2015 Summer Box Office thread

[Quintus 5,399]

As soon as I see projected images from the movie appear behind the orchestra I lose all respect for the performance. I stormed out of The Lord of the Rings Symphony in a huff when Howard Shore felt the need to have them emblazoned up high in the Royal Albert Hall.

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

Really?

I wouldnt have figured you for a snob.

[KK 3,307]

The Return Of The King was the only time I actually saw that happening.

The last time I saw that happening was actually The Battle of the Five Armies...

[BloodBoal 7,538]

Oh my...

I think I enjoyed JW more then AOU, overall.

Same here.

[Quintus 5,399]

Really?

I wouldnt have figured you for a snob.

Well, I was okay again after they'd processed my full refund.

[crocodile 8,020]

I think I enjoyed JW more then AOU, overall.

Same level, more or less.

Karol

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

Not a huge difference I admit.

[gkgyver 1,646]

I don't find it weird. People cheer when they watch football at home. What's the difference?

Film is fiction, sports is real.

That's the difference, Einstein.

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

Very true!

[Jay 37,378]

And worldwide, Jurassic World will make over $500 million this weekend, the biggest worldwide opening of all time

http://variety.com/2015/film/news/jurassic-world-global-box-office-record-1201519430/

50% of the international take were 3D showings

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

I saw it in 3D because I had to. The 3D is fine btw, but as usual, after 10 minutes I dont even notice it.

[Jay 37,378]

I saw it in 3D because I had to. The 3D is fine btw, but as usual, after 10 minutes I dont even notice it.

My experience was 100% the same as yours in all ways

[BloodBoal 7,538]

I saw it in 3D because I had to. The 3D is fine btw, but as usual, after 10 minutes I dont even notice it.

Which makes it rather useless, doesn't it?

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

It does. But since I didnt have the 2D option it's just a waste of a Euro.

[BloodBoal 7,538]

[crocodile 8,020]

I watched it in 2D. Didn't seem like it would benefit from 3D.

But then, what does? Beside stuff like Avatar and Life of Pi?

Karol

[Quintus 5,399]

I watched Mad Max in 2D and it still cost £20 for two tickets. Thieving bastards.

[crocodile 8,020]

I watched Mad Max in 2D and it still cost £20 for two tickets. Thieving bastards.

Where, on Earth, did you go to see it?

Karol

[Quintus 5,399]

Odeon, Liverpool One.

[BloodBoal 7,538]

I watched it in 2D. Didn't seem like it would benefit from 3D.

But then, what does? Beside stuff like Avatar and Life of Pi?

These films benefitted from 3D? How so?

[crocodile 8,020]

I watched it in 2D. Didn't seem like it would benefit from 3D.

But then, what does? Beside stuff like Avatar and Life of Pi?

These films benefitted from 3D? How so?

Let's put it differently. I've seen them (or parts of) in 2D later on. And... they didn't work.

Karol

[BloodBoal 7,538]

Saw Life Of Pi in 2D and thought it was fine.

[crocodile 8,020]

Have you seen it in 3D?

Karol

[Unlucky Bastard 7,782]

Fox Studios Australia gave the BD to me for free as part of some press junket but I still haven't seen it yet.

[crocodile 8,020]

It's a nice film.

Karol

[Jay 37,378]

Life of Pi is a very nice film indeed. The blu ray looks amazing, too. Bright and colorful

[BloodBoal 7,538]

Have you seen it in 3D?

No.

I did see Avatar both in 3D and 2D and didn't think there was any difference in the experience.

[crocodile 8,020]

Have you seen it in 3D?

No.

I did see Avatar both in 3D and 2D and didn't think there was any difference in the experience.

It was all the exprience. The film itself is lame.

Karol

[BloodBoal 7,538]

Meh. Just like Stiff, with every 3D film, after the first 10 minutes or so, I stop noticing the 3D, so it all feels pointless to me.

[Jay 37,378]

There were cooler 3D effects in the trailer I saw for The Walk than there was in Jurassic World

[crocodile 8,020]

I generally does. But some films, like those two I mentioned, use it a bit more imaginatively. Maybe because they create fantastical looking worlds that offer opportunites to create infinite layers of depth. And they're not dark looking (like Jurassic World).

Karol

[Damien F 1,742]

And worldwide, Jurassic World will make over $500 million this weekend, the biggest worldwide opening of all time

http://variety.com/2015/film/news/jurassic-world-global-box-office-record-1201519430/

50% of the international take were 3D showings

That has pretty much guaranteed a sequel the next few years.

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

Meh. Just like Stiff, with every 3D film, after the first 10 minutes or so, I stop noticing the 3D, so it all feels pointless to me.

Steef...STEEF!

[crocodile 8,020]

It is actually really surprising.

Karol

[BloodBoal 7,538]

Meh. Just like Stiff, with every 3D film, after the first 10 minutes or so, I stop noticing the 3D, so it all feels pointless to me.

Steef...STEEF!

It's Stiff!

[Koray Savas 2,251]

I don't find it weird. People cheer when they watch football at home. What's the difference?

Film is fiction, sports is real.

That's the difference, Einstein.

They're both moving people on a screen. One doesn't know the outcome of a hail mary anymore than they know the outcome of a car chase. There is no difference.

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

There is no difference between a movie and real life?

Suuuure!

[Koray Savas 2,251]

In regards to why people cheer and clap? No.

[Jay 37,378]

Koray, you're out of your mind!

People cheer for their team cause they have been following them for however long, and its enjoyable to them to follow said team and root for them win. And it is, after all, real life people doing real life things!

It's closer to applauding someone for you know graduating from something or winning some award than it is to applauding at a movie.

Movies are movies! It's all fake! There is no reason to applaud if no one who made the movie is in the room. People do it anyway because of some odd built in habits or something, I don't really know why.

[JoeinAR 1,949]

Congrats amh, you are the only one who correctly picked this summers boxoffice champ.

[ymenard 54]

Chris Pratt... frontmen for the #1 movie at the boxoffice of 2014 and*2015 ?? (The new SW movie won't be out enough long in December to hold that spot)

[JoeinAR 1,949]

The number one film of 2014 was not a Chris Pratt film and a film released in 2015, even at the end counts it's take into the next year. The top film of 2014 was American Sniper. Star Wars 7 will be the top film of 2015 unless it is universally panned by critics and audiences alike.

In fact GotG finished behind Mockingjay Pt 1 in 2014.

[nightscape94 965]

Announcing Pratt as Indiana Jones in 3...2...1...

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

I hope not. I like him, but he's no Indiana Jones. Doesn't have nearly the amount of gravitas or charisma the role needs!

[Not Mr. Big 4,643]

The Rock would be a much better Indy!

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

Nah, also not right.

[Not Mr. Big 4,643]

If not The Rock then who?

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

Cooper?

[BloodBoal 7,538]

[Not Mr. Big 4,643]

Who?