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    Sing | Dec. 21, 2016 | Illumination | Beats Moana domestic. The McConaissance Continues

    in Box Office Discussion

    Posted · Edited by CoolEric258

    12 minutes ago, CelestialFairyIX said:

    One of the tweets state that although Sing might not be a  contender for Best Animated Feature, it should snag a nomination for, "Best Original Song."  So I assumed it had one, even if the characters don't sing it themselves and is just an opener/ender. 

    I think Stevie Wonder and Ariana Grande are collaborating to make an original song for the movie.

     

    EDIT: Yep, I was right

     

    Sing | Dec. 21, 2016 | Illumination | Beats Moana domestic. The McConaissance Continues

    in Box Office Discussion

    Posted · Edited by CoolEric258

    33 minutes ago, MinaTakla said:

    Attended the Chris Meledandri tribute today at Venice and watched the first 20 minutes of SING (work-in-progress), plus they showed us a scene towards the end.

    - The film is both hilarious and a bit more "grown-upy" in its themes than most Illumination films

    - The animal singing scenes killed the audience with laughter.

    - There's a big, HILARIOUS Japanese singing cats in the film. The audience exploded with laughs.

    - The audience was all above 30-35 years old and they still laughed a lot

    - Really liked the setup, and my favorite character is Reese Witherspoon

    - Visually appealing a lot, and there are themes of parenthood, feminism, going broke, husband-wife relationships, bad treatment of women, faith in onself, and many more.

    I think it will be a big hit. I hope they don't change much of what I saw.

    Ask me any questions.

    cc: @Baumer loves Oogieloves @cannastop

    Judging by the footage, do you think it has a chance to gross around Pets numbers, or even above?

    Also, @Jason, are you still planning to see the movie at TIFF?

    Thegun's 50 Worst Sequels Ever Made (#15)

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    Here's the objective and factual truth about the POTC franchise...in my opinion.

    COTBP: Fun, creative, likable, and charming, with plenty of great gags and well-choreographed scenes of swordfighting and swashbuckling. It's the perfect movie for when you want to kill an afternoon.

    DMC: Stupid, nonsensical, needlessly complicated, and overlong, but there's still plenty to appreciate. Davy Jones is entertaining, the wheel fight and the Kraken scenes are incredible, and there's still Captain Jack and Barbossa doing what they do best. Not great, or even good, but you can still get some enjoyment out of it.

    AWE: I haven't seen this movie since it first came out, so maybe there's a bias there, but I remember almost nothing from this movie, outside of the opening, which is far too needlessly dark for a fuckin' POTC movie, and a couple of random scenes here and there. Maybe if I rewatch it I might get something out of it, but I'll probably just end up strongly disliking it.

    OST: They tried to scale down, but it once again is overlong, and needlessly complicated. There are some select scenes that are enjoyable, like the mermaid scene, and Jack leaving Angelica on the island, and Angelica herself is a likable character, but most of it is pretty boring and forgettable. It's a shame since they treated the movie like a soft reboot. Hopefully next year's soft reboot will be better and bring Captain Jack back to his former glory.

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