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Was pleasantly surprised by Justice League. Some pretty bad CGI in spots, but otherwise really enjoyable.

Justice League November 24, 12:00 PM, 80% full Trailers Jumanji (No reaction) Tomb Raider (No reaction) Rampage (No reaction) A Quiet Place (Some talking/interest after) Star Wars (No reaction) Pitch Perfect 3 (Groans)

Epicly awful hair. Wonder how mannered Meryl Streep's acting will be in this?

Is the dialogue natural sounding in this or is every other line some clever and witty retort like in Edge of Seventeen? Loved Saoirse Ronan in Brooklyn (loved the film, too), but this looks like a movie made for critics and people on the coasts. And any political sucker punches in it? Business was pretty slow for this at my theater today. Surprised we got both Lady Bird and Three Billboards. Nice variety of choices for moviegoers.

If you want to watch Rooney Mara eat a pie for 10 minutes, sure. That movie just collapsed under it's own pretentiousness, and I was on board with the thing for half of it. And the guy at the party rambling on and on and on and on....just awful.

Suburbicon with a D- Cinemascore

Saw the trailer before Blade Runner and some of it looked like a cartoon. And, yeah, the song was grating.

Really enjoyed it, too. Was funny watching people move closer to the screen (myself included) so they could read the messages being sent.

The main commentary from people leaving the theater last night was, indeed, the length of the film. People seemed to enjoy it, but the comments were all along the lines of "it was pretty good, but really long." Personally, I think you could easily trim 30 minutes.

Honest to blog?

The subjectivity of what someone finds scary is always interesting. The only movies that creep me out are The Exorcist and The Entity. I suppose The Exorcist works for me because I had an aunt who was a nurse (in the 60's) and dealt with a patient who exhibited signs of possession (a priest was called in) and that probably makes me susceptible to that film. If you think the whole subject is nonsense, I'd imagine the movie seems silly.

Is Friend Request really that bad? I didn't mind Unfriended, and can find things to like in almost any horror film.

Did the kids drop as many F bombs in the book?

I don't know, I'm as far right conservative as they come, and imo, WW was a success in spite of the always annoying SJW's. The movie wasn't political at all (closest thing was her PC group of friends that checked every diversity box) and didn't push the feminism angle as hard as something like ABC's TV show Agent Carter did. They made that main character so unlikable that audiences gave up on the show.

So Paramount says the movie is "audacious and brave." I'll give them "audacious." It most certainly is that. But in no way is a movie "brave." "Brave" is a cop going into a drug house or a firefighter risking his life going into a burning building or a soldier fighting ISIS. This is people play acting and making millions of dollars. I'm not sure why they would release a defensive statement like this.

I've read a few times that JLaw dared people to boycott the movie. Any truth to this?

That's true. And Paramount even increased their marketing buy at the end, so they put even more money in to try and save it.

The theater has always been pretty liberal regarding refunds. But I do remember someone walking out of The Witch (a movie I liked) about 3/4 of the way through and wanting their money back and didn't get it. There was signage about The Artist being a silent film at this theater, too. I suppose they could put up a sign for Mother saying, "This is the most indulgent and pretentious piece of shit you're ever going to see. Enter at your own risk."

My theater has gotten so many requests for refunds that they took the movie passes out of the locked drawer and put them in a quickly accessible spot. Ticket sellers have been instructed to ask elderly patrons if they have heard about the film, not out and out discouraging them from seeing it but warning what to expect. Some are angry about being misled from the trailers (expected a horror film), some are angry about the incredibly anti-christian nature of the film (this is a very conservative/religious part of WI), and some just thought it was so that bad that they should get their money back for sitting through it. The whole thing was just a perfect storm of crazy. JLaw gives these crazy statements about the hurricane while promoting this batshit crazy movie, lol. I'm amazed when the studio saw a rough cut of this that they didn't say, "sorry, we aren't releasing this garbage."

I don't think a film is pretentious if it's a bit challenging due to a non-linear narrative but if it's just some director's weird idiosyncrasies put onscreen, then the word is appropriate.

Don't know how presales are doing overall, but at my theater we've only sold two tickets so far and Mother is stuck in one of the smallest theaters.

So Jennifer Lawrence went to her Facebook page and asked her followers to identify people who went to that Charlottesville rally. That will really end well since one person has already been misidentified, and the poor guy and his family had to go into hiding. She's an idiot who reeks with self-importance. http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/jennifer-lawrence-asks-fans-identify-white-supremacists-article-1.3411270?utm_content=buffere4fef&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=NYDailyNewsTw

This has nothing to do with the real history of the doll, right?

What was A Ghost Story's cinemascore? It didn't even seem to appeal to coastal elites.

How many times has she tripped over her gowns?' . The first time was kind of endearing. When it kept happening, people thought it was an act. BTW, the Jennifer Lawrence of Winter's Bone era really was down-to-earth and normal. Unfortunately, she really did change as her star got bigger. Winter's Bone is still her best performance by a mile.