Eric Prime

Well...yeah. Obviously people not in a certain minority group can tackle what said group deals with successfully and have done so in the past, but I feel it's more effective when a black person directs a movie about the black experience, or a gay person directs a movie about the gay experience. It's more authentic, and comes from a more personal place, and more often than not, even if the movie itself may not overall work, it's able to tackle said themes effectively. It's the equivalent of a professional chef recommending to me a restaurant versus some average guy off the street. Considering the former has the experience and understanding of what being a chef or being in a quality restaurant is like, why wouldn't I prefer the person who lives in that certain environment or experience over an outsider?

Hell, I don't even hate Green Book. It's a perfectly fine dramedy with decent performances and a couple of funny gags. I just don't think it's as good as the other nominees, and I prefer Spike Lee's messaging than Peter Farrelly's, especially considering Lee is a racial minority.

Because going forward with positivity hasn't gone anywhere for society. We've had plenty of movies about "look at how far we've come," but there's still police brutality, hate crimes, and even our own politicians citing racism. Spike Lee made a harsh reminder that we still have a long way to go, and that racism and white supremacy and the actions of the KKK is still a factor in society and American culture. And yes, a movie isn't going to change the world overnight, but considering we just had a Neo-Nazi rally in 2017, I feel like reminding the public how trash the world is is far more beneficial than "look at this wacky white guy learning to love black people". And no, I don't give a shit if the GA likes it, or it has good legs. Good on other people if they enjoy it, but that doesn't mean I can't criticize something, or prefer a "less popular" alternative.

I think we watched two completely different BlacKkKlansman movies. Y'know, unless you consider "contention" between a black man and the KKK as a bad thing.

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How are we ever going to live?

Oh the dramatic irony of both movies side-by-side

Irishman about to get snubbed

@WrathOfHan but I thought she had no industry support

Well aware of that. Still not comfortable with an ableist winning, especially when he has yet to own up to his actions or apologize for it.

Anyway, I probably won't watch the Oscars tonight (I'm hanging out with some friends who aren't movie nerds), but I really hope Alfonso Cuaron doesn't win anything tonight. This was a short film he made with Autism Speaks. The organization is notorious for dehumanizing autistic people and viewing the disability as if it's a disease, while this video promotes autism as this evil being that destroys families and steals your loved ones from you (even worse is that Cuaron's son is autistic. Sad to see his father thinks his disability is evil). Y'all can be happy for a movie you like getting a trophy, but I ain't gonna be happy about seeing a man who thinks I destroy marriages for existing get rewarded. inb4 JB or whoever comes in with a whole "WHY IS EVERYBODY ACTING SO PC"

Reportedly, Fox (excluding Fox 2000 or Searchlight) will have their film line-up diminished, but I believe Fox is still developing their own projects, they just have to report to Alan Horn now. But I'm sure @TalismanRing has the better explanation.

Annapurna and MGM have a deal where they distribute their movies together, and Creed II was one of them.

Looking at that pamphlet, it seems...accurate? But there are some things that make me doubtful. It mentions Five Feet Apart and Wonder Park as having their presales dates on February 22nd. However, both movies had tickets sold beforehand. However, Wonder Park only sold around two before the 22nd, and it's only now slightly picked up (not a lot, but certainly more than the stray single ticket). Five Feet Apart meanwhile has had more tickets sold before the 22nd, but it's arguably more pre-sales driven than Wonder Park. And hey, sometimes theater chains will open up their presales earlier than others. The one thing that will make me feel like it's legit is if that 3/11 date for Dumbo lands. If it does, then I'll believe it. If not, then fake.

The premiere date is supposedly on March 4. The review embargo's on the fifth. Not sure why it's so late and far apart from the social media embargo. I guess the Oscars complicates things?

Well, thanks to @feasby007's sleuthing, I was able to actually find Black Panther comps...well, more specifically for its last 17 days of presales. But if we're looking at them at the same point in time (Day 17 to Day 13), it goes something like this... Day 17: BP: 11,748 CM: 2,548 Day 16: BP: 12,418 CM: 4,830 Day 15: BP: 12,748 CM: 3,554 Day 14: BP: 9,235 CM: 2,852 Day 13: BP: 6,598 CM: 2,244 0.329x of Black Panther from Day 16-Day 13 ...huh. Of course, it's important to remember some key differences: For starters, Black Panther had 39 days of presales, while Captain Marvel had 60 days. That's very important to keep in mind when tracking stuff like this, as Captain Marvel has already burnt off demand quicker and earlier. But even at Captain Marvel's highest day, it won't hasn't even crossed the 9,000 mark that Black Panther has already achieved. So if you think this will hit Black Panther numbers...better get a reality check. But as is, it'll probably still be fine. That .329x multiplier signifies a $79.6M when using BP's 4-Day, but it's still important to recognize Captain Marvel had presales so far out, and BP's data is still technically incomplete, and there was arguably a bit more of a rush for Panther than Marvel. As for me, I've been arguing O/U Hunger Games' opening for a long while, and I feel like this is where it'll likely end up. Things will be a lot clearer by the time release week occurs.

I know that you posted them earlier, but just PM them to me, and I'll add them in later.

So feasby's suggestion I finally considered, and I've decided that I'll have my data available free for the public to look at. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Q-1UceCRkSh3BraIvvm0XDJyoUJsyrq8oOufQvjP7Qk/edit#gid=1244698450 It's not as dense as akvalley's historical data, and it doesn't go back super far (I just don't have the time to look through akvalley's stuff, but I'll gladly let someone else do it for me and just PM what they found), but I feel like my layout's simpler to look at, and far less complicated. The first tab is what I usually post on weekdays, while the following tabs are what the upcoming bigly movies got each week. It's very rough right now, considering there's only about 6 or so movies being tracked, but I'm sure this will be helpful.