Free State of Jones | June 24, 2016 | Matthew McConaughey, Gugu Mbatha-Raw. Directed by Gary Ross | First Trailer on Page 2!

[filmlover]

As I said in the buzz thread, this is getting a very heavy ad push on TV a few weeks out from release. Curious to see how the reviews will be, since they will be what will make or break this.

[filmlover]

Begins with 0/5 on RT. Given that movies like this live or die on reviews, I wouldn't be surprised by an opening in the $5M range now.

[marveldcfox]

5 minutes ago, filmlover said:

Begins with 0/5 on RT. Given that movies like this live or die on reviews, I wouldn't be surprised by an opening in the $5M range now.

sigh. Gary Ross and mccoughnahey..

[EmmaPeel]

1 hour ago, filmlover said:

Begins with 0/5 on RT. Given that movies like this live or die on reviews, I wouldn't be surprised by an opening in the $5M range now.

 

Even worse, the average score is 3.4/10 so it's not rotten based on mixed reviews being tagged as negative. The true story is so fascinating, I was hoping this would do it some measure of justice but reviews seem to indicate that it's a dry boring history lesson instead of using the compelling story to it's advantage. One review states that it feels like a TV mini-series randomly cut down to feature length and is culturally tone-deaf while dumbing-down Knight's crusade by making it more personal than political.

Edited June 21, 2016 by EmmaPeel
fixed spelling

[UrosepsisFace]

Yikes! Another lesson in not spending money on historical dramas? That really sucks. 

[acab]

It's getting some unexpectedly bad reviews.

[Jay Beezy]

1 hour ago, EmmaPeel said:

 

Even worse, the average score is 3.4/10 so it's not rotten based on mixed reviews being tagged as negative. The true story is so fascinating, I was hoping this would do it some measure of justice but reviews seem to indicate that it's a dry boring history lesson instead of using the compelling story to it's advantage. One review states that it feels like a TV mini-series randomly cut down to feature length and is culturally tone-deaf while dumbing-down Knight's crusade by making it more personal than political.

 

I felt this concept would have made a good companion piece to Birth of a Nation which is coming out in the fall.

[TalismanRing]

5 minutes ago, Jay Beezy said:

 

I felt this concept would have made a good companion piece to Birth of a Nation which is coming out in the fall.

 

And which cost less than 1/6th make

[cannastop]

9 minutes ago, Jay Beezy said:

 

I felt this concept would have made a good companion piece to Birth of a Nation which is coming out in the fall.

A great movie compared to a shitty movie? Great concept right there.

[Jay Beezy]

1 minute ago, cannastop said:

A great movie compared to a shitty movie? Great concept right there.

 

You know what I mean.

[The Dark Rock]

Shockingly such bad reviews...what happened to McConaughey? The Sea of Trees is another dud for him.

Edited June 21, 2016 by The Dark Rock

[CoolioD1]

i think this, sea of trees, interstellar all seemed like no duh choices just because of the filmmakers involved. i'm sure that sort of thing blinds a lot of actors to potential duds. plus you never know until it's finished really.

[cannastop]

4 hours ago, CoolioD1 said:

i think this, sea of trees, interstellar all seemed like no duh choices just because of the filmmakers involved. i'm sure that sort of thing blinds a lot of actors to potential duds. plus you never know until it's finished really.

Oh, man, Sea of Trees. I hadn't even heard of that movie because it's not released in most places.

 

I don't think any of this will hurt Matthew McConaughey, though. He'll be in another hit.

[shayhiri]

Soo... this is worse than Interstellar??

 

Never planned on watching it anyway, it looks like sh!t (as did Interstellar).

Edited June 22, 2016 by shayhiri

[DAR]

What was Sea of Trees?

[The Futurist]

Matthew s career is diving and the remedy is more :

 

[cannastop]

2 minutes ago, DAR said:

What was Sea of Trees?

Apparently, a really shitty movie that almost no one has seen. The people at Cannes hated it.

[somebody85]

They might have wanted to hold an embargo on this one not Independence Day.....

[TalismanRing]

1 hour ago, DAR said:

What was Sea of Trees?

 

The Sea of Trees

2015 ‧ Mystery/Drama film ‧ 1h 50m

5.3/10 IMDb/   20% Metacritic (Yikes!)

 

The Sea of Trees is a 2015 American drama mystery film directed by Gus Van Sant and written by Chris Sparling. The film stars Matthew McConaughey, Ken Watanabe, Naomi Watts, Katie Aselton, and Jordan Gavaris. Wikipedia

 

Release date: 2015 (USA) (Hasn't been released yet...)

Director: Gus Van Sant

Music composed by: Mason Bates

Screenplay: Chris Sparling

Budget: 25 million USD

[kowhite]

Welp...this is dead.

 

Granted, they made a slave movie starring a white guy.  Not the best approach.  

 

So...yeah, Birth of a Nation is the movie to watch.

 

Seems like Bad Moms is all that STX has to look forward to now.

Edited June 22, 2016 by kowhite