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[La Binoche]

Mr Mercedes the show is almost as good as Mr Mercedes the book.  Stephen King is unstoppable. 

 

 

[aabattery]

Just noticed a bunch of TLJ gifs got put up on the Star Wars giphy account.

 

[filmlover]

7 minutes ago, aabattery said:

Just noticed a bunch of TLJ gifs got put up on the Star Wars giphy account.

 

All that matters is if they posted the most important one of all. If not, then you can blow these gifs OUT OF THE SKY!

[Dementeleus]

Shouldn't @aabattery be stripped of his mod-dom and given 50 lashes for posting spoiler GIFs? TLJ doesn't come out on digital until tomorrow. 

 

 

[aabattery]

Just now, HerediTele said:

Shouldn't @aabattery be stripped of his mod-dom and given 50 lashes for posting spoiler GIFs? TLJ doesn't come out on digital until tomorrow. 

 

 

 

It was released by their marketing. Therefore NOT A SPOILER.

[aabattery]

Annihilation finally reaches Netflix tomorrow as well. Exciting!

[Webslinger]

I mean, who among the interested base hasn't seen The Last Jedi and written an extensive piece either praising or excoriating it by this point?  

Spoiler

Though honestly, as someone who felt that it was a stronger film than Force Awakens (slightly so - they both register with the A- mark in my book), it shames me somewhat that my theatrical view count places Force Awakens ahead of Last Jedi 3-2.

 

It still saddens me that Paramount had so little faith in Annihilation. It's not like their more commercial films have been lighting the box office ablaze - looking at you, Transformers 5 and your weak gross in the face of the glorious mess you were as a movie - so why not just bet on some audiences being able to embrace hard sci-fi from the guy who also wrote and directed Ex Machina?

[Premium George]

She is so cute!!

 

[Avatree]

Really annoyed, I'm going on holiday for a few days and get back Friday, so I'm gonna miss Gringo. Can't imagine it stays in cinemas more than 1 week and I haven't had the chance to see it this weekend

 

On the plus side, I think annihilation will be on Netflix when I get back

Edited March 11, 2018 by Treetanic

[aabattery]

Do the Right Thing is crazy good. 

[75Live]

12 hours ago, baumer said:

Fuck you 75.

Fuck you.

 

I'm so jealous.

 

oh yeah, how could I forget, I saw Richard Dreyfuss there too.  I hear he was in some fish movie we both love  

[DAR]

2 hours ago, aabattery said:

Do the Right Thing is crazy good. 

It is but now you have to watch Malcolm X which is Lee’s masterpiece 

[MCKillswitch123]

Didn't know where to put this, so I'm just gonna put it in here. Since 2016, I've been tracking the total numbers of every movie's performance in the DOM top 5 of each and every single weekend (for that matter, I've only tracked Fri-Sat-Sun numbers, no 4 or 5 day openings, but I have included Tuesday/Wednesday/whatever night previews just to make it more fair for the movies that didn't have Thursday night showings). For what reason? I dunno, for fun I guess? Anyway, here are the final results for the 2017 entries:

 

*B - movie that was either released OR started its weekend top 5 run in 2017 and finished in 2018
*I - movie that was either released OR started its weekend top 5 run in 2016, and finished in 2017

 

2017 ONLY RESULTS
01.    Beauty And The Beast _{^{('17 remake)}} – 367.6M
02.    Star Wars: The Last Jedi - 344.1M
03.    Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2 – 283.5M
04.    Wonder Woman – 253.5M
05.    It – 246.3M
06.    Thor: Ragnarok - 234.6M
07.    Spider-Man: Homecoming – 196.7M
08.    The Fate Of The Furious – 171.1M
09.    Justice League - 165.6M
10.    Logan – 154.6M
11.    Despicable Me 3 – 125.4M
12.    The Lego Batman Movie – 124.2M
13.    The Boss Baby – 120.7M
14.    Kong: Skull Island – 112.1M
15.    Dunkirk – 111.7M
16.    Coco - 109.1M
17.    Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales – 95.8M
18.    Get Out – 95.7M
19.    Hidden Figures – 91.6M
20.    Split – 89.6M
21.    Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle - 88.1M
22.    Cars 3 – 87.5M
23.    War For The Planet Of The Apes – 77.2M
24.    Wonder - 75.4M
25.    Fifty Shades Darker – 74.7M
26.    Transformers: The Last Knight – 73.3M
27.    Annabelle: Creation – 69.8M
28.    Girls Trip – 68.7M
29.    Daddy's Home 2 - 64.9M
30.    Kingsman: The Golden Circle - 64.6M
31.    John Wick: Chapter 2 – 60.8M
32.    Blade Runner 2049 - 59.7M
33.    Sing – 57.5M
34.    Power Rangers – 54.5M
35.    La La Land – 52.6M
36.    Rogue One: A Star Wars Story – 52.4M
37.    The Mummy _{^{('17 reboot)}} – 52.3M
38.    The Hitman's Bodyguard – 50.6M
39.    Alien: Covenant – 46.8M
40.    Baby Driver – 44.4M
41.    Murder On The Orient Express _{^{('17 remake)}} - 42.5M
42.    Happy Death Day - 40.5M
43.    Pitch Perfect 3 - 36.7M
44.    The Emoji Movie – 36.5M
45.    Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie – 36.1M
46.    Boo 2! A Madea Halloween - 35.8M
47.    The Shack – 32.2M
48.    Ferdinand - 32.1M
49.    The Lego Ninjago Movie - 32M
50.    A Dog's Purpose – 28.7M
51.    Baywatch – 28.6M
52.    A Bad Moms Christmas - 28.3M
53.    The Great Wall – 27.6M
54.    Snatched – 27.3M
55.    The Dark Tower – 27M
56.    Jigsaw - 26.7M
57.    All Eyez On Me – 26.4M
58.    Ghost In The Shell – 26M
59.    Smurfs: The Lost Village – 24.8M
60.    The Greatest Showman - 24.3M
61.    Going In Style – 23.1M
62.    Geostorm - 22.8M
63.    King Arthur: Legend Of The Sword – 22.6M
64.    American Assassin - 21.1M
65.    xXx: The Return Of Xander Cage – 20.1M
66.    47 Meters Down – 18.3M
         Atomic Blonde – 18.3M
67.    Everything, Everything – 17.7M
68.    How To Be A Latin Lover – 17.4M
69.    Valerian And The City Of A Thousand Planets – 17M
70.    American Made - 16.8M
71.    The Mountain Between Us - 16.4M
72.    Logan Lucky – 16.2M
73.    Wind River – 13.9M
74.    Home Again – 13.8M
75.    Underworld: Blood Wars – 13.7M
76.    Resident Evil: The Final Chapter – 13.6M
77.    The Bye Bye Man – 13.5M
78.    The Nut Job 2: Nutty By Nature – 13.4M
79.    The Foreigner - 13.1M
80.    Rings – 13M
81.    Life – 12.5M
82.    Fist Fight – 12.2M
83.    mother! - 10.8M
84.    Baahubali 2: The Conclusion – 10.4M
85.    Kidnap – 10M
86.    Leap! – 9.5M
87.    The Circle – 9M
88.    My Little Pony: The Movie - 8.9M
89.    The Big Sick - 7.6M
90.    Flatliners - 6.6M
91.    The Disaster Artist - 6.4M
92.    Only The Brave - 6M
93.    Passengers – 5.9M
94.    Why Him? – 4M
95.    Moana – 3.6M

2016-2018 RESULTS
01.    Star Wars: The Last Jedi - 367.8M
02.    Beauty And The Beast _{^{('17 remake)}} – 367.6M
03.    Rogue One: A Star Wars Story – 304.3M
04.    Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2 – 283.5M
05.    Wonder Woman – 253.5M
06.    It – 246.3M
07.    Thor: Ragnarok - 234.6M
08.    Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle - 217.8M
09.    Spider-Man: Homecoming – 196.7M
10.    The Fate Of The Furious – 171.1M
11.    Justice League - 165.6M
12.    Logan – 154.6M
13.    Moana – 129.7M
14.    Despicable Me 3 – 125.4M
15.    The Lego Batman Movie – 124.2M
16.    Sing – 123.8M
17.    The Boss Baby – 120.7M
18.    Kong: Skull Island – 112.1M
19.    Dunkirk – 111.7M
20.    Coco - 109.1M
21.    Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales – 95.8M
22.    Get Out – 95.7M
23.    Hidden Figures – 91.6M
24.    Split – 89.6M
25.    Cars 3 – 87.5M
26.    The Greatest Showman - 84.9M
27.    War For The Planet Of The Apes – 77.2M
28.    Wonder - 75.4M
29.    Fifty Shades Darker – 74.7M
30.    Transformers: The Last Knight – 73.3M
31.    Annabelle: Creation – 69.8M
32.    Girls Trip – 68.7M
33.    Daddy's Home 2 - 64.9M
34.    Kingsman: The Golden Circle - 64.6M
35.    John Wick: Chapter 2 – 60.8M
36.    Blade Runner 2049 - 59.7M
37.    Power Rangers – 54.5M
38.    La La Land – 52.6M
39.    The Mummy _{^{('17 reboot)}} – 52.3M
40.    The Hitman's Bodyguard – 50.8M
41.    Pitch Perfect 3 - 47M
42.    Alien: Covenant – 46.8M
43.    Baby Driver – 44.4M
44.    Murder On The Orient Express _{^{('17 remake)}} - 42.5M
45.    Happy Death Day - 40.5M
46.    The Emoji Movie – 36.5M
47.    Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie – 36.1M
48.    Boo 2! A Madea Halloween - 35.8M
49.    Passengers – 32.3M
50.    The Shack – 32.2M
51.    Ferdinand - 32.1M
52.    The Lego Ninjago Movie - 32M
53.    A Dog's Purpose – 28.7M
54.    Baywatch – 28.6M
55.    A Bad Moms Christmas - 28.3M
56.    The Great Wall – 27.6M
57.    Snatched – 27.3M
58.    The Dark Tower – 27M
59.    Jigsaw - 26.7M
60.    All Eyez On Me - 26.4M
61.    Ghost In The Shell – 26M
62.    Smurfs: The Lost Village – 24.8M
63.    Going In Style – 23.1M
64.    Geostorm - 22.8M
65.    King Arthur: Legend Of The Sword – 22.6M
66.    American Assassin - 21.1M
67.    Why Him? – 21M
68.    xXx: The Return Of Xander Cage – 20.1M
69.    47 Meters Down – 18.3M
         Atomic Blonde – 18.3M
70.    Everything, Everything – 17.7M
71.    How To Be A Latin Lover – 17.4M
72.    Valerian And The City Of A Thousand Planets – 17M
73.    American Made - 16.8M
74.    The Mountain Between Us - 16.4M
75.    Logan Lucky – 16.2M
76.    Wind River – 13.9M
77.    Home Again – 13.8M
78.    Underworld: Blood Wars – 13.7M
79.    Resident Evil: The Final Chapter – 13.6M
80.    The Bye Bye Man – 13.5M
81.    The Nut Job 2: Nutty By Nature – 13.4M
82.    The Foreigner - 13.1M
83.    Rings – 13M
84.    Life – 12.5M
85.    Fist Fight – 12.2M
86.    mother! - 10.8M
87.    Baahubali 2: The Conclusion – 10.4M
88.    Kidnap – 10M
89.    Leap! – 9.5M
90.    The Circle – 9M
91.    My Little Pony: The Movie - 8.9M
92.    The Big Sick - 7.6M
93.    Flatliners - 6.6M
94.    The Disaster Artist - 6.4M
95.    Only The Brave - 6M

 

If y'all are remotely interested in what the 2018 list looks like so far (UPDATED W/WEEKEND ESTIMATES):

Spoiler

*B - movie present in last weekend's top 5

*I - movie that was either released OR started its weekend top 5 run in 2017, and finished in 2018

 

2018 ONLY:

01.    Black Panther - 420.7M
02.    Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle - 129.7M
03.    Peter Rabbit - 65.3M
04.    Fifty Shades Freed - 63M
05.    The Greatest Showman - 60.6M
06.    The Post - 45.4M
07.    Insidious: The Last Key - 42M
08.    Game Night - 35.3M
09.    Maze Runner: The Death Cure - 34.7M
10.    A Wrinkle In Time - 33.3M
11.    Red Sparrow - 25.1M
12.    Star Wars: The Last Jedi - 23.7M
13.    The 15:17 To Paris - 20.2M
14.    12 Strong - 15.3M
15.    Den Of Thieves - 15.2M
16.    The Commuter - 13.7M
17.    Death Wish ^{_{('18 remake)}} - 13M
18.    Annihilation - 11.1M
19.    The Strangers: Prey At Night - 10.5M
20.    Pitch Perfect 3 - 10.3M
21.    Hostiles - 10.1M
22.    Winchester - 9.3M

2017-2019:
01.    Black Panther - 420.7M
02.    Star Wars: The Last Jedi - 367.8M
03.    Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle - 217.8M
04.    The Greatest Showman - 84.9M
05.    Peter Rabbit - 65.3M
06.    Fifty Shades Freed - 63M
07.    Pitch Perfect 3 - 47M
08.    The Post - 45.4M
09.    Insidious: The Last Key - 42M
10.    Game Night - 35.3M
11.    Maze Runner: The Death Cure - 34.7M
12.    A Wrinkle In Time - 33.3M
13.    Red Sparrow - 25.1M
14.    The 15:17 To Paris - 20.2M
15.    12 Strong - 15.3M
16.    Den Of Thieves - 15.2M
17.    The Commuter - 13.7M
18.    Death Wish _{^{('18 remake)}} - 13M
19.    Annihilation - 11.1M
20.    The Strangers: Prey At Night - 10.5M
21.    Hostiles - 10.1M
22.    Winchester - 9.3M

 

Edited March 11, 2018 by MCKillswitch123

[WrathOfHan]

Can I just say Logic is trash? His music comes across as a nerdy guy trying to be cool and failing miserably. 

[DAJK]

Was wondering if anyone had some advice on this

 

So at this point I feel so pathetic cause I keep switching around what I ''want to do'' for my degree. I know I don't want a career in sciences, but I love learning about it so I kind of want to get a BSc rather than a BA. I was always interested in the life sciences aspect, like biology/geology rather than the physics/math side of things. So I was thinking of doing an Earth Science/Biology combined major.

 

What would be the difference, going ahead, of just having a Biology major rather than a combined one. The biology degree doesn't have the intense math/physics requirements that the combined one does, and it also allows me to take so many other electives, which I could fill up with the Earth Science courses I would be interested in, because the only ones I wouldn't be able to take because of lack of pre-req's would be the 'Physics of Geology' etc and the ones I wouldn't really want to take in the degree anyway. 

 

I'm considering just doing the biology major, and filling up my electives with the Earth Science courses that I would WANT to take, since the biology requirement is almost exactly the same as it would be in the combined. How much 'better' does a combined major look though, since it isn't a double major rather just a combined one. 

[WrathOfHan]

16 minutes ago, DAJK said:

Was wondering if anyone had some advice on this

 

So at this point I feel so pathetic cause I keep switching around what I ''want to do'' for my degree. I know I don't want a career in sciences, but I love learning about it so I kind of want to get a BSc rather than a BA. I was always interested in the life sciences aspect, like biology/geology rather than the physics/math side of things. So I was thinking of doing an Earth Science/Biology combined major.

 

What would be the difference, going ahead, of just having a Biology major rather than a combined one. The biology degree doesn't have the intense math/physics requirements that the combined one does, and it also allows me to take so many other electives, which I could fill up with the Earth Science courses I would be interested in, because the only ones I wouldn't be able to take because of lack of pre-req's would be the 'Physics of Geology' etc and the ones I wouldn't really want to take in the degree anyway. 

 

I'm considering just doing the biology major, and filling up my electives with the Earth Science courses that I would WANT to take, since the biology requirement is almost exactly the same as it would be in the combined. How much 'better' does a combined major look though, since it isn't a double major rather just a combined one. 

I don't know how much employers would care about that aspect. It's still a biology degree with (presumably?) all of the major components.

[TwoMisfits]

32 minutes ago, DAJK said:

Was wondering if anyone had some advice on this

 

So at this point I feel so pathetic cause I keep switching around what I ''want to do'' for my degree. I know I don't want a career in sciences, but I love learning about it so I kind of want to get a BSc rather than a BA. I was always interested in the life sciences aspect, like biology/geology rather than the physics/math side of things. So I was thinking of doing an Earth Science/Biology combined major.

 

What would be the difference, going ahead, of just having a Biology major rather than a combined one. The biology degree doesn't have the intense math/physics requirements that the combined one does, and it also allows me to take so many other electives, which I could fill up with the Earth Science courses I would be interested in, because the only ones I wouldn't be able to take because of lack of pre-req's would be the 'Physics of Geology' etc and the ones I wouldn't really want to take in the degree anyway. 

 

I'm considering just doing the biology major, and filling up my electives with the Earth Science courses that I would WANT to take, since the biology requirement is almost exactly the same as it would be in the combined. How much 'better' does a combined major look though, since it isn't a double major rather just a combined one. 

Before I answer, what do you want to do with your degree?

 

I mean, there are a lot of fields where Bio-only is just fine - are you going Pre-Med?  Are you going pre-Vet?  Are you planning to teach?  Are you planning absolutely nothing close to science and just doing this b/c you like it?  Answers to these questions will help frame thoughts...

 

If you are clueless about post-grad career desires (except you don't want to be that researching scientist), then dropping down to a single major and picking up a minor in Earth Science is fine...you may also want to pick up another minor in a field of "usefulness" in an area you might want to go towards a career in:)...

Edited March 11, 2018 by TwoMisfits

[Dementeleus]

My two cents is that unless you’re going into a specialized field, your undergrad degree doesn’t matter much. 

 

P.S. You’re not pathetic for not knowing. Most people either don’t know when they’re going through this, or don’t care enough to consider meaningfully changing majors. 

[Jake Gittes]

Rewatched The Florida Project in the theater yesterday, even better the second time. No longer ambivalent about the ending, it worked for me just fine this time, although the most powerful scene is still the last meal in the hotel, especially that cut from Moonee babbling about whatever comes into her head to Hallee just looking at her. Dafoe should play Jesus more often, there's no one better at it than him. 

[DAJK]

16 minutes ago, WrathOfHan said:

I don't know how much employers would care about that aspect. It's still a biology degree with (presumably?) all of the major components.

Yes it's a full biology degree. The only difference between the two is one is "just" a biology degree and the other is the combined Biology/Earth science. I still want to take the earth science courses, but if I do biology I can take the ones that have more biological adaptations as my electives rather than the "Geophysics" kind of ones that would be required in the combined degree

 

15 minutes ago, TwoMisfits said:

Before I answer, what do you want to do with your degree?

I really don't know, I don't think I want a career in sciences, unless I became a high school science teacher or something but I would really just be studying it because I enjoy it. It's something I'm interested in, you know?