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1 minute ago, New Year New Panda said:
Loud and action heavy trailers do well because the Super Bowl is a loud event. But there’s plenty of woman who watch the Super Bowl, probably the best place to release a fifty shades trailer
Well, when it airs, it'll cause conversation for sure.
*The Fifty Shades advertisement airs during the Super Bowl.*
Guy with Foam Hand and Painted Face: *groans*
Girl: That looks great!
Guy: *groans harder*
Girl: We have to see that, Tyler!
Guy: *groans even harder*
Girl: C'mon, Tyler! For Valentine's!
Guy: *EXTREME GROANING*
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35 minutes ago, New Year New Panda said:
Why’s that? It certainly didn’t hurt the other ones to do Super Bowl advertisements.
I meant it as a half-joke based on demographics. There are many fans of football who aren't necessarily interested in an erotic romance film such as Fifty Shades. I get that there is a wide variety of people who watch the super bowl, but I think there is a reason why the vast majority of movies with advertisements during the Super Bowl are action-heavy.
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3 hours ago, CJohn said:
Universal will probably air the Fifty Shades and Pacific Rim spots during the pre-game.
The Super Bowl isn't a sufficient place to advertise Fifty Shades in my opinion. I get that Universal wants money, but in this case, it seems as if their pursuit of money has made them blind.
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In other box office news, Wonder just lept over Transformers: The Last Knight on the year's domestic chart.
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The Shape of Water is likely the last thing I get to sneak in for this unless I rent something on Google Play at the last minute (even though that's a long shot because I probably don't have the time). But not seeing everything makes for an interesting ballot, I suppose. I'll get in The Shape of Water, which I think I'll like, and yesterday, I watched The Big Sick, so that film will definitely be given some nominations from me.
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I finished the Fall's half of the current season of Ancient Magus' Bride, so I'm giving that show a break. I am slowly getting through My Hero Academia, but my incentive to do so isn't immense because I do read the manga, as I do for most 'shonen' titles that interest me.
But the Anime Awards have inspired me to try watching excellent lesser-known shows like:
ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept
Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinjū
March comes in like a lion
All of which have great first episodes.
As for this new season, I think A Place Further Than The Universe is pretty strong. I like the continuous plot structure is has that some shows don't seem to have. If other slice of life or 'drama' anime weren't your jam because you thought nothing too interesting was happening in the show aside from character development and character interaction, give this one a try.
And I've watched the first two episodes of Record of Grancrest War. Yeah... if there are any shows on my Crunchyroll queue that may be removed in the future, it's that one. Not that it's flat-out bad- do give it a try if you're curious- it's just that the first two episodes are pretty dull and pretty run-of-the-mill.
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1. The 15:17 to Paris
2. Samson
3. Black Panther
4. Annihilation
4. Tomb Raider
6. Isle of Dogs
7. Strangers: Prey at Night
8. The Party
9. 7 Days in Entebbe
10. Pacific Rim: Uprising
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Big prediction incoming:
The Russia controversy may be able to help this film's awareness and interest similarly to how the North Korean controversy helped The Interview.
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2 hours ago, La Binoche said:
Really? I feel like a horror movie with a female protagonist is going to lose out on female audiences who will choose Ocean's 8 instead.
You may be right. I do think horror films usually attract a diverse crowd, and I do think the family of the film acts as the protagonist with Toni Colette's role being the most prominent, but I do think Ocean's Eight will be tough competition in its own right. Even I wanna see that film, and I'm not that much of an Ocean's fan.
But people still have different interests. And if there's anything the past few weeks have taught us with Jumanji and The Greatest Showman, it's that smart counterprogramming can pay off bigtime.
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55 minutes ago, La Binoche said:
That's a very smart time to release this. It'll be opening against Ocean's Eight in the sparse first weeks of June. And in terms of horror features, Slenderman will have bombed three weeks prior, and The Nun won't be out in theaters for a full month. The geniuses at A24 have positioned this film to perform as well as it can amidst the Avengers, Deadpool, Solo, Incredibles, and Jurassic World onslaught.
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Yeah, I'm not sure if this film will find its audience. It has the benefit of being largely removed from other horror films, but I personally have yet to see proper marketing for this. I usually see something, anything, when I browse the internet or stroll through the halls of the theaters browsing the posters. For this film, I don't remember coming across one thing by accident. I wanted to think this was going to do well, as it is the only new wide release coming out next weekend unless Oscar-film distributors are planning something I don't know about. But it can't do well if nobody knows about it. It gives horror fans the impression that they're better off waiting for Annihilation or Strangers: Prey at Night, or Hereditary, even.
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12 hours ago, CoolEric258 said:
MoviePass Ventures just bought distriubtion rights for the movie "American Animals" with The Orchard.
American Animals seems like an interesting film so I'm gonna keep my eye on it for the time being. In my opinion, they should time an initially-limited release near X-Men: Dark Phoenix to capitalize on awareness of Evan Peters' starring role. It'd kill two birds with one stone, increasing interest and making a legitimate Oscar bid at the same time.
This might be a thing that keeps MoviePass around for the time being if they're successful at distributing this film.
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2 minutes ago, Mrwick said:
Yeah but its clearly pandering towards the academy so its not exactly a shocker that this got in over better films. Every oscar season is like that.
I think that while other films may have been more deserving, films have had to cross a certain quality threshold in order to be in contention for a nomination as of late. The last unequivocally undeserved Best Picture nominee was Extremely Loud, Incredibly Close in the 2011/2012 season- there's a reason why similar films have been missing since then. But Darkest Hour is no Extremely Loud, Incredibly Close. Darkest Hour is a story told with countless beautiful artistic decisions from multiple filmmaking crafts, at the very least.
Undeserved in terms of 'other films were much better'?
Perhaps.
Undeserved in general terms?
Not quite.
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It's definitely a 13-nominations effect driving The Shape of Water's increase.
Filmgoer 1: "The Shape of Water has a total of 13 Oscar nominations!"
Filmgoer 2: "
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Filmgoer 1: That's the one we really need to see!
Filmgoers 2: "I AGREE!"
If it could become a word-of-mouth sensation, that'd be cool to see.
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10 minutes ago, Jeriosnal said:
It's fantastic this is flopping. Predictably, audiences aren't falling for PT's empty showmanship. If he ever writes a strong story again, he'll stop losing money.
It's about to stop flopping very soon, perhaps as soon as this weekend, because of its six Oscar nominations.
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Hmmm.
I won't predict the nominees just yet; that'll be in March. But I do have a few ideas already.
Firstly: Lucas Hedges for Boy Erased. He is a very competent actor, and I've been rooting for him ever since I found out he was one of the kakhi scouts in Moonrise Kingdom. If he shows strength here, I think, after seeing other potential candidates, that Hedges has a chance at setting at setting the youngest-actor-win record. I really do. Of course, we'll have to see how the film turns out. But his winning streak has been undeniable. I'm confident he'll be on the radar, Chalamet style.
Secondly: Joaquin Phoenix for Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far On Foot. Director Gus Van Sant is an Oscar veteran, and the trailer of his film indicates that the film will be a very excellent dramedy that Amazon will certainly want to give an awards season push. This is the type of role that the Academy has nominated many times before, so don't count this one out just yet.
Thirdly: Adam Driver for The Man Who Killed Don Quixote. From one of the directors of Monty Python and the Holy Grail, this film has finally been filmed, and I think there's a reason why it wasn't cancelled. Plus, Adam Driver is one of the best actors currently working in the medium, and his role as Kylo Ren has made many people aware of his acting ability. This may be the year he gets noticed.
And finally, for now: Brad Pitt for Ad Astra. It's been years since his last nomination, which was for Moneyball. But notice: sports dramas like Moneyball are a type of genre film that don't usually strike a chord with the Academy unless they're very good. And another genre that works the same sort of way is Science Fiction, the genre of Ad Astra. So will Brad Pitt's next nomination be for another atypical film? We will see.
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I'm really happy that the Harry Potter franchise finally won an Oscar (sort of) when Fantastic Beasts won Costume Design last year. It cements the critical legacy of the franchise as well as the potential of the new prequel one. Here's hoping they push through expectations and win some more.
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23 minutes ago, CoolEric258 said:
Never doubt the POWAH of Derbez. I'm not saying that ironically btw.
Well, his film How To Be a Latin Lover did make over $30 million in America alone just last year. So I guess he does have his fans that will show up, Adam-Sandler-fan style.
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1 hour ago, marveldcfox said:
Add Harry Potter and Avengers Infinity war to that infamous list.
Twilight should be there, too!
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1 minute ago, WrathOfHan said:
This moved up a week to April 13.
This is for the best, to be honest. April 20 was crowded with comedies (Tully and Super Troopers 2 are still on that date too.) But this'll probably still flop anyway.
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17 hours ago, Goffe said:
Movie is bad, but did anyone FYCed Marianelli's Darkest Hour score? That was some GOOD music.
I FYCed Darkest Hour for a lot more categories than just score...
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1 hour ago, WrathOfHan said:
I was just going to make a thread about this! I'm assuming this is the March 18 movie they have going wide, because from what I've read (trying to go in blind on this), it sounds like a much more accessible film to the GA than The Witch and ICAN. This could be sticking around into awards season like Get Out tbh
Well, Get Out has revitalized the possibility of a really good one getting there, and the year looks a little weak from here. This one might be worth keeping an eye on.
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45 minutes ago, Barnack said:
Maybe RLJE made some really nice offer/pitch to them and they loved working with Neon, etc...
But I did find it strange that Weinstein Co. didn't find a studio interested in I Tonya and had to lost money selling it at a rebate price to Neon after it got an acclaimed screening at TIFF.
And now, no studio interested (or at least enough to win the bid) in her follow up for a project like that ? Even with what I imagine some relationship with WB with her DC projects ?
But that could be indicating very harsh studio market place and probably very few studio movies coming up if even projects like those do not achieve to get picked, imagine for people without her recent track record.
It's gotta be a much larger problem in the industry. It's like there's taking more chances and less chances at the same time.
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45 minutes ago, Morieris said:
Honestly, is 2019 looking any better? If Laika waits until then, their only competition is maybe Dragons 3 and definitely Frozen 2.
It really would behoove them to get something out this year, if it's ready.
Well, there's Toy Story 4 and a few Paramount Animation projects. Nothing else besides that.
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Searching | Limited on August 24, Wide on August 31 | Sony | Trailer is out | John Cho, Debra Messing
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Posted · Edited by slambros
More good news for this film from Sundance: it won the "NEXT audience award".