ElBoxyBrown
Banned
I have some worries for Baby Driver. I hear it's the greatest Wright movie and I hear it's the dullest. I'm more worried about it being dull since it's suppose to be his most accessible film.
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Wkd BO 0623-2517 - Transformers snore than meets the eye, Woman keeps up with Cars
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Smokey_Run
Member
Scratched the Bourne itch more than the last Greengrass/Damon film so I'm cool with a sequel.
Kswiss posted them. WW above Cars.
I prefer 300 and Watchmen over any Nolan film. Well, maybe except Memento, depending on my mood.
Everything Snyder has done since Watchmen has been shit, though.
BronsonLee
Member
Double down on the action, comedy, and write it as a Bernthal/Affleck team-up, and I'm there on opening night
I expect a detailed review and a fancy rating scale.
BronsonLee
Member
I didn't even know it was a graphic novel
The trailers are gud and it's by one of the John Wick crew so I'm in
The trailers are gud and it's by one of the John Wick crew so I'm in
Hey, those are good reasons, too. Movie looks nice, even if I'm not a big fan of the setting.
Did I fuck up or are all passes only for 1 person?
Sibersk Esto
Banned
Fuck, advanced screenings always sell out for me. Maybe because I'm in NYC? Who knows.
BronsonLee
Member
I'm hearing real good stuff about the action scenes too, though that should not be surprising
You can get two but you have to select it
NY people camp that shit out heavily, they're the biggest crew by far on the main sites I use
Then Philly, then Jersey
Shit. Didn't see that
BronsonLee
Member
Abandon your friend/girlfriend/wife/father
BronsonLee
Member
This is pretty early for a screening too (it's a month out from release) so I'm guessing they want to rely on word of mouth pretty hard to drum up interest.
*complicated hand shake/fist bump combo*
I actually had a ton of fun with the first one. It has issues but I enjoyed it and it didn't overstay it's welcome.
Yeah, a month out seems far in advance. I don't expect John Wick 2 numbers but if it can slot itself between JW and JW2 that would be a win.
I believe the budget is only 30M.
Biggest-Geek-Ever
Member
Thanks.
Now you will have to deal with MY hot take putting your hot take in the cooler.
BronsonLee
Member
Please, I'm the only one that matters, have you seen my blog
Cool I liked the first movie.
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
On Wordpress?
Kenzodielocke
Banned
Yeah, I really liked the Punisher and Batman crossover.
Give me more Punisher in sequel and I'll be happy.
BronsonLee
Member
CraigerGamer
Member
I think that is where the "experts" got it all wrong. Its not that nobody cares, its that people didn't know they should care about Wonder Woman. Took a great movie to show them the light.
Also, my Saturday afternoon showing I attended was completely packed...and my 5 year old son asked me if he could be Wonder Woman when he grew up.
QuantumZebra
Member
That's great to hear, and your son has good taste!
Freeza Under The Shower
Member
Not sure if I'd really like a sequel to The Accountant, since the whole point of it was basically both doing the action movie as well as having a subversion on it, with the help of good editing and an Isham soundtrack. I liked the movie a lot, but it seemed like a one-and-done to me story wise.
My 3 year old daughter has asked me about 20 times why she can't see Wonder Woman.
Maybe she'll be old enough to see the sequel in theatres.
In other news, I should be seeing the "now 98% on Rotten Tomatoes" Baby Driver on Thursday. Two others are going with me, so I can now safely predict that the opening weekend will be >$30. Sorry Zyzzyx Rd.
Maybe she'll be old enough to see the sequel in theatres.
In other news, I should be seeing the "now 98% on Rotten Tomatoes" Baby Driver on Thursday. Two others are going with me, so I can now safely predict that the opening weekend will be >$30. Sorry Zyzzyx Rd.
Yep, The Accountant was a far better Bourne film than Jason Bourne. In a completely different league (whoever decided on Vincent Cassel as the main bad guy of an action film was out of their mind). A sequel is definitely welcomed.
BronsonLee
Member
Spoil the movie for her but tell her Wonder Woman dies for not eating her veggies at dinner
Deep goddamn pull here
Take her anyways.
She'll mostly forget.
Like when my dad took me to see The Lost World when I was 3.
crazy monkey
Banned
My 6 year old does not know who she is lol. He knows about cars. He just saw his first movie cars 3. I do not think he is going again this year again.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Pffft. I saw Beverly Hills Cop in theaters when I was 5. Look how I turned out.
We started her early I guess. Her first film was Finding Dory last year at 2 years old.
I don't remember what my first film would have been, but my parents took me to the movies quite a bit as a kid. I saw all three of the 1989 opening weekend record setters (Ghostbusters 2, The Last Crusade, and Batman) in theatres. I was 7 that year.
My parents took me to the drive-in a lot when I was really young. My dad would make me hide under a pile of blankets in the back seat so that he wouldn't have to pay extra. I think that I mostly slept, so who knows what was being shown in most of those instances. I remember a Gremlins and Goonies double feature. Looking at BOM, that would have been 1985. I was 3.
Freeza Under The Shower
Member
I don't think movie theaters are for children at all if they have the same overdone loudness (say hello to tinnitus) as adult screenings have these days.
That said, animation tends to be far more normalized in its audio output, so I guess that's more doable.
I only remember seeing movies in cinema since I was about 10, so that's likely when I could first enter one. One of the first was Jurassic Park, so I think I got pretty lucky in seeing one of the best early on.
That said, animation tends to be far more normalized in its audio output, so I guess that's more doable.
I only remember seeing movies in cinema since I was about 10, so that's likely when I could first enter one. One of the first was Jurassic Park, so I think I got pretty lucky in seeing one of the best early on.
Mine wants to see it too. All day: "alexa, play wonder woman theme"
Obliterator
Member
Had a little girl at work today, had to be 8 or so, begging her Mom to buy everything Wonder Woman related. They grabbed books, toys, and even an outfit so she could dress up. All she could talk about was how cool she thought she was. Put a huge smile on my face.
broncobuster
Banned
I saw a TV ad for Baby Driver and they're selling it like it's one of those direct to digital action movies. Kind where it's probably from Lionsgate, like Precious Cargo or Empire State.
The exchange between Marvel CEO Ike Perlmutter and Michael Lynton (then at Sony) reveals their line of thinking,
Really, a Wonder Woman movie should've happened years ago. A number of almost but not quite stories for decades. Not even the first time Patty Jenkins met with Warners to talk about a Wonder Woman movie. At a point Warners seemed content to have Wonder Woman be a TV show (both the failed NBC pilot and the CW "Amazon" series). Took the Snyders making Wonder Woman a priority to finally get Warners to commit. And despite the initial speed bump of switching directors, Patty Jenkins was the right person to make it happen.
The exchange between Marvel CEO Ike Perlmutter and Michael Lynton (then at Sony) reveals their line of thinking,
Really, a Wonder Woman movie should've happened years ago. A number of almost but not quite stories for decades. Not even the first time Patty Jenkins met with Warners to talk about a Wonder Woman movie. At a point Warners seemed content to have Wonder Woman be a TV show (both the failed NBC pilot and the CW "Amazon" series). Took the Snyders making Wonder Woman a priority to finally get Warners to commit. And despite the initial speed bump of switching directors, Patty Jenkins was the right person to make it happen.
What do you expect? George Lucas decided that Disney would be a great new home for the Star Wars franchise when he saw that they already had a Sith Lord as the head of one of their major subsidiaries.
So what you're saying is, we have Zack and Deborah Snyder to thank for Wonder Woman. The Snyders are the best!
Considering they produced it, Zack himself put her in BvS, put her in Justice League as the founding member with Batman, Zack came up with the story for WW and the stunt guys tha worked with the Snyders were used on WW, yes it took Snyders pushing WB to get WW off the ground.
See, he should be getting some credit for it but everyone's too busy crapping on him. He's in a no-win situation with the public. It's sad.
Most of the China box office regulars on the BOT forums are declaring $250M dead for Transformers 5 in China. TF5 is currently trailing Warcraft, which ended up with $220M total. It might be able to make up the difference, but $230M is looking like the high end for the Last Knight.
So that is $90M or more lost in China. At least $100M lost domestically (after TF4 already dropped $100M from TF3). The rest of the overseas territories aren't going to be much better.
We are likely looking at a WW total for Transformers 5 that is under the first film. Sort of crazy to think that it and Logan could end up separated by as little as $50M worldwide.
So that is $90M or more lost in China. At least $100M lost domestically (after TF4 already dropped $100M from TF3). The rest of the overseas territories aren't going to be much better.
We are likely looking at a WW total for Transformers 5 that is under the first film. Sort of crazy to think that it and Logan could end up separated by as little as $50M worldwide.
Biggest-Geek-Ever
Member
Considering TF5 had a $100+M upfront from China, those distributors are probably pretty furious about this performance.