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Wkd BO 0415-1716 - Boy raised by wolves attacks as Bats & Supes look on... helpless

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Batjag

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tomtom94 said:
Do you remember how long they kept trying it with Ryan Reynolds?
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Dear God, yes. He was supposed to be the next big thing since what, Van Wilder? Props to him for keeping at it, and now he's back on top again. I hope he looks to Matthew McConaughey for inspiration on what to do with this second phase of his career.

Between getting Deadpool, ScarJo, and Blake Lively, this guy must've signed a pact with the Devil.
 
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Sulik2 said:
I like to think movie goers are smart enough to not see a movie for one actor when the movie itself looks like trash. Like all of the above movies.
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I asked in another thread, what looked so bad about In The Heart of the Sea? The book was excellent, the story looked interesting, good actors, a historical survival action/drama
 
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More_Badass said:
I asked in another thread, what looked so bad about In The Heart of the Sea? The book was excellent, the story looked interesting, good actors, a historical survival action/drama
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General audiences get bad vibes when a movie is set on a boat and Johnny Depp is nowhere to be seen.
 
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mreddie said:
Oh yeah, that shit played out post Avatar.
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It played out well before then. I would say the birth of the Blockbuster also meant the downfall of the movie star. Its been a slow, but gradual process. Star Wars didn't have a mega star, Nor ET, Nor Jaws, No Alien, Nor Spiderman, Nor the vast majority of the highest grossing movies.

Now, it feels more like the film makes the star like JLaw. Occasionally the films compliment each other like Pirates with Depp and Ironman with RDJ. But even they struggle outside of another Blockbusters. RDJ has Sherlock which did well, but The Judge and Soloist basically came and went, while Depp has been Box Office poison outside of Pirates.

If we want more, Bale and Batman, Mcguire and Spiderman, Potter, the entire fucking cast of LOTR outside of Gandalf who is basically in one or two things anymore.
 
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At least for me, personally there's no actor that turns a movie into a must-see in the theaters because of their presence, but there are actors I definitely enjoy watching more than others. Like I'm watch anything with Denzel. I think I'm intrigued by the director more than the actor. After Sicario and The Witch, I'm incredibly excited for whatever Villeneuve and Eggers do next, regardless of the actors
 
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For me there is NO director nor actor that can solely drive me to see a film. I will see a film if I think it looks interesting. That's it.
 
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Replicant said:
For me there is NO director nor actor that can solely drive me to see a film. I will see a film if I think it looks interesting. That's it.
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It's true that there's few (if any) actors who guarantee butts in seats anymore, but look at guys like Tom Cruise, Denzel Washington, and Liam Neeson.

What they've done that guys like Hemsworth haven't is found a way of turning their name into a brand in certain areas. When you see them in an action movie, audiences turn up, because they feel they're going to get a certain level of quality.
 
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Sibersk Esto said:
Tell that to Edge of Tomorrow
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It did $100M domestically and almost $400M ww; it's no failure by any means.

WB has a problem with marketing.

Leo & Tom Cruise are the only actors that come to mind, Sandra Bullock & Angelina Jolie to a certain extent (they have underperformers under their belt too) but that's really it.

Edit: And maybe Brad Pitt (my family is a big supporter of him lol), I don't think WWZ would have been as successful without him being featured.
 
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Batjag said:
It's true that there's few (if any) actors who guarantee butts in seats anymore, but look at guys like Tom Cruise, Denzel Washington, and Liam Neeson.

What they've done that guys like Hemsworth haven't is found a way of turning their name into a brand in certain areas. When you see them in an action movie, audiences turn up, because they feel they're going to get a certain level of quality.
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Interestingly enough all of the actors you listed are the ones whose popularity started back in the 80s/90s. I feel that these days most people have short attention span and loyalty that if Cruise et all are only starting now, they too wouldn't have the success that they have.

But then again I actually avoid all kinds of films starring Cruise so I may not be the best and the most fair judge of his success.
 
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More_Badass said:
I asked in another thread, what looked so bad about In The Heart of the Sea? The book was excellent, the story looked interesting, good actors, a historical survival action/drama
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Pop-O-Matic said:
General audiences get bad vibes when a movie is set on a boat and Johnny Depp is nowhere to be seen.
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It also had a bad marketing campaign imo. When your tagline is essentially "Witness the true story that inspired the book Moby Dick" there's a bit of dissonance.
 
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vinnygambini said:
It did $100M domestically and almost $400M ww; it's no failure by any means.

WB has a problem with marketing.

Leo & Tom Cruise are the only actors that come to mind, Sandra Bullock & Angelina Jolie to a certain extent (they have underperformers under their belt too) but that's really it.

Edit: And maybe Brad Pitt (my family is a big supporter of him lol), I don't think WWZ would have been as successful without him being featured.
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Don't forget Denzel Washington.

My mom pretty much watches anything that has Denzel in it.
 
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GhaleonEB said:
Looks like the NCAA game last night suppressed the box office - very large bounce backs across the board.

http://www.the-numbers.com/box-office-chart/daily/2016/04/05

BvS came in at $4.1m, though with a smaller bounce than most in the top 10.

Zootopia/BvS stream crossing getting closer every day.
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GhaleonEB said:
Crossover watch:

Zootopia made $1.5m yesterday, down 22%. BvS dropped 31%. They are ~$1.3m apart.

Streams cross next week for sure.
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GhaleonEB said:
BvS had a weak Friday but a strong Saturday lift which salvaged the weekend. It's just now edged Zootopia, but the streams will re-cross in the next week or so.
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Crossover watch: Zootopia continues to hold better than BvS in the dailies. BvS is now just $500k over it. Guessing we have crossover by Sunday, if not very early next week.
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That Friday bump, holy crap. Zootopia typically has huge jumps on Saturdays, so it should top BvS for the weekend. I didn't expect that given the tracking during the week; we should have crossover today. Freaking Jungle Book opens and it's still only down 39% week over week.
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Hang in there bud. Any day now.

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More_Badass said:
I asked in another thread, what looked so bad about In The Heart of the Sea? The book was excellent, the story looked interesting, good actors, a historical survival action/drama
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Did you see the trailer? It looked like a generic, "danger at sea" cgi-fest. Snooze.
 
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BronsonLee said:
No fuck that the movie's been out for fucking forever

The statue of limitations are done



Good cause that shit sounds hilarious
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Have you not seen it? It's good fun. It's a Whedon script so it's also occasionally schlocky but very tongue in cheek.
 
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BronsonLee said:
No fuck that the movie's been out for fucking forever

The statue of limitations are done
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It has been a while, yes. Still wanted to sidestep potential spoiler complaints anyway (seems like more of a problem on the gaming side though, comic book films aside).
 
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I avoided Cabin in the Woods for the longest time because I don't like horror movies and I scare easy. It turns out that it wasn't much of a horror-horror movie at all, and more like an adaptation of a horror-comedy graphic novel which doesn't exist. Pretty good time.
 
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Cabin in the Woods is level 1 when it comes to horror for a supposedly horror film.

But at least it's not level zzzZZzzz like Paranormal Activity. Cabin is actually still somewhat tense and engaging. And fun.
 
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duckroll said:
I avoided Cabin in the Woods for the longest time because I don't like horror movies and I scare easy. It turns out that it wasn't much of a horror-horror movie at all, and more like an adaptation of a horror-comedy graphic novel which doesn't exist. Pretty good time.
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Yeah, that's why I've always compared it to Trick 'r Treat. If you like one, you should dig the other, even though they are thematically very different. They both have that fake comic book horror vibe going on.
 
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