The Nun | The Conjuring Cinematic Universe | Sep 7 2018 | WB | Corin Hardy. IMAX confirmed

[Claire of Themyscira]

Just now, JB33 said:

Shouldn't you be concerned about the lack of racial diversity in this????????

Demián Bichir is Mexican, and is one of the prominent roles in this. On top of this, there is a black woman on this cast...more than I can say for big blockbusters.

 

Nevertheless, the issue is not just in this movie. Horror for a long time is known for not favoring racial diversity, and while I appreciate the notion white people be dying, I would like see stronger representation in this genre.

[DMan7]

Lets hope they don't die early in the movie.

[KeepItU25071906]

2 hours ago, JB33 said:

Shouldn't you be concerned about the lack of racial diversity in this????????

In Romania?!

 

*off-top on

East Europe, especially many years ago, was totally Caucasian. What does it mean- totally? Well, we also have slavery history and they were (slaves) white.

**off-top off

Edited August 29, 2018 by KeepItU25071906

[ThePhasmid]

I enjoyed the director's previous work, and this is possibly the strongest thread in the tapestry of the Conjuring universe. Let's be honest, Nuns can be effortlessly frightening. Their moral authority of a stern motherly brood taps into very deep fears. The last person you want to piss off is your mother (or a figure similar to her). However, some of the clips seem to teeter on the brink of parody. I hope that isn't the case for the final product. I do think the marketing has done its job to seal a decent opening and overall box office take, though.

Edited August 29, 2018 by ThePhasmid

[JB33]

2 hours ago, KeepItU25071906 said:

In Romania?!

 

*off-top on

East Europe, especially many years ago, was totally Caucasian. What does it mean- totally? Well, we also have slavery history and they were (slaves) white.

**off-top off

I wasn't serious. I was referring to a pretentious post she made in another thread.

[JB33]

Finally got my ticket for Thursday the 6th (the obnoxious teenagers will dominate the auditorium for this over the weekend)! I'm probably more excited than I should be haha.

[Viktor Vilotijevic]

People are so silly with these racial things... It's so boring. Like, look at "Mamma Mia 2". Even though it is not important or historically relevant, they put a black woman playing harmonica in 1981 setting on a Greek island. Coming from that part of the world, how on earth can I explain Americans why the chances of something like that were slim to no existent without people jumping and calling me racist for the lack of their knowledge of geography and history... Anyways, my point is - this "inclusive" bullshit Hollywood is trying to sell looks so cringe worthy now. It went from being a good idea to complete nonsense where historical accuracy is irrelevant compared to "let's put a Chinese here and black guy there, so we can look like UN poster" tactic. In a long run it won't help at all.

 

I'm going to give an example of "my people" (I'm half Serbian, half Croatian). We were never portrayed as anything else but criminals, drug or (and) organ smugglers, etc. I don't really think that putting one or two Serbians/Croatians in a random film will make any difference in positive perspective of us, nor that it truly matters tbh. The "solution" is that there should be way more better scripts, because there is a lot of stories in every culture, within every ethnicity, and it's not necessary to pressure it to be seen with little to no context.

 

Something that is also worth mentioning is that all of us live, more or less, to our stereotypes and even if they are portrayed it's not necessarily a bad thing. People became way to sensitive these days and it affects overall quality. You can't even make good jokes, because if god forbid they insult someone it's unforgivable. That's how we killed good humor. And that's how we ruined a lot of dramas, because the stories suffered in order to be racially/ethnically correct without caring how the overall product will turn out.

 

Therefore, I think that thinking about "lack of diversity" in "The Nun" would be nonsense. 1950's Romania, my neighboring country, was, as it is today very white and that has nothing to do with lack of diversity. It has to do with geography and history, and our part of Europe will most likely always be predominantly white (with some exceptions of tourists and Roma people, who are biologically also classified as white). That would be the same if you would go in the middle of China and wonder white everyone are yellow.

 

Therefore, I hope it was just a joke about diversity.

[JB33]

1 hour ago, Viktor Vilotijevic said:

People are so silly with these racial things... It's so boring. Like, look at "Mamma Mia 2". Even though it is not important or historically relevant, they put a black woman playing harmonica in 1981 setting on a Greek island. Coming from that part of the world, how on earth can I explain Americans why the chances of something like that were slim to no existent without people jumping and calling me racist for the lack of their knowledge of geography and history... Anyways, my point is - this "inclusive" bullshit Hollywood is trying to sell looks so cringe worthy now. It went from being a good idea to complete nonsense where historical accuracy is irrelevant compared to "let's put a Chinese here and black guy there, so we can look like UN poster" tactic. In a long run it won't help at all.

 

I'm going to give an example of "my people" (I'm half Serbian, half Croatian). We were never portrayed as anything else but criminals, drug or (and) organ smugglers, etc. I don't really think that putting one or two Serbians/Croatians in a random film will make any difference in positive perspective of us, nor that it truly matters tbh. The "solution" is that there should be way more better scripts, because there is a lot of stories in every culture, within every ethnicity, and it's not necessary to pressure it to be seen with little to no context.

 

Something that is also worth mentioning is that all of us live, more or less, to our stereotypes and even if they are portrayed it's not necessarily a bad thing. People became way to sensitive these days and it affects overall quality. You can't even make good jokes, because if god forbid they insult someone it's unforgivable. That's how we killed good humor. And that's how we ruined a lot of dramas, because the stories suffered in order to be racially/ethnically correct without caring how the overall product will turn out.

 

Therefore, I think that thinking about "lack of diversity" in "The Nun" would be nonsense. 1950's Romania, my neighboring country, was, as it is today very white and that has nothing to do with lack of diversity. It has to do with geography and history, and our part of Europe will most likely always be predominantly white (with some exceptions of tourists and Roma people, who are biologically also classified as white). That would be the same if you would go in the middle of China and wonder white everyone are yellow.

 

Therefore, I hope it was just a joke about diversity.

It was a joke, believe me. This post is music to my ears!

[Zakiyyah6]

Judging a movie's quality based on almost always poorly edited "clips," has to be among the top ten dumbest things that amateur film fans on the interwebs engages in. 

[KeepItU25071906]

3 hours ago, JB33 said:

I wasn't serious. 

I've got it, but (and it's the interesting conjunction) I've had the similar conversation today with someone. So, I can't hold back)

[Claire of Themyscira]

12 hours ago, JB33 said:

I wasn't serious. I was referring to a pretentious post she made in another thread.

You're being just as pretentious while also sounding bitter and uninformed.

[KeepItU25071906]

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[dxmatrixdt]

I wonder what should be the minimum OW for this? 20-25?

[MrGlass2]

33 minutes ago, dX airdry zid said:

I wonder what should be the minimum OW for this? 20-25?

The Conjuring series is quite consistent, expect $35M-40M:

 

1	The Conjuring	WB (NL)	$137,400,141	3,115	$41,855,326	2,903	7/19/13
2	The Conjuring 2	WB (NL)	$102,470,008	3,356	$40,406,314	3,343	6/10/16
3	Annabelle: Creation	WB (NL)	$102,092,201	3,565	$35,006,404	3,502	8/11/17
4	Annabelle	WB (NL)	$84,273,813	3,215	$37,134,255	3,185	10/3/14

[dxmatrixdt]

might as well predict the second weekend like Crazy Rich Asians. 

CRA went like -5% against Happytime Murders and A.X.L.

 

will The Nun be Over/Under 20 million in the second weekend going against OW of Predator, Unbroken 2, White Boy Rick, and A Simple Favor?

[KeepItU25071906]

Soundtrack:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited August 31, 2018 by KeepItU25071906

[KeepItU25071906]

"Cause I have Faith" reminds me "Lord of the Rings", don't know why.

[WrathOfHan]

Oh shit, Abel is doing the score? Hype increasing tenfod

[KeepItU25071906]

9 minutes ago, WrathOfHan said:

Oh shit, Abel is doing the score? Hype increasing tenfod

yeap, "Nocturnal Animals" composer

 

"The Nun" soundtrack feels ABSOLUTELY different to previous TCU soundtracks.

Edited August 31, 2018 by KeepItU25071906

[KeepItU25071906]

One person from screening said embargo dropped on Thursday...

 

...

 

YEAP.

 

maybe, smth will change

Edited September 3, 2018 by KeepItU25071906