Bond Bug

Sandra Bullock's career is on fire! She should be firmly in the $20m club after this, along with Melissa McCarthy!

The dictionary definition stated: "fiction dealing principally with the impact of actual or imagined science on society or individuals or having a scientific factor as an essential orienting component." Gravity is a fiction (an imaginary plot that involved things going wrong) dealing with the impact of actual science (shuttle and space walking) on individuals (the Clooney and Bullock characters). And certainly it has a scientific factor as an essential orientating component. As for Cjohn's comment, he is right (space travel is a science and provides an essential orientating component in space travel movies). Therefore, the dictionary definition is in agreement with what he says. Why then, is it necessary for you to be offensive to him? Do you want to insult the authors of the Merriam-Webster dictionary too?

I think you should apologize to Cjohn. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/science%20fiction Definition of SCIENCE FICTION: fiction dealing principally with the impact of actual or imagined science on society or individuals or having a scientific factor as an essential orienting component

Okay, so if everything is fiction in the movies, when you used the example of movie with a dog in space, that would be science fiction too.

'B' is science fiction, and 'A' is science fact. What is your problem?

Eric Bana needs a new agent.

Somebody told me this was about a ship that sunk.

Brad Pitt is set to get his first $200m movie.

Excited about this movie, but lots of opportunity for them to mess it up. I hope they keep it light, like the TV show. Good news about Hugh Grant.

I agree 100%, but I can't see it translating to a breakout box office.

Looking at the clips, this has 'borefest' written all over it. A big yawn means a box office flop.

Actually, The Heat is already tracking $20m ahead of Identity Thief. BRIDESMAIDS DAY 19 $1,937,490 TOTAL $91,280,955 I.D. THIEF DAY 19 $1,224,360 TOTAL $95,778,355 THE HEAT DAY 19 $2,175,635 TOTAL $116,310,037

The X-men audience and The Proposal audience are mostly different. I doubt X-men had much to do with The Proposal being a success. However, I do agree that Melissa McCarthy has quickly established herself as a marketable brand and she should take most of the credit for The Heat being a hit. Her audiences know what they are getting for their money. McCarthy is the most marketable movie star right now, but The Heat is a buddy movie and I can't think of better casting than Sandra Bullock who is well remembered in comedy and cop comedy-- Miss Congeniality was huge--and her profile has never been higher after The Proposal and The Blind Side were massive hits and the Oscar win. The combination of Bullock and McCarthy was needed to make The Heat as big as it is. There are no other actresses who could have delivered box office better than McCarthy and Bullock. To say Bullock didn't matter is to assume you could drop another female star into the Bullock role and the movie would be as successful. I don't think that is the case at all. Do you have any suggestions who could have replaced Bullock?

Do you think 1 hour, 35 minutes and 22 seconds would be good length for a comedy?

My ideal movie length is 1 hour, 53 minutes and 42 seconds.

Just when I thought it was time for the Office to come to the end because it was getting stale, one of the best shows in the series last night, and then next week it all ends. Oh, the irony.

Master bates isn't nearly as creepy as in Psycho.

This has so much potential. It could easily join the billion dollar club.

They should have had vetoed the trailer at least, and been pro-active in promoting the movie.

I agree that a movie like this SHOULD be a hit, but I blame the stars for resting on their laurels with regards to the marketing.

Bad trailer, bad marketing, bad reviews, total lack of buzz.

Thank you to Shawn and all the moderators.

Impact, you always have the best ideas.

No, let me answer that Jessie, as you were so rude. It came from the media. You are telling me that 9 out of 10 people wouldn't know if Christopher Nolan was the new director? And you are telling me that the buzz in the media is going to build on Skyfall if the producers hire an old Bond director. I am talking about the producers having some control in the media story and building a higher sense of anticipation and excitement that can only come from making it fresh. Put an old Bond director in there, and what they did before is all that will be expected.

Where do you think the "buzz" for Skyfall initially came from? I'm talking about the buzz before the movie opened.