Pacific Rim Beaten by Adam Sandler at Box Office
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I still haven't seen it only because it starts so damn late, i don't want to pay for a taxi to get home after it ends, also not much time left for sleep.
As for the box office, it doesn't really surprise me, a lot of people grew up with Sandlers mediocre comedies, there was a time when i thought they were good and i guess a lot of people still think that way.
As for the box office, it doesn't really surprise me, a lot of people grew up with Sandlers mediocre comedies, there was a time when i thought they were good and i guess a lot of people still think that way.
Sad but no surprise, i always had people laughing at the non jokes of the Trailer of Grown Ups 2.
Already p'ed off that when it starts this week in Germany, my preferred cinema won't show it as OV (original version, as in with the original english dub) in favor for...you guessed it, Grown Ups 2, because we germans cannot possibly enjoy the obnoxiousness of Adam Sandler without his awful voice (his German Dub post-waterboy is a lot more bearable than his own voice, although it hardly makes his movies better)
Gonna miss Ellen McLain : (
Already p'ed off that when it starts this week in Germany, my preferred cinema won't show it as OV (original version, as in with the original english dub) in favor for...you guessed it, Grown Ups 2, because we germans cannot possibly enjoy the obnoxiousness of Adam Sandler without his awful voice (his German Dub post-waterboy is a lot more bearable than his own voice, although it hardly makes his movies better)
Gonna miss Ellen McLain : (
Maybe we're getting giant robot fatigued? How could the general public have known that it wouldn't be a transformers 3 which I considered to be a jumbled mess about a main character I don't like? You'd think movies about giant robots would involve more, you know, giant robots. Movies haven't been delivering so I can certain see the reason to shrugg off the trailers without doing more research.
What's amazing is that Grown Ups 2 got a 7% critic score but an astounding 90% audience score... wow... but I guess the kind of people familiar with Sandler's work who would actually pay money for his movies would score it highly. Then again, I haven't seen it. Maybe this is one of his rare gems that I'd actually like. Sometimes the critics are just wrong.
What's amazing is that Grown Ups 2 got a 7% critic score but an astounding 90% audience score... wow... but I guess the kind of people familiar with Sandler's work who would actually pay money for his movies would score it highly. Then again, I haven't seen it. Maybe this is one of his rare gems that I'd actually like. Sometimes the critics are just wrong.
Yeah, the reviews I've seen are pretty masturbatory. It isn't that good. The main characters' robot does almost all the fighting and it is utterly predictable. I think that it being full of cliches was intentional, but it means that you will never be surprised. It was entertaining, but it was not the second coming of Jesus.Casual Shinji said:
Im kinda surprised... not at this news, but at most people reactions that this is unheard of. Pacific Rim is a movie about giant robots (or maybe just one particular robot) punching giant monsters in the face. Adam Sandlers movie is made to target a much wider audience than Pacific Rim. Im not surprised at all that there are more people seeing Sandler's...
Not surprised that Pacific Rim isn't uber-successful. Evidently giant monster movies are a bit niche nowadays. and lets face it Pacific Rim wasn't amazing even if it was good.
Not sure why people are even seeing Grown Ups 2 though, the first movie was really bad and most of the time sequels are significantly worse. Not to mention Adam Sandler is painfully unfunny.
Not sure why people are even seeing Grown Ups 2 though, the first movie was really bad and most of the time sequels are significantly worse. Not to mention Adam Sandler is painfully unfunny.
So how long before Moviebob blames everybody else in the world except himself? Like he did with the Expendables when it beat Scott Pilgrim?
*I* haven't seen the movie yet because the damn thing isn't playing in town yet. How am I supposed to support a movie I want to watch when my movie theater is only playing WWZ, Lone Ranger and the fucking Croods? Why are we still playing the Croods!?
*I* haven't seen the movie yet because the damn thing isn't playing in town yet. How am I supposed to support a movie I want to watch when my movie theater is only playing WWZ, Lone Ranger and the fucking Croods? Why are we still playing the Croods!?
If that's what you inferred, then it's entirely on you. Observe, in comparison, Transformers; Giant robots fighting. But because America is explicitly shown kicking ass, it is a "popular" movie.Cecilo said:
A 65 Metacritic score for movies is actually pretty good for wide release action film. Usually only indie movies and oscar-bait dramas can do any better than a 70. That's just kind of how movie ratings work - regardless of how fun it is, a lot of movie reviewers won't give better than 3/4 or 4/5 stars if it doesn't have much in the way of serious dramatic/artistic story content. (Contrast this with video game scores, where a game that's technically competent starts at 60% and a little story or unique visual style gets you at least an 80.)Blood Brain Barrier said:
I'm telling everyone I can to go see it.
If you're looking for a rich character-developing narrative, Pacific Rim isn't that kind of movie. It's an amazing action movie, and well worth seeing for that alone. IT HAS A GIANT ROBOT USING A TANKER BOAT AS A SWORD! NUFF SAID.
If you're looking for a rich character-developing narrative, Pacific Rim isn't that kind of movie. It's an amazing action movie, and well worth seeing for that alone. IT HAS A GIANT ROBOT USING A TANKER BOAT AS A SWORD! NUFF SAID.
To me, this is more proof that the lowest common denominator has more influence that anyone ever realizes...
...Course, I haven't seen Pacific Rim myself, so I don't know if it's worth the effort...
...Course, I haven't seen Pacific Rim myself, so I don't know if it's worth the effort...
Not everyone has the same tastes and that's perfectly fine. As for the cheesy lines and stereotypes, I kinda see PR as a live action anime which are often stereotypical and over the top.SwiftBlade18 said:
The exact reason why you hated it I loved it. Just means people have different tastes.
Oh lol, and let me guess, they are killed off like 15 minutes into the film because Russians make great casualties.rhizhim said:everyone in russia looks like zangief
and its as original as the russian jäger (why do they keep using german words?) dude pilots natural blond hair.
My ex told me the other day she was invited to watch this film by an acquaintance of hers. I thought inviting a girl you fancy to watch a huge mecha drama is a very adorable thing to do so I said go for it. Hope she does.
Ugh, more master geek race nonsense. It's worse than master PC race.
News flash; some people have different preferences.
Personally I prefer the light hearted tone from films like Grown Ups and Despicable Me. I wouldn't want to go and see their crappy sequels at the cinema though.
News flash; some people have different preferences.
Personally I prefer the light hearted tone from films like Grown Ups and Despicable Me. I wouldn't want to go and see their crappy sequels at the cinema though.
I'm sorry, but I can't feel excited for this film when the ONLY good thing people have got to say is 'it has giant machines punching giant monsters', like that's supposed to be something awesome. Which it's not. We've had 3 Transformers films already.
Actually, the fact that it's supposedly a brain dead film which, targeting the supposed 'geek' generation, kinda implying geeks are all shallow-minded, makes me not want this to be a success story anyway.
That being said, it's tragic when anything in the cinema is beaten by Adam Sandler.
Actually, the fact that it's supposedly a brain dead film which, targeting the supposed 'geek' generation, kinda implying geeks are all shallow-minded, makes me not want this to be a success story anyway.
That being said, it's tragic when anything in the cinema is beaten by Adam Sandler.
A movie can be great without surprise. I wasn't particularly wanting to go see Despicable Me 2, I'm just not a kids movie type of person, but since my friends decided to go see it, I did go with them. I pretty much saw everything that happened in that movie coming a mile away. It was very predictable.RedEyesBlackGamer said:
Yet....I still laughed my ass off, enjoyed it immensely, and say it is a great movie and a must see.
Seriously, if I had to be surprised by everything and everything had to be ground-breaking for me to call it great, amazing, and wonderfully entertaining to me, I would be an extremely bored as well as boring person. Really it isn't about how surprising a movie is, it is about how well a movie does old concepts.
I will be going to see Pacific Rim next week, an considering I don't need to be "surprised", I'm most likely going to love it, and probably as much as everybody else that is gushing over it.
Pretty much as Bob said about Pacific Rim, it is refreshing to see new IP in an industry that seems to not know how to make new IP anymore and is just relying on remakes sequels.
Considering how the things like J.J. Abrams trashing up the Star Trek franchise happens these days, I wish more movie makers would just go to the drawing board and make something new, new I.P., even if it uses predictable points from other movies.
Off-T: Seriously though, we need to run J.J. Abrams out of the industry, or at least make it so he can only work on movies that are 100% of his own making and bar him from doing "re-imaginings". Seriously, that guy and his team of writers are worth crap, when it comes to working on existing I.P., they don't know the meaning of the word respect, the only word they know is ruin.
Actually, Despicable Me 2 makes the list of sequels that are actually better than the original.CardinalPiggles said:
I saw it yesterday and I have to say it is better than the first.