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1 hour ago, Blaze Heatnix said:
According to Deadline, The Call of the Wild has a budget of 135 million...That's nuts.
Yeah, this is where it's so subjective to talk about success and failure.
Relative to expectation and what might expect of a Call of the Wild adaptation, 21m would be a perfectly good opening weekend by sane measures. Unfortunately the budget was Insane.
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(Three choices I'd say were somewhat vaguely objective, in that I'd sincerely argue these were bad films, though fair play if you enjoyed them)
Always Be My Maybe was a film that everyone who has seen it seems to rave about that I honestly thought was appalling.
It: Chapter 2 and Scary Stories To Tell in the Dark were to me really, really bad films on reasonably objective levels (It repeated the same scene beat-for-beat 6 times in a row and SSTTITD had absolutely no idea who it was for) that seem to have gotten away with fairly middle of the road to positive reactions.
(Two pure subjective choices, in that I just would say they didn't do anything for me)
The Irishman had no in for me emotionally. Just nothing to make me care. Stakes for me ended up non-existent for that reason. Completely bland experience.
While the performances were very good, I just don't have enough interest in watching contemporary pure kitchen-sink naturalism to get anything out of Marriage Story. And I found the score to be outright off-putting.
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Long Shot was far better than it had any right to be, it's a shame Seth Rogen seems to have turned into a bit of box office poison - I mean, I understand it, but it was a shame in this case.
Arctic has already been mentioned here. Excellent film.
Booksmart is an obvious choice, but it's also a correct one.
Just Mercy was really overlooked because I think people were reading it as a race relations film, rather than an anti-death penalty film. As a socio-political film with a watertight argument against the death penalty I though it was outstanding.
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Don't know when this is out in the States, but just to say that I heartily recommend it.
No Spoilers, but a note that this version leans heavily on universal existential themes of growing up and relating to the world around you when you are a person of mild temperament surrounded by and attracted to bigger characters, rather than on the satirical elements of the novel rooted in verisimilitude. Hence the casting of Dev Patel - ethnicity is totally irrelevant since the societal aspects are played down. Patel is terrific throughout, as is the whole cast.
I actually found it incredibly moving, as I suspect anyone of that kind of temperament will do.
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Trailer has me seriously excited, though at this point A24 has earned my confidence regardless of anything.
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Within the first minute of this movie, an alien hedgehog has already made 3 2020-US-specific pop culture references and a civil war joke. This probably indicates everything you need to know about whether you like it or not.
I imagine that some, certainly US, audiences might not actually even notice how culturally niche this movie is in places in terms of references and style, but the disparity between Dom and Int numbers seems to already be indicating that the "Olive Garden effect" is real, even if the dynamic is combated somewhat by genuine kid appeal in places and a simple, slick narrative with nothing overtly clunky.
On the positive side, Jim Carrey is on his way back to full form, Sonic's human friends are pretty well performed and the whole thing is probably charming-adjacent if you don't feel bashed into submission by the pop culture references. That said, I was expecting a four quadrant family movie and what I got was an all-out kids movie that appeals to some adults based on nostalgia and good charity.
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This movie is one of a type, but it's a type of which there haven't been a lot recently, and of which I enjoy. I enjoyed the world, I enjoyed the atmosphere, I enjoyed the visuals, I enjoyed the pacing, I enjoyed the characters for the most part. At times the lack of vision was helpful, but there were a few moments of full-on confusion in a negative sense. Krisen Stewart was really good in this, and the performances in general pretty nice.
There are moments where it feels like Deep Blue Sea, moments where it feels like Event Horizon and moment where it feels like X Files. And that sums it up both positively and negatively for me.
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@Cap Are we to take it that the Musical Theatre list is sadly not happening?
(I understand that these things happen)
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Knives Out going to $161.8 has jumped over SLOP2 and HTTYD3 to get to 15th Domestic for 2019. Needs $9m more to overtake John Wick 3. Likely to be overtaken by 1917.
1917 has overtaken Shazam, OATIH and Pika to go 18th for 2019. Will overtake SLOP2 in $14m
Little Women has gone above Hustlers to 29th and will overtake Lego 2 in a couple days.
Parasite's weekend takes it above Breakthrough, Little, Angry Birds 2, Dogs Way Home and Harriet to leapfrog to 64th in the domestic market for 2019 with $43.18m. Plenty in its sights. Highest non English language film last year was Padmavati at 124. Or Overboard at 54 depending if it counts.
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10 minutes ago, sfran43 said:
Think I'm right in saying this is the 3rd highest PTA of the year, just after the Jay and Silent Bob screenings with the personal appearances from the creators, and the initial opening of 1917.
Very impressive if that's the case. Especially for a documentary. Very niche subject matter though so may just be an isolated success.
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24 minutes ago, WittyUsername said:
Why do you say it will do well in Japan? Not only do American adaptations of Japanese properties often not do well over there, but Sonic has never been all that popular in Japan to begin with.
Japan ruddy LOVES Olive Garden, jokes about Olive Garden, and repeated references to Olive Garden. They can't get enough of it.
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Finally seen them all:
1. Parasite
2. Little Women
3. JoJo Rabbit
4. Ford v Ferrari
5. OATIH
6. 1917
------(Viable winner line, would have had no problem with any of the above (or about 6 others) in this excellent year)-----
7. Joker
8. Marriage Story
9. The Irishman.
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Anya Taylor-Joy is comfortably operating at Awards level in Emma. She's even better in it than her promise indicates that she would be. Not a chance though presumably since it's out in the UK in February so unless it's waiting an age to release in the US it's just not happening.
Bill Nighy is Best Supp Actor worthy in it as well.
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A+Parasite
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Little WomenUncut GemsMidsommarKnives OutA-Ford V FerrariBooksmartJojo RabbitJust MercyLong ShotAd AstraReady Or Not1917B+The PerfectionArcticTwo PopesI Lost My BodyDolemite is My NameCaptain MarvelAvengers: EndgameLego Movie 2: The Second PartJokerHTTYD: The Hidden WorldMissing LinkBCrawlThe AeronautsAlita: Battle AngelJohn Wick: ParabellumHustlersVelvet BuzzsawFighting with my FamilyB-Good BoysUsGodzilla: King Of the MonstersShazamMarriage StoryC+Happy Death Day 2UAladdinEscape RoomBrittany Runs a MarathonToy Story 4The IrishmanCFrozen 2Zombieland Double TapSpiderman: Far From HomeJumanji: The Next LevelAnimalsC-Dora and the Lost City of GoldStar Wars: The Rise of SkywalkerLittleSpies In DisguiseCharlie’s AngelsD+It: Chapter 2HellboyDetective PikachuThe Kid Who Would Be KingDPet SemataryAlways Be My MaybeD-Scary Stories To Tell In the DarkCatsF1The HustleBrightburnLion KingStill Want to See: Portrait of a Lady on Fire, The Lighthouse, Dark Waters, Peanut Butter Falcon, The Report, Under the Silver Lake, In Fabric, The Souvenir. -
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Mixed feelings between the film itself and the wider implications of the positive start.
The film itself....eesh, not so much. Was expecting decent things from what had been said, but 4 pop culture references in the first 2 minutes got me annoyed and there were only more from there. It's a kids movie, but a Dora-like pure kids movie rather than a Pixar-esque movie for everyone. I enjoyed Dora more though as it felt more adventurous, had more humour, and didn't rely on a pop culture reference every 30 seconds. This was not for me. Not for me at all.
However James Marsden succeeding in headlining a movie, Paramount getting a win, audiences getting a family hit and Jim Carey visibly having some fun are all good things. I do hope, despite my preferences, that this does well and that the foreign market, where this seems like it's more likely to struggle, holds up.
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It seems to me like the movie is pretty much an anti-binary and anti-political bubbles stance.
In that the film may be saying that "in this case/particular story" the victims are Trump supporters and the hunters AntiFa or whatever, but that the implication is that any iteration of these can be arranged as long as the ultimate piper/big business gets paid and the real elites are the ones getting fat on the hate and factionalism of everyone else.
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Rewatched Little Women at the weekend and dear lord that movie is superb.
Awesome top 2. Just replace most of 15-25 with most of 25-35 and youve got an ever better list, ironically.
Frozen 2 is bafflingly high. I can't fathom the scene study movie of Marriage Story being beloved by so many either even though the acting is nice enough. Theres nothing I see there that isnt just a decent mundane domestic drama with an annoying score and naval-gazing Im-an-artist elements.
I dont know whether to be relieved The Irishman is that low or be irritated it is that high. It could have gone on another 3 and a half hours and I still wouldnt have found anything or anyone to care about in it.
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3 hours ago, Cappoedameron said:
I would say it's more about the gender politics in the film. Not a single male in this film is portrayed in a positive light whatsoever. Every single male in the film is either portrayed as entitled, conniving, incompetent, very violent, not smart, a rapist, or all of the above.
Hmmm, I tend to use the Braveheart test for this kind of claim.
You can say far worse about every English character in Braveheart. While battle scenes are of hilarious slaughter of English characters while brave noble savage Scots, who aren't even wearing armour, dont get so much as a scratch. And Mel Gibson gets to bang the (really 4 year old) French princess just because he was going to marrh the English prince. And this is in an alleged historical drame, not a fantasy film.
And not only did nobody care about this. It won Best Picture and gazillions of dollars.
Amd thats ok. Its basically just a means of fun catharsis. I don't think anyone who enjoys that film truly hates English people. And for the most part we just strapped on ojr big boy pants.
But yeah, if any film is treating a group - especially a non-majority, non-societally oppressed group - less two dimensionally than the English in Braveheart I think theres something disingenuous or thin-skinned about that criticism. I get that some men may be upset about the portrayal, but really struggle not to think they should just strap some big boy pants on and enjoy the ride.
Also: how many nice characters are there in the film anyway? I mean, even 2 of the 5 BoP are horrible people. Though maybe thats part or the problem.
Also, the restaurant owner seemed to be portrayed as nicer than anyone else pretty much. He was a man. And your egg sandwich chap - he was the sweetest person in the movie.
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1 hour ago, 35MM-18 said:
So this is apparently one of the highest-grossing original non-horror releases at the domestic box office since Interstellar.
We're also at $294 million total box office.
Presumably non-animated would have to be in that qualifier as well otherwise Coco/Inside Out/SLOP/Zootopia/Sing would all override.
EDIT: I see "Adult-Skewing" was in there.
Its an absolute triumph though.
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Looks pretty decent, does anyone know whether the budget is as low as it tends to be for these things, as the movie already looks a tad more expensive and there is obviously a bit more name talent than usual?
Spiral was also the name of an edgy French brutal serial killer series not that long ago, which seems dissonant to me. Same central motif/symbol as it seems to be in this too. But I suppose it's obscure enough to most for it not to matter.
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4 hours ago, titanic2187 said:
Oscar is ball enough to have their thought what constitute to a best picture element, instead of like pure-critic ass-kissing.
The best picture list looked no different than just sorting the 2019's highest RT score movie list.
Apart from Us, Avengers: Endgame, Toy Story 4, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, Dolemite Is My Name and Pain and Glory.
All of which had higher RT scores than Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Ford V Ferrari and Uncut Gems
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1 hour ago, misafeco said:
Wasn't Billy Zane portraying an American though? I remember him making fun of Brits at the beginning of the movie. Rose's mother even asked him not to disrespect them.
He was making fun of the Irish, pretty much all the 'good' working class characters were Irish. Very stereotypical pig-under-the-arm, fiddle-dee-dee dancing Irish characters who were ironically probably even worse charicatures than the Brits.
But yes, I think he was technically from Pittsburgh rather than England- but it did seem somewhat coded as 'old money' style British aristocracy. Its been a while though.
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19 minutes ago, Tower said:
I was thinking about the way in which wealthy people were described in general. In that dinner they were presented as self centred jealous and lacking the ability to have fun. Kathy Bates' character is basically there to point out all these flaws in wealthy society, and she can do this because she wasn't born into money allowing here to have a poor persons perspective.
She's also American as opposed to British. As of course was Kate Winslet's (depsite being a British actress) character but not Billy Zanes (despite being an American actor)
Titanic was right in the middle of Hollywood realising that while they couldnt use people with different skin colours as generic shorthand eeeevil characters any more they could easily get away with it with Brits.
And dont get me wrong, we were just fine with it - loads of Brits in the industry took it all the way to the bank.
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Box Office Theory's Most Anticipated Films
in The Speakeasy
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1. Dune
2. The Green Knight
3. Promising Young Woman
4. Antlers
5. The Eternals
6. Candyman
7. Antebellum
8. Invisible Man
9. Black Widow
10. Tenet