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Wkd BO 0113-1517 - Figures says Bye Bye to all comers, Affleck has a (bad) dream
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Could be worse, could look like Ed Grimley
The Accountant did well, didn't it?
Bobby Roberts
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What's funny is that even when Affleck was a bankable name as a director, WB wouldn't sell his movies using his name.
"From the director of _________" is what they'd do. Every time. They'd almost never actually say who that director was in the trailers or on the posters.
"From the director of _________" is what they'd do. Every time. They'd almost never actually say who that director was in the trailers or on the posters.
WB starting the year off strong.
ViewtifulJC
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Im sure Affleck's 2017 output will be better
*checks IMDB, only film he's in is Justice League*
...oh
*checks IMDB, only film he's in is Justice League*
...oh
BronsonLee
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Eh, I doubt WB cares, that felt like a thank you move for Affleck anyway
I am tired of Marvel Stans wishing for DC's failure. Just because you don't understand BvS, get the extended cut, easily the DEFINITIVE comic book movie.
This thread is off to a great start.
ryutaro's mama
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He isn't being serious.
BronsonLee
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SLAYVEN IS ALWAYS SERIOUS
ViewtifulJC
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we just need more bronson lee all caps posts and we're in business
Nothing.
Spike Spiegel
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What is 'The Bye Bye Man'? I've never heard of it before this thread.
EDIT: Okay, apparently it's a bad horror movie. Again though, never heard of it before now. Did they advertise it?
EDIT: Okay, apparently it's a bad horror movie. Again though, never heard of it before now. Did they advertise it?
Bronsonlee is too busy hanging out in open fields recreating Creed videos.
ryutaro's mama
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Martha.
CaviarMeths
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The movie is indeed much better now that the fans have finished writing the script. If only my movie ticket came with Bleepey's MS Paint flow chart for Lex's evil plan.
DontBeThatGuy
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Damn, Hidden Fences doing work.
Still more money than Evans' directorial debut made.
Hey remember that Marvel film where people discussed the villain afterward oh...
BronsonLee
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He has two Oscars. Don't forget Good Will Hunting.
Infinite Stars
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Live by Night I do not envy being Affleck now.
He went from a great streak of The Town-Argo-Gone Girl to this, and even he's not strong enough to redeem the DCCU by itself.
He went from a great streak of The Town-Argo-Gone Girl to this, and even he's not strong enough to redeem the DCCU by itself.
cj_iwakura
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A man can make a bad film, sheesh. Acting like he's Uwe Boll now or something.
I'd rather be a millionaire and acclaimed director with couple shitty movies than what I am now. Affleck is beyond fine.
It's one movie. Every director has a stinker every now and then. I don't know where he even found the time to make the movie.
It's not a big deal. Like at all.
What did he mean by this?
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I think Live By Night is definite proof of the power of Rotten Tomatoes over non-franchise films. Audiences care about quality more than ever; see: 1.) Hidden Figures beating Star Wars twice in a row 2.) Arrival making $150 million 3.) Hacksaw Ridge making $150 million 4.) La La Land on track to $150 million
Infinite Stars
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It's not that as much as "Hello Darkness My Old Friend" must be his Mantra right now. He's gone from being a great director/actor making a comeback to tying his boat to the sinking ship of the DCCU. He's seemingly aware of this, what with his changing comments about the Batman Movie.
cj_iwakura
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Why did Silence do so badly? Is it bad, or just didn't reach anyone?
cj_iwakura
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And yet people said he was the best thing about the new DCCU(not wrong, give me a film with his Batman against Viola Davis and I'll be there day 1).
DontBeThatGuy
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It often does play a part, yeah, but a rotten rating didn't stop The Accountant from doing well.
Puck Beaverton
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Zero marketing and difficult.
This is certainly true. Live by Night is being released in the middle of awards season; an adult-targeted drama that doesn't have any awards heat is pretty much always DOA in this part of the filmgoing year.
I don't think that demonstrates anything. First, Rogue One was favourably reviewed overall, but more importantly, Hidden Figures "beat" Rogue One several weeks into its theatrical release, as its grosses decline like all films do.
Damn, I didn't realize the Accountant did that well.
Violence Jack
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I guess I shouldn't be surprised that Bye Bye Man is likely going to make a small profit.
Not sure if I catch your point...
Mostly because he's clarified what he meant re: Batman, but also I'm not sure - even if he hadn't - what people's problem is with him taking his time to do it right and make sure it's locked down script wise? Like isn't that what you children want, a good Batman film? Why is the guy taking his time to do it right a sign of apocalyptic intent?
Bobby Roberts
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It's not in that many theaters, and it's not a particularly easy sell, even if it were.
It's kinda like Kundun II, basically.
La La land will end up over $300M worldwide. Possibly higher.
As for WB, I'm impressed that Fantastic Beasts managed to crack $800M, even with the poor exchange rates. If exhange rates were the same as they were back with The Hobbit launched in Dec 2012, Fantastic Beasts' overseas gross would have been around $750M (instead of the current $570M), and we would be talking about how it came in just shy of $1B.
I think that it is pretty much guaranteed.
Exactly. It's like people want Affleck to fail or something?
He'll direct the Daredevil movie based on the Netflix series.
Moon Knight
Not really a topic with mass appeal. I'll definitely check it out.
I watched Last Temptation of Christ a few months ago. Now, THAT was an experience
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