I'll play by your ever changing rules.
Alright then, Victor Frankenstein. Bombed but still very much a studio vehicle.
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Alright then, Victor Frankenstein. Bombed but still very much a studio vehicle.
BronsonLee
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That shit is just viral marketing for National Treasure 3 no matter what anyone tells me
That was a McAvoy vehicle.
CrichtonKicks
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Radcliffe had top billing.
Buying entire islands ain't cheap.
BronsonLee
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That summary sounds stupid as fuck
Writers: Max Landis (screenplay), Max Landis (screen story)
Well at least it won't have any Mary Sues.
Well now I don't if that should count. McAvoy is the clear star of the picture, but the advertising dept doesn't believe he'll be a draw, so they'll top bill Radcliffe.
Bobby Roberts
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From the mind of Max Landis, the one man in Hollywood who thinks you're supposed to start out writing screenplays for major motion pictures and end up making low-budget YouTube videos for free.
What the hell? The movie is about Radcliffe's character. It's from his perspective. He is the lead, full stop. You are digging yourself deeper and deeper here.
CrichtonKicks
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You are so wrong.. Billing is all about contracts and negotiations and on some level it's a measure of perceived star power. It isn't up to advertising.
Even granting that, wouldn't it, like, serve to contradict your position?
TBF this Mary Sue shit has done more for his name recognition than writing screenplays ever would.
BronsonLee
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Cheebo
Cheebo goddamnit
You should know better than to fall for Gonzalez at this point
Cheebo goddamnit
You should know better than to fall for Gonzalez at this point
BronsonLee
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Honestly, I don't think most of you saw it anyway. Like me, you just found out now after reading the synopsis.
She was getting chances between the Twilight films. I think she is here to stay.
CrichtonKicks
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Or Robert Pattinson...
Really that's the point- very few films seem to launch people to independent stardom these days. JLaw is probably one of the only ones to really be consistently successful coming off of a major franchise launch.
Boogalogist
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I only recall Snow White and some superhero thing.
Bobby Roberts
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Clouds of Sils-Maria is gonna get her back in people's good graces. She'll end up doing solid work in Oscar bait going forward.
Victor Frankenstein sold 700k tickets to the over 350M Americans and Canadians. You are likely right.
hodayathink
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A launch and a relaunch (X-Men).
A $400M hit and a Best Actress win in the space of 11 months certainly helped there.
CrichtonKicks
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Eh, I think that kind of worked in reverse. I don't think First Class really got her any extra attention one way or the other. But, boy, I'm sure Fox was happy that they had her signed into the franchise after Hunger Games hit big and now she has obviously getting promoted heavily in X-Men films.
Really? You're not familiar with Zoe Saldana?
Literally all you have to do is make a movie where you put her on a ship
ANY ship
and you've got yourself a box office hit.
Better still, put her on a ship and paint her face some unnatural colour?
Now you've got yourself a global goddamn phenomenon, my friend.
I wouldn't be surprised if she had a hidden cameo in The Force Awakens just to bring the movie some good luck.
That got her the other stuff, but just being nominated doesn't mean much for future stardom. Look at Keisha Castle-Hughes (and realize that Obara Sand from Game of Thrones was once up for a Golden Statue).
CrichtonKicks
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I thought we were talking about box office prospects. Most of the actors we are discussing have had very good critical notices and successful careers. But few people can actually propel that into reliably opening movies.
BronsonLee
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This thread is oddly fascinating. It could probably produce two or three PhDs in different sub-fields of psychology.
Nobody can study me.
vinnygambini
Why are strippers at the U.N. bad when they're great at strip clubs???
Colin Farrel fucked up his career pretty badly.
Bobby Roberts
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There's been many advancements in microscope technology since you left high school, I'm sure it's well within the range of plausibility now.
Farrel has dirt on people.
She should play as live action Ahsoka.
This thread has literally no flaws.
Looks like this thread is a Mary Sue.
vinnygambini
Why are strippers at the U.N. bad when they're great at strip clubs???
I mean the guy started out with Tigerland, and went on to do Minority Report, Phone Booth and S.W.A.T., and then it turned to shit.
Poor guy - he did date Britney Spears for a day, I blame her. POPGAF would agree.
Poor guy - he did date Britney Spears for a day, I blame her. POPGAF would agree.
RastaMentality
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It's still weird Zoe Saldana's yet to break into the A-list (or the B-list for that matter). She doesn't really show off her acting chops in her films though and she's kinda lowkey on the celebrity side.
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