Comments on: ‘Pirates Of The Caribbean’ & ‘Baywatch’ Underwhelm On Memorial Day [Box Office]

By: X164

X164 — Fri, 02 Jun 2017 23:51:00 +0000

Perhaps, we’re surrounded by too many screens, too many stories, too much whining.
Maybe studios depend too much on old ways whereas times have and are changing.

I liked Salazar’s Revenge…not reviewing it here.
I can easily visit bigger movies where I live not minding the money much. But if I had to, why would I pay up near 20,- for a movie when I can view TV for much less and see more, the convenience of my home, seek better story-lines and zap out if I so desire? (I miss videostores)
The price-tag of a film is not the consumers’ business. The tags of the cinema are.
Without awareness, without concentration, nobody enjoys a movie.

Get Out was hyped as cultural phenomenon. It was a must-see if you wanted to appear culturally
openminded. It’s all about appearances now. It’s all that’s visible on a screen.

By: David Webb

David Webb — Mon, 29 May 2017 11:43:00 +0000

Things like “franchise fatigue”, staying home with Netflix, and moviegoers being able to smell a “turkey” aren’t so much theories as they just plain observations. We’re all tired of pirates, zombies, and Transformographagizers!

… now they’re trying push live-action remakes and “comedies” based on old TV shows?

By: David Webb

David Webb — Mon, 29 May 2017 11:31:00 +0000

In reply to ThisGuy01. I could see Fox giving Ridley the same budget merely out of respect and gratitude alone. The man has made a lot of money for Fox over the years. Allowing him a budget they could recoup over an opening weekend (including international sales) sounds like a nice gesture to a veteran director looking to explore his most popular franchise ... Even if he's doing to Alien what Lucas was doing to Star Wars!

By: David Webb

David Webb — Mon, 29 May 2017 11:16:00 +0000

In reply to LA2000. Good one... and thank you! That almost ruined my ability to enjoy the sequel before it's even arrived. Thanks again!

By: LA2000

LA2000 — Mon, 29 May 2017 04:32:00 +0000

In reply to maxx02. If aging was a tell for the "more human than human" replicants, then they could have skipped the whole Voight-Kampff test and just called a dermatologist.

By: maxx02

maxx02 — Sun, 28 May 2017 20:32:00 +0000

Ridley Scott is one of my favorite directors. He knows how to tell a story like no one else and he does fantastic spectacle. But enough already with the Alien franchise. We’ve grown up. It’s time to move on. And as a fan of the original Michael Fassbender is no Ian Holm.

I would have loved more Blade Runner but Ryan Gosling? Seriously? This is the worst choice for a lead since Orlando Bloom in KoH. I’d rather watch fungus grow in a public restroom than watch this guy for 2 hours. I hope it makes a ton of money for Ridley, but I’ll be skipping it. Not happy to find Harrison Ford will be returning either because it kills one of the key mysteries of the original film. If he’s young, then Dekkard was a replicant. If he’s not Dekkard was human. I don’t want to know that.

By: ThisGuy01

ThisGuy01 — Sun, 28 May 2017 17:51:00 +0000

I could see Fox willing to do one final David movie with Ridley Scott to close off the trilogy IF he keeps the budget at around $70-80 million – something he could do since he works fast & keeps budgets relatively low (Covenant final budget came in at like $20 or $30 million below original projected because of how fast he works). Otherwise they risk losing Scott as a mostly in-house creator for Fox. If he stops working with Fox they could lose future business deals with Scott Free Productions who produce them like 4 or 5 films/TV shows a year.
I think as long as the overseas box office is decent there could be one more movie. A closer.
But I really enjoyed Prometheus & Covenant and want to be an optimist.