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  1. Godzilla 2014 is cool and direction is stellar . Even have no problem with the serious tone. My only issue is this its keep cutting away from fight scenes. Gareth Edwards sets the scenes ,the atmosphere and literally cuts away .so fucking frustrating. The moment he gives us the action , it's so dark and we just don't see enough to enjoy to its fullest. kOTM though giving as more action , tries to play it serious while character stuff is too dumb and one of the character motivations in this is so nonsensical and they try to play it straight. Godzilla 2014 has serious tone and maintains it all through. KOTM even tries to grab at our heart strings with 2 character deaths ,but it doesn't work bse don't really care about them. This movie is really dragged down by the human plot Kong skull island is the most balanced and still my favorite.lots of silly action but characters are well balanced, not Oscar level but serviceable enough and there is some chemistry atleast and not just exposition machines or vessels for dumb shit to happen. 2014 also doesn't have dumb characters and they are serviceable but Brain Cranston dies early and rest of characters are just there, nothing to latch onto .with the added baggage of little Godzilla action GVK has dumb ass shit and they know it ,not trying to play it straight or serious . Lots of mayhem .hollow earth scene was so absurd and I loved every second of it . This movie knows what it is and fully embraces it.
  2. What moral high ground . No where in my comment I'm I assuming you knocking it out anyone who watched them. Disagreeing with you doesn't really imply your wrong. In terms of direction it's gone . You haven't even watched the previous one and don't plan to watch the current one. So what's your issue with the direction ? Sure maybe it fan service . But from your comment you make it sound like harassing of female leads in GB16 is the prime motivator for not watching the current ones .since you clearly say you would feel like it would be rewarding such groups than the actual direction. Once again not to drag this on. Comments not properly stated or clear could give the wrong idea even when OP didn't mean it that way.
  3. Ahh yes . Afterlife and frozen empire .skipping them ? Is it due to quality reasons ,fatigue or not liking the direction the franchise is going... no wait ? Bunch of toxic people on internet who you don't know and don't carry importance in your life say nasty things so just not watching following as I would be appeasing them!!! It's your choice but don't think such poeple should carry such amount of sway. It's basically giving them the attention they want .
  4. Only watched one Ghostbusters film and that was the 2016 and it wasn't my cup of tea. Maybe I will watch the original some day but don't have the zeal to do it. Yeah we know all about the toxicity and can argue it all day long but this movie wasn't greatly recieved. It's not in the "divisive" category. As some one viewing it as general audience,with zero attachment to franchise or characters . it was just poorly excuted comedy. Was cringing or not really funny for large sections of the time. Don't know anything about the franchise. But to me . It feels dated and I suspect that's how most in Gen Z crowd feels .
  5. We are in the high republic era. Jedi are at the height of their power . So alot of Jedi activity. But do agree on the teaser being underwhelming and sort of dull and felt it was running through the motions. Left me with nothing to chew on really . Only the actual product will tell. It's just an under 2 min teaser.
  6. You do know this is a story specifically about the Jedi at the height of their power.
  7. Meh trailer. Still curious since it's the new republic era and the showrunner . Technically and vfx wise ,some shots gave me Kenobi vibes.
  8. Thought avatar 2 was meh story wise. But this whole " it's not culturally relevant " argument has aged now. Just because it's not talked as much about as SW/Indy/MCU/wizarding world and the list goes on and on.... Doesn't really mean it's not . Infact it makes all the more impressive. The rest of the franchises I've mentioned have to maintain a certain amount of chatter to keep interest and momentum going ofcorse corresponding with making of crowdpleaser/good movies. Avatar 2 trailers were also beautiful but fine , didn't really generate much buzz online as some of these franchises I've mentioned. Both avatar movies whether one may like them or not are both theatrical experiences that demand to be seen on the biggest screen possible. They are cream de la cream ,gold standard when it comes to technical aspects and visual effect medium. Avatar don't need memes, cameos ,fan service," character X did the thing"..... It's Avatar . That's all the audience needs to see and it's enough and that's cultural relevancy , it's just different .
  9. Anyone but you. 7/10. Bog standard story helped by very fun and likable leads. Aquaman 2: 6.7/10. Basically the first movie but way more shlock. It was fun turn off your brain knd of movie. Would have made750M+ in a world where superheroes were still a craze TLM . Yeah hadn't seen that. Outside Ariel ,the rest was pretty boring and generic 6/10 Beekeeper 6.7/10. Wonka 7/10 American fiction 8.5/10
  10. How to train your dragon 2 domestic run was just so bizzare to me. Some projections had it as high as 325m Dom final. OS came through for it though same as panda 2.
  11. Oppy had summer weekdays. Dune will be around 157m by end of weekend. Oppy was at 174m. 280- low 300s.
  12. Sure @leoh said things from the get go we didn't really agree with buts it's like really getting overblown out of proportion and every statement being said now is being reduced to " you hater" or " overly negative" even when they maybe some reasonable conclusions in some of those statements.
  13. Guess weekdays had some spillover. Let's see todays jump. 240-250m is still great for this.
  14. Low 40s for Dune . Similar drop to batman. Good I guess . Jump was muted . Hope it goes go up to 13ish and get to 45m. 235M-250M I guess . Great for KP4 . 55-60M. Presales looked muted for a while but wasn't really worried . Walk-ups are always big for animated movies . March delivering the goods. Ghostbusters could deliver 40M+ GxK feels like skull island/ROTB opening to me.
  15. Explaining more about the spice wouldn't really be that difficult. Even with the spacing guild ,they still would have simplified it It has life extension properties,expands consciousness and helps in interstellar travel. Watched 1984 dune (the spicediver cut) yesterday . Not a great movie but explains certain aspects of the world better. Spice and hints of butlerian jihad would have sceamed through in well placed exposition. For spacing guild and great houses. That's definitely being left for messiah so didn't mind. Dennis pretty great God job in adapting the dune story . He focuses on the main theme of the whole story. Captures the aesthetics,culture and visual splendor the world. 1984 gets bogged down in covering much of the adaptation as from the book,second half is rushed as hell and completely misses on the major theme of religious fanaticism and danger of messiahs . That movie is so unpalatable for GA .
  16. Persnally think chani will return , yeah she is reluctant but I think she will understand and return . But think some tweaks will be made . She definitely won't be 100% team Paul. Can see a scenario where she is in that role of trying to advice Paul and trying to tame his demons or something and probably trying to protect Paul and unfoil whatever machinations irulan will be upto. Had no problem with her in the film until the ending which felt tucked on . Adaptation chani has way more urgency .her just becoming team Paul at the end would have been jarring and just contradicted her character.
  17. Ahh yes breakeven for 190m bud is 700m !!! 150M marketing bud was pretty standard pre covid . Alot of movies have made profits on sub 650m with 200m+ budgets. God lord even reddit is more consistent. This forum ,you will see posts like Aquaman 2 broke even, MI7 ,F9 etc.. . Rules change like water here . One day it's 2x, 2.5x . 3x!!! Trades have their 2.5* P. Budget breakeven . Ancillaries doing the rest of that esp marketing. Do we know everything that happens behind the numbers . No . Are the trades super reliable ? No . But they know more. But I swear some just drop random Numbers as breakeven. 700m is like 3.5times it's PD. It would be swimming in healthy profit with that. Very few movies make profit on the theatrical alone. 500m is enough . Breakeven discussions here get very insufferable Some acting like 190m is 250m+ budget or something. Dune 2 is literally way cheaper that most major tentpoles which have ballooned to 200M+ budgets this days. Good OW here and it outopening the previous one in most places ,stellar reception and we are getting this whole weird concern about it's breakeven LMAO.
  18. Domestically. Wonka is winning I think. World wide . Dune could slightly edge it out.
  19. Just reminds of the time some were dissapointed by batman ow and numbers but after 2022 and 2023 we look at those numbers with respect. 2023 was a terrible year for established franchise tentpoles.
  20. Original with day and date A- didn't have shit legs . Don't know why you would think this would have bad legs with better reception and little to no competition. Not expecting 3x legs either. 2.7* + legs are good . Discourse around this movie gets weird at times. Before first one came out . Some expected this too bomb hard but it made 400m with day and date. OS reception was really good. Is it your typical crowd pleaser . Ofcorse not, and the first movie wasn't either and look how that turned out with all it's constraints . You don't open to 75-80m without some appeal or pull. Didn't love the first movie all that much but this " whole GA didn't love it and found it boring discourse " tiresome . Yeah 8+ on IMDb,90%AS ,A-. Big jump in OW. Says otherwise. Marvels,Indy5 ,flash couldn't even make that amount on ow. Dune doesn't have your typical four quadrant tentpole appeal but it's not as niche/ audience limiting as some thought. This is probably finishing 600M+ WW. Not a lot of crowdpleasers tentpoles reach that amount at box office.
  21. Finished this about 6 hours ago and that was quite an overwhelming experience. Have been ehh on chalamet and wasn't sure he would pull it off but my God he absolutely burries it and his turn is so believable . They really pull off spectacularly. Stilgar was absolutely committed ,he was the perfect religious fanatical zealot and provide a lot of levity to the film. Cinema was just chuckling in most of his scenes. Chani was solid and acted as voice of reason . The ending with her felt a little tucked on. Wasn't a fan Fremen were pretty fantastic and sold the whole religion fanaticism. Rebecca Ferguson stole the show and was eerie and cunning as ever. Bene Gesserit were all really well done here. Visuals in this film were insane, Dennis is just so good at scaling ,Action is beautifully shot and feels unique and the way the technology esp lasguns works is so different and not your generic styles that have become common and copied from starwars and startrek. Gielde prime , the best scenes in the movie. I know this "whole it blew my mind" has become common . But this actually blew my mind . Never seen anything like that in film. Introduction to feyd rautha was bonkers . Just wish we got more of him. Honestly this move needed about 15 mins more. Because third act felt a little rushed to me and needed a little more breathing space. Princess irulan and emperor didn't much to do. But didn't bother me. Feel will get more of them in messiah. 9/10. Just wish the ending had more breathing room and would have given this 10/10.
  22. Well honestly not surprised. Dune kind of scews the 35+ Demo . That crowd just dissapointed us with MI7. TGM was one of those events. Same with NTTD . Just shocked how that failed to lift off domestically. Wick 4 to Wonka numbers domestic and around Wonka numbers worldwide which is fine but not exciting as I hoped. Will have to wait for DM4 , IO2 ,DP3 summer showdown for some juicy numbers. May is basically wildcard month . They is always a box suprise somewhere . My pick is Garfield.
  23. I respectfully disagree. This is the very reason we have shit and safe scripts in Hollywood. Visual spectacle over story and characters. They are numerous movies with great visuals and tight and we'll written scripts . Honestly for the filmography Dennis has , this is strange statement . His movies succeed in both areas . Infact the best visuals are really good at conveying something about the world ,characters and story. Story and characters are the bedrock of any movie . Visuals are a medium to convey a story . The story comes first. Modern blockbusters have switched it around now . Story is their for visual spectacle . Action movies tend to be the outlier here but even the best ones tend to have a tight script.
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