Ocean's 8--real movie or chick flick?
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March 28th, 2018 at 5:12:16 PM permalink | |
Ayecarumba Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 89 Posts: 1744 | There was a feature film with an all female ensemble cast doing a heist several years back, but the cast was all black women. I forget the title, but suspect they may have made money since they didn’t have to pay for Julia Roberts. |
March 28th, 2018 at 5:47:21 PM permalink | |
Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 |
Queen Latifah and Jada Pinkett-Smith didn't command such a high salary two decades ago. The production budget was only $9 million so it naturally was profitable by selling 8 million tickets. |
March 28th, 2018 at 6:34:45 PM permalink | |
beachbumbabs Member since: Sep 3, 2013 Threads: 6 Posts: 1600 | If Sandra Bullock wants to make a. movie, it gets made. I'm kind of surprised Melinda McCarthy didn't make the cast, though. Maybe schedule conflicts. George Clooney's production company is one of the producers. I would guess the film was first pitched to Julia Roberts: she would have been the right seque, but who knows. Never doubt a small group of concerned citizens can change the world; it's the only thing ever has |
March 28th, 2018 at 6:54:00 PM permalink | |
ams288 Member since: Apr 21, 2016 Threads: 29 Posts: 12420 |
She was in Oceans 11 and 12, and this movie takes place in the same "universe." (Sandra Bullock's character is the sister of George Clooney's character.) Who knows, maybe Julia Roberts has a cameo? “A straight man will not go for kids.” - AZDuffman |
March 28th, 2018 at 7:00:11 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25010 |
Bullock will be 54 in a few months, I'm surprised she's in anything. Her exp date was up about 6 years ago. She's well past the rom.com age, past the GF age, she's into the mom with grown kids age group which means very few roles for her. She was stretching it in The Proposal 9 years ago at 43, that was pretty ridiculous. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
March 28th, 2018 at 7:28:59 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25010 | Bullock has been in one movie since she turned 50, Our Brand Is Crisis. It was a huge flop. Cost $29mil to make, worldwide BO was $7mil. She has made nothing since. One movie since 2013 and it lost a ton of money. Nobody will bankroll one of her movies anymore. It has to be an ensemble cast like 8 where she doesn't have top billing. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
March 28th, 2018 at 8:08:05 PM permalink | |
terapined Member since: Aug 6, 2014 Threads: 73 Posts: 11786 |
I really liked 3 movies Penny Marshall directed Big A league of Their Own Awakenings Sometimes we live no particular way but our own - Grateful Dead "Eyes of the World" |
March 28th, 2018 at 11:17:19 PM permalink | |
Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 |
Penny Marshall was considered the breakout female superstar director thirty years ago. She started directing films four years after her older brother began, so that he was doing his third film while she did her first. On her second film, "Big" a woman directed a film in the top 4 of the year. The first film directed by a woman to gross over $100 million domestically. #34 Jumpin' Jack Flash 1986 #4 Big 1988 #23 Awakenings 1990 #10 A League of Their Own 1992 #57 Renaissance Man 1994 #33 The Preacher's Wife 1996 #78 Riding in Cars with Boys 2001 In the next four years she directed Awakenings (#23) and A League of Their Own (#10) which were also critical and commercial successes. Her next three films did mediocre compared to the previous three (#57) (#33) and (#78), and she stopped directing in her late 50s in 2001, at an age when most male directors are hitting their stride. Penny's brother, Garry, didn't direct a top four film until his sixth try #23 Young Doctors in Love 1982 #43 The Flamingo Kid 1984 #31 Nothing in Common 1986 #47 Overboard 1987 #15 Beaches 1988 #4 Pretty Woman 1990 #58 Frankie and Johnny 1991 #130 Exit to Eden 1994 #110 Dear God 1996 #72 The Other Sister 1999 #9 Runaway Bride 1999 #19 The Princess Diaries 2001 Despite the fact that Penny directed more successful films initially, she quit and her brother directed films right up until the year died over age 80. |
June 10th, 2018 at 3:31:19 PM permalink | |
AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18136 | Looks like it opened pretty well. If it is just a chick flick the jury is still out. If it makes cash, look for "Ocean's 9." The President is a fink. |
June 10th, 2018 at 4:29:32 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25010 |
"Less successful was "Hotel Artemis," starring Jodie Foster. The Global Road release, also starring Sterling K. Brown, Dave Bautista and Charlie Day, flopped with $3.2 million in 2,407 theaters. Set in a near-future Los Angeles, "Hotel Artemis" is about a members-only hospital for criminals." I read a Rex Reed scathing review where he says this might be the worst movie ever made. He just rips it to pieces. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |