Kong: Skull Island | March 10, 2017 | Tom Hiddleston, Brie Larson, John Goodman | Crosses 500M WW

[filmlover]

55 minutes ago, MrPink said:

 

My dad will never see a movie in a theater again. 

Let me guess, he drew the line at the Christopher Nolan/Harry Styles combo and said "fuck it! Never again!"

[Morieris]

Honestly I haven't watched any of these but I am loving the reception. 

[Black Hawk]

Whoaaa!!!

[The Futurist]

ILM's A Team doing the Lord's work.

 

 

 

[Sam]

1 hour ago, MrPink said:

 

My dad will never see a movie in a theater again. 

 

It's ok. I need to be focusing on seeing movies (La La Land) with a soulmate. 

 

So also never? 

 

[MrPink]

31 minutes ago, Sam said:

 

So also never? 

 

 

...Yes

 

[Plain Old Tele]

On January 18, 2017 at 11:43 AM, Morieris said:

I'm surprised no one (or I just haven't seen it) has worked on a Lovecraftian Cinematic Universe. Remove the worst of it, I'd watch it.

 

On January 18, 2017 at 11:46 AM, RandomJC said:

 

I'd imagine because Lovecraft is difficult to film, since it's base is in the unknowable, the unimaginable, and the racist.

 

I suppose you could consider the Stuart Gordon Lovecraft Trilogy a vague cinematic universe, though two take place in "modern times" (aka, the 1980s and 90s). They're loose adaptations, but if you're in the right frame of mind, they're a lot of fun. (Gordon, of course, tends to have quite a bit of dark humor in his movies, and his low-budget horror stuff tends to be a bit campy as well).

[RandomCat]

8 hours ago, Telemachos said:

 

 

I suppose you could consider the Stuart Gordon Lovecraft Trilogy a vague cinematic universe, though two take place in "modern times" (aka, the 1980s and 90s). They're loose adaptations, but if you're in the right frame of mind, they're a lot of fun. (Gordon, of course, tends to have quite a bit of dark humor in his movies, and his low-budget horror stuff tends to be a bit campy as well).

 

I am a fan of Re-Animator. Wasn't aware he made other adaptations.

 

I also enjoyed the Dunwhich Horror with Dean Stockwell, even if it's a bit creaky.

[DMan7]

I don't see anything special about the VFX in these latest TV spots though. Looks pretty much the same as the previous trailer really.

[cookie]

BO.com only predicts $35m OW 

[Morieris]

Everyone underestimating this but that just means an OW of 50$ m will be all the sweeter! Between me and the other ten people, our stanning will prevail!!!!

[Cookson]

2 minutes ago, cookie said:

BO.com only predicts $35m OW 

This looks too good for only a 35m opening

[Mad Max]

The official 'MonsterVerse':

 

[Morieris]

Well - they're certainly different from the 2005 version.

 

Curious about the one in the second thumbnail. Looks like a Spirit Monster from The Last Airbender. 

[Alli]

wow the budget is 190M.  They'll need OS to do fantastic  to recoup that

[marveldcfox]

Like I said this will disappoint. Disney/marvel/lucasfilm  and Legendary spend a lot to make their movies as good as possible even if they are really bad in editing room unlike other studios.

Edited January 21, 2017 by marveldcfox

[Cookson]

2 hours ago, Alli said:

wow the budget is 190M.  They'll need OS to do fantastic  to recoup that

 

There's nothing out there that says it's 190. Just rumors. I've heard 160... 130. We don't know and it doesn't sound like we will.

[NoobSaibot]

3 minutes ago, Cookson said:

 

There's nothing out there that says it's 190. Just rumors. I've heard 160... 130. We don't know and it doesn't sound like we will.

 

Agreed. I remember when Wikipedia had the budget for Godzilla listed as a big fat $205 million. That amount was about $45 million beyond the actual production budget.

 

But I could totally see this movie's budget being $190 million. The Legend of Tarzan had a similar budget, and there was a heavy dosage of CGI action in it.

[CaptainJackSparrow]

At least the TV spots are great.

[Cookson]

1 hour ago, CaptainJackSparrow said:

At least the TV spots are great.

 

Nothing about the TV spots scream "bad"... As long as WB and LP do a good job with advertising and promoting, this should easily open better than that 35m prediction.

 

They already have merchandise at Walmart's(toys, shirts and posters)... So it's definitely begun. 

Edited January 21, 2017 by Cookson