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Bad Movie Year.
Posted on 7/21/14 at 9:20 am
Posted on 7/21/14 at 9:20 am
Overall BO is down 15-18% depending on whose figures you believe. This weeks flicks were stupidly weak. I have hope for Guardians of the Galaxy, but this is the worst summer for movies in maybe 5 years.
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Posted on 7/21/14 at 9:23 am to cosmicdingo
Not really a lot to get excited about this summer, IMO.
Posted on 7/21/14 at 9:23 am to cosmicdingo
CA2, X-Men DOFP, Dawn, and 22 Jump St were all good IMO. This summer has probably the most I've been to the movies in a while
Posted on 7/21/14 at 9:26 am to BilJ
same with me. I havent seen Dawn yet but will check it out.
Posted on 7/21/14 at 9:27 am to cosmicdingo
Godzilla
Chef
X-Men
22 Jump Street
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Maleficient
A Million Ways to Die In the West
Edge of Tomorrow
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Jersey Boys
Transformers 4
Guardians of the Galaxy
TMNT
The Expendables 3
Chef
X-Men
22 Jump Street
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Maleficient
A Million Ways to Die In the West
Edge of Tomorrow
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Jersey Boys
Transformers 4
Guardians of the Galaxy
TMNT
The Expendables 3
Posted on 7/21/14 at 9:32 am to ManBearTiger
The problem was too many good movies too early and not enough good ones late in the summer. There were too many good movies out in early May.
Posted on 7/21/14 at 9:38 am to cosmicdingo
Terrible year for movies.
Needed a time killer the other night and the wife and I thought about a movie. 14 screens and nothing we had any interest in seeing.
We brought up how weird it was that right in the heart of the summer there was nothing on we felt like we could sit through if only to kill a couple of hours.
Needed a time killer the other night and the wife and I thought about a movie. 14 screens and nothing we had any interest in seeing.
We brought up how weird it was that right in the heart of the summer there was nothing on we felt like we could sit through if only to kill a couple of hours.
Posted on 7/21/14 at 9:40 am to cosmicdingo
I've been to 3 movies this summer (apes, Godzilla, 22 jump street). I wanted to see x men but didn't get around to it . I don't think I'll go back this summer bc nothing looks interesting to me.
Posted on 7/21/14 at 9:42 am to cosmicdingo
quote:
This weeks flicks were stupidly weak.
The highest RT score among the new releases this past weekend was a 46%.
Posted on 7/21/14 at 9:43 am to tigerfan84
Have you seen The Raid 2 -- Much more complex and convoluted than the original, which was one of the best action movies in recent years. Where the first dealt strictly with a raid on an apartment building over the course of a few hours and featured a mixture of machine guns and martial arts, the new movie is a sprawling story featuring prison gangs, warring mafia families, and takes place over several years. I still prefer the original but this one still kicks a lot of arse and is better than any action movie I've seen recently. It's far less gun play and more martial arts, but includes a car chase as well. Some crazy camera work makes it even better. There was one shot I was trying to figure out how they did until I found this:
one cameraman is disguised as the front seat
one cameraman is disguised as the front seat
Posted on 7/21/14 at 9:53 am to Gorilla Fingers
As I am not a studio accountant, I don't much care about the box office. That said, I've felt this was a very strong crop of summer films. This is one of the first years in which people will still remember some of the films that came out this year a decade later. Most summer films are disposable trash, quickly forgotten. This year, there were some films we might actually look back fondly on.
Posted on 7/21/14 at 9:53 am to Gorilla Fingers
This Summer has had some great tentpole movies, but the second tier films are severely lacking.
Big movies I would recommend:
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
X-Men: Days of Future Past
22 Jump Street
Edge of Tomorrow
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Second Tier I would recommend:
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Chef
Fading Gigolo
Big movies I would recommend:
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
X-Men: Days of Future Past
22 Jump Street
Edge of Tomorrow
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Second Tier I would recommend:
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Chef
Fading Gigolo
Posted on 7/21/14 at 9:54 am to cosmicdingo
I don't think it's a bad movie year. The summer is terrible so far. Can't wait for Hercules and Guardians though. 
Posted on 7/21/14 at 10:10 am to Fewer Kilometers
quote:
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Winner for me this summer
Still looking forward to Herc and Lucy this weekend
Guardians next weekend
and looks to be it for summer movies because I'm kind of iffy on TMNT
Posted on 7/21/14 at 10:11 am to mindbreaker
quote:
Winner for me this summer
Still looking forward to Herc and Lucy this weekend
Guardians next weekend
and looks to be it for summer movies because I'm kind of iffy on TMNT
what'd you think of apes?
Posted on 7/21/14 at 10:54 am to Fewer Kilometers
quote:
Second Tier I would recommend:
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Not second tier at all IMO. I'm not really a Wes Anderson devotee but this one has an incredible cast, impeccable cinematography, and a quirky sense of humor that is just fun as hell. Sure, it's a Wes Anderson cliche festival but it works better than anything he's done since Rushmore.
Posted on 7/21/14 at 10:59 am to cosmicdingo
This has been one of the best that I can remember.
Posted on 7/21/14 at 11:14 am to Tigris
quote:
Second Tier I would recommend:
The Grand Budapest Hotel
quote:
Not second tier at all IMO. I'm not really a Wes Anderson devotee but this one has an incredible cast, impeccable cinematography, and a quirky sense of humor that is just fun as hell. Sure, it's a Wes Anderson cliche festival but it works better than anything he's done since Rushmore.
Second tier in that it's an indie movie and not marketed in the same way as the big releases. It did $55 Million total while the major releases will do that in their opening weekend.
Posted on 7/21/14 at 11:16 am to Fewer Kilometers
This might be the worst year for new movies in my life- and I am old.
There has literally been NOTHING of interest that I want to go see.
There has literally been NOTHING of interest that I want to go see.
Posted on 7/21/14 at 11:32 am to SportsGuyNOLA
That's a bummer for you, cause, as has been pointed out, there are a lot of good films out this summer.
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