s_mirage
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It looks like there were rumours about it being in the $150 million area, but I can't find their source. All that's officially been said is that the budget's very high for an R-rated independent film.
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It looks like there were rumours about it being in the $150 million area, but I can't find their source. All that's officially been said is that the budget's very high for an R-rated independent film.
I objected to the whitewashing, but might have checked it out due to curiosity if it looked great despite the whitewashing, to see how it turned out. But in addition to the whitewashing, I thought it looked like terrible. I see the visuals given a lot of praise, but everything I've seen from the trailers looked really off and unappealing. Once I read about the 'twist' ending though, I went from kinda ignoring it to actively cheering its box office demise.
I'll see it on video at some point, but right now I'm just laughing at how spectacular of a belly flop it managed. And this was "playing it safe". Workin' out great.
The visuals look a lot better in the movie than they do in the trailers. The art direction in the film is surprisingly strong such as the holograms and background/setting work.
It's a great looking film.
NealMcCauley
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I'm gonna be keeping an eye on my local imax this weekend. I get the feeling BatB will be playing again.
Seems pretty high if true. I don't think this type of film appeals to the general audience nor do I feel Blade Runner is a strong name. According to IMDB, it's going against My Little Pony. Are bronies still a thing?
Gentleman Jack
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Like so many other things about GitS, the visuals were servicable but I think a lot went to waste. If it feels like I've seen the exact same establishing shot of the hologram-bedazzled techno-skyline three times in your movie, that's either a failure of the VFX to keep things fresh or a failure of your editing team to keep me from noticing it that many times in a row. Plus they decided to shoot the spider tank scene in near complete darkness, muddying what should have been the action/VFX setpiece for the whole film. AND they telegraph it way too early in the film (it's not the fucking ED-209) AND they thought it wise to take time away from the fight to keep cutting back to a completely different part of the city because reasons.
Apart from Batou's teeny tiny eyes, he makeup effects and costume designs were cool and I don't have any complaints about most of it.
Apart from Batou's teeny tiny eyes, he makeup effects and costume designs were cool and I don't have any complaints about most of it.
Paramount is planning a party after getting that news.
After the party, everyone is laid off. xD
Free copy of the Monster Trucks Blu-Ray as they leave.
It'll be the DVD version. They can't afford to give everyone Blu-rays.
I will never understand why WB gave the Wachs 180M to make that.
Built up goodwill from the Matrix trilogy.
Space herpes and factory gonad removal.
Power Rangers drops to $14.2M in the weekend actuals. It ended up getting that 65% drop after all.
Not every studio has reported their weekend actuals yet, but from what I can see so far, the entire Top 10 is down over the estimates. Still waiting on Boss Baby, Logan, Life and CHiPs.
Not every studio has reported their weekend actuals yet, but from what I can see so far, the entire Top 10 is down over the estimates. Still waiting on Boss Baby, Logan, Life and CHiPs.
Once again the Power Rangers have been felled by their most powerful cinematic foe, audience apathy.
Matrix made so much money; they hoped for a second run.
Blade Runner is interesting. It is the sequel of a cult movie that bombed at release starring a retired 80s movie star.
Gentleman Jack
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So...Mad Max numbers, then?
We can only hope it's as good as Mad Max.
Alcon, who are financing and producing the new Blade Runner film also spent well over $100m on the Point Break reboot a couple of years ago.
I'm just sayin'.
The new Blade Runner film definitely falls into the same category as Luc Besson's Valerian film, I'm looking forward to seeing it..., but I'm glad that I'm not the one paying for that shit.
Gentleman Jack
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Well, the plans of a 6 movie arc are going down the drain for Lionsgate. They will be lucky to get one more movie out of this, let alone 5.
Ghost in the Shell is a major flop. I guess Scarlett doesn't have the box office pull they thought. Now it is up to international markets to save it.
Ghost in the Shell is a major flop. I guess Scarlett doesn't have the box office pull they thought. Now it is up to international markets to save it.
I think if it does Mad Max numbers (on a smaller budget) but is also as critically acclaimed as Mad Max, they will be satisfied.Hopefully if it's as good as Max Max, it manages to make more money
The ambition surrounding Power Rangers is just hilarious to me. They had to call it "Saban's Power Rangers," as if they were somehow going to turn into an IP development powerhouse like Marvel. "Oh we really need to stick our name on this film so that when we release Saban's Big Bad Beetleborgs people will know that it is coming from the same brilliant creative team!"
Planning out a six-movie arc is an equally funny example of their weird hubris......I guess they thought they were headed on the same trajectory as Transformers. It reminds me of how desperately Lionsgate were trying to pattern the Divergent series after The Hunger Games, even when it was immediately clear that Divergent had nowhere near the pull or mindshare of Hunger Games.
MHWilliams
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I was coming to post literally this.
I love epic scifi, but without an amazing pitch, I think the audience for the genre has simply moved on to watching those concepts on TV. Westworld or The Expanse on TV? Great. I doubt even a well-condensed version of those projects on the big screen would've done well.
We live in a world where we can say "Boss Baby is the number one movie in America."
What a time to be alive.
WhiteRabbitEXE
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So what you're saying is Beauty and the Bomba, sub-$1b confirmed.
I don't think the critical acclaim is enough, it would need the obscene award show presence as well, if we're talking about all else being equal. It was the 10 Academy Award nominations that really perked Warner and Miller back up.
And honestly... I don't see it making Mad Max money either way.
"Beauty and the Bomba" would have been a great thread title if it had gone that way.
Inceptional
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But they're balancing that with a director that's on fire and one of the biggest movie stars of the moment.
Calm down a bit. We're talking about Ryan Gosling.
Dash_Riprock
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So its either gonna be another Jurassic World...or another Fant4stic.
I would have watched it for Chin Han but then I heard they cut most of his scenes out in the editing process. I don't care for ScarJo so that made it easy to skip this Chin Han Lite turd. Might watch it if they release the Chin Han Cut on Netflix.
Probably somewhere in the middle, but leaning more towards Fant4stic, I would guess.
I seriously doubt it gets anywhere near Jurassic Would.
Inceptional
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I would never compare Dennis Villinueve to Colin Trevarrow or Josh Trank, that's like comparing apples to dingleberries.
Gentleman Jack
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Can confirm his role amounts to a monologue in the exposition phases of the film and later a very very short gunfight. Maybe half of what Beat gets, but more than anyone else in Section 9 except Batou/Major put together. GitS makes you forget that they're supposed to be a team from start to finish.
Not surprising considering three consecutive Twilight films opened to 135M+.
However not a single one of those broke 300M.
Uhhhh. The director of Blade Runner is more on the level of Christopher Nolan than the director of either of those two films.
Denis Villeneuve has had multiple oscar nominated films. And has been directing films for well over a decade.
How can you compare two very green directors to Denis Villeneuv who is well established and has directed extremely high critically recieived movies one after another after another.
I mean his last 3 movies were Prisoners, Sicario, and Arrival. That's one hell of a resume. Those two comparisons were done by green directors with little film experience.
Dash_Riprock
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I was speaking more about box office success than talent. But if he truly is at that level, then as Count Dooku said:
Good, twice the pride, double the fall...
Yes, I just quoted the Star Wars prequels unironically.
He's better than Nolan actually. Because he isn't self indulgent enough to force himself to write all his scripts.
I love Nolan still and can't wait for Dunkirk but Denis Villeneuve's resume for the 2010's blows Nolan's out of the water.He's better than Nolan actually. Because he isn't self indulgent enough to force himself to write all his scripts.
No one this decade has had a better 3 film streak so far than him. I mean Prisoners, Sicario, and Arrival all within about 5 years. Dude is unstoppable.
Dash_Riprock
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I mean, Nolan's resume the infamous TDKR, as well as Interstellar, aka "Lets do today what 2001: A Space Odyssey did for special effects back in the 60s, except we'll make the story sentimental, melodramatic garbage with a plot twist you can see coming lightyears away."
Inception was this decade as well. While I loved it, Arrival was better.
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