bmags Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 QUOTE (knightni @ Aug 6, 2014 -> 12:32 PM) Watched 42: The Jackie Robinson Story Really good. Alan Tudyk was insane as Ben Chapman. Man I thought that movie was terrible. I think both that and moneyball chose questionable focus points to end the movie on. The editing/script was just a mess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 QUOTE (bmags @ Aug 7, 2014 -> 08:12 PM) Man I thought that movie was terrible. I think both that and moneyball chose questionable focus points to end the movie on. The editing/script was just a mess. Agreed on 42. So melodramatic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 And 42 was one of the better baseball movies of the last decade. A lot of people think Field of Dreams is too sentimental, but that bar was really set in that era with Major League, A League of their Own, Major League and Bull Durham, along with Eight Men Out. Bad News Bear and Bang the Drum Slowly from the 70's, along with The Natural. Other than Moneyball and The Rookie (yeah, I know, it's Disney), it's been a minefield of hits and misses, like any Costner attempt in recent years or Trouble With the Curve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyyle23 Posted August 8, 2014 Author Share Posted August 8, 2014 QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Aug 7, 2014 -> 07:59 PM) What about Wonder Woman with Gal Gadot? One of the unknown DC movies. They haven't announced which slot she is taking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 https://www.yahoo.com/movies/waiting-for-th...3801289902.html Waiting for another female-led superhero movie...on cue. Argues that Scarlett Johanssen/Black Widow is the one to do it, because of the success of Lucy as well as The Avengers. Argues Cat Woman and Elektra shouldn't be held against women, etc. With all the focus on Bridesmaids, The Heat and Melissa McCarthy movies in general, one would think the time is now to strike...if not for the right reasons, at least acknowledging and respecting female audiences are out there and a huge part of the box office puzzle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmags Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Aug 8, 2014 -> 06:01 AM) And 42 was one of the better baseball movies of the last decade. A lot of people think Field of Dreams is too sentimental, but that bar was really set in that era with Major League, A League of their Own, Major League and Bull Durham, along with Eight Men Out. Bad News Bear and Bang the Drum Slowly from the 70's, along with The Natural. Other than Moneyball and The Rookie (yeah, I know, it's Disney), it's been a minefield of hits and misses, like any Costner attempt in recent years or Trouble With the Curve. Summer Catch, obviously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 QUOTE (Brian @ Aug 7, 2014 -> 08:36 PM) Agreed on 42. So melodramatic. To be fair, 42 probably toned down a lot of what actually happened. That was a pretty hateful and ugly situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 QUOTE (bmags @ Aug 8, 2014 -> 08:38 AM) Summer Catch, obviously. At least you didn't say the one with Fallon about the Red Sox...ugh. Hercules B Lucy B+ Kachi: A Dog's Story...A (this is the best, and most heart-wrenching/tear-jerking animal movie of all-time...it's from back in 2009, Richard Gere and Joan Allen are the main stars, along with Jason Alexander in a bit part...any dog lover will both enjoy and empathize with this story, and not for Marley&Me reasons) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted August 9, 2014 Share Posted August 9, 2014 Pulling a double feature. Really enjoyed Joe. Nic Cage isn't over the top and solid. Background is shot really well. /nerd Now starting Under the Skin...aaaand Scarlet is nude already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted August 9, 2014 Share Posted August 9, 2014 (edited) Hard to say what the hell to make out of Under the Skin. It's kind of like grading an abstract painting. Sometimes it SEEMS great, other times, it feels like something a film school class would have done for their end of semester project. It's like The Human Centipede in the sense that it's hard not to watch, but you feel a bit weird and creepy at the same time for being sucked into it. For my money, I'll take The Purge: Anarchy every time. Yes, despite the Scarlett Johanssen almost art porno effect. Edited August 9, 2014 by caulfield12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted August 9, 2014 Share Posted August 9, 2014 I appreciate what Glazer was trying to do but it's just so linear with no real characters. It was tough to get through for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 http://www.boxoffice.com/latest-news/2014-...torm-takes-800k Never in a million years expected Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to perform so well. Megan Fox power? Of course, she was famously dumped by Michael Bay for the 3rd Transformers movie (and it's ironic she's in another completely "non-intellectual" Bay movie again). GotGalaxy still held up better than Captain America: The Winter Solder over its second weekend and has an outside chance at the best domestic box officer performer of the year, needing to get to $259.5 million in the US. The Lego Movie, Transformers 4, Maleficent and X-Men are currently 2-5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowand44 Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Aug 10, 2014 -> 11:57 AM) http://www.boxoffice.com/latest-news/2014-...torm-takes-800k Never in a million years expected Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to perform so well. Megan Fox power? Of course, she was famously dumped by Michael Bay for the 3rd Transformers movie (and it's ironic she's in another completely "non-intellectual" Bay movie again). People just love the Ninja Turtles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Aug 10, 2014 -> 10:59 AM) People just love the Ninja Turtles. It's about $20 million ahead of the opening of the last TMNT movie, although part of that can be adjusted for inflation, obviously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyyle23 Posted August 10, 2014 Author Share Posted August 10, 2014 QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Aug 10, 2014 -> 12:28 PM) It's about $20 million ahead of the opening of the last TMNT movie, although part of that can be adjusted for inflation, obviously. The animated TMNT? Or the last live action one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Aug 10, 2014 -> 11:30 AM) The animated TMNT? Or the last live action one? Sunday Update: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles broke out in a big way this weekend with a stronger than expected estimated first place take of $65.0 million. It had been widely expected that Paramount's high-profile franchise re-launch would find itself in a close battle with Guardians of the Galaxy for first place this weekend, but it ultimately won this weekend's box office race with absolutely ease. Following in the footsteps of Guardians of the Galaxy last weekend, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles marks another high-profile surprise break-out performance. The strong performances of the two films were much needed after the relatively weak month of July at the box office. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles opened a massive 168 percent stronger than the $24.26 million debut of 2007's TMNT and has already out-grossed the $54.15 million final domestic gross of that film. Without adjusting for ticket price inflation, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles delivered the fourth largest opening weekend performance ever in the month of August (behind only Guardians of the Galaxy, 2007's The Bourne Ultimatum and 2001's Rush Hour 2). The film took in $25.61 million on Friday (which included an estimated $4.6 million from evening shows on Thursday), fell 14 percent on Saturday to gross $22.13 million and is estimated to decline 22 percent on Sunday to gross $17.27 million. That places the film's estimated opening weekend to Friday ratio at 2.54 to 1. The audience breakdown for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles skewed towards male moviegoers (61 percent) and moviegoers 25 years and older (55 percent). The film received a so-so B rating on CinemaScore. www.boxoffice.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyyle23 Posted August 10, 2014 Author Share Posted August 10, 2014 Yea that makes sense, although the animated one was fun and similar to the new show in content and humor. It was buried in the theatres though, it should have been straight to DVD and on Cartoon Network Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDF Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 here is a site I always use for box office info and ticket results. http://www.boxofficemojo.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 QUOTE (LDF @ Aug 10, 2014 -> 01:19 PM) here is a site I always use for box office info and ticket results. http://www.boxofficemojo.com/ Yeah, I use that one, boxoffice.com, ew.com and variety.com. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OilCan Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 So.....I wonder who will be Robin Williams when Hollywood eventually makes a biography on him. Would be interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrangeSox Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Really enjoyed "Mile, Mile-and-a-Half," a documentary about hiking the John Muir Trail in California. Really makes me want to take a month off next summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiliIrishHammock24 Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 QUOTE (OilCan @ Aug 11, 2014 -> 06:57 PM) So.....I wonder who will be Robin Williams when Hollywood eventually makes a biography on him. Would be interesting. This guy. Or Bono. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 The closest in comedic style to Williams that comes to mind is some vintage Jim Carrey. No idea who else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Man, grew up with Robin Williams comedies, although he did do serious fare like Good Morning, Vietnam! Sad. Will always remember Mrs. Doubtfire, Alladin, Mork and Mindy, Awakenings, The Birdcage (one of the funniest movies of all-time, the scene with him and Nathan Lane learning how to act "macho" is the best), "Oh Captain May Captain!" from Dead Poets Society, Patch Adams, Awakenings, A.I. Artificial Intelligence, Insomnia, Autofocus... Just a terribly underrated dramatic actor and even funnier man. Alcohol and drug addiction, apparently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 11, 2014 -> 07:55 PM) The closest in comedic style to Williams that comes to mind is some vintage Jim Carrey. No idea who else. Nobody was faster or quick-witted enough to keep up with him when he was on a comedy roll. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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