The BJMDDS General Discussion Thread......

[Omega]

We truly live in an era where insanity reigns supreme. The mere fact that Skyfall is nominated to win a Best Picture award just shows how low the quality standards have fallen.

It hasn't been nominated for anything yet. Oscar noms are announced on January 10th, unless the Mayans were right. Indiewire.com in its Oscar predictions lists it as a "possible spoiler", but not among its top 10 predictions for a nomination. I think it's more likely to be nominated for Best Cinematography, given that Craig seems to have taken second billing to Roger Deakins.

I think Adele may have a chance, and maybe Dench and Bardem too for nominations.

Nominations are one thing, winning another, I was just reading a story about how the big guns are just now rolling out, it a tough year to compete. doubt the academy would ever consider Bond seriously unless he dies at the end.

[bjmdds]

Speaking of Oscar talk: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/2 ... ers-397855

[The Sweeney]

I'm sure you guys will delighted to know this.....

Eon Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and Sony Pictures Entertainment are delighted to announce that "Skyfall" has made history in the UK and become the highest grossing film of all time.

Skyfall has now taken a staggering £94,277,612 at the UK box office in just 40 days on release, making box office history and overtaking the record previously held by Avatar which had a lifetime gross of £94,025, 632 million during 11 months on release in UK cinemas.

"Skyfall", the 23rd James Bond adventure, continuing the longest running and most successful franchise in film history, opened in 587 cinemas across the UK and Ireland on Friday 26th October, and is still on general release.

http://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/articles ... 3&id=03392

[bjmdds]

Great news Sweeney. Now that Cr-egg is locked in forever, how can Eon top this next time with no anniversary hooplah?

[The Sweeney]

Great news Sweeney. Now that Cr-egg is locked in forever, how can Eon top this next time with no anniversary hooplah?

I predict Bond 24 will be Craig's YOLT/MR, but done in a more realistic context.

You heard it first here folks........

[Capt. Sir Dominic Flandry]

I predict that Bond 24 will be another boring load of old shite with another charisma free performance by compo lookalike Daniel Craig.

[FormerBondFan]

doubt the academy would ever consider Bond seriously unless he dies at the end.

If the Academy considers even a single nomination for Bond 23 (major or especially technical), then Johnny Depp is right about us Americans being SOOO stupid.

[Mazer Rackham]

Sweeney/Willy, mate, I didn't forget, came down to being too short on time. I'm looking at some other data but I probably won't dive into it until later.
I used the tickets sales with a fair 2012 adjusted ticket price. Had to get some opinions as to what fair is for a apples to apples comparison. As I said the figures someplaces are using is inflating the take but are not accounting for ticket sales as a result they are inflating the movies to a 2004 level or there about. I left off LALD for the usual reasons.

MGM/Sony/EON managed to sell the 50th Anniversary quite well, the audience was trending older than usual meaning the lifelong fans made the pilgrimage. I don't think the Olympics had the impact in the US you suppose. UK it probably did, here it wasn't a wowing moment. Adele was a proper choice even if the song was lacking. I think she had more of an impact than the Olympics which is to say good for attention but not a deciding factor. Good reviews and word of mouth did more, also the first time Bond had real competition in ten years and it preformed. Attendance went up, they did they job they set out to do even if the tools at hand were lacking.

The high end expectations I had were in the CR FRWL range. I expected a TND DAF take based on the attendance of the last film and how the market had been reacting all year.

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Thunderball $1411
Goldfinger  $1106
From Russia with Love  $811
Casino Royale  $765
Moonraker  $723
The Spy Who Loved Me  $714
Quantum of Solace  $706
You Only Live Twice $694
Goldeneye  $690
Die Another Day $668
The World Is Not Enough $656
Tomorrow Never Dies  $642
Dr. No $613
Diamonds Are Forever $598
On Her Majesty's Secret Service $530
For Your Eyes Only $620
Octopussy $506
The Man With The Golden Gun $439
The Living Daylights $416
A View to a Kill $378
Licence To Kill $332

[Mazer Rackham]

Great news Sweeney. Now that Cr-egg is locked in forever, how can Eon top this next time with no anniversary hooplah?

I predict Bond 24 will be Craig's YOLT/MR, but done in a more realistic context.

You heard it first here folks........

What? How do you either more realistic? Rockets landing properly?

[The Sweeney]

Great news Sweeney. Now that Cr-egg is locked in forever, how can Eon top this next time with no anniversary hooplah?

I predict Bond 24 will be Craig's YOLT/MR, but done in a more realistic context.

You heard it first here folks........

What? How do you either more realistic? Rockets landing properly?

I think the concept of an outlandish villain in a huge Ken Adam inspired volcano set, with a few more gadgets, in a more traditional type Bond film, but sanitised with a Chris Nolan type reality check (if that makes any sense)...

[The Sweeney]

Skyfall was number one in the states on Tuesday finally topping Twilight.

Skyfall - 1.5 million
Twilight - 1.4 million

http://boxofficemojo.com/daily/chart/?s ... -04&p=.htm

[English Agent]

Skyfall was number one in the states on Tuesday finally topping Twilight.

Skyfall - 1.5 million
Twilight - 1.4 million

http://boxofficemojo.com/daily/chart/?s ... -04&p=.htm

Yes...it has been 'Twilights' theatre count advantage that has kept it just above Bond in recent days...until now that is!

'Twilight' films gross massive at first...but then quickly fizzle out like a firework!

Bond is also back at the top of the UK boxoffice in its 6th weekend.............a quite unusual feat to achieve!

EA

[English Agent]

Its now a possibillty that 'SF' could become the first film in the UK to reach £100 million ($160 million)!

[English Agent]

According to a news report by the 'Daily Mail' yesterday....DC is to be paid £31 mil for his next 2 Bond movies....thats $50 million bucks.

Blimey that's a helluva lot of money!

[bjmdds]

FBF, how about this puppet as the next Bond? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBZN3c7O9wc Who needs a human?

[Omega]

Skyfall was number one in the states on Tuesday finally topping Twilight.

Skyfall - 1.5 million
Twilight - 1.4 million

http://boxofficemojo.com/daily/chart/?s ... -04&p=.htm

They've tied for quite a few days now, not taking anything away from teh retaking 1st but its not huge because they been holding hands for awhile now.

[Omega]

According to a news report by the 'Daily Mail' yesterday....DC is to be paid £31 mil for his next 2 Bond movies....thats $50 million bucks.

Blimey that's a helluva lot of money!

Yeah we've talked about it when another paper had it earlier, one thing Mazer said is he thought the early numbers of what was it? $16 million? were low ball. Guess they were.
Strange how it is a great thing for Craig when it was Pierce asking less than $20 he was a greedy SOB.

[Omega]

FBF, how about this puppet as the next Bond? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBZN3c7O9wc Who needs a human?

By the time Craig leave CGI Connery maybe be here.

[The Sweeney]

Skyfall was number one in the states on Tuesday finally topping Twilight.

Skyfall - 1.5 million
Twilight - 1.4 million

http://boxofficemojo.com/daily/chart/?s ... -04&p=.htm

They've tied for quite a few days now, not taking anything away from teh retaking 1st but its not huge because they been holding hands for awhile now.

I thought BJ predicted it would be all over for SF in the US once Twilight was released?

[The Saint 007]

It's the 50th anniversary, and James Bond is being pushed in the eyes of the public like crazy. On top of that, critics are praising Skyfall as the best Bond ever, and there's the promises of how it will be more along the lines of a traditional Bond film. So of course it's going to make a ton of money. If the producers would have taken the anti-Bond Quantum Of Solace direction again, I can assure you it would have been nowhere near this successful. Even though the producers hate classic Bond, they still know it holds more value and will bring in big money.