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Wheat Loaf posted:Between stuff like Dark Tower, Justice League, Tom Cruise Mummy, that King Arthur movie and that King Arthur movie with Transformers, is 2017 the year Hollywood got over the cinematic universes fad? This was the year of a lot of awful sequels to stuff as well. Obviously the newest Transformers, but also: -An Underworld sequel no one asked for -A sequel to xXx that had Vin Diesel this time, and also that no one asked for -The final, awful end to those Resident Evil films -Another lovely Fifty Shades movie -A soft rebooted Smurfs movie -A sequel to an already lazy animated film, The Nut Job -Inexplicably, in a year where Hollywood abuse became a major issue, Victor Salva (a child molester) got to make another Jeepers Creepers movie -A sequel to Daddy's Home, which reviewed even worse than the 1st -A lazy Pitch Perfect threequel -Somehow there was a Skyline sequel? It also amazes me that Gerard Butler keeps getting to do action movies that always flop. I assume those films must make bank internationally or something.
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FlamingLiberal posted:I do think the idea that anyone can do it took a major hit. I think studios are going to have to tone that down to a degree. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUcTEGJKRPk
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FlamingLiberal posted:-A sequel to xXx that had Vin Diesel this time, and also that no one asked for I read this older article a few weeks ago pointing out how the original xXx came out the same year as the thing it was supposed to replace (Die Another Day) and the one that was actually successful (Bourne Identity). Is there a "super spy" series now? There was a xXx movie and a Bourne movie this year and who knows when the next James Bond one is actually showing up. I didn't see either of them but they came and went.
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The year that Disney realized they don't have to worry about other studios using Mickey when copyright expires if there are no other studios.
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There was a Bourne movie this year? Whaaaa?
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This year's disappointing sequels are as bad as last years, which lead to a bunch of writing about how pointless sequels are bad. I've seen similar articles this year, relatively few bother to go into the fact that most of these disappointing sequels are just bad, while others were never going to find mass market audiences despite being awesome as hell (that's specifically about Blade Runner but fits several sequels if you think about it)
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A few of these in the OP already got mentioned but how were the rest?Tars Tarkas posted:The big lesson from the above films was that most of them cost to drat much! Will 2017 learn that valuble lesson? Probably not. Be on the lookout for:
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Wheat Loaf posted:Between stuff like Dark Tower, Justice League, Tom Cruise Mummy, that King Arthur movie and that King Arthur movie with Transformers, is 2017 the year Hollywood got over the cinematic universes fad? I hope so but just today in the paper there was a quote from Kenny Branaugh about an agatha christie shared universe
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Timby posted:Doubtful, considering Paramount has like three other Transformers movies beyond Bumblebee in various stages of development and there will always be some executive somewhere thinking they've got the secret to the Marvel machine formula. I believe that they are also having their GI Joe movie in 2020 be the start of the Hasbro Cinematic Universe with that and Micronauts and Transformers and ROM.
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Gatts posted:There was a Bourne movie this year? Whaaaa? My mistake, it was last year. got any sevens posted:I hope so but just today in the paper there was a quote from Kenny Branaugh about an agatha christie shared universe What can you really do with that other than Miss Marple, though? I thought he was just going to keep making Poirot movies and put other, non-Poirot-related Agatha Christie characters in them. He'd be as well to try doing some kind of Great Detectives Shared Cinematic Universe. He can get John Goodman to play Nero Wolfe and Jon Hamm as Philip Marlowe.
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Its me,im the guy who liked both skylines movies.well they're not exactly movies,ones a impressive tech demo and the other is a ridiculous kaiju movie featuring the guys from the raid,whats not to like?
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Jumanji opening against a star War movie and turning out not to be terrible is one of the big twists in 2017. Baywatch being near unwatchable is similarly twisty
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The Smurfs movie actually does look kind of nice and the Transformers movie was awesome.
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Most of those pre-MoviePass I missed, 50 Shades Darker is amazing because like 5 minutes of plot happens the entire movie. Jumanji I'll probably get to this week. Only 4 of them got delayed past 2017 which seems like a record low number. The Wall reportedly had unfinished effects but to be fair it could have just had really bad effects.
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Skwirl posted:I will scream bloody murder if it's not "Who Greenlighted" Who Greenlitighteded
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Jumanji had a surprising amount of dick jokes for a kids movie. I'm assuming it's a kids movie because my theater was chock full of (screaming, obnoxious) children last night. It was kind of bland and forgettable but fun enough. Would recommend if you can go for free/have a MoviePass.
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Tars Tarkas posted:Most of those pre-MoviePass I missed, 50 Shades Darker is amazing because like 5 minutes of plot happens the entire movie. Jumanji I'll probably get to this week. Only 4 of them got delayed past 2017 which seems like a record low number. The Wall reportedly had unfinished effects but to be fair it could have just had really bad effects. 50 Shades Darker was amazing because Christian gets in a goddamned helicopter crash and just stumbles back to civilization and his family goes "hey you're alive" and fucks off leaving him and Ana alone where she doesn't take him to a hospital
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Len posted:50 Shades Darker was amazing because Christian gets in a goddamned helicopter crash and just stumbles back to civilization and his family goes "hey you're alive" and fucks off leaving him and Ana alone where she doesn't take him to a hospital I'm going to imagine it's like those pictures of Nigel Farrage getting into a plane crash
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Baron von Eevl posted:I'm going to imagine it's like those pictures of Nigel Farrage getting into a plane crash https://youtu.be/f5nClrbV1oE the crash https://youtu.be/s9WO8S5-cM0 and the follow-up
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got any sevens posted:I hope so but just today in the paper there was a quote from Kenny Branaugh about an agatha christie shared universe "Coming in 2019: Marple V. Poirot" "Do you bleed? You will."
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Crashing and trekking back to civilization was literally an entire movie this year (The Mountain Between Us, which got bad reviews but just looked bland yet acceptable as cable tv background noise) yet in 50 Shades it is barely a scene transition. Also whoever was hoping for The Last Jedi to fail at the box office a few pages back will have to wait for Solo to celebrate Star Wars failure as it crossed the billion dollar mark and will probably be the biggest film of 2017.
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Dunkirk at $500m & #17 was the year's highest live action not-a-remake/franchise/existing property movie. Kung Fu Yoga and Get Out ($254m, #32-33) seem to be the next up.
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Pablo Bluth posted:Dunkirk at $500m & #17 was the year's highest live action not-a-remake/franchise/existing property movie. Kung Fu Yoga and Get Out ($254m, #32-33) seem to be the next up. Dunkirk and Get Out are relatively higher on the US highest grossing list, at #12 and #15 respectively, and Coco isn't live-action but it is not a remake, franchise or existing property, which should be worth something. Girls Trip is the only other in the domestic top 25 that meets those criteria. (Split comes very very close, but not because it didn't make enough)
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Tars Tarkas posted:Also whoever was hoping for The Last Jedi to fail at the box office a few pages back will have to wait for Solo to celebrate Star Wars failure as it crossed the billion dollar mark and will probably be the biggest film of 2017. Comparing it to the domestic box office performances of The Force Awakens and Rogue One it'll tail off pretty sharply sometime soon but it should still squeeze out at least an additional $100 million domestic over the next few months. And it hasn't even opened in China yet ... Baron von Eevl posted:Who Greenlitighteded The Something Awful Forums > The Finer Arts > Cinema Discusso > Who Greenlitigated 2018 - We Bought Fox For Whose Rights?? Snowglobe of Doom fucked around with this message at 11:20 on Jan 1, 2018 |
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:And it hasn't even opened in China yet ... Star Wars doesn't tend to be enormously popular in China, though.
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2018: The Unbearable Greenlightness To Be
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The Saddest Rhino posted:Jumanji opening against a star War movie and turning out not to be terrible is one of the big twists in 2017. Baywatch being near unwatchable is similarly twisty In Malaysia, it has over triple the gross of The Last Jedi. The cinema companies keep promoting this on social media. It actually beat Transformers 5 into second place.
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Wheat Loaf posted:Star Wars doesn't tend to be enormously popular in China, though. The Force Awakens made US$124 million in China. It's nowhere near as popular as franchises like The Fast & Furious or Transformers or even xXx: The Return of Xander Cage (China bought US$164m worth of tickets to that flick, nearly four times as much as the US market was prepared to give it) but it's not chump change.
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Wheat Loaf posted:What can you really do with that other than Miss Marple, though? I thought he was just going to keep making Poirot movies and put other, non-Poirot-related Agatha Christie characters in them. There's also Mr Quinn. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mysterious_Mr_Quin
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MonsieurChoc posted:There's also Mr Quinn. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mysterious_Mr_Quin Ha ha no, I can't see modern audiences going for a character with a ridiculous name like 'Harley Quin'
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:Ha ha no, I can't see modern audiences going for a character with a ridiculous name like 'Harley Quin' They can capture the MRA crowd by doing a reboot called Dr. Quin: Medicine Man.
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Neo Rasa posted:They can capture the MRA crowd by doing a reboot called Dr. Quin: Medicine Man.  (I haven't seen this movie, but although I like more or less everything that's on this poster/cover, I have a sneaking suspicion that I wouldn't like it if I did.)
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Neo Rasa posted:They can capture the MRA crowd by doing a reboot called Dr. Quin: Medicine Man. 1. How did that show last for as long as it did? 2. How has no one rebooted that stupid show yet?
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Wheat Loaf posted:
We saw that once in 7th grade biology but i cant remember anything about it, so its probably not very adventurous
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got any sevens posted:We saw that once in 7th grade biology but i cant remember anything about it, so its probably not very adventurous Looks like The African Queen except the leads have zero chemistry.
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I woke up not feeling like trash today so I should be able to get a new thread written in a few hours. 2018 already better health-wise! March looks like it is the upcoming disaster month of 2018 with Death Wish; A Wrinkle In Time; Tomb Raider; a horror film that still doesn't have a title yet; I Can Only Imagine; Sherlock Gnomes; Pacific Rim 2; God's Not Dead 3; Ready Player One; and Paul, Apostle of Christ
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Wheat Loaf posted:My mistake, it was last year. She also had Tommy and Tuppence.
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Also let me remind you guys that the next 50 shades movie doesn't have to be the last one. She's currently in the middle of a retelling of the series from the perspective of Christian
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:Looks like The African Queen except the leads have zero chemistry. This is a more generous description than the movie deserves.
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I remember the Medicine Man.
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