Weekend Estimates: JW: 102 IO 91...RTH: Sun JW 38.3 | IO 25.3 with possible upsides PG 287, possible 107M for JW weekend

[BadAtGender]

GODZILLA was much better than JW.

 

Even with the completely vanilla blank space that was Aaron Taylor-Johnson, I'm inclined to agree. Pretty great tension building, there.

[Chewy]

Just shut down the forum for about 6 months if it becomes obvious that is what's happening. Come back online once everyone has had a chance to chill out from the meltdown lol.

 

No waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay. Grab a six pack and a big ol sandwich and enjoy the hysteria 

[zackzack]

GODZILLA was much better than JW.

 

JW is more consistently entertaining. After Walter White is dead, do you care about the human characters?

[grim22]

GODZILLA was much better than JW.

 

Anything is better than Godzilla, that movie is the perfect combination of what not to do with how not to act with a little dash of "Why the hell do you keep cutting away?" added in. Once the movie got to San Francisco, they should have killed off ATJ AND his family (I really really really did not care anything about that subplot and they had served whatever little purpose they had in the movie) and focused solely on the Godzilla vs MUTOs fight.

Edited June 21, 2015 by grim22

[redfirebird2008]

No waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay. Grab a six pack and a big ol sandwich and enjoy the hysteria 

 

Hard to enjoy anything with a server error wiping out the whole site, which would surely happen in the event of SW7 underperforming by a big margin.

[Dementeleus]

JW is more consistently entertaining. After Walter White is dead, do you care about the human characters?

You're assuming I cared about the humans in JW.

[AndyLL]

GODZILLA was much better than JW.

 

Not even close and I liked Godzilla enough to see it twice.

[MovieMan89]

I preferred JP3 over LW for the same reason I preferred XMen3 over the first two: if you're going to be making a silly, over-the-top movie, I'd rather you just strip all pretense and dive in and have fun rather than cloak it in pretentious ideas.

 

JP and JW are in a world above those two, though.  It's not even a "franchise" in the normal sense.

I pretty much prefer JP3 to TLW as well, in spite of TLW probably being the better made film. I feel like JP3 is easier to watch though because as you said it just says "to hell with it" and goes way over the top stupid/silly. And it doesn't have a coma inducing first 45 minutes like TLW either. JP is in a league nearly all its own though. Top 3 best popcorn flicks ever for sure. I do have to vehemently disagree with anyone saying JW is anywhere near that level.

[BadAtGender]

JW is more consistently entertaining. After Walter White is dead, do you care about the human characters?

 

No, but that's still one more human character in Godzilla that I did care about. JW had nothing.

Edited June 21, 2015 by DamienRoc

[superduperm]

GODZILLA was much better than JW.

Okay okay we get it. JW was the worst movie ever, at all, anywhere, ever. You would rather watch the Room than watch JW again.

Case closed.

[redfirebird2008]

JP is in a league nearly all its own though. Top 3 best popcorn flicks ever for sure. I do have to vehemently disagree with anyone saying JW is anywhere near that level.

 

Baumer alert.

[MrPink]

No, but that's still one more human character in Godzilla that I did care about. JW had nothing.

 

I was oddly fond of Irrfan Khan if only for his rad helicoptering skills.

 

But Godzilla was better for me. JW was mostly middling for me with a dash of stupid.

Edited June 21, 2015 by MrPink

[Chewy]

When Star Wars is approaching I assume The Coon is going to make a comeback. Wonder if he'll be better about hiding his new accounts than Movie man.

 

That guy might have been the craziest poster we've ever had, btw. The Star Wars thread was just uncomfortable to read when he was around

[superduperm]

Aw, that's cute. All of the sudden, right after Tele announces he despised the film, all the haters are jumping out saying "Yeah uh-huh I agree!"

Well, you haters can have an opinion. But please, keep your tears to yourself tomorrow when the second weekend record is announced

[Empire]

I thought it was mostly terrible, in almost every way.

Glad your review went as I expected.

[DavidBrennan]

I pretty much prefer JP3 to TLW as well, in spite of TLW probably being the better made film. I feel like JP3 is easier to watch though because as you said it just says "to hell with it" and goes way over the top stupid/silly. And it doesn't have a coma inducing first 45 minutes like TLW either. JP is in a league nearly all its own though. Top 3 best popcorn flicks ever for sure. I do have to vehemently disagree with anyone saying JW is anywhere near that level.

 

I guess you're right about JP.  It was very special.

 

I re-read the novel last year and it was amazing how they managed to deftly incorporate so many of the ideas into the movie.  This (among many other things) really gave JP so much credibility and narrative heft.  JP was nearly perfect (I just hated Laura Dern's acting as a kid, but as I'm older now I see her tryhard as endearing....but still a distraction). 

 

And judging by some of the points made right here about JW's narrative holes, as well as some other small issues, it doesn't belong on JP's pedestal, I suppose.  But almost nothing does.

Edited June 21, 2015 by DavidBrennan

[redfirebird2008]

Who else is going to see the Jaws special screenings tomorrow?

[MrPink]

Aw, that's cute. All of the sudden, right after Tele announces he despised the film, all the haters are jumping out saying "Yeah uh-huh I agree!"

Well, you haters can have an opinion. But please, keep your tears to yourself tomorrow when the second weekend record is announced

 

I'd like to think Gopher was the JW Hate Brigade pioneer. At least give the man his due.

[DavidBrennan]

Who else is going to see the Jaws special screenings tomorrow?

 

JW was my first movie since DofPotA, which was my first movie since Gravity. 

 

So I'll watch Jaws at home, if necessary.

[MovieMan89]

I guess you're right about JP.  It was very special.

 

I re-read the novel last year and it was amazing how they managed to deftly incorporate so many of the ideas into the movie.  This (among many other things) really gave JP so much credibility and narrative heft.  JP was nearly perfect (I just hated Laura Dern's acting as a kid, but as I'm older now I see her tryhard as endearing....but still a distraction). 

 

And judging by some of the points made right here about JW's narrative holes, as well as some other small issues, it doesn't belong on JP's pedestal, I suppose.  But almost nothing does.

Raiders. Star Wars/ESB. That's about it, imo.