Weekend Thread | Official Estimates: Moana - 55.5/81.1M; Fantastic Beasts - 45.1M; Doctor Strange - 13.4M; Allied - 13/18M; Arrival - 11.3M; Trolls - 10.3M; Bad Santa 2 - 6.1/9M

[GiantCALBears]

11 minutes ago, MovieMan89 said:

The marketing felt non-existent and then it got that horrid critical reception to top it off, so it's beyond DOA. It could miss 25m DOM. 

 

It looks like a worse Anchorman 2. No thanks.

[cannastop]

Just now, MovieMan89 said:

I think the diner scene is whatever you want to make it because there's so little to it. Personally I found it lazy. If other people want to make it something more, good for them for obviously being more invested than me to take the time to do the filmmaker's job. For me personally it's just kind of a cop out filmmaking technique. 

Goddamn, not everything is spoonfed to you.

 

You're making me appreciate the movie even more, btw. Making me remember what I liked about it.

[Webslinger]

I enjoyed Bad Santa thoroughly, but I never had any interest in a sequel. On top of the fact that the first one already had the perfect, twistedly sentimental ending, the trailer for the sequel looked awful. Billy Bob Thornton may need more leading roles, but reprising the title role of Bad Santa ain't the way to go.

[MovieMan89]

2 minutes ago, cannastop said:

Goddamn, not everything is spoonfed to you.

 

You're making me appreciate the movie even more, btw. Making me remember what I liked about it.

Hmm, yet you're the biggest Zootopia fan on the planet? 

[La Binoche]

1 hour ago, Grand Moff Tele said:

 

I forgot about your wisdom teeth. How're you holding up? Lots of shakes and pudding and soup, huh?

 

It really wasn't that bad. I'm just being whiny because I'm bored. Movie recommendations are welcome! 

[cannastop]

Just now, MovieMan89 said:

Hmm, yet you're the biggest Zootopia fan on the planet? 

Moonlight was my penance.

[filmlover]

So, how doomed is Wedding Crashers 2 (assuming it's made)?

[MovieMan89]

1 minute ago, filmlover said:

So, how doomed is Wedding Crashers 2 (assuming it's made)?

Certainly not nearly as doomed as most of these late comedic sequels. After all, Wedding Crashers was like a 300m juggernaut comedy adjusted for inflation, compared to most of these sequels to cult comedy classics. I'd imagine it would do at least 75m even if things go bad for it. 

[Fancyarcher]

3 minutes ago, filmlover said:

So, how doomed is Wedding Crashers 2 (assuming it's made)?

 

I don't think it's gonna get made, but I'd say it's gonna 70 at best, so yeah not bad, but not exactly good either. 

Edited November 26, 2016 by Fancyarcher

[cannastop]

Just now, MovieMan89 said:

Certainly not nearly as doomed as most of these late comedic sequels. After all, Wedding Crashers was like a 300m juggernaut comedy adjusted for inflation, compared to most of these sequels to cult comedy classics. I'd imagine it would do at least 75m even if things go bad for it. 

Yeah, everyone fondly remembers Vince Vaughn.

[Webslinger]

3 minutes ago, filmlover said:

So, how doomed is Wedding Crashers 2 (assuming it's made)?

 

I would say that it's never gonna happen, but if Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn get desperate enough...

 

That said, as someone who watched Wedding Crashers at least 15 times on DVD back in high school and can quote whole stretches of dialogue from memory, I would have no interest whatsoever in a sequel.

[TalismanRing]

14 minutes ago, CJohn said:

You had make up sex with your girl? Good job.

 

Hopefully you didn't do it in front of your mom while watching High School Musical.

 

Sex etiquette advice from the 2am on the playground guy.  Priceless.

 

[robertman2]

Ethan got laid? Holy shit, it truly is the ended times

Edited November 26, 2016 by robertman2

[MovieMan89]

Greek Wedding 2 still hit 60m. WC2 could surely manage that at least. But with the first film's budget that would still be a bomb. OS would maybe be 30m. 

[filmlover]

Also, I just remembered that Disney is going full speed ahead on Enchanted 2. I've got...a really bad feeling about that one.

[Dementeleus]

8 minutes ago, La Binoche said:

 

It really wasn't that bad. I'm just being whiny because I'm bored. Movie recommendations are welcome! 

 

You've probably seen most anything I can recommend off the top of my head. 

 

The Invitation?

Coherence?

The One I Love?

Remember?

[grey ghost]

10 minutes ago, Webslinger said:

I enjoyed Bad Santa thoroughly, but I never had any interest in a sequel. On top of the fact that the first one already had the perfect, twistedly sentimental ending, the trailer for the sequel looked awful. Billy Bob Thornton may need more leading roles, but reprising the title role of Bad Santa ain't the way to go.

 

 

I wonder if Thorton stopped caring or if he can't get good scripts.

 

It has to be one of these.

[cannastop]

2 minutes ago, filmlover said:

Also, I just remembered that Disney is going full speed ahead on Enchanted 2. I've got...a really bad feeling about that one.

It's called Disenchanted.

 

I only hope that they bring back 2D animation for it.

[MovieMan89]

Considering Thornton's last worthwhile film was indeed the first Bad Santa, I can't say I'm shocked he thought returning to that might be a good idea. He should stick to TV now, at least had a few worthwhile things there in the last decade. 

[Webslinger]

3 minutes ago, grey ghost said:

 

I wonder if Thorton stopped caring or if he can't get good scripts.

 

It has to be one of these.

 

I want to believe that it's the latter, but who knows? They got all of the major surviving pieces of the first movie back, Kathy Bates signed on, and director Mark Waters helmed Mean Girls, so perhaps the script was promising and it just got lost in the translation from inception to completion.