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I just don't think anything he said can be equated to him saying that Armstrong wasn't a hero. He's just saying that Armstrong didn't consider himself as a hero, which seems pretty consistent with what I've heard of the guy. As for the question, from what I can tell it wasn't directly about the flag itself. The original Telegraph article says he was asked "if the film was a deliberately un-American take on the moon landing," which explains why he didn't just talk about the flag. I dunno, his answer seemed perfectly fine and coherent to me.

Buzz Aldrin isn't Neil Armstrong. I read this as more of an observation on how humble Armstrong was, but whatever. YMMV I suppose. I don't put much stock in the Yeager comment since the tweet it's replying to is phrased in such a misconstrued way. I guarantee that this guy hasn't even seen the movie yet there he is spouting stuff like that which, by all accounts of the actual movie, isn't even true.

I cannot understand how one could see this dumbass controversy unfold and then think that Gosling is the one to be annoyed at.

Hulk dogs are fine, Nick Nolte is great.

Watched the Ang Lee Hulk for the first time in ages and shit, it's pretty good. I remember being bored to death last time I watched it but it's genuinely a really interesting and rewarding movie. Good stuff. Jennifer Connelly has really nice eyes.

Imagine rooting for someone who is not Richard E. Grant.

I just have trouble seeing a Singer film gaining much traction in this day and age.

Planting the flag was a bit of a fumble and generally an awkward procedure. It's a fair enough cut if they want to focus on other aspects of the landing (which it sounds like they do, as @antovolk described, and he's actually seen the goddamn movie). Just watch the footage: Unless you want then to actually rewrite history by making him plant the flag all lickety split or whatever, it seems totally logical to trim down that part of the moon landing. Not showing that one aspect isn't rewriting history, and I think at this stage that it's pretty clear that they do show the flag in the film considering how many people who have, y'know, seen it have said as much. Anyway, Armstrong's speech is far and away the most iconic part of the landing. Not them putting a flag down. One small step for man and all that. Kinda rich of you to be getting all "fuck this movie" over a totally reasonable creative decision made by the filmmakers and then complaining about how oversensitive people are.

Legitimately impressed by how incredibly stupid this whole flag kerfuffle is. Great response from Armstrong's son, though.

January 6th - Star Wars: The Last Jedi (IMAX) 7th - Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri 13th - Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle 19th - The Shape of Water 20th - The Post 26th - I, Tonya 27th - Darkest Hour February 3rd - Phantom Thread 11th - Lady Bird 15th - Black Panther 18th - Black Panther 20th - Black Panther 22th - Game Night March 22th - Pacific Rim: Uprising 29th - Ready Player One April 6th - A Quiet Place 25th - Avengers: Infinity War (IMAX) 29th - Avengers: Infinity War May 13th - Avengers: Infinity War 17th - Deadpool 2 24th - Solo: A Star Wars Story (IMAX) June 3rd - Upgrade 21st - Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom 26th - Ocean's Eight 26th - Tag 30th - Incredibles 2 July 1st - Incredibles 2 7th - Ant-Man and the Wasp 8th - Ant-Man and the Wasp 17th - Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation 20th - The Equalizer 2 20th - First Reformed (NZIFF) 23rd - Shoplifters (NZIFF) 23rd - Madeline's Madeline (NZIFF) 24th - Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again 24th - Searching (NZIFF) 27th - Leave No Trace (NZIFF) 27th - American Animals (NZIFF) 28th - Burning (NZIFF) August 2nd - Mission: Impossible - Fallout (IMAX) 8th - Mission: Impossible - Fallout 21st - BlacKkKlansman 23rd- 2001: A Space Odyssey (IMAX) 28th - The Meg Total ~ 44

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Part A: 1. Will Operation Finale open to more than $4M for 3 day? Ye 2. Will Operation Finale open to more than $6M for 3 day? Ye 3. Will Ya Veramos open to more than $900k? Ye 4. Will Ya Veramos open to more than $1.3M? Nah 5. Will any new entry enter the top 3? Ye 6. Will Crazy Rich Asians drop less than 5%? Ye 7. Will Happytime stay above Mission Impossible? Nah 8. Will Mile 22 stay above Alpha? Ye 9. Will Blackklansman Drop less than 10%? Nah 10. Will The Meg have a PTA more than $2,650? Ye 11. Will AXL have a bigger weekend drop than The Spy Who Dumped Me? Nah 12. Will Incredibles cross $600M? Ye 13. Will Slenderman stay in the top 12? Nah 14. Will something in the top 12 in more than 2000 theatres increase more than 40%? Nah 15. Will I ever be free of Summer and Winter Games? Don't forget, you're here forever. Bonus: 9/15 5000 10/15 8000 11/15 12,000 12/15 16,000 13/15 20,000 14/15 24,000 15/15 30,000 Part B: The top 3 predictions will score points as follows: Closest: Within 1% - 15,000, Within 2,5% - 12000, Within 5% 9,000, Within 10% - 6000 Outside 10% - 3000 points 2nd Closest: Within 1% - 12,000, Within 2,5% - 10000, Within 5% 7,000, Within 10% - 4000 Outside 10% - 2000 points 3rd Closest: Within 1% - 10,000, Within 2,5% - 8000, Within 5% 5,000, Within 10% - 2000 Outside 10% - 1000 points 1. What will Operation Finale make for its 3 day? $7.69M 2. What will Crazy Rich Asian's percentage change be? -4.69% 3. What will Christopher Robin's PTA be for the Weekend? $1,969  Part 😄 There will be 6 films to place and points are expanded because traditionally people haven't scored well here: 2. The Meg 4. Christopher Robin 7. Mile 22 9. The Happytime Murders 12. Incredibles 2 15. Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again Because I realised bonuses are stupid... 1/6 4,000  2/6 10,000 3/6 18,000 4/6 25,000 5/6 36,000  6/6 - 50,000 

You are only eligible for these questions if you have missed a week at some point during the game. If you have never missed a week, do not answer these... Part A: 1. Will Kin open to more than $4M for 3 day? 1000 Nah 2. Will Kin open to more than $6M for 3 day? 2000 Nah 3. Will Searching make more than $3.5M? 3000 Ye 4. Will Searching make more than $5M? 4000 Ye 5. Will Searching make more than one of the Openers in a higher theatre count? 5000 Ye 6. Will Meg increase? 1000 Ye 7. Will Slenderman stay above AXL? 2000 Nah 8. Will Will at least 7 of the top 12 increase on Sunday? 3000 Ye 9. Will Teen Titans Drop less than 10%? 4000 Nah 10. Will Mamma Mia have a PTA more than $1,000? 5000 Ye 11. Will Mission Impossible have a bigger weekend pecentage drop than christopher Robin? 1000 Ye 12. Will The Equallizer cross $100M ON Saturday? 2000 Nah 13. Will Happytime Murders stay in the top 3? 3000 Nah 14. Will anything in the top 15 drop more than 20%? 4000 Ye 15. Will Spaghetti rig the Boffys so that Survivor wins best forum game ? 5000 Never trust pasta. Bonus: 9/15 5000 10/15 8000 11/15 12,000 12/15 16,000 13/15 20,000  14/15 24,000 15/15 30,000 Part B: No Part B FOR YOU!!!!!!!!!!!! NO NO NO!!!!! Part 😄 There will be 6 films to place and points are expanded because traditionally people haven't scored well here: 3. Mission: Impossible - Fallout 6. Searching 8. Alpha 11. Kin 14. The Equalizer 2 16. Ant-Man and the Wasp Because I realised bonuses are stupid... 1/6 4,000 2/6 10,000 3/6 18,000 4/6 25,000 5/6 36,000 6/6 - 50,000 

Hello I'd like a ticket to the Ad Astra train.

TOP 4-DAY LABOR DAY WEEKENDS 1982–Present Rank Title (click to view) Studio Weekend Gross % of Total Theaters / Avg. Total Gross** Date^ 1 Halloween (2007) MGM/W $30,591,759 52.5% 3,472 $8,811 $58,272,029 8/31/07 2 The Sixth Sense BV $29,271,146 10.0% 2,775 $10,548 $293,506,292 8/6/99 3 Guardians of the Galaxy BV $22,906,851 6.9% 3,462 $6,617 $333,176,600 8/1/14 4 The Possession LGF $21,078,840 42.9% 2,816 $7,485 $49,130,154 8/31/12 5 Lee Daniels' The Butler Wein. $20,201,272 17.3% 3,330 $6,066 $116,632,095 8/16/13 6 Transporter 2 Fox $20,104,608 46.7% 3,303 $6,086 $43,095,856 9/2/05 7 The Help BV $19,881,571 11.7% 2,843 $6,993 $169,708,112 8/10/11 8 Don't Breathe SGem $19,707,927 22.1% 3,051 $6,459 $89,217,875 8/26/16 9 One Direction: This is Us TriS $18,472,875 64.0% 2,735 $6,754 $28,873,374 8/30/13 10 Jeepers Creepers 2 UA $18,365,222 51.5% 3,124 $5,878 $35,667,218 8/29/03 So, could Crazy Rich Asians be #1?

Rewatched 12 Angry Men and who woulda thunk, it's still the best.

Gotta wonder how high it can actually go with a number like that. The closest comp is probably The Help but this hold is miles better than that and this has the bonus of Labor Day in it's third weekend rather than it's fourth. Would be extra fun if it could try take the title from Big Fat Greek Wedding, but that might be a bit out of reach.