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What Movies Have You Seen Lately?
| March 22nd, 2018 at 11:45:29 AM permalink | |
| Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 | I watched Tomb Raider again last night, for the 5th time probably. It's a very good movie, for what it is, I don't see how the new one could be better. AJ is in her prime and sexy as hell. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
| March 22nd, 2018 at 12:04:45 PM permalink | |
| beachbumbabs Member since: Sep 3, 2013 Threads: 6 Posts: 1600 |
I watched some of an annual international team tournament for a video game last year. I was shocked (shocked, I tell you) at the millions in prize money and the hundreds of thousands of people, almost all young men under 30 (PRIME movie audience) who are completely into this. I think, if Spielberg got the movie right from their viewpoint, it will have legs like few ever have, just because that audience will go multiple times and pick it endlessly on social media. The wonder is that there haven't been more of them. Must be incredibly expensive CGI to do it right. Also, if the development costs included programming a fully functional new world called Oasis, and people can see the movie and go online and play for themselves, the revenue stream could dwarf the movie receipts. Could even be free tonplay, but make in-game purchases for better weapons and power, and it will be a multi-billion revenue stream for years. I'm guessing Amblin is smart enough to have set it up just that way. Never doubt a small group of concerned citizens can change the world; it's the only thing ever has |
| March 22nd, 2018 at 12:23:59 PM permalink | |
| rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 189 Posts: 18762 |
Oh, I see it's not out yet. Anyway the preview on my HD looks pretty high tech. You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really? |
| March 22nd, 2018 at 12:37:40 PM permalink | |
| Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 |
Virtual reality in the future is one of those things that everybody thinks will be hot, and will fizzle out. Like we all thought in the 50's and 60's that in just 30 years we'd all be flying to work Jetsons style. We have that tech now, but it's impractical as hell. The only way virtual reality will ever be a huge hit is if it's coupled with legal reality altering drugs. Without those, it gets boring as hell in a very short time. And drugs like that will never be legal. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
| March 22nd, 2018 at 12:43:05 PM permalink | |
| terapined Member since: Aug 6, 2014 Threads: 73 Posts: 11791 |
Thanks for the review Aye I love reading your reviews I put a lot of weight on your reviews You help me decide what to see and what not to see You are real asset to the forum Keep it up and keep the reviews coming :-) Virtual reality is coming I simply love Zelda Breath of the wild Such a huge game. The best part is just exploring Sometimes we live no particular way but our own - Grateful Dead "Eyes of the World" |
| March 22nd, 2018 at 3:16:21 PM permalink | |
| Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 |
Ready Player One is not really a Video Game Adaption, but an adaption of a book about Video Game players. So it's more like a PG-13 Matrix movie, Actual movies based on video games have had a pretty poor showing at breaking even. Despite fairly large budgets, the original Laura Croft movie is a rare success. The sequel two years later pretty much bombed.
The most successful series lasted 15 years so far, and despite the title of the last one, "The Final Chapter" it was the highest revenue of all 6, which means Paul W.S. Anderson and Milla Jovovich will make another one Rank Title Studio Worldwide Domestic / % Overseas / % Year 1 Resident Evil: The Final Chapter SGem $312.2 $26.8 8.6% $285.4 91.4% 2017 3 Resident Evil: Retribution SGem $240.0 $42.3 17.6% $197.7 82.4% 2012 2 Resident Evil: Afterlife SGem $300.2 $60.1 20% $240.1 80% 2010 4 Resident Evil: Extinction SGem $148.4 $50.6 34.1% $97.8 65.9% 2007 5 Resident Evil: Apocalypse SGem $129.3 $51.2 39.6% $78.1 60.4% 2004 6 Resident Evil SGem $103.0 $40.1 39% $62.9 61% 2002 These were all mid level Production Budgets: $33-$65 million so the demands for success are not nearly as high as for the above films with $94-$200 million production budgets. |
| March 22nd, 2018 at 6:51:06 PM permalink | |
| Ayecarumba Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 89 Posts: 1744 | In “Ready Player One”, the virtual space “Oasis”, contains different “planets” that house different content. For example, there is a casino planet, a “Minecraft” world, etc. I thought the winner would get control of the internet, but it would be more akin to owning Amazon web services. Fans of “World of Warcraft” will appreciate the use of objects and weapons from that world, but Spielberg throws in plenty of pop references from the 70’s and 80’s. |
| March 22nd, 2018 at 7:06:34 PM permalink | |
| Ayecarumba Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 89 Posts: 1744 | There have been plenty of animated films based on video games: Pokemon, Angry Birds... and what about “Wreck It Ralph”? I think most were modestly profitable. The live action adaptations are usually losers because the audience is really invested in the game characters, but it is difficult to translate it live. Pixels Doom Mario Brothers |
| March 22nd, 2018 at 8:42:10 PM permalink | |
| Ayecarumba Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 89 Posts: 1744 |
You’re welcome! I enjoy reading everyone’s take on films past and present. I wonder if this is what Hot Blonde had in mind when she started this thread? |
| March 22nd, 2018 at 10:41:29 PM permalink | |
| Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 |
See, I don't think “Wreck It Ralph” is a movie based on a video game, it is a Disney movie set in the world of video games. Pokemon ($30m) and Angry Birds ($73m) were fairly modest budget films that did OK as far as animated films. Top earning animated films (domestic box office) 1 Finding Dory 2 Shrek 2 3 The Lion King 4 Toy Story 3 5 Frozen 6 Finding Nemo 7 The Secret Life of Pets 8 Despicable Me 2 9 Inside Out 10 Zootopia 11 Minions 12 Shrek the Third 13 Up 14 Monsters, Inc. 15 Sing 16 Monsters University 17 Shrek 18 Despicable Me 3 19 The Incredibles 20 The LEGO Movie 21 Despicable Me 22 Moana 23 Toy Story 2 24 Cars 25 Shrek Forever After 26 Brave 27 WALL-E 28 Big Hero 6 29 Beauty and the Beast 30 How to Train Your Dragon 31 Aladdin 32 Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted 33 Kung Fu Panda 34 Dr. Seuss' The Lorax 35 Coco 36 Ratatouille 37 Tangled 38 Monsters Vs. Aliens 39 Happy Feet 40 Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs 41 Ice Age: The Meltdown 42 Madagascar 43 Toy Story 44 Cars 2 45 Wreck-It Ralph 46 The Croods 47 The Polar Express 48 The Simpsons Movie 49 Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa 50 Home (2015) 51 How to Train Your Dragon 2 52 Ice Age 53 The LEGO Batman Movie 54 The Boss Baby 55 Tarzan 56 Hotel Transylvania 2 57 Kung Fu Panda 2 58 The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water 59 A Bug's Life 60 Ice Age: Continental Drift 61 Shark Tale 62 Who Framed Roger Rabbit 63 Over the Hedge 64 Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! 65 Trolls 66 Cars 3 67 Puss in Boots 68 Megamind 69 Hotel Transylvania 70 Lilo & Stitch 71 Rio 72 Kung Fu Panda 3 73 Pocahontas 74 A Christmas Carol (2009) 75 Dinosaur 76 Chicken Little 77 Rio 2 78 The Peanuts Movie 79 Robots 80 Bee Movie 81 Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 82 Rango 83 The Good Dinosaur 84 Mulan 85 Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 86 Bolt 87 The Little Mermaid 88 Mr. Peabody & Sherman 89 Epic 90 The Angry Birds Movie 91 Chicken Run 92 The Princess and the Frog 93 Peter Rabbit 94 Rise of the Guardians 95 The Prince of Egypt 96 The Rugrats Movie 97 The Hunchback of Notre Dame 98 Gnomeo and Juliet 99 Hercules 100 Meet the Robinsons 101 Sausage Party 102 Antz 103 Space Jam (Part live action) 104 Planes 105 The Emperor's New Groove 106 The Emoji Movie 107 Pokemon: The First Movie |