NOW CLOSED ; List some movies you've watched recently. Theatre, rental, TV... and give a */10

[busydude]

Anchorman was the same for me

It was The other guys in my case

 

[Artorias]

10 Cloverfield Lane 7.5/10

There are intense scenes that make you uncomfortable, and some really good moments that were quite thrilling, its not as boring as some people would say.

The ending though could have been done better, too much happened in a short amount of time and some things were too convenient.

Still a good movie though.

 

[zerocool84]

Deadpool 7/10

So many people said it was really good and the best comic book movie well they got my hopes up and it's not bad at all but it's not great. For me, they did too many jokes, tried too hard for me. It was stoll enjoyable though.

 

[A Casual Fitz]

Deadpool 7/10

So many people said it was really good and the best comic book movie well they got my hopes up and it's not bad at all but it's not great. For me, they did too many jokes, tried too hard for me. It was stoll enjoyable though.

I've learned to control my expectations of quality. I knew I would enjoy it but I didn't get too excited.

 

[MongGrel]

Deadpool 7/10

So many people said it was really good and the best comic book movie well they got my hopes up and it's not bad at all but it's not great. For me, they did too many jokes, tried too hard for me. It was stoll enjoyable though.

I probably need to step some of my reviews back about 1 point on many, I liked Dead pool myself but might have rated it too high, I forget.

7 does sound about right.

 

[purbeast0]

deadpool - 8/10 - i agree with some other posters that it was quite overrated. it was good but not great. it took me a while to "get into it" as far as the style of the movie. i'd say probably like 30 minutes or so, but once i got into it i started to really enjoy it. has some really great visual and sound effects. soundtrack overall in the movie was fantastic.

 

[TwiceOver]

Central Intelligence 6/10 - The wife and I forgot we had a babysitter until she showed up on our doorstep. This was the only movie that seems worth seeing so... Look, I like The Rock, yeah his acting isn't top notch. But I think he's a good guy, inspirational, etc. That said, his acting was dismal in this movie. Also

Spoiler

Aaron Paul needs to stop with the "Bitch" catch phrase. I know it was meant as a funny, but c'mon

. All in, the outtakes at the end were the funniest part of the movie.

 

[DigDog]

Warcraft 6.5/10

l
the film costs $160M?!

and it needs to earn at least $450 million to break-even

i'm not really sure where this math comes from; if it cost 160m to make, it takes 160m to break even - maybe a bit more if you factor in the possible interest that money might have accrued during the filming period.

i would get ahead and remind everyone that taxes are paid on earnings, after expenses are deducted.

 

[JEDI]

i'm not really sure where this math comes from; if it cost 160m to make, it takes 160m to break even - maybe a bit more if you factor in the possible interest that money might have accrued during the filming period.

i would get ahead and remind everyone that taxes are paid on earnings, after expenses are deducted.

shrug.
that's what it said in the wiki.

marketing adds a few $ but yeah no idea where 3x cost of film = break even

 

[MustISO]

The Revenant
7.5/10
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1663202/

I liked it. I knew nothing about it going in except I probably saw part of a trailer at some point when it was in theaters.

The opening scene was enough to suck me in. I did find portions a little too drawn out for no real purpose but overall I thought it was a good story.

 

[CZroe]

i'm not really sure where this math comes from; if it cost 160m to make, it takes 160m to break even - maybe a bit more if you factor in the possible interest that money might have accrued during the filming period.



i would get ahead and remind everyone that taxes are paid on earnings, after expenses are deducted.

Do you think they make 100% of ticket sales?

 

[MetalMat]

Do you think they make 100% of ticket sales?

That's..... a great point that for whatever reason I have never thought of What percentage of ticket sales do movies typically get?

 

[MetalMat]

It was The other guys in my case

I thought that movie was "ok", maybe I should go back and watch it again. I did not like Will Farrell's role in the movie, I thought the roles between him and Wahlberg should have been reversed.

 

[Charmonium]

That's..... a great point that for whatever reason I have never thought of What percentage of ticket sales do movies typically get?

For the first couple of months, the studio gets almost all of the revenue. It's only after a movie has been out for a while that the theaters make any money but by then ticket sales tend to be much thinner.

http://www.rd.com/advice/saving-money/13-things-a-movie-theater-employee-wont-tell-you/

 

[peter6667]

Warcraft 7/10. I' m generous :

 

[DigDog]

Do you think they make 100% of ticket sales?

it doesn't really matter. what matters is profit.

we are also not going into details as to what "making money" is, be it revenue from happy meals, various ad concessions, ticket sales, dvd sales .. they all have associated costs, with additional entities profiting from the cash movement, but in the end the studio needs to recoup 160m to break even..

also, as i understand it (knowing a Loews director) each film has its own rental agreement - some are a flat fee, some are for #n viewings, with the theater taking money after the show has sold #n seats each week (hello matinee'), so essentially yes, the studio on a big production makes 100% of the money. also, that's why popcorn is so expensive.

 

[Imp]

Warcraft 6.5/10

edit:
the film costs $160M?!
damn.. blizzard has some deeeeep pockets.
and it needs to earn at least $450 million to break-even

It's made $313M so far, most of it internationally. Unfortunately, I've heard that they kept to keep a smaller portion of foreign proceeds than domestic.

 

[Spydermag68]

http://www.theatlantic.com/business...economics-of-awful-blockbuster-movies/277691/

The problem is that less people are going to the movies now than back in the 50's and 60's when 4/5 of the nation would go to a movie on a weekly basis. Now about 10% go. Like someone posted earlier, the US sales make the bulk of the studios revenue and less than 20% of sales over seas make it back to the studio. Also out of the major releases last year, about 135 movies, only 30 were released in China. One big budget flop wipes out the profits of the blockbusters. This is including ticket and DVD sales.

 

[Spydermag68]

Finding Dory - 6/10

It was ok but was not as great as it should of been. Pixar has been slowly going down in quality of their movies. The last dinosaur, last year also fell flat for me. I think the movie was over hyped and rided on a two trick pony. If you see the movie you will understand why. Then animals in the movies were totally unbelievable. With out giving away too much there was another theme around the animals that I did not buy into. Sorry I just ruined the movie for you.

 

[Imp]

http://www.theatlantic.com/business...economics-of-awful-blockbuster-movies/277691/

The problem is that less people are going to the movies now than back in the 50's and 60's when 4/5 of the nation would go to a movie on a weekly basis. Now about 10% go. Like someone posted earlier, the US sales make the bulk of the studios revenue and less than 20% of sales over seas make it back to the studio. Also out of the major releases last year, about 135 movies, only 30 were released in China. One big budget flop wipes out the profits of the blockbusters. This is including ticket and DVD sales.

They should release in theaters and stream for the same price on release day. I don't go to theaters anymore, but I would pay the price of a movie ticket to see it at home on opening day. From my iTunes experience, I can rent moves for $5/$6 after the DVD comes out anyway.

 

[zerocool84]

Finding Dory - 6/10

It was ok but was not as great as it should of been. Pixar has been slowly going down in quality of their movies. The last dinosaur, last year also fell flat for me. I think the movie was over hyped and rided on a two trick pony. If you see the movie you will understand why. Then animals in the movies were totally unbelievable. With out giving away too much there was another theme around the animals that I did not buy into. Sorry I just ruined the movie for you.

It's getting really good reviews though.

 

[DigDog]

i watched two episodes (total of ep 1-3 now) of Mr Robot - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4158110/reference

my god, this show is awful. it masquerades itself as an intelligent show, by hiding behind the hacker image; but it's slow, dull, the characters are horrible. they can't seem to bring themselves to do anything decent, or even have a bit of self control. the protagonist is an idiot .. why would i watch this? why would anyone watch this?

6/10 going down to 5/10 unless some really awesome plot develops.

 

[William Gaatjes]

Rise of the guardians. 9/10

Nice movie for the family.
The only thing that bothered me was the inelastic almost plastic beard of santa. One would think that with all the advancements in CGI animated movies, and since Monsters inc, that hair would be easy. The story is fun though, thousands of walking eggs with cute little feet. Elfs. Lot of cuteness.

Baby tooth is such a cute little tooth fairy : :wub:
Her squeaks are so cute.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1446192/

 

[purbeast0]

13 hours secret soldiers of benghazi - 9/10 - i really liked this movie. i didn't really know the story of it either so the outcome and stuff and exactly what happened was unknown to me which i think made it better. had some really great scenes in it.

 

[DigDog]

i watched a bit of Over The Garden Wall - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Over_the_Garden_Wall_(miniseries)

after watching some fanmade promos on imgur.

it's nice .. but not strong on the content. unusual artstyle, well animated, but kinda limited. worth a shot, since each episode is 10 minutes, so in about 1 1/2 hours you can watch the whole thing.

6.5/10