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    DEADPOOL WEEKEND THREAD | Deadpool 152.193 actual. Daily breakdown on page 159

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    5 hours ago, Gamb1993 said:

    Though why they didn't make a joke about him becoming Russian I've no idea. Maybe too predictable? Or not enough people knew/cared he was American before?

     

    Agreed -- they should have embraced that meta-joke, as well.  But I'll tell you, first-hand at the end of my screening tonight, overheard a group of guys talking, one said how much he liked that character, another one had to tell him who Colossus was, because he didn't know.  I don't think Singer/Cudmore's version really registered with much of the general audience...and he's definitely not remembered.  So this version really is like seeing him for the first time!   

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    Star Trek Beyond | 7.22.2016 | Not an Oscar winner.

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    1. What's up with Kirk's hair?
     

    2. So the Enterprise presumably gets destroyed in the first half-hour by a horde of giant alien gnats? 

     

    3. We hear Idris Elba's voice...but we don't see him.  ...Or do we?  Please tell me they didn't hire Elba then completely hide him under makeup?!

     

    4. "Sabotage"...yeah, I get the reference...still a bold departure where no Trek marketing has gone before...

     

    5. The uniforms look like Lost in Space re-do's.

     

    6. Too many people wearing red, I can't tell who's going to die and be resurrected five minutes later in this one.

     

    7. Once again, the thing that seems to work best, from the beginning, is Urban as "Bones."

     

    Bonus: Kirk keeps a spare bike on the Enterprise so he can trail around the hallways on Saturdays??

    Weekend Est #s - MJ 11.3, Sea 11, TGD 10.5, Creed 10.1

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    1 hour ago, cookie said:

    WB's problem was that they gave ridiculous budgets to all those films, I mean Point Break apparently costs $120m. Even Disney has the courtesy to overspend on shaky properties only once or twice per year.

     

    People also need to remember and recognize that Warner Bros. (and most other majors) are not fully funding their own productions anymore...groups like Ratpac/Dune and Legendary Pictures are often putting up 50% or more of the budget, so the studios' risk/failure are not quite as damaging as widely stated.  (And Legendary's upstart nature is also proving to be a bit problematic, with most of the of the strongly Tull-backed projects underperforming or bombing -- coincidentally, both of GDT's last two films).

     

    And of course....pre-sales mitigate risk, as well.

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    Creed | Rocky Spinoff | November 25, 2015 | Box Office Knockout | Stalloscarnominated!!

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    This film K.O.s all others right now.  I don't care.  Saw it tonight, nearly sold out, and the audience was with it the whole way...I haven't heard screams and claps (during the fights) like this in a movie for a long, long time.   In agreement with everything said above.  And as great as MBJ and Stallone are (you've never seen Sly this humble and vulnerable)...the score is almost better!!  Amazing themes.

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    Creed | Rocky Spinoff | November 25, 2015 | Box Office Knockout | Stalloscarnominated!!

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    This film K.O.s all others right now.  I don't care.  Saw it tonight, nearly sold out, and the audience was with it the whole way...I haven't heard screams and claps (during the fights) like this in a movie for a long, long time.   In agreement with everything said above.  And as great as MBJ and Stallone are (you've never seen Sly this humble and vulnerable)...the score is almost better!!  Amazing themes.

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    Creed | Rocky Spinoff | November 25, 2015 | Box Office Knockout | Stalloscarnominated!!

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    Started at the beginning this past weekend and last night tackled Rocky IV and V again.

     

    Rocky Balboa on tap for me today as I work my way up to Creed.  I have only read a couple of reviews, as I'd like to go in as unspoiled as possible...but it's great to hear all the stellar buzz, and yes, it would be nice to see Stallone get recognized by Oscar (and Coogler and MBJ, for that matter, would be a nice karmic return after Fantastic Flop...which wasn't his fault, of course.)

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    The Hateful Eight | Out NOW in Digital and 70mm | 187 minutes long including a 12 minutes intermission

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    This is the first time in my life that I've even been asked to think about EW and politics in the same sentence.  So... Are you talking about QT's recent MSNBC interview?  I just watched that today -- he suitably shrugged off what a Texas congressman was saying because it's all overblown hyperbole... 

     

    I get it, you're one of those "I hate liberal media" types.  I don't really see the correlation here between your DC example and QT, other than this nebulous, polarizing thing called "politics,"  but whatevs... I'm not interested in arguing this point further.

     

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    The Hateful Eight | Out NOW in Digital and 70mm | 187 minutes long including a 12 minutes intermission

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    On 11/6/2015, 1:29:44, grim22 said:

    http://www.ew.com/article/2015/11/06/fraternal-order-police-quentin-tarantino-surprise

     

     

     

    Popcorn, indeed.  With a stiff vodka tonic.  Pretty disgusting statement.  Real adult.  What are they going to do, leak the movie?  Like that doesn't happen very often.  He's already had the script leaked, I'm sure QT won't really care.  Just perusing EW's comment section shows how this "statement" automatically gained the film at least 100 more tickets. 

    ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS | 5/27/16 | If anyone cares, there is an RT watch in this thread apparently.

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    1 hour ago, Goffe said:

    For all its faults, AIW did (and still does) look visually amazing, too bad the movie around it was so uninspired. 

     

    Also, Hathaway performance is one of the biggest WTF in the past few years.

     

    A WTF that I liked very much, thank you.  ;-)  She and Elfman's score were the best things about the movie, for me.

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    Gods of Egypt | Feb 26, 2016 | IMAX release confirmed

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    12 minutes ago, CJohn said:

    Are you being serious right now? The first one made money. It would be a ridiculously bad business decision to not make a second one. 

    From what I can see, they both squeaked by at approximately three times their budget WW (which is usually more than reported), but not including whatever they spent on marketing...with a very mixed critical and audience reaction.  Not sure on home video/VOD.  But reception-wise: first one: 40% on RT, second one 30%.  And the second one cost more and grossed essentially the same as the first.  So yes, I'm being serious. 

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