Weekend Thread...Friday numbers (Deadline) HF: 6M| BBM: 5M| PD: 4.2| LLL: 3.97 (PG 18) - NOT THE PIRACY THREAD (OR THE POLITICS THREAD)

[DeeCee]

Will we commemorate Monster Truck Weekend every year going forward?

 

 

[DAR]

It seems appropriate that Monster Trucks would come out on Friday the 13th along with there being a full moon.

[terrestrial]

2 minutes ago, TalismanRing said:

Desk Set is the English Title - it has elements of screwball comedies but it's much more leisurely paced.

 

Screwball Comedies - their hey day was in the 1930s  starting with the Great Depression and into the early 1940s  - Bringing Up Baby,  Arsenic & Old Lace, My Man Godfrey, The Philadelphia Story, It Happened One Night, His Girl Friday, The Lady Eve etc 
 

They're characterized by being faced paced usually to the point of farce, quick sparring dialogue, and they play with gender norms usually in a battle of the sexes and/or class conflict

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screwball_comedy_film

 

Thank you!

I often do not know neither the English film title nor the English genre name, too used to my language terms, I feel usually simply not sure enough to use the English terms.

 

But yes, the ones with 'quick sparring dialogue' (especially if written with some intelligence) and 'play with gender norms' = such kind of rom coms I usually can watch without throwing things at the screen or wanting to throw the TV out of the window (both not literally meant, I did then simply switch of, for the moment we still have no TV, all three of us watch on pc or notebook monitors..., but we might buy one again in summer or for next Christmas)

 

What I meant: people asking for rom coms in cinema:

I think the most of today are not done in a good way, too narrow in their tries to be funny, too stiff in a way, too .... and mostly not worth to drive to a cinema. 

Maybe better suited per TV-series? Is there even any not overly ... (I can not find the exact term, too stereo-typed, too focused on 'one version' of female ~ lifestyle / female interests / focus?)

 

 

Does that mean bad for cinema BO too?:

 

 

[Water Bottle]

4 minutes ago, DeeCee said:

Will we commemorate Monster Truck Weekend every year going forward?

 

 

 

I'll probably forget so no.

[That One Girl]

2 minutes ago, Water Bottle said:

 

I'll probably forget so no.

 

I'll always remember.  Sherlock Gnomes weekend is next year too.

[terrestrial]

You did surprise me with that @Water Bottle 

 

It's Monster Trucks weekend!

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[terrestrial]

8 minutes ago, DAR said:

It seems appropriate that Monster Trucks would come out on Friday the 13th along with there being a full moon.

 

Horror per being horrible, the new Friday the 13th twist...

Edited January 13, 2017 by terrestrial
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[terrestrial]

Deadline Hollywood ‏@Deadline 3 minutes ago

BREAKING: Michael Lynton is out as @SonyPictures CEO

[Krissykins]

Live By Night is a big flop, didn't it cost $70m (budget alone)?

 

Ouch for Sleepless (whatever it is) Patriots Day and Monster Trucks.

 

But yay for Hidden Figures, La La Land and Bye Bye Man. 

[Water Bottle]

Just now, Krissykins said:

Live By Night is a big flop, didn't it cost $70m (budget alone)?

 

Ouch for Sleepless (whatever it is) Patriots Day and Monster Trucks.

 

But yay for Hidden Figures, La La Land and Bye Bye Man. 

 

Sleepless is about 2 corrupt cops who take on the system when they get betrayed or something.

[elcaballero]

10 minutes ago, terrestrial said:

Does that mean bad for cinema BO too?:

 

 

I don't think it will make much of a difference. 

Spoiler

The earlier game is the bigger one anyway. 

 

[trifle]

2 minutes ago, terrestrial said:

Deadline Hollywood ‏@Deadline 3 minutes ago

BREAKING: Michael Lynton is out as @SonyPictures CEO

 

Oh, come on.  Passengers isn't doing THAT badly!

[Water Bottle]

Just now, trifle said:

 

Oh, come on.  Passengers isn't doing THAT badly!

 

He got hired to be CEO of Snapchat

[terrestrial]

Just now, elcaballero said:

I don't think it will make much of a difference. 

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The earlier game is the bigger one anyway. 

 

I meant the weather that forces the change of the time of day (severe winter storm...)

[That One Girl]

2 minutes ago, Water Bottle said:

 

Sleepless is about 2 corrupt cops who take on the system when they get betrayed or something.

 

I thought it was a cop's son being kidnapped.

[trifle]

Just now, Water Bottle said:

 

He got hired to be CEO of Snapchat

 

thank you!

[Water Bottle]

1 minute ago, That One Guy said:

 

I thought it was a cop's son being kidnapped.

 

I would call that "getting betrayed".

[franfar]

1 hour ago, That One Guy said:

Disappointed by those early Monster Trucks numbers .  However, I'll remain optimistic since it is a kids movie, not something to judge matinees by.  Wait until the evening before I start dying on the inside .

 

Speaking of which, I can't believe it.  In 2 hours I will be witnessing Monster Trucks.

 

33 minutes ago, That One Guy said:

trying to go to the bathroom as much as possible cause I don't wanna miss one second of chris wedge's masterpiece.

This is you right now:

Edited January 13, 2017 by franfar

[franfar]

7 minutes ago, Water Bottle said:

 

He got hired to be CEO of Snapchat

Thought you were joking. Now he gets to tank a 2nd company!

[DAJK]

Is anyone else SHOCKED at Bye Bye Man? I mean if those 13-14M numbers for the weekend hold true. Genuinely surprised here to be honest.