Pixels | Chris Columbus | July 24, 2015 | Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Michelle Monaghan, Josh Gad, Peter Dinklage

[TalismanRing]

Someone really didn't like Pixels. Meltdown in aisle 12. 
 

 

Bob Chipman ‏@the_moviebob 13h13 hours ago

So. #PIXELS made my soul cry. I hate all things now. Nothing will ever be good again.

 

Bob Chipman ‏@the_moviebob 13h13 hours ago

Everyone apologize to Ernie Cline for the "ARMADA is everything wrong with gamer culture" takedown - should saved that bullet for #PIXELS

 

Bob Chipman ‏@the_moviebob 13h13 hours ago

There's a female character in #PIXELS who is a LITERAL trophy. That's the purpose of her character.

 

Bob Chipman ‏@the_moviebob 13h13 hours ago

After #PIXELS I want to burn every scrap of gamer nostalgia I own. But I wouldn't have any shirts then.

 

Bob Chipman ‏@the_moviebob 13h

Fuck. #PIXELS is cultural-vandalism. I want to club this movie to death with a wiffleball bat.

 

Bob Chipman ‏@the_moviebob 13h13 hours ago

At least 4 major Nintendo characters appear in #PIXELS, and I'm ALMOST glad Iwata-san didn't have to see that. Almost.

 

Bob Chipman ‏@the_moviebob 13h13 hours ago

PIXELS is the nadir of cynical "geek" corporate branding. Pretends to love things but just wants to bleed and repackage it. Soulless horrors

 

Bob Chipman ‏@the_moviebob 13h13 hours ago

I want to commit acts upon this movie that the U.N. Human Rights Commission doesn't have categories for yet. #PIXELS

 

Bob Chipman ‏@the_moviebob 12h12 hours ago

PIXELS so bad it requires a new review scale: in lieu of stars, "how many fingers should the filmmakers be allowed to KEEP?" #PixelsMovie

 

Bob Chipman ‏@the_moviebob 12h12 hours ago

In summation: Fuck #PIXELS, fuck everyone who made PIXELS and preemptively fuck everyone who goes to *see* PIXELS.

 

 

[75Live]

methinks Mr. Chipman needs to relax a tad

[Plain Old Tele]

I wonder if he liked it.

[kayumanggi]

F*ck those people who thought a good movie would come out from this. lol

[grim22]

methinks Mr. Chipman needs to relax a tad

He seems to be in a downward spiral since he got fired from Escapist. It has been playing out very publicly.

Edited July 21, 2015 by grim22

[JohnnyGossamer]

Pixels is gonna topple $200M+ DOM TOTAL. Get that money, Sandler. I'll always love ya for your awesome turn in Punch Drunk Love.

[75Live]

He seems to be in a downward spiral since he got fired from Escapist. It has been playing out very publicly.

 

ah, that explains a lot

[grim22]

ah, that explains a lot

He was also involved in GamerGate (which I still have no idea about and the more I hear the more I'm confused), didn't lend himself well to his audience by some accounts.

[JohnnyGossamer]

Who's this Chipman fella?

[AniNate]

He lives up to his name

[BourneFan #1]

This film has a very wide range of what it could make on opening weekend IMO.

[AJG]

The only interest I have in this movie is to hate on it.

I'm so happy right now.

[Gopher]

Something about Pixels isn't clicking. Awareness is out there but I've seen the trailer play with full audiences and it's shockingly weak, and sandwiched between Ant-Man and MI5 I don't anticipate an eagerness for a big movie. I think its problem is the lack of audience overlap between the Happy Madison audience and the summer action comedy audience- people intrigued by the concept (I think) won't want to see Sandler and James in this movie and people who like Sandler and James won't want to see them in a big-budget movie about video games. This reminds me of Bedtime Stories when Sandler tried his hand at a Disney movie and the audiences didn't really cross over. This isn't to say I think Sandler is BO poison--Grown-Ups 2 is his niche and he can open a movie in it- but every time he's tried a film that doesn't directly appeal to his sensibilities audiences don't bite, and considering how much poor press he's gotten this year I'd say his more mainstream viability is low right now. 

[sambullus]

This film has a very wide range of what it could make on opening weekend IMO.

Bournefan..specialist subject: the bleeding obvious

[Durden]

http://deadline.com/2015/07/pixels-paper-towns-southpaw-ant-man-box-office-1201482714/

 

 

Conservative estimates peg Pixels in the mid $20M, however, it has a shot at making $30M. Minions shouldn’t be too far behind, also in the mid $20M range. Ant-Man will fall 55%-60% per industry estimates, putting him at $22M-$25.7M.

 

[Wrath]

Feeling zero buzz around this, and it has the potential to be horrendously bad. I'm guessing reviews haven't been embargoed for quite the same reason as they were for Mad Max.

 

Edit - AND WHY THE HELL DID THEY MAKE THIS PG-13?  

Edited July 21, 2015 by Wrath

[sambullus]

The IMDB is really whoring this turd today

[RichWS]

*Folks see Deadline number, double down on crazy-ass predictions*

[DAR]

This Bob Chipman fella seems to be upset about this film

[DAJK]

I would be shocked if this only did 20M.