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16 minutes ago, Water Bottle said:
Guardians of the Galaxy was based on an obscure comic book series...
GOTG was released smack in the middle of MCU-mania.
You cannot tell me that the potent, white-hot MCU brand had nothing to do with GOTG's success.
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2 hours ago, misafeco said:
Pratt still has not made a film that became an actual hit (not an underperformer or a barely-there, almost, possibly, might-do-a-profit after DVD and TV rights so-so performer like Passengers) based off his name alone above the title. He has coasted on two big properties that would have been huge regardless of who starred in them and one film that had Denzel as its selling point.
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18 minutes ago, grey ghost said:
Affleck's having a tough last two years.
Divorce, BvS, Trump and Live By Night.
BvS was tough for Affleck? It was a gigantic box office hit, regardless of its multiplier and in spite of its reviews, and it made a substantial profit, not to mention that his portrayal was well received, and he got the Batman movie directing gig out of it.
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J.K. Simmons deserves better.
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Is a global 300 million gross on a 110 million budget good as far as the studio and the investors go? I am sure that the studio does not get 100 % of those 300 million (plus the marketing expenses need to be factored in).
Seem to me like this movie won't be remembered as a gigantic commercial flop, but the profit margin will not be anything to write home about; let's just say this: no investors will be ponying up 100 million dollars for a sci-fi film starring Pratt and Lawrence again (unless that film had "Star Wars" in its title or were directed by James Cameron).
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Although I am absolutely looking forward to the Avatar sequels, I wish that Jim had found it in him to direct Battle Angel Alita.
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If Passengers crosses 100 million barely, will it be considered a "hit"? I am curious because it managed to snag two of the allegedly biggest stars in the world, was released in the lucrative and legs-friendly Holiday season, and it will still struggle to make more than 100 million on a 110 million dillars before marketing expenses. So, basically...it is Ghostbusters all over again (minus the online hatred and the solid reviews).
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14 hours ago, The Futurist said:
The La La Land brand.
The La La Land extended universe could be a thing.
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16 hours ago, dudalb said:
People said that about The Lion King.......
What Julie Taymor did with the LK stage musical was stunningly gorgeous and totally separated it from the garden-variety Broadway adaptation of a film. She created a whole new beast (no pun intended) that spoke its own beautifully theatrical language but retained the heart and soul of its source material.
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22 hours ago, IronJimbo said:
This scene is IMAX cinema was godly.
The whole movie was a divine experience.
That scene made me cry...particularly seeing as Neytiri smiled when witnessing Jake's utter joy in his newfound freedom...
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I cannot think of a less unappealing cast.
This is a pass for me.
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So maybe that's how Deadpool was such a big hit. You know how Marvel Studios always takes the blueprint of a particular movie genre and surrounds it with superhero tropes? Well, Deadpool was a romantic comedy (with explosions, superhero-versus-supervillain fights, and tons of raunchy humor).
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5 hours ago, AJG said:
Because unlike those properties MMPR has no substance for kids or adults. It's done nothing in it's core series to change that. It provides nothing of value for even children, outside of bright colours and big robots, and it's dead set on not trying to.
Don't get me wrong there's tons of kids properties that adults are fans of that are completely understandable to me. Well thought out shows like Avatar, Gravity Falls, Adventure Time, and Steven Universe. Honestly kids shows today are better written than the shows I had growing up. The latest Ninja Turtles show blows Power Rangers out the water and that's because actual effort went into crafting the thing, rather than some poor editor trying to piece Japanese stock footage to barely fit whatever sembelnce of a story a writer cobbled together on his iPhone email app.
Shit, I could write an episode right now: I'll even underline every story element that can be changed for something even more bland every episode too
"Johnny (or Jessica, or whatever it doesn't matter) is nervous about the big tournament and hides it from his friends. Villain on the moon sends a minion to earth. The Rangers are called into action, Johnny sets aside his nerves and joins them. Rangers fight generic group of minions. Rangers fight main minion. Red Ranger notices Johnny is nervous, tells him not to be. Johnny is no longer nervous. Rangers defeat main minion. Main minion turns into a giant. Rangers get into their toys. Rangers fight giant minion in their toy. Rangers win, Johnny goes home and wins the tournament".
Tell Saban to pay me.
So basically, because it "has no substance" and "[it] provides nothing of value."
The same subjective arguments that tons of people still use against comic books and comic book films.
Got it.
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I'd love to see Jennifer Lawrence and Michael B. Jordan in an old-fashioned rom com: he seems like the dapper, charming, hunky-yet-approachable leading man, and she certainly fits the archetype of the awkward beauty with the razor-sharp tongue and a heart of gold.
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On 1/11/2017 at 5:29 PM, dudalb said:
Or maybe Lionsgate it unsure how to sell what they think is a huge turkey to the general public.
And as for the Power Rangers fans.....I try to be tolerant and have a sort of "whatever turns you on" attitude,but I admit wonderment on why any adult would be a heavy duty Power Ranger fan....
Just curious: what is so different between being an adult MMPR fan and a Superman, Captain America, Captain Marvel or Wonder Woman fan? They are all basically power fantasies about superpowered people wearing colorful uniforms and fighting superpowered villains wearing colorful uniforms. Seems to me like too many people look down on MMPR fans while thinking that it's cool to like your run-of-the-mill superhero from Marvel or DC.
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31 minutes ago, tribefan695 said:
I'd say the Emma Stone / Ryan Gosling pairing is definitely helping La La Land's appeal
Did it help Crazy Stupid Love?
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23 minutes ago, CoolioD1 said:
whatever the movie version of stockholm syndrome is called, he got it.
I thought that was Passengers?
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54 minutes ago, straggler said:
Maybe. But did Cruise or Dicaprio or Sly or Arnold ever save a movie that got critically mauled like this one? Maybe Cocktail, but that was a much more straightforward commercial film, and it was before RTs and other aggregator sites.
Melissa McCarthy led three films with even lower RT scores than Passengers to solid grosses (Tammy, The Boss, and Identity Thief), and the three of them combined cost less than Passengers.
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10 minutes ago, trifle said:
Jen has a reputation for playing roles older than she is. Supposedly David O Russell is penning a script where she would play Robert De Niro's mother, because he is so pissed at people complaining that the roles he writes for her are too old.
I think 'Red' refers to cold-war Russia, and Sparrow refers to the Sparrow school where she was trained.
However, I understand this is being filmed suggesting modern day Russia, (modern Russian busses etc) so I am not exactly sure how that will change things.
Thanks!
If Jen hadn't been involved in three recent high-profile superhero films already, I would say that she would be a great candidate for Captain Marvel. Personally, I think she'd be much better for that than Brie Larson. It is what it is though...
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43 minutes ago, Jay Beezy said:
Someone pointed out that in the scene where he carries Dax in underwear, the underwear may have been CGI'd in for the sake of the trailer.
Interesting.
Having been played by Erik Estrada, a man who epitomized the Latino Lover archetype back in the late seventies-eighties, Poncharello should be revealed as gay by the reboot's final act. I think it would be a cheeky way of subverting the trope, and it would also explain the insistent "I am hetero!" and "I am a hardened Latino macho man!" jokes that seem to be peppered throughout the movie. However, I doubt Hollywood would risk the potential backlash. If anything, I bet there will be some last-act misunderstanding that makes the audience and Baker think that Ponch is really gay, but in the end, it will all turn out to be that he is just a softie and a really sensitive guy underneath his macho exterior.
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1 hour ago, The Futurist said:
The face palming induced by Inarittu 's interviews I read during the Birdman and Revenant campaign trails was too strong.
The fact that he may actually believe what he s saying had me like :
What was the common thread of the interviews?
Was he really pretentious?
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1 hour ago, trifle said:
I'd love to see that!
Definitely!
What do you think of Lawrence playing Modesty Blaise?
Would she be considered too young for that?
BTW...I am not familiar with the novel that spawned this Red Sparrow film, but the title made me assume that she was a redhead in this film.
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Seems like every joke and gag from that trailer tried to assure the audience that Poncharello is straight.
- Looks horrified at a man's crotch
- looks disgusted as another man wearing only underwear is about to approach him and possibly hug him
- looks in horror as two men wearing underwear hug and seems disgusted that their crotches rub against one another
- looks quizzical about "girl sounding names' in a guy
- stares at a girl's ass and gets an insta-boner that might keep him from working
- is horrified because he might have to carry a man that wears underwear
- actually trips and has facial contact with that man's crotch; reacts with horror...
I don't know if that is homophobic, but it seems lazy and juvenile to me.
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Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me-level increase incoming!
I wish! But that looks like an epic time at the cinema!!!~!
Passengers | Chris Pratt, Jennifer Lawrence | Dec 21, 2016 | Trailer pg 70
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When Pratt makes a non-MCU, non-established franchise film with his sole name above the title become a big hit (like Tom H, Tom C, Julia, Angelina, and Harrison before him have done), then I will believe that his presence made GOTG and JW the smash hits they were.