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Wkd BO 0721-2317 - Slam Dunk' for Nolan, Apes escape, not rough Girl's Trip, Luc
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Yo this fuck toy comment. I can dig it. Women are better humans anyway.
Grizzlyjin
Supersonic, idiotic, disconnecting, not respecting, who would really ever wanna go and top that
Late July/August is looking kinda light this year. Maybe some of the studios should've tried to make that spot work. Just The Emoji Movie and Atomic Blonde this Friday? Then just Dark Tower after that?
That's some good information. I had no idea about any of that. Fox played themselves.
Although Busty speculates a decent bit, he brings up a decent point. Avatar's CGI is still top-tier CGI, eight years later. Look at the scene of Hulk talking at the end of the recent Thor trailer. It does not hold up at all compared to Avatar, at no point is that shit believable.
Detroit baybee
Detroit! ^^^^
Might actually pay to see Atomic Blonde this time. 🤔
Might actually pay to see Atomic Blonde this time. 🤔
That entire thread killed me.
What he said about the funding bodies falling out of their deal with Fox and the CEO who should have been lauded for making Avatar being pusbed out is true though.
I go back to common sense...if Avatar cost that little, studios would just make every big blockbuster in photorealistic CGI. Couple that with all the rumours about the budget being way higher than Fox reported and...duh.
lightskintwin
Banned
I anticipate The Hitman's Bodyguard to be a sleeper hit.
There were rumors that Titatnic was well over 300 million and over budgeted during it's tumultuous production. That doesn't mean anything.
Not every studio or film has James Cameron at the helm. You're simplifying things was too much.
Spyder_Monkey
Banned
Valerian did worse than I thought holy shit.
I don't know why people thought anyone would go see it
Nightwing123
Member
wow I can imagine being slightly off but being 62% off that's a huge margin of error.
George Oscar Bluth II
Banned
I lowered my expectations because of BronsonL but... uh, wow.
I really regret not going to that early screening now
Never say no to free, friend.
(Unless you're super tired from work and don't feel like heading downtown for a free Annabelle screening. >_>)
Roland_Gunner
Member
Both times I've seen Hitman's Bodyguard previewed the audience cracked up. Definite sleeper potential.
Biggest-Geek-Ever
Member
It's a convoluted, uninteresting mess outside of 10 minutes.
Ehrlich with his twelfth heel turn.
George Oscar Bluth II
Banned
Ehrlich even liked Spider-Man for the most part.
It's definitely a weird Summer.
It's definitely a weird Summer.
I was gonna name you too but I couldn't remember your impressions at the time (much like how I can't remember Thor 2).Never bet on BronsonLee
Obliterator
Member
The movie that out of nowhere had a stealth really good run. Wasn't the plan originally for that to be straight to Home Video? If that's true I bet the studio is dancing for joy they released it in theatres first instead
Maybe YOU'RE the one who needs to turn their heel!
Yeah, I enjoyed Spider-Man: Homecoming.
It's exactly what I expected from an MCU movie. It was fun. And that's it.
I don't recall ever hearing that figure for Titanic, but that movie was massively overbudget. It was initially budgeted at $100 million and ended up at double that.
Does James Cameron being the director alter how much it costs to pay three years of wages to a massive team of CG artists?
And why is Cameron, who prior to Avatar directed the most expensive movie ever twice, being considered as a reason the budget would be more controlled than with another director at the helm?
Common sense.
BronsonLee
Member
James Cameron being the director means that shoot doesn't get shut down immediately when it goes way over budget
It's the same carte blanche that people like Nolan (if he ever went over budget) and George Miller get
If a shoot is going south, they'll kill that shit dead
Also who the fuck is this Ehrlich person, do I need to beat him up to establish dominance
It's the same carte blanche that people like Nolan (if he ever went over budget) and George Miller get
If a shoot is going south, they'll kill that shit dead
Also who the fuck is this Ehrlich person, do I need to beat him up to establish dominance
Biggest-Geek-Ever
Member
I am what Will Smith is looking for, Toa TAK.
I tell the truth.
I tell the truth.
AngmarsKing701
Member
So there's a decent chance we'll see Atomic Bomba in the thread title next week?
Also, Hitman's Bodyguard is this year's Nice Guys, I'd wager. Likely to be funny af and not enough people go see it.
BronsonLee
Member
One bonus for Atomic Blonde is that the trailers aren't misrepresenting what you get out of it, you get good action and such
It's just wrapped in a whole bunch of slooooooooowwwww
It's just wrapped in a whole bunch of slooooooooowwwww
I'd pay actual money to see this.
I think you mean to say "Troof".
I will punch something if that happens.
Probably my pillow.
Nothing slow about Sofia Boutella.
BronsonLee
Member
Ya she woke up all the old people watching the screening that's for sure
Bobby Roberts
Banned
Biggest-Geek-Ever
Member
Boutella definitely will be a future Bond girl.
Oh yeah. That in of itself was a treat.
But it was mostly for me.
Speaking of moments that startled audiences.
Amazing how people went from chuckling to dead silence in an instant.
If that's what it'll take for me to get excited for a Bond movie again.
Obliterator
Member
This gif is just reminding me that Andy Serkis deserves more love.
If that man doesn't at least get some sort of "Lifetime Achievement" award or something it'll be a shame, since the odds of him getting an individual award seem low considering the majority of his career is just on a green screen.
lightskintwin
Banned
Agreed. There's no doubt he'll receive an honorary Oscar award for his achievement.
Bobby Roberts
Banned
Yeah, that was executed perfectly. People were waiting for that stupid line to get dropped, Draco spits it out right on cue, and then Caesar draws himself up to full height...
Shit was fucking chilling.
Obliterator
Member
Yeah I hope so, I even really enjoy what he brings when he (somewhat rarely) does live action roles.
Like I can't wait to see what he brings as Klaw in Black Panther. He was only in Age of Ultron briefly but I thought he did great for the tiny bit he had to work with
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Rise of the Planet of the Apes was one of those films that seemed to come out of nowhere and be really fucking good. It was another, "Oh, look. Another Hollywood reboot."
Then it hit, and left people in shock.
Then it hit, and left people in shock.
BronsonLee
Member
I predict that Toa and BGE will be wrong
I don't think I've ever been more thankful to be utterly wrong about a movie pre-release.
I'll throw down I guess:
$20 mil domestic
$30 mil WW
I predict you are layme.
Obliterator
Member
Totally. I remember when it released I had zero expectations and never went to the theater for it. Once it came out on home video I decided to give it a shot and by the time it was over I was legit shook.
For some reason though I still haven't gone to see War yet even though I loved Rise and Dawn. Idk why I just don't feel compelled to have to see it in theater's
Biggest-Geek-Ever
Member
I'm getting the sense critics are sharpening their knives for the Emoji Movie. I expect GREAT things out of the review thread.
I've always found Rise to merely be "pretty good." Love everything about Caesar, but it also features peak could-not-care-less James Franco.
There is a first time for everything. Except this.
BronsonLee
Member
I only tell truths and I've never been mistaken in my life ever
lightskintwin
Banned
He directed and stars in Warner Brothers upcoming Jungle Book movie.
Not until tomorrow.
dancingphlower
Member
Eh, Rise was alright. Dawn, though, was awesome. Did not expect that. Strangely I don't feel super compelled to see War.
OrangeAtlas
Member
I can't believe you.
Go see it ASAP.
Comparing these two GIFs is damn near startling.
Rise and Dawn never looked bad, but they pulled some absolute digital wizardry with War.
SCULLIBUNDO
Banned
Oh god not this again.
I know Busty likes to claim Avatar cost $500m, but it never happened. There was an erroneous (The New Yorker?) article that claimed Avatar cost $500m, before listing off a bunch of expenses from R&D to the film's marketing budget (which is never taken into account for any films production budget). The tally of costs they were claiming in said article only amounted to around $420m and there was no explanation for where the rest came from.
Then of course the 'Avatar cost Fox $500m' headline was so fucking juicy that other trades started reposting and commenting on it.
Did Avatar really cost $237m? Almost certainly not. There were a lot of other inside reports that said the film actually cost $300m when all was said and done. Which is fucking expensive for 2009, but it was never the most expensive movie ever made. Spider-man 3 and Pirates 3 alone cost more. You start accounting for marketing budgets and you'll see lots of budgets look mindboggling.
Busty' reasoning of 'Do you really think Cameron has some secret talent for milking more out of a vfx budget than 90% of other directors' to claim otherwise is silly, because yes, Cameron's background has always been in VFX and he's done it time and time again throughout his career. You may as well start questioning Blomkamp's budgets.
Cameron has made the most expensive movie of all time 3 times, but Avatar wasn't one of them.
I thought for other movies like SM or WW we got some early indications of how the day went around night time during the first couple of weeks they opened? Maybe I misremembered.