DSL's Movie/TV Reviews and Discussion

[Dr. Strangelove]

Biggest bomb of the summer may be a kid's flick no one's mentioned yet.

Ruby Gillman: Teenage Kraken (a DreamWorks production) has been out for almost 3 weeks and has only made about half its budget. ($14M domestic compared to $125M domestic for direct competition Elemental). Extremely poor showing for a studio whose last feature was the Puss In Boots movie that made almost $500M.

[THE_WIZARD_]

STFU

[Hannibal]

This is almost exactly where I am. I haven't seen a movie in the theater in years, and I don't plan on making this the first. HOWEVER, I remain entirely perplexed that so many Progs have taken aim at this film for reasons that seem to be largely, if not entirely, unrelated to the film.If it was just one or two nutjobs on a YouTube channel, so be it. But it's like it's a goddamn coordinated effort to stop people from seeing the moving. I just don't get it. Surely the Progs have better bogeymen to tamp down.

You're honestly perplexed by this? After all that you have seen and heard? We're talking about people who are protesting the removal of literal child pornography from schools.

Here's a bit of info on the type of people criticizing the movie BTW..

Note that the guy here isn't writing for some obscure blog that nobody ever heard of. He writes for Bloomberg, and he is literally pro pedo.

[Mike]

The progressive Left, ladies and gentlemen.

[THE_WIZARD_]

nothing burger.jpg

[Whitley]

Biggest bomb of the summer may be a kid's flick no one's mentioned yet.

Ruby Gillman: Teenage Kraken (a DreamWorks production) has been out for almost 3 weeks and has only made about half its budget. ($14M domestic compared to $125M domestic for direct competition Elemental). Extremely poor showing for a studio whose last feature was the Puss In Boots movie that made almost $500M.

Ruby gillman actually looks interesting though the plot in the previews seems standard. I wonder how much of the box office topline being down is a result of a lot of good movies coming out around the same time and cutting into everyone's profits.

[Dr. Strangelove]

From what I read today if you are thinking of seeing Oppenheimer in 70mm IMAX there are NO previews. The film is so long that IMAX projectors could not accommodate previews. So for once the movie will actually start right about when it's advertised to.

[THE_WIZARD_]

That movie is going to make a big bang!

...I'm here all week folks...

[Mike]

I bet it bombs in Japan.

[AlabamAlum]

I don’t trust it because I heard it’s about splitting an atom and …..wait for it…..atoms make up everything.

[THE_WIZARD_]

horrible

[Dr. Strangelove]

Barbie's expected to easily make over $100M opening weekend and Oppenheimer will make over $50M itself. Apparently that would set a record for two movies coming out the same weekend.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/barbie-box-office-oppenheimer-opening-1235541719/

[THE_WIZARD_]

Ironically...DSL has come out this weekend as well...

[Dr. Strangelove]

Excluding the Batman movies it’s also the best opening weekend ever for Christopher Nolan.

[THE_WIZARD_]

I wish Oppenheimer would drop a bomb on you.