tonytr87
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It'll get great WOM at least. Could still clear 300mil.
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Decades of ridecule???
Before the reboot nobody gave a crap about Star Trek anymore and the later films were the subject of many a scorner.
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Either the Trek franchise simply has a relatively low ceiling due to decades of ridicule, or they made a big fucking mistake waiting four years to release a sequel to one of the most beloved blockbusters of the last decade. Considering the reaction that the reboot received, the sequel shouldn't be starting this slow.
I'm sure WOM will be great, but still.
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Good luck with it. When was the last time Rth was wrong?
I don't even know who that is. A random member here?
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I call bullshit on that jump. Not happening.
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IM3:
20.3
30.9 (+52%)
22.2 (-28%)
73.4m
Gatsby
18.5
14.4 (-6% minus midnight)
11.5 (-20%)
44.4m
Sub 60% drop for IM3, and mid 40s opening for Gatsby. Great weekend.
Your Sat increase for IM3 is too much.
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Because female driven films have never been big at midnight, of course. But 55 million for the weekend, regardless of midnight, is absolutely spectacular and not a disappointment in the least.
Emphasis on the "period."
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If you're disappointed in GG's midnights then I think you're out of touch. It's still a female-driven period film. 3.2 mil for it is insane.
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Transformer 4 and Pirates 5 are going to be interesting they will make 300 and 200 at most domestic but still cross a billion lolz!
I remember we used to talk of foreign audiences as being more discernible than U.S. audiences. For whatever reason, it seems like foreign audiences are more easy to please now.
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Please go away. If you think Children of Men is overrated then you don't know film. And yes, I am serious.
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I wish Downey Jr. would quit the Iron Man stuff so he could start accepting roles in movies like this and Inherent Vice.
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This is a syfy. hardly can get any Oscars.
It can get plenty of nominations. These days, that's all I ask for. I've resigned to the fact that certain types of movies won't win.
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a) I write crowd reports, not movie reviews. I just like to be thorough and honest and honest in my recounting of the films I watch.
b ) Jurassic Park and 10 Things I Hate About You are the types of films rereleased to theaters because audiences are guaranteed a Grade "A" crowd experience.
c) If you were more selective in the films you'd go see, you'd have a lot of Grade "A" crowd experiences as well.
I'm pretty selective. But I like to watch a wide spectrum of films so that I remember what bad movies and mediocre movies are like relative to good ones. It helps to put things in perspective when you watch stuff like Oz and Gangster Squad.
I guess I just don't see the point in reviewing movies based off the crowd reaction. Also, an 'A' for me is The Social Network, The Dark Knight, There Will Be Blood, The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Fight Club, etc. Seminal films. So I don't get it when you give movies like Oblivion an 'A.' But like you said, if it's just based off the crowd experience, then okay.
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^You sure do give out A's liberally.
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Critic!
Yes. Yes I am.
This. But, of course, geeks defend everyone who makes pretentious pretty movies (this, Prometheus) and trash everyone who makes pretty movies without pretense that stupid shit is stupid shit (Bay).
I kinda like Prometheus, but you're not wrong about geek bias. Ever been to Joblo? I don't think I've ever seen them hate on a male-driven action/scifi film unless it was directed by Bay or Emmerich.
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Kosinski is solidifying himself as quite the mediocre director in my book. The guy knows visuals and not much else.
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Then again Lions for Lambs, Knight and Day, and Rock of Ages probably wouldn't have done well even without Cruise's bad PR. But Valkyrie, Jack Reacher, and Oblivion would've benefitted from not having that, I think.
Seems like the big Spring Breakers expansion wasn't really worth it.
Still an indie success.
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His films usually end up in the $60-80M range, which is awfully consistent, and good.
But he used to hit 100mil consistently. He was on a Will Smith type of roll in the early-mid 00's.
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Horror is all subjective. As I posted in review this movie, I loathed the Evil Dead. It wasn't scary, there was no illusion of "bump in the night" terror- it was all just gore, gore, gore. But alot of people (not in my theater) liked it alot. So it's all subjective. More realistic, slow burn horror scares me alot more than exaggerated gore, but for others, it's vice versa.
Agreed. I still thought ED was enjoyable, but it was lacking in real scares.
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Well, I can't argue that but maybe I'm just expecting people to be a bit smarter. How do the film makers know what is scary and what isn't? Fear is subjective. IMO, people who went opening weekend SHOULD have known what they were getting into.
You answered your own question. The reason the CS is low is because horror movies have the hardest time pleasing people. Why? Fear is very, very, very subjective.
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Evil Dead:
7:55pm
90% full
Trailers:
The Purge - some talk, except for the dystopian setting it looks too much like The Strangers
Iron Man 3 - whispers
You're Next - silence, looked too similar to The Purge
This is the End - BIG laughs
The Conjuring - screams, great reaction
Carrie - chatter
Movie: B-
Not particularly scary (minus a couple moments), but entertaining and well-made nonetheless. Jane Levy and Lou Taylor Pucci (best character) give strong performances and the makeup/gore factor is quite splendid. Fernandez's older brother character gets a little annoying at times with his refusal to believe anything supernatural is occurring despite one of his friends cutting her own face open and attacking them. Visually stimulating, though I think the relatively low-contrast lighting (for a horror movie) brought the scare level down a few pegs. Many scenes were just too bright.
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So that's a 6.28 M Friday for G.I. JOE: RETALIATION. So maybe 19.5 M - 21.5 M weekend.
Lower, guy.
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Still untitled? What is this movie about. Fantastic cast by the way.
I pray they keep the original title: American Bullshit. Wouldn't be that hard to avoid the "shit" in marketing.
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I don't get it. Plenty movies have started filming in march and are out by the end of the year in previous years. And it's not as if this is some big scale thing either.
A lot of people don't realize that movies like this and Monuments Men don't take nearly as long to make as big blockbusters.
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WKND BO: #StarTrek $70.6M/$84.1M, IronMan3 $35.2M/$337.1M, Gatsby $23.4M/$90.2M
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It's just as much fun. The film isn't even that dark. Certainly more fun than Iron Man.