I'm watching The Equalizer for the first time, and it seems okay, but the bad guy has maybe the least intimidating tattoos of any movie villain that's meant to have intimidating tattoos, of all time.
So, in honour of his very silly back piece: best tattoo in a movie?
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I'm watching The Mummy, the one from 1999
this movie is pretty good but could really have lost like fifteen minutes from the first half
I'm watching The Equalizer for the first time, and it seems okay, but the bad guy has maybe the least intimidating tattoos of any movie villain that's meant to have intimidating tattoos, of all time.
So, in honour of his very silly back piece: best tattoo in a movie?
I'm watching The Equalizer for the first time, and it seems okay, but the bad guy has maybe the least intimidating tattoos of any movie villain that's meant to have intimidating tattoos, of all time.
So, in honour of his very silly back piece: best tattoo in a movie?
I'm watching The Equalizer for the first time, and it seems okay, but the bad guy has maybe the least intimidating tattoos of any movie villain that's meant to have intimidating tattoos, of all time.
So, in honour of his very silly back piece: best tattoo in a movie?
I watched The Standoff at Sparrow Creek last night. Pretty good, lean, hotbox thriller. Looks good with some good lighting and camera work, tight editing, doesn't feel amateurish or budget (minus it mostly being a handful of people in a single location), good performances with kind of poppy dialogue, not super stylized but a little heft to it.
So here's the plot - a cop funeral is shot up and a local militia discovers that someone in their group did it. And the lead, played by James Badge Dale, is a former cop and starts putting the screws to folks to get a confession and to make sure this only blows back on the person that did the deed and not the entire militia.
And there we have it - pretty much all the people in the movie are milita, guys with modified ARs and armor piercing bullets and grenades and body armor "We're a militia with intent" and boy, it sure paints a picture. It's a bunch of violent thieves, it's got WAY less baggage but these yahoos... But here's the thing, and it's a weird one - I don't feel that movie comes down on either pro-cop or pro-militia, but those are pretty much the two sides in the movie and that's gonna a big pill for some no doubt, it makes some of the movie pretty murky to navigate. To get into it anymore would spoil a few things but I'm still chewing over it this morning.
I liked it, it's a good movie, I'd love to see more from the director but also, the next movie written or directed by him will, I think, really put into perspective what his real feelings are about all this stuff.
(for people who don't know about Kanopy, like me a few months ago, it's pretty great! Certain amount of free movies every month with a library card. http://www.kanopy.com/)
I'd settle for making it a channel I can subscribe to through Amazon, allowing me to watch it on my tv. I'd prefer it if they managed their own app though so that Amazon wouldn't be taking a cut (unlike the dum dums at Shudder).
"Publicity" there really means "tricking people into seeing it up front before word of mouth about what it really is gets out and tanks everything", right?
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But a steamy film anchored by two Oscar-winning stars ought to show up better than an eighth-place finish for its opening weekend, at a paltry $4.4 million.
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I think the Paperboy might have done worse. I don't have opening weekend numbers specifically, but I think it did worse (as did "Gold", "Mud", "Killer Joe" and no doubt any number of other McConaughey vehicles).
"Publicity" there really means "tricking people into seeing it up front before word of mouth about what it really is gets out and tanks everything", right?
Based on the article they didn’t even run TV spots like they were supposed to. I don’t think people even knew it was actually out even if they were interested by that original trailer.
Man I bet you have to go some to be the worst opening of Matthew McConaughey's career
I don't have a specific example but I always imagined that he had like 12 movies that no one watched
Y'all remember that movie Gold he was in? Had a bad trailer but seemed like a total "based on a true story" Oscar bait bullshit? Was released Dec. 30, 2016? Made 3.5 mil it's opening weekend, which is less than that so like...I'm not quite sure what metric they're using.
Ahhh, covered by David. Perhaps it's movies starring both of them which, yeah, Interstellar DID make more money.
BoxOfficeMojo has more detailed summaries but basically Serenity opened in 2500 theaters. If you're bored by this stuff I'll put it in spoiler tags but I find this stuff fascinating so I'll continue to talk about it
Y'all remember that movie Gold he was in? Had a bad trailer but seemed like a total "based on a true story" Oscar bait bullshit? Was released Dec. 30, 2016? Made 3.5 mil it's opening weekend, which is less than that so like...I'm not quite sure what metric they're using.
Gold opened in ~2100 theaters, and Larger Than Life was in 2400, those were the closest to opening in as many theaters while being this bad at making money
Anne Hathaway had 8 films that released in less than 130 theaters each that did worse opening weekends. No film she was in that played in 2000+ theaters before this made less than $9.5mil in 3 days
"Publicity" there really means "tricking people into seeing it up front before word of mouth about what it really is gets out and tanks everything", right?
that's essentially what they tried to do by obscuring most of the actual plot of the movie in the trailer
it backfired because instead of one of the dumbest things you've ever heard of, it instead was either a deeply boring film that got shoved to January because nobody believed in it, or you didn't hear about it at all
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but apparently the Wachowskis are retired so instead of the people who made Speed Racer I guess the person who made the new Blade Runner is fine
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So, in honour of his very silly back piece: best tattoo in a movie?
this movie is pretty good but could really have lost like fifteen minutes from the first half
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I am watching Fistful of Dollars
this movie is extremely cool
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So here's the plot - a cop funeral is shot up and a local militia discovers that someone in their group did it. And the lead, played by James Badge Dale, is a former cop and starts putting the screws to folks to get a confession and to make sure this only blows back on the person that did the deed and not the entire militia.
And there we have it - pretty much all the people in the movie are milita, guys with modified ARs and armor piercing bullets and grenades and body armor "We're a militia with intent" and boy, it sure paints a picture. It's a bunch of violent thieves, it's got WAY less baggage but these yahoos... But here's the thing, and it's a weird one - I don't feel that movie comes down on either pro-cop or pro-militia, but those are pretty much the two sides in the movie and that's gonna a big pill for some no doubt, it makes some of the movie pretty murky to navigate. To get into it anymore would spoil a few things but I'm still chewing over it this morning.
I liked it, it's a good movie, I'd love to see more from the director but also, the next movie written or directed by him will, I think, really put into perspective what his real feelings are about all this stuff.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cu8cfNMu99Y
Anyway, it's on VOD right now and it's worth checking out.
A Few Dollars More is better, but yes it is a very good movie.
(for people who don't know about Kanopy, like me a few months ago, it's pretty great! Certain amount of free movies every month with a library card. http://www.kanopy.com/)
I think Few Dollars More is actually the best of the three. Like tightest pacing with best ending and villain.
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I definitely want a PS4 app, but I’ll take those Ozu flicks however I can get em.
I'd settle for making it a channel I can subscribe to through Amazon, allowing me to watch it on my tv. I'd prefer it if they managed their own app though so that Amazon wouldn't be taking a cut (unlike the dum dums at Shudder).
how is what that movie is the distributors fault
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According to the article they were supposedly promised a lot of publicity stuff that never materialized.
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They should have sold it as a comedy.
I don't have a specific example but I always imagined that he had like 12 movies that no one watched
Sometimes, Hollywood needs to be burned to the ground.
Hmm.
I think the Paperboy might have done worse. I don't have opening weekend numbers specifically, but I think it did worse (as did "Gold", "Mud", "Killer Joe" and no doubt any number of other McConaughey vehicles).
Based on the article they didn’t even run TV spots like they were supposed to. I don’t think people even knew it was actually out even if they were interested by that original trailer.
Y'all remember that movie Gold he was in? Had a bad trailer but seemed like a total "based on a true story" Oscar bait bullshit? Was released Dec. 30, 2016? Made 3.5 mil it's opening weekend, which is less than that so like...I'm not quite sure what metric they're using.
Ahhh, covered by David. Perhaps it's movies starring both of them which, yeah, Interstellar DID make more money.
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that's essentially what they tried to do by obscuring most of the actual plot of the movie in the trailer
it backfired because instead of one of the dumbest things you've ever heard of, it instead was either a deeply boring film that got shoved to January because nobody believed in it, or you didn't hear about it at all