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Disney Irish

Disney Irish

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celluloid said:
Review wise I would agree Afterlife is superior as it is a coming of age film that works.
Tonally, this one was closer to an homage of the original in humor in certain flare.

One subplot I felt went on too far and too dimensional that got kessy that I would discuss but the spoiler tag is not appearing on my mobile.
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The humor overall was fine, Paul Rudd for example was great as always in my opinion.

The plot about Phoebe whining about being sidelined was just not needed in my opinion. They could have still gotten to the end without that whole section in my opinion. They could have still had the "will they/won't they" subplot between her and Melody. But overall it just took Phoebe from a spunky science geek to a whiny brat. Wasn't needed in my opinion.
 
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celluloid

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Disney Irish said:
The humor overall was fine, Paul Rudd for example was great as always in my opinion.

The plot about Phoebe whining about being sidelined was just not needed in my opinion. They could have still gotten to the end without that whole section in my opinion. They could have still had the "will they/won't they" subplot between her and Melody. But overall it just took Phoebe from a spunky science geek to a whiny brat. Wasn't needed in my opinion.
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For me it was too much melody being a ghost having multiple strokes and xo creations with. They wanted to make a ghost a goon that is redeemed, but it was a messy subplot. Bht that is my preference His choice but Rock Moranis would have been a nuce cameo as Tully at end.

A 4/5 for me and Dan Aykroyd and balance of cast as supporting roles was impressive in it.

If a other adventure with the youngjns getting older I would love to see the four main young cast with more chemistry moments.
 
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DKampy

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Disney Irish said:
Well I'm not under 25 lol, and saw the original in theaters.

Even from the nostalgia play, it really didn't have much beyond the brief appearances by some of the original cast. It shows why critics were harsher to this one than Afterlife. Afterlife was more of a nostalgia play for me.

I'm not sure how it'll do, but as others said probably around the same as Afterlife.
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As someone who also is old enough to have seen the original in theaters I will find out for myself next weekend… I have a couple of movies that are more of a priority this weekend
 
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brideck

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Disney Irish said:
Well I'm not under 25 lol, and saw the original in theaters.

Even from the nostalgia play, it really didn't have much beyond the brief appearances by some of the original cast. It shows why critics were harsher to this one than Afterlife. Afterlife was more of a nostalgia play for me.
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That's interesting to me. There is a whole lot of the legacy cast in that trailer.

We'll hopefully find room in our dance card to check it out in a few weeks. I am not a popcorn bucket guy, but I did actually pick up the ghost trap from AMC yesterday. We plan to try using it as a novelty remote control holder in the den.
 
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celluloid

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brideck said:
That's interesting to me. There is a whole lot of the legacy cast in that trailer.

We'll hopefully find room in our dance card to check it out in a few weeks. I am not a popcorn bucket guy, but I did actually pick up the ghost trap from AMC yesterday. We plan to try using it as a novelty remote control holder in the den.
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I got the last Regal one(they were selling their two display ones they had after mine)
Theater sold those things like hot cakes.
"The Franchise rights alone will make us rich beyond our wildest dreams."

I told myself I was not going to but caved. At least I got my Unlimited discount.


Excited for Universal announcements in the near future.
 
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Disney Irish

Disney Irish

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brideck said:
That's interesting to me. There is a whole lot of the legacy cast in that trailer.
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This is not really a spoiler, but I'll put it in a tag anyways.

But outside of Aykroyd in some additional scenes what you see in the trailer is pretty close to all appearances of the legacy cast.
 
Disney Irish

Disney Irish

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celluloid said:
For me it was too much melody being a ghost having multiple strokes and xo creations with. They wanted to make a ghost a goon that is redeemed, but it was a messy subplot. Bht that is my preference His choice but Rock Moranis would have been a nuce cameo as Tully at end.

A 4/5 for me and Dan Aykroyd and balance of cast as supporting roles was impressive in it.

If a other adventure with the youngjns getting older I would love to see the four main young cast with more chemistry moments.
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Aykroyd was fine for me. But I'll just say....

He really didn't need to be in most of his scenes. Its like he was "in" on what was going to be said by the other characters and could have just said it himself. Like that whole section with Patton Oswalt explaining the orb could have been done by Aykroyd himself.
 
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celluloid

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Disney Irish said:
Aykroyd was fine for me. But I'll just say....

He really didn't need to be in most of his scenes. Its like he was "in" on what was going to be said by the other characters and could have just said it himself. Like that whole section with Patton Oswalt explaining the orb could have been done by Aykroyd himself.
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I agree with that. I think it is a continuation of the modern world having more passionate spiritual/conspiracy types like him.
It was probably to make sure that performed had a part in it as he has been a fan and connected to the franchise when he can rather openly.

the Mary Todd Lincoln phonograph bit got.me a good laugh
 
TP2000

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Tony the Tigger said:
They just think Jesus gives them bonus Heaven Points if they don't go see a cartoon with a gay character in it.
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Can you explain that theory in the context of the horrifically bad box office across the world for Strange World, in countries that are majority Buddhist, Hindu or Muslim, or in European countries that are majority non-religious or agnostic?

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TP2000

TP2000

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Today is the day that Snow White was originally scheduled to be released in theaters, before it was Zegler'ed and got sent back for major rewrites and rework and pushed to a 2025 release

Box Office is out for Thursday, previewing what this weekend will look like without Snow White. The Ghostbusters sequel looks to be the #1 movie this weekend. According to industry sources, it had a rather modest $100 Million budget, so will need around $300 Million globally to break even.

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DKampy

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TP2000 said:
Can you explain that theory in the context of the horrifically bad box office across the world for Strange World, in countries that are majority Buddhist, Hindu or Muslim, or in European countries that are majority non-religious or agnostic?

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People are running with the narrative that Strange World did not do well because it featured gay characters when in reality it just was not a great movie… but people use it as an excuse for their own prejudices
 
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brideck

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Since we've been talking about it here, BOR is projecting that Late Night with the Devil will open at $1.4m.

That would be a huge opening for an IFC film. From what I can see, that's easily the biggest weekend since The Death of Stalin (2018) was at its peak. Before that, you have to go back to Best Picture nominee Boyhood (2014) to find a movie that did significantly better than that at open.

ETA: Immaculate to open at $4.4m. There is definitely still plenty of room in the horror market for The First Omen when it drops in a couple weeks.
 
Dranth

Dranth

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DKampy said:
People are running with the narrative that Strange World did not do well because it featured gay characters when in reality it just was not a great movie… but people use it as an excuse for their own prejudices
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It wasn't like it was even terrible, or poorly made, it just committed the ultimate movie sin of being boring.
 
Tony the Tigger

Tony the Tigger

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brideck said:
Since we've been talking about it here, BOR is projecting that Late Night with the Devil will open at $1.4m.

That would be a huge opening for an IFC film. From what I can see, that's easily the biggest weekend since The Death of Stalin (2018) was at its peak. Before that, you have to go back to Best Picture nominee Boyhood (2014) to find a movie that did significantly better than that at open.

ETA: Immaculate to open at $4.4m. There is definitely still plenty of room in the horror market for The First Omen when it drops in a couple weeks.
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1.4 is good? Like for just Friday?
 
Tony the Tigger

Tony the Tigger

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brideck said:
No, that's the prediction for the whole weekend. That's great for an IFC movie, though -- they don't get a lot of screens typically (I still haven't seen a count for what Late Night is getting) and generally don't have significant ad budgets.
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Ok. I didn’t realize it was *that* tiny of a film.
 
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DKampy

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brideck said:
Definitely. There were something like 9 or 10 different production cards on the front of the movie. I've never seen anything like that many before, even on a Euro indie. It's like everybody chipped in their $50,000 or whatever to make it happen.
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I wonder how wide the film went… It is actually playing at several theaters here this weekend… I was not expecting the film to… as I thought it was a very limited first week… caught me by surprise… saw it… enjoyed it
 

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