Eric Prime

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Dude...it's The Exorcist. What are you even talking about lmao

lmao no thank you

Quorum Updates My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 T-16: 34.32% Awareness It Lives Inside T-30: 18.52% Awareness Freelance T-44: 23.08% Awareness The Exorcist: Believer T-51: 35.31% Awareness Dune: Part Two T-72: 35.39% Awareness The Holdovers T-79: 11.29% Awareness Snow White T-212: 39.39% Awareness Gran Turismo T-2: 38.33% Awareness Final Awareness: 32% chance of 10M Medium Awareness: 73% chance of 10M, 64% chance of 20M, 54% chance of 30M The Hill T-2: 23.19% Awareness Final Awareness: 16% chance of 10M Low Awareness: 13% chance of 10M Retribution T-2: 33.6% Awareness Final Awareness: 32% chance of 10M, 2% chance of 20M Low Awareness: 33% chance of 10M

The Telegram chat has surmised that this almighty, super special guy who has incredible access to everything and seems so high up on the food chain in Hollywood is just...a guy who owns a movie theater. It all checks out, since he goes to CinemaCon every year, he often talks about how "epic" walkups are for movies, he sees movies in advance, which is common for theater owners who show stuff to their staff. Plus, no self-respecting distribution/NATO executive, especially one supposedly so high up on the food chain, would ever spend their free time on a forum run by an autistic furry and Steve Rogers/TCM stan. Nor would they ever spend their time arguing with random people on Twitter about their hatred for labor strikes and streaming services. His hyping up for movies he's seen is also funny since he basically likes every movie that comes out. Almost like he's doing this shit to get people to go to the movie theater he owns/company he works for. He was out here talking about how amazing Death on the Nile/Fantastic Beasts 3/Lightyear were and that they were destined to be big hits and shut up for thinking otherwise. And uh...well. At least with Erik Davis, he's the CEO of the most popular movie ticketing website and is generally considered a chummy, likable guy to hang out with. Funny too how he then backtracked on Lightyear specifically and how Disney putting gay characters in their movies will cause them all to tank, which is...definitely a choice to say on a forum that's run by and features a ton of LGBT posters. Very, very interesting indeed. So really, EC's whining about the strikes (did the same for IATSE) is just a sad, strange little man piss-scared that he's losing his entire livelihood just like that. Which normally I would be sad about...but I also believe in a little thing called karma. Ohhhhh well.

So like...if Vanity Fair just published this, that means there's no delay, right? They wouldn't want to fuck with your boy right? Right? Right????????????????????

Hold up what leaked buzz? Is this a legit source saying it’s getting delayed?????? Say it isn’t so!!!!!

Quorum Updates Golda T-4: 19.42% Awareness A Haunting in Venice T-25: 25.15% Awareness Eileen T-109: 10.45% Awareness Gran Turismo T-4: 40.21% Awareness Final Awareness: 86% chance of 10M, 59% chance of 20M, 34% chance of 30M Medium Awareness: 73% chance of 10M, 64% chance of 20M, 54% chance of 30M The Hill T-4: 25.23% Awareness Final Awareness: 16% chance of 10M Low Awareness: 13% chance of 10M Retribution T-4: 31.74% Awareness Final Awareness: 32% chance of 10M Low Awareness: 23% chance of 10M The Equalizer 3 T-11: 53.49% Awareness Final Awareness: 100% chance of 10M, 90% chance of 20M, 70% chance of 30M Medium Awareness: 100% chance of 20M, 60% chance of 30M The Creator T-39: 14.09% Awareness T-30 Awareness: 12% chance of 10M Medium Awareness: 0% chance of 10M Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie T-39: 34.65% Awareness T-30 Awareness: 87% chance of 10M, 61% chance of 20M, 43% chance of 30M Animation/Family Awareness: 80% chance of 10M, 40% chance of 20M Saw X T-39: 40.83% Awareness T-30 Awareness: 100% chance of 20M, 93% chance of 30M, 73% chance of 40M Horror Awareness: 100% chance of 30M

Moderation Alright, it's clear this whole conversation over Rachel Zegler has been going around in circles. It's been pages of this crap, nobody's listening to each other, nothing's being gained from these conversations. I think it's time to end things here. Until we get new information, let's move on to something else.

GOAT franchise. The way it influenced all our faves. Other series could never.

You need to see Michael Curtiz mah boi. Dude was out there making a movie a year, sometimes 2 or 3 plus a year, and so many of them have become some of the most defining classics of their era. Man made Errol Flynn and Doris Day movie stars, he made the GOAT that is Casablanca. Dude was a legend.

And with that, I, at long last, am finally done. And...man, it feels weird to say that. I remember back in 2020, on a Wikipedia binge, noting that WB (and also Disney) was going to be a hundred years old soon, and just how crazy that is. A movie studio that had done so much for art and film and box office was about to be a century old and was still alive and kicking. And in preparation for this list, as I trudged through about 200 or so movies for the first time, I’ve garnered so much more appreciation for the house Jack, Harry, Sam, and Albert made. This really was the risktaker when it came to the major studios. Them bringing sound into movies with Don Juan and The Jazz Singer, them going anti-Nazi with Confessions of a Nazi Spy and Casablanca, them revolutionizing the superhero movie with Superman and The Dark Knight, them birthing the gangster picture with Little Caesar and The Public Enemy, them redefining musicals with Footlight Parade, The Music Man, and My Fair Lady, crafting epic dramas like The Color Purple, giving chances to the likes of Clint Eastwood and Martin Scorsese and The Wachowskis and Papa Nolan. Any one of these could have tanked the studio, but instead those risks paid off and then some, and we are all better for it. I know it’s a little dirty to shower love on a big conglomerate like WB, but I think we all have a strong appreciation for the films and memories they gave us. We wouldn’t be so negative on Zaslav rancid ass if that wasn’t the case in my opinion. This is a studio that has value, importance, and legacy. And we all recognize and adore that. And no matter what happens, this is a studio that will always be interesting, with peaks and valleys that will always be fun to dissect and analyze. Watching all these movies, tallying up all these votes, and talking about so many movies took a lot of work, but it was also a lot of fun at the same time and I loved every single second of this job. Here’s to 100 more towards one of the greatest movie studios of all time. Also of note, as always, a tremendous thank you to all the wonderful people who sent in a list. This includes... @Flip@TheDude391@abracadabra1998@MCKillswitch123@That One Girl@DetectiveAl@Potiki@Reddroast@cookie@ListenHunnyUrOver@WrathOfHan@Jandrew@YM!@Ethan Hunt@lorddemaxus@grey ghost@Human@MrPink@Ipickthiswhiterose@lilmac@Kalo@TalismanRing@JWR@The Panda@ZeeSoh@DAR@katnisscinnaplex@Tower@Lucas@4815162342@SchumacherFTW@Fancyarcher@Kvikk Lunsj@Jake Gittes@Rorschach@WorkingonaName@Blankments@kayumanggi and @Cap Literally, this would not have been possible without your contributions, so thank you. Also, I apologize for ditching the poems early on. Things got a bit too busy for me to really spend time writing one for each and every movie. But I promise to at least add to them whenever I can and fulfill what I said at the very beginning. And of course, once again, a reminder to everybody that we are still having our Top 100 Disney Movies countdown. The first day for submissions will be on the studio’s official 100th anniversary date of October 16, and the due date will be January 16, 2024. That is three months exactly to the date of the anniversary date. And this time, we are not giving any expansions. So if you forget to catch up on movies, it’s your fault. Still, I hope all 40 people who submitted a list to me for WB also do the same for Disney. This is also an iconic studio with so many endearing, groundbreaking classics, and I would love to see you all share the same appreciation for them as you do with Warner. Maybe even go higher, with users who forgot to do WB submit their own list. Either way, get ready and get excited. I’m already marathoning through as many as I can as we speak. Hope you all had just as much fun as I did, and keep on pushing for that stuff where dreams are made of.

#1 Mad Max: Fury Road 2427 points, 36 lists "What a lovely day!" Box Office: 380M Rotten Tomatoes: 97% Metacritic: 90 Awards: 6 Academy Awards and 4 nominations, 4 BAFTA Awards and 3 nominations, 9 Critics Choice Awards and 4 nominations, 2 Golden Globe Award nominations Its Legacy: Brought Mad Max to the mainstream. Solidify Tom Hardy as a leading man. The defining performance of Charlize Theron. A prequel and sequel are in development. The highest grossing Mad Max film. Considered the Best Film of 2015 by the National Board of Review. Considered one of the greatest action movies of all time. Considered a masterclass of feminist blockbusters. Praised for its disabled characters. Gave Zoe Kravitz a paycheck. Commentary: Remember when I said I wished I was old enough to see The Matrix when it first came out? And that I was too young to appreciate The Dark Knight fully? Well, I was old enough to see Mad Max: Fury Road when it first came out and approached it pretty close to its actual level...at least as much as a 17 year old who didn’t know a thing about feminism could approach it. And I will never forget such an experience. It was just a couple weeks after I got my driver’s license, and I was ready to see a movie all by myself. This new Mad Max looked sick and Rotten Tomatoes said it was awesome. I had never seen the other movies (still haven’t, since Mel Gibson makes me want to barf), but I was willing to give it a try. And man, what an introduction to big boy cinema. An abrasive, wild, exciting cacophony of wacky cars, gorgeous desert locales, crazed cultists, and a rogue of badass women who fight off against the patriarchy. This film had it all. From the action to the visuals to the themes to the storylines. I loved Charlize Theron’s Furiosa. A fierce, determined fighter who wasn’t letting her nor her girls be defined by some gross cult leader. I loved Nicolas Hoult’s Nux, the reformed cultist who realizes the error of his ways. I loved Tom Hardy’s Max, the guy trapped in all the chaos who must become the reluctant hero. And man oh man, I loved that guy shredding on the electric guitar. Where was his Oscar? This supposed flop sequel to a niche cult franchise quickly became a phenomenon. An all-time classic in feminist pop culture almost immediately, the feature that made Tom Hardy a household name to normies like my Mom who haven’t seen his Nolan movies, and an awards powerhouse that finally showed genre films can be just as good, if not better, than the typical stodgy and idiosyncratic fare populating Best Picture lineups. And we’re still not done, with that Furiosa prequel next year, which is sure to be one of the biggest box office hits of 2024, and another Mad Max sequel with Mr. Hardy...eventually...maybe. In a way, this is the perfect #1 by all accounts. From all objective standards, this one movie shows what WB is all about and why it has lasted an entire century. A studio tha has crafted films that are awe-inspiring, with visuals and stories that make us enthralled, mystified, engaged, and end with us becoming different people at the end. Stories that fought against the status quo, broke barriers, defied stereotypes and conventions, revolutionized the world, all from a deeply personal story from unique artists who are unlike anybody else. And while we all have our favorites, this really is the quintessential Warner Bros. picture. A studio that has given us stories with bite, films with style and flair, and performances that move us. It seems pretty obvious this is our #1, and all we can hope is that all those future Mad Max films can match such awesomeness.

#2 The Dark Knight 2261 points, 30 lists "Let's put a smile on that face!" Box Office: 1.006B Rotten Tomatoes: 94% Metacritic: 84 Awards: 2 Academy Awards and 6 nominations, 1 BAFTA Award and 8 nominations, 2 Critics Choice Awards and 4 nominations, 1 Golden Globe Award, 1 Grammy Award Its Legacy: Forced AMPAS to expand their Best Picture category from 5 to 10 nominees. Redefined what a superhero movie could and should be. The blueprint for many future superhero movie productions. Gave the late Heath Ledger a posthumous Oscar. The first feature film filmed with high-resolution IMAX cameras. The highest-grossing movie of 2008, the highest-grossing superhero movie, and the fourth-highest-grossing film of all time on its release. Considered one of the best films of the 2000s and of all time. Submitted into the National Film Registry in 2020. Gave Aaron Eckhart a paycheck. Commentary: So to all of y’all who were like, “Oh, this is easily #1. This is so obviously #1. This list is so predictable because The Dark Knight is #1”...you’re wrong. You lose. In your face. But anyways, while I was too young for Matrix, I was both at the right age and also too young for The Dark Knight at the same time. I was 10 years old when it first came out in 2008. I know, I know, I’m making some of you feel old. But my mom took me and my brother to this on the back of its good reviews and word of mouth, likely expecting a fun Batman adventure. That was not what I got. It was dark, it was brutal, it was intense, it was scary, it was also full of boring adult conversations that 10 year old me wasn’t into. It was a kids movie that was not designed for sensitive ol’ autistic Eric who only liked watching animated movies and comedies. It was a nightmare for me, but Mom and my brother had a good time. I was also pissed there was no Robin in the movie, and...yeah, I guess I still am lol. Yet as time goes by, I’ve realized more and more that this viewing kind of reshaped my life. It was a film that actually had a lot of daring concepts and ideas that I was too young to grasp, which oddly made it a bit more intriguing and interesting the more I thought about it over the years. It was my first true gateway to “adult cinema”, despite this being a nostalgic toy commercial for children that was nominated for a Kids Choice Award. It was the first time I dealt with intense thrills and action. It was that sudden realization that movies could be more than kiddie fare. Now this didn’t happen overnight. I didn’t become a cinephile after this viewing. But I think it stuck with me. But in the same way that box office reports helped give me a segue into learning more and more about movies, as well as watching Nostalgia Critic religiously through my teen years (not proud of that lol), this was a reminder to me about what movies could be. And I think that impact happened for a lot of people. This was the film that forced the Academy to expand their Best Picture roster. This film showed that comic book movies could be smartly-layered and sophisticated, while also a fun popcorn experience. This movie converted millions into Batman and superhero fans. And this film made us realize what we lost when Heath Ledger passed away months before release. That’s the power of media and storytelling. Something seemingly insignificant as a Batman movie that likely only existed to sell toys could reshape people’s entire brains and lifestyles. It’s pretty cool if you ask me.

#3 The Matrix 2000 points, 30 lists "Woah." Box Office: 467.2M Rotten Tomatoes: 83% Metacritic: 73 Awards: 4 Academy Awards, 2 BAFTA Awards and 3 nominations, 2 Saturn Awards and 7 nominations Its Legacy: Made Lily and Lana Wachowski household names. Boasts innovative special effects, most notably bullet time, that are still utilized in movies today. Popularized wire fu and Hong Kong action cinema in the West. Gave Carrie-Anne Moss a career. Keanu Reeves' most iconic role. Influenced the visuals and style for modern superhero movies. #66 in AFI's Top 100 Thrills. Sadly linked to conspiracy theory and alt-rightism. Kickstarted a massive multimedia franchise. Joined the National Film Registry in 2012. Gave Laurence Fishburne a paycheck. Commentary: Have you ever had one of those movies where you wished you were there for it when it came out? Either you were too young to see it or it came out before you were born? Movies where you wanted to be there when it was first coming out, see something incredible without any preconceived notions, and talk it up with others about what was soon set to be a future classic? The Matrix is just one of those movies for me. Not only was Lily and Lana’s classic revolutionary for its visual effects and philosophical messaging, there’s arguably nothing else like it since. Even compared to its sequels. The film’s usage of bullet time, slo-motion effects, and multi-camera tech created action setpieces that people could only dream of, and would of course be parodied in every 2000s comedy known to man. And through all the wire-fu magic and martial arts brilliance is a movie about society and the world around us. Can we control our own destiny? Are we even in control? Can we break free from the boring simulations our lives are in and be part of something greater? Are we the machines or are the machines controlling us? It’s one of those special films where its ideas and philosophies are so dense and varied that anybody and everybody can take something out of it and feel as if they have been enlightened in some way. No matter who you are, you at least respect The Matrix and what it hopes to achieve. And that’s why y’all voted hard on this.

Yeah I checked everything I could, and Amadeus would not fit in this countdown. So we are gold like Rapunzel's hair. But if you want to know about some films that were eligible...

You haven’t seen a single frame of it.

Thank god we are finally over this Spiderman crap lmao