Noctis Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 If there was ever a movie that needed Michael Bay, this is it.I thought this was just a loud piece of celluloid with not one shred of coherent thought behind it. People show up places that they have no reason to be. Characters know things they shouldn't know. People get places they should never be able to get to and stuff shows up conveniently when it needs to. It must be nice to show up at an abandoned gym and have an arsenal of weapons waiting there for you, when the place has been abandoned for 2 years.Just a really stupid movie, but fun pockets along the way. You perfectly described Michael Bay's movies. LOL. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FilmBuff Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 If there was ever a movie that needed Michael Bay, this is it.I thought this was just a loud piece of celluloid with not one shred of coherent thought behind it. People show up places that they have no reason to be. Characters know things they shouldn't know. People get places they should never be able to get to and stuff shows up conveniently when it needs to. It must be nice to show up at an abandoned gym and have an arsenal of weapons waiting there for you, when the place has been abandoned for 2 years.Just a really stupid movie, but fun pockets along the way. This EXACTLY describes Terminator 3! Oh wait, John Connor conveniently meets his wife, who just happens to have a dad who runs Cyberdyne, who conveniently developed Skynet. Oh Wait, John's wife has a plane she used to train on in the hanger of the exact building Skynet attacks in their initial attack. Oh wait, The T850 knows exactly where to find John Connor, although he has been living off the grid for years. Oh wait, John's wife reminds him of his mother. How convenient. Oh wait, John and Kate know the exact pages in the manual to unlock the nuclear fallout shelter at the end of the movie. Reminds me a lot of Michael Bay movies as well like Transformers 2 and 3. Most of these action movies are devoid of any thought. So tired of it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incarnadine Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 Down to 10.5 now. Take out Wednesday previews and Thursday is 8.3. I'm beginning to think 40 mil 4 day might be a struggle. https://twitter.com/ERCboxoffice/status/317641333932187648 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gopher Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 Exhibitor Relations @ERCboxoffice 35m Thursday's top movies: #1 G.I. JOE 2 - $10.5M, #2 THE CROODS - $5M ($62M), #3 OZ - $2.4M ($186M) Joe needs something like a 100% bump today from Thursday proper (8.3m) to start okay. We have no frame of reference here so I don't know if that's possible or not. If Croods follows Dragon it'll do 27.6m this weekend. If it follows Rio it'll do 31.6m. Olympus definitely got hit by Joe if it fell behind Oz. Say goodbye to 100m. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jandrew Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 Cinemascore IMO arent useless, but they should be taken with more grains of salt. A B- minus is considered poor, when in reality, anyone will take a B-. I dont use CS to judge legs, they're just not utterly accurate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elessar Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 shocker Many say it is better than the first one. Considering the first one was so bad, it's not difficult to be better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayumanggi Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 It lost 0.5 M. Panic mode! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grey ghost Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 Bay would have been a better fit for Gi Joe than Transformers Yeah, but his Cobra villains would be nothing like the cartoon and Snake Eyes would spend half the movies making fart/piss/sex jokes. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayumanggi Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 Good Thursday for THE CROODS by the way. Might pass 90 M this Sunday. 150 M is possible. Maybe more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incarnadine Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 It lost 0.5 M. Panic mode! It's actually gone down 1.5 million from the first estimate. Was 12, then 11 and now 10.5. I wouldn't be surprised to see it drop a bit further either. I really don't believe it will hit 40 mil for the 4 day now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cmasterclay Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 I didnt mind Gi joe. it was generix and contrived at times, but it did what it was suppose to do. I was entertained, and so was the crowd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayumanggi Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 It's actually gone down 1.5 million from the first estimate. Was 12, then 11 and now 10.5. I wouldn't be surprised to see it drop a bit further either. I really don't believe it will hit 40 mil for the 4 day now. Well that's a huge difference. Ha ha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wileECoyote Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 Exhibitor Relations @ERCboxoffice 35m Thursday's top movies: #1 G.I. JOE 2 - $10.5M, #2 THE CROODS - $5M ($62M), #3 OZ - $2.4M ($186M) Joe needs something like a 100% bump today from Thursday proper (8.3m) to start okay. We have no frame of reference here so I don't know if that's possible or not. If Croods follows Dragon it'll do 27.6m this weekend. If it follows Rio it'll do 31.6m. Olympus definitely got hit by Joe if it fell behind Oz. Say goodbye to 100m. 100 was always a stretch IMO, but OHF just fell out of the top three didn't it. If it stays at around 2.2 and ends Thursday at 40+, a decent hold this weekend, it may still have a chance at 100 if it ends the weekend around 57-58M and Joe ends up with GDTDH legs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackO Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 Down to 10.5 now. Take out Wednesday previews and Thursday is 8.3. I'm beginning to think 40 mil 4 day might be a struggle. https://twitter.com/ERCboxoffice/status/317641333932187648 I don't see it hitting 50M 4 day now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Founder / Operator Shawn Robbins Posted March 29, 2013 Founder / Operator Share Posted March 29, 2013 Well... at least it started better than DH5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJohn Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 10.5M OD 11.8M Friday 8.8M Saturday 5.9M Sunday 35M 4 day total This thing has a 185M production budget... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Marston Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 10.5M OD 11.8M Friday 8.8M Saturday 5.9M Sunday 35M 4 day total This thing has a 185M production budget... it is doing better than the first overseas. And remember the real reason this was made. Merchandising. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJohn Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 it is doing better than the first overseas. And remember the real reason this was made. Merchandising. It may not do 100M DOM. It depends on the jump today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Marston Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 It may not do 100M DOM. It depends on the jump today. yeah but in the end I don't think it really matters since it is going to make a profit. I can still see it reaching 100m though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Founder / Operator Shawn Robbins Posted March 29, 2013 Founder / Operator Share Posted March 29, 2013 (edited) 10.5M OD 11.8M Friday 8.8M Saturday 5.9M Sunday 35M 4 day total This thing has a 185M production budget... Paramount said in their e-mail this morning that it's prod budget was $130m. $185m with marketing does sound about right, though. Edited March 29, 2013 by ShawnMR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
