The BJMDDS General Discussion Thread......

[bjmdds]

Is your dad doing well?


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Yep! He got a good report at the doctor when he went to a check-up on Tuesday-doing much better than expected!

[kater23]

Nah, when I say it was crazy, we had a heat wave, combined with brush fires, and I was out of my house while that was going on.It was insane-at one point there were half a dozen brush fires going on all over San Diego.

[FormerBondFan]

Just saw Godzilla. It was OK, not great, because too much emphasis was on people and families and not enough emphasis on the monsters.

I hope there's an extended edition of the movie.

It has a nice 73% approval rating. I want Mothra in the sequel, not so much character studies, and better editing too, for scenes went from one locale to another without enough explanation.

I read that Mothra would be like the Joker of Godzilla films in the sequel.

[bjmdds]

Mothra has always been the good monster and Godzilla more the baddie. I cannot see them turning Mothra into the villain. Perhaps Mothra teams up with Godzilla to battle the inter-gallactic three headed villai Ghidrah THAT would be great The two actors playing the married couple, Olsen and Johnson, were "dread awful and boring" and why on earth they want these two in the Avengers sequel bogs the mind They do NOT need any other superheroes in the film and these two will add NOTHING to a superbly cast unit ...........Elizabeth Olsen has revealed that the Avengers sequel will be darker than the first film.

[bjmdds]

According to the New York Post, Leo's new digs also feature "purified air and water, a circulated aromatherapy air supply, posture-supportive heat reflexology flooring and dawn simulation provided by a circadian lighting design." Money can't buy you love, but it can buy you really nice mood lighting! DiCaprio is known to be a committed environmental and conservation activist........oh really I wonder how much electricity is required for his creature comforts?

[bjmdds]

May 25 (TheWrap.com) - “X-Men: Days of Future Past” steamrolled the competition on its way to an estimated $90.7 million three-day Memorial Day weekend haul in North America, and added a huge $171 million from overseas for a whopping $261 million first weekend globally. Director Bryan Singer largely skipped the promotional push on the film, and concerns that his legal problems would hurt the film commercially evaporated...............finance.yahoo.com:“Godzilla” is Still Roaring at the Box Office, Surpassing $300 Million Worldwide in Only 10 Days: Riding on the tail of its enormous opening weekend, Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Legendary Pictures’ “Godzilla” will stomp across the $300 million mark at the worldwide box office today, Sunday, May 25th, only its tenth day in release. The announcement was made today by Warner Bros. Pictures President of Domestic Distribution, Dan Fellman, and President of International Distribution, Veronika Kwan Vandenberg.

[bjmdds]

In a surprise announcement, Edgar Wright has left Marvel Studios’ “Ant-Man” as its director, the company said Friday.

Marvel is zeroing in on a new filmmaker, but is not in negotiations with one yet, Variety can confirm. When announcing Wright’s departure, Marvel said “a new director will be announced shortly.”

Hollywood and Marvel’s fan community will be scratching its head for awhile over this one, considering Wright has been attached to “Ant-Man” since 2006 — before the first “Iron Man” film — as a screenwriter. He has regularly gone to San Diego Comic-Con to give updates on the project’s development, and even showed test footage in 2012 of his approach to bringing the size-shifting character to the bigscreen.

Marvel and Wright parted ways “due to differences in their vision of the film,” the company and director said in a statement.

The decision to move on is amicable, they added, and does not impact the release date of July 17, 2015. The film had originally been dated for Nov. 6, 2015.

Paul Rudd, Michael Douglas and Evangeline Lilly star in the film, with Corey Stoll, Michael Pena and Patrick Wilson.

[Kristatos]

Films that change director at such an advanced stage rarely end up any good (Goldfinger being the exception).

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[Omega]

Godzilla crashing this weekend is not good for its final numbers but foreign has become a lot more important than domestic.


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[bjmdds]

In second place, Godzilla plummeted 66 percent to $31.4 million. While that decline is a bit better than Cloverfield's 68 percent, it's still much worse than most comparable titles. Thanks to strong marketing, moviegoers rushed out last weekend; unfortunately, the movie they saw wasn't exactly what was advertised. Combine that weak word-of-mouth with tough competition from X-Men, and a steep drop was in order. The movie has now earned $148.8 million, and is on pace to finish between $205 and $225 million. Godzilla added $34.5 million overseas, which is a massive 67 percent decline from last weekend. Its biggest market was the U.K. with $4.3 million. So far, the movie has earned $166.6 million, and will ultimately get past $200 million from its existing territories. It's going to need huge results from China and Japan to get anywhere close to $400 million overseas.

[Omega]

I did not go to GZ based on what BJ said that and nobody I know here was thrilled by it.

I don't think GZ or Spider-Man too will do very well. Spidy may become the lowest grossing spider ever


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[Kristatos]

Movies nowadays all seem to be very front-loaded. A strong opening weekend followed by a steep 2nd weekend drop seems to be the norm.

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[Blowfeld]

Problem as I see it are the movies are rubbish and a million too many pay for the privilege of seeing if first.

[bjmdds]

Actors were far better 50 years ago. Just look at McQueen, Holden, Wayne, Newman, and a host more vs. Cr-egg and Affleck and illiterate rap morons turned actors now. The Harry Potter films were the best family style films of the 21st century to me, by far

[Omega]

Today's actors are like the current crop of pop singers. A few can actually sing, write songs, compose music, most can only do one thing look the part. IMO that's what Hollywood has done to actors.

Since 2000, the last 14 years what are the truly memorable movies that will become classics? In my own list it's probably less than 40 excellent to great movies out if thousands made.


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[FormerBondFan]

Since 2000, the last 14 years what are the truly memorable movies that will become classics? In my own list it's probably less than 40 excellent to great movies out if thousands made.

LOTR and Gladiator are one of them. I would also want to add Harry Potter and TDK Trilogy (I know John P. Drake would hate me for this.) in there as well.

[Kristatos]

Since 2000, the last 14 years what are the truly memorable movies that will become classics? In my own list it's probably less than 40 excellent to great movies out if thousands made.

Who was it who said that 95% of everything is garbage? I haven't done a scientific survey, but I suspect that if you took any 14-year period of movie history, the proportion of classics to filler would be about the same. And there has always been a distinction between actors (who can play a variety of different roles) and stars (who are the same in every movie). John Wayne was always John Wayne, Humphrey Bogart was always Humphrey Bogart and so on. It's what people pay to see.

[dirtybenny]

Since 2000, the last 14 years what are the truly memorable movies that will become classics? In my own list it's probably less than 40 excellent to great movies out if thousands made.

Who was it who said that 95% of everything is garbage? I haven't done a scientific survey, but I suspect that if you took any 14-year period of movie history, the proportion of classics to filler would be about the same. And there has always been a distinction between actors (who can play a variety of different roles) and stars (who are the same in every movie). John Wayne was always John Wayne, Humphrey Bogart was always Humphrey Bogart and so on. It's what people pay to see.

To me those men are Icons. There are three type of movie stars: Actors= People who can convey emotion really well and bring a role to life, Stars= People who collect a check for appearing in a film and being famous, and Icons= People who are great at being themselves and that persona exudes for lack of a better word "coolness". People like Wayne, Bogart, Connery and Eastwood weren't great "actors" but they were great at who they were. They had gravitas on film they presented a certain presence that make watching them enjoyable. We have a few "actors" today, way too many "stars" but who are this generation's "icons"? I don't see any.

[Omega]

Since 2000, the last 14 years what are the truly memorable movies that will become classics? In my own list it's probably less than 40 excellent to great movies out if thousands made.

Who was it who said that 95% of everything is garbage? I haven't done a scientific survey, but I suspect that if you took any 14-year period of movie history, the proportion of classics to filler would be about the same. And there has always been a distinction between actors (who can play a variety of different roles) and stars (who are the same in every movie). John Wayne was always John Wayne, Humphrey Bogart was always Humphrey Bogart and so on. It's what people pay to see.

You may have a point. There are probably thousands of movies from the 1970s and 80s I never heard of but I feel today's movies lack originality for one and inspiration for another. Is craig a big star? not really, out of Bond he nothing. Tatum, LaBeouf, Kitsch, Pine, are nothing like the old actors, even if try to compare them to Dalton. IMO too many "Stars" are chosen for the wrong reasons, meaning they can be marketed easier because they are like another actor who they already have the PR worked out for.

But I'm over generalizing so it is easy to pick it apart.

Here is another game that's food for thought, who are big names now and where were they 10 years ago or so. Then who were the big names 10 years ago and where are they now.
Karl Urban is a name that stands out, he went form nothing and did well in a wide variety of roles.
Robert Downy Jr went from a guy who could hold a job to the highest paid actor, not that drugs didn't have anything to do with it
Colin Farrell went from one of the top guys to the go to guy for the remake of total recall.
Christian Bale when form nothing to a big name although he may be heading back if he can't follow up Batman.
Bradly Cooper went form nothing to one of Hollywood hottest, supposedly.
Michael Fassbender nothing to fame.
Henry Cavill nothing to fame.
Craig went from absolutely nothing to the guy who plays bond, since then has done nothing to distinguish himself. After Bond he'll probably be the guy getting one off roles because he used to be Bond.

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[Omega]

Since 2000, the last 14 years what are the truly memorable movies that will become classics? In my own list it's probably less than 40 excellent to great movies out if thousands made.

LOTR and Gladiator are one of them. I would also want to add Harry Potter and TDK Trilogy (I know John P. Drake would hate me for this.) in there as well.

I'd agree with those choices. Out side specialty franchises like LOTR, Star Wars, TDK, HP, people will be watching those movie 50 years form now. IMO modern movies are not as good as they used to be. But Kirs has a point too.


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