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January:
1.2.22 American Underdog B+
1.13.22 Scream B+
1.23.22 Belle A+
1.29.22 Sing 2 B
February:
2.17.22 Death on the Nile B+
2.20.22 Death on the Nile B+
2.21.22 Dog B2.27.22 Uncharted B
March:
3.4.22 The Batman A+
3.27.22 The Lost City B+
April:
4.3.22 Morbius C-
4.10.22 Sonic the Hedgehog 2 C+
4.16.22 Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore B+
4.24.22 Everything, Everywhere, All at Once A+
4.27.22 The Northman B+
May:
5.5.22 Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness B+
5.16.22 Everything, Everywhere, All at Once A+
5.29.22 Top Gun: Maverick A+
June:
6.20.22 Lightyear C
6.26.22 Elvis A-
July:
7.9.22 Thor Love and Thunder B+
7.14.22 Where the Crawdads Sing A-
August:
8.4.22 Nope A-
8.8.22 Bullet Train B
8.11.22 Bodies Bodies Bodies B+
September:
9.3.22 Three Thousand Years of longing B+
9.19.22 The Woman King A
October:
10.4.22 Bros A
10.13.22 Halloween Ends C
10.17.22 Barbarian B+
Total Movies 28
Total times at theater 30
Up Next: Ticket to Paradise
(maybe) Black Adam
Wakanda forever!
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So I saw this movie late at night at a theater completely by myself. I mean like I was the only person in the theater I think and really enjoyed it, it was really funny and I could relate alot to alot of the things here like Grindr dating like I think I literally experienced most of those scenarios and it was kind of touching too, not the best movie ever made and maybe little too "political" for it's own good. party for my taste. but overall very solid movie.
But the marketing for this film sucked.
the trailers were way too explicitly gay for most mainstream heterosexual audience. and saying this was the first ever mainstream "gay film starring gay actors but for mainstream audiences was like saying it was the first African american lead film to featuring black girl eating chips."
Like The Birdcage came out over 20 years ago and made OVER $100m in the 90s! like seriously.
People are tired of "first ever" they don't mean anything anymore. and it is losing it's marketability. also this is a Rom-Com which is (Sadly) already a struggling genre. and has no stars in the film. which could have helped this movie ALOT. I don't really get the argument that gay actors have to play gay characters, I have nothing against that. but it would be pretty sexy to see Chris Evans and Henry Cavil make out in a movie., if they wanted this movie to make money that's what they needed. heck that would turn some straight guys on I think.
Billy Eichner is a decent enough actor don't get me wrong, and mildly good-looking even, but he isn't a hunk and doesn't have the Charism or star power to carry a film financially. And Luke Macfarlane is well pretty charming actually and cute as fuck, but nobody knows who the heck he is.
Also blaming people for being homophobic is really low saying that your movie bombed, if you can't even get your "Super important" gay film to make $5m on opening weekend than a lot of gays didn't see it either, I'm not saying homophobia wasn't a factor, but it certainly wasn't the only one.
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Yeah this movie was so bizarre. and not in a good why. anyways can't get into details without spoiler it. but wow what a letdown and I didn't hate Halloween Kills, but that was already a pretty big letdown.
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WOW just wow. Episode 6 was so great! how does this show just manage to keep getting better?! everything with the lightshow the tension and that amazing action sequences at the end.
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9 minutes ago, Porthos said:
Something about "the road to hell" comes to mind here.
Not that I disagree with you, as he isn't EEEEEEEEVIIILLL. But I also think he's been set up with enough character flaws that I don't see him doing a Face Heel Turn quite yet. Not until/unless he gets his eyes opened a bit as just to what the Empire is up to and why the Rebels are forming.
What they have done is humanize him, and thus make him relatable. But I tend to think he's gonna spiral down the "This man ruined my life, so I'm going to hunt him down" obsession path as that seems to fit the character archetype a bit more. But, who knows! Plenty of ways he could still jump.
Yeah I think he could easily go there and it can be done well. but I think it would be interesting to see a redemption arch of from one of the baddies here. he is definitely not a good guy, but he has such good character work and acting from this guy I could see him going anywhere. and he is kind of a victims of his circumstances, even though he so far seems to have chosen the wrong path.
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On 10/5/2022 at 4:06 AM, Porthos said:
Also vaguely non-spoilerish comment.
I guess we can see why Syril turned out the way he did.
I'm honestly not sure he is evil. he is company man who prided himself of righting the wrong of his fallen employees. I think he will probably go after Andor and possibly Join the empire. but what if he actually ends up joining the rebel alliance?? maybe after joining the empire...
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This is the Star Wars I've been waiting for! it's so good. Ep 4 being my favorite so far (Minor Spoilers ahead): LOVED finally seeing Imperial Era Coruscant. don't know why it took them sooo long to see the center of The Empire. And Mon Montha's backstory basically about shepherding the start of the Rebellion, I ate up every scene with her. I only hope it dives in deep enough. I'm really interested to see where Syril Karn's story goes. one of the most interesting original character's I've seen in a while.
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- Parasite (2019)
- Pan’s Labyrinth (2006)
- Spirited Away (2002)
- The Way He looks (2014)
- Belle (2021)
- Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)
- The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
- Metropolis (1927)
- The Strong Ones (2019)
- Drive my Car (2021)
- Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)
- Le Trou (1960)
- Hawaii (2013)
- Le Samouraï (1967)
- Castle in the Sky (1986)
- L’Atalante (1934)
- The Worst Person in the World (2021)
- Blue is the Warmest Color (2013)
- When Marnie Was There (2014)
- Nosferatu (1922)
- Your Name (2016)
- Out in the Dark (2012)
- Dance of the Forty One (2020)
- Stranger by the Lake (2013)
- Grand Illusion (1937)
- M (1931)
- Roma (2018)
- Ikiru (1952)
- Kiki’s Delivery Service (1989)
- The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964)
- The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
- The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)
- Plan B (2010)
- Beauty and the Beast (1946)
- Taekwondo (2016)
- The Blonde One (2019)
- A Day in the Country (1946)
- The Wind Rises (2013)
- Whisper of the Heart (1995)
- Y Tu Mamá También (2001)
- Summer of 85 (2020)
- Howl’s Moving Castle (2004)
- Princess Mononoke (1997)
- Wolf Children (2012)
- Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
- From Beginning to End (2009)
- The Blood of a Poet (1932)
- Bāhubali: The Beginning (2015)
- 4 Moons (2014)
- My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
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Can't Wait for Season 2! first season was magic. really hope they do a follow up episode to the Ninth Jedi.
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Yeah Ep 4 was easily the best episode, that ending score was really great.
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1 hour ago, Cruel Summer said:
LMAO!
Too low?
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On 9/10/2022 at 12:53 PM, DAJK said:
I think this can pull Aladdin numbers. Trailer looks good (minus some of the CG) and people are going to go crazy for it next summer. I don't know if BatB is reachable though, that truly felt like peak hype for these live action remakes.
Yup, thinking $350m range. hopefully it is good. the trailer is very promising.
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35 minutes ago, Chaz said:
So happy about this! I truly loved this movie, especially seeing it with my elderly parents who also loved it.
Yeah I took my mom to see it, who is 70 and she really liked it. it was very good film.
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watched ep 3. while I like aspects of it. The character of Galadriel just seems to get worse and worse. She does not act like and elf and certainly not someone with a thousand years experience in the world, if she were a teenager or someone in their early 20s maybe I could understand that. but she basically just insulted the Queen of Númenor upon their first meeting and then asked for a ship at the same time, she is an elf and suppose to be a military leader and as such should have some sort of social skill and political skills. this was one of galadriel from the books main strengths and it's not really the actress fault she is doing an ok enough job, but I can blame the writers, directors and showrunners, for their sloppy and poor writing. they just made her look outright stupid, or at best incredibly naive.
Anyways the city of Numenor looks incredible and Halbrand is one of the most intriguing characters so far. but I'm starting to have very mixed feelings about this show.
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On 9/7/2022 at 12:05 PM, filmlover said:
Even the stars of the Peter Jackson trilogy have felt the need join in on combating the excessive online vitriol:
Can you buy those shirts? I like em and want one!
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3 hours ago, Ozymandias said:
Two hours into Fellowship of the Ring we like and understand Frodo, Sam, Bilbo, Merry, Pippin, Gandalf, Aragorn, Arwen Legolas, Gimli, Boromir and the villain Saruman. Fellowship is also a masterclass in show don't tell.
Two hours into this show and I don't care about anyone and thats 25% of the show already done. Its a meandering slog with often dull and stilted scenes played in a sequence with no forward momentum due to like 15 minutes of actual plot and no particularly interesting characters, personalities, or motivations. This is especially bad in comparison to the LOTR movies because this format is long form storytelling where you have more time to do all that. And I don't buy the "its setup" excuse in a post-GOT world. The first 2 episodes of GOT beautifully set up many different characters and plot lines with narrative drive, even House of the Dragon is doing it that really well though with a bit of a smaller canvas . Here its just boring cliched tropes and 1 note characters. The performances and especially some of the dialogue in parts are especially bad. Like that stuff in the beginning about the rock and the ship was so weird and clunky and when they brought it back at the end of the first episode like it was some profound moment, uh wow.
And much of the stuff in this aesthetic of Middle Earth I just don't really like at all. For example, there seems to be a degree of intentional uniformity among elves and men for whatever reason. To me the only person in the show that kinda looks like an elf is Galadriel.
And some of the armor designs were so jarringly bad that it immediately took me out of the scene. I mean look at this shit.
I honestly don't remember that armor, thought it had way more detail.
So I guess we will just have to agree to disagree. it's a 8 hour long season. and so far I like it. it's not a masterpiece but I am already invested and do like several characters alot, (Durin, Eldrond and Nori so far are my favorites).
I'm getting really tired of the "absolute garbage or total masterpiece crowd" just because something isn't a 10/10 doesn't mean it's garbage.
I mean it's fine you have that opinion, apparently a lot of people do. I really can't say how much I will love this show by the end. it's a solid 8 right now though and I hope it only improves. that armor is bad though.
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15 minutes ago, Borobudur said:
Will National Cinema day return any time soon? I believe the concession will make the discounted price a worthy investment for cinema chain.
I think they were wanting to make it an annual thing. and the results would put to yes. while studios may have not gotten a ton out of it. it's great for movie theaters who make most of their profit from concessions anyways.
Not to mention a lot more people saw films than would have otherwise.
will it be the same weekend next year if it does become annual? my thing would be if this is every labor day weekend Saturday, is that most major studios would shy away from releasing anything to big on this date. but it kind of makes since, because aside from "Shang Chi" labor weekend has been kind of a dead zone for box office anyways,
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January:
1.2.22 American Underdog B+
1.13.22 Scream B+
1.23.22 Belle A+
1.29.22 Sing 2 B
February:
2.17.22 Death on the Nile B+
2.20.22 Death on the Nile B+
2.21.22 Dog B2.27.22 Uncharted B
March:
3.4.22 The Batman A+
3.27.22 The Lost City B+
April:
4.3.22 Morbius C-
4.10.22 Sonic the Hedgehog 2 C+
4.16.22 Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore B+
4.24.22 Everything, Everywhere, All at Once A+
4.27.22 The Northman B+
May:
5.5.22 Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness B+
5.16.22 Everything, Everywhere, All at Once A+
5.29.22 Top Gun: Maverick A+
June:
6.20.22 Lightyear C
6.26.22 Elvis A-
July:
7.9.22 Thor Love and Thunder B+
7.14.22 Where the Crawdads Sing A-
August:
8.4.22 Nope A-
8.8.22 Bullet Train B
8.11.22 Bodies Bodies Bodies B+
September:
9.3.22 Three Thousand Years of longing B+
Total Movies 24
Total times at theater 26
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On 9/3/2022 at 9:29 AM, Eric the Shark said:
So what are people's National Cinema Day plans? Mine is seeing Minions 2 with a friend. She really wanted to see it, I had no plans to see it on my own, but that's how the cookie crumbles I guess. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I drove almost an hour after getting off work to see "Three Thousand years of Longing" it was not playing locally and I really wanted to see it and take advantage of the $3 ticket day.
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So I did some tabulating of what the movies would have grossed over the weekend at the Saturday prices been normal price (I multiplied sat gross by 4, which is close their their normal prices give for take a dollar I believe).
I know had they been regular price they these movies wouldn't have grossed as much. but this is just to see how successful Cinema day really was and how crazy attendance really was Saturday. I went to the movies myself that day expecting it to be fairly quite and the theater was PACKED and I had to wait in line for 15 minutes.
Top Gun Maverick $13,300,000 / $14,800,000
Super Pets $13,300,000 / $14,800,000
Spider-Man No way home $12,700,000 / $14,300,000
Bullet Train $12,600,000 / $14,000,000
The Invitation $11,100,000 / $12,100,000
Beast $9,100,000 / $9,800,000
Minions 2 $8,600,000 / $9,400,000
Thor Love and Thunder $6,300,000 / 6,900,000
Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero $5,700,000 / $6,100,000
Jaws $5,000,000 / $5,400,000Top 10 3/4 day totals
$97,700,000 / $107,600,000Where the Crawdads Sing $4,100,000 / $4,600,000
Nope $3,800,000 / $4,100,000
Three Thousand years of Longing $3,600,000 / $3,900,000
Honk For Jesus save your soul $3,200,000 / $3,500,000
Elvis $2,400,000 / $2,600,000
Gigi and Nate $2,400,000 / $2,600,000
Orphan: First Kill $1,600,000 / $1,800,000
Breaking $1,500,000 / $1,600,000
Jurassic World 3 $1,100,000 / $1,200,000
Bodies Bodies Bodies $1,050,000 / $1,150,000
Fall $600,000 / $650,000
The Black Phone $500,000 / $550,000
Easter Sunday $400,000 / $450,000
Mrs Harris Goes to Paris $300,000 / $325,000overall totals of most films
$121,800,000 / $136,600,000This makes Labor day weekend the most attended weekend since Nope released on July 22nd. all that from one crazy day too.
Interesting thing here is "Spider-Man" was actually not the most attended film of the weekend because a lot of it's gross came from Friday and it's Saturday was actually quite a bit lower than Top Gun and Super Pets.
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40 minutes ago, MikeQ said:
For what it's worth, Tolkien had references to Galadriel as one who "fought" and one with "Amazon disposition", etc.
A piece of Tolkien's writing that stands out for me (from People's of Middle-Earth) :
“Even after the merciless assault upon the Teleri and the rape of their ships, though she fought fiercely against Feanor in defence of her mother's kin, she did not turn back. Her pride was unwilling to return, a defeated suppliant for pardon; but now she burned with desire to follow Feanor with her anger to whatever lands he might come, and to thwart him in all ways that she could."
The qualities we have seen so far in Galadriel in Rings of Power feels in keeping with this.
All this said, you're absolutely allowed to still not like the depiction of Galadriel in the show, no matter what Tolkien's writings may suggest. Totally valid. Just wanted to throw this out there.
Peace,
Mike
I actually assumed she fought some throughout her lifetime. I'm just not sure she would have lead armies for years and years as a military leader. but thanks for that tidbit, it does give me a bit more insight into her character. and makes the writers of the show decision a bit more grounded than I thought actually.
aside from the the Lord of the Rings and Hobbit books I have not really delved into his works that much. I tried reading the silmarillion a few times on paper and audio and it is a chore to me. interesting at parts, but a chore. and kind of confusing.
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On 9/3/2022 at 5:56 PM, dudalb said:
Ijust have to repeat, the inablity to draw upon the Sil is going to create huge problems with some of the plotlines they are obviously going to do,
The main problem is the total lack, so far, of any mention of the Valar and Iluvatar...the Gods..or God..of Middle Earth, I can't for the life of me, get how they do the Numenor saga without them.
Tolkien pushen this angle into the deep backgrouns in the Hobbit and LOTR so it could be ignored, you just can't do that with some of the plotlines they are setting up.At least convincingly.
Are they not allowed to mention the gods at all? i'm not sure that is the case, they have already mentioned the Silmarils.
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On 9/3/2022 at 9:39 PM, jedijake said:
Just finished episode 1 and quite liked it. Not taking stock in the negativity, just saying that the haters are predictable and are steering the audience reactions. But we all know that.
I agree that the first episode was a bit slow and could use more action, but I think that would be what knocks it down just a little. They are telling separate stories of separate characters who will come together likely as a kind of fellowship later on. If people really do honestly hate it for how slow it is, they have to realize that most shows are a bit like this. Loki was MUCH slower for much longer than this and didn't tell much of any story until Sylvie showed up. Nothing happened and nobody even spoke much for the first bit of Mandalorian. And even Obi-Wan dragged a bit to start. This is an 8-hour fest. So they spend more time getting to know the ins and outs of the characters whereas that would take up about 20 minutes in a 2-hour movie. So the ratio is the same.
Personally, I think much of the complaining about not enough action is an American phenomenon of wanting to be thrilled all the time.
I think the 84% that the critics give it fits.
It's odd they are complaining it is slow. when FotR was 3 hours long and took the hobbits an hour to leave the shire.
Anyways. I really liked the first two episodes. I agree the first episode is pretty slow. and there were a few things I didn't love. I'm not crazy about what they did with Galadriel, doesn't feel like Tolkien would have her lead armies and go that direction with her. but it is more like a nitpick and she can improve with time. I honestly feel like I'm living in an alternate reality with some of these "fan" reactions. Are they really mad that the pacing is slow or that they cast like 4 black characters in a show of 20???
or that Disa doesn't have a beard??? I love Love lord of the rings and yeah maybe I'm a bigger fan of the movies than the books. but I love the books too. but I don't know are Tolkien super fans really this petty and toxic???
Also was anyone really expecting this to be as good as the movies? I know I wasn't. I am just happy to go back to middle earth in what is so far a pretty intriguing series.
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52 minutes ago, jedijake said:
I understand and can even respect the idea of authenticity to an extent. However, no character was gender or race swapped. Too much expectation for this authenticity can come across as being petty if not at least a bit racist.
I think what fans would have wanted to see is a balance with diversity AND love for Tolkein's work and worlds. Instead we are ONLY seeing comments about the diversity. I am going to assume those are both there and well balanced, but certain Youtubers who are obsessed would make you think otherwise. The discussion seems to be completely dominated by incels who seem to feel threatened.
The RT scores will be interesting.
Yes, I've watched a few channels on TB that I can't anymore, because they do come across as at least a little racist. I fine with and think diverse casting is in most cases good as long as it doesn't take from / override the story. I do think we need to get to a point where we can cast who we like and not have to worry about being mistaken for racist/ phobic simply because there is a certain demographic is left out, not everything can be a huge ensemble.
I don't think Tolkien would have gone that direction I am seeing with Galadriel. but he did write Ewyon's story and that was pretty ahead of it's time I would say. so a female warrior is not imo. outside of Tolkien's beliefs for lotr. plus Galadriel taking up of arms, seems to be a temporary feild for her character and when you live as long as her. it's not really that much of a stretch to think she has seen some action.
But I really don't have a problem with lotr casting as far as diversity is concerned. and am holding any judgement until I see the show.
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Bros | September 30, 2022 | Universal
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Yes of course it did, but it's target audience should have been LGBT. and I feel a lot of it's core base did not show up for it. and I just don't see this having a massive audience out side of that, some people sure, but even a lot of people who say that are "Pro gay" will not set down and watch a two hour movie about gay men. some will mostly, younger woman and men, but not a ton.
But there is approx 20m people who identify as LGBTQ+ in the US. that alone should have been enough to keep this movie from flopping. if 100% of them saw this movie it should have made $200m. obviously not all off them will as it's about two gay men specifically. and that's it's core audience imo. let's say 25% of the LGBTQ+ saw it mostly. gay men. it still should have made $50m. lets say 20% of the audiences is straight, cause this is more mainstream in it's marketing and a comedy so I think it could probably get that. so will put it at $62m. right around what i thought it would make. but it 's already almost out of theaters and it's gonna close around $12m. which means saying around 20% of that audiences is straight. that only about 5/6% of people (in the US) who Identify as LGBTQ+ saw it, and a tiny fraction of straights. so it failed on both fronts. which is sad, cause I really really liked it. but like I said I think the marketing was off.