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[Jonwo]

29 minutes ago, cannastop said:

Yeah, why haven't studios fallen over themselves to make a movie out of a minor Dahl book?

Dahl isn't box office poison as much as all of his most popular stories have already been filmed.

 

You may mock but I think The Twits would make a great film. Rather than live action, maybe it could be animated either in CG by Illumination or WAG or stop motion either by Laika or Aardman

[Dementeleus]

21 minutes ago, Blanks McCoy said:

 

in that case

 

 

 

 

Yes, WALL-E is great. It's also 8 years old (and so is my reaction).

[Dementeleus]

24 minutes ago, Jack Nevada said:

One aspect that hasn't been mentioned enough: the mo-cap giant in BFG looks hideous and frightening. Can't blame the kids for not wanting to see it. 

 

Kids love him. 20-year-olds think he looks horrifying. 

[FilmBuff]

Can someone unlock the ghostbusters thread?

[K1stpierre]

8 minutes ago, FilmBuff said:

Good lord, when the ghostbusters embargo lift. Going to be like the joker in the dark knight. All moderators on hand!

 

Make BvS and CW look tame by comparison.

 

Moderators, assemble!:

 

 

[Jack Nevada]

2 minutes ago, Telemachos said:

 

Kids love him. 20-year-olds think he looks horrifying. 

How do you know?

[K1stpierre]

2 minutes ago, FilmBuff said:

Can someone unlock the ghostbusters thread?

 

We will when it comes out.

[K1stpierre]

3 minutes ago, Telemachos said:

 

Kids love him. 20-year-olds think he looks horrifying. 

 

 

[AniNate]

I imagine he doesn't hold a candle to kids compared with Nemo or the minions 

[Jack Nevada]

Just now, tribefan695 said:

I imagine he doesn't hold a candle to kids compared with Nemo or the minions 

Plus kids today are watching superhero movies. There's really no market for something like The BFG anymore.

[Fancyarcher]

2 hours ago, La Binoche said:

Whoever is writing all these articles about Spielberg having "lost his magic touch" should be fired. 

 

The man broke box office records in the '70s, '80s and '90s but it's been a while since he has set any records. So these articles are late. And I take it they're talking about records since his movies, if no longer record breakers, still make money (Lincoln was a big hit just a few years ago). 

 

And more important, he's still making quality movies (Bridges of Spies was one of the best movies of last year) so he's doing fine and no director should be expected to keep breaking box office records decade after decade...after decade after decade. 

Fire all these dumb box office analysts! 

 

Spielberg also has less interest in making blockbusters these days.

[tawasal]

8 minutes ago, Jack Nevada said:

How do you know?

My guess is his kid likes The Giant. 

[a2k]

Las 5 years Spielberg has made TINTIN, WAR HORSE, LINCOLN, BoS and BFG.

Haven't watched WAR HORSE and BFG.

But TINTIN, LINCOLN and BoS to me are all > A- (TINTIN A; LINCOLN A; BoS A-)

[tawasal]

It's also tougher for BFG this, because so many animations this year are doing great business and there is no room for it. 

[Jason]

14 minutes ago, Telemachos said:

Yes, WALL-E is great. It's also 8 years old (and so is my reaction).

 

But based on some of the comments made around here, that's just a blink of an eye for you. 

[Nova]

Kids love this? Then again I come from the generation that's been scarred because of films like IT so maybe I just find anything creepy/freaky. 

[Gopher]

This summer on the studio level is making me feel REMARKABLY cynical. There hasn't been a single film geared towards adults that either looks halfway good or hasn't fallen flat on its face at the box office (Conjuring 2 being a sort of exception, even that declined from the original criticaly and commercially). Where are the Swiss Army Mans or Lobsters of the studio set? If I were a studio head looking at 2016 I would only want to make 4-quad family films and that's terrifying. I don't even have a problem with many of these films themselves (I'm a well spoken Zootopia fan) but we need diversity and variety in the marketplace. It can't be CGI and comic books and beat-for-beat remakes of 80s and 90s films. 

Edited July 9, 2016 by Gopher

[a2k]

RATATOUILLE, NEMO, SHREK1, TS3 and KFP1 are A+ computer animations imo. 

Edited July 9, 2016 by a2knet

[Fancyarcher]

2 hours ago, ThatOneGuy said:

 

 

You fought the good fight.

[cannastop]

2 minutes ago, Gopher said:

This summer on the studio level is making me feel REMARKABLY cynical. There hasn't been a single film geared towards adults that either looks halfway good or hasn't fallen flat on its face at the box office (Conjuring 2 being a sort of exception, even that declined from the original criticaly and commercially). Where are the Swiss Army Mans or Lobsters of the studio set? If I were a studio head looking at 2016 I would only want to make 4-quad family films and that's terrifying. I don't even have a problem with many of these films themselves (I'm a well spoken Zootopia fan) but we need diversity and variety in the marketplace. It can't be CGI and comic books and beat-for-beat remakes of 80s and 90s films. 

This year proves that it absolutely can be that. 9 out of 10 movies already fit that category, lol. I hope you like Dwayne Johnson. He's the only alternative.

And he's going to be a main voice in a WDAS feature in November so, *deflating tire sound*.