Predicting the Movie Hits and Bombs of 2017

I saw a summary that indicated the trailer was a big hit at Comic-Con (or whatever convention this was) but I'm with you: that trailer doesn't make me excited to see the movie.

I will see it - I've seen every Spielberg movie ever made and won't stop now - but the trailer doesn't get me excited for it...

 

I think a really good movie made on the theme of "all the world is a video game" is eXistenZ by Antenna—or David Cronenberg. Or was that transCendenZ by Pilgrimage?

 

So a local chain of movie theaters close to where I live are doing this early premiere showing of...

You guessed it.

The Emoji Movie.

 

Currently batting o% at Rotten Tomatoes, this movie will die a very quick death, whoever green lit this nonsense deserves the axe.

 

Dunno if this happens everywhere, but in the DC area, virtually everything gets a "Thursday night preview". It's not a sign of confidence in a film - it's simply the way they do it now...

 

Ha ha ha! Do you mean The Emoji Movie?

 

I'm not sure about NH though.

 

Well, the inevitable is out today guys!

The Emoji Movie.

 

28 reviews, still at 0% on RT!

 

Excellent book. I will be interested to see what the movie brings.

 

I wasn't being negative at all. It was just an opinion comment.

 

That Emoji Movie is getting frickin' hammered. I haven't seen that many venomous reviews for a single film in a long time. I have yet to see one that has even the slightest positive thing to say about it.

The consensus seems to be: not only is the movie bad, but anyone involved with making it, or who buys a ticket for it, should feel bad.

...which means, of course, that it's probably gonna clean up at the box office this weekend

 

Kidnap.

Halle Berry is not a big star anymore. her name (and Just her face on the poster) can't carry a movie to success. The premise appears to be 'badass mom takes on bad guys'. Gee, that sounds original.

 

To me this looks like a modern twist on the Soul Cinema genre of the 70's. It's a pink popcorn flick. If Pam Grier had was in her 40's she would have been perfect for it.

 

exactly!!

 

That chiming song in the Ready player one trailer sounds like the song Pure Imagination from Willy Wonka and The Chocolate factory

 

Atomic Blonde, which I just saw, is getting some decent reviews and looks like it could do well in its debut week.

 

It is "Pure Imagination"...

 

How did you like it?

 

I liked it. See thread for Atomic Blonde for my thoughts.

 

Thanks! I avoid most "movie-specific" threads until I've seen the movie in question!

Will see this one but might not be for a few weeks. My girlfriend wants to go and we're gonna have trouble finding room in the schedule for a movie until late August. Hope it's still playing by then!

 

Oh really? Where are you seeing or hearing this?

 

The Emoji Movie
review – a big
thumbs down


'The Emoji Movie'
has a 0% rating on
Rotten Tomatoes
— and critics say it 'can't escape its own idiocy'



The Emoji Movie
Reviews: The
Worst-Reviewed
Film of 2017