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Top Gun: Maverick Has Record Second Weekend Hold
I tried to think of an airplane pun, like "Top Gun holds altitude," but decided that I don't want to be that guy.
Top Gun: Maverick posts the best hold of any movie making more than $100 million. Its weekend-to-weekend drop -- how much box office dropped from its first weekend to the next -- was only 29%. For comparison, Doctor Strange 2 dropped 68% from the first weekend to the second. A 55% drop would have been considered "excellent," the next article linked below states.The Paramount and Skydance tentpole, starring Tom Cruise, is doing massive business in its second weekend. The sequel earned $90 million to boast the smallest decline ever -- 29 percent -- for a movie opening domestically to $100 million or more. Shrek 2, which launched to $108 million, fell 33 percent, according to Comscore. On Sunday, Paramount's estimate was $86 million but better-than-expected traffic drove that number up.Yeah, this story originally said the drop was 32% but now it's down to 29%.
Top Gun: Maverick has now earned $295.6 million through Sunday in North America and more than $552 million globally. Top Gun 2 continues to fly high overseas, where it is likewise holding strong. It earned another $81.7 million this weekend for a foreign tally of $257 million. On Saturday, Top Gun: Maverick became Cruise’s top-grossing film domestically, surpassing 2005’s The War of the Worlds ($243.3 million), not adjusted for inflation. That’s after zooming past the first Top Gun ($180.3 million) and Cruise's Mission: Impossible films, including the last installment, Mission: Impossible -- Fallout ($220.2 million). Internationally, Top Gun: Maverick is already well ahead of the $176 million earned by the first Top Gun, not adjusted for inflation. The U.K. leads with $39.7 million. However, it is far from matching many of the recent Mission: Impossible films at the foreign box office. One reason -- the sequel isn't getting a release in China or Russia.Cruise repeatedly pushed back the release date so that he could open the movie in a post-covid environment. I'm sure he also refused requests -- and pleas -- to just release the movie on pay-per-view, on Paramount Plus. It paid off for him, though I imagine his company has had to pay a lot of interest on debt while the movie remained on the shelf. Despite being a box-office draw for... 40 years or whatever, Tom Cruise doesn't have any billion dollar movies. Maverick might be his first.
40-decade? Man, that Scientology is some powerful stuff.
Nothing short of astonishment swept across Hollywood over the June 3-5 weekend when Tom Cruise's Top Gun: Maverick dropped a mere 29 percent from its Memorial Day launch thanks to spectacular word of mouth. ... So what does this all mean? For the first time in his 40-decade career...
...Tom Cruise, 59, has a movie that has a real shot at joining the billion-dollar club at the global box office. At the very least, it will ultimately become his highest-grossing film, not adjusted for inflation. (It already it is domestically.) And the $170 million film is already a profit maker for the studio, since the break-even was around $410 million to $420 million at the box office. ... Box office sources tell The Hollywood Reporter that Top Gun 2 is destined to gross north of $900 million globally, including $500 million or more in North America. They say the only reason it may not get to $1 billion is the absence of a China and Russia release.BTW, there was some bad press for the movie years ago when promotional images for the movie showed Tom Cruise's Navy jacket prop with the Okinawa (IIRC) and Taiwan service patches digitally erased, so as not to upset China. Apparently those patches are visible in the actual movie. One bad bit of press which I'm not sure is fair to attach to this particular film is Paramount Plus' sponsorship of drag events which target children. Tom Cruise has his own production company and usually a new corporation is created as the business which makes a movie; I'm not sure exactly what the studio does, but it's not hands-on as far as making the movie. I think the studio mostly does financing and "distribution," whatever that is. Anyway, there's a difference between movies made by a studio and released through a studio. I think I might see this tonight. It was recommended that it be seen on IMAX. I've never seen a movie in IMAX. Maybe I'll give this one a shot. (And to do that, I'll have to see it before the next Jurassic Park movie comes out on Friday.)
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: brak at June 06, 2022 02:40 PM (j5Tg0)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting the system with Kobayashi at June 06, 2022 02:42 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at June 06, 2022 02:42 PM (ppBhU)
That's a capital A ace move.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting the system with Kobayashi
Sometimes it's cruel to be kind.
Or.... is it the other way around?
Posted by: Bozo Conservative...Living on the Prison Planet at June 06, 2022 02:44 PM (vcOmj)
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They make the deals with the theaters to receive the digital information that is the movie.
I mean...because film prints aren't really a thing in the US anymore, movie distributors are losing their level of importance.
I also imagine Paramount has a deal to distribute all Mission Impossible movies that dates back to the mid-90s. It was always supposed to be an action-adventure vehicle with potential for many sequels.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting the system with Kobayashi at June 06, 2022 02:44 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Weasel at June 06, 2022 02:44 PM (0IeYL)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting the system with Kobayashi at June 06, 2022 02:44 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Youtube Governance Board at June 06, 2022 02:44 PM (zL564)
Posted by: 18-1 at June 06, 2022 02:45 PM (ESjRY)
Posted by: crusader at June 06, 2022 02:45 PM (AMIL/)
Posted by: ... at June 06, 2022 02:45 PM (V9UW9)
Sadly, the Commentariat here is replete with "that guy". Puns are the lowest form of humor.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 06, 2022 02:45 PM (a3Q+t)
What is it adjusted for inflation? 14th?
Posted by: crusader at June 06, 2022 02:45 PM (AMIL/)
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Well, percentages.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting the system with Kobayashi at June 06, 2022 02:45 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: brak at June 06, 2022 02:45 PM (j5Tg0)
Posted by: Redenzo at June 06, 2022 02:45 PM (E7vND)
Maverick's re-engaging?
Posted by: x at June 06, 2022 02:45 PM (uQFwj)
Posted by: Darth Randall at June 06, 2022 02:45 PM (zL564)
Really wanting to see this movie now. Zoomies!!!!
As for Jurassic World the first one was fun but Fallen Kingdom was embarrassingly stupid.
Posted by: Robert at June 06, 2022 02:46 PM (LkIKS)
Posted by: 18-1 at June 06, 2022 02:46 PM (ESjRY)
Posted by: Mr. Senor Monsieur at June 06, 2022 02:46 PM (Udlax)
Wife and I are holding out for JP.
Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at June 06, 2022 02:46 PM (c8pZY)
Posted by: Jordan61 at June 06, 2022 02:46 PM (DRSnL)
Posted by: Robert at June 06, 2022 02:46 PM (LkIKS)
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The trailer for the new one opens with dinosaurs in snow.
Because smart.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting the system with Kobayashi at June 06, 2022 02:46 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 06, 2022 02:46 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 06, 2022 02:46 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Xipe Totec at June 06, 2022 02:47 PM (eJn7u)
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko Solutions at June 06, 2022 02:47 PM (mrjgR)
Posted by: Lesbian dinosaurs knocking each other up at June 06, 2022 02:47 PM (ESjRY)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at June 06, 2022 02:47 PM (7cRTM)
Posted by: Robert at June 06, 2022 02:47 PM (LkIKS)
Which Hollywood seems uninterested in doing, any more.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/) at June 06, 2022 02:48 PM (5pTK/)
Posted by: Diogenes at June 06, 2022 02:48 PM (anj39)
Posted by: Weasel at June 06, 2022 02:48 PM (0IeYL)
Posted by: Robert at June 06, 2022 02:47 PM (LkIKS)
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Oblivion is really good too.
Posted by: Augustine at June 06, 2022 02:48 PM (BDZWU)
And F Jurassic Whatever. Put a fork on that franchise.
Americans have been waiting for a movie that does not trash America. And lookey lookey, it’s gonna make a billion dollars. Seems like an untapped market, Hollyweird.
Posted by: Czech Chick at June 06, 2022 02:48 PM (haWye)
Posted by: james at June 06, 2022 02:48 PM (mfQ8z)
-Tom Cruise, radical film maker
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 06, 2022 02:48 PM (dNqv+)
Posted by: Robert at June 06, 2022 02:47 PM (LkIKS)
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Agreed.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/) at June 06, 2022 02:48 PM (5pTK/)
Posted by: Mitch McConnell at June 06, 2022 02:48 PM (FJYfm)
Do it. But mask up your cornhole, so monkeypox doesn't get you.
Posted by: Comrade flounder, wrecker, hoarder, saboteur at June 06, 2022 02:48 PM (nByzo)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at June 06, 2022 02:49 PM (Tae6h)
Posted by: garrett at June 06, 2022 02:49 PM (s/6iv)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at June 06, 2022 02:49 PM (7cRTM)
Posted by: spindrift at June 06, 2022 02:49 PM (h5TKJ)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 06, 2022 02:49 PM (ptqGC)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at June 06, 2022 02:42 PM
The Ace Baseline Gayness Assessment (ABGA):
1) Do you own a weed-whacker?
2) Do you own a pair of fur-lined Crocs?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 06, 2022 02:49 PM (a3Q+t)
Posted by: garrett at June 06, 2022 02:49 PM (s/6iv)
And F Jurassic Whatever. Put a fork on that franchise.
Americans have been waiting for a movie that does not trash America. And lookey lookey, it’s gonna make a billion dollars. Seems like an untapped market, Hollyweird.
Posted by: Czech Chick at June 06, 2022 02:48 PM
Hollyweird will still put out their woke grooming shit because it's what THEY want, not what audiences want. I did go see it with my wife. We both liked it. It was the first movie I've been to in over 3 years. Because normally, meh, fuck hollyweird.
Posted by: Minnfidel at June 06, 2022 02:50 PM (GwxCX)
Posted by: Xipe Totec at June 06, 2022 02:50 PM (eJn7u)
Posted by: garrett at June 06, 2022 02:49 PM (s/6iv)
You two should make it a date night.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 06, 2022 02:50 PM (ptqGC)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at June 06, 2022 02:47 PM (7cRTM)
It made me cry.
Posted by: Nancy Pelosi at June 06, 2022 02:50 PM (FJYfm)
Maverick's re-engaging?
Posted by: x at June 06, 2022 02:45 PM (uQFwj)
Too close for missiles, switching to puns.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 06, 2022 02:50 PM (anj39)
Red leader! Red leader! I'm going in! Stand by for strafing!
*Brrrraaaaagfffffttttttttttttttttttttttt*
Dr Mommy, pooped 'em!
Posted by: Joey Bidet, Crack SBD Pilot at June 06, 2022 02:51 PM (kqr6l)
A man that would make a pun would pick a pocket.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at June 06, 2022 02:51 PM (yQpMk)
Crocodile Dundee - couldn't be made today
The Karate Kid, Part II - which would have a Will Smith spawn and suck
Back to School - couldn't be made today
Aliens - which they've remade a bunch of times and each one has sucked
Posted by: 18-1 at June 06, 2022 02:51 PM (ESjRY)
Posted by: Xipe Totec at June 06, 2022 02:50 PM (eJn7u)
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And in the millions of years since, Antarctica has always been cold.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting the system with Kobayashi at June 06, 2022 02:51 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Xipe Totec
Or Antartica wasn't so cold.
Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at June 06, 2022 02:51 PM (c8pZY)
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at June 06, 2022 02:51 PM (RQN3O)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at June 06, 2022 02:49 PM (7cRTM)
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His dance at the end of the movie is worth the entire price of admission.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 06, 2022 02:51 PM (YIVH2)
Posted by: garrett at June 06, 2022 02:51 PM (s/6iv)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 06, 2022 02:45 PM (a3Q+t)
Perhaps, but sometimes you have to fly below the radar, scrape the deck so to speak, to avoid taking flak from one's enemies.
Posted by: BurtTC at June 06, 2022 02:51 PM (FqHRM)
Hot Crossed Take
Posted by: garrett at June 06, 2022 02:49 PM
You said that just to get a rise out of us. You donut have to admit it.
Posted by: Minnfidel at June 06, 2022 02:51 PM (GwxCX)
And the one movie to buck the trend is one of the least-woke movies in recent memory, if the reviews are to be believed.
How ... problematic.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 06, 2022 02:51 PM (0zQHa)
Posted by: ... at June 06, 2022 02:51 PM (KyQKW)
Maverick's re-engaging?
Posted by: x at June 06, 2022 02:45 PM (uQFwj)
Ace prematurely ejected.
Posted by: Comrade flounder, wrecker, hoarder, saboteur at June 06, 2022 02:51 PM (nByzo)
Posted by: Regular joe at June 06, 2022 02:51 PM (nnp+f)
Posted by: Hide the Decline at June 06, 2022 02:52 PM (SWeyo)
What is it adjusted for inflation? 14th?
Posted by: crusader at June 06, 2022 02:45 PM (AMIL/)
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Well, percentages.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting the system with Kobayashi at June 06, 2022 02:45 PM (LvTSG)
Yeah, I read skimmed this post's content with the comprehension of Joe Biden. Oh, well. I do still wonder what the highest gross take is for the first two weekends, adjusting for inflation. Maybe another Tom Cruise flick.
Posted by: crusader at June 06, 2022 02:52 PM (AMIL/)
Ace: Distribution is literally that; renting the theater chain and making the reels that go in them. It's part of what is or was called "P & A", prints and advertising. The print refers to the 6 reels of film. Nowadays it's either digital or on some form of disc so those costs are way way down. Advertising on the other hand is another story.
The formula is that a film must recoup double to triple its production cost just break even.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 06, 2022 02:52 PM (s2VJv)
Posted by: garrett at June 06, 2022 02:52 PM (s/6iv)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at June 06, 2022 02:52 PM (Tae6h)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at June 06, 2022 02:52 PM (txdEq)
Posted by: 18-1 at June 06, 2022 02:52 PM (ESjRY)
And the one movie to buck the trend is one of the least-woke movies in recent memory, if the reviews are to be believed.
How ... problematic.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 06, 2022 02:51 PM (0zQHa)
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"And Doctor Strange having no legs proves only that America wants more movies where they think they're getting a movie about a hero they know and instead getting a movie about an uninteresting girl they don't."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting the system with Kobayashi at June 06, 2022 02:52 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at June 06, 2022 02:49 PM (7cRTM)
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His dance at the end of the movie is worth the entire price of admission.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 06, 2022 02:51 PM (YIVH2)
Agreed on both.
Posted by: Comrade flounder, wrecker, hoarder, saboteur at June 06, 2022 02:52 PM (nByzo)
He got called out for his hypocrisy when he talked about pollution shortly after making "Days of Thunder."
Funny, I've not heard a political peep for a couple of decades or more.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/) at June 06, 2022 02:52 PM (5pTK/)
Posted by: REDACTED at June 06, 2022 02:52 PM (us2H3)
It's fun.
It's like how movies used to be before it was all super heros and CGI.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 06, 2022 02:52 PM (LjCCL)
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at June 06, 2022 02:53 PM (TimFr)
(South Park reference)
Posted by: Augustine at June 06, 2022 02:53 PM (BDZWU)
Tarantino has yet to loudly opine on the new movie.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at June 06, 2022 02:53 PM (44ww/)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
If I wanted to see gay guys dancing, I'd go to Chippendale's.
Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at June 06, 2022 02:53 PM (c8pZY)
You said that just to get a rise out of us. You donut have to admit it.
Posted by: Minnfidel at June 06, 2022 02:51 PM (GwxCX)
Did you really knead to start the bread puns ?
Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at June 06, 2022 02:53 PM (WF/xn)
Posted by: Diogenes at June 06, 2022 02:50 PM
LOL. I had a bumper sticker that said that, well not the puns part.
Posted by: Minnfidel at June 06, 2022 02:53 PM (GwxCX)
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This never happens anymore, right? Where a release doesn't include (and pander to) China, and where it makes most of its money in the home market?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 06, 2022 02:53 PM (0zQHa)
*
Hot Crossed Take
Posted by: garrett at June 06, 2022 02:49 PM
*
You said that just to get a rise out of us. You donut have to admit it.
Posted by: Minnfidel at June 06, 2022
***
Think how I feel!
Posted by: The Cross Ant at June 06, 2022 02:53 PM (txdEq)
Posted by: Elric Blade at June 06, 2022 02:53 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: bluebell at June 06, 2022 02:54 PM (aeePL)
Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at June 06, 2022 02:54 PM (+R5dc)
Posted by: Oblivious at June 06, 2022 02:54 PM (UC5N7)
Posted by: garrett at June 06, 2022 02:51 PM (s/6iv)
Garrett's got a boner....
Posted by: BurtTC at June 06, 2022 02:54 PM (FqHRM)
Posted by: Joey Bidet, Crack SBD Pilot at June 06, 2022 02:54 PM (kqr6l)
Posted by: 18-1 at June 06, 2022 02:54 PM (ESjRY)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at June 06, 2022 02:52 PM (Tae6h)
My sister and her friends have had crushes on Tom Cruise for years now. I don't get it.
Posted by: Jordan61 at June 06, 2022 02:54 PM (DRSnL)
Posted by: Minnfidel at June 06, 2022 02:51 PM (GwxCX)
Did you really knead to start the bread puns ?
Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at June 06, 2022 02:53 PM
It was the yeast I could do. But I don't want anyone to get caraway.
Posted by: Minnfidel at June 06, 2022 02:54 PM (GwxCX)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at June 06, 2022 02:49 PM (7cRTM)
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His dance at the end of the movie is worth the entire price of admission.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 06, 2022 02:51 PM (YIVH2)
Agreed on both.
Posted by: Comrade flounder, wrecker, hoarder, saboteur at June 06, 2022 02:52 PM (nByzo)
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Now I have to go watch that dance again...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 06, 2022 02:54 PM (YIVH2)
He got called out for his hypocrisy when he talked about pollution shortly after making "Days of Thunder."
Funny, I've not heard a political peep for a couple of decades or more.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/) at June 06, 2022 02:52 PM (5pTK/)
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Are we forgetting his anti-psychiatry stuff from about 15 years ago?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting the system with Kobayashi at June 06, 2022 02:54 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Minnfidel at June 06, 2022
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Did you really knead to start the bread puns ?
Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at June 06, 2022
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At the yeast!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at June 06, 2022 02:54 PM (txdEq)
Posted by: Xipe Totec at June 06, 2022 02:54 PM (eJn7u)
I saw it a week ago with my 76 yr old mom. Because SHE was dying to see it, and she's the one who hates action films and violent movies. We had a great time, she was raving about it for days afterwards.
TC is a certified creepy weirdo, but he knows how to entertain the masses.
Incidentally, the P-51 Mustang that bookends the film is supposed to be TC's personal plane, at least that's what I understand. Anyone who owns a restored WWII warbird can't be all bad.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 06, 2022 02:54 PM (n+4am)
What Hollywood will take from Maverick's success: Hooray! Now we have more money to make tranny films!
Posted by: Wally at June 06, 2022 02:54 PM (FJYfm)
Posted by: Dr. Bone at June 06, 2022 02:54 PM (BP3/z)
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at June 06, 2022 02:54 PM (TimFr)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at June 06, 2022 02:52 PM (Tae6h)
Meh, I would've said 80s era Mimi Rogers.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 06, 2022 02:55 PM (s2VJv)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 06, 2022 02:55 PM (0zQHa)
Posted by: 18-1 at June 06, 2022 02:55 PM (ESjRY)
Posted by: Elric Blade at June 06, 2022 02:55 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: kallisto at June 06, 2022 02:55 PM (DJFLF)
Posted by: 18-1 at June 06, 2022 02:54 PM (ESjRY)
"Word."
- - Rock Hudson
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 06, 2022 02:55 PM (s2VJv)
Posted by: Xipe Totec
Or Antartica wasn't so cold.
Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at June 06, 2022 02:51 PM (c8pZY)
#platetectonics
Posted by: Tommy DeVito at June 06, 2022 02:55 PM (BgMrQ)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 06, 2022 02:56 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Elric Blade at June 06, 2022 02:55 PM (iFTx/)
"Top Pew-Pew."
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 06, 2022 02:56 PM (s2VJv)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at June 06, 2022 02:56 PM (fs1hN)
Are we forgetting his anti-psychiatry stuff from about 15 years ago?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting the system with Kobayashi at June 06, 2022 02:54 PM (LvTSG)
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Didn't catch that one.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/) at June 06, 2022 02:56 PM (5pTK/)
Try that for real see how long it takes to get pulled over.
Posted by: Haywood at June 06, 2022 02:56 PM (lWkD/)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 06, 2022 02:54 PM (n+4am)
++++
Or both, I guess.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 06, 2022 02:56 PM (0zQHa)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 06, 2022 02:53 PM (0zQHa)
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China pretty much doesn't matter anymore, and Hollywood hasn't really realized it.
China has its own studios that produce material designed for Chinese audiences and regularly fills their own theaters with butts. Pretty much just the Fast and Furious movies are still popular in China. China has otherwise moved on.
So, Hollywood is still betting on the Chinese market to bail them out while continuing to intentionally poke the American market with a stick annoyingly.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting the system with Kobayashi at June 06, 2022 02:56 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 06, 2022 02:56 PM (1n+EO)
Posted by: Comrade flounder, wrecker, hoarder, saboteur at June 06, 2022 02:51 PM
Goose is bread!
Posted by: Minnfidel at June 06, 2022 02:56 PM (GwxCX)
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at June 06, 2022 02:56 PM (BgMrQ)
Posted by: 18-1
I can handle gay. I can't handle short. He creepy.
Like carny creepy.
Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at June 06, 2022 02:56 PM (c8pZY)
And The Matrix opened at number four and climbed up after a few weeks.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at June 06, 2022 02:56 PM (44ww/)
Posted by: garrett at June 06, 2022 02:56 PM (s/6iv)
Posted by: Robert at June 06, 2022 02:47 PM (LkIKS)
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Agreed.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/) at June 06, 2022 02:48 PM (5pTK/)
Seconded.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 06, 2022 02:56 PM (dNqv+)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 06, 2022 02:51 PM (0zQHa)
Because multiplexes will often show movies on many screens. Everyone who wants to see a movie can in the first weekend without worrying about missing out.
Back home the local Cinemark is 16 screens. It's not uncommon for big tent pole films to be showing on literally half the screens.
If the drop off is small I'm assuming word of mouth is good plus rewatchability is high.
Posted by: Robert at June 06, 2022 02:56 PM (RoyQg)
They might just as easily have caused the plane to ditch.
Posted by: Huck Follywood, Break The Teachers Unions at June 06, 2022 02:56 PM (HimGd)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at June 06, 2022
***
Possibly in the classical way. Got her drunk.
How he managed to *keep* her is another story -- one I wish Nicole would tell.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at June 06, 2022 02:56 PM (txdEq)
Posted by: Colin at June 06, 2022 02:57 PM (YVx1O)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 06, 2022 02:55 PM (0zQHa)
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I think the excuse is that it's just generally too pro-America.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting the system with Kobayashi at June 06, 2022 02:57 PM (LvTSG)
He now words for MTG:
He got cancelled for saying gay men like to have sex with young teens...including himself personally when he was a kid.
And then he got double cancelled for announcing he was in fact no longer gay.
Be interesting to see how this plays out, but pretty sure being around MTG all day is a great way to fall in love with women...
Posted by: 18-1 at June 06, 2022 02:57 PM (ESjRY)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 06, 2022 02:57 PM (dNqv+)
Top Gun holds altitude, amirite! Ha ha ha!!!
Too bad Ace whiffed on that one.
Hey! Hey hey!
Top Gun wins Dogfight with Box Office!!!!
Hee-hee-hee! Top Gun is sky high, sweet babies!!!
Posted by: naturalfake at June 06, 2022 02:57 PM (OK0YZ)
Well, except for the sky.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at June 06, 2022 02:57 PM (7cRTM)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 06, 2022 02:57 PM (KZzsI)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting the system with Kobayashi at June 06, 2022 02:56 PM (LvTSG)
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Ah. So they're making their own product now so the big, stupid American movies aren't the only things with high production value anymore?
Hollywood should wake up and make some movies that Americans like. But that would probably make them melt into pools of triggered goo.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 06, 2022 02:58 PM (0zQHa)
Posted by: Octochicken at June 06, 2022 02:58 PM (oCS0o)
Posted by: REDACTED at June 06, 2022 02:58 PM (us2H3)
Posted by: Biden at June 06, 2022 02:58 PM (8mpu1)
Posted by: Robert at June 06, 2022 02:47 PM (LkIKS)
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Agreed.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/) at June 06, 2022 02:48 PM (5pTK/)
Seconded.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 06, 2022 02:56 PM (dNqv+)
I liked both Edge of Tomorrow and Oblivion
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at June 06, 2022 02:58 PM (TimFr)
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It's available now on streaming sites, but the quality is terrible. There'll be a reasonably good quality version available within a few weeks. At least that's the typical pattern.
Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at June 06, 2022 02:58 PM (sWM8x)
This one is every bit as good. Perhaps even better. I mean, act 3 or whatever is a little over the top, but it was really a perfect sequel.
It started off paralleling how the first movie went, almost beat for beat. And then it became its own movie.
Posted by: blaster at June 06, 2022 02:58 PM (9otr5)
Posted by: Joe XiDen at June 06, 2022 02:58 PM (3vQN0)
Posted by: garrett at June 06, 2022 02:56 PM (s/6iv)
Oh hell yes.
Posted by: BurtTC at June 06, 2022 02:59 PM (FqHRM)
Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at June 06, 2022 02:59 PM (c8pZY)
By the time Vanilli Milley and the other stooge generals get through with it, Top Gun will become Bottom Feeder.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 06, 2022 02:59 PM (s2VJv)
Like carny creepy.
Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at June 06, 2022
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His performance in Rain Man was very good, as was his turn in Eyes Wide Shut with Nicole. And the fairly recent film where he plays a hit man who commandeers Jamie Foxx's cab sounds like a chance for him to be creepy in the actual service of the script.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at June 06, 2022 02:59 PM (txdEq)
Posted by: Joe XiDen at June 06, 2022 02:58 PM (3vQN0)
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And I'll bet - though I can't confirm it because I haven't seen the movie - that there's no pregnant lady in a special USAF pregnancy flightsuit, either.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 06, 2022 02:59 PM (0zQHa)
Posted by: Minnfidel at June 06, 2022 02:59 PM (GwxCX)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at June 06, 2022 02:59 PM (Tae6h)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at June 06, 2022 02:59 PM (44ww/)
Posted by: Xipe Totec at June 06, 2022 02:59 PM (eJn7u)
Posted by: Dworkin Barimen - anarcho-tyranny? you're soaking in it! at June 06, 2022 02:59 PM (btwKx)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at June 06, 2022 02:59 PM (7cRTM)
Posted by: Weasel at June 06, 2022 02:44 PM (0IeYL)
probably on pirate bay already...
Posted by: SturmToddler (po3vF) at June 06, 2022 02:59 PM (p03vF)
Posted by: Joe XiDen at June 06, 2022 03:00 PM (3vQN0)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at June 06, 2022 02:59 PM (txdEq)
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I think "Collateral" is one of Tom's more underrated films.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/) at June 06, 2022 03:00 PM (5pTK/)
Posted by: Huck Follywood, Break The Teachers Unions at June 06, 2022 03:00 PM (HimGd)
Excellent summer movie. Great action. Great acting and directing. Good story. Patriotic vibe. A bit corny. No sucker punches. Some nice Callbacks.
Sit back, enjoy and eat popcorn!
Posted by: naturalfake at June 06, 2022 03:00 PM (OK0YZ)
Hollywood should wake up and make some movies that Americans like. But that would probably make them melt into pools of triggered goo.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 06, 2022 02:58 PM (0zQHa)
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Their movies are, from what I can tell, big and dumb too, just in their own idiom.
And yeah, there's a reckoning coming for Hollywood studios. They spend too much and produce too little actual profit. Their streaming model is honestly not big enough to support them like they thought. They need the theaters as much as the theaters need them. Thor 4 will make a ton of money, but what else?
The story beyond the first paragraph of almost every box office story these days is that, sure, the #1 movie made a bunch, but the rest of the market sucks. The whole weekend is still down from 3 years ago. People are seeing the one thing, and nothing else.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting the system with Kobayashi at June 06, 2022 03:00 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Joe Biden at June 06, 2022 03:00 PM (bs+z0)
Posted by: naturalfake at June 06, 2022
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Somebody was watching Dr. Johnny Fever on the WKRP marathon this weekend, I see.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at June 06, 2022 03:00 PM (txdEq)
Back in the Carter years, the US was in decline. Serious, ingrained pessimism ravaged the country. And then a rallying point came just before Reagan et al turned the nation around. The 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team. The Miracle on ice.
I think we might be witnessing the same thing with Top Gun. The country is again in significant decline and probably more consequential than in the Carter era. And with the backdrop of catastrophe everywhere, a media anomaly rises to give voice the the furious and disillusioned.
With the Red Wave coming (assuming the GOPe doesn't screw up like it so often does because they're mostly Statist, too), this might be the very tipping point for American insurgency. The Resurgence on Screen.
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel Remembers Babbitt and Perna at June 06, 2022 03:01 PM (aXxgO)
Posted by: Skip at June 06, 2022 03:01 PM (2JoB8)
Having been one of the people to add to Cruise's hit numbers, this was not just a calculation based on revenue. The movie HAS TO be seen on a big screen. It's actually one of the few movies that I will probably see again in the theaters before it's retired.
The aerial sequences that drive the plot are absolutely stunning. Probably driven by Cruise's love of flying, they insisted on doing real action shots rather than CGI-ing the shit out of things, or using models, the way they did in the original.
As a guy who wanted to be a pilot, watching the planes' wings shake and stress under some of the maneuvers is aeroporn. Next viewing will be on ani max screen. The story ain't too bad, either. And the fact they gave China a big middle finger over the Taiwan patch -- and kissed away a big potential audience -- is a bonus.
Posted by: red speck at June 06, 2022 03:01 PM (gS3OW)
This one is quality. I've seen the movie twice now in an IMAX.
If you enjoyed the original, you'll probably think this one is better. If you enjoy fighter plane movies, your probably enjoy this one. If you enjoy Tom Cruise movies, you'll probably enjoy this one.
The flying scenes are spectacular. The story is on one level a continuation of Pete Mitchells career on carriers. :-) One another level it's the same story as the original.
It has some pretty good acting, even if the dialog has some weaknesses and ham-handed.
The first few scenes are totally new, fresh, and make for a good fast start to the movie.
Posted by: Paul in Texas at June 06, 2022 03:01 PM (RaWcF)
Posted by: Bea Arthur's Dick at June 06, 2022 03:01 PM (TU8Tj)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at June 06, 2022 03:01 PM (lTGtQ)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 06, 2022 02:45 PM (YIVH2)
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Nice.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting the system with Kobayashi at June 06, 2022 03:01 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at June 06, 2022 02:59 PM (txdEq)
Collateral. I liked it.
Posted by: Comrade flounder, wrecker, hoarder, saboteur at June 06, 2022 03:01 PM (nByzo)
Posted by: Skip at June 06, 2022 03:02 PM (2JoB8)
Posted by: Minnfidel at June 06, 2022 03:02 PM (GwxCX)
I imagine a lot of people are the same.
Hollywood might have killed themselves with COVID hysteria.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 06, 2022 03:02 PM (ESjRY)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at June 06, 2022
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I think "Collateral" is one of Tom's more underrated films.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/) at June 06, 2022
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Right, that's the title. I need to see if the public library has the DVD.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at June 06, 2022 03:02 PM (txdEq)
With this new one, that Euro-80s music at the very beginning and the credits, I felt like I was in the theater back in 19 and 86. Made me rethink the original and brought back some good memories of times back then.
Posted by: Colonel Travis at June 06, 2022 03:02 PM (qpukd)
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at June 06, 2022 02:58 PM (TimFr)
Edge... a movie so nice they named it twice.
Posted by: BurtTC at June 06, 2022 03:02 PM (FqHRM)
Posted by: Xipe Totec at June 06, 2022 02:59 PM (eJn7u)
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Cruise is an interesting savant of sorts. When he needs to learn a particular skill for a movie, he goes out and fucking learns it. I'm sure there's some camera trickery involved sometimes, but most of the time he can really perform many of those skills. Or stunts, like hanging outside of a plane while it takes off.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 06, 2022 03:02 PM (YIVH2)
Posted by: Robert at June 06, 2022 03:02 PM (Bh2dj)
Posted by: Haywood at June 06, 2022 03:02 PM (lWkD/)
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Hey, I'm sitting right here!
Posted by: ShainS -- Welcome to the boneyard, we got fun & games & Starveflation aims at June 06, 2022 03:02 PM (jvckj)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at June 06, 2022 03:01 PM (lTGtQ)
If there are no gays or Transgenders, you're right
Posted by: It's me donna at June 06, 2022 03:02 PM (bs+z0)
It's fun.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice
Speaking of St. Augustine of Hippo - it was pride that changed angels into devils.
Why yes, there is quite the parallel from ancients times to the present day. Don't you think? Something to remember this month, while flags are going up and everyone is out celebrating.
Posted by: Tonypete at June 06, 2022 03:03 PM (Msys3)
Posted by: garrett at June 06, 2022 03:03 PM (s/6iv)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at June 06, 2022 02:59 PM (Tae6h)
A lot of confused gay guys go for the much older woman as their beard. Travolta did it with Diana Hyland.
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at June 06, 2022 03:03 PM (TimFr)
Posted by: Hollywood at June 06, 2022 03:03 PM (2C/GX)
Posted by: Xipe Totec at June 06, 2022 02:59 PM (eJn7u)
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I have to believe the P-51 is a difficult airplane to fly. It may be easy to fly, as fighters go, but, compared to other aircraft?
Gad, can you imagine filling up a P-51?
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/) at June 06, 2022 03:03 PM (5pTK/)
(I'm not saying TC is in HB's territory or AL's. Just that being a star does not absolutely require tallness if you have screen presence and acting talent.)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at June 06, 2022 03:04 PM (txdEq)
Talk to me, Goose!
Posted by: garrett at June 06, 2022 03:04 PM (s/6iv)
why does anyone need a studio for this?
Posted by: ace at June 06, 2022 03:04 PM (AkbRF)
Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at June 06, 2022 03:04 PM (flINI)
Hunter Biden's A Beautiful Niece?
Posted by: 18-1 at June 06, 2022 03:04 PM (ESjRY)
Posted by: bluebell at June 06, 2022 02:54 PM (aeePL)
Doing okay, bluebell, Thanks. Hour long surgery was on Thursday, and I'm just really sore and uncomfortable. But glad the surgeries are all over.
Doctor said I have a year to fully heal.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 06, 2022 03:04 PM (ptqGC)
Posted by: Robert
Only racing movie worth it is Talladega Nights, The Ballad of Ricky Bobby.
Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at June 06, 2022 03:05 PM (c8pZY)
Posted by: humphreyrobot at June 06, 2022 03:05 PM (BIDVe)
Posted by: naturalfake at June 06, 2022
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Somebody was watching Dr. Johnny Fever on the WKRP marathon this weekend, I see.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at June 06, 2022 03:00 PM (txdEq)
Nope. I was out in the Big Lonesome this weekend.
And why is Dr Johnny Fever stealing from me while using a time machine/ What's that all about?
Posted by: naturalfake at June 06, 2022 03:05 PM (OK0YZ)
Posted by: Joe XiDen at June 06, 2022 03:05 PM (3vQN0)
Posted by: Robert at June 06, 2022 03:02 PM (Bh2dj)
Yes.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at June 06, 2022 03:05 PM (44ww/)
Posted by: Robert at June 06, 2022 03:02 PM (Bh2dj)
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Yes. It's a complete satire and farce about celebrities in Hollywood. Ben Stiller absolutely nails his portrayal of their shallowness. Also, it's one of the most hilarious movies I've ever seen. Could not be made today.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 06, 2022 03:05 PM (YIVH2)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 06, 2022 03:05 PM (6FeV1)
why does anyone need a studio for this?
Posted by: ace at June 06, 2022 03:04 PM (AkbRF)
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They're becoming increasingly irrelevant. I think there's a lot of inertia involved at this point, along with existing deals with large theater chains that probably exist to protect both businesses.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting the system with Kobayashi at June 06, 2022 03:05 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Tropic Thunder at June 06, 2022 03:05 PM (ESjRY)
Posted by: Joey Bidet, Crack SBD Pilot at June 06, 2022 03:06 PM (kqr6l)
Posted by: Minnfidel at June 06, 2022 03:06 PM (GwxCX)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at June 06, 2022 02:49 PM (7cRTM)
He based it on Harvey Weinstein, years before old Harvey became persona non grata in Hollywood. So, Cruise knew who Harv was, and still made fun of him in a movie because he knew Harv couldn't hurt his career.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper at June 06, 2022 03:06 PM (HJcWr)
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at June 06, 2022 03:06 PM (TimFr)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting the system with Kobayashi at June 06, 2022 02:56 PM (LvTSG)
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China not only its own studios, but its own studios that put out big budget blockbuster-type action movies that are the equal of anything coming out of America. And unlike American movies that regularly shit on America and Americans, Chinese movies are always patriotic. If you like big budget action movies, check out Operation Red Sea or Wolf Warrior 2.
Posted by: Elric Blade at June 06, 2022 03:06 PM (iFTx/)
Sorta like the dogfight dialogue in the original Top Gun. (As soon as you realize they repeat every single line while in the throes of combat, it becomes hilarious. "Banking left! Banking left!")
Posted by: red speck at June 06, 2022 03:06 PM (gS3OW)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper at June 06, 2022 03:06 PM (HJcWr)
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The deformed orc commander in The Return of the King was also, apparently, based on Weinstein.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting the system with Kobayashi at June 06, 2022 03:06 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Broseidon at June 06, 2022 03:06 PM (GhpfI)
Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at June 06, 2022 03:05 PM (c8pZY)
Tropic Thunder, not Days Of Thunder.
Tropic Thunder was the one with Robert Downey in blackface.
Posted by: Robert at June 06, 2022 03:06 PM (Bh2dj)
I like how Cruz was zippin around San Diego on the motorcycle, 2-up and without helmets...
Try that for real see how long it takes to get pulled over.
Posted by: Haywood at June 06, 2022 02:56 PM (lWkD/)
Heh. That's exactly what I was thinking the moment he pulled the tarp off of the bike in the film. I was extremely polite in keeping my mouth shut about helmets in the theater. You should be proud of me.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 06, 2022 03:06 PM (n+4am)
That's why the contract for your soul is for, what, a kajillion billion years? Then you're free to leave.
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel Remembers Babbitt and Perna at June 06, 2022 03:06 PM (aXxgO)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 06, 2022 03:05 PM (YIVH2)
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I sat that one out because it looked really dumb, but then what I saw it on home video, well, let's say that it subverted my expectations. Stiller was great, and Robert Downey, Jr. killed it. Tom Cruise was damn good, too. That movie was actually extremely funny in my opinion, nailed their target perfectly, and the cinematography was excellent.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 06, 2022 03:07 PM (0zQHa)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at June 06, 2022 03:01 PM (lTGtQ)
If there are no gays or Transgenders, you're right
Posted by: It's me donna at June 06, 2022 03:02 PM (bs+z0)
Or if more than 100 people outside NYC saw it.
Posted by: Joe XiDen at June 06, 2022 03:07 PM (3vQN0)
So funny that Hollywood is astonished that people are starving for non-communist, non-sjw, non-woke entertainment.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 06, 2022 03:07 PM (8GBH4)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at June 06, 2022 03:07 PM (Tae6h)
Posted by: Xipe Totec at June 06, 2022 03:07 PM (eJn7u)
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at June 06, 2022 03:07 PM (TimFr)
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter
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New to the internet?
Posted by: Moron Robbie - witness the Amber Heard presidency at June 06, 2022 03:07 PM (pMT8c)
A few sources have said his junk doesn't work correctly through a birth defect or something, so in Paltrow's case for example the deal was he did stuff to her, but not PIV, in return for her Oscar.
Posted by: Tropic Thunder at June 06, 2022 03:07 PM (ESjRY)
It's worth investing the hour and a half if you don't have anything better to do. It's not worth seeking it out.
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at June 06, 2022 03:07 PM (7B5FA)
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at June 06, 2022 03:07 PM (TimFr)
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The Australian government's money?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting the system with Kobayashi at June 06, 2022 03:08 PM (LvTSG)
Tropic Thunder was the one with Robert Downey in blackface.
Posted by: Robert at June 06, 2022 03:06 PM
Days of Thunder was good. Cruise to Robert Duvalle. What are you doing? Eating Ice Cream...Really, it's the story of Joe Biden.
Posted by: Minnfidel at June 06, 2022 03:08 PM (GwxCX)
Well, except for the sky.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at June 06, 2022
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I read a book on the idea of warm-blooded dinosaurs way back in the early '80s. Like a lot of us, I grew up being taught they were cold-blooded like snakes. The book was an eye-opener.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at June 06, 2022 03:08 PM (txdEq)
Doctor said I have a year to fully heal.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 06, 2022 03:04 PM (ptqGC)
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Glad all the surgeries are over, and I hope you heal quickly and completely! Listen to your doc, and knowing you I bet you'll feel better sooner than you think.
Posted by: bluebell at June 06, 2022 03:08 PM (aeePL)
https://is.gd/w5s62a
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 06, 2022 03:08 PM (0zQHa)
Posted by: Elric Blade at June 06, 2022 03:06 PM (iFTx/)
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My wife and I have "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon," "House of Flying Daggers" and "Hero" in our library.
We love them, because China really went all out to make an epic set of films. Of the three, my favorite, by far, is "Hero."
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/) at June 06, 2022 03:08 PM (5pTK/)
Granted that's just doctrinal scientology, but it's started looking a lot more prescient than preposterous lately, no?
Posted by: Weirddave at June 06, 2022 03:08 PM (/LdCM)
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko Solutions at June 06, 2022 03:08 PM (mrjgR)
Posted by: Adrienne at June 06, 2022 03:08 PM (VHdVu)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 06, 2022 03:05 PM (YIVH2)
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I sat that one out because it looked really dumb, but then what I saw it on home video, well, let's say that it subverted my expectations. Stiller was great, and Robert Downey, Jr. killed it. Tom Cruise was damn good, too. That movie was actually extremely funny in my opinion, nailed their target perfectly, and the cinematography was excellent.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 06, 2022 03:07 PM (0zQHa)
I shall put it on the List.
Posted by: Robert at June 06, 2022 03:08 PM (Bh2dj)
https://is.gd/w5s62a
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 06, 2022 03:08 PM (0zQHa)
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I would like to buy Oreos, now, please.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting the system with Kobayashi at June 06, 2022 03:09 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 06, 2022 03:07 PM (0zQHa)
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I kind of felt the same way. Then one of my friends brought it over on DVD and we watched it. It's just pure genius from start to finish. It crosses so many lines twice that you just have to roll with it...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 06, 2022 03:09 PM (YIVH2)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at June 06, 2022
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Yeah, well, some of these people have a lot of crust.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at June 06, 2022 03:09 PM (txdEq)
We saw Edge of Tomorrow on IMAX and it was awesome.
America, f÷×+ yeah!
Posted by: Lizzy's phone at June 06, 2022 03:09 PM (BNGOM)
Posted by: JackStraw at June 06, 2022 03:09 PM (ZLI7S)
Y'all are suckers.
Posted by: Oscar The Grouch at June 06, 2022 03:10 PM (1dzqn)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 06, 2022 03:10 PM (0zQHa)
Posted by: Black Orchid at June 06, 2022 03:10 PM (w0NJk)
Posted by: Carl, Floorwalker at Navy Fighter Weapons School at June 06, 2022 03:10 PM (4I/2K)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
Cold blooded. Like most reptiles. And congress critters.
Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at June 06, 2022 03:10 PM (c8pZY)
Posted by: Joe XiDen at June 06, 2022 03:10 PM (3vQN0)
We love them, because China really went all out to make an epic set of films. Of the three, my favorite, by far, is "Hero."
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/) at June 06, 2022 03:08 PM (5pTK/)
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Crouching Tiger is Taiwanese, actually, though it's based on a Chinese source.
I tried rewatching House of a Thousand Daggers again a little while back, and I barely got through it.
Hero is a plea to the Chinese to submit to the state, though it's still quite good.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting the system with Kobayashi at June 06, 2022 03:11 PM (LvTSG)
The box?
Posted by: The Barrel at June 06, 2022 03:11 PM (ESjRY)
Posted by: Huck Follywood
There will soon be only a few sea-worthy after the numerous collisions caused by the OOD that were selected based on things other than merit.
Posted by: Tonypete at June 06, 2022 03:11 PM (Msys3)
https://is.gd/w5s62a
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 06, 2022 03:08 PM (0zQHa)
I'm not sure where I should focus my attention, the girl or the jar full of Oreos.
Posted by: Robert fucking loves Oreos at June 06, 2022 03:11 PM (Bh2dj)
Granted that's just doctrinal scientology, but it's started looking a lot more prescient than preposterous lately, no?
Posted by: Weirddave at June 06, 2022 03:08 PM (/LdCM)
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Not saying he's wrong, but it was controversial at the time.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting the system with Kobayashi at June 06, 2022 03:11 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: garrett at June 06, 2022 03:03 PM (s/6iv)
Phrasing
Posted by: ... at June 06, 2022 03:11 PM (Yc7z6)
Posted by: runner at June 06, 2022 03:11 PM (qc0Qm)
https://tinyurl.com/4fdved2h
What a trash family.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 06, 2022 03:09 PM
Cokehead grifting hooker, niece, sister inlaw banging illegal gun buying/posessing loser is the smartest guy Joe knows. I don't doubt that. But gun control!!!! Well except for his own crack baby.
Posted by: Minnfidel at June 06, 2022 03:11 PM (GwxCX)
We love them, because China really went all out to make an epic set of films. Of the three, my favorite, by far, is "Hero."
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/) at June 06, 2022 03:08 PM (5pTK/)
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All three of them are pure scenery pron, but also tell compelling stories relating to Chinese mythology and legends.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 06, 2022 03:11 PM (YIVH2)
Posted by: Joe XiDen at June 06, 2022 03:11 PM (3vQN0)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 06, 2022 03:10 PM (0zQHa)
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I think that's a no.
Though it would only matter if you get audited.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting the system with Kobayashi at June 06, 2022 03:12 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: fd at June 06, 2022 03:12 PM (vrz2I)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at June 06, 2022 03:12 PM (7cRTM)
Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at June 06, 2022 03:12 PM (0V/8D)
And why is Dr Johnny Fever stealing from me while using a time machine/ What's that all about?
Posted by: naturalfake at June 06, 2022
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Any DJ worth his salt steals. The question is: Does he steal from the best?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at June 06, 2022 03:12 PM (txdEq)
Posted by: humphreyrobot at June 06, 2022 03:12 PM (BIDVe)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at June 06, 2022 03:12 PM (7cRTM)
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Yup.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting the system with Kobayashi at June 06, 2022 03:12 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at June 06, 2022 03:12 PM (TimFr)
https://is.gd/w5s62a
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 06, 2022 03:08 PM (0zQHa)
I'm sensing some moderate OCD tendencies, based on the precision oreo stacking. Have her call me!
Posted by: Count de Monet at June 06, 2022 03:12 PM (4I/2K)
Posted by: Tommy DeVito at June 06, 2022 02:55 PM (BgMrQ)
how do you eat a continental breakfast?
on tectonic plates?
but the real question is -- are they dishwasher safe....?
Posted by: SturmToddler (po3vF) at June 06, 2022 03:13 PM (p03vF)
A man that would make a pun would pick a pocket.
Posted by: G'rump928
But not a nose, right ?
Posted by: JT at June 06, 2022 03:13 PM (arJlL)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at June 06, 2022 03:13 PM (7cRTM)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting the system with Kobayashi at June 06, 2022 03:11 PM (LvTSG)
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Oh, we recognize it's propaganda, but, "Hero" is so beautifully shot, we overlook that aspect of the film.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/) at June 06, 2022 03:13 PM (5pTK/)
Posted by: runner at June 06, 2022 03:13 PM (qc0Qm)
Last movie I saw there was a long time ago.
"300" I think it was.
Posted by: gourmand du jour at June 06, 2022 03:13 PM (jTmQV)
https://is.gd/w5s62a
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 06, 2022 03:08 PM (0zQHa)
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Those oreos are amazingly stacked!
Posted by: 496 at June 06, 2022 03:13 PM (VJsqe)
Embrace the power of "and."
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at June 06, 2022 03:13 PM (7B5FA)
Gad, can you imagine filling up a P-51?
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
Years ago, my supervisor was a guy who had flown P-51's over the Reich in WWII. And after his tour, came back to be an instructor.
The P-51 was a dream to fly, according to most of the pilots.
Planes that were hard to fly were the P-38 and P-47. They were both heavy (relatively) actually required a lot of strength from the pilot. My late Dad's best friend (who is also gone now) was checked out in P-38 (flew P-39's and P-63's in the Army Air Corp) and said it was like driving a truck; a heavy, hard to handle truck.
Posted by: Bozo Conservative...Living on the Prison Planet at June 06, 2022 03:13 PM (vcOmj)
Posted by: Elric Blade at June 06, 2022 03:13 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: It's me donna at June 06, 2022 03:13 PM (bs+z0)
Is that what Hero is based on?
Posted by: 18-1 at June 06, 2022 03:13 PM (ESjRY)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at June 06, 2022 03:14 PM (44ww/)
The box?
Posted by: The Barrel at June 06, 2022 03:11 PM
I feel the need..The need for speed. Negative ghost rider, the pattern is full. Any of you boys seen an aircraft carrier around here? That Mig really screwed Cougar up Mav. You screw up, just this much, you'll be flying a cargo plane out of Hong Kong full of rubber dog shit.
Posted by: Minnfidel at June 06, 2022 03:14 PM (GwxCX)
Posted by: Holy Crap at June 06, 2022 03:14 PM (glGDV)
Go watch a clip, it circulating on twitter. Cruise nails it on anti depressants only masking the issues, and that it would be better to try things like diet and exercise. He talks about pharmaceutical companies doping up kids.
I think he sounds a heck of a lot more prescient given the past few years with covid, trans, and so many adults on permenant anti depressants.
Posted by: Lizzy's phone at June 06, 2022 03:15 PM (BNGOM)
Today, it would not be allowed to be considered.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at June 06, 2022 03:15 PM (lTGtQ)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 06, 2022 03:10 PM (0zQHa)
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I think that's a no.
Though it would only matter if you get audited.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
Yes. Bing it. First answer. Your HSA funds can be used to pay COBRA premiums, and they can be used on group health insurance premiums if the covered individual is receiving unemployment compensation under federal or state law.
Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at June 06, 2022 03:15 PM (c8pZY)
https://is.gd/w5s62a
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 06, 2022
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I'm not sure where I should focus my attention, the girl or the jar full of Oreos.
Posted by: Robert fucking loves Oreos at June 06, 2022
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Those are Oreos in that jar? Looking a second time, I see they are symmetrically arranged they looked supernatural.
("You're right. No human being would stack Oreos this way.")
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at June 06, 2022 03:15 PM (txdEq)
Is that what Hero is based on?
Posted by: 18-1 at June 06, 2022 03:13 PM (ESjRY)
***
rglhr ;ur ;35y 3uy ;35y o35yhg.ager
Posted by: Jose Feliciano at June 06, 2022 03:15 PM (flINI)
She's lost that lovin' feeling.
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at June 06, 2022 03:15 PM (7B5FA)
I don't know but I doubt Oreos and milk are a regular part of her diet. I just about wrote Oreos and Mike.
Posted by: N.L. Urker, there are chickens in my trench at June 06, 2022 03:15 PM (eGTCV)
Posted by: Mister Christopher (in Atlanta yo) at June 06, 2022 03:16 PM (TZswW)
Posted by: ... at June 06, 2022 03:16 PM (+Cnza)
Posted by: Minnfidel at June 06, 2022 03:16 PM (GwxCX)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 06, 2022 03:16 PM (d0Qel)
Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at June 06, 2022 03:15 PM (c8pZY)
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I swore that I read that it couldn't be. Maybe that was FSA funds.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting the system with Kobayashi at June 06, 2022 03:16 PM (LvTSG)
I saw part of The Shape of Water when the woman next to me on the plane was watching it. It was a little embarrassing though as that was right at the point where the lead actress decided she needed the Monster's fishstick.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 06, 2022 03:17 PM (ESjRY)
The Alistoclats.
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at June 06, 2022 03:17 PM (7B5FA)
Posted by: 496 at June 06, 2022 03:13 PM
That's a fact!
She ain't holding nothing back.
Posted by: The Commodores at June 06, 2022 03:17 PM (4I/2K)
Posted by: Scuba_Dude at June 06, 2022 03:17 PM (WsJuq)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at June 06, 2022 03:17 PM (7cRTM)
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at June 06, 2022 03:15 PM
No, no she hasn't.
Posted by: Minnfidel at June 06, 2022 03:17 PM (GwxCX)
Ace go see this movie, you are cleared to buzz the tower.
Apparently there is a theater set up that the actor who plays Cyclone talks about where in certain sequences the sides of the theater go active so you are literally immersed in flying and that even the seats shake.
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 06, 2022 03:17 PM (k6qJn)
Posted by: 496 at June 06, 2022
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And the girl . . .
No. No, I won't do it. Too easy.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at June 06, 2022 03:17 PM (txdEq)
There is no graphic sex, nudity, homos, trannies, graphic violence, no racism theme, no woman beating up men, even the "enemy" is just "the enemy".
I could basically show it at church, save for one f-bomb, that is actually appropriately placed.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at June 06, 2022 03:17 PM (66TLh)
Posted by: Joe XiDen at June 06, 2022 03:17 PM (3vQN0)
Posted by: ... at June 06, 2022 03:17 PM (+Cnza)
Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at June 06, 2022 03:15 PM (c8pZY)
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Thanks! I shoulda just done that, but I took the lazy and entertaining way out by asking here.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 06, 2022 03:18 PM (0zQHa)
I thought this movie was about Admiral Joe BIden's time back in the flying academy, top of his fucking class man, top gun too, best pilot flying in the war.
Posted by: Dr.Rev. Senator Your Highness E Buzz Miller, Esq PhD MA MS at June 06, 2022 03:18 PM (5uVFH)
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at June 06, 2022 03:18 PM (TimFr)
I saw part of The Shape of Water when the woman next to me on the plane was watching it. It was a little embarrassing though as that was right at the point where the lead actress decided she needed the Monster's fishstick.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 06, 2022 03:17 PM (ESjRY)
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I keep thinking of doing a slow progression through the Best Picture winners. Through other review progressions, I've done maybe 15-20, leaving me about seventy. Five at a time, in between other stuff, just to watch how Hollywood changed its view of itself over time.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting the system with Kobayashi at June 06, 2022 03:18 PM (LvTSG)
I just have to ignore all the Scientology garbage of his real life and respect the performance in his fake ones.
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel Remembers Babbitt and Perna at June 06, 2022 03:18 PM (aXxgO)
Maybe you could suggest that your readers take a short cruise to the movie?
Posted by: fd at June 06, 2022 03:18 PM (vrz2I)
And by cookie, I really do mean cookie.
Posted by: 496 at June 06, 2022 03:18 PM (VJsqe)
I just have to ignore all the Scientology garbage of his real life and respect the performance in his fake ones.
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel Remembers Babbitt and Perna at June 06, 2022 03:18 PM (aXxgO)
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The Mummy.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting the system with Kobayashi at June 06, 2022 03:18 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Eromero at June 06, 2022 03:18 PM (0OP+5)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
And you ARE correct about FSA funds.
Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at June 06, 2022 03:19 PM (c8pZY)
Better than expected. It steals from many great movies in the 80's and 90's. You won't mind it though.
Posted by: Valiant at June 06, 2022 03:19 PM (cy2xC)
Posted by: N.L. Urker, there are chickens in my trench at June 06, 2022 03:19 PM (eGTCV)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
And you ARE correct about FSA funds.
Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at June 06, 2022 03:19 PM (c8pZY)
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Which makes sense, more sense than a limitation on HSA funds.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting the system with Kobayashi at June 06, 2022 03:19 PM (LvTSG)
why does anyone need a studio for this?
Posted by: ace at June 06, 2022 03:04 PM (AkbRF)
Same reason musicians need record companies, they know which palms to grease to get the music played on radio stations, late night tv shows, clubs, and inserted into tv shows/movies. Same thing happens with movies. The distributor greases palms to get the best theater in the multiplexes, books the actors on late night shows, sets up the interviews with entertainment outlets and local tv/radio stations, and sends out all the promotional materials for the movie to the theaters. Plus, they cut the merchandising deals for the movie with toy and apparel companies.
Pretty much the standard for getting a band like the Foo Fighters to appear on a late night tv show is that the show will also have to book 3-4 other shitty bands from that label for the label to book the Foo Fighters on it.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper at June 06, 2022 03:19 PM (HJcWr)
This is the one with all the footage left on the floor of the original. That was fun.
Posted by: gourmand du jour at June 06, 2022 03:19 PM (jTmQV)
FIFTH GEN FIGHTERS! FIFTH GEN!
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at June 06, 2022 03:19 PM (0Qrr3)
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko Solutions at June 06, 2022 03:20 PM (mrjgR)
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel Remembers Babbitt and Perna at June 06, 2022 03:18 PM
I have zero illusions that most entertainers are lefty weirdos'. As long as they don't push their scientology, gay pride bullshit, climate pap, social justice shit on me that's fine. The ones that do are a no fly zone.
Posted by: Minnfidel at June 06, 2022 03:20 PM (GwxCX)
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The Mummy.
Posted by: runner at June 06, 2022 03:20 PM (qc0Qm)
Posted by: ... at June 06, 2022 03:20 PM (+Cnza)
This is the one with all the footage left on the floor of the original. That was fun.
Posted by: gourmand du jour at June 06, 2022 03:19 PM (jTmQV)
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I've seen all three cuts. The theatrical cut is still best. I like a whole lot of the cut material, but it still lessens the movie a bit. The plantation stuff is fantastic, but it simply doesn't belong in the movie where it sits.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting the system with Kobayashi at June 06, 2022 03:20 PM (LvTSG)
I noticed I was standing too close to the desk.
Posted by: garrett at June 06, 2022 03:20 PM (s/6iv)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cc_wjp262RY
Posted by: Bitcoin Fixes Everything at June 06, 2022 03:21 PM (V6W16)
Posted by: ... at June 06, 2022 03:21 PM (+Cnza)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at June 06, 2022 03:21 PM (lz5hY)
I can think of several "funny" things that are below puns.
Posted by: vrf at June 06, 2022 03:21 PM (kjRzt)
I just have to ignore all the Scientology garbage of his real life and respect the performance in his fake ones.
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel Remembers Babbitt and Perna at June 06, 2022 03:18 PM (aXxgO)
Eyes Wide Shut , Lions Lambs, Mummy. War of the Worlds , Far and Away.
But I agree he's more than made up for them.
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at June 06, 2022 03:21 PM (TimFr)
What Hollywood will take from Maverick's success: Hooray! Now we have more money to make tranny films!
Posted by: Wally at June 06, 2022 02:54 PM (FJYfm)
This is actually probably true. Big blockbuster to pay for vanity projects is not new, now replace "vanity" with "woke". Of course it depends I guess on how much Paramount gets vs. Cruise since it was his production company that made it.
Posted by: Where are my ping pong balls? at June 06, 2022 03:22 PM (Yr4Df)
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at June 06, 2022 03:18 PM (TimFr)
LOL carpet
Posted by: Modern Coeds at June 06, 2022 03:22 PM (Bh2dj)
Posted by: Joe XiDen at June 06, 2022 03:22 PM (3vQN0)
Posted by: garrett at June 06, 2022 03:22 PM (s/6iv)
https://is.gd/w5s62a
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)
Cool your jets Hon, I was just reaching for a cookie!
Posted by: Tonypete at June 06, 2022 03:22 PM (Msys3)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at June 06, 2022 03:22 PM (66TLh)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at June 06, 2022 03:23 PM (Tae6h)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at June 06, 2022 03:23 PM (fmt/2)
Posted by: Joey Bidet, Crack SBD Pilot at June 06, 2022 03:23 PM (kqr6l)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at June 06, 2022 03:23 PM (Tae6h)
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Oprah's, about how much he loved Katie Holmes.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting the system with Kobayashi at June 06, 2022 03:23 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Dr Spank at June 06, 2022 03:23 PM (dsbE2)
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Someone posted it on bitchute... I watched it yesterday. Worth a watch for sure.
Posted by: Haywood at June 06, 2022 03:23 PM (lWkD/)
Posted by: Joe XiDen at June 06, 2022 03:00 PM
Watched the original as well the other day. Now it sounds like I need to see the new one. My local IMAX theater doesn't have it, though.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 06, 2022 03:23 PM (h6/n7)
(Really, thirty years later, Mav is still saying "talk to me, Goose...")
Posted by: vrf at June 06, 2022 03:23 PM (kjRzt)
What Hollywood will take from Maverick's success: Hooray! Now we have more money to make tranny films!
Posted by: Wally at June 06, 2022 02:54 PM (FJYfm)
This is actually probably true. Big blockbuster to pay for vanity projects is not new, now replace "vanity" with "woke". Of course it depends I guess on how much Paramount gets vs. Cruise since it was his production company that made it.
Posted by: Where are my ping pong balls? at June 06, 2022 03:22 PM
Yep, sad but true. They never learn. Last movie I saw in the theater I believe was Unbroken, the story about WW2 Pilot Louis Zamparini, hell of a movie!
Posted by: Minnfidel at June 06, 2022 03:24 PM (GwxCX)
Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at June 06, 2022 03:24 PM (sWM8x)
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel Remembers Babbitt and Perna at June 06, 2022 03:24 PM (aXxgO)
So, Interview with the Vampire was a biography. Got it.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at June 06, 2022 03:24 PM (ZSK0i)
Posted by: Minnfidel at June 06, 2022 03:24 PM (GwxCX)
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Directed by Angelina Jolie.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting the system with Kobayashi at June 06, 2022 03:24 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Axeman at June 06, 2022 03:24 PM (krQz2)
As others have said, pick a seat where the screen fills most of your field of vision. For our theater it was the row behind the walkway and handicap seats. Better to be a little further than closer if you're prone to motion sickness. Saw one of the LotR films in up-close IMAX and it was kinda miserable.
Posted by: Grudge Harbor at June 06, 2022 03:24 PM (wBpKf)
Posted by: ... at June 06, 2022 03:21 PM (+Cnza)
Ideally we shouldn't care. I don't really want to know an entertainer's (movies, music, etc.) politics, I'm certainly not going to go looking for it. If I don't know and they entertain me that should be enough.
Posted by: Where are my ping pong balls? at June 06, 2022 03:24 PM (Yr4Df)
Posted by: garrett at June 06, 2022 03:25 PM (s/6iv)
Wasn't that Brendan Fraser?
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel Remembers Babbitt and Perna at June 06, 2022 03:24 PM (aXxgO)
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The only modern one worth remembering, yes, but there was another modern one, not worth remembering, starring Tom Cruise.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting the system with Kobayashi at June 06, 2022 03:25 PM (LvTSG)
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No law is absolute.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - witness the Amber Heard presidency at June 06, 2022 03:25 PM (9IIFw)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 06, 2022 03:25 PM (8GBH4)
Posted by: garrett at June 06, 2022 03:22 PM (s/6iv)
Ah I see you saw that "version" of The Matrix as well
Posted by: ... at June 06, 2022 03:25 PM (+Cnza)
Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at June 06, 2022 03:24 PM (sWM8x)
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That's a *LOT* less commiefag!
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 06, 2022 03:25 PM (0zQHa)
I'm over 29 but I've learned the trimmed look has been back in for a few years.
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at June 06, 2022 03:25 PM (TimFr)
Posted by: Joe XiDen at June 06, 2022 03:25 PM (3vQN0)
chinese mythology about a blind musician
Blues Lee?
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko Solutions at June 06, 2022 03:20 PM (mrjgR)
Here's your winner, Morons. On multiple levels.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 06, 2022 03:25 PM (n+4am)
Posted by: Moron Robbie - witness the Amber Heard presidency at June 06, 2022 03:25 PM (9IIFw)
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Except the ones that apply to the filthy rubes
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 06, 2022 03:25 PM (0zQHa)
Posted by: ... at June 06, 2022
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Hey, that jar is frickin' huge. And she does have an Oreo between her teeth. Now, if you noticed stuff about the kitchen background, that might be cause to question your holding of a man card. (Might.)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at June 06, 2022 03:26 PM (txdEq)
Posted by: ... at June 06, 2022 03:20 PM (+Cnza)
Call Sign: Dookie
Posted by: Joe Biden- Commandeer in Chief at June 06, 2022 03:26 PM (cupoy)
Posted by: Minnfidel at June 06, 2022 03:24 PM (GwxCX)
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Directed by Angelina Jolie.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting the system with Kobayashi at June 06, 2022 03:24 PM
I forgot that. It was a great movie. And I think it was the last one I saw in theatres before Top Gun Mav.
Posted by: Minnfidel at June 06, 2022 03:26 PM (GwxCX)
Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at June 06, 2022 03:24 PM (sWM8x)
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That's a *LOT* less commiefag!
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 06, 2022 03:25 PM (0zQHa)
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The CEO of Hydrox once said in passing that he thought Trump's loss was legitimate.
Boycott!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting the system with Kobayashi at June 06, 2022 03:26 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 06, 2022 03:25 PM (8GBH4)
Yes I remember, but wasn't there some hot broad in it?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 06, 2022 03:26 PM (d0Qel)
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at June 06, 2022 03:15 PM
I hate it when she does that.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 06, 2022 03:26 PM (h6/n7)
Posted by: Moron Robbie - witness the Amber Heard presidency at June 06, 2022 03:25 PM (9IIFw)
Right?
- bees who are now fish in California
Posted by: Joe XiDen at June 06, 2022 03:26 PM (3vQN0)
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We went to a theater at Legoland a few years ago that had rumbling seats, wind bursts from different directions in the seats, small brushes to touch your legs at different times, and snow machines.
The kids loved it.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - witness the Amber Heard presidency at June 06, 2022 03:26 PM (9IIFw)
Indoor/Outdoor has been slowly making a comeback...but I honestly can't remember the last chick I saw that was sporting anything buy hardwood.
Posted by: garrett at June 06, 2022 03:26 PM (s/6iv)
There is a movie clip out there from the original Top Gun of Maverick and Goose being put in a high altitude chamber, once they reached 20,000 feet told to remove their masks to experience hypoxia. Watching Maverick and Goose try to play patty-cakes is funny.
And this is one of the great things about the new movie, it is not always 'oh my gawd we gotta be serious' there is some genuine humor in it.
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 06, 2022 03:26 PM (k6qJn)
Wasn't that Brendan Fraser?
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel Remembers Babbitt and Perna at June 06, 2022 03:24 PM (aXxgO)
Karloff.
Posted by: Robert at June 06, 2022 03:26 PM (Bh2dj)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 06, 2022 03:25 PM (8GBH4)
Guilty pleasure movie . Cocktails.
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at June 06, 2022 03:27 PM (TimFr)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at June 06, 2022 03:27 PM (lTGtQ)
Posted by: Axeman at June 06, 2022 03:27 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting the system with Kobayashi at June 06, 2022 03:18 PM (LvTSG)
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yes, but, Cruise is one of the few people one can reasonably expect to be in an entertaining product.
There's only one other person I can think of who's name is enough for me to watch a film they're in: Cate Blanchett.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/) at June 06, 2022 03:27 PM (5pTK/)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting the system with Kobayashi at June 06, 2022 03:18 PM (LvTSG)
Something I have found interesting in watching old westerns: quite a few star an ex-Confederate soldier as a sympathetic figure. Josey Wales probably the most famous. Couldn't do that today.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at June 06, 2022 03:27 PM (KbCG3)
There is no carpet.
Posted by: garrett at June 06, 2022 03:22 PM (s/6iv)
what about the spoon?
Posted by: Neo at June 06, 2022 03:27 PM (p03vF)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 06, 2022 03:25 PM
Yea but Elisabeth Shue was in it. Soooo. Oreos.
Posted by: Minnfidel at June 06, 2022 03:27 PM (GwxCX)
Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at June 06, 2022
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Only place to buy Hydrox is through Bezos's little hobby site, I understand. Is there another source?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at June 06, 2022 03:27 PM (txdEq)
IMAX... take earplugs. The volume is way too loud, especially during jet noises and music stuff.
Posted by: Jimmy Doolittle at June 06, 2022 03:27 PM (Ne64L)
Posted by: runner at June 06, 2022 03:27 PM (qc0Qm)
Posted by: ... at June 06, 2022 03:21 PM (+Cnza)
Ideally we shouldn't care. I don't really want to know an entertainer's (movies, music, etc.) politics, I'm certainly not going to go looking for it. If I don't know and they entertain me that should be enough.
Posted by: Where are my ping pong balls? at June 06, 2022 03:24 PM (Yr4Df)
Ah, I misread your statement. Yeah, I mean sometimes you can tell with the half-assed "Hey see I put an icon in my twitter handle!" towing the line. I don't really blame those people. I have a family member in I guess a relatively high position in Hollywood and they are very "liberal" (when pressed) in mixed company.
Posted by: Where are my ping pong balls? at June 06, 2022 03:27 PM (Yr4Df)
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at June 06, 2022 03:27 PM (0Qrr3)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at June 06, 2022 03:28 PM (66TLh)
Posted by: SFGoth at June 06, 2022 03:28 PM (KAi1n)
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at June 06, 2022 03:27 PM (KbCG3)
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Buster Keaton made his main character in The General a Confederate instead of a Unionist specifically because he thought audiences would sympathize with him more.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting the system with Kobayashi at June 06, 2022 03:28 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Lizzy's phone at June 06, 2022 03:28 PM (BNGOM)
Posted by: garrett at June 06, 2022 03:28 PM (s/6iv)
Posted by: MJ at June 06, 2022 03:28 PM (zwDuR)
Posted by: N.L. Urker, there are chickens in my trench at June 06, 2022 03:29 PM (eGTCV)
Posted by: runner at June 06, 2022 03:29 PM (qc0Qm)
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter
If you find a gal that can make that smooching thingy we do when shaving.. . .
Posted by: Tonypete at June 06, 2022 03:29 PM (Msys3)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 06, 2022 03:29 PM (k6qJn)
Posted by: 18-1 at June 06, 2022 03:29 PM (ESjRY)
Posted by: Lizzy's phone at June 06, 2022 03:28 PM (BNGOM)
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To be completely fair, those movies make a billion dollars each now.
Also, Vin Diesel apparently got into a huge fight with the director of the new one during the first week of filming that led to the guy just outright quitting. The director has been replaced.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting the system with Kobayashi at June 06, 2022 03:29 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Haywood at June 06, 2022 03:30 PM (lWkD/)
Posted by: WarEagle82 at June 06, 2022 03:30 PM (RIfux)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 06, 2022 03:25 PM (8GBH4)
I thought his work in "AOC - Brian Dead and Loving it" was a tour de force and should have won him awards.
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at June 06, 2022 03:30 PM (cupoy)
Posted by: N.L. Urker, there are chickens in my trench at June 06, 2022 03:29 PM (eGTCV)
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Magnolia, but he's not really an actor.
He's a movie star.
He understands that.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting the system with Kobayashi at June 06, 2022 03:30 PM (LvTSG)
Only thing I didn't like is it was 26 minutes (I timed it) between the movie's official start time and the point the movie actually started rolling; there were that many previews and ads to get through. Don't worry about getting to the theater a little late; it won't matter.
Posted by: Dr. T at June 06, 2022 03:30 PM (Vgw1E)
Posted by: N.L. Urke
Eyes Wide Shut.
Posted by: runner at June 06, 2022 03:30 PM (qc0Qm)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at June 06, 2022 03:30 PM (Tae6h)
Posted by: Thomas Paine
At first you don't succeed, try, try again.
Posted by: SFGoth at June 06, 2022 03:30 PM (KAi1n)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 06, 2022 03:31 PM (k6qJn)
Posted by: N.L. Urker, there are chickens in my trench at June 06, 2022 03:29 PM (eGTCV)
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He was a centuries-old vampire once.
Posted by: Axeman at June 06, 2022 03:31 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: ... at June 06, 2022 03:31 PM (+Cnza)
Posted by: N.L. Urke
Eyes Wide Shut.
Posted by: runner at June 06, 2022 03:30 PM (qc0Qm)
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He's still pretty much just playing Tom Cruise there. Superficially charming man, just no action. Kubrick cast him really well.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting the system with Kobayashi at June 06, 2022 03:31 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/) at June 06, 2022 03:27 PM (5pTK
Yes I like her too. .Her two Elizabeth movies are very good.
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at June 06, 2022 03:31 PM (TimFr)
Posted by: PabloD at June 06, 2022 03:31 PM (yhCZc)
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at June 06, 2022 03:31 PM (0Qrr3)
Posted by: Lizzy's phone at June 06, 2022 03:28 PM (BNGOM)
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They already went to space. And aerial dogfights and stuff wouldn't even be off-brand for that franchise. I can't believe they've made nine of the damn things so far.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 06, 2022 03:31 PM (0zQHa)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 06, 2022 03:31 PM (0zQHa)
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The first one was about boosting DVD players from a truck.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting the system with Kobayashi at June 06, 2022 03:32 PM (LvTSG)
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Walmart.com has them.
Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at June 06, 2022 03:33 PM (sWM8x)
I never really "got" her in the first one.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at June 06, 2022 03:33 PM (906pl)
Posted by: garrett
Dude, that is some of the most ironic double entendre i've ever seen.
Posted by: SFGoth at June 06, 2022 03:33 PM (KAi1n)
I think The Chosen is a fascinating phenomenon. Wonder if it portends the future of entertainment.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 06, 2022 03:33 PM (jYQlA)
Posted by: USNtakim deplorable, now with ultra maga at June 06, 2022 03:33 PM (0OmEj)
Posted by: Hawkpilot at June 06, 2022 03:33 PM (D8EI6)
But we all know it's only stupid people who want to have fun and be entertained by a movie...
Posted by: Lizzy's phone at June 06, 2022 03:33 PM (BNGOM)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 06, 2022 03:34 PM (8GBH4)
It definitely has strong word of mouth, almost everyone I know that's seen it recommended it to us.
No politics or agenda any real way except for some unlikely "diversity" with the fictional pilots.
Posted by: Blago at June 06, 2022 03:34 PM (PwNLq)
Posted by: Minnfidel at June 06, 2022 03:34 PM (GwxCX)
You think that shit is easy? I work at my craft, sir.
Posted by: garrett at June 06, 2022 03:34 PM (s/6iv)
I never really "got" her in the first one.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at June 06, 2022 03:33 PM (906pl)
No. She's not useable anymore because she didn't go all botoxy and plastic surgeony.
She gained weight and aged.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 06, 2022 03:34 PM (Zz0t1)
Only movie that made me go "I might watch" is Paws of Fury because Mel Brooks voices one of the characters.
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 06, 2022 03:34 PM (k6qJn)
Posted by: The Wzzerdd at June 06, 2022 03:34 PM (3j8WA)
Lestat was a REAL person, Cruise played himself. Interview with the Vampire was/is a documentary.
Posted by: Birddog at June 06, 2022 03:34 PM (uAI4S)
Also, Connelly's character after drives an 80's--ish Porsche 911 in the movie. Didn't Kelly McGillis' character drive an even older Porsche convertible in the original?
Posted by: Turn two at June 06, 2022 03:35 PM (fL3lQ)
Posted by: ... at June 06, 2022 03:35 PM (+Cnza)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting the system with Kobayashi at June 06, 2022 03:32 PM (LvTSG)
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They've come a long way, baby.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 06, 2022 03:35 PM (0zQHa)
Posted by: Hawkpilot at June 06, 2022 03:35 PM (D8EI6)
Old comedy with running gag: Dixie is heard several times during movie, Kentucky Colonel character always stands to attention saying "The National Anthem!"
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko Solutions at June 06, 2022 03:35 PM (mrjgR)
Posted by: Zombie Robbo
Yes - she plays the Earth.
Posted by: Tonypete at June 06, 2022 03:35 PM (Msys3)
Posted by: Minnfidel at June 06, 2022 03:34 PM (GwxCX)
I'm assuming you saw about 5 minutes of it and a lot of fast forwarding.
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at June 06, 2022 03:35 PM (TimFr)
Posted by: Axeman at June 06, 2022
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Yes. At first Anne Rice hated his casting, but then she said she came to appreciate and like him in the role.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at June 06, 2022 03:35 PM (txdEq)
Just want to say somethin about this Tom Cruise fella, he's a good kid, did a movie about my life, called Top Gun, and that's what I am, Top Gun, I enjoyed goin to war with Putin and those folks over there.
- Captain Joe Biden
Posted by: Dr.Rev. Senator Your Highness E Buzz Miller, Esq PhD MA MS at June 06, 2022 03:35 PM (5uVFH)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting the system with Kobayashi at June 06, 2022 03:32 PM (LvTSG)
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They've come a long way, baby.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 06, 2022 03:35 PM (0zQHa)
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"Dom! There are no roads in space!"
"It's not about roads. It's about family."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting the system with Kobayashi at June 06, 2022 03:35 PM (LvTSG)
But we all know it's only stupid people who want to have fun and be entertained by a movie...
Posted by: Lizzy's phone at June 06, 2022 03:33 PM (BNGOM)
I find those movies so offendingly CGI'd and impossible, they're completely unwatchable.
And the acting is 3rd rate.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 06, 2022 03:35 PM (Zz0t1)
Tom Cruise is really charismatic and has real star power, but if you look closely, there's nothing behind the eyes. His eyes are dead no matter how enthusiastic or charming he's acting.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 06, 2022 03:35 PM (KZzsI)
Posted by: Lizzy's phone at June 06, 2022 03:28 PM (BNGOM)
Get me Nicholas Cage and a Firebirds sequel on the pad!
Posted by: WiNO at June 06, 2022 03:35 PM (WVeiZ)
"It's not about roads. It's about family."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting the system with Kobayashi at June 06, 2022 03:35 PM (LvTSG)
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*snort*
And Corona beer. Don't forget the Corona beer. Did I mention the Corona beer?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 06, 2022 03:36 PM (0zQHa)
She gained weight and aged.
Posted by: Sponge -
It's way beyond that though, have you seen recent pics? I don't want to be mean, but holy shit, what a train wreck.
I guess she also went lesbian and left her husband/partner? Clearly some mental shit going on there.
Posted by: Blago at June 06, 2022 03:36 PM (PwNLq)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at June 06, 2022 03:36 PM (66TLh)
I never really "got" her in the first one.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at June 06, 2022 03:33 PM
No. She's also a 65 plus year old lesbo who got huge. So I am actually surprised they didn't cast her.
Posted by: Minnfidel at June 06, 2022 03:36 PM (GwxCX)
Posted by: Diesel Jones, Biologist at June 06, 2022 03:36 PM (Vu7A1)
Nope. You won't miss her. Jennifer Connolly is a great replacement love interest.
BTW... Fun film. Enjoyed every minute of it.
Posted by: Tuna at June 06, 2022 03:37 PM (gLRfa)
Posted by: ... at June 06, 2022 03:37 PM (+Cnza)
I guess she also went lesbian and left her husband/partner? Clearly some mental shit going on there.
Posted by: Blago at June 06, 2022 03:36 PM (PwNLq)
Argh. Wasn't aware of that. Hollywood ruins yet another one.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 06, 2022 03:37 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at June 06, 2022 03:18 PM
Meh. The problem in a GAINZZZ! oriented community such as this is that she consistently skips leg day.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 06, 2022 03:38 PM (a3Q+t)
Posted by: Minnfidel at June 06, 2022 03:34 PM (GwxCX)
I'm assuming you saw about 5 minutes of it and a lot of fast forwarding.
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at June 06, 2022 03:35 PM
No blooper reel.
Posted by: Minnfidel at June 06, 2022 03:38 PM (GwxCX)
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at June 06, 2022 03:38 PM (0Qrr3)
And Corona beer. Don't forget the Corona beer. Did I mention the Corona beer?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 06, 2022 03:36 PM (0zQHa)
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Such crassness!
Shoulda gone with Pacifico.
I have the seventh one on a streaming service. I got it for free when I combined some services a while back. It's...really not my thing.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting the system with Kobayashi at June 06, 2022 03:38 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: About a Goy at June 06, 2022 03:38 PM (o/b07)
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/) at June 06, 2022
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Yes I like her too. .Her two Elizabeth movies are very good.
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at June 06, 2022
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CB has played Kate Hepburn -- excellent casting, as she really looks much like KH did in the '30s or '40s -- and has even played the young Bob Dylan! She is remarkable.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at June 06, 2022 03:38 PM (txdEq)
Posted by: USNtakim deplorable, now with ultra maga at June 06, 2022 03:33 PM
*borrows The Stepstool of Awesomeness*
*climbs up*
Hey! I resemble that remark!
*climbs down*
*returns The Stepstool of Awesomeness*
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 06, 2022 03:38 PM (h6/n7)
Tom Cruise's first big role was in "Point of the Spear," a homoerotic Bronze Age masterpiece about best pals who went hunting for aurochs, but found a love that dare not speak its name.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 06, 2022 03:38 PM (xPIwr)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 06, 2022 03:38 PM (KZzsI)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 06, 2022 03:34 PM (k6qJn)
I might go watch the next MI movie. Trailer looked interesting, and okay, Tom Cruise has built up a degree of goodwill with me for making a non-woke movie.
Posted by: Dr. T at June 06, 2022 03:38 PM (Vgw1E)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at June 06, 2022 03:38 PM (Tae6h)
Posted by: ... at June 06, 2022 03:37 PM (+Cnza)
It's the name that's so incredibly offputting.
It sounds like something you clean your bathroom with.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 06, 2022 03:39 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 06, 2022 03:39 PM (k6qJn)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at June 06, 2022 03:38 PM (txdEq)
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And she looked great in Thor Ragnarok. I mean...I get throughts.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting the system with Kobayashi at June 06, 2022 03:39 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: garrett at June 06, 2022 03:39 PM (s/6iv)
Posted by: Lizzy's phone at June 06, 2022 03:39 PM (BNGOM)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at June 06, 2022 03:39 PM (fmt/2)
Posted by: ... at June 06, 2022
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If I ever have another tuxedo cat -- mostly black with a little white -- Hydrox would be a good name. Most people won't get it, I guess.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at June 06, 2022 03:39 PM (txdEq)
Tom Cruise is really charismatic and has real star power, but if you look closely, there's nothing behind the eyes. His eyes are dead no matter how enthusiastic or charming he's acting.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
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We just watched the original with my kids who had never seen it. I liked the original (they did too) but what's interesting is Tom Cruise was just not much of an actor back then and is easily the weakest part, but it's that role that made him the 80's James Dean.
I think he's just a so-so actor now, but he's definitely way better at acting than he was back then.
I think the 2nd Top Gun surpasses the first, it's just the first one was such a cultural milestone you cant really fairly judge it.
Posted by: Blago at June 06, 2022 03:40 PM (PwNLq)
Posted by: Hawkpilot at June 06, 2022 03:40 PM (D8EI6)
Posted by: Minnfidel at June 06, 2022 03:40 PM (GwxCX)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at June 06, 2022 03:38 PM (txdEq)
I think I got mocked this very place for enjoying her Hepburn. I actually thought it was one of her best roles.
Maybe I wasn't mocked so much as people disagreed with me. That shit hurts.
Posted by: ... at June 06, 2022 03:40 PM (+Cnza)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting the system with Kobayashi at June 06, 2022 03:38 PM (LvTSG)
They're movies for teenage boys. Although my wife enjoys them for the guys bantering back and forth.
Posted by: WiNO at June 06, 2022 03:40 PM (WVeiZ)
Posted by: Skip at June 06, 2022 03:40 PM (2JoB8)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 06, 2022
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Sort of a modern take on I Was a Teenage Caveman?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at June 06, 2022 03:40 PM (txdEq)
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at June 06, 2022 03:40 PM (TimFr)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus
I have to agree. It just ain't right.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at June 06, 2022 03:41 PM (fmt/2)
I think he's just a so-so actor now, but he's definitely way better at acting than he was back then.
I think the 2nd Top Gun surpasses the first, it's just the first one was such a cultural milestone you cant really fairly judge it.
Posted by: Blago at June 06, 2022 03:40 PM (PwNLq)
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Also, did you notice how fucked up his teeth were back then?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting the system with Kobayashi at June 06, 2022 03:41 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: About a Goy at June 06, 2022 03:41 PM (o/b07)
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at June 06, 2022 03:41 PM (ZSK0i)
Posted by: Zombie Robbo
Yes - she plays the Earth.
Posted by: Tonypete at June 06, 2022 03:35 PM (Msys3)
They've gone too far this time!
Posted by: Zombie Brian Dennehy at June 06, 2022 03:41 PM (Vgw1E)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 06, 2022 03:41 PM (k6qJn)
She probably looked at her balance sheet to find all that appreciation.
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel Remembers Babbitt and Perna at June 06, 2022 03:41 PM (aXxgO)
The P-51 was a dream to fly, according to most of the pilots.
Planes that were hard to fly were the P-38 and P-47. They were both heavy (relatively) actually required a lot of strength from the pilot. My late Dad's best friend (who is also gone now) was checked out in P-38 (flew P-39's and P-63's in the Army Air Corp) and said it was like driving a truck; a heavy, hard to handle truck.
Posted by: Bozo Conservative...Living on the Prison Planet at June 06, 2022 03:13 PM (vcOmj)
And the P-51 could fly through the arches of the Eifel Tower while engaged with a German ME-109.
About 10 years ago my sister had some of her neighbors over for Christmas. I found out that one of her neighbors, a retired accountant, was a P-51 pilot in Europe during WW2, turns out this CPA was the P-51 pilot that chased a German pilot through the arches of the Eifel Tower.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper at June 06, 2022 03:41 PM (HJcWr)
Posted by: garrett at June 06, 2022 03:42 PM (s/6iv)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at June 06, 2022 03:38 PM
She did? Really? Before and after pics for scientific research?
Posted by: Minnfidel at June 06, 2022 03:42 PM (GwxCX)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 06, 2022 03:42 PM (k6qJn)
https://tinyurl.com/mr29k5fv
Posted by: Hawkpilot
She turned into a fat lesbian.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at June 06, 2022 03:42 PM (fmt/2)
They made poor ole Val Kilmer look as good as they possibly good, and still I expected him to morph into Steven Hawking at any moment.
Fortunately, they gave him cancer, so that explains that as far as the movie goes.
Kelly McGillis actually was in the movie. A bit part.
She played the manatee the aircraft carrier sails past.
Posted by: naturalfake at June 06, 2022 03:42 PM (OK0YZ)
STILL...Kardashians "Earn" more.
THIS is the World we now Live In.
Posted by: Birddog at June 06, 2022 03:42 PM (uAI4S)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper at June 06, 2022 03:41 PM (HJcWr)
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Debit is left! Left, dammit, left!
Posted by: 496 at June 06, 2022 03:42 PM (VJsqe)
Almost as bad as the Doctor who cured Elle Macpherson of Sex Addiction.
Posted by: garrett at June 06, 2022 03:42 PM (s/6iv)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at June 06, 2022 03:42 PM (fmt/2)
Don't knock it til you've tried it!
Posted by: Michael Moore at June 06, 2022 03:43 PM (+Cnza)
Fortunately, they gave him cancer, so that explains that as far as the movie goes.
Kelly McGillis actually was in the movie. A bit part.
She played the manatee the aircraft carrier sails past.
Posted by: naturalfake at June 06, 2022 03:42 PM (OK0YZ)
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He got a bit part in the Jay and Silent Bob Reboot.
Not worth it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting the system with Kobayashi at June 06, 2022 03:43 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: garrett at June 06, 2022 03:39 PM (s/6iv)
Watch Taps. It isn't hidden how short he is.
Posted by: WiNO at June 06, 2022 03:43 PM (WVeiZ)
Posted by: Minnfidel at June 06, 2022 03:43 PM (GwxCX)
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at June 06, 2022 03:27 PM (KbCG3)
1883 just did that.
Posted by: Dworkin Barimen - anarcho-tyranny? you're soaking in it! at June 06, 2022 03:43 PM (btwKx)
Posted by: Skip at June 06, 2022 03:40 PM (2JoB
Are you thinking of Taps?
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at June 06, 2022 03:43 PM (TimFr)
Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, VT at June 06, 2022 03:43 PM (sQyKL)
He was good ehough as Lestat, just bad casting. Honestly that movie had way too much star power for its overlong and not very compelling story.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 06, 2022 03:43 PM (KZzsI)
Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at June 06, 2022 03:43 PM (WF/xn)
Only movie that made me go "I might watch" is Paws of Fury because Mel Brooks voices one of the characters.
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 06, 2022 03:34 PM (k6qJn)
We've taken to pulling into the parking space at show time. We go to one of those theaters with a restaurant and barcaloungers, so order dinner and drinks, then have dinner during the trailers. We miss all the theater chain ad content that way, too.
Posted by: Iron Mike Golf at June 06, 2022 03:43 PM (8C7+r)
Posted by: garrett at June 06, 2022 03:44 PM (s/6iv)
Posted by: Mike at June 06, 2022 03:44 PM (Z3jXx)
Posted by: garrett at June 06, 2022 03:42 PM (s/6iv)
What? That's some Nuremberg level shit right there
Posted by: ... at June 06, 2022 03:44 PM (+Cnza)
I hope this movie, and the mission Impossibles, do billions, just to make all these whiney failed film schoolets, who post as critics, cry.... and hopefully cut themselves.
Posted by: Rbastid at June 06, 2022 03:44 PM (4z3Me)
Regarding Chi-Nah and films.... I think the ChiComs brought in the Hollywood films specifically to learn how to make their own films, so that they could kick H-wood out later on. H-wood, being a bunch of coke-head idiots didn't see this, and let themselves be seduced by the thought of a 1.4 BILLION PERSON MARKET!!!!
Never mind that most of that market is illiterate peasants with no electricity or running water, who live in mud huts and shit in the middle of the dirt road they live on. Oh, and the ones who actually can afford to buy movies mostly just buy pirated DVD/Bluray copies, produced by the same factories that produce them legitimately for the studios.
Given the huge scale of the Chinese population, the box office should be MUCH larger than the US box office, but it's consistently less. Still large, no doubt, but never really getting to the same level.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 06, 2022 03:44 PM (n+4am)
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She probably looked at her balance sheet to find all that appreciation.
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel Remembers Babbitt and Perna at June 06, 2022
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I knew somebody would say that. Possibly -- though she already had several more bestsellers out by then. (Not that Interview With the Vampire is any great horror or literary novel anyway.)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at June 06, 2022 03:44 PM (txdEq)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting the system with Kobayashi at June 06, 2022 03:39 PM (LvTSG)
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I'm not sure what it is about Cate, but, I just find her face endlessly fascinating to look at.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/) at June 06, 2022 03:44 PM (5pTK/)
Posted by: Stacey Abrams at June 06, 2022 03:45 PM (jYQlA)
I was in flight school with that piece of crap came out. It was embarrassing. At least I wasn't an Apache driving homo.
Posted by: Hawkpilot at June 06, 2022 03:45 PM (D8EI6)
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/) at June 06, 2022 03:44 PM (5pTK/)
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"You can't switch off, Nicholas!"
-Her greatest role
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting the system with Kobayashi at June 06, 2022 03:45 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at June 06, 2022 03:38 PM
She did? Really? Before and after pics for scientific research?
Posted by: Minnfidel at June 06, 2022 03:42 PM (GwxCX)
Tis a sad commentary on western civilization when one of it's greatest natural wonder can be defaced and it escapes notice.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at June 06, 2022 03:45 PM (08ncd)
Expose them for the dumpster fires they've always been?
That's fair.
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel Remembers Babbitt and Perna at June 06, 2022 03:45 PM (aXxgO)
__________________
Geez, what's happened to all these hotties from 40 years ago?
* checks mirror *
Eh, never mind.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at June 06, 2022 03:45 PM (fs1hN)
Posted by: Joe kidsniffer at June 06, 2022 03:45 PM (W+TLY)
Yeah they severely overstate his height in IMDB, its amusing. The man has a lot of drawbacks but has managed to find a way to get past them all, so I have to respect that.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 06, 2022 03:45 PM (KZzsI)
*******
He has the full emotional range of acting capability.
Anger => jaw clench
Sadness => jaw clench
Elation => jaw clench
Sexual arousal => jaw clench
toothache => clenched jaw
Posted by: Muldoon at June 06, 2022 03:45 PM (cPDW+)
https://tinyurl.com/5x262dpd
I have never seen the original "Top Gun". I liked her in "Witness" which was a very good film.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 06, 2022 03:45 PM (l7p9i)
1.3 billion of that market makes little money and has no disposable income.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 06, 2022 03:45 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at June 06, 2022 03:45 PM (TimFr)
And BOB. What a callsign. Along with Fanboy.
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 06, 2022 03:45 PM (k6qJn)
Like most action movies now that icky straight men might like, it started out as a Chinese co-production with Tencent. Tencent was forced to drop out after Xi contacted them and said he would not be paying for anything that glorifies the US military. At that point, Cruise was free to re-add the Taiwan and Japan flags and generally go for it.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 06, 2022 03:46 PM (ZGrMX)
Posted by: Skip at June 06, 2022 03:46 PM (2JoB8)
I'd call that an understatement.
Why we wasted all of that money hunting down Bin Laden when that guy is still ambulatory is a mystery.
Posted by: garrett at June 06, 2022 03:46 PM (s/6iv)
So, typical hollywood female story, then.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 06, 2022 03:46 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: ... at June 06, 2022 03:46 PM (+Cnza)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 06, 2022 03:46 PM (6FeV1)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 06, 2022
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Pretty much what I thought of the novel, and of most of her work. Her "Lolita-lite" novel Belinda, though, is very entertaining; she could tell a good solid story if she tried.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at June 06, 2022 03:47 PM (txdEq)
Posted by: AK Fury at June 06, 2022 03:47 PM (Km2do)
Eh, never mind.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at June 06, 2022 03:45 PM (fs1hN)
LOL. Good for you. I thought all the guys here looked exactly like they did at age 22-40 years later.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 06, 2022 03:47 PM (l7p9i)
https://tinyurl.com/mr29k5fv
Posted by: Hawkpilot at June 06, 2022 03:40 PM (D8EI6)
McGillis looks like the school principal who encourages all the ten year old girls to transition.
Posted by: Robert at June 06, 2022 03:47 PM (2iE3R)
Her Majesty and I stopped into At Home to find some lamp shades and pots for plants. I have never seem such a terrifying place in my life.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 06, 2022 03:47 PM (WMBxb)
Posted by: Walter Freeman at June 06, 2022 03:47 PM (4NlP1)
I hope this movie, and the mission Impossibles, do billions, just to make all these whiney failed film schoolets, who post as critics, cry.... and hopefully cut themselves.
Posted by: Rbastid at June 06, 2022 03:44 PM (4z3Me)
The film critics have always engaged in these moblike piranha attacks on movies they deem politically heterodox... but it's getting weirder and weirder, like everything else. They also decided in their febrile, woke hivemind that The Joker was problematic, for some reason. It's gotten to be that just about anything that isn't overtly woke might get targeted.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 06, 2022 03:47 PM (xPIwr)
Awesome
Posted by: garrett at June 06, 2022 03:48 PM (s/6iv)
Posted by: Heavy Squats at June 06, 2022 03:48 PM (+zOfW)
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at June 06, 2022 03:45 PM (TimFr)
"The Replacements" is one of my guilty-pleasure movies.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at June 06, 2022 03:48 PM (906pl)
__________________
They left on the cutting room floor the rousing speech by Biden modeled after the movie Independence Day
Posted by: Chuck Martel at June 06, 2022 03:48 PM (fs1hN)
She never had much range either though, her and Cruise are about the same caliber but dudes look better a they age than women, usually. Jennifer has had a lot of work done but she's been very smart and subtle about it so she doesn't look like melted plastic.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 06, 2022 03:48 PM (KZzsI)
Posted by: ... at June 06, 2022 03:48 PM (+Cnza)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 06, 2022 03:47 PM (l7p9i)
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Meh, I hit the wall, hard, about age 50. So it goes. I'm under no illusions about anything.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/) at June 06, 2022 03:49 PM (5pTK/)
Posted by: buzzion at June 06, 2022 03:49 PM (vMCab)
==
Greater than 60 or less than 13.
Posted by: I'm guessing at June 06, 2022 03:49 PM (PYnSM)
Nothing wrong with that spongebath.
Posted by: garrett at June 06, 2022 03:49 PM (s/6iv)
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at June 06, 2022 03:48 PM (906pl)
That's that movie about cheerleaders, and then some other crap happens too, right?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 06, 2022 03:49 PM (6FeV1)
If the Dark Universe thing were going to become a big thing like Marvel, he was going to get a percentage of everything. He just needed to be the star of The Mummy first.
It flopped. There was no money. No one forgot the awkward cast photo of a bunch of stars of movies that never got made, and Cruise went and just made MI movies instead.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting the system with Kobayashi at June 06, 2022 03:49 PM (LvTSG)
I am not familiar with most current Hollywood stories of actresses.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 06, 2022 03:49 PM (l7p9i)
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at June 06, 2022 03:48 PM (906pl)
Gene Hackman. John Madden and Pat Sommeral (sp?)
The gal was pretty hot too.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at June 06, 2022 03:50 PM (08ncd)
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at June 06, 2022 03:45 PM (TimFr)
They're not. But I have to respect people who really try to find ways to compensate for their lack of acting talent. It suggests they actually care about their audience.
Posted by: Zombie Brian Dennehy at June 06, 2022 03:50 PM (Vgw1E)
Posted by: butch at June 06, 2022 03:50 PM (HhpjT)
He made some stumbles early on but or a while now has been great at picking roles he can do well and fits well in. The guy is genuinely smart and thoughtful but he doesn't come across that way on camera and has a pretty limited range.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 06, 2022 03:50 PM (KZzsI)
Eh, never mind.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at June 06, 2022 03:45 PM (fs1hN)
LOL. Good for you. I thought all the guys here looked exactly like they did at age 22-40 years later.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 06, 2022 03:47 PM
*also checks mirror*
Yeah...nah.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 06, 2022 03:50 PM (h6/n7)
Posted by: Dr. T at June 06, 2022 03:50 PM (Vgw1E)
Posted by: Dr. Bone at June 06, 2022 03:50 PM (BP3/z)
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/) at June 06, 2022 03:49 PM (5pTK/)
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So did I. Then the wall started hitting back.
Posted by: 496 at June 06, 2022 03:50 PM (VJsqe)
I am not familiar with most current Hollywood stories of actresses.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 06, 2022 03:49 PM (l7p9i)
You missed the whole Harvey Weinstein thing?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 06, 2022 03:50 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at June 06, 2022 03:48 PM (906pl)
Anytime I Will Survive comes on the Sirius 70's channel I immediately think of The Replacements.
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at June 06, 2022 03:50 PM (TimFr)
Posted by: garrett at June 06, 2022 03:51 PM (s/6iv)
Gene Hackman. John Madden and Pat Sommeral (sp?)
The gal was pretty hot too.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at June 06, 2022 03:50 PM (08ncd)
Reminds me of young Sandra Bullock.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at June 06, 2022 03:51 PM (906pl)
Posted by: squeakywheel at June 06, 2022 03:51 PM (GtoP2)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 06, 2022 03:51 PM (k6qJn)
It was awful, and worse, boring. It was 9/10ths narration, and almost no show, in a freaking movie. So bad, when it could have been interesting with just a little editing work.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 06, 2022 03:51 PM (KZzsI)
Anger => jaw clench
Sadness => jaw clench
Elation => jaw clench
Sexual arousal => jaw clench
toothache => clenched jaw
And, lastly:
jaw clench => big smile
He really can do it all.
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel Remembers Babbitt and Perna at June 06, 2022 03:51 PM (aXxgO)
"Republicans pounce because movie isn't woke bullshit" isn't exactly a winning message.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 06, 2022 03:52 PM (ZGrMX)
Tom should've had a torrid, shockingly graphic sex scene with Val Kilmer, right before he nukes every major city in Russia with his fighter jet. Then he'd get all the awards.
Guess he'll have to settle for the money instead. Oh, well.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 06, 2022 03:52 PM (xPIwr)
I think the movie is doing so well because it is a simple tale of good guys vs. bad guys, with the bureaucracy generally being in the way. There is no ambivalent moralizing.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at June 06, 2022 03:52 PM (pJWtt)
==
Still have the same waist size.
Hair is silvering, thinning, but still there. Unlike older bros.
About 3 years ago, started to get bags under the eyes, and 5 years ago forehead wrinkles. About 2 years ago, butt started to disappear.
Am 57.
Posted by: I liked like at teenager until I hit my 40's at June 06, 2022 03:52 PM (m9J17)
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at June 06, 2022 03:53 PM (08ncd)
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at June 06, 2022 03:45 PM (TimFr)
Most actors really can't act. They simply play a certain type. Reeves and Cruise wisely pick movies that play to their strengths. They have made a few missteps. But in general they pick well.
Posted by: WiNO at June 06, 2022 03:53 PM (WVeiZ)
Posted by: WisRich at June 06, 2022 03:53 PM (G0vdT)
Posted by: Ian S. at June 06, 2022 03:52 PM
It's after Memorial Day. We're seizing now.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 06, 2022 03:53 PM (h6/n7)
Posted by: garrett at June 06, 2022 03:53 PM (s/6iv)
Its not that we are mocking him for his height so much as mocking his movies and publicists for hiding how little he is.
You know the guy that played the French officer in Casablanca? Captain Renault? Incredible actor named Claud Raines. His problem was that he was itty too, even shorter than Bogart, who was no basketball player. It crippled his career because nobody wants a romantic lead the women tower over.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 06, 2022 03:53 PM (KZzsI)
Well, not exactly. But pretty close.
I'm about as offensive looking then as I am now. So yay me!
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel Remembers Babbitt and Perna at June 06, 2022 03:54 PM (aXxgO)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison,
___
I did, we're definitely spoiled now when it comes to orthodontics. Back then, people thought it was a "movie star smile".
Posted by: Blago at June 06, 2022 03:54 PM (PwNLq)
I really want to see it in IMAX.
Posted by: Defenestratus at June 06, 2022 03:54 PM (M6hkp)
Yeah I don't think that's their best PR effort LOL
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 06, 2022 03:54 PM (KZzsI)
H-wood, being a bunch of coke-head idiots didn't see this, and let themselves be seduced by the thought of a 1.4 BILLION PERSON MARKET!!!!
1.3 billion of that market makes little money and has no disposable income.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 06, 2022 03:45 PM (Zz0t1)
'zactly. The same dreamy wishcasting for access to the yuuuuuge Chinese market afflicts a lot of industries, not just movies. And it always ends up the same. The ChiComs steal or copy your products and then shut you out, preferably while also stealing your money as well.
On the other hand, the ChiComs do action films pretty well. Operation Red Sea is mostly decent, but suffers from the same sickness that some Japanese movies do, where the overall commander stands still in the headquarters issuing terse orders while looking like he has a saguro cactus stuffed up his butt.
The tank chase scene though... that shit frickin' rocks. Gotta give props to the ChiComs for that (its on yootoob).
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 06, 2022 03:55 PM (n+4am)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 06, 2022 03:53 PM (h6/n7)
Lol
Posted by: Taylor Lorenzz at June 06, 2022 03:55 PM (+Cnza)
Hair is silvering, thinning, but still there. Unlike older bros.
About 3 years ago, started to get bags under the eyes, and 5 years ago forehead wrinkles. About 2 years ago, butt started to disappear.
Am 57.
Posted by: I liked like at teenager until I hit my 40's at June 06, 2022
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I still have all the hair I started with, and can still wear shirts from 25-30 years ago -- which are the same size as I wore 40 years ago. Pants, no, not quite the same size, but close, and in fact I lost an inch or so last year when I cut out sugar and most junk food for quite a while.
My feet are bigger though. In '92 I wore size 9 cowboy boots comfortably. Now a 9 is impossibly tight and I have to wear a 10.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at June 06, 2022 03:55 PM (txdEq)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
*also checks mirror*
Yeah...nah.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState
There's a mirror here?
Lemme grab my glasses to find it.....
Posted by: Tonypete at June 06, 2022 03:56 PM (Msys3)
Those are some well stacked Oreos.
Posted by: Diesel Jones, Biologist at June 06, 2022 03:56 PM (Vu7A1)
Raped by two men at gunpoint who broke into your apartment while studying in NYC is not the same as sleazy Weinstein.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 06, 2022 03:56 PM (l7p9i)
Raped by two men at gunpoint who broke into your apartment while studying in NYC is not the same as sleazy Weinstein.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 06, 2022 03:56 PM (l7p9i)
Eh, one of his accusers, the English one, said he forced his way into her apartment and raped her.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 06, 2022 03:57 PM (xPIwr)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 06, 2022
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Claude Rains, the original Invisible Man. He rarely played romantic leads, but he was a respected and working "lead" character actor for many years.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at June 06, 2022 03:57 PM (txdEq)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at June 06, 2022 03:59 PM (txdEq)
==
Was a hell of a book.
Posted by: never saw the movie at June 06, 2022 03:59 PM (2e5D5)
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at June 06, 2022 03:27 PM (KbCG3)
Read that the script to the first TMWNN Sergio Leone movie was that in the beginning scene Clint's character walks away from his Confederate uniform lying on the ground somewhere.
Posted by: WinLinBSDAdmin at June 06, 2022 04:03 PM (Hh3y4)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 06, 2022 03:56 PM (l7p9i)
Knifepoint.
Jesus, that's fucking horrible.
Like Fran Drescher. Some Dude broke into her home, beat the shit out of her husband and forced him to watch while he raped her.
Posted by: Robert at June 06, 2022 04:03 PM (RG5Mr)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 06, 2022 03:46 PM (6FeV1)
To be fair, no one ever told a young Steven Tyler that he would grow up to look like that mom who didn't care if you drank in her house, just that she wouldn't let you drive.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 06, 2022 04:12 PM (xhaym)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 06, 2022 03:44 PM (n+4am)
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That does sound exactly like something the Chinese would do.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 06, 2022 04:18 PM (YIVH2)
Posted by: Eric at June 06, 2022 04:35 PM (4vqM/)
Where, if I recall correctly, it was NEVER #1 at the box office, and it made somewhere around $350 million by simply having reliable returns week after week after week with very little drop.
Posted by: DudeAbiding at June 06, 2022 04:39 PM (AjL/0)
Posted by: Inspector kemp at June 06, 2022 05:28 PM (+DS2f)
Or Maverick: Girls Get it Done.
Posted by: Inspector kemp at June 06, 2022 05:29 PM (+DS2f)
Posted by: Gonzotx at June 06, 2022 05:38 PM (gFD/G)
Posted by: MikeN at June 06, 2022 05:55 PM (bZUse)
The Dems can use it this November!
Posted by: Hollywood at June 06, 2022 03:03 PM
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Exactly. Suckers.
Posted by: MikeN at June 06, 2022 05:56 PM (bZUse)
Have you seen the latest TopGun: Maverick trailer with Jennifer Connelly? It’s fantastic!
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Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
If I wanted to see gay guys dancing, I'd go to Chippendale's.
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Or a grade-school drag queen show.
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