Eric Prime

Lol we’re still doing this?

Just for both of your informations, while the staff are largely fine with my moderation style, they do not let me go on “power trips” and have called me out when they think I gave a warning unfairly. This included my moderation warning towards Zatt that both of you think I am too aggressive on. Although, frankly, I don’t see how I was aggressive? I told Zatt to stop his condescending attitude and fighting against Deep Wang. I was quite stern about it, but I don’t think being stern is bad? Especially when you are a moderator? Plus people were clearly growing tired of Zatt and his behavior towards people in this thread. In fact, people have found him a problematic user for months now. But when I tell a user people have problems with to knock it off, folks here say I’m a bully and power hungry? I’m getting a ton of mixed signals here.

#69 Training Day 568 points, 15 lists "King Kong ain't got shit on me" Box Office: 104.9M Rotten Tomatoes: 74% Metacritic: 69 Awards: 1 Academy Award and 1 nomination, 1 BET Award nomination, 1 Golden Globe Award nomination, 2 MTV Movie Awards and 1 nomination, 1 NAACP Image Award and 1 nomination Its Legacy: The breakthrough film of director Antoine Fuqua. David Ayer's first solo screenplay. Earned Denzel Washington his second Academy Award. Earned a television series in 2017 starring the late Bill Paxton. A prequel film is now in development. Gave Snoop Dogg a paycheck. Commentary: Jake Hoyt. Alonzo Harris. The former is a rookie cop who is trying to rise in the ranks. The latter is a seasoned veteran who has been working with the force for ages. It's an easy to digest and understand dynamic. And one that Fuqua and Ayer effectively capture, resulting in an energized and kinetic feature that is incredibly prescient over 20 years later. Denzel Washington as Alonzo Harris is one of the most magnetic and fascinating acting performances of the 21st century. A police officer who has been in the force so long and adores the power he has, we see a man who is absolutely scary and unpredictable. His morals are cruel, his willingness to go above the law happens frequently, and he has an explosive temper that could set off any minute. He's the perfect example of the abusive, power-hungry police forces filled with cops who only want the job to exert power on others they don't like. And in 2023, that concept is only more real and more dangerous. It's a stark contrast to, say, the Dirty Harry franchise a few decades ago, where loose cannon cops were considered brave heroes and saviors. Training Day is our reality. Loose cannon cops are considered brave heroes and saviors...but to the wrong people. And it hurts everybody.

Moderation Not when I'm around. Cut this schtick out or I'm going to cut you out. Your choice.

OOPSIE I made a mistake. Swordfish didn't rank #69 on the list. Now how did that happen??????????

No offense, but none of these execs, in any major studio, give a fuck about the art form of film and originality. Disney don’t care, Warner don’t, Uni don’t. Every movie you see is going in the pockets of these callous, capitalist executives. So either just ignore these execs or don’t see any movie ever. Sorry

Can’t do a press tour though.

Because nobody goes to new stories anymore and filmmakers aren’t beholden to make anything “faithful”

The gays are too cool to care about such silly nonsense. 😎

We could have gotten it! Guillermo del Toro was going to direct it, Ryan Gosling would star. It looked like a bomb when it was announced in Comic-Con 2010, but that would have for sure been an event now that both of these guys are bigger than ever. A sad case of wrong timing really.

#69 Swordfish 568 points, 15 lists "Don't confuse kindness with weakness." Box Office: 147.1M Rotten Tomatoes: 25% Metacritic: 32 Awards: 1 Golden Raspberry Award nomination Its Legacy:

Well IMAX/exhibitors need to wake up and fix their attitudes. It's clear at this stage of the game they are not giving people the premium experience they want and are losing more and more attendees every year. You have to adapt and for some reason these parties just aren't. It's dumb.

I mean it's still a fictional story at the end of the day. You can easily rewrite the story where her name isn't because of her "skin as white as snow", but that she was born in the winter time or something. Minus that one minor detail you can easily edit out of the story, there's no real reason why Snow White can't be a Latina. Is it really any more egregious than a Latino man playing Alexander Hamilton, a real-life white guy, on the stage? And frankly, the kids who this is being aimed at aren't going to care. It'll just be an "oh, okay" to them, assuming any possible bigoted parents didn't poison their minds

#70 Lethal Weapon 554 points, 12 lists "I'm getting too old for this shit." Box Office: 120.2M Rotten Tomatoes: 80% Metacritic: 68 Awards: 1 Academy Award nomination Roger Ebert's Review: "The movie's so tightly wound up, it's like a rubber band ready to snap. Richard Donner, the director, throws action scenes at us like hardballs, and we don't know when to duck. All of the elements of this movie have been seen many times before - the chases, the explosions, the hostage negotiations - but this movie illustrates a favorite belief of mine, which is that the subject of a movie is much less important than its style. I'm a guy who is bored by shootouts and chase scenes. I've seen it all. But this movie thrilled me from beginning to end." Its Legacy: Kickstarted a long-running franchise that is still ongoing. Spawned a 3-season television series. Has several different versions and cuts. Solidified a resurgence in buddy cop/Wunza movies. Started the career of famed screenwriter and director Shane Black, while also being one of Richard Donner's biggest hits. Gave Gary Busey a paycheck. Commentary: Speaking of Shane Black and buddy cop movies, here’s perhaps his most iconic work with the film that launched dozens of buddy cop knock-offs for decades to come. Wunza movies like these are a dime a dozen now and even in 1987. However, Lethal Weapon perfected the formula and gave us a film with a hilarious and smartly-written screenplay, alongside incredible action setpieces courtesy of Richard Donner and two fantastic leads with strong characters and chemistry between each other. Danny Glover is of course great as the straight-faced cop who is too old for this shit, but can you believe Mel Gibson does such a great job portraying a psychopathic creep? Don’t know how he did it. Of course, we all know Lethal Weapon for its massive franchise since that initial first release, despite the first movie being a more moderate success. The quality of these sequels vary depending on who you ask, but that first one? Yeah, we all know that this one is the best of the lot. A perfect all-time classic that continued the excellence of Richard Donner and began the awesomeness that is Shane Black. Please donate to the Anti-Defamation League. Fuck Mel Gibson. https://www.adl.org/

Said this before and I will continue to say it until I am blue in the face: just retrofit some auditoriums and give us two IMAXes and two Dolbys in these big theaters. You get to placate the studios with their strict contracts and demands, while also giving people another option with another movie. It's better for the consumer, fits with the current industry trend, and leads to better legs instead of every movie falling like a rock in weekend 2 and hoping it will eventually stabilize. It's not always going to be perfect. Dead Reckoning would still get screwed over since I'm sure both Barbie and Oppy would have taken up those two IMAX/Dolby auditoriums. But it's way better than what's happening right now and it's baffling to me that theaters didn't prepare for this before the summer started. If AMC doesn't take advantage of the incoming dead period coming soon and begin some construction work, then it really seems like they just want to fail. Although IMAX the corporation is also to blame here. They are notorious for having strict stipulations with movies and tight contracts for movies, as well as having really strong relations with WB and Disney that they refuse to back out from. Which in most cases is just ridiculous. I remember in February 2020 they had Birds of Prey playing in IMAX for like three weeks straight, even though Sonic the Hedgehog was right there and would have obviously brought in more people. But heaven forbid, WB just had to be greedy and waste all those big auditoriums.

Joker 2 certainly got major hype and huge headlines from the Gaga casting and a few of the first look photos. It's weird to say this, since the novelty factor isn't as strong and superhero fatigue and all, but that feels like the strongest candidate to be #1 next year...assuming it does come out next year lol

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All the Marvels will underperform, including Deadpool Mufasa will be heading for an Alice 2-style drop, Inside Out 2 will underperform, Planet of the Apes will suffer with no Caesar, Elio will maybe do Elemental numbers, but who knows? Snow White is actually the one I'm seemingly more optimistic on. Just feels like a movie people want to fail when I'm in a wait and see in terms of marketing. Just don't like doubting a Disney Princess movie. Of course who knows how these movies will turn out when all of them have their release dates in flux. At this rate, nothing is safe from a delay.

Quorum Updates The Last Voyage of the Demeter T-15: 21.59% Awareness Bottoms T-36: 14.7% Awareness The Nun II T-43: 34.31% Awareness Killers of the Flower Moon T-85: 19.37% Awareness The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes T-113: 21.78% Awareness The Color Purple T-151: 32.74% Awareness Haunted Mansion T-1: 57.09% Awareness Final Awareness: 100% chance of 10M, 89% chance of 20M, 72% chance of 30M, 44% chance of 40M, 33% chance of 50M Known IP Awareness: 100% chance of 40M Talk to Me T-1: 26.83% Awareness Final Awareness: 12% chance of 10M Horror Awareness: 25% chance of 10M Meg 2: The Trench T-8: 46.38% Awareness T-60 Awareness: 89% chance of 10M, 59% chance of 20M, 37% chance of 30M, 22% chance of 40M The Creator T-64: 12.02% Awareness T-60 Awareness: 21% chance of 10M Original - High Awareness: 0% chance of 10M

Everything is gay if you squint at it long enough.

#71 Tenet 546 points, 11 lists "I'll see you in the beginning, friend." Box Office: 62.8M Rotten Tomatoes: 91% Metacritic: 70 Awards: 1 Academy Award and 1 nomination, 1 BAFTA Award, 1 Critics Choice Award and 4 nominations, 1 Golden Globe Award nomination, 1 Saturn Award and 8 nominations Roger Ebert's Review: N/A Its Legacy: The first major release after theater lockdowns went down. The final film Papa Nolan has made for Warner Bros. The inception point for Project Popcorn in 2021. The fifth highest-grossing film of 2020. Earned a cult following with tons of analysis and fan theories. Gave Michael Caine a paycheck. Commentary: Yep. We’re finally at Nolan. Specifically, at his supposed swan song from WB as he now looks to enjoy brighter, happier pastures at Universal. The film that was set to save theaters from devastation both worked and didn’t. It both underperformed, yet ironically did better than most movies that come out these days, and many were split on the film itself. Others loved the VFX, the ambition, the action, and “the vibes”. Others felt this was a boring retread of Nolan’s other works with a confusing and weird plot. Of course, because this is from a director people are very passionate over, Tenet still has an active fanbase of people who love what this film has to say and its unique plot and storytelling. It kickstarted Robert Pattinson’s return to blockbusters, gave John David Washington his own platform to become a potential new movie star, and features unique bits of philosophy, while still selling well as a popcorn summer actioner. Ultimately, with its lower box office numbers and negative remarks from some critics, this won’t have the same longevity as...every other Nolan movie that is on this list (yes, all of them are on here). But as long as there’s at least one fan who really responded to this movie, does it really matter?