Eric Onion

Prediction time: Keke Palmer's an alien or at least part of the abduction. Her wearing green in front of a green screen and stumbling on how many "greats" her grandfather has makes me think something is up.

Been telling y'all for a while that audiences have given up on anything that ain't cheap thrills. Anything that isn't designed to sell toys or start a shared universe is too pretentious for them. It was a slow burn of course, but 2021 was the nadir, the period where nothing finds success, and there's no turning back anymore. It'll only get worse from here, especially when the Academy gives up and forces themselves to nominate all the populist blockbusters to stay relevant.

That sounds like a very interesting Valentine's date 🤣

Ehh, I like it too, but that's more mid-tier in my Shyamalan rankings. Sixth Sense will forever be his best one (everything about that movie is handcrafted to pure perfection IMO), and The Village is still something that still gives me the chills. I'm also obsessed with the Unbreakable trilogy, even though I know most people think Split and Glass stink on ice. Signs is one where the script never feels as cohesive as it could have been and a lot of the "big ideas" that are in most Shyamalan movies don't feel as profound as his other works. Pretty cool setpieces though.

Just put it up right before I read this lol

Is this any good at all?

The Batman Greater Philadelphia Area Seat Report T-19 and Counting Sellouts Showings Seats Sold Total Seats Perct Sold TOTALS 2 177 4219 35067 12.03% Total Seats Sold Today: 221 Comp 0.556x of Black Widow's Final Count (7.33M) 0.888x of Shang-Chi's Final Count (7.81M) 0.805x of Venom 2's Final Count (9.34M) 0.800x of Eternals' Final Count (7.6M) Adjusted Comp 0.321x of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker T-19 (12.86M)

Uncharted Greater Philadelphia Area Seat Report T-5 and Counting Sellouts Showings Seats Sold Total Seats Perct Sold TOTALS 0 55 449 10285 4.37% Total Seats Sold Today: 45 Comp 0.347x of F9 T-5 (2.46M) 0.879x of The Suicide Squad T-5 (3.6M) 0.353x of Venom 2 T-5 (4.1M) 0.560x of Ghostbusters: Afterlife T-5 (2.52M)

The trailer for that always takes me out because the big ending gag is Channing Tatum pretending to be blind, which is…kinda gross?

Or you know, it could also just be a sequel nobody demanded to a 5/10 movie nobody cares about. Like really, this movie was probably going to make half of the last one even in the best of circumstances

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Movie Distr Gross %YD %LW Thr Per Thr Total Gross D - N Marry Me Universal $3,000,000 3,642 $824 $3,000,000 1 - (1) jackass forever Paramount Pi… $2,875,000 +121% -70% 3,653 $787 $32,244,702 8 - (4) Scream Paramount Pi… $810,000 +153% -33% 2,619 $309 $71,151,632 29 - (5) Sing 2 Universal $650,000 +252% -20% 2,831 $230 $141,088,555 52 - (7) Redeeming Love Universal $110,000 +36% -59% 980 $112 $8,577,070 22 - (-) Belfast Focus Features $81,000 +146% +86% 928 $87 $7,700,145 92 - (-) Drive My Car Janus Films $50,457 127 $397 $1,083,080 80 - (-) The 355 Universal $31,000 -3% -82% 563 $55 $14,427,585 36 8 $7,607,457

The Batman Greater Philadelphia Area Seat Report T-20 and Counting Sellouts Showings Seats Sold Total Seats Perct Sold TOTALS 2 177 3998 35067 11.40% Total Seats Sold Today: 393 Comp 0.526x of Black Widow's Final Count (6.95M) 0.841x of Shang-Chi's Final Count (7.4M) 0.763x of Venom 2's Final Count (8.85M) 0.758x of Eternals' Final Count (7.2M) Adjusted Comp 0.308x of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker T-20 (12.3M)

Uncharted Greater Philadelphia Area Seat Report T-6 and Counting Sellouts Showings Seats Sold Total Seats Perct Sold TOTALS 0 55 404 10285 3.93% Total Seats Sold Today: 19 Comp 0.354x of F9 T-6 (2.51M) 0.876x of The Suicide Squad T-6 (3.59M) 0.362x of Venom 2 T-6 (4.19M) 0.532x of Ghostbusters: Afterlife T-6 (2.39M)

They did last year. They put out trailers for Heights and West Side Story and those didn't really grant them any favors.

Put in my final changes and edits. Behold, the greatest list ever created CANON LIST OF FORTY Rank Pts Movie Pairing 1 10 The Addams Family (1991) Gomez & Morticia 2 9 Wall-E (2008) Wall-E & Eve 3 9 Superman (1978) Clark Kent & Lois Lane 4 8 Call Me By Your Name (2017) Elio & Oliver 5 8 Aladdin (1991) Aladdin & Jasmine 6 8 Life is Beautiful (1997) Guido & Dora 7 7 West Side Story (1961) Tony & Maria 8 7 The Birdcage (1996) Albert and Armond 9 7 Before Sunset (2004) Jesse & Celine 10 7 The Matrix (1999) Neo & Trinity 11 6 Beauty & The Beast (1946) Belle & Beast 12 6 Little Women (2019) Jo & Laurie 13 6 When Harry Met Sally (1989) Harry & Sally 14 6 Brokeback Mountain (2005) Jack & Ennis 15 6 If Beale Street Could Talk (2018) Tish & Fonny 16 5 In the Mood for Love (2000) Su & Chow 17 5 Enchanted (2007) Giselle & Robert 18 5 Casablanca (1942) Rick Blaine & Ilsa Lund 19 5 Who Framed Roger Rabbit? Roger & Jessica Rabbit 20 5 Moonlight (2016) Chiron & Kevin 21 4 The Apartment (1960) C. C. & Fran 22 4 Rocky (1978) Rocky & Adrian 23 4 Pretty Woman (1990) Vivian & Edward 24 4 West Side Story (2021) Bernardo & Anita 25 4 Brooklyn (2015) Ellis & Tony 26 3 Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019) Marianne & Heloise 27 3 It Happened One Night (1934) Peter & Ellie 28 3 Dune (2021) Paul & Chani 29 3 A Star is Born (2018) Jackson Maine & Ally 30 3 A Star is Born (1954) Esther & Norman 31 2 Up (2009) Carl & Ellie 32 2 La La Land (2016) Sebastian & Mia 33 2 The Philadelphia Story (1940) Dexter & Tracy 34 2 The Incredibles (2004) Bob & Helen Parr 35 2 The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) Genevieve & Guy 36 1 Dirty Dancing (1987) Baby & Johnny 37 1 The Bodyguard (1992) Frank & Rachel 38 1 Splendor in the Grass (1961) Deanie & Bud 39 1 The Big Sick (2017) Kumail & Emily 40 1 Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) Steve & Peggy FANON LIST OF TWENTY Rank Pts Movie Pairing 1 5 The Spongebob Squarepants Movie (2004) Spongebob & Squidward 2 4.5 Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) Finn & Poe 3 4.5 X-Men: First Class (2011) Professor Xavier & Magneto 4 4 Zootopia (2016) Nick & Judy 5 4 Harry Potter (2001-2011) Harry & Hermione 6 4 Star Trek (1979-2016) Kirk & Spock 7 3.5 Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) Steve & Sam 8 3.5 Thelma & Louise (1991) Thelma & Louise 9 3.5 Mary Poppins (1964) Mary & Bert 10 3.5 Follow That Bird (1985) Bert & Ernie 11 3 Kung Fu Panda (2008) Po & Tigress 12 3 Zootopia (2016) Chief Bogo & Clawhauser 13 2.5 Beauty & The Beast (1991) Lumiere & Cogsworth 14 2.5 Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) Batman & Wonder Woman 15 2 Pokemon: The First Movie (1999) Ash & Misty 16 2 Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) Miles & Gwen 17 1.5 Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021) Green Goblin & Doc Ock 18 1.5 101 Dalmatians (1961) Horace & Jasper 19 1 Cruella (2021) Cruella & Jasper 20 1 My Little Pony: The Movie (2017) Rainbow Dash & Applejack

Well I mean it makes sense he would push for action. He played Spider-Man, he's known for being Spider-Man, so it makes sense he would go for action roles. And when actors sign on to something, they have zero clue how a movie is going to turn out. They don't have a crystal ball that will say what a movie's RT score will be. And for all the projects he chose, it makes sense why he would say yes to them. With Cherry, he gets to work with the Russos, people he's had a good experience and a friendship towards. Chaos Walking was shot in 2017 when Daisy Ridley was fresh off Star Wars and Doug Liman's had plenty of hits before despite being a madman. And he was cast in Uncharted back in 2017 before it went through a big revolving door of directors and is based off a very popular video game series that already takes inspiration from movies like Indiana Jones. It's not his fault these productions didn't pan out. As an actor, especially young ones who don't have a rep, every project is a true roll of the dice.

I'll say this again, Holland's big issue is he is always typecast in boring action roles that don't fit the theater kid energy he possesses. Give him a musical or something that allows him to be goofy or out there a la his Lip Sync Battle performance and he would shine. He probably could have done Wonka okay, but of course my libido is much happier with Timothee in the part.