Predicting the Movie Hits and Bombs of 2016

You think? I never viewed it that way - "Avatar" is more commonly compared to Disney's "Pocahontas" or "Dances with Wolves"!

 

Same here. Saw it with the wife and kids. Packed house at a 5:20 start.

 

Or A Man Called Horse.

 

You mean "A Man Called Horst", that one he did in Sweden!

 

his track record is pretty good....

Terminator
Aliens
The Abyss
Terminator II
True Lies
Titanic
Avatar

next up Avatar II-III-IV-V, Battle Angel

 

Ah Colin, I can always count on you for the SCTV references.

 

The movie Happy Feet did very well. It was, at the least, the top grossing movie for 3 wks around Thanksgiving 2006. Lots of singing by those penguins.

 

That makes sense to me.

 

It's nice to know I have some useful purpose around here every once in a while!

 

You're still waiting for someone to call you useful, aren't you?

 

My dog thinks I am.

 

I saw Dory, The Shallows (which you guys forgot apparently), and Secret Life of Pets (another apparently overlooked one).

All became big hits (Shallows doing almnost as well as Jaws, though falling off)

Saw Shallows, Blake Lively's second starring (NOT co-starring!) role, and her first since 2015's "The Age of Adaline",which I also saw.

All of these, very good.

 

And sitll is..it wasd reissued and is on video.

 

I saw it yesterday and enjoyed it (including the dog whose name Universal swiped from Sony's surfer girl, Gidget..just kidding, Universal Pictures, if any of you guys read this. Jenny Slate's cute and funny with that voice..also used for Miss Bellwether in Disney's "Zootopia", another major hit.)

 

UPA's television "Mr.Magoo" series used this--Magoo (Jim Backus) had a pet hamster, dog, and cat, all named after Shakespeare characters!

 

Enjoyed Shallows as well. Did what it was supposed to do very well. A good popcorn movie. Wouldn't see it twice, but a great one time watch for me. A big fan of Blake...don't know what it is about her but she is awfully sexy and she did a great job...very believable. Not sure a shark would be quite that smart, but I will give the film a pass on that! Some good films this summer. No doubt I will enjoy Secret Life tomorrow. I was looking forward to the ID4 sequel but you guys killed it for me, along with all the horrible reviews. Guess I should thank everyone for not allowing me to waste my time or money.

 

I always heard it derided most for being so similar to "Fern Gully!"

 

Hey, who threw that brick?

That one is probably my favorite Mel's Rock Pile bit.

 

Nah - he texted me to tell me that he's got you fooled. He's laughing all the way to the bank!

 

What the huh? "Jaws" was one of the most successful movies of all-time, a complete culture-impacting phenomenon - "Shallows" is a good little movie that's reached a small, niche audience.

How can you state it's doing "almost as well" as "Jaws"? "Jaws" made $260 million in 1975 dollars! That'd be more than one billion dollars today!

"Shallows" has made $45 million to date - or a little more than 1/6th what "Jaws" earned 41 years ago!

 

I can't think what the obvious few exceptions are. I actually cannot think of any movie I've ever seen that if I heard a sequel was about to be released would make me say "Oh, boy, can't wait for that! Take my money please!".

 

there's lots of good ones except for the Matrix, loved the original movie but they lost me with the other two

the sequels to.....

Star Wars
Alien
Terminator
Toy Story
The Incredibles (coming in 2019)
Avatar (coming in 2018)
Lethal Weapon
The Godfather
Raiders of the lost Ark
Blade Runner (on the way)
Bourne Identity
Batman Begins
The Matrix
How to Train your Dragon

 

Mission: Impossible
Back To The Future

 

Well, as I said, it's a very short list as I pretty much agree with you. The only one's I can think of are the Indy films, and they could have stopped with the third one, and the Star Wars movies...I did like all of them. The Godfather moves...liked all of them too. But can't think of anything else. I didn't think The Hunger Games was strong enough for three films.

Edit: looking at the other poster's list, I have to include Toy Story and Back to the Future. I guess there are a lot!