Weekly Box Office and Film Discussion Thread

[Bliffenstimmers]

So, Is Anyone Going On Here Going To See Oz: The Great And The Powerful, I Know I Am

Me and my mom have been hyped up for this movie ever since news first spread of it on the internet. We're all big Oz fans. This new movie looks amazing!

 

[KremlingWhatnot]

Me and my mom have been hyped up for this movie ever since news first spread of it on the internet. We're all big Oz fans. This new movie looks amazing!

Couldn't Agree More With Your Comment , Glad I'm Not The Only One On Here Who's Exited For It, 4 More Weeks Left

 

[KremlingWhatnot]

Trailer For Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs 2 Has Been Revealed

 

[Drtooth]

I'm probably the only one who's going to say this... but out of all the movies this next month, I have to see the one with Steve Carell and Jim Carrey as dueling magicians. I mean, Oz looks alright I guess, The Croods I'll probably wind up seeing even though I keep saying how much I want to avoid it..>G.I. Joe? I dunno... but there's something about that Steve Carell movie that grabs me. Maybe it's the fact he left The Office 2 years ago, and I'm really starting to miss him?

 

[Sgt Floyd]

Trailer For Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs 2 Has Been Revealed

That was almost physically painful

 

[Drtooth]

You know... I heard something about Jack the Giant Slayer that makes me almost want to see the movie. Apparently, Ewan MacGregor based his character off of... get ready for it...

Hong Kong Phooey.

If that doesn't make me almost want to see it, I don;t know what would.

 

[MissMusical12]

I mean, Oz looks alright I guess

I just got home from seeing "Oz: The Great Powerful." While the special effects are incredible, the movie was just.....okay.

***SOME SPOILERS***** (Read if You dare)
*James Franco was a wrong choice for this movie. And his character is a PLAYER!
*The love triangle (or square?) between Oz and the three witches were totally unnecessary.
*The flying monkey is really annoying.
*Glinda was boring. Enough said.
*I actually kinda liked the two evil witches, though. Especially the one Mila Kunis played.
*I am still accepting "Wicked" as the official prequel to "The Wizard of Oz."
*I hear rumors that there's going to be a sequel.

 

[jvcarroll]

Some are predicting Oz will hit the $80M mark this opening weekend and I agree. In fact, I predict around $250M domestically and over $400 internationally to put in the $650M+ worldwide over the next three months. I doubt it will break $800M, but it doesn't really need to. This will almost definitely become a franchise.

Oz won't quite hit the level of Burton's Alice in Wonderland even though the story appears to be much more fleshed out. The fact that Raimi has no interest in developing the sequel with Disney serves as a red flag to me so I hope it's good. I hear it's worth seeing, but not ground-breaking. Maybe I'll be pleasantly surprised.

I'm also keeping an eye on the upcoming Animated film this year. It doesn't seem to have the punch necessary to break the MGM mold.

 

[charlietheowl]

This isn't in the box office right now (it came out in 2011), but I just watched Safety Not Guaranteed and it was 88 minutes down the drain. I'm a big fan of Aubrey Plaza's, but she was left with a script full of holes and and characters it was hard to care about. I don't understand how this movie is so highly praised. If anyone on here has seen it and disagrees with me, please let know what I'm missing.

 

[Scooterforever]

I just got home from seeing "Oz: The Great Powerful." While the special effects are incredible, the movie was just.....okay.

***SOME SPOILERS***** (Read if You dare)
*James Franco was a wrong choice for this movie. And his character is a PLAYER!
*The love triangle (or square?) between Oz and the three witches were totally unnecessary.
*The flying monkey is really annoying.
*Glinda was boring. Enough said.
*I actually kinda liked the two evil witches, though. Especially the one Mila Kunis played.
*I am still accepting "Wicked" as the official prequel to "The Wizard of Oz."
*I hear rumors that there's going to be a sequel.

As a fan of the 1939 classic, as well as Disney's unofficial (and criminally underrated) sequel "Return to Oz" and Baum's original books, I have to say I am not interested. I've seen clips and heard sound bites, and at some points it sounds like Franco isn't even trying. I'm not a fan of Franco as an actor, so I'm already a bit biased, but the reviews aren't exactly glowing either. Everything you said sounds right on point; I heard just ONE sound bite of dialogue between Franco and Zach Braff's monkey, and that monkey makes Jar Jar Binks seem bearable. I too have heard A LOT of people saying they'd prefer a film prequel based on the much superior Wicked, and I believe they even mentioned it in the NPR interview.