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Spikeguy posted:I never understood the appeal of Avatar. And the more people shouted at me that not only was it great but i was a fool for not being into it the more it fueled my apathy Titanic of action films.
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Blast Fantasto posted:Also if you adjust for inflation, which you should because otherwise box office numbers are totally arbitrary, it’s like 18th domestically. you are forgetting a significant adjustment that should be made against avatar but i'll never tell
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coconono posted:I feel the same way about Age of Ultron as I do Avatar: they were disposable summer action flicks that pretended to be big Make You Think Movies. I'll be curious to see what the discourse is on them 20 years down the road. No one thought AoU was good though
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Avatar has a much different reputation in the non-English world than the English one. The explanation I've heard can best be summed up as "the less likely the culture was to have exposure to Dances With Wolves or Ferngully the more likely it was to embrace Avatar" That stuff is so common and trite it is boring to us but it turns out large portions of the world haven't seen a lot of movies like it. Another trend to look at is that while spectacle (for the most part) is no longer a draw with American audiences they're still a really big deal in nations which only began getting multiplexes within the last decade. Avatar 2 - 4 are going to do big business overseas. Domestically? vOv
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Cavauro posted:tone loc should be in avatar 2 Avatars 2-5 should be exclusively soundtracked by Funky Cold Medina
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Lid posted:The first Jurassic Park is a brilliant blockbuster and for a movie outstanding that its not even ironic to love it though The entire sequence from the Velociraptors cornering the humans to the T-Rex going,"RAAHHHH gently caress YOU I'M A T-REX!" as the banner floats down behind it is pure cinematic heroin and I've spent the last twenty years trying to figure out how to hook it directly up to my veins.
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Jerusalem posted:The entire sequence from the Velociraptors cornering the humans to the T-Rex going,"RAAHHHH gently caress YOU I'M A T-REX!" as the banner floats down behind it is pure cinematic heroin and I've spent the last twenty years trying to figure out how to hook it directly up to my veins. Some things you just have to take by eyedrops. Maybe I'm just old fashioned, but I'll always prefer more practical "oh poo poo that's awesome" effects. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMYHF_dyH88 The original Dawn of the Dead is one of the best movies ever loving made and I will fight you on this.
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CobiWann posted:The original Dawn of the Dead is one of the best movies ever loving made and I will fight you on this. Get ready to rumble. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_xUviDPUOE&t=83s
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I liked Age of Ultron. I also liked Iron Man 2. I am an odd duck.
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TTBF posted:Get ready to rumble. Oh, I like you. I LIKE you. Agree this is also a fine movie. Funny, scary, trashy...
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coconono posted:Titanic of action films. Titanic is at worst a three star film I have an entirely unsupported theory that for all the years of people making GBS threads on Titanic as terrible but the highest grossing ever James Cameron made Avatar just so Titanic would look so much better in retrospect.
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Most of the Titanic backlash comes from that song. It was suffocating following that film's release.
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TTBF posted:Most of the Titanic backlash comes from that song. It was suffocating following that film's release.
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Lid posted:Titanic is at worst a three star film Titanic was a ho-hum love story told on an extravagant backdrop. So three stars is fair. And yeah that loving song. Jesus. It was cool the first few times but I swear you couldn’t open a box of cereal without hearing that drat thing. Radio was still a big thing so you were locked into that unless you were rich and had a tape deck.
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I saw Avatar at imax with the family on my request because i compared it to a theme park ride spectacle. After it was over i apologiaed to my family. At the time i said i give it at most two stars and the second star was only for the spectacle, without that it would be one star. As years have gone on and as a spectacle it has utterly failed to hold up, unlike LOTR or Titanic or Terminator 2 or The Abyss or Aliens, its now safely the biggest one star film of all time.
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I enjoyed 100% of Terminator 1, 80% of Terminator 2, 60% of True Lies, 50% of Titanic, 30% of Avatar. At current rates Avatar 3 will provide negative 10% enjoyment. I'll still go see them all. I went to see every single Prequel Star Wars movie in the cinema twice, despite not enjoying them at all at any point. Edit: Oh I saw 'Searching' at the weekend. It's a good thriller watch. Everything is done on a computer screen, it's a fun device that only gets annoying a couple of times. Von Linus fucked around with this message at 08:44 on Jun 4, 2019 |
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LividLiquid posted:It's because women and girls liked it and literally nothing else. it's a good thing that we can discuss latent as well as abject misogyny on this board, and i think we always should, without allowing that to color our perception of the human behind the misogyny
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RealFoxy posted:there were memorable characters and moments in the rest of those movies (Maybe not Godzilla as much) if nothing else, godzilla ripping that MUTO's mouth open and laser beaming straight down its throat at point blank range until its head fell off almost made the wait feel worth it, at the time edit: also the spikes lighting up to setup the laser for the first time after like an hour and a half of generic disaster movie, briefly turned me into a child in that moment when mom's finally done shopping and we're going to mcdonalds Lunatic Sledge fucked around with this message at 09:29 on Jun 4, 2019 |
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I just finished the last episode of Chernobyl, and I'm probably preaching to the choir but holy gently caress what an absolutely incredible show. Just stunning from start to finish.
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Jerusalem posted:I just finished the last episode of Chernobyl, and I'm probably preaching to the choir but holy gently caress what an absolutely incredible show. Just stunning from start to finish. Yeah man. I just watched the Terror over the last week too and Jared Harris might be my favorite living actor. That last scene with him and Boris outside the court was just incredible.
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I've heard mixed things on The Terror but I've never seen Jared Harris in anything he wasn't fantastic in so I'm definitely down to give it a watch.
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Jerusalem posted:I just finished the last episode of Chernobyl, and I'm probably preaching to the choir but holy gently caress what an absolutely incredible show. Just stunning from start to finish. Don't worry you'll always have Monday Night Raw
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Jun 4, 2019 11:33
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Being about cancer is not the same as being cancer.
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i'm about cancer
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Incessant Excess posted:Being about cancer is not the same as being cancer. You will regret your words and deeds for mocking Roman Reigns
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Had a guy tailgating me...gently caress, the guy was DRAFTING my car this morning while I was driving the kiddo to school. I'm going 45 miles an hour on back roads rated for 30 and he's on my bumper without any room to spare. Finally I pull over to let him pass. As he passes the driver looks over at me and gives me a thumbs down. For some reason that annoyed me more than if he had just flicked me off.
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To be fair, Batista is a pretty busy guy these days.
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Jerusalem posted:I just finished the last episode of Chernobyl, and I'm probably preaching to the choir but holy gently caress what an absolutely incredible show. Just stunning from start to finish. It was so good
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Godzilla should fight giant Jared Harris in the next movie
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Beef Jerky Robot posted:Godzilla should fight giant elephant foot in the next movie
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Jerusalem posted:I've heard mixed things on The Terror but I've never seen Jared Harris in anything he wasn't fantastic in so I'm definitely down to give it a watch. You'll enjoy it.
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SunshineDanceParty posted:You'll enjoy it. I read the book, I thought it was really interesting. Sort of a C'thulhu vibe maybe in the horror at the cold.
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Yesterday I watched the movie Paprika for the first time and it's very good. If you have not seen Paprika, you should see it. Here have a trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJzEW_eE1G0
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TTBF posted:Get ready to rumble. This is my favorite zombie movie yet. Also the loving strongest zombie lore wise I'd guess. Only way to deal with them is to lock them up, anything else just makes the problem worse.
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dromal phrenia posted:Yesterday I watched the movie Paprika for the first time and it's very good. If you have not seen Paprika, you should see it. Satoshi Kon's other movie "Perfect Blue" is also pretty awesome.
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dromal phrenia posted:Yesterday I watched the movie Paprika for the first time and it's very good. If you have not seen Paprika, you should see it. suuuuuch a trippy film, i love it
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TV Zombie posted:Satoshi Kon's other movie "Perfect Blue" is also pretty awesome. In addition to Paprika and Perfect Blue, Kon also directed the excellent Millennium Actress and Tokyo Godfathers. Most of his movies have had their prints discontinued in America, but someone recently bought up the rights and is going to be screening Millennium Actress in theaters later this year. I'm gonna have to go a bit out of my way to see it in August but I'm very excited.
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