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The Island Bombing
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lo escondido
Apartheid is, in fact, not institutional racism
The movie cost about $100 million according to Box office mojo.
Prince of Space
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"What splendid news."
Brian Fellows
Pete Carroll Owns Me
It just looks boring.
Kabuki Waq
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it had one good car chase otherwise it was crappy , had WAY too many plot holes and not much plot.
4/10
4/10
Red Blaster
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For shame, Ewan and Scarlett are cool actors.
blindrocket
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Sholmes said:
That's the truth. Hopefully Bay will lose future jobs.
Horrible, horrible film. That's pretty much all I have to say about it, really - not one single memorable scene in that picture. Except seeing the guy who plays "Neelix" scream like a little girl in a gas chamber.
It successfully manages to knock off the freeway chase in Bad Boys II, the Kirk vs. Kirk scene in Star Trek VI, the short story "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson, the futuristic society of Logan's Run, the nauseating camera work of The Bourne Supremacy, and the *quote* "sex scene" from Pearl Harbor. And don't forget, the always-timeless Michael Bay FUNNY TOKEN BLACK CHARACTER(tm). Not just one, though, but TWO ("Jesus loves you!", clerk at Merrick Hospital Wing).
Seriously, this movie was the most generic piece of trash I have had the pleasure of witnessing all year - and given how 2005's treated us, that's really saying something.
It successfully manages to knock off the freeway chase in Bad Boys II, the Kirk vs. Kirk scene in Star Trek VI, the short story "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson, the futuristic society of Logan's Run, the nauseating camera work of The Bourne Supremacy, and the *quote* "sex scene" from Pearl Harbor. And don't forget, the always-timeless Michael Bay FUNNY TOKEN BLACK CHARACTER(tm). Not just one, though, but TWO ("Jesus loves you!", clerk at Merrick Hospital Wing).
Seriously, this movie was the most generic piece of trash I have had the pleasure of witnessing all year - and given how 2005's treated us, that's really saying something.
Bud said:
Uh, yeah. It is. It'll likely end up doing a fairly healthy box office all things considered, and I really didn't think it ever had a shot of having a massive gross. I think that no film could ever be predicted to do these kind of numbers outside of the S sequels of 2007 (Spider-Man, Shrek). Even Superman Returns will have to relaunch a franchise, and overall there are very, very few franchises that can demand these types of numbers anymore.
The Island's numbers are downright dysmal, while Wedding Crashers...wow. An incredibly strong opening weekend and now a projected drop of only 28%...this film is a bit of a blockbuster, all things considered. It picked the right time to release, as it really has no competition whatsoever. Young Adults looking for a raunchy, mindless comedy have nowhere else to turn, so it's a big success. It also sort of works on the trend of comedies of this nature being far more successful than anyone could expect (See: Meet the Fockers).
But this has to be a real kick in the 'nads for Micheal Bay and the good people at Dreamworks, as well as a real hit to the apparent star power of McGregor and Johansson. Here is a film with an aggressively robust cast, car chases and a bit of a fun side to it...and yet nobody went to see it. While the reviews have been negative most people pay no attention to such things and the film simply didn't appeal. I wonder if Bay will run back to Bruckheimer begging for his name back...but considering "King Arthur", he might have lost his golden touch as well.
Ninja Scooter
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Batman pulled in another cool million on Friday. (GO BATMAN!). Fantastic Four continues to drop like a rock. And Hustle and Flow is bombing HARD for all the hype and MTV airtime it was getting the last couple of weeks. It will be lucky to pull in $10 million for the opening weekend.
PotatoeMasher
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XMonkey said:
3,122...
200 more than wedding crashers
OpinionatedCyborg
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effzee said:
Hey, The Rock was actually quite good! All three leads churned out strong performances (Ed Harris played one of the most intriguing villains ever in a popcorn action flick; Connery was solid; Nick Cage did a respectable job as the lab rat), the script had a couple clever quips, and the action was fun. Don't even get me started on the phenomenal Hans Zimmerman soundtrack.
But besides that, yeah, Michael Bay's previous work is shit.
Barrage
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Ninja Scooter said:
Uh...Hustle&Flow's production budget is 2.8 Million. No, it will not bomb. It's a shame, because it's a very good movie.
And whoever this tested McGregor and Johanesson's star power, since when the FUCK does Scarlett have star power? Weird looking bitch.
P.S. Fuck Batman.
effzee said:
It was good. I thought it was almost as good as The Rock. Just a damn entertaining movie all the way through and the story that WAS there was pretty good. (And to the person who said it had PLOTHOLES, WTF are you talking about? It was a pretty simple and straightforward storyline.) The music was cool too.
Michael Bay sucks, most of the time. But he CAN make some fun movies like Bad Boys and The Rock, and this is one of them.
It's funny to see everyone :lol :lol :lol ing at this, yet most of them haven't even seen it. I like when people just want things to fail.
Barrage said:
.. And you're just retarded.
Cheesemeister
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Warm Machine
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I just saw it and thought that it was really good.
It does get bogged down a bit in the middle with the ongoing chase and does suffer from the absolutely unrealistic building sign sequence but otherwise is a very solid film.
8/10
If it does bomb it won't be because it wasn't any good it'll be because of blind Micheal Bay hatred.
It does get bogged down a bit in the middle with the ongoing chase and does suffer from the absolutely unrealistic building sign sequence but otherwise is a very solid film.
8/10
If it does bomb it won't be because it wasn't any good it'll be because of blind Micheal Bay hatred.
Burger
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Warm Machine said:
Errr, blind hatred ? What are you talking about ? Alot of people think that Micheal Bay is a shitty director who makes shitty movies.
The Island has been panned in local reviews, which coupled with my experiences with past Bay films makes me not want to fork up a single cent to go see it.
Thats not blind hatred. It's called forming an educated opinion based on facts available.
WrathOfOtaibah
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Like I said before, I'm just going to download the good Scarlett scenes and be done with the movie. If there isn't, I hope this movie bombs as hard as possible.
My biggest problem with it is that the ads don't tell me *anything*. There are movies I'll go see because they look like actiony romps, but between the title and the way the ads are presented, you get the feeling they're going for something pretentious -- but all you get is BOOM.
I don't think I've ever seen a big budget movie with ads that carry so mixed a message.
I don't think I've ever seen a big budget movie with ads that carry so mixed a message.
Burger said:
Seems to be a mixed bag to me. People do know he can make good movies (The Rock, Bad Boys) and even a panned movie like Amageddon is generally very much liked by the public (seems to be girls that say they like it though, heh).
I'd have to blame this on flat out shitty advertisments. Much worse reviews for Fantastic Four didn't stop that from becoming a big hit, because the public saw commercials and realized it would be a fun 2 hour summer movie. To be honest, most people who go see movies don't give a shit about reviews. They probably don't even know what kind of reviews the movie is getting, other than maybe a general idea. If reviews mattered, Cinderella Man wouldn't have tanked and Fantastic Four would have.
The commercials for The Island left most people with a "well uh.. okay then" kind of feeling. It didn't tell you what the hell the movie was about for the most part.
we are not carrying the island in my theatre and at least 90% of all Regal Entertainment Group (which is the largest theatre chain in the nation)won't carry it either cuz of some pussy feud with Dreamworks i believe. I don't know the exact details because the general manager has gone on vacation before i got a chance to ask him about the island....
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