Brian Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 Can't wait for this. Greengrass is super underrated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 The Conjuring was MUCH better than expected. I think Patrick Wilson's found a home in this new genre (Insidious, Hard Candy, The Conjuring, etc.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 Who has seen FRUITVALE STATION? Thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Aug 10, 2013 -> 03:49 PM) Who has seen FRUITVALE STATION? Thoughts? It's really great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg775 Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 Is Elysium awesome? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve9347 Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 Elysium was incredible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 Elysium is going to be a victim of summer burnout from the blockbusters...disappointment with sci fi fare such as Oblivion, After Earth, Pacific Rim, White House Down/Olympus Has Fallen, World War Z, etc. They shouldn't have released it on this particular August date, and they're suffering from 3 other movies opening the same weekend, too. Won't end up doing nearly as well as District 9 did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg775 Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 Caufield, think word of mouth will help it? I know I want to see it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buehrle>Wood Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Aug 9, 2013 -> 02:29 PM) The Conjuring was MUCH better than expected. I think Patrick Wilson's found a home in this new genre (Insidious, Hard Candy, The Conjuring, etc.) After Saw, The Conjuring, and Insidious all killed it at the box office on minimum budgets, James Wan is about to be a Hollywood household name. I guess he kind of is already since they gave him the Fast and Furious franchise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chisoxfn Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 Elysium got very mixed reviews. Of about the 7 or 8 people I know that have seen it, 4 said it was terrible, 4 said it was really good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Aug 11, 2013 -> 11:45 AM) Elysium got very mixed reviews. Of about the 7 or 8 people I know that have seen it, 4 said it was terrible, 4 said it was really good. I'd say I've heard very similar commentary. This seems like a redbox rental early next year for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 (edited) Pacific Rim might make more money in China than in North America. The Guillermo del Toro popcorn flick is Warner Bros.'s highest grossing film of all time in the market with $76.4 million after a dozen days in release. The North American total currently stands at $96.5 million, giving the film a worldwide gross of $344.1 million after factoring in the $247.4 million the film has earned from 61 overseas territories. boxoffice.com Here's another weird one...in a movie with the title PACIFIC RIM (which conjures up the Marianas Trench)...with a famous Japanese actress, with Japanese vocab (kaiju) and drawing on the monster tradition there... Outside the top 10: Pacific Rim finally opened in Japan, but only managed a 5th place, $3 million opening. Although the film has done well overseas, it failed to capture the Japanese market, which is strange considering Pacific Rim draws heavily from Japanese monster movies and anime. The film is now up to $344 million worldwide, though. I think they must have waited too long and too many had already watched it/downloaded it for free...still, would want to wait it in a theatre in 3D instead of on a computer, tv or ipad, etc. Edited August 12, 2013 by caulfield12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Y2Jimmy0 Posted August 13, 2013 Share Posted August 13, 2013 We're The Millers is hilarious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted August 13, 2013 Share Posted August 13, 2013 (edited) QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Aug 13, 2013 -> 03:07 PM) We're The Millers is hilarious. Before I saw the name, thought it was from Greg775. Thought this was interesting...Pacific Rim is basically a homage to Godzilla/Japan, and yet it only finished in 5th place in Japan and barely made a million bucks when it finally debuted this past weekend there. WHY? (apparently due to the presence of the WRONG Japanese actress...if they chose one of the two from Wolverine, it might have made $5-10-15 million, so bizarre) Will Japan Finally Adore This Pacific Rim Star? Pacific Rim is Guillermo del Toro's big love letter to Japanese monster movies like Godzilla and anime like Neon Genesis Evangelion. Too bad Japan isn't exactly in love with (Rinko) Kikuchi. Actress Rinko Kikuchi is Mako Mori, one of the film's lead pilots to battle the dreaded kaiju in one of this summer's biggest Hollywood flicks. Pacific Rim is already getting good notices—Hideo Kojima and Kanye dig the GlaDOS infused flick. Now if only Kikuchi could turn that into popularity in her home country. The actor made a big splash internationally with her role in Babel as Chieko, a deaf high school girl. This role put her on the map. Prior to Babel, nobody really knew who the heck she was. Kikuchi didn't make a name for herself like many Japanese celebrities and actors typically do, which is either by appearing in numerous TV dramas, variety shows, or in a string of commercials. The Japanese film industry is a shell of its former self. TV is king. Even though she did appear in a few dramas, such as Liar Game, prior to Babel, and she did some car ads, Kikuchi never was really able to parlay that into becoming a huge star in Japan. Even after Kikuchi was nominated for an Academy Award, the first Japanese female to get an Oscar nod in 57 years, and became the face of Chanel, Japanese success remained elusive. She did top an opinion poll about who Japan was most proud of internationally, but that seemed to flitter away. Will Japan Finally Adore This Pacific Rim Star? A Livedoor News article from 2007 talked how in the wake of her international success, Kikuchi wasn't exactly in demand back at home and wasn't popular with Japanese housewives. When you don't have a fan base, being a talented actor isn't enough in Japan. On 2ch, Japan's largest bulletin board, a thread talked about why Kikuchi hadn't become popular in her home country. The thread is fairly brutal (actually, it's really brutal), and some say her looks aren't appealing to Japanese, while others commented about the graphic nudity in Babel—something that seemed unbecoming. Then, some didn't even know who she was. In 2010, Kikuchi appeared on afternoon variety show Waratte Iitomo!, which is an iconic Japanese program. It's an institution, like The Tonight Show. Her appearance went so poorly that people on Yahoo! Japan (here and here, for example) began saying she should never appear on variety or talk shows again. While she seemed stylish, Kikuchi didn't make a very good impression and came off as awkward. Perhaps she was nervous? Whatever the case was, she seemed to lose even more fans. Will Japan Finally Adore This Pacific Rim Star? One of the main issues seemed to be how in Japan the mass media and the country's entertainment complex work in tandem. Her success was achieved outside of that realm. And then when she actually did appear on Japanese TV, she seemed somewhat awkward and not exactly quick with quips—a necessity to survive in mainstream Japanese show business. For many Japanese it's perhaps baffling why she, out of all the Japanese actors, has been successful abroad. For Americans, it's probably akin to when particular entertainers become far more popular in foreign countries than in Hollywood. That year, however, she appeared in two TV dramas in Japan. Since the country's television industry overshadows its film business. The following year, she appeared in a Japanese period drama. But since Babel, Kikuchi has done mostly foreign film work (though, she did do voice acting in a Mamoru Oshii anime as well as appear in a live-action Oshii flick). Then, she appeared in major Hollywood films 47 Ronin with Keanu Reeves and the previously mentioned Pacific Rim. So far, her popularity hasn't really taken off at home. With the good buzz around Pacific Rim, perhaps Japanese fans can focus on her acting, instead of how good she can work the Japanese entertainment machine. Edited August 13, 2013 by caulfield12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted August 13, 2013 Share Posted August 13, 2013 Rumor is WB has offered Christian Bale $60 mil to play Batman again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyyle23 Posted August 13, 2013 Share Posted August 13, 2013 Jim Carrey is in the new Spider-Man movie, rumor is he will be playing Cletus Kasady Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 (edited) QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Aug 13, 2013 -> 06:51 PM) Jim Carrey is in the new Spider-Man movie, rumor is he will be playing Cletus Kasady Hope the movie isn't too violent for him. Edited August 14, 2013 by Brian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyyle23 Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 QUOTE (Brian @ Aug 13, 2013 -> 07:02 PM) Hope the movie isn't too violent for him. Lol, I read those tweets. He should back out if he is indeed playing Cletus. Karnage is a brutal villain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmteam Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 QUOTE (Brian @ Aug 13, 2013 -> 05:40 PM) Rumor is WB has offered Christian Bale $60 mil to play Batman again. With how much that movie would make, they could probably offer him north of $100 million. I don't think I'm joking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 QUOTE (farmteam @ Aug 13, 2013 -> 06:31 PM) With how much that movie would make, they could probably offer him north of $100 million. I don't think I'm joking. More common like with Downey Jr. now is "back end" shares of profits at certain price/box office points...which ends up limiting the frontside risk and allowing studios to keep budgets lower while incentivizing actors simultaneously. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiliIrishHammock24 Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 Just saw 2 Guns today. I guess it was pretty entertaining. Wahlberg was hilarious in it, but WAAAAY too much backstabbing and double crossing and switching teams. I couldn't figure out anyone's motives by the end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmteam Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Aug 13, 2013 -> 07:40 PM) More common like with Downey Jr. now is "back end" shares of profits at certain price/box office points...which ends up limiting the frontside risk and allowing studios to keep budgets lower while incentivizing actors simultaneously. Certainly makes sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 Before it gets pulled, Guardians of the Galaxy preview from Comic-Con <script src="http://www.springboardplatform.com/js/overlay"> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve9347 Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 This is such a stretch. The raccoon with a gun might turn off the non-geek public. Or it'll crush because Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyyle23 Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 it is a very risky movie for Marvel. But, it is supposed to work in a lot of storyline for the upcoming Avengers 2 and 3 arcs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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