BronsonLee
Member
I remember, for better or worse, everything about those movies
Blame Marvel, seems like Downey wants to do a couple more though
Blame Marvel, seems like Downey wants to do a couple more though
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Wkd BO 0728-3017 - Nolan not Dun' w/ #1 run, = Atomic
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George Oscar Bluth II
Banned
I forgot what happened in the first half of the movie by the time the credits started rolling.
Not even being hyperbolic.
Not even being hyperbolic.
Annapurna Pictures isn't messing around with Detroit. That sort of film getting 3k venues is crazy.
On the other end of things, it looks like A24 decided to skip a wide release for A Ghost Story. It was in 329 venues last weekend, but is dropping 120 of them this weekend.
Valerian dropping half of its venues is not surprising. I'm surprised the drop isn't higher. The other 1700 venues will have to fight over that juicy $2.5-3M third weekend. If Valerian ends up on the lower end of that range, it could conceivably lose to Wonder Woman's 10th weekend.
On the other end of things, it looks like A24 decided to skip a wide release for A Ghost Story. It was in 329 venues last weekend, but is dropping 120 of them this weekend.
Valerian dropping half of its venues is not surprising. I'm surprised the drop isn't higher. The other 1700 venues will have to fight over that juicy $2.5-3M third weekend. If Valerian ends up on the lower end of that range, it could conceivably lose to Wonder Woman's 10th weekend.
OrangeAtlas
Member
Guy Ritchie + that 6 person writers room talk got me wondering...
Has Ritchie said anything about the future of his King Arthur franchise? Or is it full speed ahead into the loving arms of Disney and just hoping people forget about it?
Has Ritchie said anything about the future of his King Arthur franchise? Or is it full speed ahead into the loving arms of Disney and just hoping people forget about it?
Glass Rebel
Member
Dude just went and never made another movie as good as Snatch. Everything since then has been mediocre except for the soundtracks.
StopMakingSense
Member
Game of Shadows does have Jared Harris as Moriarty. Which is probably the only good/memorable thing to note about it.
And Snatch is really just a less good/more convoluted version of Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels, frankly.
And Snatch is really just a less good/more convoluted version of Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels, frankly.
DarkLordMalik
Member
My boy Nolan looking smug af.
SCULLIBUNDO
Banned
What future?
PhoncipleBone
Banned
I remember doing reviews in my high school paper for That Thing You Do in theaters, then VHS reviews of True Lies and Independence Day. I can't remember what other films I wrote reviews for back in 96 and 97.
With True Lies, I was reviewing it finally getting a letterbox release on VHS, which was great for me. For ID4, about a third of the review was bashing the first VHS release for being pan and scan and missing half the movie. I remember a bunch of students giving me shit for that because they were too stupid to realize how much they were missing on most of their VHS rentals/purchases.
Does he have another expression?
Grizzlyjin
Supersonic, idiotic, disconnecting, not respecting, who would really ever wanna go and top that
It's reviewing higher than I expected. Feels like an early award contender. Hopefully it being in all those theaters helps drive the awards buzz. A lot of young actors in there I really like.
OrangeAtlas
Member
Considering The Dark Tower just got a showrunner announced today, I figure most studios are still wary to call time of death on their franchises and just put out a statement claiming everything's still alright.
George Oscar Bluth II
Banned
School paper has always been one of those foreign concepts to me. I don't know if we have them in the UK but my school definitely didn't have one.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
My school paper was a fun class to take my senior year in HS.
The article I got the most attention for was about them swapping some of the restrooms on the second floor between genders. For the first three years I was there, this one restroom was a men's room. But when senior year started it was a women's room, and the smaller restroom down the hall became the men's room.
I discovered this during one of the first days of that year when I walked in and thought to myself, "Wow, they finally put doors on the stalls!" (the men's restrooms at the school didn't have doors on the stalls except for the handicap one). Then a girl walks out of one of the stalls. Then a few more come in through the entrance. Of course, I looked like the schmuck there and promptly left. Eventually I found where they moved the men's room to, and sure enough, they took the doors off the stalls there. It's like they thought boys don't need privacy if they have to do more than pee.
The article I got the most attention for was about them swapping some of the restrooms on the second floor between genders. For the first three years I was there, this one restroom was a men's room. But when senior year started it was a women's room, and the smaller restroom down the hall became the men's room.
I discovered this during one of the first days of that year when I walked in and thought to myself, "Wow, they finally put doors on the stalls!" (the men's restrooms at the school didn't have doors on the stalls except for the handicap one). Then a girl walks out of one of the stalls. Then a few more come in through the entrance. Of course, I looked like the schmuck there and promptly left. Eventually I found where they moved the men's room to, and sure enough, they took the doors off the stalls there. It's like they thought boys don't need privacy if they have to do more than pee.
That sounds like it comes right out of a bad sitcom.
George Oscar Bluth II
Banned
Two Broke Bones
PhoncipleBone
Banned
It sure felt like it for a few weeks. It was rather funny seeing the reaction that article got, and some others noticing the change, but they at least saw the sign change before entering.
Phoniciple's story reminds me of something. Having a little kid, I find myself having to visit a lot more public washrooms. I have a daughter, but she's 3, so I have to take her into the men's washroom when it's just the two of us. In one grocery store we were in, the men's washroom consisted of one stall and 2 urinals. The only toilet must have been visited by an elephant before we got there, because there was a mound of crap reaching out of the bowl. Trying to avoid gagging, I left that mess and I asked a female employee if she could check if the women's washroom was empty so I that could take my kid in there instead. They had like 6 full stalls and 3x the sinks. It's like the men's side was an afterthought.
Back on Topic, it looks like Alex Garland (director of Ex Machina) has his next film out this February. It's an adaptation of Jeff Vandermeer's novel Annihilation. I have heard good things about that book (and the trilogy it is part of), but haven't gotten around to reading it yet. Hopefully the film is good.
Back on Topic, it looks like Alex Garland (director of Ex Machina) has his next film out this February. It's an adaptation of Jeff Vandermeer's novel Annihilation. I have heard good things about that book (and the trilogy it is part of), but haven't gotten around to reading it yet. Hopefully the film is good.
hodayathink
Member
Looks like someone created a thread on it, and it's been done since early this year and they're just sitting on it for now. Which tells me first that it isn't good enough to try to push for awards season (which isn't that surprising), and two that they probably don't expect it to be a particularly big hit.
StopMakingSense
Member
The Dark Tower is a existing IP with an established fanbase. (and who knows what state the show will be in after this weekend)
GR's King Arthur is bullshit.
That sort of film probably wasn't going to be an awards season type film, even if it was good.
Bobby Roberts
Banned
Ex Machina opened in April, didn't it?
edit: yeah, early April. The 10th.
So basically, this is coming out two weeks before his last movie did.
edit: yeah, early April. The 10th.
So basically, this is coming out two weeks before his last movie did.
George Oscar Bluth II
Banned
I got Ex Machina on Blu-Ray last year and it sits there still unwatched. I really need to get around to watching it one of these days.
OrangeAtlas
Member
Does Dunkirk have full reign of IMAX screens until Inhumans on September 1st?
Is there anything notable in between?
Is there anything notable in between?
hodayathink
Member
Nope. This is the slow season for IMAX, which is part of the reason they're trying to get into showing things like TV shows in IMAX, especially given that the Game of Thrones thing they did last year did well for them. They just were unfortunate in that this time, they lucked into a Scott Buck production.
Edit: This is also an effect of the whole idea of blockbuster seasons. With the exception of movies like Gravity, the fact that no one releases blockbusters in September or October means that no one releases movies shot in IMAX for that time either, so they're stuck with basically re-running the end-of-summer movies or trying to book special events.
I meant more along the lines that usually, you don't sit on a completed film for that long unless you're trying to angle for awards season and release it at the end of the year. Them sitting on it for what looks like nearly a year makes me think that they don't think very much of it.
George Oscar Bluth II
Banned
hodayathink
Member
I would have liked to see the statistics on more derogatory words and slurs, like "bitch" for instance.
hodayathink
Member
Blasphemy to religious people (don't take the Lord's name in vain).
Man from UNCLE is actually good.
I'm in the UK and used to write the film review column for my school paper, though it must be said "paper" was an exceptionally strong word for it.
Audiences who don't go to cinemas don't like swearing. Industry gives literally no shits.
LordOfLore
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b&jy77VjiKn$#F
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yasbqueen
BronsonLee
Member
Wondy needs to share that money with the rest of her friends!
Glass Rebel
Member
Expletives won't turn me away from films but I do roll my eyes at excessive cursing when its used as a crutch. Comes over as edgy more than anything if it isn't done right.
ehhh
milanbaros
Member?
How do they expect the boys to shit? In the open? That's pretty weird.
My lame ass predictions from May..
I'm glad it destroyed them, especially in the international box office which has pretty much matched domestic.
They will. they set up a whole writer's room for it.
Ignatz Mouse
Banned
How do I get a pitch meeting at WB? Cuz I know they'd go for this.
Ignatz Mouse
Banned
Sub 20M weekend incoming.
Black Republican
Member
hows girls trip looking this week?
and Atomic Blonde?
and Atomic Blonde?
Bobby Roberts
Banned
Those audiences can go fuck themselves