A Monster Calls | Limited Release: December 23; Wide Release: January 16 (1,500 theaters) | Based on the Book

[TMP]

54 minutes ago, marveldcfox said:

Toby Kebbell is in this. Glad he is getting live action roles after so many debacles. He is best when used as a supporting actor and great as lead motion captures role. Boxoffice though....let's see how this fares. I have faith that today's audience has matured taste and intelligent enough to support such movies.

Kebbell's in Gold too, which also looks pretty good.

[The Stingray]

Not a fantasy fan, but this one looks pretty good.
 

[4815162342]

18 hours ago, CJohn said:

It will still do nothing. This movie has no audience. 

 

And The Kebbell Curse will drive the remainder away

[Morieris]

There are people like me who wanted to see this just for him at first.

 

There are dozens of us. Dozens!

[IndyRex]

All reviews I've found so far:

 

http://www.denofgeek.com/us/movies/a-monster-calls/258369/a-monster-calls-review

 

http://www.joblo.com/movie-news/review-a-monster-calls-tiff-2016-321-02

 

http://theplaylist.net/monster-calls-deeply-moving-fable-loss-love-tiff-review-20160909/

 

http://wegotthiscovered.com/movies/monster-calls-review-tiff-2016/

 

http://collider.com/a-monster-calls-review/

 

https://thefilmstage.com/reviews/tiff-review-a-monster-calls/

 

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/a-monster-calls-927216

 

http://www.theverge.com/2016/9/9/12857880/a-monster-calls-movie-review-liam-neeson-tiff-2016

 

http://www.indiewire.com/2016/09/a-monster-calls-review-liam-neeson-j-a-bayona-tiff-2016-1201725103/

 

http://www.timeout.com/london/film/a-monster-calls

 

http://www.thewrap.com/a-monster-calls-toronto-review-scary-story-has-a-touch-of-magic/

 

http://www.awardscircuit.com/2016/09/10/tiff-review-monster-calls-bittersweet-fable-poignant-message/

 

http://www.slashfilm.com/a-monster-calls-review/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

 

http://www.cinemablend.com/news/1554639/a-monster-calls-is-the-years-best-movie

 

http://www.screendaily.com/reviews/a-monster-calls-toronto-review/5108835.article#.V9PJP2ZfbMk.twitter

 

http://uproxx.com/filmdrunk/a-monster-calls-review-tiff/2/

 

http://weliveentertainment.com/welivefilm/tiff-2016-review-monster-calls-review/

 

 

[Arlborn]

19 hours ago, RichWS said:

 

Why? That flick is wildly overrated. 

 

Frankly, that tweet comparing it to Pan's Labyrinth made me wanna watch it more than the ones calling it a masterpiece.

[John Marston]

22 hours ago, IndyRex said:

http://www.cinemablend.com/news/1554639/a-monster-calls-is-the-years-best-movie?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

 

A Monster Calls has been called (no pun intended) "A masterpiece", "Best movie of the year", and Bayona has been called "The next Spielberg" (last time it happened with Shyamalan).

 

 

 

 

....I think Shyamalan really was (and maybe still is) the next Spielberg, except for 3 awful films. But Spielberg did really bad films too, so... I write this very little so you won't start killing me lol

 

 

Perfect since Bayona is directing Jurassic Park 5

[JennaJ]

12 minutes ago, John Marston said:

 

 

Perfect since Bayona is directing Jurassic Park 5

 

Yep, makes me feel like there's a decent chance it could be a better film than JW. Although Trevorrow is still writing the script.

[TalismanRing]

2 minutes ago, JennaJ said:

 

Yep, makes me feel like there's a decent chance it could be a better film than JW. Although Trevorrow is still writing the script.

 

After Jurrasic World I thought nothing could induce to me to watch another but Bayona as a director just might do it. Treverrow writing the script though ....

[Alpha]

Right now at 100% on Rotten Tomatoes, 7 reviews in with an 8.4/10 average rating.

 

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/a_monster_calls

[IndyRex]

1 hour ago, TalismanRing said:

 

After Jurrasic World I thought nothing could induce to me to watch another but Bayona as a director just might do it. Treverrow writing the script though ....

 

"Jurassic World" script wasn't even that bad. Maybe it's because I recently watched "Independence Day Resurgence" and... I mean, THAT is an awful script. 

Trevorrow wrote a very flawed and at times cheesy but overall effective script, which especially had a lot of really cool scenes. Considering Bayona could have a say for the script too, I guess we might get a better movie than Jurassic World (that I loved, with all its flaws).

 

On the directing side, Trevorrow did the job well with Jurassic World, but Bayona will definitely do much better. A Monster Calls will show once again how talented director Bayona is

Edited September 10, 2016 by IndyRex

[IndyRex]

http://www.quartetrecords.com/a-monster-calls.html

 

Previews of Velazquez's score for "A Monster Calls".

That main theme sounds fantastic.

 

I didn't read the track titles... anyone who's already read the book or don't care about spoilers can tell me if the tracks titles are spoilerish?

 

EDIT:

 

I've read them, and... no spoilers.

Edited September 15, 2016 by IndyRex

[IndyRex]

[MCKillswitch123]

Who's responsible for distributing this?

[WrathOfHan]

1 minute ago, MCKillswitch123 said:

Who's responsible for distributing this?

Focus/Universal

[filmlover]

1 minute ago, MCKillswitch123 said:

Who's responsible for distributing this?

Focus Features.

[MCKillswitch123]

2 minutes ago, WrathOfHan said:

Focus/Universal

 

2 minutes ago, filmlover said:

Focus Features.

 

Hmm. Pretty sure Focus does alright when it comes to distributing Oscar flicks, but... I dunno. I see some Laika deja vu there. Hopefully more Coraline than Kubo. Note that this is in BO terms only.

[filmlover]

5 minutes ago, MCKillswitch123 said:

 

 

Hmm. Pretty sure Focus does alright when it comes to distributing Oscar flicks, but... I dunno. I see some Laika deja vu there. Hopefully more Coraline than Kubo. Note that this is in BO terms only.

I doubt this was ever going to be a $100M+ hit either way.

[The Futurist]

From Visionnary Director of Jurassic World 2.

[MCKillswitch123]

5 minutes ago, filmlover said:

I doubt this was ever going to be a $100M+ hit either way.

 

I mean, maybe not, but I see it as something that, in the right hands, could have a lot of potential. I would love to see it reach Goosebumps numbers.