I'm just trying to save face with my top 5 domestic prediction in that one thread.
If the rumored runtime of 182 minutes for TF5 is true, I'm going to give it no chance of grossing more than Pirates.
3 hours of Michael Bay explosions?
I'm ready.
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3 hours of Michael Bay explosions?
I'm ready.
Don't forget the awkward sexual innuendo.
Also, 600 posts by Tuesday has to be one of the more lively box office threads in recent months.
BronsonLee
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I've done that. I also did Fast and Furious 1-6 (11.5 hours) to get ready for Furious 7 (which I feel was almost more exhausting).
How do you Marathon? When i marathon, i usually just do one movie a day or maybe two. Can't imagine doing every movie back to back. And i don't like to skip movies so yeah.
Also i feel bad for the poor guy who wants to Marathon all the MCU films for the new Avengers: Infinity War film.
You should have skipped Tokyo Shit.
Hashmal_Bringer_of_Order
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I'm a shameless Michael Bay stan so i'm still gonna sit through 180 min of Transformers BS. Just another $ in the international take...
Why would I skip the third best one (pre-7)?
Besides, the post credits stinger of 6 isn't nearly as effective without TD.
Biggest-Geek-Ever
Member
Since we're on the topic of runtimes, The Mummy is 108 minutes long. And Total Film seems to have confirmed Dunkirk will be under 2 hours.
edit: Spider-Man Homecoming is 130 minutes.
edit: Spider-Man Homecoming is 130 minutes.
Oh boy, critics had their venom & knives ready 😂. Fans LOVE the movie. Huge positive scores. Big disconnect w/ critics & people. #Pirates #2Depp4U🔥
GabeTheGrouch76
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I'm just trying to save face with my top 5 domestic prediction in that one thread.
If the rumored runtime of 182 minutes for TF5 is true, I'm going to give it no chance of grossing more than Pirates.
Are you shitting me?! AoE's bloated runtime was easily one of the worst things about that film.
If that is TLK's runtime I'll likely just pass it by. Would had given it an ironic chance since it's Bay's last film and the bizarre nonsense he's putting into it (and I've liked the odd-numbered Bay films more than the even ones). But not if it means sitting through three hours of dreck...
EDIT: Bah, forgot about Bay's Pearl Harbor with its similar runtime. Really disliked that movie as well.
Freeza Under The Shower
Member
well, at that runtime, at least the Kermode review is going to be something to behold. If I had to guess how that will end up: Probably the best two hour snore he had in a half-hour movie where nothing happened.
Biggest-Geek-Ever
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http://deadline.com/2017/05/wonder-...ng-worldwide-projection-gal-gadot-1202104439/
Pretty much the same numbers as LA Times reported. I haven't had the time to give Wonder Woman's overseas opening much thought, but $100M would be a solid result.
Pretty much the same numbers as LA Times reported. I haven't had the time to give Wonder Woman's overseas opening much thought, but $100M would be a solid result.
Razgriz-Specter
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People complained that didn't have enough explosions.
starchild excalibur
Member
It's most ridiculous, too, because the Transformers stories tend to be absolute shit anyway. I get making a film 3 hours in order to flesh out a deep, intricate story, but not for a film that no one is going to watch for story to begin with.
CaviarMeths
Member
I don't get it. Michael Bay is pretty self aware. He knows his movies are big, dumb action spectacles for young adults. Why would he make them 3 hours long?
Michael Bay does whatever he wants.
Have you seen the trailers?
You know how much convoluted crap is in there that they're gonna explain?
Can't wait for the 60 minutes of the movie dedicated to horrible comedy and the 10 minutes dedicated to exposition.
And the 30ish min dedicated to actual Transformers action.
Saucycarpdog
Member
Don't forget the 5 minutes dedicated to justifying sex with a minor.
Hitler
Also Merlin apparently
Freeza Under The Shower
Member
challenge accepted!
From the trailers or whatever. Also some names from the community thread, so if you give a shit about these movies (WHY?): ACTUAL POSSIBLE SPOILERS AHEAD (Or at least some characters. Just so nobody will bitch about it )
- Optimus in space: gets blown the fuck up and has to make a deal with quintessons in the form of one -oh goody, another Lilith archetype- Quintessa, getting turned into not-Galvatron in the process.
- artifact can bring back life to Cybertron, so that's basically Unicron (I think they showed a horn in one of the trailers), and you know, planet showing up in the world's worst flat shot 'oh yeah we have this in the movie' ever to attack Earth. So yeah, that's Unicron in Bay-vision. Wanna bet?
- artifact is held by humans (epic backstory, bro! Also featuring British Person as Immortal Merlin, presumably by the power of said artifact ), waste an hour trying to 'resolve' how not-Galvy Optimus gets artifact.
- turns Cybertron into shitty grassmold (ooh, Beast Machines, that show nobody watched but me- oh), grassy-not-unicron goes ID4-2 copy-paste on Earth
- waste another fucking hour on fights that happen in this context, featuring everyone's favorite shitty character: Wheely! (fuck that guy! Me Grimlock smash shitty character! I wish that would happen) But this time as a retarded old-timer bike, because you know, Bay.
- finale of half an hour where Hot rod and Rodimus somehow get involved into the plot (apparently they're in it), blowing mossplanet the fuck up while saving Earth again with no consequences at all. "what about half the planet being sucked dry" NO CONSEQUENCES AT ALL.
- actual plot progression of ten minutes (like every single other Bay movie): Not-Galvy breaks free of control, violently murders Megatron again because why not, goes off to fuck off into space again. Who kills Quintessa? A HUMAN! What a twist!
- oh, and I think that picture with like three dragon heads is literally what Bay would think of when hearing the name Trypticon, but that image is surprisingly absent from the trailers, so they probably ditched it because too expensive. Because then they would need Metroplex too ( G1 rule: one guy shows up, the other guy shows up too. No exceptions) , which would lead to Bay going 'but hooooow', so that's not happening.
- artifact can bring back life to Cybertron, so that's basically Unicron (I think they showed a horn in one of the trailers), and you know, planet showing up in the world's worst flat shot 'oh yeah we have this in the movie' ever to attack Earth. So yeah, that's Unicron in Bay-vision. Wanna bet?
- artifact is held by humans (epic backstory, bro! Also featuring British Person as Immortal Merlin, presumably by the power of said artifact ), waste an hour trying to 'resolve' how not-Galvy Optimus gets artifact.
- turns Cybertron into shitty grassmold (ooh, Beast Machines, that show nobody watched but me- oh), grassy-not-unicron goes ID4-2 copy-paste on Earth
- waste another fucking hour on fights that happen in this context, featuring everyone's favorite shitty character: Wheely! (fuck that guy! Me Grimlock smash shitty character! I wish that would happen) But this time as a retarded old-timer bike, because you know, Bay.
- finale of half an hour where Hot rod and Rodimus somehow get involved into the plot (apparently they're in it), blowing mossplanet the fuck up while saving Earth again with no consequences at all. "what about half the planet being sucked dry" NO CONSEQUENCES AT ALL.
- actual plot progression of ten minutes (like every single other Bay movie): Not-Galvy breaks free of control, violently murders Megatron again because why not, goes off to fuck off into space again. Who kills Quintessa? A HUMAN! What a twist!
- oh, and I think that picture with like three dragon heads is literally what Bay would think of when hearing the name Trypticon, but that image is surprisingly absent from the trailers, so they probably ditched it because too expensive. Because then they would need Metroplex too ( G1 rule: one guy shows up, the other guy shows up too. No exceptions) , which would lead to Bay going 'but hooooow', so that's not happening.
Also, watch the movie be a lot dumber than the somewhat (okay barely) sensible plot events I described.
Biggest-Geek-Ever
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You know what's funny is, the last 3 posts in this thread now have me thinking... if the film is actually "only" 150 minutes, it's going to be incredibly rushed.
Inceptional
Member
If The Mummy is only 108 min. then I'm afraid we've seen the entire movie already. That's worrying. I think the Dunkirk runtime is why we haven't gotten much from the trailers. I have a feeling it's going to be a short but thrilling ride, kinda like Gravity. Hell, it's got a ticking timer as the score, haha. King Nolan won't disappoint.
Perfect runtime for Homecoming but that Transformers runtime is fucking hilarious. Extinction already felt like running a marathon. Plus, I think I'd rather slit my wrists than listen to Mark Walburg and robot dinosaurs make noises for 3 hours straight. At least you got some Hopkins and fireworks to try to snap you back from the brink of insanity.
Hahahaha what? You're just trolling me on purpose now right?
I caught a midnight screening of Pearl Harbor while totally drunk after a birthday party at a friend's place, a bunch of us just took a cab into the city on a whim and we missed like the first 10-20 mins. It still felt like a 3 hour movie.
Inceptional
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I've only ever fallen asleep twice in a movie theater: Godzilla '98 and Pearl Harbor.
Dash_Riprock
Member
3 hours!? Are they fucking insane!?
I fell asleep for a bit during Inception.
A midnight release when you have been up since 6am is not the best choice.
sems4arsenal
Member
Does anyone know how much North Africa and the gulf countries contribute to World wide sales? Cause we're not getting either Pirates or WW any time soon.
Next to nothing in the larger scheme of things. UAE is the only territory likely to crack $2M.
What's wrong with Pirates?
Freeza Under The Shower
Member
Hahahaha what? You're just trolling me on purpose now right?
BvS was purposely cut down to two and a half hour and it made less than the TF movies, so... yeah.
What country are you located in again?
Biggest-Geek-Ever
Member
That would certainly be better, but I wonder if they're just using TF4's runtime until we get the official number.
Singapore. Shaw is listing it as 165mins, but all the other chains have TBA, so Biggest-Geek-Ever could have a point. It's definitely not a confirmation.
As someone who watches every single Bayformers film multiple times in the cinema, I can safely say that I have seen (and heard... *argh*) more kids at an Interstellar IMAX screening than in any of the TF films. (I'm defining kids here as actual young children, not teenagers.)
PhoncipleBone
Banned
This confirms that, Bay creates his TF films for sophisticated adults.
sems4arsenal
Member
They generally don't release movies in Ramadan (no one bothers going to the movies). I think the UAE is an exception to the rule though.
Do kids even watch Transformers movies? I thought it was more of a teen thing.