on Netflix, so I can later watch them. I only found four though, but that's fine. I'll state my opinions about these movies some other time.
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Just now, filmlover said:
July looks great this year. Really looking forward to Ghostbusters, Star Trek (though it'll be with an unavoidable sadness hanging over it now due to Yelchin), Jason Bourne, and Woody Allen's Café Society (the Blake Lively Renaissance continues).
Oh I forgot about Café Society. That looks like fun too. Don't really care about Trek or Ghostbusters, though.
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