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[jon bones]

doing my part - on line for Baby Driver

Oh man, they're going all the way on Cable.

The marketing for this movie will be very interesting to see. The first one's marketing was award worthy.

What things are we expecting out of SDCC this year? WB tightening up their scheduled DC movies? Disney revealing the title of Avengers 4 and a new Thor trailer?

Deadpool & Cable and New Mutants are so full of potential - i really hope they nail them

 

[Lima]

You chose Atomic Blonde over Spider-Man?

Marvel is gonna stop paying you.

I'd choose my Wick boys over Mahvel any day of the week.

 

[broncobuster]

I'd choose my Wick boys over Mahvel any day of the week.

I probably would too. (I chose Baby Driver over both)

 

[BronsonLee]

I skipped Baby Driver like I skipped The Nice Guys

DOOMED

 

[Bronx-Man]

Who are you press sneak fucks that keep getting early access to movies

 

[PhoncipleBone]

I skipped Baby Driver like I skipped The Nice Guys

DOOMED

You are what is wrong with America.

Of course, I went to a matinee showing of Nice Guys opening weekend (like I will with Baby Driver tomorrow), so maybe I gave it the Phoney Bone curse.

Of course, I did go see Fury Road twice on my own at matinees. That wasn't the huge hit it shoulda been, but still.
Fury Road should been pulling in Fast and Furious numbers.

 

[Prompto]

Who are you press sneak fucks that keep getting early access to movies

If you live in a big enough city it's pretty easy.

 

[PhoncipleBone]

If you live in a big enough city it's pretty easy.

One thing I liked about living in Atlanta back in the end of the 90s.

 

[BronsonLee]

Who are you press sneak fucks that keep getting early access to movies

I'm important, Bronx!

You are what is wrong with America.

My eyes and ears are expensive

 

[Toa TAK]

Not really. An hour should be enough, 90 if you're scared

The only thing I fear is calculus.

Who are you press sneak fucks that keep getting early access to movies

I am just a nobody

I come in peace

 

[OrangeAtlas]

Is Kevin Spacey the one playing it?
Sony product placements are always hilarious.

His nephew, but Spacey probably bought it for him and took a crack at it beforehand.

Spotting a Sony logo in one of their movies these days is like waiting for Stan Lee in a Marvel movie: it's inevitable, and always exciting.

I'd choose my Wick boys over Mahvel any day of the week.

Thankfully with Deadpool 2 you don't have to choose between the two.

 

[broncobuster]

If you live in a big enough city it's pretty easy.

That, and have friends who either work at radio stations or just care more about this stuff.

 

[overcast]

Guess I'm not seeing Baby Driver till Monday 😒

 

[Pachimari]

Sony thought so little of Baby Driver's financial prospect that they actually advertise a PS Vita in it.

I thought that was a PSP the nephew was playing.

 

[Ryuuroden]

Well i thought Baby Driver was some upcoming childrens animated movie. Color me surprised when I actually saw a trailer.

 

[NealMcCauley]

I thought that was a PSP the nephew was playing.

That's what it looked like to me.

 

[OrangeAtlas]

I thought that was a PSP the nephew was playing.

That's what it looked like to me.

Honestly I thought it was a PSP too but I guess I figured Sony would rather show off their contemporary products.

edit: I stand corrected to my correction

 

[Prompto]

I thought that was a PSP the nephew was playing.

That's what it looked like to me.

You can see the touch pad of the Vita when they're in the bank. I thought it was a psp at first too.

 

[OrangeAtlas]

Julian Dennison (Hunt for the Wilderpeople) has joined the cast of Deadpool 2. All is right with the world.

 

[Biggest-Geek-Ever]

This theater is doing an atomic blonde and spiderman screening tonight.

 

[kurahador]

Julian Dennison (Hunt for the Wilderpeople) has joined the cast of Deadpool 2. All is right with the world.

 

[NealMcCauley]

I got an invite to an Atomic Blonde screening next Wednesday but I'll be on vacay. Drat.

 

[Toa TAK]

Julian Dennison (Hunt for the Wilderpeople) has joined the cast of Deadpool 2. All is right with the world.

Yay

 

[BronsonLee]

Atomic Blonde is good. I'd put it below John Wick 1, bit too convoluted for my liking sometimes. Very slow to start but there's a big action scene that makes it all worth the trip

Spoiler

and it's a goddamn Children of Men style one-shot, whew

 

[Sibersk Esto]

Atomic Blonde is good. I'd put it below John Wick 1, bit too convoluted for my liking sometimes. Very slow to start but there's a big action scene that makes it all worth the trip

Spoiler

and it's a goddamn Children of Men style one-shot, whew

Of course it was, everybody does that now.

 

[George Oscar Bluth II]

Atomic Blonde is good. I'd put it below John Wick 1, bit too convoluted for my liking sometimes. Very slow to start but there's a big action scene that makes it all worth the trip

Spoiler

and it's a goddamn Children of Men style one-shot, whew

Sounds like a good time.

 

[kswiston]

Atomic Blonde is good. I'd put it below John Wick 1, bit too convoluted for my liking sometimes. Very slow to start but there's a big action scene that makes it all worth the trip

Spoiler

and it's a goddamn Children of Men style one-shot, whew

I assume you are JW2 > JW1

 

[Toa TAK]

Atomic Blonde is good. I'd put it below John Wick 1, bit too convoluted for my liking sometimes. Very slow to start but there's a big action scene that makes it all worth the trip

Spoiler

and it's a goddamn Children of Men style one-shot, whew

Starting in 10. Better live up to your glowing review.

Hell, it better be as good as the JW movies.

 

[BronsonLee]

I assume you are JW2 > JW1

Yeah JW2 knocked it out of the damn park. It's better than JW1.

Atomic Blonde is just more complicated than it should be. If it was simpler like JW was it'd have a lot more heat, though McAvoy and Theron are pretty good in it.

And music wise, Blonde is also very heavily reliant on 80s songs

 

[kswiston]

Deadline is saying $5-5.5M for Baby Driver on Wednesday (including previews)

Already halfway there to being a record opening for an Edgar Wright film.

 

[Jigorath]

Baby Driver is gonna be so popular that parents will start naming their kids "Baby".

 

[Freeza Under The Shower]

Having watched the JW's the day before yesterday:

John Wick 2 (2017) was better directed because it wasn't the director's first movie, but it still suffers the repetitiveness of doing the same thing too many damn times without explaining why they do. The Accountant (2016), which clearly borrowed the style of the fire fights, is actually a lot better at framing the action in terms of geography and how and where things take place, because that was made by someone was already a director beforehand.
Also, John Wick (2014) had a greater ensemble cast of one well-known actor after another, which made the sequel feel like it had less of a punch to it.

I'd say John Wick is the superior movie in terms of changing things up (also the somewhat overly absurd lighting is amusing, despite being a 'first timer' thing), but the sequel looks and feels better in terms of its action scenes. I do think it's going to be hard to do a third chapter without changing some core stuff though, like doing the action bits in a different way for each shot and not "watching someone play a video game with an aimbot".

Interestingly, the "father figure" trailer for Atomic Blonde shows exactly that difference with a lot more prop weaponizing.
I expect to like that one a bit more than JW.

 

[LordOfLore]

This years invitations to people from the Academy http://m.neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=1398813

 

[Jigorath]

This years invitations to people from the Academy http://m.neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=1398813

I assume my invitation was lost in the mail.

 

[Biggest-Geek-Ever]

Outside of one fantastic fight sequence, I did not like Atomic Blonde.

 

[GhaleonEB]

Julian Dennison (Hunt for the Wilderpeople) has joined the cast of Deadpool 2. All is right with the world.

Oh, that's great news. He was so excellent.

Baby Driver was fun for the most part (just got out of it). Couldn't really get a feel for how the audience felt coming out, since there was a whopping nine of us in the theater. No walk outs, at least.

 

[Toa TAK]

Man, Atomic Blonde was so much FUN.

First off, Sofia Boutella is R E D E E M E D after The Mum...

Compared to the John Wick films, for me, I enjoyed it a lot more than the first:

• John Wick: Chapter 2
• Atomic Blonde
• John Wick

What kills it for me is that the narrative dances around a little too much for me. It's fine that these spy movies always have some kinda double cross or triple agent, etc. But in this case it started to disrupt the flow a bit along with the framing device. I think a couple characters could've been done without at least. Also, I swear, we need to get away from "THE LIST that has every agent on it". It's tired now, I feel.

And that, are my only cons against the film. I really, really, enjoyed it. It's personality, the bitchin' soundtrack (I'm a sucker for an 80s soundtrack. German bands especially), and the acting from Theron and McAvoy magnetize you to their characters. It's a spy movie that knows full well what it is and is laced with humor throughout even the grittiest fights. There wasn't a moment that I felt was cheesy or lacking of self awareness (John Wick). The soundtrack, humor, fights, and spray-paint titles imbue the feeling of what it must've been like to see David Hasslehoff bring down that wall. Even if you're not a fan of what's been typed here, the one-shot action sequence (that lasts quite awhile, impressively so) is worth the price of admission.

Man, Theron has come a long way from Aeon Flux, huh?

 

[broncobuster]

Oh, that's great news. He was so excellent.

Baby Driver was fun for the most part (just got out of it). Couldn't really get a feel for how the audience felt coming out, since there was a whopping nine of us in the theater. No walk outs, at least.

My showing was fairly thin as well. They put it in the dingiest theater with two or three showing a day.

 

[OrangeAtlas]

My Baby Driver screening was so dead to the point that they just didn't start the movie and I had to go inform them people were actually sitting in the theater.

With that said, a man loudly proclaimed to his wife and daughter upon walking out "Well that was definitely the best movie I've seen all year" so word of mouth should be good at least.

 

[overcast]

It was a Wednesday as far as these showings are concerned

 

[Biggest-Geek-Ever]

Wed #s

Baby Driver: $5.7M
Transformers 5: $3.25M
Cars 3: $2.8M
Wonder Woman: $2.77M

Not quite as high as I was hoping for BD, but still nice. Terrible Wednesday for TF5; it may drop close to 65% this weekend.

 

[BumRush]

Spider Man getting great reviews thus far!!

 

[kswiston]

Wed #s

Baby Driver: $5.7M
Transformers 5: $3.25M
Cars 3: $2.8M
Wonder Woman: $2.77M

Not quite as high as I was hoping for BD, but still nice. Terrible Wednesday for TF5; it may drop close to 65% this weekend.

That's a good Wednesday drop for Wonder Woman. -29% drop from the previous day after a pretty high Tuesday bump. It's still hard to judge where the weekend will end up though.

As long as Wonder Woman doesn't drop more than 9.4% today, it will overtake BvS' domestic total to become the highest grossing DCEU film domestically.

 

[GAMEPROFF]

Spideys gonna get the billion dollar

 

[Busty]

I wonder how significantly these Homecoming reviews will move the needle regarding the film's box office?

The franchise is a known quantity at this point and we've already been introduced to him in Civil War but given how this is the latest reboot in so many years will this be able to expand beyond the 'usual crowd' like Wonder Woman did?

 

[firelogic]

I wonder how significantly these Homecoming reviews will move the needle regarding the film's box office?

The franchise is a known quantity at this point and we've already been introduced to him in Civil War but given how this is the latest reboot in so many years will this be able to expand beyond the 'usual crowd' like Wonder Woman did?

It's Spider-man, plus the Marvel "MCU" banner on it, with Iron Man guest starring, and great reviews. I think it's a safe bet it hits $1B.

 

[Busty]

It's Spider-man, plus the Marvel "MCU" banner on it, with Iron Man guest starring, and great reviews. I think it's a safe bet it hits $1B.

I don't think it's a safe bet at all. Iron Man is really more of a fleeting, cameo appearance and Spidey's appearance in Civil War didn't exactly blow up the box office like some predicted.

I think this will hit but I've seen more predicting US box office grosses over $450m and beyond.

 

[Sgt. Kabukiman]

Spideys gonna get the billion dollar

I think that's definitely in play now.

 

[kswiston]

Spideys gonna get the billion dollar

It's Spider-man, plus the Marvel "MCU" banner on it, with Iron Man guest starring, and great reviews. I think it's a safe bet it hits $1B.

Everyone said the same thing with Guardians.

There are no safe bets to $1B right now. Exchange rates are too poor.


Spider-man has a better shot than most of the other superhero films this year though. The only other one with any sort of serious debate regarding $1B+ is Justice League.

 

[Ignatz Mouse]

I was probably going to see Spider-Man in the theater, but not certain. The reviews have made that a certainty.

So, the reviews matter at least a little.