New Star Wars Trailer Released
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I thought the 2 most recent Star Trek's were great and JJA did those. I have to believe this one is going to blow me away.
Probably not. The current record is the Avengers at $207M (the next one could top that). The biggest opening for a film in December is just $84M (the first Hobbit). It's tough in December with the holidays to get everyone on that first weekend. That being said, it should have phenomenal legs and could make a run at the highest grossing film of all time. Avatar opened to "just" $77 million, but it's legs were great with small percentage drops in subsequent weekends. The Lord of the Rings films were all similar with great, but not record breaking openings, but great legs.
while i understand that December openings have limited ceilings due to weather, etc., the idea that this movie won't top The Avengers strikes me as unbelievable. The marketing for the latest Star Wars film has been the most-discussed campaign since Cloverfield, IMO, and likely since the original LOTR debuts.
Avengers also gets a boost from 3D tickets sales. As far as we know, The Force Awakens won't be in 3D. I really don't think it has a chance of beating the Avengers (or Avengers 2) in the opening weekend. In terms of total box office when it's all said and done, I think it has a legit chance.
This may seem ridiculous or unbelievable, but I'm 35 and have never seen any of the Star Wars movies.
Not a second of any of them other than trailers.
So, that being said, where should I begin? Was there a couple that were made later that sucked and should be ignored?
Not a second of any of them other than trailers.
So, that being said, where should I begin? Was there a couple that were made later that sucked and should be ignored?
Start with 4,5 and 6. If you want to watch 1,2 and 3 after to get the back story on 4 then you can. Keep in mind that 1-3 were made 20+ years after 4-6.
Most would recommend watching episodes 4-6 and then 1-3. If you want to watch in chronological order, watch 1-6. People generally don't like 1-3 (although I really like 3).
Originally posted by maverick1:
Personally -- and I'm quite the SW aficionado -- I'd start with Return of The Jedi. Things will just make a lot more sense if you do.
I'd watch the original trilogy in order, and skip the prequels.
I originally was fond of 3 but the more I think about it nah. I mean that light saber fight between Anakin and Obi-wan was needlessly complex. I've grown to despise stupidly complex fights trying to be too cute. (See the sword fight between Shai LaDouche and Cate Galadriel across moving vehicles in Kingdom of the Krystal Burgers as an example) The whole thing ends with Obi suddenly having the "high ground" after they spent 5 minutes jumping around and balancing around molten lava and then walks away leaving Anakin to burn to death instead of putting him out of his misery making him the coldest sumbitch in the galaxy.
They wiped out the EU would it be so hard for them to wipe out the prequels and let JJ reboot them?
This clip is better than all 3 prequels combined and didn't need obscene amounts of CGI and absurd choreography
Return of the Jedi
Return of the Jedi
I can't imagine there are very many people (including those who have never seen the movies) who don't know that twist.
anyone find the irony that episodes 1-3 had Lucas trying to make it more like Star Trek with all the politics , dialogue and senate meetings..etc.... then the new Star trek movies had J.J. trying to make it more like Star wars with more action?
New EA Video Game trailer for Star Wars: Battlefront looks amazing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwWLns7-xN8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwWLns7-xN8
I wonder how much cash Disney is going to pull in from their film division this year. Cinderella is already closing in on $500 Million. They've got a couple of pixar films still coming, another Marvel film, George Clooney and Tomorrowland. And to top it off, new Avengers and Star Wars films. The sheer amount of money they rake in could be staggering.
How's it a terrible take? Minus the dialogue Ep III was tons of fun: it had the best lightsaber battles of the entire franchise. Seeing Vader become Vader was also awesome. What do you hate about it so much?
Ep 3 and ROTJ get wrongfully crapped on.
I thought the cgi was laughably bad. The surf boarding in the lava makes me cringe. Hayden is terrible. Samuel L was terrible. The vader "nooooooo" is awful. I agree it was by far the best of those three but I could never think it was better than a new hope. And yes Jedi was by in large silly.
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