Weekend Box Office (5/18 - 5/20): Universal Screams, "You've Sunk My Battleship!"
05-18-12, 01:14 PM
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05-18-12, 01:18 PM
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Re: Weekend Box Office (5/18 - 5/20): Universal Screams, "You've Sunk My Battleship!"
I'm sorry, but let me guide you to the black women aborting black babies thread occurring in the Other forum as we speak.
05-18-12, 01:24 PM
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Re: Weekend Box Office (5/18 - 5/20): Universal Screams, "You've Sunk My Battleship!"
05-18-12, 01:35 PM
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Re: Weekend Box Office (5/18 - 5/20): Universal Screams, "You've Sunk My Battleship!"
I'm assuming it's coming after Peter Berg's "Join the Army, Motherfucker" starring Mel Gibson.
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05-18-12, 01:44 PM
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05-18-12, 01:56 PM
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05-18-12, 02:00 PM
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Re: Weekend Box Office (5/18 - 5/20): Universal Screams, "You've Sunk My Battleship!"
Love how Dragon Tattoo gets his panties in a wad if anyone dares to criticize the Spider Man trailer, but boy if you even think of seeing Battleship, you're stupid.
05-18-12, 02:04 PM
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While I don't think it will kill his career outright like some are suggesting, it is a bit naive to think headlining two back-to-back, high profile flops in a row won't make studios think twice before letting him anchor another big stakes film any time soon. He'll probably still be in line for smaller films or supporting roles, where if these films had taken off the studios would be throwing more big bucks offers in his direction.
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I was waiting for someone to bring that up, as if the two movies are in any way equatable. One movie has had a trailer released. The other has actual reviews. One is based on a board game. One is based on an actual work of fiction.
But no, you're right. We should totally keep an open mind. This movie, based on a board game (not a comic book that at least has the semblance of an actual story), starring a 100lb pop star as a badass military commander, created by a movie studio that blatantly insults it customers while defending their failure, and directed by Peter Berg (who has shown nothing if not his unimpeachable cinematic talent throughout his long and illustrious career) should be approached with an open mind, despite the reviews and all common sense.
I actually do wonder how many people in this country would go see a movie based on something like Monopoly, or maybe like a Rockstar Energy drink or something. I thought it was joke. But Hollywood may as well see how far they can go.
But no, you're right. We should totally keep an open mind. This movie, based on a board game (not a comic book that at least has the semblance of an actual story), starring a 100lb pop star as a badass military commander, created by a movie studio that blatantly insults it customers while defending their failure, and directed by Peter Berg (who has shown nothing if not his unimpeachable cinematic talent throughout his long and illustrious career) should be approached with an open mind, despite the reviews and all common sense.
I actually do wonder how many people in this country would go see a movie based on something like Monopoly, or maybe like a Rockstar Energy drink or something. I thought it was joke. But Hollywood may as well see how far they can go.
05-18-12, 02:32 PM
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05-18-12, 02:35 PM
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So far, Roger Ebert, Christy Lemire, Entertainment Weekly, Time, and Rex Reed have all given BATTLESHIP fair to good reviews. Sounds like at the LEAST, it's decent B-movie (in an A-movie budget) sort of fun.
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I was waiting for someone to bring that up, as if the two movies are in any way equatable. One movie has had a trailer released. The other has actual reviews.
But no, you're right. We should totally keep an open mind. This movie, based on a board game (not a comic book that at least has the semblance of an actual story), starring a 100lb pop star as a badass military commander, created by a movie studio that blatantly insults it customers while defending their failure, and directed by Peter Berg (who has shown nothing if not his unimpeachable cinematic talent throughout his long and illustrious career) should be approached with an open mind, despite the reviews and all common sense.
I actually do wonder how many people in this country would go see a movie based on something like Monopoly. Before Battleship actually got made, I thought it was joke. But Hollywood may as well see how far they can go.
But no, you're right. We should totally keep an open mind. This movie, based on a board game (not a comic book that at least has the semblance of an actual story), starring a 100lb pop star as a badass military commander, created by a movie studio that blatantly insults it customers while defending their failure, and directed by Peter Berg (who has shown nothing if not his unimpeachable cinematic talent throughout his long and illustrious career) should be approached with an open mind, despite the reviews and all common sense.
I actually do wonder how many people in this country would go see a movie based on something like Monopoly. Before Battleship actually got made, I thought it was joke. But Hollywood may as well see how far they can go.
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You're right, that's not at all comparable to a film rushed from Sony, in a desperate attempt to keep the rights of a comic book character, directed by somebody who has never made a Special Effects heavy action film before. Starring a guy who looks more like an emo Twilight character than a science geek.
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Re: Weekend Box Office (5/18 - 5/20): Universal Screams, "You've Sunk My Battleship!"
actually...does anyone know the details on the rights w/ Spidey? What's the time limit before they go up?
The release date for SM4 was March 26th, 2011. Among many factors but also the failure to release on that date. Raimi left and Sony was being Bitchy. If ANYTHING Sony would've been freaking out more at that time than now. I don't think they were freaking out in losing the rights. It's 2012. We're getting a Spidey film. Was there a big problem w/ failure to keep the rights on this film? What's the time period on this?
The release date for SM4 was March 26th, 2011. Among many factors but also the failure to release on that date. Raimi left and Sony was being Bitchy. If ANYTHING Sony would've been freaking out more at that time than now. I don't think they were freaking out in losing the rights. It's 2012. We're getting a Spidey film. Was there a big problem w/ failure to keep the rights on this film? What's the time period on this?
05-18-12, 02:55 PM
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I don't think there is a time concern for Sony to lose the rights. Marvel will have to buy them to get them.