Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Lol, it's ok, My mom and Dad think I have terrible taste in films and music, they totally trust me on hotels and restaurants though.
Originally Posted By skinnerbox Cool. Dave likes chick flicks! "I'm not crazy, M'Lynn. I've just been in a bad mood for 40 years." LOL!!
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo I LOVE chick fliks. Good ones anyway. Fried Green Tomatos, Driving Miss Daisy, Pretty Woman, What Women Want, Serendipity, Sleepless in Seattle, While You Were Sleeping, When Harry Met Sally, and especially the ones of the 40's and 50's.
Originally Posted By skinnerbox HOLY COW!! Color me shocked. I love every single one of those films, Dave. I'm somewhat surprised to see that you love 'em as well. "What Women Want" is by Nancy Meyers, while "Sleepless in Seattle" and "When Harry Met Sally" were by Nora Ephron (Nora only wrote the latter). They're two of my favorite writer/director filmmakers. Do you like any of their other films? (Sorry for derailing the TRON thread, guys. But until new sales numbers are released for last week, there's not much else going on.)
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo why are you shocked? I alo have a soft spot for Bridget Jones (please do not tell my wife). And I love musicals. I like the Father of the Bride movies, the Holiday and the Parent Trap Nancy Meyers wrote the screen play for. I love You've Got Mail, My Blue Heaven, I adore Micheal, and Julie and Julia were fun.
Originally Posted By skinnerbox Sorry, Dave. I just didn't figure you as the chick flick kind of guy. << I alo have a soft spot for Bridget Jones (please do not tell my wife).>> Is it Renee? Or the stories? Or both?
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Both. wow, I am surprised. I used to be laughed at when I worked in HIV Prevention for being a hetero gay. I fancy women, but like chick flicks, dancing, theatre, and hate sports.
Originally Posted By skinnerbox Wow. You are so gay, Dave. And I mean that as a compliment. Where were you when I was dating? 8^D
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Lol, I am not sure, but I bet if you haven't found a guy like me, you will. Many of my straight male friends are similar. Though I must confess I like my music heavy, hate ABBA, like motor racing/cars and love Sci Fi/Adventure too.
Originally Posted By skinnerbox <<Lol, I am not sure, but I bet if you haven't found a guy like me, you will. Many of my straight male friends are similar.>> I did, Dave. But he's not straight. Just the way I like 'em. 8^D
Originally Posted By DDMAN26 <<Thor and The X-men reboot will give us an accurate picture of whether the superhero genre still has any real money making life left.>> According to Box Office Mojo, Thor made about 25 million last night which should translate to about a 60-65 million weekend. So there's still some life left in these films. Now there was no way to predict this but if Captain America would have been released this weekend instead of Thor, well given real world events, that movie might have opened to 90 million, possibly more.
Originally Posted By skinnerbox Marvel Studios has been producing some terrific films these past few years. I believe Thor will do well this month, and Captain America might win its weekend in July, even though its release is only one week after Deathly Hallows Part II debuts. I don't believe the superhero genre is dead. I believe films like Thor, X-Men, Iron Man, and Captain America have breathed new life into it. Time will tell if this is sustainable, but I believe it is, given the high caliber of the films being produced. At first, I was somewhat surprised that Shakespearean savant Kenneth Branagh would be interested in directing a superhero flick. But I now realize that talent of this caliber is what will ultimately save the genre and propel Marvel Studios, moving forward. I still believe that Disney is very late to this game, and should just give up and go home. I don't see WDP becoming the next Marvel Studios. They should stick to films like Alice, Pirates, and National Treasure and be happy with the few successes they've achieved.
Originally Posted By relapse (According to Box Office Mojo, Thor made about 25 million last night which should translate to about a 60-65 million weekend. So there's still some life left in these films.) It did a 65 mill opening weekend, which for a big budget superhero movie at the lower end of the scale. This is far lower than all the spiderman movies, all the x-men movies (including the disappointing Wolverine) and all the Iron man movies, actually it half the business that Iron Man 2 did on the opening weekend. Marvel are boasting that it opened with stronger numbers than the Fantastic Four, but if you look closer Fantastic Four opened 6 years ago to lower ticket prices and having no 3D prices to inflate opening weekend numbers. I actually take it as a valid sign that superhero movies are losing steam with audeinces. I think it is safe to say that Thor's opening weekend was okay, not great and not diabolically bad, but just okay. I think it is only going to get worse because there is going to be such an oversaturation of them this year (Thor, Captain America, X-men reboot) and then into next year with the Spiderman reboot, the Avengers ahead of that there will be the Superman reboot, Iron man 3, Batman 3 etc.
Originally Posted By utahjosh Big difference between Thor and Spiderman. Everyone knows about Spiderman, even before the movies. Same goes for Supes, Batman, and even the X-Men to some extent. Thor is doing better than I thought it would. All I could tell you about Thor before this movie was he had a big hammer.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo I really want to get to see Thor. And they are currently filming Batman Dark Knight Rises in the village, I get excited every time i go past. To me, the superhero genre is one of the very few interesting ones Hollywood is playing with at the moment.
Originally Posted By brotherdave Interesting, Dave! Dark Knight Rising will also be filmed near where I live, too! Pittsburgh is subbing for Gotham City this time!
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Yep, we have giant airship hangers they use for soundstage work (on Batman Begins, Dark Knight and Inception, the stage has gone up for this new flick).
Originally Posted By skinnerbox We get film productions all the time here in downtown SF. Steven Soderbergh's new film, Contagion, finished up a few months ago. And thank heaven Trauma was cancelled on NBC. Every time they hit the streets to film yet another accident, it was nearly impossible to get in or out of our parking garage, given all the one-way streets. I know film crews bring business to the area, but geez. How are we expected to get anywhere when streets are regularly blocked off or shut down for film crews?
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo agreed, in a city, especially SF, not cool. But I live in a village with about 200 houses, it is a big deal here. Lol. I am used to seeing filming in London (had a chat with Heath Ledger when he was filming the Imaginarium of Dr Parnasis on the street I worked at the time, 3 daays before he died, but in our small village, it is surreal - we have two WWI airhangers, one supports the Blimp Industry, the other Warner Bros. use as a soundstage. lol
