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It seemed to have gathered pace when he announced his passion for scientology - Certainly in the UK that was the case anyway. Whilst not a fanboy by any stretch i think he is one of the most consistantly impressive actors, rarely putting in a bad performance. When you have performances like Magnolias, Rain Main, Eyes Wide Shut, Jerry Maguire, Born on the Fourth of July, Collateral and Edge of Tomorrow on your resume you deserve respect.
ESB 10/10
ANH 10/10
ROTJ 9.5/10
ROTS 9/10
TFA 8/10
R1 8/10
TROS 7.5/10
TPM 6/10
AOTC 5/10
SOLO 3/10
TLJ 2/10
I went this evening and thought it was great fun. The 2 other people I was with both thought it was good too.
I can understand that people grew up with the Brad Dourif/Chales Lee Ray Chucky and might find it difficult to accept something so different. I was very sceptical before I went in, fearing I would hate it but ended up pleasantly suprised.
When I saw the first stills of Chucky I really didnt like the design but when you see him in action it works.
Acting, effects, story, Soundtrack - all great. The final act maybe lost a little of the creepiness factor when he went 'full chucky' but all the same I had a blast watching it.
Of course, its no oscar winning masterpiece but its a lot of fun.
I would love to see that happen but the MCU was the exception to the rule, I'm not sure any franchise will ever repeat what they achieved.
On the flip side look at batman vs superman. Two characters far bigger than Kong or Zilla but even they couldnt get close to 1bn.
I'll be there opening weekend in a years time to do my part but I still maintain that 600m is a realistic number.
Highly unlikely.
Look at the numbers for monster movies
566m Kong Skull
550m Kong Jackson
519m Godzilla 2014
379m Zilla Broderick
375m? Godzilla KOTM
Kong does appear the bigger draw of the 2 but even putting them in the same movie I think we are a long way from 1bn - 600m perhaps, 700m if its exceptionally good.
Monster movies just dont make the big bucks - shame as I'm a sucker for them.
Not even close to I Spit on your Grave. This is far less disturbing.
No chance of George Clooney. Personally I like him as an actor but his age is an issue,
But despite what I think he does not fit the Marvel demographic.
Aside from the age, he would be far too expensive, Marvel dont tend to pick from hollywoods top shelf. RDJ, Evans, Hemsworth, Ruffalo, Pratt etc were not A-List back in 2008 when the universe kicked off.
Rest assured something will come along. I dont think there is anything out there right now though.
3 of the best ever tv shows have come out in the past 15 or 20 years, Game of Thrones, Breaking Bad and Sopranos.
There have been some other fine shows that have either not been quite up to 'A-List' or have been let down by weak endings/outside issues such as Peaky Blinders, Dexter, Lost, Narcos, House of Cards.
Am confident something else will fill the void soon enough.
I see it having another 45-50m in the us and a further 75-80m international
giving us roughly
815-820m
1915-1920m
2730-2740m total
So my guess is that itll fall just short of taking the number one spot. Just goes to show what a incredible sum of money Avatar made and if Endgame doesnt take its crown it'll stand as the top movie for some time.
Despite the questionable writing and character arcs the sets, costumes, special effects and acting have all remained very strong. So yes, it could have been worse.
People like statistics and records, simple as that.
Its no different to those who study sports players stats or business stats.
I'm suprised no one has set up a fantasy league based on actors and directors box office numbers.
Don't disagree about CGI battles - filmmakers are trying to create bigger scenes all the time so much so that it becomes sensory overload. The scene in Aquaman particularly springs to mind. Although I didnt have a major problem with the battle scene in this one.
I only came away from the movie a couple of hours ago, perhaps I need to digest it a little more. My observations were just the things that came to the forefront and that stayed with me. Simply wanted to throw a few examples of flaws and tiumphs (in my opinion of course). I could have gone into more depth about the running time and why I felt it slow etc but the longer posts tend to get ignored.
I was just hoping to see what the general consensus was, you seem a reasoned and rational person, how did you feel about it?
The movies plays as a run of the mill, marginally better than average, fun, camp slasher until that ending. Lulled me into a false sense of security then............BAM - ending hit me like a train.
The last 10 seconds makes what would've been a fairly forgettable movie into a very memorable one.
I appreciate we should all know right from wrong but wasnt he just a victim of his surroundings?
Brought up with wealth and looks, trained by the best and never questioned or challenged. Only when he was taken away from the comfort of the richest and most powerful family in Westeros could he begin to see things from a different perspective.
Brienne has a lot to be credited with for the change in him, perhaps if he had met someone like her in his youth his life would have taken a very different path.
Interesting theory.
I was thinking, If Bran is so sure the Night King is after him why didnt he get himself transported/sneaked into Kings Landing, that way the army of the dead would head there forcing the Lanister army to fight them. The army of Winterfell could follow them up and flank them when the battle starts. Gives the living more of chance.
I don't feel they need one, I see this as the end of a chapter.
Perhaps if they have some unused footage of Stan Lee it might be good to put that in during the end credits.
The Force Awakens was a decent enough movie and set things up nicely for the next installment, I would say the 5th best movie out of the current 8
The Last Jedi was incredibly bad - a horrible movie, managed to mishandle every character - both new and old. By far the worst of the 8 movies so far.
This one cannot be as bad as the Last Jedi but given the mess that movie left us with is not likely to be as good as The Force Awakens.
Likely to be 7th or 8th out of all of the movies.
Agree with the OP 100%
Its pathetic and juvenile how people are so biased towards one or the other.
I enjoy comic books of all sorts and when I go to the cinema I just want to see a great comic book movie, it matters not which logo the movie has on the opening credits.
Yes, obviously people care - based on the number of postings made about the movie already.