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Author:  zwackerm [ Tue May 23, 2017 8:26 pm ]
Post subject:  What will be the best wide release(s) of the summer?
May has been a shit hole for mainstream films, with only Guardians receiving a generally good (but not great) reception. Which films this summer will prevent it from becoming another 2016?

Wonder Woman I'm thinking will be good, but not truly great.
Spider-Man will probably be a pretty par for the course Marvel film.
Transformers will be shit.
The Mummy will be shit.
Cars 3 won't be as bad as Cars 2 but it won't be great either.
Despicable Me 3 seems like it will go the Shrek 3 rather than the Toy Story 3 route.
The Dark Tower doesn't look like it will be anything special.
Lower tier animated films like Captain Underpants and Emoji will probably be shit.

It seems the only film's with potential to be better than average are Wonder Woman, Apes, Dunkirk and maybe Valerian. Then again, the only above average films from last summer were Civil War and Dory, so if just two of those are great, plus Guardians, it will be better than 2016.
Author:  Algren [ Tue May 23, 2017 8:59 pm ]
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Everyone is expecting The Mummy to be shit. I think will surprise. And I have a good feeling about Emoji.
Author:  Jmart [ Tue May 23, 2017 9:49 pm ]
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Easy - Dunkirk

And depending on how many theaters Amazon puts it in: The Big Sick

I'll be pleasantly shocked if Valerian scores anything above a 35% on RT.
Author:  MadGez [ Tue May 23, 2017 10:32 pm ]
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Dunkirk.

It should on paper anyway. We'll see.
Author:  Algren [ Tue May 23, 2017 10:37 pm ]
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zwackerm wrote:
It seems the only film's with potential to be better than average are Wonder Woman, Apes, Dunkirk and maybe Valerian.


Did you type that with a straight face?
Author:  zwackerm [ Tue May 23, 2017 11:19 pm ]
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Algren wrote:
zwackerm wrote:
It seems the only film's with potential to be better than average are Wonder Woman, Apes, Dunkirk and maybe Valerian.


Did you type that with a straight face?

Luc Besson has made good movies before.
Author:  Algren [ Tue May 23, 2017 11:27 pm ]
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zwackerm wrote:
Algren wrote:
zwackerm wrote:
It seems the only film's with potential to be better than average are Wonder Woman, Apes, Dunkirk and maybe Valerian.


Did you type that with a straight face?

Luc Besson has made good movies before.

Sure, but he is mostly associated with rotten scores, and by the same logic, Michael Bay has also made good films before. ;)
Author:  Flava'd vs The World [ Tue May 23, 2017 11:50 pm ]
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Why are people so down on The Mummy? Cruise (or his agent) usually have good taste.
Author:  Algren [ Tue May 23, 2017 11:54 pm ]
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Flava'd vs The World wrote:
Why are people so down on The Mummy? Cruise (or his agent) usually have good taste.


Because for the most part KJ has bad taste.
Author:  Algren [ Tue May 23, 2017 11:56 pm ]
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...And also Jack Reacher: Never Go Back.
Author:  publicenemy#1 [ Wed May 24, 2017 4:06 am ]
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I think The Mummy looks fun.
Author:  Price [ Wed May 24, 2017 5:50 am ]
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WftPotA
Author:  tree and a half [ Wed May 24, 2017 7:11 am ]
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I have already declared my allegiance to Team Valerian on WOKJ for the past several months.

Algren wrote:
zwackerm wrote:
Algren wrote:
zwackerm wrote:
It seems the only film's with potential to be better than average are Wonder Woman, Apes, Dunkirk and maybe Valerian.


Did you type that with a straight face?

Luc Besson has made good movies before.

Sure, but he is mostly associated with rotten scores

So "best" = highest RT score?

Imho, their aggregate scoring system is particularly unreliable when it comes to wide release movies. Wide releases are designed to be acceptable to the widest common denominator - every mediocre positive review counts as fresh. If a movie gets a 3/5 rating from 100% of reviewers, is it really the "best" movie?
Author:  Jack Sparrow [ Wed May 24, 2017 2:58 pm ]
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Its between Apes and Dunkirk but I'll go with former.
Author:  Magic Mike [ Thu May 25, 2017 12:05 am ]
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It Comes At Night, Baby Driver, Atomic Blonde, and The Glass Castle.
Author:  Algren [ Thu May 25, 2017 4:29 am ]
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tree and a half wrote:
I have already declared my allegiance to Team Valerian on WOKJ for the past several months.

Algren wrote:
zwackerm wrote:
Algren wrote:
zwackerm wrote:
It seems the only film's with potential to be better than average are Wonder Woman, Apes, Dunkirk and maybe Valerian.


Did you type that with a straight face?

Luc Besson has made good movies before.

Sure, but he is mostly associated with rotten scores

So "best" = highest RT score?


No, but I assumed this thread is about RT scores. When zwackerm mentioned "reception", part of that is reviews, so RT is good enough for that.
Author:  tree and a half [ Thu May 25, 2017 6:18 am ]
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Zwacky, can you change the thread title if this is what you meant?
Author:  Jack Sparrow [ Thu May 25, 2017 1:59 pm ]
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Given that Baby Driver is already at 100% with 22 reviews I don't think any other wide release will do any better.
Author:  Magic Mike [ Fri May 26, 2017 12:23 am ]
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tree and a half wrote:
Zwacky, can you change the thread title if this is what you meant?


Yes please because my answer is what I'm expecting to like the most of the wide releases.
Author:  stuffp [ Fri Aug 04, 2017 9:08 am ]
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Algren wrote:
Everyone is expecting The Mummy to be shit. I think will surprise. And I have a good feeling about Emoji.

:funny:

Jack Sparrow wrote:
Given that Baby Driver is already at 100% with 22 reviews I don't think any other wide release will do any better.

Dunkirk actually got very close, it's at 93% now, but Baby Driver is still higher with 95%.
Would like to note though that Dunkirk has a rotten average rating of 8.7, while Baby Driver scores an 8.1 there.

Dunkirk is personally winning this for me so far by a mile anyway, but I still gotta see Baby Driver though.
Author:  publicenemy#1 [ Fri Aug 04, 2017 5:02 pm ]
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publicenemy#1 wrote:
I think The Mummy looks fun.

welp.
Author:  Magic Mike [ Sat Aug 05, 2017 12:23 am ]
Post subject:  Re: What will be the best wide release(s) of the summer?
Magic Mike wrote:
It Comes At Night, Baby Driver, Atomic Blonde, and The Glass Castle.


I was wrong about It Comes At Night, at least for myself. But Baby Driver and Atomic Blonde are good calls so far. Both are my top 2 of the year atm. Then next weekend The Glass Castle is out which hopefully won't disappoint.
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