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[TMP]

16 hours ago, filmlover said:

Sounds like Clooney has pretty much retired from leading roles, can't say it's much of a surprise since the last time he was seen on screen was Money Monster three years ago.

 

 

 

Chris Abbott would be a great Batman ngl..

38 minutes ago, CJohn said:

I watched all of it. The entire 5 seasons. It was legendary. Now I am taking a medicine for all the side effects it caused from his trashiness called Chernobyl. Shit is AMAZING.

Are you excited for God Lindelof's Watchmen on HBO this fall?

[CoolioD1]

saw a filmcritichulk article being passed around about endgame and the hulk's characterization in it. haven't heard from that guy in a couple years. click on it and the first three paragraphs he's explaining why he's called filmcritichulk next paragraph starts with some "the character of the hulk was created in 1962..." shit. still no one edits that guy's articles huh?

[MCKillswitch123]

2 hours ago, MCKillswitch123 said:

Thought this would be interesting data to figure out: how would the current top 50 highest grossing films worldwide fare if they were ranked by the combined force of their actual gross + highest peak in the chart. Because a lot of people talk about how hitting a billion dollars is kinda banal nowadays, so I felt like doing this almost as a half-baked inflation parameter for worldwide grosses, to figure out how to billion or near billion hits from past decades compare to this decade's billion or near billion hitters. This is what it came down to:

1. Avatar - 2.788 billion + #1 peak
2. Titanic - 2.187.5 billion + #1 peak
3. Jurassic Park - 1.029.9 billion + #1 peak
4. Avengers: Endgame - 2.489.6 billion + #2 peak
5. The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King - 1.120.2 billion + #2 peak
6. Star Wars: Episode I, The Phantom Menace - 1.027 billion + #2 peak
7. Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone - 975.1 million + #2 peak
8. The Lion King - 968.5 million + #2 peak
9. Star Wars: The Force Awakens - 2.068.2 billion + #3 peak
10. Jurassic World - 1.671.7 billion + #3 peak
11. The Avengers - 1.518.8 billion + #3 peak
12. Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 2 - 1.341.7 billion + #3 peak
13. Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest - 1.066.2 billion + #3 peak
14. Avengers: Infinity War - 2.048.4 billion + #4 peak
15. Furious 7 - 1.516 billion + #4 peak
16. Transformers: Dark Of The Moon - 1.123.8 billion + #4 peak
17. Toy Story 3 - 1.067 billion + #4 peak
18. The Dark Knight - 1.004.6 billion + #4 peak
19. Avengers: Age Of Ultron - 1.405.4 billion + #5 peak
20. Frozen - 1.290 billion + #5 peak
21. Iron Man 3 - 1.214.8 billion + #5 peak
22. Alice In Wonderland (2010 remake) - 1.025.5 billion + #5 peak
23. Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World's End - 963.4 million + #5 peak
24. Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides - 1.045.7 billion + #6 peak
25. Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix - 940 million + #6 peak
26. Skyfall - 1.108.6 billion + #7 peak
27. The Dark Knight Rises - 1.084.9 billion + #7 peak
28. Finding Nemo - 940.3 million + #8 peak
29. Black Panther - 1.346.9 billion + #9 peak
30. Star Wars: The Last Jedi - 1.332.5 billion + #9 peak
31. Beauty And The Beast (2017 remake) - 1.263.5 billion + #10 peak
32. Minions - 1.159.4 billion + #10 peak
33. Transformers: Age Of Extinction - 1.104.1 billion + #10 peak
34. Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 1 - 960.4 million + #10 peak
35. The Fate Of The Furious - 1.238.8 billion + #11 peak
36. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom - 1.309.5 billion + #12 peak
37. Captain America: Civil War - 1.153.3 billion + #12 peak
38. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - 1.021.1 billion + #14 peak
39. Incredibles 2 - 1.153.3 billion + #15 peak
40. Despicable Me 2 - 970.8 million + #19 peak
41. Aquaman - 1.147.8 billion + #20 peak
42. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story - 1.056.1 billion - #20 peak
43. Captain Marvel - 1.124,6 billion + #22 peak
44. Finding Dory - 1.028.5 billion + #22 peak
45. Despicable Me 3 - 1.034.8 billion + #24 peak
46. Zootopia - 1.023.8 billion + #24 peak
47. The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug - 958.4 million + #24 peak
48. The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies - 956 million + #26 peak
49. The Jungle Book (2016 remake) - 966.6 million + #30 peak
50. Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle - 962.1 million + #40 peak

Expanding this list now to the top 50 highest grossing films ever DOM + including inflation (based on unadjusted + adjusted average rather than just inflation alone, to put every movie in as fair a comparison as possible, given how movies from decades ago would have their grosses obviously balooned up - albeit the peak is still based on unadjusted gross.... otherwise, Gone With The Wind would be the sole #1 peak, sans any movies that came out pre-1939):

1. Star Wars: Episode IV, A New Hope - 1.033 billion + #1 peak
2. Gone With The Wind - 1.011.7 billion + #1 peak
3. Star Wars: Episode VII, The Force Awakens - 955.4 million + #1 peak
4. Titanic - 940.4 million + #1 peak
5. E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial - 856.6 million + #1 peak
6. Avatar - 818.7 million + #1 peak
7. Jaws - 707 million + #1 peak
8. The Exorcist - 614.7 million + #1 peak
9. Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs - 583.5 million + #1 peak
10. The Sound Of Music - 721.6 million + #2 peak
11. Jurassic Park - 614.4 million + #2 peak
12. The Dark Knight - 603.3 million + #2 peak
13. Ben-Hur - 478.9 million + #2 peak
14. Avengers: Endgame - 728.4 million + #3 peak
15. Black Panther - 693.7 million + #3 peak
16. Jurassic World - 682.3 million + #3 peak
17. The Avengers - 658.1 million + #3 peak
18. Star Wars: Episode I, The Phantom Menace - 644.1 million + #3 peak
19. The Ten Commandments - 622.9 million + #3 peak
20. Doctor Zhivago - 615.1 million + #3 peak
21. Star Wars: Episode V, The Empire Strikes Back - 587.6 million + #3 peak
22. Star Wars: Episode VI, Return Of The Jedi - 578.4 million + #3 peak
23. Shrek 2 - 540.7 million + #3 peak
24. Raiders Of The Lost Ark - 523 million + #3 peak
25. Forrest Gump - 519.3 million + #3 peak
26. Home Alone - 448.1 million + #3 peak
27. The Godfather - 423.1 million + #3 peak
28. Fantasia - 412.2 million + #3 peak
29. Pinocchio - 345.8 million + #3 peak
30. Avengers: Infinity War - 665.7 million + #4 peak
31. The Lion King - 613 million + #4 peak
32. The Sting - 479.6 million + #4 peak
33. The Graduate - 438 million + #4 peak
34. Mary Poppins - 403.4 million + #4 peak
35. Love Story - 368.6 million + #4 peak
36. 101 Dalmatians - 522.6 million + #5 peak
37. Spider-Man - 514.9 million + #5 peak
38. Grease - 442.4 million + #5 peak
39. Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid - 369 million + #5 peak
40. Sleeping Beauty - 353.2 million + #5 peak
41. Cleopatra (1963 movie) - 331.6 million + #5 peak
42. Star Wars: Episode VIII, The Last Jedi - 614.6 million + #6 peak
43. Independence Day - 465.2 million + #6 peak
44. Ghostbusters - 441.8 million + #6 peak
45. Beverly Hills Cop - 419.9 million + #6 peak
46. The Jungle Book - 402.9 million + #6 peak
47. Airport - 348.1 million + #6 peak
48. Goldfinger - 324.3 million + #6 peak
49. Thunderball - 368.5 million + #8 peak
50. Incredibles 2 - 603 million + #9 peak

[Porthos]

(sub req)

 

The intro to this piece is *chef's kiss* perfect. 

 

@4815162342 @Tele Dondarrion

 

(don't remember who else here has a Athletic sub)

[Water Bottle]

17 minutes ago, Porthos said:

(sub req)

 

The intro to this piece is *chef's kiss* perfect. 

 

@4815162342 @Tele Dondarrion

 

(don't remember who else here has a Athletic sub)

 

I have an Athletic sub. But I usually don't real baseball articles. 

[Porthos]

9 minutes ago, Water Bottle said:

 

I have an Athletic sub. But I usually don't real baseball articles. 

If you like humorous, still a fan level, take at things, Brisbee really is a great read.  He's a lot like Dave Berry in many ways, but as a sportswriter.  

 

His takes right now are mostly focused on the Giants, so that'll probably bore you.  But on general interest stuff he's one of the best in the biz.

 

This topic on a Joey Gallo home run. for instance, was sheer poetry and brilliance:

 

 

 

It was about a majestic home run... IN A LOSS.  And the things Brisbee talked about there resonated deeply with this decades long fan and speaks in many ways why baseball is so great.

 

And that really is what Brisbee does.  Talks about the absurdist nature of the sport as someone who appreciates absurdism truly can.

 

[Eric Duncan]

 

@CoolioD1 @aabattery

[CoolioD1]

conflicted feelings about that. but I guess this means Dayman will be in Avengers 5.

[The Futurist]

How bad is this final GOT season already ?

The news that the next Star Wars films will be helmed by the GOT guys is met by fear and despair ...

So how bad these episodes are ?

If I trusted the Internet , I d say a big part of the GOT fan community is having a very hard time with the conlusion of their beloved saga so far.

Edited May 15, 2019 by The Futurist

[cannastop]

Hear me out, U2 from 1980-1991 is a good band, right?

[CoolioD1]

3 minutes ago, cannastop said:

Hear me out, U2 from 1980-1991 is a good band, right?

Joshua Tree is a great album. After that they totally fall off for me tho.

[cannastop]

Anyone read 2666?

[filmlover]

That Woody Allen movie with Timothee Chalamet shot almost two years ago and was shelved permanently by Amazon after Allen's controversies gained attention again will be released in September and October in certain countries. Have to laugh at how filming for it began around the same time shooting New Mutants concluded and yet it will still somehow see the light of day at all well before that movie will.

 

https://www.france24.com/en/20190514-new-woody-allen-movie-open-france-september

[Orestes]

1 hour ago, cannastop said:

Hear me out, U2 from 1980-1991 is a good band, right?

Yeah, even though my favorite song of theirs came out in '93, but it was pretty much all down hill after Achtung Baby.

Edited May 15, 2019 by Orestes

[cannastop]

4 minutes ago, filmlover said:

That Woody Allen movie with Timothee Chalamet shot almost two years ago and was shelved permanently by Amazon after Allen's controversies gained attention again will be released in September and October in certain countries. Have to laugh at how filming for it began around the same time shooting New Mutants concluded and yet it will still somehow see the light of day at all well before that movie will.

 

https://www.france24.com/en/20190514-new-woody-allen-movie-open-france-september

Why wasn't his career over in 2014? Or earlier?

[cannastop]

Just now, Orestes said:

Yeah, even though my favorite song of theirs came out in '93, but it was pretty much all down hill after Achtung Baby.

What song is that?

[Orestes]

1 minute ago, cannastop said:

What song is that?

 

[LexJoker]

3 hours ago, The Futurist said:

How bad is this final GOT season already ?

The news that the next Star Wars films will be helmed by the GOT guys is met by fear and despair ...

So how bad these episodes are ?

If I trusted the Internet , I d say a big part of the GOT fan community is having a very hard time with the conlusion of their beloved saga so far.

It seems that the two guys did not actually want to do their best work and give the series a satisfying ending, but were desperate for the series to end and move to other work, and hence the hack job of the last season.

[Napoleon]

2 episodes into this show created and starred by Idris Elba on Netflix titled Turn Up Charlie and it's pretty terrible so far. Kinda embarrassing for a movie star at the peak of his career. 

[Jake Gittes]

7 hours ago, cannastop said:

Why wasn't his career over in 2014? Or earlier?

because the case was investigated by two separate states and neither found enough basis for bringing charges against him.