The BJMDDS General Discussion Thread......

[bjmdds]

Q: Since you’re in London, shooting “Skyfall” -– and even looking like 007 right now -– do you still feel as good about the upcoming Bond movie as you did before the shoot?

DC: Oh yes. It’s a great, fantastic script, and we’re making a very good Bond movie. It’s going to be very special and different, but it’s still very much tied to Bonds of old. I’ve said it over and over again, but I’m very excited about “Skyfall,” and Sam’s [Mendes, the director] doing a wonderful job.
(Same BS as when working with Foster on QOS)

[bjmdds]

LA Times: Movie review: 'The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo' is too frigid.
David Fincher's 'The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo' loses what made the books and Swedish films so successful — Lisbeth Salander's humanity.

[Kristatos]

And 5th place on it's debut in the USA with weak grosses. "The much-publicized collaboration between producer Peter Jackson and Spielberg sets high expectations. But while the technical artistry is there, the film lacks a sense of magic, intrigue and mystery." (USA Today review)

From Box Office Mojo:


The Adventures of Tintin had a somewhat slow $2.3 million debut at 3,087 locations on Wednesday, and including previous grosses from French Canada the movie has so far made $5.6 million. The Steven Spielberg animated movie was always going to be a tough sell to U.S. audiences who are largely unfamiliar with the title character and have at least recently hesitated to attend motion capture animated movies, though with $237 million in overseas coin already collected it's unlikely the movie needs to be all that successful stateside anyway. With older adventure-craving audiences likely to head to Mission: Impossible or Sherlock Holmes and younger families seeking out Alvin and the Chipmunks and possibly We Bought a Zoo, Tintin is probably in line for no more than $20 million or so for the six-day weekend.

[Blowfeld]

And 5th place on it's debut in the USA with weak grosses. "The much-publicized collaboration between producer Peter Jackson and Spielberg sets high expectations. But while the technical artistry is there, the film lacks a sense of magic, intrigue and mystery." (USA Today review)

From Box Office Mojo:


The Adventures of Tintin had a somewhat slow $2.3 million debut at 3,087 locations on Wednesday, and including previous grosses from French Canada the movie has so far made $5.6 million. The Steven Spielberg animated movie was always going to be a tough sell to U.S. audiences who are largely unfamiliar with the title character and have at least recently hesitated to attend motion capture animated movies, though with $237 million in overseas coin already collected it's unlikely the movie needs to be all that successful stateside anyway. With older adventure-craving audiences likely to head to Mission: Impossible or Sherlock Holmes and younger families seeking out Alvin and the Chipmunks and possibly We Bought a Zoo, Tintin is probably in line for no more than $20 million or so for the six-day weekend.

Except a few pages page there is a link to the LA Times about how Tintin needs a lot more to be successful because Jackson and Spielberg take a big percentage from the gross in addition to the cost.

Some very good voice talent in Tintin (yes , including Daniel) however it lacks magic. Spielberg probably should have sit this one out, he went through the motions however missed the spirit of Tintin in my opinion. Enjoyable film, yet not what it should be.

I'll be interested in how Dragon Tattoo does this weekend. I may not like Daniel as Ian Fleming's 007, mainly because it is Barbra Broccoli's James bond and nobody else's. However I would like Daniel to feel comfortable enough to walk away from Bond so that one day 007 might return as we were promised in 2002.

[carl stromberg]

Merry Christmas all!

[Goldeneye]

Merry Christmas everyone!

[FormerBondFan]

I Don't Know How She Does It comes out on DVD and Blu-Ray in 10 days. As a Pierce loyalist, I'm trying to collect anything (in a mint condition) with Pierce in it, but considering how bad this movie is, I just can't see myself buying this movie. And again, I don't know why Pierce is being put into this movie.




BJ, do you have any thoughts, and what would you say to Pierce fans regarding this dead turkey?

[Alessandra]

It's not a movie for you FBF. That one is for me and I'm mighty glad Pierce is in it.

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!! Enjoy and may everyone be blessed with happiness!

[FormerBondFan]

It's not a movie for you FBF. That one is for me and I'm mighty glad Pierce is in it.

I was going to see it theaters, but considering how bad it is, I couldn't see myself in watching it.

[bjmdds]

Avoid it FBF at all costs. I just saw MI4. Gadgets, action, intrigue. Everything a spy movie should be. The IMAX speakers were way too loud though. Director Bird could easily do Cavill's first Bond film. I liked the leading lady agent too. Very sexy yet action oriented. Even the elements of Q are in this one.

[bjmdds]

It's not a movie for you FBF. That one is for me and I'm mighty glad Pierce is in it.

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!! Enjoy and may everyone be blessed with happiness!

AND excellent health. Health=wealth. Nothing else really matters.

[bjmdds]

"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Production Budget: $90 million) added an estimated $4.6 million on Friday to bring its three-day total to just shy of $13 million. For comparison, True Grit opened at the same time last year and had earned $16 million through its first three days. The David Fincher-directed remake should get to over $25 million through Monday, which is a decent start that doesn't quite live up to lofty pre-release expectations.

The Adventures of Tintin earned $3.5 million on Friday for a total of $11.5 million (three days in nationwide release plus prior grosses from French-speaking Canada). Paramount is reporting that the audience skewed slightly male (55 percent) and a bit young (51 percent under the age of 25), and the movie scored a solid "A-" CinemaScore. Paramount is also estimating a four-day weekend around $14 million." (They downgraded both estimates from the mid 30s for Tattoo and 20 million for Tin Tin. Once again, despite all of the hype and publicity dollars shelled out, Cr-egg tanked Again What's the excuse now? He is one colossal failure at the box office. Anything he touches cinematically turns to crud.)

[FormerBondFan]

Avoid it FBF at all costs.

I Don't Know How She Does It. One of the worst titles ever.

I just saw MI4. Gadgets, action, intrigue. Everything a spy movie should be. The IMAX speakers were way too loud though. Director Byrd could easily do Cavill's first Bond film. I liked the leading lady agent too. Very sexy yet action oriented. Even the elements of Q are in this one.

MI4 does remind me of DAD a bit most because of the suit that floats in the air.

[katied]

Merry Christmas !


Christmas is one of my favorite holidays-I have so many memories of happy Christmases as a kid.


We're having ham *and* a roast for Christmas dinner-plus a ton of sides. my mom spent ages in the kitchen today trying to get everything ready for tomorrow!

[Blowfeld]

Sony Pictures’ The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo is the only major studio wide release that’s R-rated this holiday period. So its lackluster grosses are such a surprise (especially because adults are flocking to specialty box office hits like Fox Searchlight’s The Descendants and The Weinstein Co’s The Artist). Maybe fans of the Steig Larsson novel were satisfied by last year’s Swedish film and weren’t feeling David Fincher’s Hollywood version. But business could pick up next week. Paramount/Sony’s The Adventure Of Tintin is already a hit overseas. But these domestic grosses underwhelm for a Steven Spielberg/Peter Jackson collaboration. Then again, Americans don’t have a clue who the Belgian boy hero is.

Along with this.

Christmas turkeys! The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and We Bought a Zoo bomb at box office

By Ann Pride

Last updated at 8:42 PM on 24th December 2011

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/ar ... fice.html/

It's not exactly a wonderful life at the box office this weekend. A string of high profile new releases, including The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo and We Bought a Zoo are failing to live up to expectations, so far.

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, an adaptation of Stieg Larsson's novel by the same name, pulled in a weak $4.6m on Friday and is expected to gross just $15.1m Friday-Sunday.

That is considerably less than the $26.5 million that Sony Studios had forecast for the highly anticipated, $90m action film.
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Warner Brothers, meanwhile, is reportedly griping about the way that rival studios are tallying their box-office totals this weekend.

The studio claims that Sony the studio that released The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo on Tuesday -- and Paramount, which released Mission Impossible, are bundling Tuesday evening's numbers in with their Wednesday midnight totals.

However you stack the numbers, the top 12 movies this weekend are only expected to bring in a total of about $112m.

That's down 15% from the comparable weekend last year and not even close to the previous three years.

Not the cheer I was looking for this holiday. I dislike Daniel as Ian Fleming's 007 however I would like the man to have some success somewhere. There is some Irony that the movies doing well are movies that are at their essence inspired by 007. Who knows maybe if EOn learned their lesson from the bleak film streak they might make an enjoyable adventure romp. Does not look likely so far, the set pictures are bleak & glum while Daniel looks particularly old.

[FormerBondFan]

Instead of nobody does it better than Bond, it's everybody does it better than Bond, and this including everything beyond the world of espionage. Harry Potter, LOTR, Narnia......you name it. In a way, it's all about other franchises now. Now we're talking escapist entertainment in general. When franchises (Potter and Batman) done their job, others will rise.

[Blowfeld]

Hope everyone is having an excellent celebration this year. I got a 'E-reader' from Amazon this year. Never really considered it because I love the feel of holding a book in my hand, however this reader is a new experience and I love it so far. As much as I travel this should come in handy. I have the Millennium-trilogy on it already, try to pick up where I left off... a little after From Russia with Love . I do think Steig Larsson was a Bond fan and in some ways Lisbeth Salander is very much a Bond Girl Ian could have imagined if he tried.

Almost time for Doctor Who Cheers everybody!

[bjmdds]

Where's Ms. Bouvier? Eating Christmas dinner I would expect. The Tattooed Faced Cr-egg Dragon did LESS than the above estimates expected, now in at ONLY $13 million for the weekend and ONLY $21 million for a FIVE day opening As comparison, Ms. Bouvier, our boy Cavill's, also R-rated, Immortals did $32 million over it's opening 3 day weekend It was not hyped or advertised nearly as much as Cr-eggs either. The verdict is officially in..........Danielle Cr-egg SUCKS at the box office Facts, pure and simple facts. How can any movie studio even contemplate utilizing this morose goblin any longer? How many tens to hundreds of millions of dollars of losses can continue to be thrown out on him? EON is enabling him as a drug addict is enabled by those around them. MGW will EAT his words of utilizing the goblin for 8 Bond films. DC is the luckiest Bas***d in show business to have a mentor like the green vegetable heading Eon. We knew it here ,months ago, that both of his December 21st releases would tank BADLY in the USA. Why doesn't Hollywood get it already. Cr-egg actually believes he can act and that he matters. He disgusts me to the nth degree, now more than ever If Sony and MGM do not unseat the corrupt cruciferous one at Eon after The Sky Fails November 2012, insanity has befallen Amy Pascal and all involved. Boar-bara's arrogance will be strong. She will never admit DC is not a draw;therefore, an Eon coup is due in 2013 and it will be time to clean house? MP, you are one of a select few to enjoy Cr-egg's Tattoo film. Are you surprised it tanked?

[bjmdds]

Sony Pictures’ The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo is the only major studio wide release that’s R-rated this holiday period. So its lackluster grosses are such a surprise (especially because adults are flocking to specialty box office hits like Fox Searchlight’s The Descendants and The Weinstein Co’s The Artist). Maybe fans of the Steig Larsson novel were satisfied by last year’s Swedish film and weren’t feeling David Fincher’s Hollywood version. But business could pick up next week. Paramount/Sony’s The Adventure Of Tintin is already a hit overseas. But these domestic grosses underwhelm for a Steven Spielberg/Peter Jackson collaboration. Then again, Americans don’t have a clue who the Belgian boy hero is.

Along with this.

Christmas turkeys! The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and We Bought a Zoo bomb at box office

By Ann Pride

Last updated at 8:42 PM on 24th December 2011

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/ar ... fice.html/

It's not exactly a wonderful life at the box office this weekend. A string of high profile new releases, including The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo and We Bought a Zoo are failing to live up to expectations, so far.

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, an adaptation of Stieg Larsson's novel by the same name, pulled in a weak $4.6m on Friday and is expected to gross just $15.1m Friday-Sunday.

That is considerably less than the $26.5 million that Sony Studios had forecast for the highly anticipated, $90m action film.
..............................................
Warner Brothers, meanwhile, is reportedly griping about the way that rival studios are tallying their box-office totals this weekend.

The studio claims that Sony the studio that released The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo on Tuesday -- and Paramount, which released Mission Impossible, are bundling Tuesday evening's numbers in with their Wednesday midnight totals.

However you stack the numbers, the top 12 movies this weekend are only expected to bring in a total of about $112m.

That's down 15% from the comparable weekend last year and not even close to the previous three years.

Not the cheer I was looking for this holiday. I dislike Daniel as Ian Fleming's 007 however I would like the man to have some success somewhere. There is some Irony that the movies doing well are movies that are at their essence inspired by 007. Who knows maybe if EOn learned their lesson from the bleak film streak they might make an enjoyable adventure romp. Does not look likely so far, the set pictures are bleak & glum while Daniel looks particularly old.

Root for 100% failures at all he does, which is guaranteed reality any way, because he must be eliminated from show business now. He is the most overpaid waste I ever saw in Hollywood. No other actor would be afforded these films after 100% failures but he keeps being offered them and it is a disgrace. Penguins and Chipmunks outperform him. Heck, even his animated film bombed.

[katied]

I think taking a slightly different tact advertising wise(remember the first ads for GWTDT- "the feel bad movie of Christmas"- ) did NOT pay off.