WEEKEND THREAD | Weekend actuals (pg. 87 onward) - Dunkirk: 26.6M; The Emoji Movie: 24.5M; Girls Trip: 19.6M; Atomic Blonde: 18.2M; SM Homecoming: 13.2M; War For The POTA: 10.4M; Despicable Me 3: 7.4M; Valerian: 6.3M; Baby Driver: 3.9M; Wonder Woman: 3.3M

[Ethan Hunt]

Lego Batman is pretty bad. Cars 3 is inconsistent as hell but a few of the

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moments really work

[YM!]

I think if they didn't meddle with it (which I think you can tell) or gave Emoji a bit more time, I think it would have been a better movie.

[WrathOfHan]

Cars 3 is the most forgettable movie ever. I forgot I had even seen it the day after I saw it. That never happens to me with stuff I see in theaters.

Edited July 29, 2017 by WrathOfHan

[YM!]

1 minute ago, Ethan Hunt said:

Lego Batman is pretty bad. Cars 3 is inconsistent as hell but a few of the

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moments really work

Is Cars 3 good? And how would you rank it compared to other Pixar movies?

[a2k]

The sequel should be titled EMOJII

[YM!]

For as much shit people give Illumination on here, I would honestly watch any one of their films except for Hop rather than Emoji.

[Ethan Hunt]

I think a certain portion of the Emoji Movie's OW audience is the “oh my god it looks so bad let's see it as a joke" crowd. So I don't think (at least the initial) legs will be very good

[Jonwo]

1 minute ago, YourMother said:

For as much shit people give Illumination on here, I would honestly watch any one of their films except for Hop rather than Emoji.

Illumination is at least consistent, SPA is literally throwing ideas at the wall and see what sticks which results in mediocre to bad films. 

[babz06]

Emoji Movie legs will be fine, 85-90m is my guess. 

[Ethan Hunt]

1 minute ago, YourMother said:

Is Cars 3 good? And how would you rank it compared to other Pixar movies?

It's fine. Kind of meanders around for the longest times buy there are some moments of real emotional impact especially in the second half of the film. It's definitely lower tier Pixar but much better than the Cars 2s and the Braves, 

[Mojoguy]

Lego Batman is pretty bad.

[Mojoguy]

Emoji Movie legs will be fine, 85-90m is my guess.

90M of that should have gone to better movies.

[Ethan Hunt]

Just now, Mojoguy said:

Yes? It is indeed bad. It wants to hit you over the head with a sledgehammer to make sure you get the point that teamwork is good. Which I suppose is fine for kids but I don't have the patience for it

[Cmasterclay]

54 minutes ago, WrathOfHan said:

I'm not looking forward to that much in August (Detroit, Annabelle, Logan Lucky, and Hitman's Bodyguard are my only must sees barring indies), but I'm sure I'll figure out some way to see 10 movies next month  

So four wide releases plus a few very well-received smaller movies? That's not really that bad. It'll suck BO wise but quality wise gonna be better than April, May and June for sure. 

Edited July 29, 2017 by Cmasterclay

[MovieMan89]

Like I mentioned recently, I think Emoji actually had some potential to be a fun concept for an animated film in a Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs kind of way. And the opening in spite of the horrendous marketing and disastrous reviews show the premise had some actual appeal too. SPA just clearly were lazy in putting much of any thought into making a decent film. 

[YM!]

2 minutes ago, Jonwo said:

Illumination is at least consistent, SPA is literally throwing ideas at the wall and see what sticks which results in mediocre to bad films. 

I think the main problem with SPA and Sony as a whole is Rothman and excutives. Rothman has been notoriously known for being filmmaker unfriendly and was responsible for certain bad movies. I feel like Emoji might have been meddled with. I think some more time would have done this good after all this was the fastest thing Sony put into production. Hopefully the big change they made this June pays off and isn't too late.

[Ethan Hunt]

Yeah I don't see what there is to bitch about in august as far as there being stuff to see. Looks pretty strong to me

[That One Girl]

I couldn't keep a straight face while saying the phrase "one for The Emoji Movie"

 

Also this theater is packed.  Fuck.

[YM!]

3 minutes ago, Mojoguy said:

90M of that should have gone to better movies.

Even though I disliked Emoji, have you seen it?

[YM!]

1 minute ago, That Atomic Guy said:

I couldn't keep a straight face while saying the phrase "one for The Emoji Movie"

 

Also this theater is packed.  Fuck.

So at least you have Tuesday.