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I dont know if any of you watch Anime, but One Piece is actually the best. It has 750something episodes out and I'm still hooked
 
Both The Conjuring movies were surprisingly good, I watched the first one in the summer and just finished the second one.

Atonement is next on the list for tonight, I've seen it so many times but it's just that good.
 
Too many movies are definitely being made now. People can only afford to see so many of the blockbusters. I think the issue is that the middle tier budget movie is basically dead. It's all 150 million plus or under 15 million for the horror flicks and such

Part of it is due to audience perception as well. The type of movie that would generally have the 50-60 million dollar budget is something like a Taken. Which that one did really well, but it's the exception not the rule. Because a movie like that is easier to wait and watch on DVD or on cable or netflix. Things like the huge blockbusters are so much better on the big screen that when people can only afford to go to say 4 movies a year they are going to go to one of those and not a mid tier film. But with so many of the blockbusters coming out, it's starting.

There are some cases where a mid tier would have worked better. For example, look at the recent Ghostbusters remake. It actually did decent attendence numbers, but it's going to lose money because it's budget was around 130 million dollars. Even for such a loved intellectual property and franchise, Ghostbusters never was a franchise that should have that huge a budget. Make that movie for 50 million, it makes money.

Deadpool for instance, made enough money to make a return no matter what the budget would have been, but it only cost $50 million, because Fox was nervous with the R rating. So the film makers had to use what they had, and find a way to make it work, which actually makes the film better sometimes. Now that it made so much, the sequel will probably have a 150 million budget, but in my opinion, it should be kept the same, because they proved for that franchise that they didn't need it.

Disney is kind of the exception here. They've done such a good job with Marvel and Star Wars they've built in an audience who only goes to see those. People know if they pay the theater money for those films it will be a fun time. And because those two franchises, combined with their animated movies, make so much money, they can afford a few heavy budgeted bombs a year. Something like The Finest Hours this year never should have had the huge budget it did, but they had just made a billion dollars off Star Wars, they can afford it.

The problem is there's only one Disney.
 
If you like dramas, check out This Is Us. Just waited the pilot that aired the other day and it may be the best pilot for any drama I've ever watched. I just saw the trailer last night after hearing the premiere was really good and after seeing it I had to watch. It was soooo worth it.

 
Johnny Hoxville said:
Has anyone seen the Ghostbusters and is it good?
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The new one?
I watched it on a date. It was meh. Some funny parts, some female funny parts which I didn't find great at all. Thor steals the show, which is bad considering this was a girl power movie.
 
Volica said:
The new one?
I watched it on a date. It was meh. Some funny parts, some female funny parts which I didn't find great at all. Thor steals the show, which is bad considering this was a girl power movie.
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Thankfully my girlfriend just started school again so she'll be too busy to try and drag me to see that.
 
Method Man said:
is Ice Guardians one of the films you are seeing?
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Maybe. I was supposed to be going Monday, but I was denied the day off work, so I had to give my ticket away. I'm going to try to go Saturday night, I'm just not sure if I can make it. I am going to the fictional hockey movie Hello Destroyer tomorrow for sure though, which will have the director in attendance

Hello Destroyer
The Unseen
Moonlight
Slash
And Punching The Clown
Kiss and Cry
Mean Dreams
 
Johnny Hoxville said:
Watched the Revenant last night, damn that was good.
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It was good the first time I watched it, but also exhausting.

Couldn't get through it the second time.

Anybody catch "Don't Breathe"? I don't usually get excited for these kind of thrillers in the theatres but this one looked great. Haven't heard much for reviews yet though.
 
Johnny Hoxville said:
What happened? :laugh:
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They came up here to film because they needed somewhere with harsh winter climates, but when they got here there were chinooks and the snow melted so it delayed filming or something. He went on to claim it was evidence of climate change and that all the locals he spoke to "told him they had never experienced anything like that before." Even when people pointed out he was wrong and that it was naturally occurring, he disregarded it and kept using it to push his agenda. He even used his Oscar acceptance speech to harp on the environment. My opinion of him soured after that.

I don't care if you have something you believe in and want to fight for it, but don't go twisting facts around to get people to buy into your cause.
 
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I don't think climate change is a fraud. It has some merit. The Earth goes through cycles anyways, but we are speeding up he process a bit. There will probably be some ice age down the line.

Hopefully the ice preserves my body.
 
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