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Josh Lyman
May 24, 2009


If Asscreed is good, it could supplant Mortal Kombat as the best video game adaptation.

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Josh Lyman
May 24, 2009


Zero One posted:

Seems like if you have a Netflix sub already and people are talking about how bad something is you might take a look because it doesn't cost you any extra.
Yeah, as depressing as it ostensibly is, you can't conclude too much without the actual data. It's the first widely-publicized movie that release on Netflix and also covered the holiday season, so course it's going to get a lot of initial 30-day viewers.

Josh Lyman
May 24, 2009


fatherboxx posted:



Black Hawk Down is a gorgeous work of advertising
Credits notwithstanding, Black Hawk Down might be my favorite war movie.

Josh Lyman
May 24, 2009


effectual posted:

Was Daria on Comedy Central or mtv?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daria

Josh Lyman
May 24, 2009


Gods of Egypt is not actually as bad as you think. There are some cool ideas, and obviously the dialogue is hammy and the CGI sometimes lacking, but I didn't come away thinking, "I'm never getting those 2 hours back."

Josh Lyman
May 24, 2009


Grendels Dad posted:

Haven't seen those movies, but since I vaguely remember that Croft is supposed to be British I'm going to go with yes.
I've heard Angelina Jolie's accent in Tomb Raider was actually pretty good.

Josh Lyman
May 24, 2009


Don't forget The Rock

Josh Lyman
May 24, 2009


Spy is better than expected but it's not a good movie by any stretch.

Josh Lyman
May 24, 2009


London Has Fallen was actually pretty decent. The third act sucks but the initial attack on London pretty good.

Josh Lyman
May 24, 2009


greatn posted:

Once my wife saw the side of Ben Affleck's penis I could no longer compete.
Yeah that thing is... quite impressive.

Josh Lyman
May 24, 2009


Of COURSE they cast a lily white Englishman for the title role.

Josh Lyman
May 24, 2009


Immortals is a movie about silly hats and Gods of Egypt is actually not that bad.

Josh Lyman
May 24, 2009


Random Stranger posted:

But these were grad students. :negative:
What kind? Like MFA?

Josh Lyman
May 24, 2009


CharlestheHammer posted:

I don't understand the reference to that web site, who cares what they think?
You noob, CinemaScore is based on audience ratings. In other words, real people who saw the movie gave it an A- grade.

Josh Lyman
May 24, 2009


I just watched that impale death on YouTube and it didn't seem bad. :confused:

Josh Lyman
May 24, 2009


Jonas Albrecht posted:

Apparently, Batman v Superman was a victim of the same shadowy cabal that took down Pixels and Gods & Monsters.
Gods of Egypt, not Gods & Monsters.

Gods of Egypt had some interesting ideas but was a crap movie. Batman v Superman was better.

I haven't seen Pixels because gently caress that noise.

Josh Lyman
May 24, 2009


turtlecrunch posted:

yaaaaaaas thank you Hollywood

e:

I chose to not attend a free screening of Hardcore Henry on Monday.

I chose wisely.

Josh Lyman
May 24, 2009


I still don't get why people love this trailer so much.

This is my favorite in the last few years:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6DJcgm3wNY

Josh Lyman
May 24, 2009


This one was also very good:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9szn1QQfas

Josh Lyman
May 24, 2009


I mean, we've had 4 Transformers movies already...

Josh Lyman
May 24, 2009


Disney's acquisitions of Lucasfilm and Marvel are going to go down in business history.

Josh Lyman
May 24, 2009


TetsuoTW posted:

I'm honestly baffled grown adults are this invested in a Power Rangers movie.
Comics and cartoons are now grimdark and acceptable for adult consumption.

Josh Lyman
May 24, 2009


Tars Tarkas posted:

Who wants an Uber movie? Well, too bad, because you're getting DUELING UBER MOVIES!!!

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/competing-uber-themed-comedies-works-885647


Both of these Uber movies comes on the heels of Lifetime's Uber Rapecar movie, so they're already beaten by a cable network.
The only things on Lifetime people know about are The Client List and Army Wives.

Josh Lyman
May 24, 2009


Tars Tarkas posted:

Bring It! trends more than either of those
Oh god I had completely blocked that from my memory :gonk:

Josh Lyman
May 24, 2009


kiimo posted:

Katherine Heigl resurfaced recently.

She is doing youtube kitty litter commercials on cat channels.

This is a cautionary tail.
She's Mormon. Maybe she took the Romney loss harder than most.

Josh Lyman
May 24, 2009


Cardboard Box A posted:

Battleship is alright
The way they implemented the actual game into the plot is really clever but the movie itself is trash.

Josh Lyman
May 24, 2009


Snowglobe of Doom posted:

Edit: just in case people thought I was being 100% serious I'll point out that adults who still have an invested interest in PW and fans who are actual children would only make up a tiny tiny tiny percentage of the people who buy movie tickets
Couldn't we have said the same about Transformers?

Josh Lyman
May 24, 2009


I feel like Blue Brothers isn't all that popular; it's just something people know about.

Josh Lyman
May 24, 2009


greatn posted:

But I think your wrong given Furious 7. And Hamilton is at least partially about slavery anyway.
F&F is built on Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, and The Rock, all of whom are "white" as far as the audience is concerned.

I think F7's box office was an aberration on the back of Paul Walker's death and F8 will come back down to earth.

Josh Lyman
May 24, 2009


Pablo Gigante posted:

Charlie Wilson's War, though I never saw it
A little above average, worth seeing, but nothing great.

Josh Lyman
May 24, 2009


This is basically a Syfy-level ripoff of Kung Fu Panda, right?

Josh Lyman
May 24, 2009


Those don't technically seem like furries.

Josh Lyman
May 24, 2009


The MSJ posted:

Now You See Me 2 is a sequel to a popular movie.
It won't break $100m domestic.

Josh Lyman
May 24, 2009


muscles like this? posted:

There was that one movie that came out after Avatar that he produced and IIRC it kind of flopped. While he didn't direct his name was all over the marketing for it.
You're probably thinking of the 2011 horror film Sanctum where he just has an EP credit, probably because they used his 3D camera tech from Avatar.

Josh Lyman
May 24, 2009


ACES CURE PLANES posted:

Looking on wikipedia, apparently she didn't want to read for the part?
If Scott Pilgrim was any indication, she's a mediocre actress.

Josh Lyman
May 24, 2009


raditts posted:

They were put together on a reality show and managed by a pedophile, so it's not a huge surprise that history would want to brush that one right into the dustbin.
He also created BSB and NSYNC so...

Josh Lyman
May 24, 2009


8one6 posted:

A black female Jesus. Personally I'd cast Queen Latifah, but you know the studio is going to skew younger.
What about Zoe Saldana? she already played Billie Holliday in blackface.

Josh Lyman
May 24, 2009


FreudianSlippers posted:

Isn't Zoe Saldana black?

I would understand the need for darker makeup if she was playing Grace Jones or something but Billie Holiday was fairly light skinned. I remember hearing a story, possibly apocryphal, about her being made to put on dark makeup before performing so that white audiences wouldn't lose their minds over a white woman singing with a black band. So I guess it sort of makes sense.
I lied, Saldana played Nina Simone.

Josh Lyman
May 24, 2009


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Josh Lyman
May 24, 2009


DrVenkman posted:

Early reviews are very much 'This is DC doing GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY' which I guess is unavoidable.
I mean, that's exactly what they were trying to do so... success?

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