MovieMan89 Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 Now the question is: How long can it go without a rotten on RT? Gonna guess it happens right around the 100 mark. 65 is already insanely impressive in today's age. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeCee Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 (edited) I think this is a horrible title. For someone like me who doesnt know the significance of what Selma means its a title thst turns me off. Imo it would be like calling JFK Dallas or something stupid like that. I was confusing this with Rosa Parks. Edited December 27, 2014 by DeeCee 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forg Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 Yes, I was. It's not just about pulling Team America, it's about the very disturbing precedent it set. You're over thinking it. Most people don't even know of that incident since it's all about The Interview & Sony hack.Anyway, I just think it's shallow reason to boycott a movie out you were initially interested because of an action of the film studio towards another movie. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 So excited. If this plays near me on the 9th, I'm going to it. More excited for this than many other 2015 movies! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AniNate Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 (edited) You're over thinking it. Most people don't even know of that incident since it's all about The Interview & Sony hack.Anyway, I just think it's shallow reason to boycott a movie out you were initially interested because of an action of the film studio towards another movie. Ultimately since Sony ended up showing The Interview anyway I guess it is a futile effort. But not many people knowing or caring about a perceived injustice is not a good reason to ignore it. Sort of ironic that we're debating this in a thread about a Civil Rights film. Edited December 27, 2014 by tribefan695 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blankments Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 Got a new trailer at Unbroken; I'm hyped for it, just hope the movie hits my area before college 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blankments Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 Jesus, I wish this box office run was switched with Unbroken's. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claire of Themyscira Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 Jesus, I wish this box office run was switched with Unbroken's. Yaaaaaaaaaaaaasss. Stan for Selma, bb. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blankments Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 I mentioned this in the review thread, but the epilogue in this movie made me teary-eyed and gave me goosebumps. It was a PG-13 movie that felt as brutal as 12 Years a Slave at points. It's continuously emotional and grounded by a central phenomenal performance. It manages to be shocking despite being based on a true story. It's literally everything I was sold on and then disappointed about Unbroken, fulfilled to what I hoped it to be. Truly fantastic. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boogiezen Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 (edited) Jesus, I wish this box office run was switched with Unbroken's. I don't see the connection? Or maybe because it's a female director? I just don't understand why people b!tching about Selma being a disappointment at the box office and the relevance of it from Unbroken. And put the other movie down. Both films are different. Unbroken is not even a threat to Selma. Sasha b!tching and trashing Unbroken's BO just to prop Selma. No wonder why there's karma. Edited January 14, 2015 by boogiezen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blankments Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 I literally explained the similarities in the post above yours; try harder 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 I don't see the connection? Or maybe because it's a female director? I just don't understand why people b!tching about Selma being a disappointment at the box office and the relevance of it from Unbroken. And put the other movie down. Both films are different. Unbroken is not even a threat to Selma. Sasha b!tching and trashing Unbroken's BO just to prop Selma. No wonder why there's karma. Please don't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 I mentioned this in the review thread, but the epilogue in this movie made me teary-eyed and gave me goosebumps. It was a PG-13 movie that felt as brutal as 12 Years a Slave at points. It's continuously emotional and grounded by a central phenomenal performance. It manages to be shocking despite being based on a true story. It's literally everything I was sold on and then disappointed about Unbroken, fulfilled to what I hoped it to be. Truly fantastic. Ditto. It's breathtaking to me, and I hate that so much of the conversation around it revolves around LBJ and his depiction in the movie, which wasn't nearly as broadly fictitiously depicted as, oh say.... AMADEUS! That movie straight up said Saileri killed Mozart. Did it make the movie any less a masterpiece? Hell no! And the LBJ stuff was minuscule in comparison. Damn. This movie was amazing, in every way possible. The snubbing of this, and it's box office run, are absolutely criminal. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPink Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 I was a little uncomfortable with how LBJ was portrayed, but overall, this was a great film. Oyelowo's performance draws you in the further into the movie you get and it's powerful in all the right places. I do feel like the set up is a little long in the tooth and it rushes a bit through the actual marches, but I'm surprised this didn't nab a screenplay and actor nod, if not director as well. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadAtGender Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 (edited) The LBJ criticism is mind-boggling, to me. It seemed pretty obvious that a lot of that was standing in for the general political obstruction King had to deal with regarding the Federal government. Plus the LBJ/Wallace scene was fantastic. Wilkinson killed it, there. The audience applauded. Edited January 19, 2015 by DamienRoc 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4815162342 Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Wallace, not Walker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avatree Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 I'm really looking forward to this, just a shame it doesn't release for another three weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Oyelowo's performance being completely left out of the Actor race is insulting. MLK is already such a larger-than-life person, but he channeled him in such a way to make him more balanced. The humor in parts, his way with his family and wife, the way he handled the activism and the President and worked through his channels of power... DO delivered and then some. It was on par with Kingsley's Gandhi for me. I didn't have any issues with the LBJ stuff b/c I felt that the movie was drawing parallels between him and King's path, the compromises and sacrifices that both men had to make. Johnson's arc was a but shallowly done, but understandable because he wasn't the focus. The movie's not called, "Martin and Johnson." I really want to know why this isn't getting more at the box office? Is it because audiences don't want to feel like sitting in a classroom for two hours? Is it because AMERICAN SNIPER sucked all the air out of the weekend? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Futurist Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 How come The Butler made more bank than Selma ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadAtGender Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 I think part of the Box Office (and awards recognition) woes is due to Paramount. They've done some incredibly inept things release-wise in recent years. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...