re: Review Quotes for Adam Sandler's "Pixels"

There are some insane things being said in this thread.

First, acting like Sandler has always been a joke. He has made some incredible comedies. Now granted, some of those comedies were when I was 14-24 in the height of my immaturity (although, I still think I'm there), but comedic masterpieces for most guys.

Second, who really gives a frick about product placement? I've never understood why people care. Does it really ruin a movie to say someone is going to eat at Popeyes? It's their job to make money. If a company wants to advertise and pay millions in a movie for a 30 second scene, I see no harm. I have a friend who hated Secret Life of Walter Mitty solely because they talked about Papa Johns and Cinnabon.

Third, I would say the majority of people in this thread have not seen Pixels. I haven't even seen it. But I also know that critics fricking suck most the time. And if one or two critics hate on a movie, many follow because they don't want to look dumb. Critics said Inside Out was one of the best animated movies ever..and I fricking hated it. So who cares about critics. If a movie looks interesting, go see it...if it looks like shite, wait til it comes on cable.

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Critics said Inside Out was one of the best animated movies ever..and I fricking hated it.

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Damn, really? I thought it was fantastic.

But generally speaking, I agree with your post...most of the time, critics have zero effect on my seeing a movie or not. And I generally lean opposite of the critics anyway, so if anything, their negative/positive reviews could make me see it anyway/avoid it.

Adam Sandler is the Tiger Woods of comedy movies.

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That's just the budget of the film, but doesn't include the marketing costs.

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First off, hollywood accounting is so skewed and slanted that no one really knows except for a few privy.

Marketing is one of the biggest expenses for a movie. why wouldn't the be included in that budget number?
Marketing is always included in the budget for a film or you just throwing that against the wall?

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I'm going to go back and bump the thread where the goons on here downvoted me and laughed when I said this looked like one of the worst movies of all time.

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But it's not even close to being one of the worst movies of all time. It's not even a bad movie.

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Masterpieces...they can't all be gold can they?

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The problem is its been 10 years since I enjoyed a Sandler movie, and that was The Longest Yard, which shouldn't count since its a remake.

Since then its been 10 years of awful films

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It was GOD AWFUL. My theater chuckled a few times and it was half full.

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To each his own. I'm not an Adam Sandler fan but I found this movie to be funny. And there was a good bit of laughter in the theatre I was in.

Then again, those old video games hold some nostalgia for me so that helped.

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Then again, those old video games hold some nostalgia for me so that helped.

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Same here. I did enjoy some of the action.

i enjoyed pixels. It was something that was just great but it was definitely worth the watch. Thats my boy is comedic gold. I watch it all the time "gotta pump that fricker up"

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the best concept he's had for a movie

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isn't this just that episode of futurama where earth gets invaded by aliens from the planet nintendu-64 (donkey kong, space invaders, etc) and fry, an expert gamer, leads the defense?