So looks like Denzel can write a blank check for the rest of his life. Which is good for him because he is a freaking badass (even though I haven't seen the Equalizer.) Boxtrolls is doing ok which is good (even though I didn't see that one either.) So what happened this weekend. By the way sorry for being late AGAIN.
Weekend box office
1.) The Equalizer- $34 million
2.) The Maze Runner- $ 17.4 million
3.) The Boxtrolls- $ 17.2 million
4.) This is where I leave you- $ 6 million
5.) Dolphin Tale 2- $ 4.7 million
6.) No Good Deed- $4.5 million
7.) A walk among the tombstones- $4.1 million
8.) Guardians of the galaxy- $3.7 million
9.) Lets be cops- $1.5 million
10.) Teenage mutant ninja turtles- $ 1.4 million
So that's the weekend box office and tomorrow a prediction and Thursday a new editorial. I am going to go see Gone Girl this weekend and cross my fingers I hope it's good.
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Tuesday, September 30, 2014
Sunday, September 28, 2014
Maze Runner review
SPOILERS!
Yeah sorry most of these come out a day or two late I'm really bad at either remembering to do these or having time to do these updates. Anyway on to the review.
I couldn't get anybody to see Boxtrolls because I would either be grounded or my friends would not speak to me for the rest of the year. So I saw Maze Runner this week and before I get on with the actual review let me just say this was the worst audience I have ever seen a movie with. I usually love audiences when they pay attention and have good time and everyone is happy for one collective moment. The audience here were some of the most annoying people ever, they were talking so much that I could not tell if it was people in the movie in the background talking or them. This is why they really need to make theaters better and more controlled because this shit happens and makes me want to go Machete on people.
Anyway Maze Runner is based on a young adult book about a group of all boys trapped in the center of a deadly maze they must figure out how to escape from. Our main hero is Mr. Wooden picket fence Thomas (I'll get to that later) as he braves the maze and makes new friends and enemies along the way to find a way out of the Maze and discover the truth behind it.
First the good- the movie unlike other young adult novels has a really original and rather interesting (if extremely flawed) plot that is well paced, really suspenseful and is just for once plain different then the boring revolution war plots that are really being run into the ground. The film also has amazing action, set design and special effects that you can actually see during action scenes. This film was only made for $32 million dollars basically proving you don't need $100 million dollars to make a sprawling world adventure block buster movie.
Some of the best parts of the film is the boys interacting, working together and performing Lord of the flies style tribal acts. It's really engrossing and made me actually wish the film was longer just to see them all interact more because all of them have really good chemistry with each other. The film is overall all well acted by most of the main cast but the main cast is where the problem lies.
The main character is Thomas played by Dylen O'Brien who I'm sorry teen wolf fans he is pretty bad, albeit it's probably because Dylen O'Brien has nothing to do except be either stupid, annoying or make funny faces at the camera. He literally has no personality outside of breathing. In a movie your main protagonist is the guy you are supposed to be rooting for, throughout this movie me and the person I went with was hoping Thomas would get killed many times throughout the movie. He is so goddam stupid and annoying, he grows to be tolerable by the end but good grief couldn't any of the more interesting boys take over.
The main girl Therese has nothing to do and from what I understand (I never read the book) she has a bigger part later in the books but she has no reason to be their and has literally nothing to do. The main villain Gally played by Will Poulter, unlike O'Brien he's a good actor and I bought his voice and demeanor in playing a touch guy but his appearance and that really fat baby face didn't sell It completely and while for the most part I bought it for a lot of people he didn't take.
Now the cast is not bad, their are some really interesting side characters. Alby who is kind of the magical black butler has a really interesting backstory that never really gets fleshed out and it's sad because Spoiler alert he dies albeit sacrificing himself for a little kid so at least he went out with dignity. The Asian kid Minho while not as interesting is very bad ass and very likeable throughout the movie. The British kid Newt was really good as he is very likeable from the time he shows up and is probably the most charismatic of the bunch. Their is also kid Chuck the youngest child in the maze who is one of the few with a three dimensional character (albeit SPOILERS dies at the end which felt sadly undeserved and emotionally manipulative, I wished Thomas had gotten shot instead.)
Alby, Minho, Newt and Chuck would have made way more interesting protagonist to follow as all of them are likeable and charismatic enough to carry a movie where as Dylen O'Brien's Thomas just cant, he has no Charisma, no personality and nothing really outside of being handsome.
The ending of the film is also what brings the film down a lot of begs as it's very much a twist that has been run into the ground. SPOILERS (a twist they ruin in the first ten minutes of the film.) they were put their to test their immunity to a solar flare disease that has been plaguing the earth called the flare (really?) Which already their are plot holes to that as was genetic testing in a laboratory not an option because that seems less expensive then building a giant freaking maze full of probably expensive mechanical monsters. A much more interesting twist would have been that these kids were abducted by aliens and Thomas and Therese were Aliens themselves who were put their by punishment for trying to fear the boys or put in their as a phase of the experiment. The whole point of the experiment being studying human nature and not some convoluted disease?
Also their are other plot holes like why don't they just build giant ladders and bridges to get over the maze or equip the runners with weapons such as spears and machetes instead of just their running shoes.
Yet despite the glaring plot holes, horrible lead, and horrible ending that nearly threw up the interesting plot and throw it into the ground. It's not that bad, it's entertaining, the side characters are really good and in all honesty I want to see a sequel to this because the potential is their if they have the balls enough to stray away from the books and do their own thing, as well as pull a hunger games and switch up the director and writer.
I give this film a 7/10~ Bad plot holes, bad lead, bad ending but still enjoyable with the premise, effects, side characters and potential.
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Yeah sorry most of these come out a day or two late I'm really bad at either remembering to do these or having time to do these updates. Anyway on to the review.
I couldn't get anybody to see Boxtrolls because I would either be grounded or my friends would not speak to me for the rest of the year. So I saw Maze Runner this week and before I get on with the actual review let me just say this was the worst audience I have ever seen a movie with. I usually love audiences when they pay attention and have good time and everyone is happy for one collective moment. The audience here were some of the most annoying people ever, they were talking so much that I could not tell if it was people in the movie in the background talking or them. This is why they really need to make theaters better and more controlled because this shit happens and makes me want to go Machete on people.
Anyway Maze Runner is based on a young adult book about a group of all boys trapped in the center of a deadly maze they must figure out how to escape from. Our main hero is Mr. Wooden picket fence Thomas (I'll get to that later) as he braves the maze and makes new friends and enemies along the way to find a way out of the Maze and discover the truth behind it.
First the good- the movie unlike other young adult novels has a really original and rather interesting (if extremely flawed) plot that is well paced, really suspenseful and is just for once plain different then the boring revolution war plots that are really being run into the ground. The film also has amazing action, set design and special effects that you can actually see during action scenes. This film was only made for $32 million dollars basically proving you don't need $100 million dollars to make a sprawling world adventure block buster movie.
Some of the best parts of the film is the boys interacting, working together and performing Lord of the flies style tribal acts. It's really engrossing and made me actually wish the film was longer just to see them all interact more because all of them have really good chemistry with each other. The film is overall all well acted by most of the main cast but the main cast is where the problem lies.
The main character is Thomas played by Dylen O'Brien who I'm sorry teen wolf fans he is pretty bad, albeit it's probably because Dylen O'Brien has nothing to do except be either stupid, annoying or make funny faces at the camera. He literally has no personality outside of breathing. In a movie your main protagonist is the guy you are supposed to be rooting for, throughout this movie me and the person I went with was hoping Thomas would get killed many times throughout the movie. He is so goddam stupid and annoying, he grows to be tolerable by the end but good grief couldn't any of the more interesting boys take over.
The main girl Therese has nothing to do and from what I understand (I never read the book) she has a bigger part later in the books but she has no reason to be their and has literally nothing to do. The main villain Gally played by Will Poulter, unlike O'Brien he's a good actor and I bought his voice and demeanor in playing a touch guy but his appearance and that really fat baby face didn't sell It completely and while for the most part I bought it for a lot of people he didn't take.
Now the cast is not bad, their are some really interesting side characters. Alby who is kind of the magical black butler has a really interesting backstory that never really gets fleshed out and it's sad because Spoiler alert he dies albeit sacrificing himself for a little kid so at least he went out with dignity. The Asian kid Minho while not as interesting is very bad ass and very likeable throughout the movie. The British kid Newt was really good as he is very likeable from the time he shows up and is probably the most charismatic of the bunch. Their is also kid Chuck the youngest child in the maze who is one of the few with a three dimensional character (albeit SPOILERS dies at the end which felt sadly undeserved and emotionally manipulative, I wished Thomas had gotten shot instead.)
Alby, Minho, Newt and Chuck would have made way more interesting protagonist to follow as all of them are likeable and charismatic enough to carry a movie where as Dylen O'Brien's Thomas just cant, he has no Charisma, no personality and nothing really outside of being handsome.
The ending of the film is also what brings the film down a lot of begs as it's very much a twist that has been run into the ground. SPOILERS (a twist they ruin in the first ten minutes of the film.) they were put their to test their immunity to a solar flare disease that has been plaguing the earth called the flare (really?) Which already their are plot holes to that as was genetic testing in a laboratory not an option because that seems less expensive then building a giant freaking maze full of probably expensive mechanical monsters. A much more interesting twist would have been that these kids were abducted by aliens and Thomas and Therese were Aliens themselves who were put their by punishment for trying to fear the boys or put in their as a phase of the experiment. The whole point of the experiment being studying human nature and not some convoluted disease?
Also their are other plot holes like why don't they just build giant ladders and bridges to get over the maze or equip the runners with weapons such as spears and machetes instead of just their running shoes.
Yet despite the glaring plot holes, horrible lead, and horrible ending that nearly threw up the interesting plot and throw it into the ground. It's not that bad, it's entertaining, the side characters are really good and in all honesty I want to see a sequel to this because the potential is their if they have the balls enough to stray away from the books and do their own thing, as well as pull a hunger games and switch up the director and writer.
I give this film a 7/10~ Bad plot holes, bad lead, bad ending but still enjoyable with the premise, effects, side characters and potential.
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Saturday, September 27, 2014
Top five video games that can make good movies
Since I did a list on Anime and Manga's making good movies I thought I would make one on video games since I love those two. Video games are harder to adapt into movies mainly because of the whole character interaction with the player, that's what makes it interesting which I why I don't think something like Halo or Dead Space couldn't work since what makes those games get fanbases is the entertainment value in playing the game rather than the story. Here's my pick, I know some of these games might be in development for movies but here's my pick still because until World of Warcraft comes out we won't know how the video game movie landscape will pan out.
5.) Shadow of the colossus
This is probably one of the most visually stunning video games ever with a very good story attached. It's about a young man only called the wander who is trying to save a young maiden from a cursed fate by defeating all sixteen colossus. This is a very easy concept to adept and if given the right special effects team you can make a billion dollars off of the visuals alone of the colossus. I would do this before Ico because their are some things in this that set up stuff in Ico and so this would be the thing that gets people ok with the feel of the world.
4.)Portal
This would be the most difficult game to make a movie out of but the potential if tweaked is astounding. First off keep G.L.A.D.O.S the game, you can change everything else but keep her the same. Add in a personality and voice for Chell, and you've got one of the best action movies ever made with a marketable as hell Portal Gun.
2.) The Last of us
This is not shocking that this ends up on my list since this is the best video game story naughty dog has ever had. What probably is shocking that I put this at number two and not number one. The Last of us has such great characters and has the best ending & beginning I've ever seen. I don't know if the middle part is worth leaving the beginning (Sarah) and the ending (the Ellie thing.) I think the middle is still good but it's not the best part of the game and the middle is where you will have to stretch out for the movie unless you add the left behind DLC in which is case you've got a golden movie on your hands.
1.) Bioshock
This has to be a game that has one of the best stories I've ever seen in a video game, and it's not just the twist in fact I think the twist itself works way better in a game then it would in a MOVIE platform. Yet the villain of Andrew Ryan and the story and themes, the themes especially of Bioshock are so great it is astounding they haven't made a movie out of this yet. I know their are talks of a TV show but I think it would work way better as a movie. (By the way I think Fallout would be great live action too but that one is more suited to be a TV show on HBO.) Just the scope of the visuals and the world two is way more in tune to be a movie and the sequel Bioshock Infinite (While I prefer the original) would make a great series.
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5.) Shadow of the colossus
This is probably one of the most visually stunning video games ever with a very good story attached. It's about a young man only called the wander who is trying to save a young maiden from a cursed fate by defeating all sixteen colossus. This is a very easy concept to adept and if given the right special effects team you can make a billion dollars off of the visuals alone of the colossus. I would do this before Ico because their are some things in this that set up stuff in Ico and so this would be the thing that gets people ok with the feel of the world.
4.)Portal
This would be the most difficult game to make a movie out of but the potential if tweaked is astounding. First off keep G.L.A.D.O.S the game, you can change everything else but keep her the same. Add in a personality and voice for Chell, and you've got one of the best action movies ever made with a marketable as hell Portal Gun.
2.) The Last of us
This is not shocking that this ends up on my list since this is the best video game story naughty dog has ever had. What probably is shocking that I put this at number two and not number one. The Last of us has such great characters and has the best ending & beginning I've ever seen. I don't know if the middle part is worth leaving the beginning (Sarah) and the ending (the Ellie thing.) I think the middle is still good but it's not the best part of the game and the middle is where you will have to stretch out for the movie unless you add the left behind DLC in which is case you've got a golden movie on your hands.
1.) Bioshock
This has to be a game that has one of the best stories I've ever seen in a video game, and it's not just the twist in fact I think the twist itself works way better in a game then it would in a MOVIE platform. Yet the villain of Andrew Ryan and the story and themes, the themes especially of Bioshock are so great it is astounding they haven't made a movie out of this yet. I know their are talks of a TV show but I think it would work way better as a movie. (By the way I think Fallout would be great live action too but that one is more suited to be a TV show on HBO.) Just the scope of the visuals and the world two is way more in tune to be a movie and the sequel Bioshock Infinite (While I prefer the original) would make a great series.
Now that's my list later tonight... movie review.
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Thursday, September 25, 2014
Weekend box office prediction: Guns and trolls
The weekend is fast approaching again so it's time to stamp or at least stamp what I think the upcoming movies will make. This week is the equalizer and boxtrolls, I hope to see box trolls this weekend because I love Claymation animation and Laika studios so I hope it's good. The Equalizer looks ok but I'm not the target audience for that more up to my dads speed. Sadly the movie I want to see might bomb so lets get to my prediction.
Box Trolls
Weekend box office: $15-$20 million
Domestic box office: $49-$69 million
International box office: $ 150-$160 million
Worldwide box office: $199-$229 million
Yeah except for me and a select group of Claymation fans their isn't that much interest in box trolls which is surprising considering how much everyone loved Paranorman, Coraline and heck even Pirates did well (I liked that film.) This one seems to be the one everyone is skipping.
The Equalizer
Weekend box office: $ 45-$50 million
Domestic box office: $ 150-$170 million
International box office: $170-$230 million
Worldwide box office: $320- $ 400 million
Yeah this will make a shit ton of money and even though I don't want to see it I do still think Denzel Washington is super badass and is one of the few old men and black men in Hollywood who can attract a crowd.
Weekend box office
1.) The Equalizer
2.) The Maze Runner
3.) A walk among the tomb stones
4.) Box trolls
5.) This is where I leave you
6.) No good deed
7.) Dolphin tale 2
8.) Guardians of the galaxy
9.) Lets be cops
10.) The drop
That's my prediction for the weekend and coming up soon.... video games!
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Box Trolls
Weekend box office: $15-$20 million
Domestic box office: $49-$69 million
International box office: $ 150-$160 million
Worldwide box office: $199-$229 million
Yeah except for me and a select group of Claymation fans their isn't that much interest in box trolls which is surprising considering how much everyone loved Paranorman, Coraline and heck even Pirates did well (I liked that film.) This one seems to be the one everyone is skipping.
The Equalizer
Weekend box office: $ 45-$50 million
Domestic box office: $ 150-$170 million
International box office: $170-$230 million
Worldwide box office: $320- $ 400 million
Yeah this will make a shit ton of money and even though I don't want to see it I do still think Denzel Washington is super badass and is one of the few old men and black men in Hollywood who can attract a crowd.
Weekend box office
1.) The Equalizer
2.) The Maze Runner
3.) A walk among the tomb stones
4.) Box trolls
5.) This is where I leave you
6.) No good deed
7.) Dolphin tale 2
8.) Guardians of the galaxy
9.) Lets be cops
10.) The drop
That's my prediction for the weekend and coming up soon.... video games!
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Tuesday, September 23, 2014
Weekend box office: Dylen O'Brien runs away with the money.
Yeah... kind of got a little too comfortable, this weekend and forgot to do the Monday weekend box office-sorry. Anyway I was completely freaking wrong with the weekend box office and Maze Runner did run away with the weekend. So here is overall what happened. After watching this is where I leave you I really regret not watching Maze Runner instead because I heard it wasn't the worst thing ever.
Weekend box office
1.) The Maze Runner- $32 million
2.) A walk among the tombstones- $12 million
3.)This is where I leave you- $ 11 million
4.) No Good Deed- $9 million
5.) Dolphin tale 2- $8 million
6.) Guardians of the galaxy- $ 5 million
7.) Lets be cops- $ 2.7 million
8.) Teenage mutant ninja turtles- $ 2.6 million
9.) The drop- $2 million
10.) If I stay- $ 1 million
So that's the weekend box office, poor Kevin Smith Tusk barely made it, Good for Dylen O'Brien now and sorry Liam Neeson. So tomorrow weekend box office prediction and... I have no idea.
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Weekend box office
1.) The Maze Runner- $32 million
2.) A walk among the tombstones- $12 million
3.)This is where I leave you- $ 11 million
4.) No Good Deed- $9 million
5.) Dolphin tale 2- $8 million
6.) Guardians of the galaxy- $ 5 million
7.) Lets be cops- $ 2.7 million
8.) Teenage mutant ninja turtles- $ 2.6 million
9.) The drop- $2 million
10.) If I stay- $ 1 million
So that's the weekend box office, poor Kevin Smith Tusk barely made it, Good for Dylen O'Brien now and sorry Liam Neeson. So tomorrow weekend box office prediction and... I have no idea.
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Friday, September 19, 2014
This is where I leave you review
This is where I leave you is a novel by Jonathan Tropper, that was made into a 2014 feature film about a dysfunctional family spending shiva together (even though their not Jewish and one of the parents is an atheist....really.... people change things all of the time in book adaptations you couldn't have made them fully Jewish?)
I never read the book to this movie so I went in completely blind and didn't know what to expect. After walking out of this movie it made me kind of curious about the book and not in the best way. This movie is not one of the worst movies of 2014 but it's pretty bad.
This is where I leave you feels either it was made by an incompetent director, a really bad writer or was completely slashed in editing. I have the feeling it might be a bit of all three. In good book adaptation you can cut things out as long as the movie is still good and keeps to the themes of said book. Now me not reading the book I can't speak about whether or not it kept to the themes but from what I could gather it seemed in line with the book from reading the summary.
Also this is probably the worst structured movie I've ever seen because everything feels disjoined and a complete mess. A lot of information on certain characters and backgrounds that we should know is either not given to us until it's too late so a lot of character actions feels as though it came out of know where or feel really rushed. It doesn't really fix itself until the third act which is the best part of the movie and legitimately great and interesting but you have to trudge through two disastrous acts that the journey to get to the third act is not worth it.
The acting in this movie is alright and everyone is likeable overall. I liked Corey Stoll and Jason Bateman the best, Rose Byrne is one of my favorite so I liked her, Adam Driver was fun, however Jane Fonda and Tina Fey were the weakest parts of the movie. Jane Fonda really doesn't have much to do expect for a third act reveal and a bunch of sex jokes and I did not care for Tina Fey's character. In fact the four siblings barely spend any time together in this movie and it might have been stronger if you cut the sister out and made it about three brothers so you had more time to focus on them.
Jason Bateman has a big problem with his dad in the film who dies but we never get a sense of why other than he was distant and it's very vague and not really fleshed out. On top of that his story is really the only one who gets any sort of a closure, everyone else's stories are left a bit hanging especially Adam Driver's Phillips story line.
Now I did mention the third act as being the best part of the movie and it is, the third act is amazing, that's when the film finally learns how to stand still and give us refreshing takes on old clichés, amazing character development and actually goes in unexpected places. If it weren't for the really no closure ending and horrible first and second act (especially the first act.) The third act is going to be what saves this movie from being on my worst of the year list.
I have a feeling the book is way better and explains shit better and I feel sorry for fans of the book. There are also a lot of lapses in logic that don't make sense.
I give this movie a 4/10~ awesome third act, everything else though is so bad.
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I never read the book to this movie so I went in completely blind and didn't know what to expect. After walking out of this movie it made me kind of curious about the book and not in the best way. This movie is not one of the worst movies of 2014 but it's pretty bad.
This is where I leave you feels either it was made by an incompetent director, a really bad writer or was completely slashed in editing. I have the feeling it might be a bit of all three. In good book adaptation you can cut things out as long as the movie is still good and keeps to the themes of said book. Now me not reading the book I can't speak about whether or not it kept to the themes but from what I could gather it seemed in line with the book from reading the summary.
Also this is probably the worst structured movie I've ever seen because everything feels disjoined and a complete mess. A lot of information on certain characters and backgrounds that we should know is either not given to us until it's too late so a lot of character actions feels as though it came out of know where or feel really rushed. It doesn't really fix itself until the third act which is the best part of the movie and legitimately great and interesting but you have to trudge through two disastrous acts that the journey to get to the third act is not worth it.
The acting in this movie is alright and everyone is likeable overall. I liked Corey Stoll and Jason Bateman the best, Rose Byrne is one of my favorite so I liked her, Adam Driver was fun, however Jane Fonda and Tina Fey were the weakest parts of the movie. Jane Fonda really doesn't have much to do expect for a third act reveal and a bunch of sex jokes and I did not care for Tina Fey's character. In fact the four siblings barely spend any time together in this movie and it might have been stronger if you cut the sister out and made it about three brothers so you had more time to focus on them.
Jason Bateman has a big problem with his dad in the film who dies but we never get a sense of why other than he was distant and it's very vague and not really fleshed out. On top of that his story is really the only one who gets any sort of a closure, everyone else's stories are left a bit hanging especially Adam Driver's Phillips story line.
Now I did mention the third act as being the best part of the movie and it is, the third act is amazing, that's when the film finally learns how to stand still and give us refreshing takes on old clichés, amazing character development and actually goes in unexpected places. If it weren't for the really no closure ending and horrible first and second act (especially the first act.) The third act is going to be what saves this movie from being on my worst of the year list.
I have a feeling the book is way better and explains shit better and I feel sorry for fans of the book. There are also a lot of lapses in logic that don't make sense.
I give this movie a 4/10~ awesome third act, everything else though is so bad.
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Top 5 animes that could make a good live action movie
Holy Shit I've totally forgot, I'm so sorry it completely slipped my mind. Expect a review to come later today. Anyway I love anime/Manga and I love movies... sadly those two don't freaking mix apparently (F*** you M. Night Shyamalan and the guy who made Dragon ball the movie.) People often say it's because anime's are too weird or perverted or foreign (we live in 2014 people not 1964!) to be made into movies and I disagree because their are some anime/manga's that would do pretty well in an movie format. Here's my pick:
5.) Good Endings
This Manga is about Seji Utsumi and Yuki Kurokawa, and their romance story through high school. Before you guys barf this is actually a really well-written romance manga that sometimes portrays romance better than some movies actually do. This one is the simplest one to make and would be the hardest to mess up (although Hollywood does surprise us sometimes.) A problem with Anime or Manga is that while they do end unlike comics they can run for so long it's hard to find what to condense it to a 90 minute movie yet in manga standards it's pretty short and because it's the most simple (no ninjas, grim reapers or any kind of fantasy or supernatural elements) with the right writer it could turn out to be one of the greats.
4.) Elfen Lied
Another problem with Manga or anime people claim is that American audiences would not see a movie full of unknown Japanese people which is so wrong (for many reasons including racism) because people will buy anything you put in front of them as long as you put good marketing behind them. But still if these old farts are really that naïve, you can easily change all of the characters to Americans with just changing names. Elfen Lied is also a very well-written manga that if done right could actually be turned into an Oscar contender, I won't go too much into it other than it's about a girl named Lucy who has invisible hands. Although if you read the manga or watch the anime to this series (go on youtube) it has a long of nudity and easily one of the most bloodiest series I've ever see so you would have to tone a lot of it down. Still great series deserves a lot more recognition than it's getting.
3.)Attack on titan
This is a recent series and an extremely popular one at that so it would be easy to jump on the band wagon now and get more fans on this if a movie were to be made. Attack on titan is about Eren Yaegar and his battle against the titans. This is an action packed and again well-written manga that if turned into a movie could be a Lord of the Rings style trilogy or the next big trilogy if done right. While this movie or movie series would be really costly with the setting and the titans themselves, it would definitely get your money back with just one scene of someone taking down a Titan with a machete (this is an awesome series.)
2.)Black Butler
This movie would end up being super controversial (along with my number one pick on my list but we will get to that) but it would be a fantastic movie. This manga is about Ceil Phantomhive a young British aristocratic and his devilish (literally) butler Sebastian Michaels, focusing Ceil's revenge against certain groups for the death of his family (although you would probably have to bump up Ceil's age for the movie as in the manga he's only 12.) This would be a wonderful period piece exploring the ideas of revenge and morality with very clever characters especially if they adopted the Jack the Ripper arc for the movie. I have little to say other than this would be one hell of a movie.
1.) Death Note
I think anybody reading this knew this would be my number one choice especially after I stated it would be controversial. Death note is about Light, a young prodigy given the key to the powers of death. This is one of the best written anime's I've ever watched and the best manga I've ever read, clever writing, themes on religion and morality and justice with cool characters to boot. This would come under fire from a lot of religious groups and would be considered pretty "inappropriate" but it would be one of those movies that would stay forever just like the manga and anime have.
So that's my list for the top 5 animes or manga's that could make a good movie. In about an hour a two a movie review will come.
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5.) Good Endings
This Manga is about Seji Utsumi and Yuki Kurokawa, and their romance story through high school. Before you guys barf this is actually a really well-written romance manga that sometimes portrays romance better than some movies actually do. This one is the simplest one to make and would be the hardest to mess up (although Hollywood does surprise us sometimes.) A problem with Anime or Manga is that while they do end unlike comics they can run for so long it's hard to find what to condense it to a 90 minute movie yet in manga standards it's pretty short and because it's the most simple (no ninjas, grim reapers or any kind of fantasy or supernatural elements) with the right writer it could turn out to be one of the greats.
4.) Elfen Lied
Another problem with Manga or anime people claim is that American audiences would not see a movie full of unknown Japanese people which is so wrong (for many reasons including racism) because people will buy anything you put in front of them as long as you put good marketing behind them. But still if these old farts are really that naïve, you can easily change all of the characters to Americans with just changing names. Elfen Lied is also a very well-written manga that if done right could actually be turned into an Oscar contender, I won't go too much into it other than it's about a girl named Lucy who has invisible hands. Although if you read the manga or watch the anime to this series (go on youtube) it has a long of nudity and easily one of the most bloodiest series I've ever see so you would have to tone a lot of it down. Still great series deserves a lot more recognition than it's getting.
3.)Attack on titan
This is a recent series and an extremely popular one at that so it would be easy to jump on the band wagon now and get more fans on this if a movie were to be made. Attack on titan is about Eren Yaegar and his battle against the titans. This is an action packed and again well-written manga that if turned into a movie could be a Lord of the Rings style trilogy or the next big trilogy if done right. While this movie or movie series would be really costly with the setting and the titans themselves, it would definitely get your money back with just one scene of someone taking down a Titan with a machete (this is an awesome series.)
2.)Black Butler
This movie would end up being super controversial (along with my number one pick on my list but we will get to that) but it would be a fantastic movie. This manga is about Ceil Phantomhive a young British aristocratic and his devilish (literally) butler Sebastian Michaels, focusing Ceil's revenge against certain groups for the death of his family (although you would probably have to bump up Ceil's age for the movie as in the manga he's only 12.) This would be a wonderful period piece exploring the ideas of revenge and morality with very clever characters especially if they adopted the Jack the Ripper arc for the movie. I have little to say other than this would be one hell of a movie.
1.) Death Note
I think anybody reading this knew this would be my number one choice especially after I stated it would be controversial. Death note is about Light, a young prodigy given the key to the powers of death. This is one of the best written anime's I've ever watched and the best manga I've ever read, clever writing, themes on religion and morality and justice with cool characters to boot. This would come under fire from a lot of religious groups and would be considered pretty "inappropriate" but it would be one of those movies that would stay forever just like the manga and anime have.
So that's my list for the top 5 animes or manga's that could make a good movie. In about an hour a two a movie review will come.
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Wednesday, September 17, 2014
Weekend box office prediction: Ok now were getting somewhere
Ok things seem to be picking up steam finally, so hopefully we might get something interesting this week and yes this will be movie review from the actual movies this week and not from Netflix and yes their will be an editorial tomorrow (most likely a list.) This week we have four movies coming out Maze Runner (which looks decent), Walk among the tombstones (hopefully a return to form to dramatic Liam Neeson... Please?), This is where I leave you ( it doesn't look half bad to me) and Tusk (that looks really grotesque and I think I won't be catching that one.)
The Maze Runner
Weekend box office: $45-$50 million
Domestic box office: $ 150-$180 million
International box office: $ 200-$230 million
Worldwide box office: $350-$410 million
With the mixed results of young adult movies it's hard to properly place where this will land and it will be interesting to where this places, it looks decent enough and it looks like it has a better story than most so it will be interesting.
Walk among the tomb stones
Weekend box office: $45-$55 million
Domestic box office: $110-$115
International box office: $100-$180 million
Worldwide box office: $210-$295 million
I think I'm excited the most for this because this actually seems faraway from the pay-check earning action movies Liam Neeson does nowadays and more towards old Dramatic Liam Neeson which gets me excited.
This is where I leave you
Weekend box office: $60-$65
Domestic box office: $100-$150 million
International box office: $150-$160 million
Worldwide box office: $250-$310 million
I feel this one might surprise people the most since this seems like it will actually draw money. With the likeability of Jason Bateman and Tina Fey and the rising star of Corey Stoll (although he seems like he barely has any lines in this) and Adam Driver we might actually have a winner. Plus they've had an overall good marketing campaign so at least people know it exists. Although it does seem like the type of movie to drop in it's second weekend.
Tusk
Weekend box office: $4-$7 million
Domestic box office: $15-$35 million
International box office: $10-$25 million
Worldwide box office:$25-$60 million
The trailers for this movie have turned me off completely because it just seems so... grotesque, like it seems disturbing and a partly comedy too. I think people also underestimate the power of Kevin Smith, I loved Clerks and could see the point of Chasing Amy he hasn't made a good movie in years, main stream people hardly know him and yeah he's kind of past his prime.
Box office
1.) This is where I leave you
2.) Maze Runner
3.) No Good Deed
4.) A walk among the tomb stones
5.) Dolphin Tale
6.) Guardians of the galaxy
7.) Teenage mutant ninja turtles
8.) Let's be cops
9.) Tusk
10.) If I stay
That's my weekend box office prediction and tomorrow.... Anime.
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The Maze Runner
Weekend box office: $45-$50 million
Domestic box office: $ 150-$180 million
International box office: $ 200-$230 million
Worldwide box office: $350-$410 million
With the mixed results of young adult movies it's hard to properly place where this will land and it will be interesting to where this places, it looks decent enough and it looks like it has a better story than most so it will be interesting.
Walk among the tomb stones
Weekend box office: $45-$55 million
Domestic box office: $110-$115
International box office: $100-$180 million
Worldwide box office: $210-$295 million
I think I'm excited the most for this because this actually seems faraway from the pay-check earning action movies Liam Neeson does nowadays and more towards old Dramatic Liam Neeson which gets me excited.
This is where I leave you
Weekend box office: $60-$65
Domestic box office: $100-$150 million
International box office: $150-$160 million
Worldwide box office: $250-$310 million
I feel this one might surprise people the most since this seems like it will actually draw money. With the likeability of Jason Bateman and Tina Fey and the rising star of Corey Stoll (although he seems like he barely has any lines in this) and Adam Driver we might actually have a winner. Plus they've had an overall good marketing campaign so at least people know it exists. Although it does seem like the type of movie to drop in it's second weekend.
Tusk
Weekend box office: $4-$7 million
Domestic box office: $15-$35 million
International box office: $10-$25 million
Worldwide box office:$25-$60 million
The trailers for this movie have turned me off completely because it just seems so... grotesque, like it seems disturbing and a partly comedy too. I think people also underestimate the power of Kevin Smith, I loved Clerks and could see the point of Chasing Amy he hasn't made a good movie in years, main stream people hardly know him and yeah he's kind of past his prime.
Box office
1.) This is where I leave you
2.) Maze Runner
3.) No Good Deed
4.) A walk among the tomb stones
5.) Dolphin Tale
6.) Guardians of the galaxy
7.) Teenage mutant ninja turtles
8.) Let's be cops
9.) Tusk
10.) If I stay
That's my weekend box office prediction and tomorrow.... Anime.
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Monday, September 15, 2014
Weekend box office- Idris Elba murders the weekend box office
I'm doing this very quickly as I have a lot of homework to do, so anyway this week the only film of any real note was No Good deeds (which I didn't see but go check out Mary and Max on Netflix please!) and Guardians while it was kicked down to # 3 for the box office it still crossed domestically $300 million making it the highest grossing domestic movie of the year so far.
Weekend box office
1.) No good deed- $24 million
2.) Dolphin Tale 2-$ 15 million
3.) Guardians of the galaxy-$ 8 million
4.) Teenage mutant ninja turtles-$4.8 million
5.) Let's be cops-$4.3 million
6.) The Drop- $4.1 million
7.) If I stay-$3.9 million
8.) The November man- $2.8 million
9.) The Giver- $2.5 million
10.) The hundred foot journey-$2.4 million
That's the weekend box office and with things going on schedule as always... hurry up October!
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Weekend box office
1.) No good deed- $24 million
2.) Dolphin Tale 2-$ 15 million
3.) Guardians of the galaxy-$ 8 million
4.) Teenage mutant ninja turtles-$4.8 million
5.) Let's be cops-$4.3 million
6.) The Drop- $4.1 million
7.) If I stay-$3.9 million
8.) The November man- $2.8 million
9.) The Giver- $2.5 million
10.) The hundred foot journey-$2.4 million
That's the weekend box office and with things going on schedule as always... hurry up October!
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Sunday, September 14, 2014
Mary and Max movie review
I'm BACK! I went to Orlando for my mom's birthday so I missed anything that came out in theaters but I checked out a few movies on Netflix and a new movie that not very many people saw was a movie called Mary and Max and this is the movie review for it.
Mary and Max is about eight-year old Mary Daisy Dinkle and Max Horowitz two friendless people who find comfort in each other while their lives are complete shit. If that does not sound like the most depressing movie ever because it is. Mary and Max is a genuinely great movie that unless you are in a certain mood you will get instantaneous depression like I did. Holy Crap this movie goes under the category of the most depressing movies that are great but you can only watch once category.
Yet the movie being a sad film is not what makes it great. The movie is a claymation animation movie (I freaking love claymation animation) with a black, white and muddy color palette except for the color orange which of course has a lot of symbolic meaning, this movie is very visual interesting in both it's design and how it uses it along creating some pretty dark and pretty uplifting scenes. Some of which made me cover my eyes or had my jaw drop.The animation especially when it comes to face design and emotion is very good. as well.
The place where the movie shines the most though is in it's writing and I have to give Adam Elliot the writer, because this movie is just about Max and Mary, it's about their lives and their friendship but because of how well-written it is it makes even the most stone cold people melt and cry for these two because they are legitimately great characters with more depth and love then anything live-action I could have ever watched. They are the thrust of the movie and they keep it going to the point of where it ends your sad because that's it you'll ever see of them. Adam Elliot I think also tackles mental illnesses better than any live-action Oscar bait movie out there and is very honest about it particularly in one of the two climaxes in the film.
The voice acting is actually very limited to the Max, Mary and the narrator (props to Barry Humpries too) and a very one sentences from an otherwise substantial cast of characters. Yet it is all very good and very emotional at the same time.
This movie is just phenomenal with the only problem really being structure, it does not have a bad structure but it is very weird especially when it comes to conventional story lines with a rising action, climax, falling action and so on. I can't really tell if it's a bad thing but it is very weird.
I give this movie a 9.5/10- Just freaking amazing movie that everyone should go watch (in a certain mood by the way because this is a borderline annalistic movie by the way) even with some weird structure things.
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Mary and Max is about eight-year old Mary Daisy Dinkle and Max Horowitz two friendless people who find comfort in each other while their lives are complete shit. If that does not sound like the most depressing movie ever because it is. Mary and Max is a genuinely great movie that unless you are in a certain mood you will get instantaneous depression like I did. Holy Crap this movie goes under the category of the most depressing movies that are great but you can only watch once category.
Yet the movie being a sad film is not what makes it great. The movie is a claymation animation movie (I freaking love claymation animation) with a black, white and muddy color palette except for the color orange which of course has a lot of symbolic meaning, this movie is very visual interesting in both it's design and how it uses it along creating some pretty dark and pretty uplifting scenes. Some of which made me cover my eyes or had my jaw drop.The animation especially when it comes to face design and emotion is very good. as well.
The place where the movie shines the most though is in it's writing and I have to give Adam Elliot the writer, because this movie is just about Max and Mary, it's about their lives and their friendship but because of how well-written it is it makes even the most stone cold people melt and cry for these two because they are legitimately great characters with more depth and love then anything live-action I could have ever watched. They are the thrust of the movie and they keep it going to the point of where it ends your sad because that's it you'll ever see of them. Adam Elliot I think also tackles mental illnesses better than any live-action Oscar bait movie out there and is very honest about it particularly in one of the two climaxes in the film.
The voice acting is actually very limited to the Max, Mary and the narrator (props to Barry Humpries too) and a very one sentences from an otherwise substantial cast of characters. Yet it is all very good and very emotional at the same time.
This movie is just phenomenal with the only problem really being structure, it does not have a bad structure but it is very weird especially when it comes to conventional story lines with a rising action, climax, falling action and so on. I can't really tell if it's a bad thing but it is very weird.
I give this movie a 9.5/10- Just freaking amazing movie that everyone should go watch (in a certain mood by the way because this is a borderline annalistic movie by the way) even with some weird structure things.
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Wednesday, September 10, 2014
Weekend box office prediction: Oh hey something interesting
Depending on what happens this weekend I hope to go see Skeleton Twins this weekend or No Good Deed this weekend. If something does happen I will not be seeing any movie this weekend because I might be going away for my moms birthday. Anyway, surprisingly shit's actually happening this weekend. We've got Skeleton twins which I am excited for, No Good Deed which seems ok and Dolphin Tale 2 which I didn't know existed until last week. So what's my predications?
Skeleton Twins
Domestic box office: $50-$65 million
International box office: $60-$75 million
World wide box office: $110-$140 million
While I am excited for Skeleton twins, it is an independent film so I can't expect it do very well because independent movies are given only limited releases so only so many people can go see it. Still looking forward too it.
No Good Deed
Domestic box office: $35-$65 million
International box office: $ 40-$55 million
Worldwide box office: $75-$120 million
Idris Elba is cool but I don't know how this will do since Home Invasion movies have been kind of done to death but at the very least this looks way better than labor day and doesn't look like Stockholm Syndrome the movie.
Dolphin Tale 2
Domestic box office:$25-$45 million
International box office: $ 40-$50 million
Worldwide box office: $65-$95 million
This seems like the kind of film that will bomb horribly because there has been literally no marketing behind this movie and I don't know why or how this got a sequel, like it is astounding how bad sequelizing sometimes gets.
So that's my weekend box office prediction and this weekend seems more promising then the last so thankfully things are starting to pick up so I wont have to kill Doc Brown in order to steal his time machine.
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Skeleton Twins
Domestic box office: $50-$65 million
International box office: $60-$75 million
World wide box office: $110-$140 million
While I am excited for Skeleton twins, it is an independent film so I can't expect it do very well because independent movies are given only limited releases so only so many people can go see it. Still looking forward too it.
No Good Deed
Domestic box office: $35-$65 million
International box office: $ 40-$55 million
Worldwide box office: $75-$120 million
Idris Elba is cool but I don't know how this will do since Home Invasion movies have been kind of done to death but at the very least this looks way better than labor day and doesn't look like Stockholm Syndrome the movie.
Dolphin Tale 2
Domestic box office:$25-$45 million
International box office: $ 40-$50 million
Worldwide box office: $65-$95 million
This seems like the kind of film that will bomb horribly because there has been literally no marketing behind this movie and I don't know why or how this got a sequel, like it is astounding how bad sequelizing sometimes gets.
So that's my weekend box office prediction and this weekend seems more promising then the last so thankfully things are starting to pick up so I wont have to kill Doc Brown in order to steal his time machine.
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Monday, September 8, 2014
Weekend box office: What's the point
Jesus Christ, can something happen already, I may or may not have a movie review out this weekend since I might be out of town but if not I hope to see Skeleton Twins this weekend. Anyway time for the weekend box office. Nothing really changed overall and the identical barely made a wave.
Weekend box office
1.) Guardians of the galaxy- $10.3 million
2.) Teenage mutant ninja turtles- $6.5
3.) Let's be cops-$5.5 million
4.) If I stay-$5.4 million
5.) The November man- $4.3 million
6.) Above so below-$3.8 million
7.) The Giver- $3.4 million
8.) When the game stands tall-$3.2 million
9.) The hundred foot journey- $3.1 million
10.) Lucy- $1.9 million
So that's it for now everything going on schedule predictions on Wednesday and Editorial on Thursday and maybe a movie review... huh something happen please is that too much to ask!
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Weekend box office
1.) Guardians of the galaxy- $10.3 million
2.) Teenage mutant ninja turtles- $6.5
3.) Let's be cops-$5.5 million
4.) If I stay-$5.4 million
5.) The November man- $4.3 million
6.) Above so below-$3.8 million
7.) The Giver- $3.4 million
8.) When the game stands tall-$3.2 million
9.) The hundred foot journey- $3.1 million
10.) Lucy- $1.9 million
So that's it for now everything going on schedule predictions on Wednesday and Editorial on Thursday and maybe a movie review... huh something happen please is that too much to ask!
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Thursday, September 4, 2014
Nostalgia for the ages
In the age of remakes, sequels and reboots a new popular trend is brining back old Nostalgia properties and giving them a sequel. The prime examples are Dumb and Dumber and Star Wars. Other movies that "in talks" are ghost busters, blade runner (Ridley Scott's says the script is even finished) and a bunch of other stuff.
If you know me I actually like reboots and sequels, If their done good and shows a different perspective on the source material (ex: Dawn and Rise of the planet of the names.) Although often times what gets sequels and reboots a bad name is when their done bad (ex: Tim Burton's planet of the catastrophe.) As my American history teacher says everyone forgets when you do it good, everyone remembers when you do it bad.
In my opinion the main problem that often is the reason these reboots or sequels are bad is one thing... Nostalgia.
I mean this in a different way from them defacing the continuity of the previous movie (though in some cases that is still problem) I mean this in a way, when a movie pays too much fans service or Nostalgia to the previous movie and skips out on having an actual movie.
When you are making a sequel or reboot of anything, the movie has to be able to stand on it's own, it can do that when it's too busy rehashing ideas or doing fans service to give fans of Nostalgia kick, skipping out completely on new ideas or original concepts which is what a reboot is suppose to do. A prime example is Star Trek into darkness, I overall don't hate that movie but I don't think it's a good movie since most of it's a two hour fan service fest. And before you even accuse me of being a whiny Star Trek fan girl I don't even like Star Trek (I'm Planet of the apes kid.)
Nostalgia is not at all bad, it gives a good memories of the bad and lets us look back on old things we used to like and give us an insight into the person we have become. It's not good when you dwelling on it so much that you don't movie on to new things.
The reason I am venting on this is because of my feelings on the new Star Wars sequel which at first I was excited for but with everything coming out about that movie makes me take two steps back and feel as if nothing has chance about that movie compared to the original Star Wars and nothing new is happening besides the new cast.
I love looking back at the old stuff but I want new things too. So that's my two cents about the whole Nostalgia thing, thanks for reading.
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If you know me I actually like reboots and sequels, If their done good and shows a different perspective on the source material (ex: Dawn and Rise of the planet of the names.) Although often times what gets sequels and reboots a bad name is when their done bad (ex: Tim Burton's planet of the catastrophe.) As my American history teacher says everyone forgets when you do it good, everyone remembers when you do it bad.
In my opinion the main problem that often is the reason these reboots or sequels are bad is one thing... Nostalgia.
I mean this in a different way from them defacing the continuity of the previous movie (though in some cases that is still problem) I mean this in a way, when a movie pays too much fans service or Nostalgia to the previous movie and skips out on having an actual movie.
When you are making a sequel or reboot of anything, the movie has to be able to stand on it's own, it can do that when it's too busy rehashing ideas or doing fans service to give fans of Nostalgia kick, skipping out completely on new ideas or original concepts which is what a reboot is suppose to do. A prime example is Star Trek into darkness, I overall don't hate that movie but I don't think it's a good movie since most of it's a two hour fan service fest. And before you even accuse me of being a whiny Star Trek fan girl I don't even like Star Trek (I'm Planet of the apes kid.)
Nostalgia is not at all bad, it gives a good memories of the bad and lets us look back on old things we used to like and give us an insight into the person we have become. It's not good when you dwelling on it so much that you don't movie on to new things.
The reason I am venting on this is because of my feelings on the new Star Wars sequel which at first I was excited for but with everything coming out about that movie makes me take two steps back and feel as if nothing has chance about that movie compared to the original Star Wars and nothing new is happening besides the new cast.
I love looking back at the old stuff but I want new things too. So that's my two cents about the whole Nostalgia thing, thanks for reading.
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Wednesday, September 3, 2014
Weekend box office prediction-PLEASE LET SOMETHING HAPPEN
I am seriously considering creating a time machine so I can skip the desert that is September. Nothing really new is coming out except the identical and the Forrest Gump re-release. I already watched Forrest a billion times and it's on netflix so In my opinion don't waste twenty bucks for a movie when you can get that movie and a hundred dollars for eight dollars on netflix. The identical looks OK, it looks like something you would see on a TV and has an intriguing premise but still somewhat meh overall.
I will do an prediction for the identical since that is the only new moving coming out.
THE IDENTICAL
Weekend box office: $40-$50 million
Domestic box office: $70-$90 million
International box office: $60-$75 million
Worldwide box office: $130-$165 million
Religious movies have been doing well this year for better (example: Noah, go watch it), or for worse (example: Heaven is for real, I am catholic but that movie was a load of bull.) And you can tell this will be religiously influenced and the marketing has been really good for the most part
Weekend box office
1.)Guardians of the galaxy
2.) Teenage mutant ninja turtles
3.) The identical
4.) If I stay
5.)As above so below
6.) Let's be cops
7.) November man
8.)When the game stands tall
9.) The Giver
10.) Expendables 3
So that's the weekend box office, now I wait for Skeleton twins to come out next week, tomorrow.... Nostalgia!
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I will do an prediction for the identical since that is the only new moving coming out.
THE IDENTICAL
Weekend box office: $40-$50 million
Domestic box office: $70-$90 million
International box office: $60-$75 million
Worldwide box office: $130-$165 million
Religious movies have been doing well this year for better (example: Noah, go watch it), or for worse (example: Heaven is for real, I am catholic but that movie was a load of bull.) And you can tell this will be religiously influenced and the marketing has been really good for the most part
Weekend box office
1.)Guardians of the galaxy
2.) Teenage mutant ninja turtles
3.) The identical
4.) If I stay
5.)As above so below
6.) Let's be cops
7.) November man
8.)When the game stands tall
9.) The Giver
10.) Expendables 3
So that's the weekend box office, now I wait for Skeleton twins to come out next week, tomorrow.... Nostalgia!
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Tuesday, September 2, 2014
Thank you!
I just hit 1000 views on my blog, thanks for the people who actually check this out once in a while I really appreciate it and it makes me feel better when I've had a rotten day. Thank you!
Weekend box office- nothing really new...
So nothing really new happened, no new news, nothing interesting in the box office and not really anything interesting came out over the weekend. I even had to go back and review Expendables 3 and even their nothing interesting happened. I mean dear lord I know September is technically a dead zone in hollywood but seriously?
Anyway Guardians took first place again which is cool where as Pierce Bronson needs to be rethinking his career again and another nail in the coffin is being taken in the found footage genre (sorry Chronicle 2!)
Weekend box office
1.) Guardians of the galaxy- $ 17 million
2.) Teenage mutant ninja turtles- $11 million
3.) If I stay- $9.3 million
4.) As above so below- $ 8.6 million
5.) Let's be cops- $8.2 million
6.) The November man- $ 7.9 million
7.) When the game stands tall- $ 7 million
8.) The Giver- $5.2 million
9.) The Hundred foot journey- $4.8 million
10.) The expendables 3- $3.5 million
So that's the weekend box office, and nothing new happens so It will be interesting what will happen or if anything happens this week. So long.
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Anyway Guardians took first place again which is cool where as Pierce Bronson needs to be rethinking his career again and another nail in the coffin is being taken in the found footage genre (sorry Chronicle 2!)
Weekend box office
1.) Guardians of the galaxy- $ 17 million
2.) Teenage mutant ninja turtles- $11 million
3.) If I stay- $9.3 million
4.) As above so below- $ 8.6 million
5.) Let's be cops- $8.2 million
6.) The November man- $ 7.9 million
7.) When the game stands tall- $ 7 million
8.) The Giver- $5.2 million
9.) The Hundred foot journey- $4.8 million
10.) The expendables 3- $3.5 million
So that's the weekend box office, and nothing new happens so It will be interesting what will happen or if anything happens this week. So long.
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Monday, September 1, 2014
Expendables 3 review
Disclaimer: Possible spoilers
I didn't hate this movie, I really didn't, I was bored to tears but I didn't hate it. Just getting that out of the way now. The movie certainly is not my favorite movie of the year but I don't absolutely hate it like most critics. I never watched the previous expendables movies (the first one I was too young to see and the second one I missed it.) So this is my first exposure to the expendables franchise.
This film pertains to Sylvester Stallone (no one cares or remembers the character names as most of these people are playing themselves) after a mission gone bad decides that his team is too old (even though he himself is near seventy) and goes to find a new younger team to stop Mel Gibson, a former expendable. The main problem with this film is the fact that it's boring as all hell. I was fidgeting through this entire thing and almost thought of ditching my dad (who loves this series) to go watch Guardians of the galaxy again. Most of the action is very much action stripped from other better movies and is very tideous, especially the end fight which goes on for twenty-five minutes. That's bad when it comes to action movies.
I know a lot of people complained about the whole going from rated-r to PG-13 thing and while I am typically on the side that says a movie doesn't have to be rated-R to be good, a lot more blood and gore in a movie which clearly wanted to be rated-R might have helped me keep focus. Another bad thing is that this movie uses a lot of CG and it is some of the worst CG I've seen all year. Oh my god it was practically cringe worthy.
Most of the people in this movie were fine overall, none of them were really acting and for the most part just playing themselves. A mistake they made was taking Terry Crewes (who is one of the human national treausres) for ninety-eight percent of the movie and only having him show up in the last five minutes so he was basically a cameo. A thing they did in this movie was bring in new younger team and none of them are really that memorable except for the hacking guy because he was the only useful one of the new kids. Mel Gibbson as the villain is ok, he's serviceable enough but he barely registered with me. Antonio Banderas has been the most talked about one in this movie and while sometimes he walks the knife edge of annoying he for the most part is very likeable, very charming and very adorable. So that's good for a guy who I haven't really seen in really anything as of late.
I give this a 5/10~ Not as bad but I don't have much to say about it
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I didn't hate this movie, I really didn't, I was bored to tears but I didn't hate it. Just getting that out of the way now. The movie certainly is not my favorite movie of the year but I don't absolutely hate it like most critics. I never watched the previous expendables movies (the first one I was too young to see and the second one I missed it.) So this is my first exposure to the expendables franchise.
This film pertains to Sylvester Stallone (no one cares or remembers the character names as most of these people are playing themselves) after a mission gone bad decides that his team is too old (even though he himself is near seventy) and goes to find a new younger team to stop Mel Gibson, a former expendable. The main problem with this film is the fact that it's boring as all hell. I was fidgeting through this entire thing and almost thought of ditching my dad (who loves this series) to go watch Guardians of the galaxy again. Most of the action is very much action stripped from other better movies and is very tideous, especially the end fight which goes on for twenty-five minutes. That's bad when it comes to action movies.
I know a lot of people complained about the whole going from rated-r to PG-13 thing and while I am typically on the side that says a movie doesn't have to be rated-R to be good, a lot more blood and gore in a movie which clearly wanted to be rated-R might have helped me keep focus. Another bad thing is that this movie uses a lot of CG and it is some of the worst CG I've seen all year. Oh my god it was practically cringe worthy.
Most of the people in this movie were fine overall, none of them were really acting and for the most part just playing themselves. A mistake they made was taking Terry Crewes (who is one of the human national treausres) for ninety-eight percent of the movie and only having him show up in the last five minutes so he was basically a cameo. A thing they did in this movie was bring in new younger team and none of them are really that memorable except for the hacking guy because he was the only useful one of the new kids. Mel Gibbson as the villain is ok, he's serviceable enough but he barely registered with me. Antonio Banderas has been the most talked about one in this movie and while sometimes he walks the knife edge of annoying he for the most part is very likeable, very charming and very adorable. So that's good for a guy who I haven't really seen in really anything as of late.
I give this a 5/10~ Not as bad but I don't have much to say about it
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