What Movies Have You Seen Lately?

I just saw Creed II. I would highly recommend any fan of the Rocky series to see it. I do think you have to have seen Rocky IV to appreciate it. However, it isn't just a sequel to Rocky IV but there are many other story lines going on. I think it is the most complex and deep Rocky/Creed movie to date. I can't help but say that the boxing plots are very reminiscent of both Rocky III and IV. I think the writers knew that and added stories that were connected but went beyond boxing. Personally, I found the story of the relationship between Drago and his son to be the most compelling. Yup, very well done. My compliments to all involved.

So James Cameron's ego is so sure Avatar
sequels will be a hit, he's filming 4 of them
right now to be released 2020-2025.
There's goes any hope of story quality
out the window. You can't make good
movies on an assembly line.

I could only sit thru 45 min of the first
Avatar and found myself rooting for
the humans, so I gave up.

Just saw Guardians of the Galaxy 2.
Not bad, a lot of humor to balance
the heavy handed archetypal theme.
God and his son, really?

Quote: Evenbob

So James Cameron's ego is so sure Avatar
sequels will be a hit, he's filming 4 of them
right now to be released 2020-2025.

Eh? Does Avatar really have that strong a fan base? Didn't leave any lasting impression on me. It will really have to have super strong reviews for me to go see a sequel of it in the theater. Which would mean it has to be better than the first one.

Quote: rxwine

Eh? Does Avatar really have that strong a fan base? Didn't leave any lasting impression on me. It will really have to have super strong reviews for me to go see a sequel of it in the theater. Which would mean it has to be better than the first one.

When the first one came out, James Cameron announced immediately that they were going to make three sequels. He has only expanded by one extra movie.

There was a lot less motivation to make the two Matrix sequels at once and have them open them less than 6 months apart (May 15, 2003 and November 5, 2003).


Number of domestic tickets sold
95,917,600 Avatar
33,755,900 The Matrix
46,695,900 The Matrix Reloaded
23,095,400 The Matrix Revolutions

I would never bet against James Cameron.

Quote: ams288

I would never bet against James Cameron.

I would. He hasn't directed or produced a
movie since Avatar, except one 8 years
ago. Why is that. So he's going back to
a movie nobody cares about that was
done 10 years ago? We'll see. I hated
Avatar, lot of hype and it was all CGI..

Quote: Evenbob

I would. He hasn't directed or produced a
movie since Avatar,

And before Avatar (the biggest movie of all time) he hadn’t directed a movie in 12 years... Titanic (the 2nd biggest movie of all time).

Saw Aquaman. Bit of a trivial question. He's got all different names through the movie. His given name, half-breed, Prince?, Fish man, something master. Then all of sudden out of nowhere at the end he declares himself Aquaman? Where did that come from?

Quote: ams288

And before Avatar (the biggest movie of all time) he hadn’t directed a movie in 12 years.

But Titanic wasn't a sequel, Avatar is.
4 of them. The orig story sucked, it
was way too new age'y and cornball.
What can the sequels say that the
orig didn't, except to repeat itself.

Oh, and I walked out on Titanic and
left my wife there. It was gagging
me with dripping sentimentality.
Luckily we take separate cars to
movies for just this reason. Used to,
I don't go anymore.

Quote: Evenbob

But Titanic wasn't a sequel, Avatar is.
4 of them. The orig story sucked, it
was way too new age'y and cornball.
What can the sequels say that the
orig didn't, except to repeat itself.

At this point, I don’t even know what you’re trying to argue: the Avatar sequels won’t be successful because they’re sequels?

Riiight. We all know how sequels to massive hits usually bomb. Just look at Star Wars Ep. 7 & 8, all the Marvel movies, etc.... All huge money losers for Disney. /sarcasm