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    Baumer's Top 100 films you have probably heard of but more than likely haven't seen. #1: Cute Clever Mischievous, but don't feed them after midnight!

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    1 hour ago, Baumer said:

    Yes, I do realize that a lot of you will have seen a lot of these.  I just think there are enough members here who haven't seen all of them, or maybe most of them.  

     

    As for you @75live, I'm going to guess you've seen at least 95% of the list. :)

     

    I haven't seen Casualties of War so I think you will be right :bouncy:

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    Baumer's Top 100 films you have probably heard of but more than likely haven't seen. #1: Cute Clever Mischievous, but don't feed them after midnight!

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    Oh neat, another list!

     

    3 hours ago, Baumer said:

    Some of you are sick of lists.

     

    My reaction to those people:

     

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    Tele's list made me discover some films, my latest one being...

     

    Lady Snowblood (1973)

     

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    So thanks Tele :D 

     

    I'll be sure to follow this. And hopefully know more films the first time around :ph34r: 

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    Game of Thrones (TV ONLY) [Leaked Spoilers prohibited]

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    Okay I have to say, Cersei blowing the church up, that was   f r e a k i n   a m a z i n g 

     

    Perfect scene.

     

    How can I enjoy watching a villain wrecking so much havoc, and being so ruthless? I think she's my favorite character on this show. How is this even possible?

     

    This season had its highs and lows, but were the highs fucking soaring? YUP :ohmyzod:

    My favorite episode is still Hardhome though. Nothing tops that so far for me. That's when Game of Thrones truly set itself apart. Shame the director is not returning so far.

    Frontloading: Has it really changed in the past five years?

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    Guys, an R² of ~0.05 or less can definitely not be used to prove anything concerning a set of data. Like, not even close.

     

    Usually, you want an R² around 0.75 (ideally 0.80) to be able to say that the 2 variables are correlated together. With ~0.5, and with good enough arguments, you might be into something.

     

    Not saying that front-loading hasn't been increasing, but your data and the way you presented it, do not indicate anything of the sort. Correlation can be misleading if, for example, you assume the variables are linearly correlated, when in fact, they are correlated in a different manner (exponentially, for example)

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    CIVIL WAR OS | $744M OS | $1.15B WW

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    This movie would have out-grossed IM3 with 2013 Exchange Rates.

     

    For instance, in 2013 the EUR was on average 1.33 per USD. 2015 it's 1.11, right now 1.13

     

    That would represent a 18% increase

     

    And that's only the EUR. Most other currencies follow the same pattern. Even worse in many places.

     

    That is why OS box office analysis is so tricky, and should be taken with a grain of salt as well.

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    Tuesday #s: (Gitesh) Dory $14.7M

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    added top 5

    3rd biggest 2nd Tuesday of all time, as stated previously in this thread. Here are the top 5:

     

    83 3 Star Wars: The Force Awakens BV $29,528,583 4,134 $7,143 12/29/15 12 $600.9 $936.7
    84 8 Avatar Fox $18,290,628 3,456 $5,292 12/29/09 12 $250.4 $749.8
    85 19 Finding Dory BV $14,666,974 4,305 $3,407 6/28/16 12 $311.2 $311.2
    86 27 Jurassic World Uni. $13,130,460 4,291 $3,060 6/23/15 12 $427.5 $652.3
    87 48 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey WB (NL) $11,238,529 4,100 $2,741 12/25/12 12 $168.2 $303.0


    Impressive. Very impressive.

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    Weekend Actuals (Page 96): Dory 73M | IDR 41M | CI 18.2M | Shallows 16.8M | Conjuring 7.7M | Jones 7.6M

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    Posted · Edited by Daxtreme
    missing words -_-

    I just realized Dory's 2nd week-end is just below Zootopia's OW.

     

    If it then follows Zootopia for the remainder of its run, dollar for dollar, including this week-end, its total would be $553M.

     

    I seriously doubt that this happens, so, $500M looks like it might happen, but I don't see much more than that. Zootopia had unbelievable legs.

    Tele's List of 100 Lesser-Known or Under-Appreciated Films Everyone Should See (THE LIST IS COMPLETE! p26)

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    I'd like to open up this message by saying first of all, Thanks Tele for this great list :hi5:

     

    As it has now been finished, I'd like to maybe, (try to) contribute 1 or 2 titles, just for fun, as a closing, uh, bonus...? 

     

    I might not know much about the movies in Tele's list, especially classic American Cinema, but I do know some weird French, Italian, and Russian movies ;) 

     

    Tele gave us Aleksandr Nevskiy by Sergei Eisenstein as #74, and although Eisenstein is a well-known director and often cited as very influential in the history of cinema, not all his movies are as well known as he is.

     

    and so I would like to introduce potential viewers of this thread to another one (a two-parter) of his movies:

     

    ( copying Tele's formatting since it's more of a continuation, please don't hurt me :ph34r: )

     

    BONUS: IVAN THE TERRIBLE PART I and II (1945 - 1958)

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    written by: Sergei M. Eisenstein

    directed by: Sergei M. Eisenstein

    starring: Nikolay Cherkasov, Lyudmila Tselikovskaya, Serafima Birman 

     

    Synopsis:

     

    During the early part of his reign, Ivan the Terrible faces betrayal from the aristocracy and even his closest friends as he seeks to unite the Russian people.

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    I've had the pleasure to watch this movie in an optional university class on Russian Cinema, and although it's quite theatrical in its delivery, it's a formidable work of propaganda, which was, at the time, funded by the Soviets. Its historical context absolutely cannot be overlooked here as the movie was made to glorify an old Tsar of Russia (mirrored by Stalin in the present day at the time), and its production seeked to justify his rule by tapping into History and dramatizing it.

     

    But they went to insane lengths to accomplish that. So insane, in fact, that I still can't believe what I watched was made at the time. It also helps that they employed the insanely-talented Sergei Eisenstein. If you enjoyed Aleksandr Nevskiy, then this is a movie for you. Without going into spoiler territory, let's just say they had the full backing, and support, of Russia's army at the time of filming. Sergei Eisenstein has been given credit for many things in his career, but I really feel like one of his most incredible achievements is doing what he did with this movie (especially part 1), considering the resources he had at the time. Ivan The Terrible is a historical epic which predated even the most famous of them, and did so on a scale that shouldn't have been possible at the time.

     

    Sadly, Sergei Eisenstein passed away while completing the editing of Part II in 1948, and so it was both delayed because of that, and because Stalin banned it as it didn't portray Russia in a well-enough light for his tastes. It was released 5 years after his death. A short of Part III was completed much later on, but what it should have been had Eisenstein lived longer, we will never know.

     

    The trailer is shit so I won't post it :ph34r: 

     

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