Predicting the Movie Hits and Bombs of 2015

Oh that's not true. He's done some bad, yes but also some interesting projects. You can only do what is offered to you.

Interesting projects:
The Bag Man
Maps to the Stars
The Frozen Ground
The Numbers Station
The Ice Harvest

You might not have enjoyed them and, yes, they weren't big theatrical hits but each had some merit.

 

Too bad. I was hoping it would be a good movie examining AI.

 

Let's see how quickly Blomkamp gets booted from his proposed Alien sequel.

 

You should check out Ex Machina when it comes out, if you're interested in those themes, as am I.

 

I can't stand Will Ferrell. His name keeps me from going to a movie.
Samuel L. Jackson is starting to have an aversion effect on me in the movies he's in.

 

I don't think Will Ferrell is the box office draw he was ten years ago. And Anchorman 2 didn't exactly blow up the box office. What's interesting to me is that Get Hard's campaign is pretty much copy and pasted from Ride Along. Will Ferrell isn't the main selling point with this one, it's Kevin Hart who's on a bit of a roll. His starring vehicles tend to cost around $25m and bring in around $70m, if not more (Ride Along - $135m).

 

He still has two good films under his belt.

 

First thing I thought of, too. What occurs to me is that he keeps making the same movie, over and over again. I liked District 9 the first time, but do we keep having to see a dystopian South African world with futuristic robots and spaceships? There's gotta be other stories to tell.

 

I haven't liked any of Blomkamp's films (and now I don't intent to see Chappie), so I fear for the Alien movie. Worse still, there is some talk that two Alien movies might be made at the same time!

 

What didn't you like about District 9?

 

Everything, including the visual style.

 

Well I don't know what to say to that. Lots of folks would disagree with you there.

 

Indeed, as I have already acknowledged in post #274.

 

So in light of this news, is Prometheus 2 still happening?

 

Thanks. it does look pretty interesting. most movies blow it when it comes to examining the themes.

 

Yes, I agree, which is why I liked Her so much. A perfectly low key movie, but one which was all about humanistic themes and intelligent examination of such.

 

according to IMDB, set for March '16

 

I liked District 9, but nothing enticed me to see the second one, and I have absolutely no desire to see Chappie.

 

I thought it was an example of a marvelous way to explore AI and keep human interest focusing on the emotional part which would contribute a large role in AI development. It's a terrific movie with two stunning performances. I would imagine that playing a disembodied intelligence (to to speak) would be extremely difficult and she pulled it off wry well with a warm, intelligent performance.

 

His second film had its moments but it was heavy handed when it came to social commentary failing to Integrate it I to the narrative the way it really needed to. I also didn't buy the casting although Dampn gave a sincere performance.

Yes although it's an standing alone from the other Alien film at this time.

 

I said I liked District 9 the first time. I just think the director is repeating the same elements over and over again: the slums of South Africa, high crime, robotic aliens and/or cops, class differences, etc.

 

I was reading that Liam Neeson's "Run All Night" will debut with about $12 million this weekend, which should be one of his lowest debuts since he became an action movie actor. Neeson has said that his days of doing action movies are in the past, but given that "Taken 3" took in $289 million worldwide, will there be a "Taken 4"?

 

It's up to $254 million now, over 3X it's cost. That's pretty decent. I saw it last night and really enjoyed it. I'm hoping the figures are good enough for a sequel

 

I have no clue on this one, it could go either way.