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Post by andrew8798 on Jul 3, 2015 21:27:12 GMT -5
It passed Frozen worldwide and is now sitting at #7 of all time at $1.29B
It will pass Deathly Hallows Pt 2 this weekend
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Cranjis McBasketball
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Jul 4, 2015 2:26:00 GMT -5
Do you think the park is still running a Unix system? I think the movie was great except for the whole military part. I can forgive that because of the overall quality of the movie. His cartoonish super villany and {Spoiler}unsatisfying death scene are let downs, but, it's still a really great movie.
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Post by Wolfman Rose on Jul 4, 2015 18:26:41 GMT -5
Went to see it a second time today, even better. I f***ing love this movie.
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Post by Hit Girl on Jul 4, 2015 18:32:15 GMT -5
I hope it passes the first Avengers movie.
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Post by Saiyanic Panic on Jul 4, 2015 19:03:09 GMT -5
I hope it passes the first Avengers movie. 650 million domestic & Titanic are the target. It'll lose some ground today due to the holiday but it's been lapping Avengers in all other numbers. That goose is cooked.
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Post by Hit Girl on Jul 4, 2015 21:15:08 GMT -5
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Post by Saiyanic Panic on Jul 7, 2015 6:41:27 GMT -5
For those following Jurassic World totals vs. top ever earners - it's gonna definitely slip against Avengers more on Monday due to the latter having Memorial Day for its release. It's consistently been pulling more in on weekdays though so the bleeding should stop there.
World will be in the high thirty millions ahead in domestic gross, with an estimated final tally around, say, 650 million or so. More if Universal bundles it with something else during its run to pad the numbers and if they don't prematurely announce a home version to kill the legs. Titanic is within reach but dicey depending on holds.
Dollar movies will help out too if it's jusssssst about there but again depends on home release announcement for earnings. I'm confident Universal will push this over if Jurassic's on the precipice of that 650 million dollar mark.
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Post by Bad Moon on Jul 7, 2015 7:47:18 GMT -5
It sounds weird, but I think my favorite part of Jurassic World is how shitty and commercialized the new park was. Go see the dinos behind an extra safe techno-bubble, watch the largest predator to ever live jump for a fish like a trained seal, let the kiddies ride around on triceratopses. It's like the park was a metaphor for how everybody thought the new movie was going to be like and then when we watched it get torn apart it felt all the more satisfying because it felt like they were destroying the movie that we didn't want to see.
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Post by Shark on Jul 8, 2015 2:34:32 GMT -5
I sounds weird, but I think my favorite part of Jurassic World is how shitty and commercialized the new park was. Go see the dinos behind a extra safe techno-bubble, watch the largest predator to ever live jump for a fish like a trained seal, let the kiddies ride around on triceratopses. It's like the park was a metaphor for how everybody thought the new movie was going to be like and then when we watched it get torn apart it felt all the more satisfying because it felt like they were destroying the movie that we didn't want to see. I loved that too because that's exactly how it would be in real life. That's how theme parks in general do business as it is. I thought adding all the commercialization and even saying that dinos lacked the wow factor was a fantastic idea because that's what it would be like if Jurassic Park/World was a real thing.
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Post by G✇JI☈A on Jul 8, 2015 6:25:28 GMT -5
Saw it last night. Enjoyed it for it's wackiness.
Laughed at the part when Indominus went all Wicked Witch from The Wizard Of Oz with the pteradons.. FLY MY PRETTIES!
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Post by Psy on Jul 8, 2015 6:39:46 GMT -5
I sounds weird, but I think my favorite part of Jurassic World is how shitty and commercialized the new park was. Go see the dinos behind a extra safe techno-bubble, watch the largest predator to ever live jump for a fish like a trained seal, let the kiddies ride around on triceratopses. It's like the park was a metaphor for how everybody thought the new movie was going to be like and then when we watched it get torn apart it felt all the more satisfying because it felt like they were destroying the movie that we didn't want to see. I loved that too because that's exactly how it would be in real life. That's how theme parks in general do business as it is. I thought adding all the commercialization and even saying that dinos lacked the wow factor was a fantastic idea because that's what it would be like if Jurassic Park/World was a real thing. I think some people didn't really get the involvement of Jimmy Fallon in that. It was definitely supposed to be 'stupid' and wasn't played straight.
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Post by G✇JI☈A on Jul 8, 2015 6:54:07 GMT -5
I loved that too because that's exactly how it would be in real life. That's how theme parks in general do business as it is. I thought adding all the commercialization and even saying that dinos lacked the wow factor was a fantastic idea because that's what it would be like if Jurassic Park/World was a real thing. I think some people didn't really get the involvement of Jimmy Fallon in that. It was definitely supposed to be 'stupid' and wasn't played straight. Not a Fallon fan, but I appreciated that touch. Since he does a similar thing on the Universal Studios Backlot Tour (featuring a small Jurassic Park set up)
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Post by Wolfman Rose on Jul 14, 2015 16:53:55 GMT -5
I sounds weird, but I think my favorite part of Jurassic World is how shitty and commercialized the new park was. Go see the dinos behind a extra safe techno-bubble, watch the largest predator to ever live jump for a fish like a trained seal, let the kiddies ride around on triceratopses. It's like the park was a metaphor for how everybody thought the new movie was going to be like and then when we watched it get torn apart it felt all the more satisfying because it felt like they were destroying the movie that we didn't want to see. I loved that too because that's exactly how it would be in real life. That's how theme parks in general do business as it is. I thought adding all the commercialization and even saying that dinos lacked the wow factor was a fantastic idea because that's what it would be like if Jurassic Park/World was a real thing. I thought it was an excellent meta-commentary on film. "People look at a dinosaur like an elephant". Effects and CGI are cheap. Unrealistic has become trite. People aren't amazed by the same things. So they want bigger. More and more impractical. And eventually it will have an impact. We've yet to see if that will be positive or negative.
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Post by HMARK Center on Jul 14, 2015 23:14:04 GMT -5
A portion of the research I'm doing involves studying aspects of theme parks, and I did find the whole thing concerning "the original park was more honest!" and whatnot to be kind of interesting, since it mirrors quite a bit of what I've read and seen. When the guy wearing the old school shirt says that comment, my girlfriend elbowed me and said "that's you, right there". My current handle and avatar/sig makes it pretty obvious that I'm a fan of old school EPCOT Center, and I'm sure I've had plenty of the same things to say concerning it vs. the current park: over commercialization, loss of focus on a mission statement, fear of people's short attention spans ("A stegosaurus is no more interesting than an elephant") and the search for "bigger is better", etc. etc.
That all said, the more I think about the ending brawl, the more I imagine booking it as Brock Lesnar vs. The Shield, with a run-in by Vader.
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Post by Hit Girl on Jul 14, 2015 23:21:01 GMT -5
The end brawl reminds me of that moment in WCW when the NWO were kicking the shit out of the Steiners, and suddenly Goldberg, who if I can recall, wasn't really involved in feuding with the NWO at all, just walks down to the ring and kills the living shit out of the NWO.
It's just a great moment when the good guys and the main villain completely forget about this bad ass who's also lurking nearby, quietly observing, then finally snaps and says "OK, I've had enough of this guy's shit" and takes out the completely unsuspecting villain.
The end of Jurassic World is just brilliant.
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Post by HMARK Center on Jul 15, 2015 0:22:02 GMT -5
It also tied into the whole "the old park was more real" thing, since the idea is that the T-Rex, who represents everything about the old park (it's the friggin' logo, for cripes' sake), is the one who defeats the "over commercialized" Indominus. Add it that it teams with the raptors, who also largely represent the first film, and it goes together.
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Post by AFN: Judge Shred on Jul 21, 2015 17:49:05 GMT -5
I wonder if they would ever do a remake to make it closer to the book I know this is old as hell, but JP 3 was basically the missing scenes from the first book. I really would love a redo on Lost World, that book got hacked to hell. And I saw JW today, really fun, effects looked way better in the end. The kids weren't annoying. Aunt Claire started off so annoying that I didn't find BDH attractive, then she got dirty and became the real protagonist of the film, and got super gorgeous. Kind of amazing how attractive a woman's character can be. Pratt was a lot of fun. Great nods to the first film. But what was up with Wu to develop that attitude?
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Post by AFN: Judge Shred on Jul 21, 2015 20:22:07 GMT -5
I watched III again today. Aside from a lack of an ending and Tea Leoni, it's not a bad movie. It actually isn't as bad after you add some time and distance. Shit, it is really pretty damn superior to Lost World in all honesty.
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Post by Hit Girl on Jul 21, 2015 21:02:46 GMT -5
I watched III again today. Aside from a lack of an ending and Tea Leoni, it's not a bad movie. It actually isn't as bad after you add some time and distance. Shit, it is really pretty damn superior to Lost World in all honesty. Glad you mentioned TLW. Gives me an excuse to vent about it. I hate it. I really do. Hammond seemingly learned his lesson at the end of JP, but no, in the sequel he's right back to being an idiot, sending a team of unarmed people to an even more dangerous island. Why does he even need to send them at all? The movie gives no coherent reason. As best as I could tell, he wants them to take photographs and video footage of dinosaurs to protect the island. Why would he need to do that? Costa Rica own the island. He could simply have asked them to seal off both islands. Why do InGen need to capture dinosaurs from this island? Don't they have DNA samples of all their dinosaurs back in America? They did in the first JP book. Why bother capturing the animals? Why not just kill them and extract blood samples to breed new ones? That's what they've been doing anyway using amber supplies. Why does the second team have members who don't know what compies and raptors are? Why does Dietar walk a mile away from the camp for a piss? Couldn't he just go behind a tree. No need to be shy. Why does Carter think that sitting with headphones on playing loud music is a good idea on an island teeming with killer dinosaurs? The supposed "good guys" are even worse. Malcolm never bothered to verify his daughter's whereabouts before leaving for the island. No one checked the trailer before it was loaded onto boats. Sarah Harding carries around a jacket stained with baby Rex blood even after telling the dinosaur expert that they had incredible sense of smell and would track them beyond their territory. Nick is basically responsible for killing everyone. He sabotages the "bad guys" equipment which means they can't call for help. He removes BULLETS from a GUN, on an island filled with predatory dinosaurs. None of the bad guys bring BOATS, that might be useful as a means of escaping AN ISLAND! Oh and a girl kills a raptor using gymnastics. *sighs*
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Post by Push R Truth on Jul 22, 2015 8:52:38 GMT -5
^^^
And two only two likeable characters in the entire damn movie are: The Head Hunter Dude who I think was supposed to be the big bad guy but seems like a good guy. The dude that dies trying to save the idiots in the trailers. He doesn't abandon his asshole friends, he stares into the face of 2 T-Rexes and does his best to give them a minor case of indigestion.
The only way to save that movie was if Sara/VinceVaughn died in the trailer scene, and Malcolm goes all RAMBO and kills a thousand dinosaurs by shooting from the hip 80's style.
"Here's some chaos theory dinobitches!" *loads up a minigun with a backpack of ammo*
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