Eric Quinn

Well if you submitted a list, this wouldn’t have happened. Just saying 😂

#30 Full Metal Jacket 1022 points, 21 lists "I don't like the name Lawrence, only f---ots and sailors are called Lawrence. From now on you're Gomer Pyle. Box Office: 120M Rotten Tomatoes: 90% Metacritic: 76 Awards: 1 Academy Award nomination, 2 BAFTA Award nominations, 1 Golden Globe Award nomination, 1 WGA Award nomination Its Legacy: Cited as one of the best Vietnam War movies ever. Kickstarted the film career of R. Lee Ermey and Vincent D'Onofrio. The final film released in Kubrick's lifetime. #5 on Channel 4's greatest war movies ever made, #457 on Empire's Top 500 Movies of All Time, #95 on AFI's Top 100 Thrills. Gave Matthew Modine a paycheck. Commentary: Kubrick’s epic war drama is split into two very distinct halves. There’s of course the more iconic first half, which is all about boot camp. You’ve got a group of scrappy platoon members all forced to endure the abuse of camp through perhaps one of the most crazed and sadistic drill sergeants in cinema history. Gunnery Sergeant Hartman, played by R. Lee Ermey, is by far the best part of the movie and the one aspect everybody remembers. He’s foul-mouthed, ruthless, and always full of energy. He has no shame to insult or berate or scare you and he is damn good at it. Makes sense of course, since Ermey was a drill sergeant back in the day. This would lead to the man continuing to play similar roles like this for decades to come, up until his passing in 2018. You younger BOT members probably know him best as the little Army men in Toy Story. Of course we then go into the second half, as we see our platoon deal with the struggles and fears of war, specifically during Vietnam. It’s grungy, it’s nasty, it’s horrifying...yet somehow, it might not be as scary as boot camp back home. It’s a good creative decision that shows just how ruthless and nasty things are for soldiers back then and even right now. How we force these people to go through this abuse just to support a country. A country that, honestly, does it need support? This was Kubrick’s penultimate release and would become one of his most famous works out there. It’s the kind of film that exemplifies the power and damage the Vietnam War created and will always serve as one of the most popular and iconic war movies in modern cinema history.

#31 The Batman 984 points, 21 lists "I'm vengeance!" Box Office: 771M Rotten Tomatoes: 85% Metacritic: 72 Awards: 3 Academy Award nominations, 4 BAFTA Award nominations, 3 Critics Choice Award nominations, 1 Grammy Award nomination, 4 MTV Movie Award nominations, 2 Saturn Awards and 10 nominations Its Legacy: One of the first films then in production hit by the COVID lockdowns. The seventh most profitable film of 2022. One of Robert Pattinson's biggest movies ever and one of the biggest DC Comics movies ever. The planned beginning for a whole sub-franchise of movies and shows. One of the highest-viewed films on Max. Gave Andy Serkis a paycheck. Commentary: The most recently released movie in the top 100, it’s very clear Matt Reeves’ dark adaptation of the Caped Crusader struck a chord with people here right away. Enough to get it just barely under the top 30. And...yeah, I get it. What Reeves crafted, within all the grimdark atmosphere and epic, brutal action, is a visual feast that feels like a breath of fresh air within a genre that’s the biggest it’s ever been. Not only is the film visceral, brutal, and adrenaline-pumping throughout so many sequences, but there's so many creative camera tricks that makes the film feel more alive. Blurred out sequences, heavy darkness and shadows in the cinematography, and creative sound editing allows the film to feel more distinct and immersive. Gotham hasn't felt this alive since the Burton days. The ensemble also works really well in giving the film so much personality and spontaneity, in particular Robert Pattinson. Robert Pattinson's Bruce Wayne might be my personal favorite iteration of the character. Pattinson tackles his own familial issues with expertise, as he learns things aren't as black and white from his childhood as he remembers, and offers the proper menace and mystery when donning the Batman outfit. There's anguish and frustration under his eyes that gives off so much humanity and it really hooks you into the narrative. Already WB is pushing this universe hard. While James Gunn is doing his shared universe silliness, this is its own thing, with Reeves getting to have all the toys to himself to craft a wild universe all his own. TV shows are in the works, a sequel is set for release in two years, and who knows what else Pattinson will pop up in down the road? And thankfully, Reeves pulled off something splendid here that is sure to get us all hyped and invested in these characters for years to come.

#32 Blazing Saddles 978 points, 17 lists "These are people of the land. The common clay of the new West. You know... morons." Box Office: 119.6M Rotten Tomatoes: 90% Metacritic: 73 Awards: 3 Academy Award nominations, 2 BAFTA Award nominations, 1 WGA Award Its Legacy: The tenth film ever to reach 100M at the box office. Considered one of the greatest comedies and satires ever made. One of Mel Brooks' most famous films ever. Made Hedy Lamarr very angry. Spoofed as the 2022 animated movie Paws of Fury. #6 on AFI's Top 100 Laughs. Joined the National Film Registry in 2006. Gave Madeline Kahn a paycheck. Commentary: Gotta love a movie that throws in everything. Including the kitchen sink. This may seem like a typical parody of old Western movies. And...yeah, that’s what it is. But as the film goes on, we go through one of the craziest, most out there movies ever existed. Mel Brooks’ magnum opus is not only a funny look at ol’ cowboy features, but also a hilarious mockery of racist attitudes found in that time period and even today, a whole bunch of anachronistic humor, a few musical numbers, a giant scene of cowboys farting, a villain that spoofs the name of Hedy Lamarr (or is it Hedley?), and a ridiculously meta sequence where our characters somehow find themselves on the Warner Bros. lot and fucking up a Busby Berkeley musical number, and then chilling in the Chinese Theatere watching the premiere of their own movie. It’s a film that is unlike anything else ever made. And that includes the animated remake that came out last year that featured a bunch of talking animals and samurai battles. So naturally, a film this unconventional had detractors and people confused at what they were watching. Thankfully, most caught on to the movie’s bizarre rhythms and personality and found themselves endeared to this film that has every possible joke you can imagine. Sure it’s messy and sloppy, but who cares? It’s hilarious, full of fun characters, and is both oddly sophisticated and crass and obnoxious all at the same time. It’s simply the best.

Well would you look at that. We all doomed and gloomed over Ninja Turtles and thought it had no hope before we even had Friday estimates, and it had a better drop than Smurfs 2, with little reason to expect it holding any worse in the weeks to come. Almost like the film is doing fine and will finish with a solidly strong total. What a concept!

I mean the moustache origin story was the only good thing in that slog of a movie, so I'm okay with that.

WHAT THE H*CK

@WrathOfHan @Blankments Realized I haven't updated you guys since March, so....sorry if there's too many movies here. 18x: Shazam! Fury of the Gods: Minions: The Rise of Gru, DC League of Super Pets, Don't Worry Darling, See How They Run, Ticket to Paradise, Till, The Banshees of Inisherin, Black Adam, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Strange World, The Fabelmans, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Round 2, Avatar: The Way of Water Round 2, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish Round 2, Magic Mike's Last Dance, Creed III, Scream VI 16x: Oppenheimer: Nope, Jaws, Avatar, The Fabelmans, Avatar: The Way of Water, Avatar: The Way of Water Round 2, A Man Called Otto, Living, Creed III, Moving On, Air, Fast X, Blackberry, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, Asteroid City 11x: The Flash: Uncharted, The Batman, Air, Suzume, Return of the Jedi, Evil Dead Rise, Fast X, You Hurt My Feelings, Blackberry, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 9x: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse: Dog, Uncharted, The Guide, RRR, Avatar: The Way of Water Round 2, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish Round 2, Missing, The Super Mario Bros. Movie Haunted Mansion: Scream VI, The Little Mermaid, The Boogeyman, Elemental, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Joy Ride, Barbie, Toy Story 8x: John Wick: Chapter 4: Bullet Train, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Round 2, Plane, The Whale, Knock at the Cabin, Creed III, Scream VI Barbie: Avatar: The Way of Water, Magic Mike's Last Dance, Moving On, The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Are You There God? It's Me Margaret, The Little Mermaid, Elemental, Asteroid City 7x: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3: Avatar: The Way of Water Round 2, Plane, Cocaine Bear, Creed III, Moving On, Suzume, Return of the Jedi Book Club: The Next Chapter: Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, Babylon, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish Round 2, Women Talking, Close, Air, Are You There God? It's Me Margaret Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny: Avatar: The Way of Water, How to Blow Up a Pipeline, Return of the Jedi, The Little Mermaid, The Boogeyman, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, No Hard Feelings Gran Turismo: Blackberry, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Elemental, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, Barbie, Oppenheimer, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem 6x: Chevalier: The Menu, The Whale, Women Talking, Living, Magic Mike's Last Dance, Creed III Evil Dead Rise: M3GAN, Plane, Missing, Knock at the Cabin, Cocaine Bear, John Wick: Chapter 4 Ruby Gillman: Teenage Kraken: Suzume, Return of the Jedi, Are You There God? It's Me Margaret, The Little Mermaid, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Elemental Strays: Cocaine Bear, Evil Dead Rise, Fast X, No Hard Feelings, Joy Ride, Theater Camp 5x: The Super Mario Bros. Movie: Black Adam, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Strange World, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish Round 2 The Boogeyman: John Wick: Chapter 4, Evil Dead Rise, Fast X, You Hurt My Feelings, Blackberry The Blackening: Fast X, You Hurt My Feelings, The Boogeyman Blue Beetle: The Super Mario Bros. Movie, How to Blow Up a Pipeline, Evil Dead Rise, Barbie, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem The Marvels: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Toy Story, Theater Camp, Frozen The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes: Lightyear, Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, Asteroid City, Joy Ride Wish: Elemental, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Toy Story, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, Frozen 4x: 65: Avatar: The Way of Water, A Man Called Otto, Missing, Magic Mike's Last Dance Elemental: Strange World, Are You There God? It's Me Margaret, The Little Mermaid, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part 1: Top Gun: Maverick, Avatar: The Way of Water Round 2, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny Meg 2: The Trench: No Hard Feelings, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, Joy Ride, Oppenheimer Round 2 3x: 2x: 1x:

I marathoned through all the Fast and Furious, Mission Impossible, and Indiana Jones movies this past summer, and it's been very fascinating to see how all the older movies function compared to the new ones. The older films have their problems, but they all got pretty solid pacing at around two hours. F&F movies were typically 100 minutes in fact. But minus Crystal Skull, which I attribute to it being Crystal Skull, the movies that were around 2 hours all run at a good time where nothing feels rushed, nothing feels padded, and you got what you wanted without too much of a fuss. Then all the new franchise entries that came out this summer all feel like they force in 2-3 setpieces you could have easily cut and go on forever. Even the new M:I, which is good and I like, felt too damn long. When we got to the climax, I was thinking we had like 15 or 20 minutes left to go, but we still had like 30 minutes or something, and like...whyyyyyyyyyyyyyy?

Exactly. I was intentionally lowballing the numbers here because even if it doesn't reach Super Pets' legs, it's still going for a solid DOM total. Hell, if you want to use a Wednesday opening, Smurfs 2 was another midday August opener, and using its legs post-weekend 2, Turtles gets to just 109M. And that movie lost 40% of its theaters on its third weekend. That's not gonna happen for Turtles and people would have likely still been chill with the worst case scenario here. It really seems like people are desperate to whine and mope and complain. If the guy whose whole personality is whining about capitalism and nostalgic toy commercials is telling y'all you're being too negative, you know something is wrong. So to all of y'all, just stop. Please.

Pretty sure there's something wrong with every child when you really think about it.

Moderation We don’t need to set conspiracies about this film being intentionally under marketed, nor do we need to dog on Zegler for doing the usual PR thing of “our princess movie isn’t like the old one”. You guys are acting really weird over this silly kids movie, like you guys are desperately wanting this to bomb (wonder why…) and it’s frankly gotten old. You don’t have to go on and on about why a film you don’t care about will bomb and it frankly creates unneeded toxicity. So just stop. Okay?

Serious question here: what did you all expect Ninja Turtles to drop this weekend? Like regardless of its Wednesday opening, I still think sub-50 for the FSS is still fine for a franchise that is going to have a large upfront fandom demand going into it. Plus there's plenty more weeks with little coming out to steal its screens, it's likely going to be one of the major events for National Cinema Day, people seem to like it. I'm pretty sure 130M or so was what we all expected and were fine with, which seems to be the number it's on track for IMO. So why are we throwing a fit over this?

One of my favorite Youtube videos from Patrick Willems has always been his dissertations on all the Robin Hood and King Arthur adaptations and why the more recent attempts have all failed. And he brings up a great point that it can be easy to make people care and get excited for old-school public domain properties if you actually develop some fun reinventions that still capture the spirit of the original character, or just develop something that actually looks interesting and fun. Like there's no factual evidence that explains why Sherlock Holmes or The Invisible Man can be successful, but Robin Hood or Dracula can't.

Actually kinda feel like the Turtles drop is fine? It's not a perfect comparison, but a 50% drop from its first FSS is slightly better than DC Super Pets, and I feel like TMNT is a film that has more upfront demand, with the fanbase trying to see it right away compared to that film, in spite of its DC connections. Plus it following Super Pets' remaining run (which is possible with both having zero comp and National Cinema Day) would still get it to a solid 148M, which is only slightly less than Elemental and the second-biggest Turtles movie domestically.

I still get a laugh at how phone surveillance is used to save the day. I know Batman doesn't want to do it and stuff, but it's still kind of creepy and weird in a post-Snowden climate lol Dark Knight Rises is also a very funky movie with weird politics, especially since it came out during the Occupy Wall Street movement. Doesn't mean it's bad, but it is a weird little bugger.

So uh...what's y'alls favorite cheese? Mine's cheddar... Charlie, please give us something this is so boring lol

Don't really get why people dunked on that line tbh. Like Star Wars has always been cheesy and full of corny dialogue? That's the whole point of this silly kids series?

That is not Alex Skarsgard. What is wrong with you today?