The Movie Thread v. Ultimatum

[ariich]

So we've got a Monsters Inc. prequel coming next year.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vRbhvt89NM

Awesome! Monsters Inc. isn't one of my favourite Pixars, but it's still damn good.

[Phoenix87x]

So I just watched Blade Runner for the 2nd time in my life.

Its funny since I remember liking it a lot the first time I saw it, but not so much this time.  Maybe I just wasn't in the mood. Definitely thought provoking though.

[Adami]

So I just watched Blade Runner for the 2nd time in my life.

Its funny since I remember liking it a lot the first time I saw it, but not so much this time.  Maybe I just wasn't in the mood. Definitely thought provoking though.

Depends which version you watch, there's like 100.

[Phoenix87x]

So I just watched Blade Runner for the 2nd time in my life.

Its funny since I remember liking it a lot the first time I saw it, but not so much this time.  Maybe I just wasn't in the mood. Definitely thought provoking though.

Depends which version you watch, there's like 100.

True, that definitely does make a difference. Both viewings were the 2007 Final Cut. 

[Adami]

That's actually one reason I haven't seen Blade Runner in a few years. I have all 5 versions on Blu Ray and loved the last one I saw. But I have no idea which version it was and don't feel like watching all of them.

[Orbert]

Watch only the Final Cut.  I have the five-version edition, too, and it's silly.  I love the movie, but I have no interest in seeing all the different alternate versions.  There's no point.  Maybe watch the original theatrical release for comparison, but the "director's cut" is not really the director's cut; it's just the version that came out at a time when director's cuts were all the rage.  Ridley Scott has practically disowned that version, as it was made without his involvement.  The Final Cut was his actual cut.  The others are just curiosities.

[orcus116]

Just saw Prometheus. It was entertaining but was almost mind-numbingly predictable, too quick paced (a Ridley Scott theatrical release trademark), and chock full of characters I didn't give a shit about. Some cool effects, though. 5/10.

[BlobVanDam]

Watch only the Final Cut.  I have the five-version edition, too, and it's silly.  I love the movie, but I have no interest in seeing all the different alternate versions.  There's no point.  Maybe watch the original theatrical release for comparison, but the "director's cut" is not really the director's cut; it's just the version that came out at a time when director's cuts were all the rage.  Ridley Scott has practically disowned that version, as it was made without his involvement.  The Final Cut was his actual cut.  The others are just curiosities.

I saw the director's cut once (only recently), and I'm not interested in ever seeing any cut of the film again.

[Zook]

Snow White And The Huntsman was alright. I wont watch it again, but I didn't feel my time was wasted. Plus, I didn't pay for it, so all's good.

[Super Dude]

Alright so that's the main point then: would you recommend watching it if you would have paid for it?

[Fluffy Lothario]

Just saw 28 Days Later. Only the second time, first time was years ago. As I remember, tons better than most zombie films.

I have two problems though, one fairly minor and one a bit more irksome.
The minor - I don't think you'd have highways so empty after so much chaos.
The majorer: That main character sure turned into a very effective killing machine quite spontaneously at the end of the movie.

[ZirconBlue]

Call me crazy, but I think I know why the film was so successful: Kate Winslet's boobs.

I don't think they were even in the theatrical release.

Of course they were.  Why would you think they weren't?

Oh, well then the reasons for its success are that much more bewildering. Unless it is true that around then, the story wasn't a cliche as it is now.

Come on!  It wasn't that long ago!


It seemed to me at the time that a lot of the money made by the film was from young teen girls going to see it over and over again. 

[Super Dude]

Of course it wasn't, but many, many similar movies have been released between now and then.

[ZirconBlue]

Of course it wasn't, but many, many similar movies have been released between now and then.

I can assure the story was trite and cliched even then.

[Super Dude]

Oh, well then I'd say your guess is probably overwhelmingly accurate.

[Nick]

You can't argue with that owl's hair.

[Super Dude]

Ya rly

[TL]

That's one thing about Titanic;
It was in theaters for a much longer run than most films get. It was also hit theaters in winter, in a time where the kind of demographic who would be really into it didn't have the internet, and so their choices for entertainment were much more limited. Yes, it was only 15 years ago, but a lot has changed since then.

Now, it's still absurd how much money it made, but there were many factors that lined up just right for it.

[jingle.boy]

Call me crazy, but I think I know why the film was so successful: Kate Winslet's boobs.

Oh yes they were!

[King Postwhore]

Now, it's still absurd how much money it made, but there were many factors that lined up just right for it.

I read this and I think how crazy the amount of money it made and then I think of how much money Gone With The Wind made and it's mind boggling.  The cost for a ticket then compaired to now.  The only point todays movies can make is that the was no other outlet like TV and the internet then so everybody went to the movies.

[Super Dude]

Also newsreels and family shorts for before the feature, which made going out to the movies essentially like paying a ticket every time you wanted to turn on a TV.

[King Postwhore]

Very, very true.  I would love to know the total amount people that saw each movie.  Both numbers would be staggering.

[Orbert]

I've always thought that a more important and informative number would be the total number of tickets sold, not the total take in dollars.

[TL]

I've always thought that a more important and informative number would be the total number of tickets sold, not the total take in dollars.

I definitely agree with this.

Of course, then Hollywood couldn't break a few box office records every year due to inflation.

[Super Dude]

The record keeping doesn't account for inflation?

[Sigz]

The record keeping doesn't account for inflation?

Not normally: https://boxofficemojo.com/alltime/adjusted.htm?sort=adjustedgross&order=DESC&adjust_yr=2012&p=.htm

Or, adjusting for regular inflation and not ticket price increases, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_films#Highest-grossing_films_adjusted_for_inflation

[Zook]

Alright so that's the main point then: would you recommend watching it if you would have paid for it?

I'd say you should probably rent it, or wait for it on Netflix or whichever movie viewing thingamabob you subscribe to.

[TL]

The record keeping doesn't account for inflation?

I just mean that because of inflation, they can keep claiming bigger and bigger grosses every year, even though the bigger grosses are largely due to inflation.

[TL]

I just got back from seeing Back To the Future at a theatrical screening.

I'd seen it many times, but it was just so damn fun to see it with a huge audience like that. Easily one of the best movies you could pick to re-screen like that.

[axeman90210]

It seemed to me at the time that a lot of the money made by the film was from young teen girls going to see it over and over again. 

This reminds me of a funny quote from a waiter once. I was out for dinner with my college roommates at the time, and we were discussing favorite movies. The waiter, who we knew a little bit from previous trips to the restaurant, stopped by and we asked him  what his favorite movie was. With no hesitation whatsoever, he said "Titanic, definitely... I saw that movie 17 times with 17 different girls".

[Orbert]

Kate looked very nice naked, but sitting through a three-hour movie just for a glimpse of her breasts didn't seem like a good deal to me, especially since the captures were on the Internet within days.  I've never seen Titanic and probably never will.

No, the reason why it made so much money is because it's an epic love story, and girls love an epic love story.  Girls would go see it over and over in groups.  They'd drag their boyfriends to it, once, but after that it was chick-flick heaven.  Leo was at the height of his "he's so cute!" powers, and was box-office gold.

[masterthes]

off to the cineplex on my first day of summer break to see one of our greatest presidents kill some vampires

[masterthes]

I'd say skip Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. Smith really neuters his book for the movie and changes a lot of things

[Sigz]

I'd say skip Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. Smith really neuters his book for the movie and changes a lot of things

Damn that's a shame. I'm supposed to take my sister to see it tonight.

[masterthes]

Well, if you don't look at it from an adaptation perspective, it's pretty decent