Morning, y’all. The good news is, I’ve got a couple copies of the Black Dynamite soundtrack to give away to today’s comments of the week winners (other good news: Jesus is risen). It’s a pretty cool soundtrack, and the movie is still in theaters (a handy list of which you’ll find here). So go see it, otherwise you’ll make me look bad, and I totally don’t need that right now.
And now, the winners. Choosing this was brutal because you guys were on fire like my genital sores this week. But here are the top three, the prize winners:
(from Avatar crew congratulates themselves) Chareth Cutestory says: “Good news, we can fly you to an alien planet and graft your DNA with that of an alien, follow that up with a mind-meld thingy, thereby allowing you to infiltrate their species and take them out.”
“And what about my paralysis? How’s that coming?”
“We’re not miracle workers, dude.”
As you can see, there’s a really important movie coming out opening this weekend. (Click for full version, thanks to Luke for sending this in)
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And finally, after the jump, two important things for the weekend:
(Get a job.)
The only major release this week is This is It, the Michael Jackson movie. I have no interest in seeing it (not because of a knee-jerk about him being a pedophile or anything like that, I’m just really, really sick of hearing about him) and I can’t imagine why anyone would, but it already made $2.2 million. And it’ll probably make a lot more because, hey, no competition. The only good thing I can imagine about it is seeing the dedication “For Blanket.”
The big limited releases are Gentleman Broncos, which is looking like a stinker, and Boondock Saints II, which, as I’ve already noted, is like watching a gorilla finger paint. Black Dynamite is still playing in New York, L.A., Atlanta, Chicago, Philadelphia, and Seattle. Now if you’ll excuse me, it’s Friday and I’m going to go get drunk. Oh, and here’s a picture a dog dressed like Jackie O. Happy Halloween.
[via NYMag]
(”IS YOUR DAUGHTER’S ROOM THIS WAY?”)
THE BOX OFFICE WIPE UP, OCTOBER 26, 2009
In a surprise move, today’s box office estimates reveal that horror movie fans may have a brain, as Paranormal Activity outgrossed Saw VI by seven million dollars. I normally wouldn’t root for a movie grown-ass men are trying to say is haunted, but it’s pretty easy to root against Saw VI. At least now we know that, if provided a decent alternative, you sick freaks that absolutely need horror movies will avoid the blatantly mass-produced ones. This was the worst opening for a Saw movie since Saw I.
Where the Wild Things Are fell a surprising 56% from its opening weekend and looks to have a tough time recouping its $100 million budget. Where were you at this weekend, marketing slugs? Notice how they always take credit for success but never failure?
Wild Things rustled up an estimated $14.4 million, lifting its total to $54 million in ten days, but its drop was much steeper than Bridge to Terabithia and other similar titles. [BoxOfficeMojo]
Tough luck, WTWTA. But take solace in the fact that you made a movie unique enough that the best comparison industry analysts could come up with was f-cking Bridge to Terabithia. That’s gotta be a victory of some sort.
(Hot damn, now that’s what I call a wild rumpus.)
Opening this weekend (trailers after the jump)
Where the Wild Things Are
Holy hell, am I hallucinating? Is this movie actually finally coming out? Excuse me while I jizz sperms of happiness. It’s getting sort of mixed reviews, but most of the negative ones seem to be coming from a-holes I never agree with anyway, like Lou Lumenick and Mick LaSalle (this guy liked First Knight and trashed Braveheart, yet still has a job). I won’t get to see it until probably Monday and I don’t want to be a bandwagon jumper, but with Spike Jonze, I say it’s awesome until proven otherwise. I can’t wait.
Black Dynamite
Another one from the hell-yeah-it’s-about-freakin-time files. Though I still think the ending is dumb, aside from that it’s the best parody movie I’ve seen since the Naked Guns. Michael Jai White is amazing. In Obama’s America, I just know black kids are going to be leaving the theater cheering “Right on, right on, right on.”
Paranormal Activity
Expanding wide because of near-universally good reviews, will be easily the most profitable film of the year. Why can’t this happen more often? Instead we usually get Couples Retreat, which everyone knew was bad from the beginning.
Law Abiding Citizen
If Jamie Foxx and Gerard Butler are in a movie together and it was good, don’t you think we’d have heard a lot more about it? These people have seen it. I probably won’t.
The Stepfather
Ooh, a horror movie remake, this would be really exciting if I was 13. And a dumbass.
New York, I Love You
Oh boy, twelve filmmakers, one of whom is Brett Ratner, direct a love letter to the city that never stops bragging about itself. I imagine I’ll hate this as much as I hate people who say “only in New York!”, as much as I hated people in San Diego bragging about the weather. You people realize they say “only in ____” in every GD city, right? Except Irvine. Read the rest of this entry »
