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Quorum Updates Back on the Strip T-4: 21.71% Awareness The Equalizer 3 T-18: 52.2% Awareness Saw X T-46: 37.68% Awareness Godzilla Minus One T-109: 14.77% Awareness Anyone But You T-123: 13.21% Awareness Blue Beetle T-4: 40.38% Awareness Final Awareness: 89% chance of 10M, 59% chance of 20M, 37% chance of 30M, 22% chance of 40M, 11% chance of 70M DC/MCU Awareness: 100% chance of 70M Strays T-4: 44.92% Awareness Final Awareness: 89% chance of 10M, 59% chance of 20M Original - Low Awareness: 100% chance of 10M, 25% chance of 20M Gran Turismo T-11: 38.94% Awareness Final Awareness: 33% chance of 10M, 2% chance of 20M Horror Awareness: 50% chance of 10M, 10% chance of 20M The Hill T-11: 22.57% Awareness Final Awareness: 16% chance of 10M Original - Low Awareness: 13% chance of 10M Ordinary Angels T-60: 10.45% Awareness T-60 Awareness: 22% chance of 10M Original - Low Awareness: 0% chance of 10M

#24 Dog Day Afternoon 1148 points, 16 lists "Attica! Attica!" Box Office: 50-56M Rotten Tomatoes: 96% Metacritic: 86 Awards: 1 Academy Award and 5 nominations, 2 BAFTA Awards and 4 nominations, 7 Golden Globe Award nominations Its Legacy: Considered one of the greatest anti-authority movies ever made. One of the first movies ever to have a bisexual male lead. Inspired the 1977 Italian film Operazione Kappa. Remade in Hong Kong in 1987 with People's Hero. Pacino's character influenced the voice for Moe on The Simpsons. Marcia Jean Kurtz and Lionel Pina reprised their roles in Inside Man. Referenced in All in the Family, Hill Street Blues, Kenan & Kel, Bob's Burgers, and Supernatural. Joined the National Film Registry in 2009. Gave John Cazale a paycheck. Commentary: The wonderful Sidney Lumet has always been a director for the people. His films, known for their grit and realism, have always been about the working class, the people who deal with oppression, the people who dare to fight against the main authority. His greatest hits all feature these unique stamps, yet it’s perhaps Dog Day Afternoon that is his strongest in this regard. A bank heist thriller where everything goes wrong, it’s an incredible acting powerhouse from Al Pacino, a satirical jab at the media who love to exploit others and their misfortunes, and a legitimately progressive insights into the lower rungs of LGBT folk that, frankly, has aged beautifully 5 decades later. LGBT media always runs the risk of being not good enough representation or too dated, especially the farther you get, at a time when intersectionality was ignored and transgender issues were frankly not as widespread as they are now. Yet the story, about a man who robs a bank to pay for his partner Leon’s sex reassignment surgery, holds up extremely well. Not just because of the demonstrable costs it still takes to have trans folk live their life in the body they want, but just in how important Leon is to the narrative. She is very sympathetic throughout the picture, her conversation with Sonny in particular is gut-wrenching, and despite her limited screen time, she carries the film. She is the reason this film is so angry against the system and the world. She is the inciting incident that gets us invested in the drama. I'd say Leon still holds up and would work well even in a modern-day LGBT film, which is a crowning achievement for both writer Frank Pierson and director Sidney Lumet. And yeah, this makes me love this great movie even more. There’s a lot more to say about this, yet I found this aspect to be the most compelling and wanted to highlight this aspect in particular. Just to show how resonant and prescient this film is today. Which frankly is the best thing you can say about any movie.

#25 Ocean's Eleven 1135 points, 21 lists "Tess is with Benedict now? She's too tall for him!" Box Office: 450.7M Rotten Tomatoes: 83% Metacritic: 74 Awards: 1 Cesar Award nomination, 1 Critics Choice Award nomination, 1 Empire Award nomination, 1 Satellite Award nomination, 2 MTV Movie Award nominations Its Legacy: Made Steven Soderbergh a household name. Boosted the popularity of the 1960 Rat Pack classic. Spawned two sequels, a spin-off, and an upcoming prequel. Features one of the worst cockney accents ever. Earned the biggest December opening weekend in history and the biggest Brad Pitt and Julia Roberts opening. Gave Carl Reiner a paycheck. Commentary: Taking the classic Rat Pack film from the 60s and adding a new coat of paint, Steven Soderbergh made the ultimate heist movie. Not only does this boast an incredible cast who all understand the assignment, but it’s just a perfectly paced, incredibly taut thriller that has a goofy, breezy, self-aware attitude and infectious spirits that make the heist seem like a jolly good time with friends. With all-stars like George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Bernie Mac, Carl Reiner, Julia Roberts, Andy Garcia, and more, everybody is on their A-game, delivering fun characters who have a great screenplay full of witty dialogue and strong set pieces. It’s insanely memorable and snappy, and helped solidify a banner year for good ol’ Soderbergh. Two more movies would be made, alongside a Sandra Bullock-centered spin-off, and even a prequel starring the two actors currently appearing in WB’s biggest hit of the year in development. It’s a rare case where the remake is far more successful than its original. And frankly, it’s looking to still be a gold mine for Warner for decades to come, thanks to that classic Soderbergh magic and ingenuity.

#26 Dunkirk 1091 points, 21 lists "How hard is it to find a dead Englishman on Dunkirk beach? He didn't kill anyone!" Box Office: 527M Rotten Tomatoes: 92% Metacritic: 94 Awards: 3 Academy Awards and 5 nominations, 1 BAFTA Award and 7 nominations, 1 Critics Choice Award and 7 nominations, 3 Golden Globe Award nominations Its Legacy: The highest-grossing World War II movie of all time until Oppenheimer. Oft-considered Papa Nolan's best film. Considered one of the best war films ever made and one of the best films of the 2010s. Papa Nolan's first Best Director nomination. Gave Fionn Whitehead a paycheck. Commentary: Time. It’s the one thing we want more of but never have enough of. We all wish we had more time to get work done, more time with the people we love, more time to just enjoy life. Papa Nolan understands that, which is why time plays a big part in many of his movies. And his best showcase of this was the World War II epic Dunkirk. It’s a basic story about three perspectives during the big Dunkirk evacuation. The soldiers who are trying to survive, waiting for evacuation, praying they’ll get home. An elderly sailor who takes the fight into his own hands and sails into the fight, trying to rescue however he can. An Air Force pilot with only an hour of fuel trying to survive, knowing he will inevitably crash and be taken away by the Germans. These are all people who wish they had more time. More time to breathe, more time for safety, more time with their loved ones. It’s all exemplified in a tragic story, but one that also boasts incredible sequences, with massive practical effects and historic planes and boats from that event. And sure enough, this became an all-time favorite amongst critics and Nolan fans alike, to the point where it became the highest-grossing World War II movie ever made...but then Papa Nolan topped himself just last month. A true Chad. Only downside? Harry Styles tries to act in this. We should have stopped while we were ahead.

#27 The Lego Movie 1077 points, 21 lists "I only work in black and sometimes very, very dark grey." Box Office: 468.1M Rotten Tomatoes: 96% Metacritic: 83 Awards: 1 Academy Award nomination, 1 Annie Award and 5 nominations, 1 BAFTA Award, 1 Critics Choice Award and 1 nomination, 1 Golden Globe Award nomination Its Legacy: The debut film of Warner Animation Group. The first of many sequels and spin-offs. Warner's highest-grossing animated movie ever made. The third most profitable film of 2014. Part of a banner year for Chris Pratt. Ranked as one of the best films by the National Board of Review. Criticized by conservatives for being anti-business...okay. Gave Alison Brie a paycheck. Commentary: Man, can you imagine making a movie about a toy? Can you imagine how cynical that idea can be? Imagine making a movie that only exists to promote figures and play things. A movie that was only made to boost the stock of a toy company. You can’t make anything emotionally resonant or politically engaging. Nobody would see something as stupid or cynical as this. Well wouldn’t you know it, Greta Gerwig...wait, hold on. Sorry. Okay, Phil Lord and Chris Miller proved people wrong by creating a film that still shows their unique, auteurist touch, while also making something that will make you want to buy a bunch of toys after the movie. The Lego Movie boasts an absurdist, throw everything to the wall style of comedy, with so many gags thrown at your face left and right. Most of them hit bullseyes, and the wacky ensemble and hilarious cast means there’s going to be one character who will be your favorite. But within the wacky comedy is still a very powerful story about the joys and wonders of imagination. That creativity creates incredible, amazing things, and individuality is the greatest aspect that makes you you as a person. And that limiting and stifling that creativity can only lead to awful repercussions for everybody. It’s the thesis statement of Lego itself, and a lesson that’s important for youngsters to recognize and take hold before they grow up to be boring, cynical adults. That our world can’t just stay put the way it is and be controlled by boring business figures. And that your individuality and unique spark is what’s needed to make the world better. As a movie franchise, The Lego Movie would see several spin-offs and sequels that ultimately saw diminishing returns. And now the toy has moved over to Universal who plan to do...something with the franchise. But regardless of what happens, we got this masterpiece of kineticism and wit and creativity. Something that will never be taken away from us. Everything is awesome, mah bois.

#28 A.I. Artificial Intelligence 1074 points, 17 lists "So David went to sleep too. And for the first time in his life, he went to that place... where dreams are born." Box Office: 235.9M Rotten Tomatoes: 75% Metacritic: 65 Awards: 2 Academy Award nominations, 1 BAFTA Award nomination, 4 Empire Award nominations, 3 Golden Globe Award nominations Its Legacy: A tribute to the Kubrick film that never was. Continued Haley Joel Osment’s success as a child actor. 83rd best movie of the 21st century according to a BBC poll. Earned major critical reevaluation years later. Was parodied on The Simpsons. Gave Chris Rock a paycheck. Commentary: Steven Spielberg’s sci-fi rendition of Pinocchio is an odd beast. One that confused and baffled viewers back in 2001. Originally, this was a Stanley Kubrick production that was designed to be sensitive and sentimental like a Spielberg movie. Then Spielberg took over once Kubrick died and tried to add his sensibilities of eerieness and coldheartedness into the movie. To pay tribute to an all-time director and a great friend. It worked for some, but it was considered too weird and disjointed for others, especially with its controversial ending. Yet that also made it one of the more unique pieces in Spielberg history and perhaps one of his most fascinating to analyze. There's a strong undercurrent of sadness and terror in every moment. From the opening where David is a mere pest to the tragic separation between him and his mother to him realizing his own life is meaningless, all the way to finding comfort in a world that is as artificial as him and learning what truly makes him unique and wonderful. It's really the best of both worlds. The eerie atmosphere and complex ideologies of Kubrick meshed with the incredible visual stylings and emotional resonance of the crowd pleaser icon. If anything, it's aged even better, since...well, the future of A.I., a dying world where the people in power would rather use technology for sport and personal pleasure...that's us. Right now. And as we deal with this dying planet, with no hope for our future, we just have to be our best, find the people who love us, and hold on tight to them. Show them how much we care for them and why they are so important to us. Because you never know how long you'll have them around.

October 17 is when submissions start. Y’all have three months, till January 17, so you better use those months wisely.

#29 The Dark Knight Rises 1036 points, 18 lists "Oh, you think darkness is your ally. But you merely adopted the dark; I was born in it, moulded by it." Box Office: 1.081B Rotten Tomatoes: 87% Metacritic: 78 Awards: 1 BAFTA Award nomination, 4 Critics Choice Award nominations, 3 Empire Award nominations, 1 Grammy Award nomination, 7 MTV Movie Award nominations Its Legacy: The highest-grossing Batman and Papa Nolan movie ever made. The former biggest DC Comics movie ever made. Made Tom Hardy a movie star and Bane an A-lister villain. Gave Papa Nolan a producing credit on Man of Steel. Was the seventh-highest grossing movie of all time. Baneposting became a meme. Gave Anne Hathaway a paycheck. Commentary: For those who maybe weren’t in the know in 2012, there was nothing on the same level as buzz and hype and excitement as Papa Nolan’s third and final Batman movie. After the 2008 movie blew everybody away and redefined what superhero movies could be, everybody had to know how Papa would top pigs with pigs. Was it even possible to do so? In a way, this was a sequel that was never going to match expectations. And uh...yeah. It didn’t. But it was still really cool! Tom Hardy was the baddie this time, playing a reworked version of classic Batman villain Bane, and he served an iconic performance that serves as a fun rebel character, a symbol for the oppressed, and gave us a funny voice we have all memed and made fun of. And that’s most important. And sure, people had criticized the story and screenplay for being janky and awkwardly right-wing, and there’s the usual issues of Nolan having no clue how to write women (thank goodness for Oppenheimer lol), but it also is a movie that boasts incredible action, maximalist scope, great cinematography, and some strong heroes at the center. This helped it become the highest-grossing Batman movie of all time, a record it still holds a decade later, and served as a solid finale for an era of DC movies before we got to the DC Extended Universe, which um...well, yeah.

I hate that it says x.com so much lmao

They've had 2PM/7PM previews for GT all this weekend. Friday, Saturday and Sunday. And that includes the ones next weekend. That's like...12 preview showings? Around that I think? It's such a stupid idea that, at this point, you might as well have kept it on its original release date. Also the ones at Regal are in ScreenX, which like...no thank you. Would have likely checked one of them out on a boring weekend like this, but using that screen? I'm good mate.

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.