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09-28-2005, 10:09 AM | #52 |
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Bump.
Only two days until the movie opens.
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09-28-2005, 10:18 AM | #53 | |
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09-28-2005, 10:58 AM | #54 |
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Trying to squeeze in all the episodes for my GF before we see the movie on Friday. Looking forward to the movie. Anyone see any reviews out for it yet?
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09-28-2005, 11:05 AM | #55 | |
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There's a handful already up at www.rottentomatoes.com and many more can be found at www.aintitcoolnews.com
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09-28-2005, 11:30 AM | #56 | |
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So far it reviews like I expected. A gift to the fans, newcomers will be slightly confused. Joss also seems to have gone light on introducing characters to newcomers. I'll be selfishly enjoying it I'm sure. |
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09-30-2005, 07:03 AM | #57 |
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Bumpity bump!
Movie opens today. A solid 77% fresh (according to rottentomatoes.com) from the critics. Go see this film.
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09-30-2005, 09:13 AM | #58 |
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Local Detroit papers gave this movie great reviews. Seeing it tonight.
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09-30-2005, 09:30 AM | #59 |
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I just don't understand all the advertising I have beeb seeing for this movie.
No offense, but what can the studio expect to make off a TV series that didn't even run for 12 episodes? I will be buying my ticket this weekend as I was a fan when the show was on, but I just don't get it. I am confused on why the Studio is spending so much money on ads. I would understand if it was at #1 this weekend and then the studio started a blitz campaign, but not before. The inhouse reviews must have been through the roof. |
09-30-2005, 09:34 AM | #60 | |
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I've had a raised eyebrow towards the amount of advertisment this movie has received. I'm not complaining, but just amazed that they are pushing it so much. Maybe they feel they can make a franchinse out of this. |
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09-30-2005, 09:39 AM | #61 | |
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They do, and there is a good chance they will. I think early buzz on this was so big that they wanted to try and push this into a huge opening. It is odd they would do this in October, though (not the biggest movie month). I predict (without knowing what the top gross was) this movie will come close to breaking the top boxoffice gross ever for October.
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09-30-2005, 09:49 AM | #62 | |
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The october opeing is pretty smart as you would not want this movie comming out when there were some major blockbusters also opening the same week as it would probably get lost. What else is opeing this weekend? |
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09-30-2005, 09:50 AM | #63 | |
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Bigegest for October is what I said. I'll stick to it.
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09-30-2005, 09:50 AM | #64 |
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History of Violence open yet?
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09-30-2005, 09:54 AM | #65 |
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BTW, biggest weekend for October is "Scary Movie 3" at 48 million. Totally do-able.
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09-30-2005, 09:58 AM | #66 |
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Not on 2188 screens it isn't.
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09-30-2005, 10:02 AM | #68 | |
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Is it really opening with that few screens? That's about 1,100 under SM3. Your right, no way it could do it with that limited a opening.
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09-30-2005, 10:08 AM | #69 | |
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http://boxofficemojo.com/counts/char...5&wk=39&p=.htm Scary Movie 3 opened in a little over 3500 screens and the week before Halloween. |
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09-30-2005, 10:09 AM | #70 | |
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Opens tonight as well. It's received amazing reviews. Looking forward to seeing it.
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09-30-2005, 10:10 AM | #71 | |
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09-30-2005, 10:13 AM | #72 | |
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Agreed. Though since Lady H_B can't see "History of Violence" (she doesn't like the violence), I will have to schedule this one delicately. But it's tough to pass up a Cronenberg film with Vigo, Maria Bello, and Ed Harris.
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09-30-2005, 10:16 AM | #73 |
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Huh, THE GREATEST GAME EVER PLAYED will only be opeing on a 1,000 and some screens. I thought a feal good movie like that would of done some bigger numbers.
Also, this is week 2 for the history of violence. Last edited by WrongWay : 09-30-2005 at 10:18 AM. |
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Is The Great Game Ever Played that golf movie? If so, it looks really bad and horribly over directed. That's what I could gather from the trailers. I also fail to find golf to be all that dramatic or important, despite how much I liked "Happy Gilmour" and "Caddyshack" and thought "Tin Cup" was ok.
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09-30-2005, 10:19 AM | #75 | |
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09-30-2005, 10:20 AM | #76 | |
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09-30-2005, 10:35 AM | #78 | |
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Even I enjoyed that movie, and I fucking hate golf. |
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09-30-2005, 02:49 PM | #79 | |
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ITB is opening on several hundred more screens. I'll still take the bet.
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09-30-2005, 09:08 PM | #80 |
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Well, I saw it this afternoon, and I thought it was pretty good. A couple surprising things happened, but overall, a movie I would definitely recommend to any fan of Firefly.
If you haven't watched the TV show, though, I'd recommend seeing some TV episodes before the movie. |
09-30-2005, 09:30 PM | #81 |
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Saw it today; hadn't watched the series. I enjoyed the movie, but the people putting it in the same category as the first Star Wars are getting a little carried away. The acting didn't really blow me away; the 'Buffy' cast did a much better job handling the lines Whedon wrote for them. In fact, I guess it's sort of the direct opposite of Star Wars - a so-so cast doing a clumsy job with good dialogue vs. a good cast making the most of Lucas's crappy dialogue.
Liked the overall look of the movie much more than the shiny, plastic special effects of Episodes I-III, though. |
10-01-2005, 12:32 AM | #82 |
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Just got back from seeing it. Thought it was a great first film by Joss. I thought the acting was above average. I still think the concept works better on TV, but the transition to the big screen has potential too. Hopefully we can see more of this 'verse.
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10-01-2005, 01:19 AM | #83 |
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I just got back. I thought it was great. The concept certainly works better as a series, because the characters are just so great that you want to spend time with them. 2 hours every couple of years just will never cut it.
I thought the acting was quite good, in particular, the main bad guy really impressed me. I enjoyed how the kept the complexity with the characters, especially Mal's moral complexity. A well-written movie. That initial shot with the two fleets going head-to-head was a thing of pure beauty...
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10-01-2005, 01:21 AM | #84 | |
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I haven't hear that. That is crazy. This is a much smaller movie. Nowhere near the impact of the original Star Wars trilogy. As for the second trilogy, Eps 1-3, this move blows them away. Then again, Battle Beyond The Stars was better than those crap-fests.
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10-01-2005, 01:50 AM | #85 |
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Saw it tonight too, and loved it. I hope the story is continued somehow.
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I agree, you just want to slowly sip every character until you know them like a brother or sister. The bad guy kinda reminded me of the bad guy from the last episode. I enjoyed how they protrayed him and with the hints they gave we now know what the Shephard was prior to being a Shephard. Joss said Mal would be darker and I thought we saw that. Loved it. I loved the major ship battle...great sights! |
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10-01-2005, 11:40 AM | #87 | |
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I have to admit, when i saw the episodes I did when teh TV show first came out I thought it was complete crap. There was no backstory, no way to put the characters into any sort of perspective to one another. HOWEVER, having watched the marathon on Sci-Fi channel this week and catching the Friday night episode, I have to say I'm growing to really care about the characters. Its like the same effect I had with Star Trek, THe Next Generation, teh first two entire seasons were total shit, but after that they really wrote better episodes and made you care about the people on the ship. Firefly is affecting me the same way. As I watch it more and more the episodes make SO much more sense (having now learned the backstory from seeing the episodes in order) and I'm finding the show to be quite entertaining and even a little refreshing from the more hard-core sci-fi shows I normally watch. I'll keep my eye on this one. |
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I never watched it when it originally aired because I was living in Europe at the time. But a good friend of mine had the exact same reaction. He's big Buffy/Angel fan and said he tried to watch Firefly but it just didn't do anything for him. So I sat him down and we started watching the show on DVD from the first episode forward. He was blown away. He loved it. The show (and movie) is complete character driven. The action and dialogue are fun, but what makes the show so special are the characters and their inter-relationships. The first episode establishes that and each following episode builds on it. Fox did the show an amazing diservice. It's really incredible just how badly they appeared to go out of their way to fuck it up.
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Oh yes... Despite how much I enjoyed the movie, and without giving any spoilers away, I'd like give a big "F YOU!" to Joss Whedon.
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He did something that displeased me greatly, but don't want to give anything away.
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You're going to owe me a dollar. Early numbers say that Serenity doubled up ITB. It is still going to open at number two, with Flightplan on top by a little. Looked at those per screen numbers, though. They are going to be sorry they didn't open this with more screens. http://www.the-numbers.com/charts/today.html
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Haven't seen it. Will eventually, but my best friend, who I go see movies with, hated the show (doesn't like sci-fi in general actually). Firefly was a fun show, but not the be all and end all that some fanboi are making it out to be. I'll watch the movie, but maybe a few weeks in.
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10-01-2005, 04:58 PM | #96 | |
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Not great numbers. I guess it's not too surprising. The theater I saw it was pretty well attended (90% capacity or so), but it seemed like that vast majority of those folks were die hard fans. Not sure how many folks outside that group will end up seeing the movie. It's a shame, because it's really quite good. Though I have no idea how someone who is totally unfamiliar with the series would view it.
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10-01-2005, 05:05 PM | #98 |
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Sci-fi is also a niche genre, so sometimes its hard to appeal to people who normally wouldn't do sci-fi. It'd have to have big explosions/special effects or be an Oscar contender or something.
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Wife and I went to see it, hadn't seen the show (although considered it, just never fit into our schedule at the time). Both loved it, may go see it again with friends.
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