Serenity (2018) | Aviron Pictures | 10/19/18 | starring Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jason Clarke, Djimon Hounsou, and Diane Lane | dir. Steven Knight (Locke)

[John Marston]

13 minutes ago, TombRaider said:

The McConaissance literally just the oscar and interstellar. lasted 2 years. he should considering himself lucky because actresses are NOT able to come back to a succesful level after a string of bombs and bad rom coms

 

 

Many times when an actor wins an Oscar they actually become rather indiscriminate about their roles since they’ve got an Oscar now so they are set 

[The Futurist]

Please arouse me.

On a scale from 1 to 11 for batshit insane twists, what grade would you give to Serenity s twist ?

[TombRaider]

15 minutes ago, Avatree said:

 

SERENITY star Anne Hathaway...?

anne... was never a joke like matthew. and she combined rom coms with other good movies like batman, alice or brokeback mountain. plus prada and the princess diaries are actually good, well rated movies that were hugely sucessful. they're not embarrassing flops like fools gold/sahara. mc was typecast, anne wasnt.

 

i'd like kate hudson to make a comeback, she was the female matthew, and she can act but it'll never happen for her

Edited January 25, 2019 by TombRaider

[Avatree]

2 minutes ago, TombRaider said:

anne... was never a joke like matthew. and she combined rom coms with other good movies like batman or brokeback mountain. plus prada and the princess diaries are actually good, well rated movies that were hugely sucessful. they're not embarrassing flops like fools gold/sahara. mc was typecast, anne wasnt.

 

Honestly Hathaway is the first person who would come to my mind. She absolutely was typecast in a ton of girly movies.

Yes she did a couple of good/serious films but 90% of her filmography was garbage. Then along came 2013 and she gets an Oscar and now she's acclaimed actor. 

 

Mcconaughey did a couple of good movies in his early career too. Most actors manage that

[TalismanRing]

27 minutes ago, The Futurist said:

Please arouse me.

On a scale from 1 to 11 for batshit insane twists, what grade would you give to Serenity s twist ?

[dashrendar44]

Sounds like Charlie Brooker after a cocaine binge going full Shyamalan.

Edited January 25, 2019 by dashrendar44

[TalismanRing]

Really underselling his filmography.  He had far more variety than bad rom coms even before his "comeback" which started in 2011 with Lincoln Lawyer and also consisted of the first season of True Detective

 

Date	Title (click to view)	Studio	Lifetime Gross / Theaters		Opening / Theaters		Rank
1/25/19	Serenity (2019)	Aviron	n/a	2,561	n/a	2,561	41
9/14/18	White Boy Rick	Studio 8	$24,011,188	2,504	$8,860,431	2,504	21
8/4/17	The Dark Tower	Sony	$50,701,325	3,451	$19,153,698	3,451	15
1/27/17	Gold	Wein.	$7,227,038	2,166	$3,471,316	2,166	33
12/21/16	Sing (Voice)	Uni.	$270,395,425	4,029	$35,258,145	4,022	1
8/26/16	The Sea of Trees	A24	$20,444	101	$1,877	2	39
8/19/16	Kubo and the Two Strings (Voice)	Focus	$48,023,088	3,279	$12,608,372	3,260	16
6/24/16	Free State of Jones	STX	$20,810,036	2,815	$7,572,206	2,815	26
11/5/14	Interstellar	Par.	$188,020,017	3,561	$47,510,360	3,561	2
12/25/13	The Wolf of Wall Street	Par.	$116,900,694	2,557	$18,361,578	2,537	3
11/1/13	Dallas Buyers Club	Focus	$27,298,285	1,110	$260,865	9	20
4/26/13	Mud	RAtt.	$21,590,086	960	$2,215,891	363	25
10/5/12	The Paperboy	MNE	$693,286	76	$102,706	11	36
7/27/12	Killer Joe	LD	$1,987,762	75	$37,900	3	35
6/29/12	Magic Mike	WB	$113,721,571	3,120	$39,127,170	2,930	4
4/27/12	Bernie	MNE	$9,206,470	332	$85,805	3	30
3/18/11	The Lincoln Lawyer	LGF	$58,009,200	2,707	$13,206,453	2,707	13
5/1/09	Ghosts of Girlfriends Past	WB (NL)	$55,250,026	3,175	$15,411,434	3,175	14
9/5/08	Surfer, Dude	Anch.	$52,132	69	$5,971	1	38
8/13/08	Tropic Thunder	P/DW	$110,515,313	3,473	$25,812,796	3,319	-
2/8/08	Fool's Gold	WB	$70,231,041	3,125	$21,589,295	3,125	10
12/22/06	We Are Marshall	WB	$43,545,364	2,606	$6,114,264	2,606	18
3/10/06	Failure to Launch	Par.	$88,715,192	3,202	$24,411,322	3,057	8
10/7/05	Two for the Money	Uni.	$22,991,379	2,397	$8,703,240	2,391	23
4/8/05	Sahara	Par.	$68,671,925	3,200	$18,068,372	3,154	11
9/3/04	Paparazzi (Cameo)	Fox	$15,714,234	2,153	$6,146,262	2,115	-
2/7/03	How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days	Par.	$105,813,373	2,923	$23,774,850	2,923	6
7/12/02	Reign of Fire	BV	$43,061,982	2,629	$15,632,281	2,629	19
5/24/02	13 Conversations About One Thing	SPC	$3,288,164	68	$89,499	9	34
4/12/02	Frailty	Lions	$13,110,448	1,497	$4,208,655	1,497	27
1/26/01	The Wedding Planner	Sony	$60,400,856	2,785	$13,510,293	2,785	12
4/21/00	U-571	Uni.	$77,122,415	2,820	$19,553,310	2,583	9
3/26/99	EDtv	Uni.	$22,431,897	2,631	$8,311,290	2,627	24
3/27/98	The Newton Boys	Fox	$10,452,012	1,969	$4,010,245	1,965	29
12/10/97	Amistad	DW	$44,229,441	1,019	$4,573,523	322	17
7/11/97	Contact	WB	$100,920,329	2,314	$20,584,908	1,923	7
11/1/96	Larger Than Life	MGM	$8,315,693	2,433	$3,779,504	2,433	31
9/27/96	Glory Daze	7Art	$15,134	-	n/a	-	-
7/24/96	A Time to Kill	WB	$108,766,007	2,313	$14,823,159	2,123	5
6/21/96	Lone Star	SPC	$12,408,986	143	$232,184	21	28
9/22/95	Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre	Lions	$185,898	27	$28,235	27	37
2/3/95	Boys on the Side	WB	$23,440,188	1,552	$4,808,873	1,322	22
7/15/94	Angels in the Outfield (1994)	BV	$50,236,831	1,921	$8,916,463	1,894	-
9/24/93	Dazed and Confused	Gram.	$7,993,039	214	$918,127	183	32
8/6/93	My Boyfriend's Back	BV	$3,335,984	1,165	$1,465,476	1,165	-

[filmlover]

49 minutes ago, TalismanRing said:

Really underselling his filmography.  He had far more variety than bad rom coms even before his "comeback" which started in 2011 with Lincoln Lawyer and also consisted of the first season of True Detective

 

Date	Title (click to view)	Studio	Lifetime Gross / Theaters		Opening / Theaters		Rank
1/25/19	Serenity (2019)	Aviron	n/a	2,561	n/a	2,561	41
9/14/18	White Boy Rick	Studio 8	$24,011,188	2,504	$8,860,431	2,504	21
8/4/17	The Dark Tower	Sony	$50,701,325	3,451	$19,153,698	3,451	15
1/27/17	Gold	Wein.	$7,227,038	2,166	$3,471,316	2,166	33
12/21/16	Sing (Voice)	Uni.	$270,395,425	4,029	$35,258,145	4,022	1
8/26/16	The Sea of Trees	A24	$20,444	101	$1,877	2	39
8/19/16	Kubo and the Two Strings (Voice)	Focus	$48,023,088	3,279	$12,608,372	3,260	16
6/24/16	Free State of Jones	STX	$20,810,036	2,815	$7,572,206	2,815	26
11/5/14	Interstellar	Par.	$188,020,017	3,561	$47,510,360	3,561	2
12/25/13	The Wolf of Wall Street	Par.	$116,900,694	2,557	$18,361,578	2,537	3
11/1/13	Dallas Buyers Club	Focus	$27,298,285	1,110	$260,865	9	20
4/26/13	Mud	RAtt.	$21,590,086	960	$2,215,891	363	25
10/5/12	The Paperboy	MNE	$693,286	76	$102,706	11	36
7/27/12	Killer Joe	LD	$1,987,762	75	$37,900	3	35
6/29/12	Magic Mike	WB	$113,721,571	3,120	$39,127,170	2,930	4
4/27/12	Bernie	MNE	$9,206,470	332	$85,805	3	30
3/18/11	The Lincoln Lawyer	LGF	$58,009,200	2,707	$13,206,453	2,707	13
5/1/09	Ghosts of Girlfriends Past	WB (NL)	$55,250,026	3,175	$15,411,434	3,175	14
9/5/08	Surfer, Dude	Anch.	$52,132	69	$5,971	1	38
8/13/08	Tropic Thunder	P/DW	$110,515,313	3,473	$25,812,796	3,319	-
2/8/08	Fool's Gold	WB	$70,231,041	3,125	$21,589,295	3,125	10
12/22/06	We Are Marshall	WB	$43,545,364	2,606	$6,114,264	2,606	18
3/10/06	Failure to Launch	Par.	$88,715,192	3,202	$24,411,322	3,057	8
10/7/05	Two for the Money	Uni.	$22,991,379	2,397	$8,703,240	2,391	23
4/8/05	Sahara	Par.	$68,671,925	3,200	$18,068,372	3,154	11
9/3/04	Paparazzi (Cameo)	Fox	$15,714,234	2,153	$6,146,262	2,115	-
2/7/03	How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days	Par.	$105,813,373	2,923	$23,774,850	2,923	6
7/12/02	Reign of Fire	BV	$43,061,982	2,629	$15,632,281	2,629	19
5/24/02	13 Conversations About One Thing	SPC	$3,288,164	68	$89,499	9	34
4/12/02	Frailty	Lions	$13,110,448	1,497	$4,208,655	1,497	27
1/26/01	The Wedding Planner	Sony	$60,400,856	2,785	$13,510,293	2,785	12
4/21/00	U-571	Uni.	$77,122,415	2,820	$19,553,310	2,583	9
3/26/99	EDtv	Uni.	$22,431,897	2,631	$8,311,290	2,627	24
3/27/98	The Newton Boys	Fox	$10,452,012	1,969	$4,010,245	1,965	29
12/10/97	Amistad	DW	$44,229,441	1,019	$4,573,523	322	17
7/11/97	Contact	WB	$100,920,329	2,314	$20,584,908	1,923	7
11/1/96	Larger Than Life	MGM	$8,315,693	2,433	$3,779,504	2,433	31
9/27/96	Glory Daze	7Art	$15,134	-	n/a	-	-
7/24/96	A Time to Kill	WB	$108,766,007	2,313	$14,823,159	2,123	5
6/21/96	Lone Star	SPC	$12,408,986	143	$232,184	21	28
9/22/95	Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre	Lions	$185,898	27	$28,235	27	37
2/3/95	Boys on the Side	WB	$23,440,188	1,552	$4,808,873	1,322	22
7/15/94	Angels in the Outfield (1994)	BV	$50,236,831	1,921	$8,916,463	1,894	-
9/24/93	Dazed and Confused	Gram.	$7,993,039	214	$918,127	183	32
8/6/93	My Boyfriend's Back	BV	$3,335,984	1,165	$1,465,476	1,165	-

He actually had a really promising filmography during his years as a rising actor until around 2001 when he started a decade of coasting and became a punchline for bad movies before reinventing himself. Now he's in the post-Oscar/reinvention phase of his career which unfortunately seems to have been afflicted with a case of bad luck. At least there's no chance of him ever going back to junky romcoms (since he's aged out of those types of roles and the genre is on life support anyway).

[TombRaider]

8 hours ago, Avatree said:

 

Honestly Hathaway is the first person who would come to my mind. She absolutely was typecast in a ton of girly movies.

 

She wasnt. Plus movies like One day, becoming jane and Love and other drugs werent rom coms, they were serious, romantic movies. she left rom coms when she was 28. Matthew did them until he was 40. Her only stinker was Bride wars honestly, which i went to see in theatres and thought it was awful.

 

7/20/12	The Dark Knight Rises	WB	$448,139,099	4,404	$160,887,295	4,404	1
8/19/11	One Day	Focus	$13,843,771	1,725	$5,079,566	1,719	21
4/15/11	Rio (Voice)	Fox	$143,619,809	3,842	$39,225,962	3,826	5
11/24/10	Love and Other Drugs	Fox	$32,367,005	2,458	$9,739,161	2,455	18
3/5/10	Alice in Wonderland (2010)	BV	$334,191,110	3,739	$116,101,023	3,728	2
2/12/10	Valentine's Day	WB (NL)	$110,485,654	3,665	$56,260,707	3,665	10
1/9/09	Bride Wars	Fox	$58,715,510	3,228	$21,058,173	3,226	16
10/24/08	Passengers	Sony	$292,437	125	$172,544	125	26
10/3/08	Rachel Getting Married	SPC	$12,796,841	391	$293,369	9	22
6/20/08	Get Smart	WB	$130,319,208	3,915	$38,683,480	3,911	8
8/3/07	Becoming Jane	Mira.	$18,670,946	1,210	$972,066	100	20
6/30/06	The Devil Wears Prada	Fox	$124,740,460	2,882	$27,537,244	2,847	9
12/16/05	Hoodwinked (Voice)	Wein.	$51,386,611	3,020	$12,401,900	2,394	17
12/9/05	Brokeback Mountain	Focus	$83,043,761	2,089	$547,425	5	13
8/11/04	The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement	BV	$95,170,481	3,490	$22,956,453	3,472	12
4/9/04	Ella Enchanted	Mira.	$22,918,387	2,149	$6,169,030	1,931	19
12/27/02	Nicholas Nickleby	MGM	$1,587,173	100	$42,864	5	25
12/14/01	The Other Side of Heaven	Excel	$4,720,371	306	$55,765	2	23
8/3/01	The Princess Diaries	BV	$108,248,956	2,749	$22,862,269	2,537	11

Edited January 25, 2019 by TombRaider

[TheDarkKnightOfSteel]

8 hours ago, Avatree said:

 

Honestly Hathaway is the first person who would come to my mind. She absolutely was typecast in a ton of girly movies.

Yes she did a couple of good/serious films but 90% of her filmography was garbage. Then along came 2013 and she gets an Oscar and now she's acclaimed actor. 

 

Mcconaughey did a couple of good movies in his early career too. Most actors manage that

Rachel getting married?

[Avatree]

I still think she's a talentless actress today so whatever.

[KC7]

Another article with more details:

 

The Bonkers Twist Ending of Serenity, Explained

[Hatebox]

At this point the studio is probably encouraging these spoiler articles. Holy hell.

[Napoleon]

Anne Hathaway's Instagram post and her enthusiasm promoting the film on TV is so delightful (the Andy Cohen interview along with Matthew McConaughey last night was very funny). She seems to like the movie and she's proud of it, and she's not embarrassed to say that. As someone who was told many times that my point of view is stupid and that I should not share my opinions, I really admire her for doing that.

[Gamera]

Let's not forget Hathaway's worst, and most hilarious performance....feigning surprise and cooing "it came true" when she won the Oscar after having won every single other award that year.

[Alli]

whatever, i like Anne. I think she's extremely talented.   same thoughts on MM

[MyMovieCanBeatUpYourMovie]

Heard the "buzz" *snicker* around this film and since I have A-List I decided to go see it for myself without knowing a thing about it.

 

My advice: 

 

 

I cannot imagine taking this premise and making a less compelling or more boring story out of it.  It's probably the least clever version of this I could imagine.  (Seriously, if I told you the premise, you could brainstorm a better version in about 5 minutes.)

 

Just read the plot synopsis on Wikipedia.  I promise you that is a better experience than actually sitting through this stinker.

 

[MovieGuyKyle17]

If I can make some time, I will have to take a trip to the cinema to see this. 

[TombRaider]

1 hour ago, Napoleon said:

Anne Hathaway's Instagram post and her enthusiasm promoting the film on TV is so delightful (the Andy Cohen interview along with Matthew McConaughey last night was very funny). She seems to like the movie and she's proud of it, and she's not embarrassed to say that. As someone who was told many times that my point of view is stupid and that I should not share my opinions, I really admire her for doing that. 

omg im really sorry people said those things when you say jlo is talented boo ❤️

[Firepower]

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