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So sad rip

I know that. I still think it's annoying and that a lot of blockbuster movies today feel padded and don't use their long runtimes well. Just because long movies are successful doesn't mean I can't criticize them.

Hopefully I'll feel different when I get to it, but this was a big concern of mine with that 2:20 runtime. I've marathoned through the Indy movies, as well as the early Fast and Furious and Mission Impossible movies, and it's really made me miss when these blockbusters were only 2 hours give or take 10 minutes. Not all of these movies are perfect, with Crystal Skull and Fast and Furious 4 in particular still feeling overlong despite their runtimes, but these movies all do well in giving you what you want without tiring you out or forcing the story to plod along with stuff you don't care about. Feels like it's filmmakers trying to make these more "big screen worthy" or something, but it just kind of makes things exhausting and hurts these movies when it comes to showtimes anyways. You look at how effective Fast Five is compared to Fast X with 10 minutes less of movie, and it's night and day.

Quorum Updates Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem T-34: 44.32% Awareness Gran Turismo T-43: 21.88% Awareness White Bird: A Wonder Story T-57: 11.91% Awareness The Nun 2 T-71: 28.75% Awareness Dune Part Two T-127: 33.67% Awareness The Hunger Games: A Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes T-141: 26.25% Awareness Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny T-1: 61.38% Awareness Final Awareness: 100% chance of 40M, 93% chance of 50M, 80% chance of 60M, 67% chance of 70M, 47% chance of 100M Tentpole Awareness: 100% chance of 60M, 60% chance of 70M, 40% chance of 100M Ruby Gillman: Teenage Kraken T-1: 30.45% Awareness Final Awareness: 35% chance of 10M Animation/Family Awareness: 0% chance of 10M Joy Ride T-8: 30.29% Awareness Final Awareness: 35% chance of 10M Original - Low Awareness: 25% chance of 10M The Equalizer 3 T-64: 37.23% Awareness T-60 Awareness: 94% chance of 10M, 69% chance of 20M, 44% chance of 30M Sequel Awareness: 100% chance of 10M

https://deadline.com/2023/06/jim-caviezel-box-office-sound-of-freedom-angel-studios-1235428099/ lmao what

Just wanted to notify in particular @Jonwo @filmlover @lorddemaxus @baumer @Tower @kayumanggi that you all said you intended to submit a list. You still have a few days left, but July 4 is just around the corner. So if you still want to give me a list, I hope you are all busy finalizing your options and will be ready to PM your list to me ASAP. Hope you all have a wonderful weekend.

Heads up as always that the Top 100 Warner Bros. Movies countdown is still accepting submissions. You have until July 4 @ 11:59 PM to submit your final lists to me through DMs. Even if you are unfamiliar with this iconic studio, missing out on a golden opportunity like this, to celebrate one of the greatest movie studios ever, is something you will totally regret. So please try to send something in before the long weekend is over.

https://www.boxofficepro.com/long-range-box-office-forecast-disneys-haunted-mansion-tracking-updates-for-mission-impossible-barbie-and-oppenheimer/ Long Range Box Office Forecast & 2023’s Upcoming Calendar (as of 6/30/23) Release Date Title 3-Day (FSS) Opening Low/High Range Pinpoint % Chg from Last Week Domestic Total Low/High Range Pinpoint % Chg from Last Week Distributor 7/7/2023 Insidious: The Red Door $20,000,000 – $29,000,000 $45,000,000 – $66,000,000 Sony Pictures / Screen Gems 7/7/2023 Joy Ride $8,000,000 – $15,000,000 $30,000,000 – $60,000,000 Lionsgate 7/12/2023 Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One $65,000,000 – $75,000,000 -3% $250,000,000 – $301,000,000 -3% Paramount Pictures 7/14/2023 PSYCHO-PASS: Providence (Limited) Sony / Crunchyroll 7/14/2023 Theater Camp (Limited) Disney / Searchlight Pictures 7/21/2023 Barbie $65,000,000 – $90,000,000 +6% $160,000,000 – $240,000,000 +17% Warner Bros. Pictures 7/21/2023 Oppenheimer $45,000,000 – $57,000,000 +11% $154,000,000 – $194,000,000 +11% Universal Pictures 7/28/2023 The First Slam Dunk GKIDS 7/28/2023 Haunted Mansion $22,000,000 – $37,000,000 $73,000,000 – $131,000,000 Walt Disney Pictures 7/28/2023 Talk to Me A24

What's this weeaboo trite? I only watch American-made movies made by America!

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I’ve gotten the trailer, but almost entirely in front of Disney movies like Little Mermaid, Boogeyman, and Elemental. Does seem pretty quiet in terms of promo now, but I felt the same thing for Elemental until after Little Mermaid dropped, so I think it will be the same here after Indy comes out. Quorum’s also pretty good in terms of awareness. I’m optimistic Me irl. I’m already picturing myself seeing this on a random Wednesday, awkwardly alone in the back like a loser. Either being the only one or with like one mom and his daughter in the middle. Sad life (good to see you back in the tracking game)

Quorum Updates Barbie T-23: 52.22% Awareness Cobweb T-23: 13.31% Awareness Bottoms T-65: 14.54% Awareness Expend4bles T-86: 29.84% Awareness Anyone But You T-170: 13.7% Awareness Ghostbusters Afterlife 2 T-175: 32.64% Awareness Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny T-2: 59.15% Awareness Final Awareness: 47% chance of 40M, 35% chance of 50M, 23% chance of 60M, 18% chance of 90M, 12% chance of 100M Tentpole Awareness: 100% chance of 40M, 50% chance of 50M Ruby Gillman: Teenage Kraken T-2: 31.07% Awareness Final Awareness: 35% chance of 10M Animation/Family Awareness: 0% chance of 10M Talk to Me T-30: 18.84% Awareness T-30 Awareness: 13% chance of 10M Horror Awareness: 14% chance of 10M Meg 2: The Trench T-37: 32.92% Awareness T-30 Awareness: 86% chance of 10M, 57% chance of 20M, 38% chance of 30M, 14% chance of 40M

It's not as awful as some people say, but there's just a lot of annoying creative choices that ruin what would have been a decent superhero flick. It also doesn't help that this is supposed to be a direct sequel to Superman 2. So telling me that Reeve!Supes and Kidder!Lois would do this stuff is anger-inducing to somebody who holds the first movie up as one of their favorite films of all time. Man of Steel is a stupid movie too (not for the reasons fanboys hate it), but at least that was its own world and interpretation, which makes things a tad more forgivable...keyword being "a tad".

Gotta love how Singer felt that the movie needed to show Lois cheating on her husband and having Clark's baby without anybody knowing. And then Clark's a Lifetime stalker Peeping Tom. There's a lot in that movie they did good enough on, but those two choices just ruin the whole experience.

Reminds me that him and Parker Posey were in Superman Returns but somehow weren't Clark and Lois? Like it's a perfect casting, they were on the literal set no less, but they were like, "nah, we'll go with these boring nobodies instead"?????

Very much on board with Brosnahan and I'm sure the dude playing Clark will do well. I will say that going back to Lex Luthor again is pretty boring. It's frustrating how we still don't have a live-action Brainiac yet, but we now have three Lex Luthors. Four if you want to include Jon Cryer as his nephew.