odessasteps Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted July 22, 2019 Author Share Posted July 22, 2019 It is funny watching Box Office Mojo trying to figure out what to count it as Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxB Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 I wonder if anyone's offering odds on Avatar 1 getting a cinematic re-re-release, as a way of promoting Avatar 2? "You've owned it on DVD for a decade, but the real experience is on the big screen, in 3D". 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVA Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 I mean, that is pretty much the only thing that makes it a watchable movie. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 I still haven't seen it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted July 23, 2019 Author Share Posted July 23, 2019 It's a perfectly fine if too long sci-fi remix of the Dances With Wolves/Last Samurai/Disney Pocahontas white savior films, with a giant scoop of environmentalist heavy handedness that also echoes, of all things, Fern Gully. It's also, of course, a reference highlight reel of state of the art CGI circa 2008. Which might actually hold up worse than the paper thin characters and cliched plot. I don't regret watching it, or even buying the 3 disc Blu-ray, but it's not something I've revisited. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 I was poking into the Gone With the Wind numbers just out of curiosity and what I hadn't realized before was how buffeted the figure is by decades of rereleases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted July 29, 2019 Author Share Posted July 29, 2019 5 hours ago, Matt D said: I was poking into the Gone With the Wind numbers just out of curiosity and what I hadn't realized before was how buffeted the figure is by decades of rereleases. Most older movies do. Especially the ones that predate television Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 15 minutes ago, Brian Fowler said: Most older movies do. Especially the ones that predate television At some point, is there really any difference between buying a ticket and buying a DVD then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted July 29, 2019 Author Share Posted July 29, 2019 25 minutes ago, Matt D said: At some point, is there really any difference between buying a ticket and buying a DVD then? To the studios bottom line? Not really. But box office is box office. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 3 minutes ago, Brian Fowler said: To the studios bottom line? Not really. But box office is box office. And how meaningful is that if something's released dozens of times over decades? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted July 29, 2019 Author Share Posted July 29, 2019 1 minute ago, Matt D said: And how meaningful is that if something's released dozens of times over decades? It shows that it has endured the test of time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 (edited) Three new entrants in the comic book movies making billion dollars club. Members in chronological order: 1. The Dark Knight (2008) 2. Avengers Assemble (2012) 3. The Dark Knight Rises (2012) 4. Iron Man 3 (2013) 5. Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) 6. Captain America: Civil War (2016) 7. Black Panther (2018) 8. Avengers: Infinity War (2018) 9. Aquaman (2018) 10. Captain Marvel (2019) 11. Avengers: Endgame (2019) 12. Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019) 9 are from Marvel Studios' Marvel Cinematic Universe. 3 by DC. Edited August 8, 2019 by The Natural Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 (edited) I forgot Iron Man 3 and Captain America: Civil War achieved that. Aquaman is the only one I haven't seen. Will have to along with Shazam so I've seen all the from the DCEU. Edited August 8, 2019 by The Natural Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 19 minutes ago, The Natural said: I forgot Iron Man 3 and Captain America: Civil War achieved that. Aquaman is the only one I haven't seen. Will have to along with Shazam so I've seen all the from the DCEU. Friends don't let friends feel like they need to be DCEU completionists. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bustronaut Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 Shazam is the best DCEU movie tho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted August 9, 2019 Author Share Posted August 9, 2019 I'd still back Wonder Woman, but WW, Aquaman and Shazam are all three pretty good movies, which by default make them the best DCEU movies by an order of magnitude. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 Relevant here as well: https://www.boxofficepro.com/long-range-forecast-joker/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranesi Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 Holy Shit IT 2 us going to be the Avengers Endgame of horror isn't it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 What is the Avatar of horror? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxB Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 Ground breaking innovation that impressed a lot of people, drew fans from beyond the genre, but gradually came to be seen as over rated and derivative? I dunno, Scream? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 (edited) Either that or The Blair Witch Project? But I still haven't seen that* so IMO Scream has to be it * Even though I own it on VHS Edited August 12, 2019 by Curt McGirt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 ‘The Kitchen’ Serves Melissa McCarthy a New Box Office Low One Year After ‘The Happytime Murders’ Quote On paper, Warner Bros./New Line’s “The Kitchen” seemed to have a lot going for it, especially with box office draws Melissa McCarthy and Tiffany Haddish on board. But after poor reviews, Andrea Berloff’s directorial debut is flopping hard at the box office, grossing only $5.5 million from 2,765 screens in its opening this weekend. Heading into the weekend, analysts who spoke to TheWrap said that an opening of around $10 million was expected. While far from a strong opening, it was at least projected to outperform Fox’s “The Art of Racing in the Rain,” which opened this weekend to just $8.1 million. Melissa McCarthy is now box office Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranesi Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 Surely we've cycled through to a time far enough away where whether or not SCREAM was new or significant revision doesn't matter anymore and now it's just a really good old slasher movie. Like, at some point the historical debate of the moment is lost to history right because it, and everything before it and everything after it is all just "old." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now