The BJMDDS General Discussion Thread......

[Capt. Sir Dominic Flandry]

The Foreigner looks interesting.

[Kristatos]

RIP Barry Norman: http://www.denofgeek.com/uk/movies/barr ... es-aged-83

[bjmdds]

Wonder Woman lassoed another solid weekend, finishing fourth with an estimated $15.57 million as the film's domestic cume now stands at $346.1 million after five weeks in release. Internationally the film added another $13.6 million as it's overseas cume grows to over $360 million for a global tally of $708 million. At this point Wonder Woman is the third largest domestic release among all DC Comics based features and becomes one of the top 100 all-time worldwide grossers.------ Adjusted for Ticket Price Inflation:
Rank /Title/ Studio/ Adjusted Gross/ Unadjusted Gross/ Release
1 The Dark Knight --WB $656,538,100---- $533,345,358 7/18/08
2 Batman WB-- $556,518,800---- $251,188,924 6/23/89
3 The Dark Knight Rises-- WB---- $509,023,200--- $448,139,099 7/20/12
4 Superman WB-- $507,045,800---- $134,218,018 12/15/78
5 Batman Forever-- WB $373,985,100---- $184,031,112 6/16/95
6 Batman Returns-- WB $346,851,100---- $162,831,698 6/19/92
7 Wonder Woman WB $346,644,500---- $346,644,475 6/2/17
8 Superman II-- WB $344,015,000---- $108,185,706 6/19/81
9 Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice-- WB---- $338,224,000--- $330,360,194 3/25/16
10 Suicide Squad-- WB $337,503,000---- $325,100,054 8/5/16
11 Man of Steel-- WB $307,021,800---- $291,045,518 6/14/13

[FormerBondFan]

Where is the FBF? This is HIS kind of film.

Pierce's role in The Foreigner almost reminds me of Tommy Lee Jones' character in The Fugitive.

[Kristatos]

Where is the FBF? This is HIS kind of film.

Pierce's role in The Foreigner almost reminds me of Tommy Lee Jones' character in The Fugitive.

Tommy Lee Jones's character was a bit more sympathetic - he was just a lawman doing his job. Pierce looks like he's playing against type as a bad guy this time - a really bad guy. He's played morally compromised characters before, in The Matador, The Tailor of Panama and The Ghost Writer, but i think this is his first out-and out villain in a long time. An older version of the IRA hitman he played (briefly) in The Long Good Friday, perhaps?

[FormerBondFan]

Pierce looks like he's playing against type as a bad guy this time - a really bad guy. He's played morally compromised characters before, in The Matador, The Tailor of Panama and The Ghost Writer, but i think this is his first out-and out villain in a long time. An older version of the IRA hitman he played (briefly) in The Long Good Friday, perhaps?

Pierce played a really bad guy before in Urge, which should not have been made.

[Omega]

Wonder Woman lassoed another solid weekend, finishing fourth with an estimated $15.57 million as the film's domestic cume now stands at $346.1 million after five weeks in release. Internationally the film added another $13.6 million as it's overseas cume grows to over $360 million for a global tally of $708 million. At this point Wonder Woman is the third largest domestic release among all DC Comics based features and becomes one of the top 100 all-time worldwide grossers.------ Adjusted for Ticket Price Inflation:
Rank /Title/ Studio/ Adjusted Gross/ Unadjusted Gross/ Release
1 The Dark Knight --WB $656,538,100---- $533,345,358 7/18/08
2 Batman WB-- $556,518,800---- $251,188,924 6/23/89
3 The Dark Knight Rises-- WB---- $509,023,200--- $448,139,099 7/20/12
4 Superman WB-- $507,045,800---- $134,218,018 12/15/78
5 Batman Forever-- WB $373,985,100---- $184,031,112 6/16/95
6 Batman Returns-- WB $346,851,100---- $162,831,698 6/19/92
7 Wonder Woman WB $346,644,500---- $346,644,475 6/2/17
8 Superman II-- WB $344,015,000---- $108,185,706 6/19/81
9 Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice-- WB---- $338,224,000--- $330,360,194 3/25/16
10 Suicide Squad-- WB $337,503,000---- $325,100,054 8/5/16
11 Man of Steel-- WB $307,021,800---- $291,045,518 6/14/13

What also makes WW a true fighter is a lot of Arab countries are not going to allow a women hero let alone one played by an Israeli, so there is a big part of the world market shunning this movie but it's so well done the rest of the world embraces it.


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[bjmdds]

Where is the FBF? This is HIS kind of film.

Pierce's role in The Foreigner almost reminds me of Tommy Lee Jones' character in The Fugitive.

FBF, this might be his breakout role in his 60s

[acid]

Where is the FBF? This is HIS kind of film.

Pierce's role in The Foreigner almost reminds me of Tommy Lee Jones' character in The Fugitive.

Tommy Lee Jones's character was a bit more sympathetic - he was just a lawman doing his job. Pierce looks like he's playing against type as a bad guy this time - a really bad guy. He's played morally compromised characters before, in The Matador, The Tailor of Panama and The Ghost Writer, but i think this is his first out-and out villain in a long time. An older version of the IRA hitman he played (briefly) in The Long Good Friday, perhaps?

Isn't he a baddie in Survivor (2015)?

[Kristatos]

Possibly. I haven't seen it.

[acid]

Possibly. I haven't seen it.

I thought it was OK but not as good as November Man.

[Omega]

Possibly. I haven't seen it.

I thought it was OK but not as good as November Man.

yep. Brosnan was an assassin for hire building a massive bomb.
Milla Jovoich was in it as well, actually a really good cast. Maybe Roger Rees last movie.

The idea is good, but half way through the writer, director or producer suddenly changes things up to a stupid simple story.
I forget exactly what it was but something in the first 20 minutes of the movie established something about Brosnan's character, he never does this or only does that, in the last half all the rules the character is supposed to have are forgotten about.
d**n disappointing .


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[FormerBondFan]

The idea is good, but half way through the writer, director or producer suddenly changes things up to a stupid simple story.
I forget exactly what it was but something in the first 20 minutes of the movie established something about Brosnan's character, he never does this or only does that, in the last half all the rules the character is supposed to have are forgotten about.
d**n disappointing .


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Urge is worse. It's something that fits best with FAT Seagal.

[Omega]

The idea is good, but half way through the writer, director or producer suddenly changes things up to a stupid simple story.
I forget exactly what it was but something in the first 20 minutes of the movie established something about Brosnan's character, he never does this or only does that, in the last half all the rules the character is supposed to have are forgotten about.
d**n disappointing .


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Urge is worse. It's something that fits best with FAT Seagal.

Honestly the trailer put me off that movie.


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[carl stromberg]

RIP Barry Norman: http://www.denofgeek.com/uk/movies/barr ... es-aged-83

RIP Barry. There must be hours of Bond related material from his film show. It will be strange when reading the Christmas Radio Times this year without his round up of the films.

[FormerBondFan]

The idea is good, but half way through the writer, director or producer suddenly changes things up to a stupid simple story.
I forget exactly what it was but something in the first 20 minutes of the movie established something about Brosnan's character, he never does this or only does that, in the last half all the rules the character is supposed to have are forgotten about.
d**n disappointing .


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Urge is worse. It's something that fits best with FAT Seagal.

Honestly the trailer put me off that movie.


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Then you know what I've said all these years regarding Pierce's career. Since none of you guys bother to bring it up, The Son series was great.

[Omega]

d**n it! Guess you guys in the U.K. Already know this, Edd China quit wheeler dealers.
One of my favorite shows because of his skills as a mechanic, when I first saw the show on velocity I though William Shatner was doing a funny accent buying a car, then Edd came on a did an impressive job fixing the car, every show Edd did a job, used a tool, repaired a part I had never seen before. d**n shame he left because the new production company wanted to cut back on the shop seems which was the only reason to watch


Wheeler dealers did a couple of Bond cars too

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[dirtybenny]

d**n it! Guess you guys in the U.K. Already know this, Edd China quit wheeler dealers.
One of my favorite shows because of his skills as a mechanic, when I first saw the show on velocity I though William Shatner was doing a funny accent buying a car, then Edd came on a did an impressive job fixing the car, every show Edd did a job, used a tool, repaired a part I had never seen before. d**n shame he left because the new production company wanted to cut back on the shop seems which was the only reason to watch


Wheeler dealers did a couple of Bond cars too

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I'm there with you O, Edd is (was) Wheeler Dealers. Nobody and I mean NOBODY tuned in to see Mike "free grand" Brewer over pay and under sell cars, EVERYONE tunes in to see Edd spin wrenches and actually learn something! It's a perfect example of what's wrong in entertainment these days and just how far off the plot these producers are. "Hey, you know that popular show we have where the tall guy rebuilds cars?" "What if and I'm just spit balling here," (SNIFFFFF as he does another line of coke) "What if we dropped all that nonsense and focused on the fat guy nobody likes mumbling his way around town?!"

PATHETIC!!!!!!!!

[bjmdds]

Studios are expecting the 'Spider-child' reboot to top $100 million this weekend. If it does, having Iron Man in it as a crossover character will be the reason. Rotten Tomatoes has it at 93% but to me, the trailer looks infantile with Holland and underwhelming in storyline. Will the third time be the charm and bring it back to Maguire's great films? We will see. Wonder Woman looks better than this film in the long run.

[Kristatos]

A few friends have seen the new Spiderman movie and seem to like it. I know that's not necessarily a good indication of overall public opinion, but if their reaction is typical, it should get good word of mouth.