Eric Prime

He's always been famous. In our hearts. ❤️

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You know darn well there's a difference between a Pixar or Dreamworks movie and a Paw Patrol movie. The former are designed to appeal to all ages. Paw Patrol is for 5 year olds and only 5 year olds. I'm sorry if I sound judgy, but I have concerns if you're in your 20s or 30s and you're watching something that airs daily on Nick Jr. on the big screen, unless your little one is dragging you to it.

Well that's because it was also available to watch at home for free. Almost every WB movie in 2021 had pitiful legs because people it was available for free at home. And Dune had one of the better ones. It also sold well on DVD/Blu-Ray last I checked, which also indicates it got a fanbase. I don't think it will have a 100M+ opening, but I don't see any reason why it can't at least do about 150M.

This isn't gonna work out. Even outside of the whole "when corporations force a meme, it dies" thing, who is going to go out there and look like a creepy pedophile going to see the new Paw Patrol? Nobody, that's who.

Says who?

Was thinking the same thing. Seems like an easy, fun thing to do on Labor Day weekend to boost attendance, and even a few movies. But I feel we would have gotten news on that happening by now. Pity.

No. Because it is a nostalgic toy commercial. It's a good movie, I like it, but part of the reason for its existence was to sell toys and Lego sets. They were being sold at my local Target and Wal-Mart when the movie was coming out. People may not see it in this way, but I do. And there's nothing people will do or say that will make me change my mind. Sorry. 🤷‍♂️

Yes. There's a ton of nostalgic toy commercials out there that I like. The new Little Mermaid was fun, Guardians 3 was cool, Avatar 2 was awesome. Just because I'm cynical over these movies doesn't mean I can't appreciate the ones I like and have fun with.

I think the biggest risk was that I didn't think the self-aware satire stuff would stick. We've seen this stuff with Josie and the Pussycats and the new Dora movie, where you take a property for grade-schoolers, then add in a bunch of satire and tongue-in-cheek aspects that will fly over the kids heads. And all the while, it's hard to make older moviegoers who get the jokes feel self-conscious about seeing something for 6 year old girls. Even Lego Movie was still a PG movie with a lot of silly goofiness in all the trailers. Barbie being a PG-13 made things tougher. So it opening as big as it is when this kind of thing never really panned out...I'm still not sure how they pulled this off tbh, despite me adoring this movie.

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Wow guys. I had the weirdest dream last night. I had a dream that Swordfish was in the top 100 at 79. Which is crazy. Because it’s definitely not 79 on the list. But good thing I wouldn’t do something like that.

Okay.

#79 Swordfish 512 points, 10 lists "Don't confuse kindness with weakness." Box Office: 147.1M Rotten Tomatoes: 25% Metacritic:

I'll legit be dead. Heart racing so fast it'll break out of my chest lol

Y'all, I don't think I can handle this on the big screen tomorrow. @MrPink you might have to hold my hand.

Don't know if I can handle this opening to 100M. Might just break down crying :')

#80 South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut 505 points, 15 lists "Remember what the MPAA says; Horrific, Deplorable violence is okay, as long as people don't say any naughty woids!" Box Office: 83.1M Rotten Tomatoes: 80% Metacritic: 73 Awards: 1 Academy Award nomination, 3 Annie Award nominations, 1 MTV Movie Award. Roger Ebert's Review: "A lot of the movie offended me. Some of it amazed me. It is too long and runs out of steam, but it serves as a signpost for our troubled times. Just for the information it contains about the way we live now, thoughtful and concerned people should see it. After all, everyone else will." Its Legacy: Part of the long-lasting animated series. The highest-grossing R-rated animated movie until Sausage Party in 2016. Features the most swearing ever in an animated movie. Parker and Stone were given a picture of Saddam Hussein by US soldiers in 2006 because of this movie. Led to Trey and Matt dressing in drag while on LSD at the Academy Awards. Considered one of the greatest animated movies of all time. Gave George Clooney a paycheck. Commentary: What exactly can you say about South Park? It’s been on for so long, with so many specials, video games, merchandise, and tons of rip-offs and copycats, that we kind of take this show for granted now. Some of us still watch it, and once in a while it gets itself into controversy, but we kind of take for granted just how groundbreaking it was. How distinct it was from everything else on television, how many boundaries it pushed, how vulgar and crass it can truly be. And two years into this iconic show’s run, we had, in many ways, the peak of South Park as a franchise. Bigger, Longer and Uncut was unbound by the limitations of television censorship. And while it didn’t have the biggest budget, it certainly had enough where Trey Parker and Matt Stone could do whatever they wanted. And what came of it was, simply put, a masterpiece of trash. Trashsterpiece? It’s a film that mocked itself and the backlash it received. It made fun of all the moral panic nonsense conservative parents had against the original series, it spoofed the Disney musicals into the most disgusting iteration it could possibly be, and was more than happy to show that Satan and Saddam Hussein were in fact a gay couple. That’s not something you see in every movie. Alongside a slew of celebrity cameos and bombastic animation set pieces, this was the ultimate South Park package, and is arguably one of the main reasons the show has lasted as long as it has. And while there have been countless specials and 3-parters, there has never been anything like Bigger, Longer, and Uncut. And while rumors of a sequel or new theatrical movie have been around for ages, I think it’s for the best we all have this one singular movie to enjoy and laugh at. One that, frankly, is still relevant and hilarious, despite being in a genre that, frankly, doesn’t always age the best.

#81 Mildred Pierce 502 points, 9 lists "Personally, Veda's convinced me that alligators have the right idea. They eat their young." Box Office: 5.6M Rotten Tomatoes: 87% Metacritic: 88 Awards: 1 Academy Award and 5 nominations, 1 National Board of Review Award, 1 New York Film Critics Circle Awards nomination Roger Ebert's Review: N/A Its Legacy: Joan Crawford's most iconic, Oscar-winning performance. Crawford's first starring role for WB, but far from the last. A crucial part of the 1981 Crawford "biopic" Mommie Dearest and featured on the FX series Feud. Parodied on The Carol Burnett Show. Part of the Criterion Collection. Remade into an HBO miniseries starring Kate Winslet. Joined the National Film Registry in 1996. Gave Eve Arden a paycheck. Commentary: Moms deserve better. They do so much for us without ever getting paid. They have so many responsibilities, but never get any proper credit. They are the most important people in the world, yet still get treated like second class citizens. Mildred Pierce, from Casablanca director Michael Curtiz, is one of the strongest and toughest cinematic mothers in history. A mother who is left behind by her first husband, is raising a teenage daughter who hates her guts, despite Mildred doing everything to make her daughter happy and popular, and is stuck in another loveless marriage just to find some sort of social status to be liked by her daughter and the world. It’s emotionally devastating, and it’s all thanks to Curtiz’s subtle direction and the incredible performance of the one and only Joan Crawford, as well as a strong screenplay by Ranald MacDougall that frames everything into a noir backdrop and makes sure every character is still given nuance and dimension. And above all else, despite the tragedy, Mildred Pierce is still a remarkable woman, doing everything she can to support her daughters. Even if, in the end, that love leads to terrible repercussions down the road. It’s a very complex, yet very emotionally powerful feature. One that has become Joan Crawford’s greatest, most defining performance, and shows that feminist features and strong-written women have always been an integral part of cinema. And with a recent release in 4K UHD by Criterion, Mildred Pierce will continue to be celebrated long after we are gone. Like any great mom would.