Saturday #s pg 19 ROAE 16.4,MRP 14.4,NS 7.1,LM 5.4

[baumer]

Bay is a genius.  Plain. Simple.  He's one of the best of all time.  

[AdamKendall]

Snyder. lol

Funny how the two went to college together ... and are sort of the huge action spectacle directors ... who cause incredible divisiveness amongst fans ... Snyder seems more artistic in his direction & set pieces then Bay though ... I've enjoyed movies from both of them ... but they also have their fare share of stinkers. (especially Sucker Punch and the Transformers sequels)

 

Even though he didn't direct it ... 300: ROAE feels EXACTLY like a Zack Snyder film.  In this case, that was a positive for me.

Edited March 8, 2014 by Adam

[AdamKendall]

Bay is a genius.  Plain. Simple.  He's one of the best of all time.  

I got Pain and Gain for $10 the other day ... in your opinion, is it gonna be any good when I watch it later.

[rockNrollaDIM]

I'm a Synder fan.

 

[Empire]

I hate it when people just throw their trash anywhere. I saw an old couple falling in line for movie tickets. I didn't know if the woman accidentally or intentionally dropped the trash (I'm sure it was food). It fell in front of her. And then nothing. No picking up whatsoever. I went to their place, made sure they saw me and picked up their trash and threw it to the bin a few steps from them. It greatly disappoints me to see people older than me act this way. I don't know where the wisdom has gone. It always reminds me that not because one is older, he / she knows more than people younger than him / her.

Yeah, I hate this too. It's not that hard to just throw your trash in a trash can. 

[baumer]

I got Pain and Gain for $10 the other day ... in your opinion, is it gonna be any good when I watch it later.

 

Of course.  It's a fantastic movie.  

[John Marston]

I like Bay but I wish he left the Transformers series. Time for a new director and I want him to do different films.

Edited March 9, 2014 by John Marston

[Empire]

I like Bay but I wish he left the Transformers series. Time for a new director and I want him to do different films.

I want him to do different films too. However, I enjoy the Transformers movies, so I am okay with him continuing to do them. 

Edited March 9, 2014 by Empire

[Michael Gary Scott]

Bay is a genius. Plain. Simple. He's one of the best of all time.

see thats how I feel about wes Anderson different strokes for different folks

[Mango]

I got Pain and Gain for $10 the other day ... in your opinion, is it gonna be any good when I watch it later.

Pain & Gain is one of my favorite films from last year. Really underrated IMO. Bay's unique sense of visuals, humor, and eye for hot women/macho men work perfectly for it.I'd go as far and say its a movie Bay was born to direct.

[forg]

And to think head decapitation galore is okay for them. lol

 

Boobs are scarier for them. It's really silly that they put the R-16 but still do that. I mean let's face it those 16 and 17 year olds are no longer innocent lol

[forg]

 

TD	YD	Title (Click to View)	Studio	Daily Gross	% +/- YD / LW		Theaters / Avg		Gross To-Date	Day
1	-	300: Rise of An Empire	WB	$17,705,000	-	-	3,470	$5,102	$17,705,000	1
2	-	Mr. Peabody & Sherman	Fox	$8,000,000	-	-	3,934	$2,034	$8,000,000	1
3	1	Non-Stop	Uni.	$4,700,000	+193%	-53%	3,113	$1,510	$41,439,000	8
4	2	Son of God	Fox	$2,700,000	+97%	-72%	3,271	$825	$34,195,000	8
5	3	The LEGO Movie	WB	$2,660,000	+156%	-40%	3,290	$809	$216,627,000	29
6	4	The Monuments Men	Sony	$875,000	+69%	-40%	2,001	$437	$68,377,000	29
7	5	3 Days to Kill	Rela.	$870,000	+102%	-40%	2,348	$371	$23,364,000	15
8	8	Frozen	BV	$634,000	+117%	-12%	1,660	$382	$390,674,000	106
9	14	12 Years a Slave	FoxS	$585,000	+310%	+162%	1,065	$549	$51,517,000	141
10	10	Ride Along	Uni.	$569,000	+222%	-35%	1,323	$430	$128,533,000	50
11	7	RoboCop (2014)	Sony	$510,000	+57%	-56%	1,714	$298	$53,256,000	24
12	9	About Last Night (2014)	SGem	$490,000	+101%	-53%	1,074	$456	$45,338,000	22
13	6	Pompeii	TriS	$465,000	+29%	-62%	1,658	$280	$19,933,000	15
14	12	American Hustle	Sony	$300,000	+94%	-41%	605	$496	$147,631,000	85
15	-	The Grand Budapest Hotel	FoxS	$260,000	-	-	4	$65,000	$260,000	1
16	18	Gravity	WB	$240,000	+158%	+12%	384	$625	$271,153,000	155
17	15	The Wind Rises	BV	$237,000	+103%	-49%	496	$478	$2,682,000	15

 

 

I'm really impressed with Monuments Men's performance. I never thought it would earn that much since I didn't find the premise mainstream-appealing

 

[4815162342]

Bay is a genius.  Plain. Simple.  He's one of the best of all time.  

I disagree, but I think he can do very very good things when he applies himself the right way. I wish he would step away from his noisy, cluttered yet empty blockbusters and make more films like Pain and Gain. That movie was such a funny yet dark delight, I almost couldn't believe it was a Bay film. He really hit the jackpot there by mixing some Coen brothers nihilism and dark comedy with his colorful whiz-bang adrenaline pump. Edited March 9, 2014 by 4815162342

[Ozymandias]

Bay is a genius.  Plain. Simple.  He's one of the best of all time.  

 

[kayumanggi]

Boobs are scarier for them. It's really silly that they put the R-16 but still do that. I mean let's face it those 16 and 17 year olds are no longer innocent lol

 

Really, really silly. They thought it's better for young people to see heads, limbs, and other body parts being cut, slashed and stabbed than seeing two glands that produce milk. lol

[Jessie]

I like Bay but I wish he left the Transformers series. Time for a new director and I want him to do different films.

If Bay left the Transformers series, I think we'd miss him. Just look at POTC 4, or even TASM for that matter.

[Ezen Baklattan]

http://www.fandango.com/regalunionsquarestadium14_aajnk/theaterpage

 

Baumer won't be impressed, but it's crazy how many sellouts Budapest had here.

[The Futurist]

Bay is a genius.  Plain. Simple.  He's one of the best of all time.  

 

 

We are probably the only two people on this forum to really think that and mean it.

 

Bay is a visionnary, the way ho composes and frames his shots are nothing short of amazing.

 

And in case you eyebrow cinephiles hadn't noticed, movies are a sensorial medium : image & sounds.

[Jessie]

Definition of an artist from online,

[*]creator of art: somebody who creates art, especially paintings or sculptures

[*]performer: a member of the performing arts

[*]skilled person: somebody who does something skillfully and creatively

He is most certainly an artist, because his movies are unique and somewhat quirky, he's very creative.

Wes Anderson is definitely an artist it's just a lot of people think his art is shit. He's creative, but his films still bore the hell out of me.

[Ozymandias]

If Bay left the Transformers series, I think we'd miss him. Just look at POTC 4, or even TASM for that matter.

 

The Transformers series could've been amazing without Michael Bay.  Remember the first trailer for Transformers 2?  I think that perfectly captured what they could've been.  Instead, we got the complete opposite, which was one of the worst action comedies of all time.  If Transformers is ever rebooted by someone else, it would probably be one of my most anticipated movies of the year.  After the last 3 films(especially the sequels), there is no reason to think Transformers 4 won't be just as bad, even with Mark Wahlberg as the lead.