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New Pinocchio movie (yeah there are two but one is a shitty musical)

Cast : Ewan McGregor , David Bradley , Gregory Mann , Burn Gorman , Ron Perlman , John Turturro , Finn Wolfhard , Cate Blanchett , Tim Blake Nelson , Christoph Waltz , Tilda Swinton , Tom Kenny , Alfie Tempest , Anthea Greco , Francesca Fanti , Sandro Carotti , Rio Mangini , Benjamin Valic

Director: Guillermo del Toro , Mark Gustafson

Watch or pass? I remember the first actor being mildly woke. Also Del Toro, even though I watched his miniseries.

Now I am watching "I Saw The Devil" .

"I Saw The Devil" was gut wrenching-ly well done. I recommend it for a one time watch (no seriously, I don't know how I could manage to watch it more than once unlike Train to Busan ... it is not like Old Boy but I don't think I would manage to stomach more than one)

Watched Pinocchio by Guillermo del Toro. Lovable. Italy's fascistic / fascism is a tad bit exaggerated especially in the final part, but that's to be expected considering Del Toro opinion on the matter. Unless you are an actual fascist, the movie is very pleasant to watch and it's changes do not insult the source material in my opinion, the "soul" of the integral original story is intact.

Moonlight by Barry Jenkins was an excellent movie in my opinion, I am unsure though it would deserve an Oscar except for Mahershala Ali , but then again the Oscars are fucking jokes.

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Recommended little horror : Under The Shadow (2016) ; little use of jumpscares , few special effect used in a precise amount, actual scares and much symbolysm and metaphors.

 

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Saw the film and the trailer wasn't lying to us or anything. Film matched the expectations of the trailer. It was a fun movie to watch and basically a Heist film, but of course one that required a series of setup adventures and encounters to lead to the main big heist and all of the interruptions and randomness and side quests for characters that it entails.

The movie was very funny too and thankfully it wasn't where the humor is forced into every nook and cranny like a recent MCU movie. It's just a naturally funny movie. And the party members were very lovable and had character growth and played off of each other in their interactions, bringing their own skills and insights and such to the party. I actually think all of the cast members did a really good job, though the Rege-Jean Page's Paladin was a simply amazing character and did the Lawful Good paladin class justice which is a challenge considering the rest of the party is focused on stealing stuff.

There were some prolonged fight scenes centered around Michelle Rodriguez' Barbarian which were fun to watch. The movie wasn't completely faithful to Dungeons and Dragons mechanics (obviously as you can tell from the trailer) but there were scenes showing geek stuff like using components to cast certain spells (and recognizable spells) and creatures ranging from Axebeaks to Intelligence Devourers seen in the film. Lots of different races popped up as well.

The plot was easy to follow and developed nicely and the villains and everything upon reflection actually made sense to me. Also in spite of going from place to place, introducing various characters, it didn't feel bloated or anything. It followed the outline of a Heist movie fairly closely but thanks to all of the fantasy trappings and setting and character diversions, it fleshed out the movie a lot. Movie had a lot of heart as well. There were some emotional character moments and even the predictable stuff somehow didn't feeling narmy, which is impressive in my humble opinion.

Oh it didn't feel particularly woke either. There was a diverse cast but it's a Dungeons & Dragons movie so that's well within the realm of plausibility IMHO. I didn't sense any overbearing social messaging going on either.

Overall would recommend watching the film on its own merits since it stands on its own merits instead of feeling like some sort of 'franchise launcher' like so many other flicks.

Saw it last night after my wife said she wanted to go. I was prepared to wait for streaming but since she was interested I thought why not? I've been in D&D for nearly forty years, wife just started her first character in February so we have very different perspectives. I saw a LOT of references, this is basically a Forgotten Realms heist movie and it was fun. My wife probably had a better time than I did because she doesn't suffer from Forgotten Realms fatigue that I seem to be suffering. Anyhow, it has Harper's and Red Thay wizards and I guess avoided showing much in the way if orcs and the like but if you were OK with the trailer you will be OK with the movie. Chris Pine et al we're good, the daughter less so but child actors are often underwhelming. If you are a D&D person there are a lot of nods and if that's your thing you'll enjoy a watch for that too.

Chris Pine's character is the planner/leader of the group. I think everyone is made a bit dumb at times for comedy but he does make the plot happen, works the angles and in the end had a heart. The sorcerer on the team is less dumb than lacks confidence/courage. But intellect devourers do just walk by the entire party for a joke - so ymmv.

 

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DIRECTOR

Jeff Rowe

CO-DIRECTOR

Kyler Spears

PRODUCERS

Seth Rogen Evan Goldberg James Weaver Marie Balland Lukas Williams

EXEC. PRODUCERS

Josh Fagen Adrianna A.J. Cohen Ramsay McBean Julien Meesters

WRITERS

Seth Rogen Evan Goldberg Brendan O'Brien Dan Hernandez Benji Samit Jeff Rowe

ORIGINAL WRITERS

Kevin Eastman Peter Laird

CASTING

Adam Richards

EDITOR

Greg Levitan

CINEMATOGRAPHY

Kent Seki

PRODUCTION DESIGN

Yashar Kassai

ART DIRECTION

Arthur Fong Tiffany Lam

VISUAL EFFECTS

Chris Kazmier Nicolas Benoit Sarah Simon Victor Hareng David Carrière Tanguy Gourret Florent Razafimandimby Etienne Metois Matthieu Rouxel Martin Scalzotto David Marquis Jean-Paul Suau

COMPOSERS

Trent Reznor Atticus Ross

SOUND

Mark A. Mangini Michael Semanick Christopher Bonis Jacob Flack Chelsea Body Alex Gregson Kevin Jung

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Micah Abbey

• Donatello
• (voce)

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Shamon Brown Jr.

• Michelangelo
• (voce)

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Nicolas Cantu

• Leonardo
• (voce)

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Brady Noon

• Raphael
• (voce)

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Ayo Edebiri

• April O'Neil
• (voce)

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Maya Rudolph

• Cynthia Utrom
• (voce)

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John Cena

• Rocksteady
• (voce)

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Seth Rogen

• Bebop
• (voce)

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Rose Byrne

• Leatherhead
• (voce)

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Natasia Demetriou

• Wingnut
• (voce)

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Giancarlo Esposito

• Baxter Stockman
• (voce)

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Jackie Chan

• Splinter
• (voce)

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Ice Cube

• Superfly
• (voce)

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Paul Rudd

• Mondo Gecko
• (voce)

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Post Malone

• Ray Fillet
• (voce)
• (as Austin Post)

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Hannibal Buress

• Genghis Frog
• (voce)

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Jimmy Donaldson

• Times Square Guy
• (voce)
• (as MrBeast)

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Derek Wilson

• Spider
• (voce)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (2023)​

Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office	$101,199,073	Details
International Box Office	$36,968,642	Details
Worldwide Box Office	$138,167,715
Further financial details...

1. Summary
2. News
3. Box Office
4. International

After years of being sheltered from the human world, the Turtle brothers set out to win the hearts of New Yorkers and be accepted as normal teenagers through heroic acts. Their new friend April O'Neil helps them take on a mysterious crime syndicate, but they soon get in over their heads when an army of mutants is unleashed upon them.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:	$28,007,544 (27.7% of total gross)
Legs:	3.61 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:	73.2% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:	$70,000,000 (worldwide box office is 2.0 times production budget)
Theater counts:	3,858 opening theaters/3,950 max. theaters, 3.7 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO	$101,199,073

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists​

Record	Rank	Amount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 701-800)	782​	$101,199,073​
All Time International Box Office (Rank 2,301-2,400)	2,378​	$36,968,642​
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 1,301-1,400)	1,344​	$138,167,715​
All Time Domestic Box Office for Remake Movies	41​	$101,199,073​
All Time International Box Office for Remake Movies (Rank 101-200)	107​	$36,968,642​
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Remake Movies	59​	$138,167,715​
All Time Domestic Box Office for Digital Animation Movies	99​	$101,199,073​
All Time International Box Office for Digital Animation Movies (Rank 201-300)	222​	$36,968,642​
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Digital Animation Movies (Rank 101-200)	146​	$138,167,715​
All Time Domestic Box Office for Super Hero Movies	85​	$101,199,073​
All Time International Box Office for Super Hero Movies (Rank 101-200)	106​	$36,968,642​
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Super Hero Movies	98​	$138,167,715​

See the Box Office tab (Domestic) and International tab (International and Worldwide) for more Cumulative Box Office Records.

 

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Crossposting this with the gaming thread because it could be potentially be used in both contexts.

 

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Interview with Albert Hughes, half of the famous African-American Hughes Brothers Director duo that became famous with their 1993 crime/teen drama film Menace 2 Society regarding growing up in Watts and Crenshaw neighborhoods of Los Angeles in the 80's/90's. Since then they also directed From Hell, a novel adaption about Jack the Ripper, and the post-apocalyptic film starring Denzel Washington The Book of Eli and recently Albert directed a few episodes of the new John Wick spinoff television series.



In this long interview Albert Hughes talks about how Warner Brothers wanted to do a live action remake of the popular anime Akira but got cold feet when they weren't sure they could secure a big enough star in the role with Albert reasonably stating that the Akira property is bigger then anyone Hollywood star. He was apparently deep in the pre-production of Akira and $12 million was put into the project but eventually he dropped it due to that studio attitude after almost a year of work on it back in 2010-11.

He actually worked with BMW in engineering Akira's bike and talked about how the production and studio team was discussing casting controversies regarding potential 'Whitewashing' and the like. He also had storyboards and wanted to cast Gary Oldman as Colonel Shikishima apparently.

He also talks about passing on directing Batman/Superman movies, stating they just didn't have the skillset for it (how humble) back in the day, and nowadays states that while the technology advanced to the point where he could direct a film, during his negotiations with Marvel he got partway into the process but found the deep dive into the MCU lore and the controlled nature of the film he would be directing as something that would make him implode. He would want to be a Filmmaker, not just a Director which is what Marvel wanted. He does say that it is a good vehicle for up and coming film directors however and that Marvel Studios has typically done a good job with that.

 

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