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  1. 12-04-2018, 05:53 AM #26
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    2019 begins and ends with Detective Pikachu.

    Sorry, QT and Scorsese.
    Sure why not?

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    1. The Godfather - three-hour crime film, based on a novel (winner of Best Picture)
    2. The Poseidon Adventure - disaster film, based on a novel
    3. What's Up, Doc? - original romantic screwball comedy
    4. Behind the Green Door - pornographic film
    5. Deliverance - thriller, based on a novel
    6. Cabaret - musical drama, based on a musical
    7. The Getaway - neo-noir crime film, based on a novel
    8. Fritz the Cat - X-rated animated film
    9. The Legend of Boggy Creek - horror docudrama
    10. Jeremiah Johnson - Western

    2017

    1 Star Wars: The Last Jedi - sci-fi action sequel
    2 Beauty and the Beast - musical romance, live-action remake
    3 Wonder Woman - comic book action movie
    4 Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle - action comedy sequel/reboot
    5 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 - comic book action movie
    6 Spider-Man: Homecoming - comic book action movie
    7 It - horror film, based on a novel
    8 Thor: Ragnarok - comic book action movie
    9 Despicable Me 3 - action comedy animated film
    10 Justice League - comic book action movie

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  3. 12-04-2018, 12:40 PM #28
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    Quote Quoting transmogrifier (view post)
    That's pretty much all I watch them for (or for Kiwi boys like Waititi making good).

    Just watched the new Captain Marvel trailer, and it looks so generic. Basically, I think Infinity War 2 is my last Marvel, unless Waititi comes back or someone super interesting directs one.
    Totally agree about that trailer though. Was wicked disappointed. Either they are trying to hide a shit ton (which has been their strategy with the Avengers trailers) or this is going to be a very generic origin story.
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    Uwe Boll movies > all Marvel U movies
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  4. 12-04-2018, 12:42 PM #29
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    Quote Quoting Watashi (view post)
    a) I grew up on comics
    Same. I am also huge on nostalgia, which is why I am attracted to the Disney remakes.
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    Uwe Boll movies > all Marvel U movies
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    I work in grocery. I have not gotten sick. My fellow employees have not gotten sick. If the virus were even remotely as contagious as its being presented as, why haven’t entire store staffs who come into contact with hundreds of people per day, thousands per week, all falling ill in mass nationwide?
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  5. 12-04-2018, 02:27 PM #30
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    Quote Quoting Dukefrukem (view post)
    Totally agree about that trailer though. Was wicked disappointed. Either they are trying to hide a shit ton (which has been their strategy with the Avengers trailers) or this is going to be a very generic origin story.
    Would be cool if they went with a villain perspective.

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  6. 12-04-2018, 02:30 PM #31
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    Quote Quoting Ezee E (view post)
    Would be cool if they went with a villain perspective.
    Feige has been quoted in saying this is a very different origin story. Meaning not that they are using a different take on the comic origin, but how they are approaching the origin story format. So I'm hoping there's a lot being held back.
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    Uwe Boll movies > all Marvel U movies
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  7. 12-04-2018, 03:27 PM #32
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    Quote Quoting transmogrifier (view post)
    3. What's Up, Doc? - original romantic screwball comedy
    I thought this was a remake of Bringing Up Baby.

    Also, I would take the box office numbers for Behind the Green Door with a grain of salt; the mob used porno theatres to launder money, so the grosses may be vastly inflated.

    And to put things in perspective, with inflation, The Godfather's estimated budget of 6.5 million dollars would still be less than 40 million in today's money.
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  8. 12-04-2018, 03:47 PM #33
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    Quote Quoting baby doll (view post)
    Also, I would take the box office numbers for Behind the Green Door with a grain of salt; the mob used porno theatres to launder money, so the grosses may be vastly inflated.
    Yeah, I was gonna point this out as well.
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  9. 12-04-2018, 04:01 PM #34
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    I'm in for all the comic book and Star Wars movies. Also anything sci-fi. That being said, as it is I only see 2-3 in theater a year anymore. I can just wait for most of it at home.
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  10. 12-04-2018, 09:03 PM #35
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    Quote Quoting baby doll (view post)
    I thought this was a remake of Bringing Up Baby.
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    I haven't seen it - I just went with the Wikipedia description "It was intended to pay homage to comedy films of the 1930s, especially Bringing Up Baby" but no mention of it being a remake.
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    Matilda (1996) 37
    The Town that Dreaded Sundown     (1976) 61
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    Soul     (2020) 64
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  11. 12-04-2018, 09:40 PM #36
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    Quote Quoting Spinal (view post)
    I'll take the titty films over Toy Story 4 ... he said, surprising nobody.
    Toy Story 3 did nothing for me, so I'll join this club.
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  12. 12-04-2018, 09:41 PM #37
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    Also, there's no getting around that Jaws and Star Wars fundamentally upended how movies are platformed and what kind of storylines are favored in that post-blockbuster process.
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    Fritz the Cat is a terrible movie, but at least Bakshi is an auteur communicating a personal vision.
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    Quote Quoting Dead & Messed Up (view post)
    Also, there's no getting around that Jaws and Star Wars fundamentally upended how movies are platformed and what kind of storylines are favored in that post-blockbuster process.
    This plus studios selling to investment groups (Warners) or major corporations (Paramount, Columbia) that had nothing to do with the entertainment business. I mean, what the fuck did Gulf + Western or Coca-Cola know about making a good movie? (Or, for nowadays: ATT, Apple, Amazon, or Oracle.)
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    Quote Quoting Spinal (view post)
    Fritz the Cat is a terrible movie, but at least Bakshi is an auteur communicating a personal vision.
    Eh, a terrible movie is something else separate from Fritz the Cat which has more than its share of wonderful scenes.
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