Kong Skull Island was both well received and solidly successful. I'm not sure where you got the idea that it's on the same level as Uprising.
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I feel like I have to apologize to the internet for actually kinda liking Godzilla '14.
I won't apologize for liking Kong: Skull Island though. Movie is cool as heck outside of the dumb FPS shots that the director wanted to use because "video games are cool" or whatever.
I won't apologize for liking Kong: Skull Island though. Movie is cool as heck outside of the dumb FPS shots that the director wanted to use because "video games are cool" or whatever.
Don't apologize. I liked Godzilla 2014 as well. A lot of people liked it. A lot of people didn't. It's ok. I also liked Kong: Skull Island. I feel like KoTM will be better than both.
I like some aspects of it namely the cinematography and tone and I don't necessarily hate it. It's just Gareth's choice to constantly cutaway with only the weak human characters left to hold it up was an awful decision and taints a lot of the film for me and makes it a lot less re-watchable. The 2nd act just drags between the Hawaii scene and the finale.
I just know if the new one gives me something on par with Pacific Rim, I'll be leaving satisfied.
It's actually not that. There's a lot of F-bombs but it's a good coming of age story with a great cast.
It's estimated at 40 million DOM for OW so anything can go with that.
Is there a reason the studio just seems to have given up on Booksmart? Dumping it in the middle of a busy blockbuster season, and selling off foreign rights to Netflix....
Seems like the kinda movie that could have pulled in a decent audience in Aug/Sep or early spring.
Seems like the kinda movie that could have pulled in a decent audience in Aug/Sep or early spring.
You don't have to apoligise for liking Godzilla 2014. People are allowed to like what they like and there's certainly plenty in there I can see appealing to people. It was just my personal preferences that it didn't match and seemingly the appeal didn't reach as wide an audience as they likely hoped. Indeed I'll admit there were a few moments I thought were cool.
Kong: Skull Island though, that one you should feel bad about liking.
Damn... they were right about Booksmart! I'm at the theater with a friend and we are the only ones here lol
If it was that it wouldn't have glowing reviews like it has.
Seems like my Aladdin predictions were actually pretty spot for the domestic. WW was a bit optimistic but a very well good opening.
Like all of Gareth Edwards' films, even if you consider it a failure, it's still a somewhat interesting failure.
I think it's a perfect "other side of the coin" to Shin Godzilla, if that makes any sense.
Boooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!
It's crazy that it will be another live action Disney remake that doesn't make money.
They need to at least spread this shit out.
352m ww for Pikachu is so sad. They should have released it at a better time, and cut some corners in production. There were some scenes in the movie where I thought they could have saved money. 120m budget would have been better for a first movie.
Hopefully Legendary learns from this and we get a better sequel.
Hopefully Legendary learns from this and we get a better sequel.
I don't think there's a ton of bad material in Godzilla '14, but the material outside of the monsters is so damn dry that anything that isn't action drags. I'm all for slow burns too, but god damn Edwards took it way too far. That last half hour is glorious though.
Booksmart was phenomenal btw. The best comedy I've seen in a good long while. Excellent from Olivia, the leads, and the rest of the team.
Booksmart was phenomenal btw. The best comedy I've seen in a good long while. Excellent from Olivia, the leads, and the rest of the team.
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Long Shot a fun little comedy and I am glad I am saw it but it ain't no Booksmart.
Uh that's not how it works. Almost 6 out of 10 people agree with you that it was enjoyable. It's not a 5.7/10 score.
I'm still expecting lion king to do huge numbers overseas, even with your rationale here. Aladin was just not appealing to a lot of ppl.
Tons of comedies release on a busy blockbuster season and do gangbusters. The hangover films, bridesmaids, wedding crashers, superbad, etc. Those are just the ones that came to mind. That's not an excuse. There are usually one or two breakout comedies every year that release during the summer. Booksmart ain't it.
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Bryan Cranston's character was the best human character in Godzilla 2014 and he's dead 30 minutes in. Then we get a full hour of boring trash until our God-Emperor Gareth Edwards finally decides we are worthy enough to see Godzilla in a Godzilla movie. Bleugh.
Booksmart deserved it though, it is far far far far better of a film than Superbad. God damn Annapurna.
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There is still a very, very slim chance Endgame overtakes Avatar. If it stays flat with Infinity War from here on out it will beat Avatar by about $2m.
IF.
IF.
It takes place during the end of the school year, aka now. Makes sense to release it at the same time.
Hopefully when the next avengers opens to a massive number we will have enough data to figure out some sort of realistic multiplier for a movie that opens as large as endgame.
There is no reason to apologize for liking Godzilla 14. The last thirty minutes were exactly what we wanted and that kiss of death was magnificent.
There is no reason to apologize for liking Godzilla 14. The last thirty minutes were exactly what we wanted and that kiss of death was magnificent.
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