movies

[JL21]

Pretty cool vintage art for the blood and ice cream trilogy films:

http://www.edgarwrighthere.com/2013/05/ ... e-freezer/

[stlouie_lipp]

I went to see "At Any Price" yesterday - largely because it was (mostly) filmed here in DeKalb County and I knew some people who were on screen as extras. Turns out the movie was pretty good. I read a review that called it uneven, and I wondered what the reviewer meant by that but it made sense while watching the film. It was really a dark film which I wasn't expecting at all. Dennis Quid was great.

[redbirdjazzz]

Dennis Quid was great.

He'll be going by D-£ when he starts his rap career.

[Vidor]

I liked "The Great Gatsby" OK. It doesn't seem like it deserves the critical hammering it's gotten. It would be nice if DiCaprio would make a comedy or something--I think "Catch Me If You Can" is the only Leo movie I've ever seen where he didn't die or go insane at the end.

And somehow Isla Fisher keeps getting sexier.

[cardinalkarp]

Lets see, the last few I've watched....

Silver Linings Playbook - Was hoping for more out of an Oscar nominated film.....ahhh, who am I kidding, no I wasn't. The acting was very good, but it just wasn't my type of movie. I guess it was worth watching though.

Broken City - I actually really liked this one. Good crime drama w/ Marky Mark. I would recommend it.

Safe Haven - I'm normally ok w/ taking in a chick flick every once in awhile but there's wasn't a chance in hell my wife could talk me into watching this pile of dung. My thoughts were confirmed by my wife, it was in fact a steaming turd of a movie.

[TimeForGuinness]

Killing Them Softly...I liked it...pay me my money

[MrSaigon]

I was just thinking about this, in the modern generation of animation has there been a single commercial bust? Has a single one not made back its budget?

[ghostrunner]

I was just thinking about this, in the modern generation of animation has there been a single commercial bust? Has a single one not made back its budget?

Last 20 years? 10?

I remember Titan AE being considered a failure. Atlantis maybe? For 3d/Pixar style stuff, was Planet 51 a bomb? What about the thing with Santa Claus and the tooth fairy. Rise of the Guardians I think it was called.

[JL21]

I was just thinking about this, in the modern generation of animation has there been a single commercial bust? Has a single one not made back its budget?

Last 20 years? 10?

I remember Titan AE being considered a failure. Atlantis maybe? For 3d/Pixar style stuff, was Planet 51 a bomb? What about the thing with Santa Claus and the tooth fairy. Rise of the Guardians I think it was called.

Rise of the Guardians did pretty well thanks to foreign markets- $103M domestic, $200M foreign, $145M budget.

Good call on Titan AE- $75M budget, $36.7M box office worldwide.

Planet 51jolsian got $105M worldwide, budget was $70M. Similarly, Atlantis did $186M worldwide, budget was $120M.

You'd be shocked how many movies make money, no matter how big of a turd they are. Foreign box office almost always lifts domestic busts past their budget.

All numbers from http://www.boxofficemojo.com/

[ghostrunner]

I was just thinking about this, in the modern generation of animation has there been a single commercial bust? Has a single one not made back its budget?

Last 20 years? 10?

I remember Titan AE being considered a failure. Atlantis maybe? For 3d/Pixar style stuff, was Planet 51 a bomb? What about the thing with Santa Claus and the tooth fairy. Rise of the Guardians I think it was called.

Rise of the Guardians did pretty well thanks to foreign markets- $103M domestic, $200M foreign, $145M budget.

Good call on Titan AE- $75M budget, $36.7M box office worldwide.

Planet 51jolsian got $105M worldwide, budget was $70M. Similarly, Atlantis did $186M worldwide, budget was $120M.

You'd be shocked how many movies make money, no matter how big of a turd they are. Foreign box office almost always lifts domestic busts past their budget.

All numbers from http://www.boxofficemojo.com/

They usually say budget is actually 1.5x the nominal budget once marketing is accounted for, so that's a factor too.