BEAUTY AND THE BEAST WEEKEND THREAD | Late Sunday Numbers (Asgard) - 48-49M | Official Weekend Estimate: 170M; OS OW: 180M; WW OW: 350M

[grey ghost]

1 minute ago, TheDarkKnightOfSteel said:

If they opt to go with an actress in her 20s...the casting for Prince Eric should be very easy...

 

 

 

Amy Adams for Lois...er, I mean Ariel!

[Cmasterclay]

Who cares what color a character's hair is? Literally, if that's the standard what makes someone like or not like a character, I don't even know if I can post about some of these movies anymore, because clearly there's two different ideas of what movies should be, and I seem to be in the losing, pretentious one. 

[angeldelmito]

2 minutes ago, TheDarkKnightOfSteel said:

If they opt to go with an actress in her 20s...the casting for Prince Eric should be very easy...

 

zendaya for the little mermaid, queen latifah for ursula and henry cavill for prince eric !!!!

 

[Plain Old Tele]

8 minutes ago, grey ghost said:

 

Why not just give Han Solo frosted tips while you're at, you crazy person!?!?!

 

No but seriously, nostalgia is based primarily on recognition.

 

For 99% of people, Ariel is synonymous with red head mermaid.

 

Yes, it's shallow, craven, and driven off financial decisions, not creative ones... but at least they could put some basic effort into it. 

[grey ghost]

I'm going to petition Hollywood to remake Mad Max where everyone has a rainbow afro.

 

YOU WILL RUE THE DAY, TELE!

 

WITNESS!

[dashrendar44]

6 minutes ago, Cmasterclay said:

Who cares what color a character's hair is? Literally, if that's the standard what makes someone like or not like a character, I don't even know if I can post about some of these movies anymore, because clearly there's two different ideas of what movies should be, and I seem to be in the losing, pretentious one. 

 

We're not living in a post-hair color society yet, dude.

 

 

[Mulder]

It's the return of MJ=Zendaya all over again.

[baumer]

29 minutes ago, TelemAAchos said:

 

 

Good god, that's putting the bar so incredibly low.

 

Not really. Why change things for the sake of change?

[TheDarkKnightOfSteel]

And if Watson's casting as Belle taugh as anything then Ariel should also come easy to the casting directors (although this one requires some wild imagination on your part to even begin to accept it)

 

 

Edited March 19, 2017 by TheDarkKnightOfSteel

[Mockingjay Raphael]

Another amazing drop for Get Out. I can't believe that it didn't have an over 40% drop yet, this is insane, it also had a great debut in UK, I hope it will do well OS as well, I want to see it crossing $300m WW.

[Cmasterclay]

Beauty and the Beast was fine. It was a mostly technically accomplished, entertaining while it lasts rendition that I have forgotten about after the five minute drive home. It was just creatively vapid. Sure, it's fine to have one or two a year. But if we get to the point where every movie is either a technically well-made remake or an expanded universe jaunt designed to introduce a new orb for characters to fight over, eventually alot of people are gonna start throwing up their hands. I know that if you dare say that you'll get 100 responses calling you a "snob" and pointing to releases like this to prove how stupid I am. There's been alot of good movies this year, when studios are still willing to take risks because it isn't their big main blockbusters, but I'm already kinda dreading everything from now until September with the exception of a couple movies. IDK. It just feels creatively bankrupt. If you think movies are just supposed to be a bunch of fun scenes that entertain people for an hour and then make money, then great. That's a fine way to look at it. That's not how I see it. I think they can be really truly terrific stuff and still entertain plenty of people and make lots of money. You just need to try. That's why even though that Valerian movie looks completely vapid to me I'm still rooting for it. 

Edited March 19, 2017 by Cmasterclay

[MrMarosa]

17 minutes ago, angeldelmito said:

zendaya for the little mermaid, queen latifah for ursula and henry cavill for prince eric !!!!

 

I actually LOVE the idea of Latifah as Ursula.

[Eevin]

Box office runs like Beauty and the Beast are fun to watch because of just how crazy the numbers can get. But amid all this money, studios shouldn't forget about the Hidden Figures and Get Outs and La La Lands of the industry - just because BatB outgrossed all of them on opening weekend doesn't mean their successes are any less important.

[grey ghost]

Tele is just salty that the "monsters" at Disney didn't take his suggestion to replace the iconic rose from batb with three strips of bacon. 

[MrMarosa]

6 minutes ago, TheDarkKnightOfSteel said:

And if Watson's casting as Belle taugh as anything then Ariel should also come easy to the casting directors (although this one requires some wild imagination on your part to even begin to accept it)

 

 

This is a joke, right?

[WrathOfHan]

3 minutes ago, Eevin said:

Box office runs like Beauty and the Beast are fun to watch because of just how crazy the numbers can get. But amid all this money, studios shouldn't forget about the Hidden Figures and Get Outs and La La Lands of the industry - just because BatB outgrossed all of them on opening weekend doesn't mean their successes are any less important.

Nor should they forget the Splits like you did  

[CJohn]

Zendaya can be my mermaid every day of the week 

[Eevin]

2 minutes ago, WrathOfHan said:

Nor should they forget the Splits like you did  

I didn't forget 

[Plain Old Tele]

17 minutes ago, baumer said:

 

Not really. Why change things for the sake of change?

 

Changing your actress' natural hair color is changing things for the sake of change.  

[TheDarkKnightOfSteel]

18 minutes ago, MrMarosa said:

This is a joke, right?

A bad one if i'm being honest but my point comes through