Let's Talk Movies #36 - 2020 - Yep it is a new decade

[ilovepaydays]

Box Office Mojo - U.S. Domestic Box Office: Weekend 17

at Sinners!

WAIT. There was a 20th anniversary release of Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith and it did $25M in the U.S. and $42M worldwide? And it did better than The Accountant 2?

Notable opening next week: Another Simple Favor (Amazon Prime), Thunderbolts*, and The Surfer.

Also, Rust is also going to be released in theaters on Friday. I'm not sure how I feel about this.

 

[Buzz]

Already have my tickets for Thunderbolts*!

 

[ilovepaydays]

Already have my tickets for Thunderbolts*!

That's cool that you're excited that you've purchased your ticket and all, but what we really going to want to know is which Thunderbolts* Popcorn Bucket did you get to enjoy.

Also, if someone here actually gets the popcorn mask (Cinemark) or the popcorn limousine (AMC), we're going to need to see a selfie.

 

[Buzz]

Popcorn unfortunately upsets my stomach or else the limousine bucket would be nice!

 

[ilovepaydays]

Popcorn unfortunately upsets my stomach or else the limousine bucket would be nice!

Just looked it up on eBay. They are already available for presale.

 

[Mozart]

Saw until dawn and sinners for a second time last week. Going to see the accountant 2, the legend of ochi and thunderbolts this week

 

[MacMadame]

I keep telling my husband to buy our Thunderbolt* tickets (that's his job) but he is resisting for some reason.

 

[ilovepaydays]

Tickets for Mission: Impossible - Final Reckoning are on sale now! I’ll be seeing it first thing that Thursday afternoon.

Paramount just posted this video of how they film Tom Cruise running.
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I keep telling my husband to buy our Thunderbolt* tickets (that's his job) but he is resisting for some reason.

Maybe he’s worried about this potentially being another bummer for Marvel. It’s why I’m still hesitant to buy tickets for it this weekend. Especially when I still want to see Sinners, Warfare, and The Accountant 2.

The murmurs are that 2025 is probably do or die for Marvel.

 

[ilovepaydays]

Time for some new trailers!

Weapons - Official Trailer

The Smashing Machine - Official Trailer

Will 2025 be a battle between the two Safdie brothers - Josh (Marty Supreme) and Benny (The Smashing Machine)? vs

I’m hearing early award buzz for Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt for this.

But….what will A24’s campaign for both Safdie films?

 

[vgerdes]

Time for some new trailers!

Weapons - Official Trailer

The Smashing Machine - Official Trailer

Will 2025 be a battle between the two Safdie brothers - Josh (Marty Supreme) and Benny (The Smashing Machine)? vs

I’m hearing early award buzz for Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt for this.

But….what will A24’s campaign for both Safdie films?

Wow. That doesn't even look like Dwayne Johnson. At all. If I didn't know it was him I would never have guessed.

 

[ilovepaydays]

Wow. That doesn't even look like Dwayne Johnson. At all. If I didn't know it was him I would never have guessed.

I’m wondering if this is the film that will win Hair & Makeup. If so, there’s a history at the Oscars of MANY Best Hair & Makeup & Best Actor winning combos.

 

[ilovepaydays]

Last weekend I saw The King of Kings. My overall rating: 8.4/10. If you're looking for film to watch for Holy Week that it isn't a miniseries (The Bible, Jesus of Nazareth), that's 376,492 hours long (The Ten Commandments, Ben-Hur, The Passion of the Christ), and more appropriate for kids, I recommend this film.

This film was inspired by Charles Dickens' novel The Life of Our Lord.

The Good: The animation and story are pretty good and I think Angel Studios is getting the memo that it's worth the extra $$$$ to get a film that has a worthy production, script, and cast (Kenneth Branagh, Uma Thurman, Mark Hamill, Pierce Brosnan, Roman Griffin Davis, Forest Whitaker, Ben Kingsley, and Oscar Isaac).

The Bad: At the end of the film, there's a roughly five minute countdown clock notifying of a "special feature". Is it behind the scenes stuff? An interview or message from some of the cast? NOPE, it's video clips of cute kids saying how much they liked the film and a QR code pops up for a link to donate so that "more people can experience this film". This film has made almost $60 million so far. I thought this was bad taste for Angel Studios.

 

[ilovepaydays]

The critics’ reviews on Rotten Tomatoes are coming out!

Thunderbolts*

The Surfer

So……between these two movies and the others that’s still available, this weekend will probably be a pretty good one at the theater.

 

[MacMadame]

This film has made almost $60 million so far. I thought this was bad taste for Angel Studios.

Making films is expensive especially with name actors.

 

[ilovepaydays]

Making films is expensive especially with name actors.

I wonder how much Angel Studios paid to distribute this film. I think they’re still making a bit of profit on it.

 

[Buzz]

I’m going to see Thunderbolts tomorrow and is deliberately staying away from reviews etc. I don’t want to be more spoiled than I am already. LOL

 

[Buzz]

Thunderbolts* = This movie is sooooo GOOD!!! The mental health avengers. There are also two post credit scenes so stick around! 9/10

 

[MacMadame]

Thunderbolts* = This movie is sooooo GOOD!!! The mental health avengers. There are also two post credit scenes so stick around! 9/10

I loved it so much! The trailers make it seem like a fun time with lots of action. There is that, but there is also some deeper stuff about loneliness, power, what makes people good and bad. And parts were really touching. I actually teared up a few times.

 

[ilovepaydays]

Watched Sinners as a matinee this afternoon. This film absolutely needs to make the Oscars Best Picture nomination list plus at least some technical nominations for Costumes, Production Design, Visual Effects, Score, and Casting.

My overall rating: 9.0/10. This is definitely one of the best movies of 2025. The film does have a bit of gore and explicit scenes/dialogue. You will want to stay for the credits.

The production design and costumes are superb (even though I don’t think they will be considered better than Wicked: For Good). I also think that the music and score (Ludwig Göranson, who won Oscars for Black Panther and Oppenheimer) are fantastic.

At first, I thought that it would be too much to include vampires into a story that seemed to already be weaving the blues music, sharecropper life, spiritual issues, and race relations in the 1930s U.S. fairly well. But it ended up that the reality of what was specifically needed to deal with the vampires actually tied everything together.