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BO Wkd 0616-1817 - Queen is dethroned, all hail McQueen, ScarJo roughed up
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Stephen Chow needs to get on that. China will actually care.
Sgt. Kabukiman
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Adam Sandler vs Tom Cruise
International audiences win. It's science.
He's busy making my New Super-Man movie.
CaviarMeths
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He's short and looks 15 younger than he really is.
Tom Cruise is a secret Asian confirmed.
Sweeney Tom
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Reminder that anything below $500 mil is still a disappointment for The Mummy, and they likely won't even be happy with $550
Glass Rebel
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Hey, I didn't say the movie was good.
It was really Sucker Punch that cemented it for me, some of those dream sequences are just spot on.
Thanks. I hope you enjoyed your Father's Day too. I got up at 5am and went fishing with my dad.
Happy Father's Day to the other dads here.
Thanks for filling in.
I like to point out when I am wrong, and like many people, I was underselling Wonder Woman. This week, mostly overseas. This weekend was very strong overseas (as well as domestic). Wonder Woman has a good shot at $750M now. If Japan likes this film more than they typically like Superhero things, $775M is not out of the question.
Where is that figure from? Just an estimate based on what it would take to make $$?
I prefer not to point out when I'm wrong. Too many posts would be required.
Bornstellar
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Watched Wonder Woman last night. It's not very good? Not offensively bad on the other hand I guess...
DR2K
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It was phenomenal and good word of mouth is getting people to the box office.
DontBeThatGuy
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Well deserved.
According to internet forum regulation 37: sub-section 12, Wonder Woman is now popular enough that it is overrated mediocrity. It will hold this classification for 25 years, after which point it will transition to being an all-time classic, released during the best era of cinema.
See every event blockbuster in history for precedence.
illmatic22
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Explain yourself Bronson
PhantomX1313
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I guess 'It comes and goes Overnight'
It Comes at Night held better than I thought it would.
Also, this is A24. They have distributed 48 films, and if It Comes at Night makes it to $15M, it will be their 4th highest grosser.
#1 is Moonlight at just under $28M.
MHWilliams
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So with Rough Night (and The Mummy), we done talking about star power, Hollywood?
LordOfLore
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Can you add the usual "Wkd" to the title to make it easier for thread searching later?
MHWilliams
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Done. Had to remove one of the phrases.
Bornstellar
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People really think it's a phenomenal movie?
bunbun777
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Speaking of It comes at night....
Gf wanted to go, I knew nothing at all except it was a "scary movie", and that it was rated around 70-80%, seemed ok to me.
My oh my I actually felt ripped off. Not angry but like a little gnome picked my pockets while I was watching. Not only were there audible "that's it?"'s but someone ironically clapped after lol.
Gf wanted to go, I knew nothing at all except it was a "scary movie", and that it was rated around 70-80%, seemed ok to me.
My oh my I actually felt ripped off. Not angry but like a little gnome picked my pockets while I was watching. Not only were there audible "that's it?"'s but someone ironically clapped after lol.
Should have followed the dog...
NealMcCauley
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Watching Age of Extinction to get pumped for TF5. Only saw it once before. Dear God.
For starters: On the one hand, this and the Teds show that Marky Mark has an unbelievable talent acting alongside CG characters. On the other hand, Marky Mark as Cade Yeager is one of the most ridiculous characters ever. He throws himself into the role though and it's adorable.
Despite all the many, many problems I'm still enjoying it. It's just so damn out there.
For starters: On the one hand, this and the Teds show that Marky Mark has an unbelievable talent acting alongside CG characters. On the other hand, Marky Mark as Cade Yeager is one of the most ridiculous characters ever. He throws himself into the role though and it's adorable.
Despite all the many, many problems I'm still enjoying it. It's just so damn out there.
broncobuster
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Is Scarlet Johansson the purported star power of Rough Night? Because Ghost in the Shell answered that question weeks ago.
What did he mean by this?
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I thought people were exaggerating about the Book of Henry.......
But it really makes the Book of Eli look like the Book of Mormon
But it really makes the Book of Eli look like the Book of Mormon
2017's domestic box office is doing its best to show how little star power means. Dwayne Johnson? Nope. Tom Cruise? Nope. Scarjo? Nope x2.
It Comes at Night marketed itself as a post-apocalyptic film with possible zombies, but it was basically The Road in a Cabin
with a less happy ending
Obliterator
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Gentleman Jack
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CaviarMeths
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If you can't see why the movie is having such phenomenal word of mouth, then you're looking at it in a bubble and ignoring the greater story here and what the movie represents.
Dunno about phenomenal as it's average rating is 7.5 / 10, but it's definitively inspiring for most women and it explain it's incredible staying power as it's catching up each day over the frontloaded flicks that were BvS, MOS and Suicide Squad.
QuantumZebra
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TheTylerDurden
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That's a very concise and astute observation. I completely agree.
You can't have a popular, well loved movie without the edge bros chiming in for their super cool take on how we're all sheep and that only they can see the 'truth'.
TheTylerDurden
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Yes.
QuantumZebra
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Thank you
Hello! Yes, welcome to July 18th, 2017. Wonder Woman has been out for 3 weeks and is critically acclaimed, and on a historic box office run.
You can find refreshments and snacks next to the giant cardboard cutout of Gal Gadot.
BronsonLee
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don't put this on me!
Yeah, as bad as AoE is, I still enjoyed Wahlberg in that movie.
And to an extent Baywatch, as I truly felt like the rock was the only Domestic guaranteed bankable star left.
AntraxSuicide
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I live and teach in a college town so you can imagine all the hipsters around, including some of my friends and colleagues. My favorite example of this phenomenon was watching Frozen go from "this movie will be remembered for centuries" to "this movie will be remembered for centuries for being shit" in real time over the theatrical run of that movie.
This is always amazing to watch, always makes you feel like the last sane man in a mad world
Bornstellar
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No, I'm looking at it as a piece of cinema. Evaluating its qualities as a movie, I found it to be very middling.
MHWilliams
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Very true.
You must be fun at parties.
Blockbusters in general are going to be fairly safe films that appeal to as many people as possible.
I don't think that Wonder Woman is a perfect film, and it isn't a film that I would throw on my personal list of best blockbusters. But I do think that it has very likeable characters, and offers a brand of escapism that is very appealing at this moment in time. Look at how many resist avatars we have on this website. Wonder Woman fights for what she believes in and doesn't take shit from anyone, even if that anyone is the entire world. It's what a ton of people wish they could do right now.
Superhero films in general seem to have been missing that for some time. Marvel's stuff is light hearted, but most of those origin films are all about overcoming personal flaws and learning to be a hero. Diana is already a hero. The only thing she was missing was the opportunity to act.
This is irrelevant, as it's a movie which is the equivalent of Richard Donner Superman for the female audience in 2017. Logan is a better movie than Wonder Woman or Guardians 2 from a technical standpoint imo, but it's not as fun or inspiring as WW or GOTG 2 and it's reflected by it's bo performance.
Several people in the WW thread have heard women talking about it as being empowering and inspiring as they were sitting in the theater, which is one reason which explains it's incredible staying power. Sam Raimi Spider Man was fairly formulaic, but it also showed incredible legs back in 2002 since it was fun and brought to the silver screen the most iconic Marvel superhero at the time (and benefited from Attack of the clones being what it was
).It's weird that she's basically on the same career path as an actress that won an Oscar in a slow year, yet she's got no Oscar. She's still a great talent, but some of the roles she's been picking recently... yeah, she might want to invest in some stock or something to reduce the need to take on so many jobs on so many dubious projects.