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Still out in theatres and slowly working its way past US$800million worldwide, the second TFs movie has made it into the top 10 all-time earners list in America, AND the top 20 all-time earners worldwide lists.
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/domestic.htm
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/world/
And on the 'adjusted for inflation' US list, ROTF comes in at #84.
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/adjusted.htm
well what dos this say about all the bad reviews:confused:someone must of done something right:p
I think it's an indictment on the state of society.
I blame Baby Boomers and Gen Y...
...equally.
.......... what's the world coming to (audiences must like to 'turn their brains off' when watching movies)
While I don't think ROTF is top 10 material, I do think people turning their brains of at the movies is a given. And to be honest I can sympathize a bit with that, after a long week of work turning the old brain of and just going to see some thrills and spills has its appeal. I think I'm actualy more likely to concentrate when watching a DVD at home than watching a movie on the big screen these days.
I mean how many of this top 10 list actauly have clever and engaging plots?
If by 'clever and engaging' you don't set the bar as high as (to name a few examples) The Usual Suspects, Fight Club, Saw I & II type 'clever and engaging', I think that at least the following in the top 10 would fit the bill (and rightly so):Quote:
Originally Posted by Lord_Zed
(1) Titanic
(2) The Dark Knight
(3) Star Wars
(5) ET
(8) Spider-Man
The top 20 list however, is far from based on good taste, with movies like Dead Man's Chest, Spider-Man 3, Kingdom of the Crystal and At World's End and ermmm..... Revenge of the Fallen, in it.
I supose you are correct, but then we start to drift into the realm of personal taste, what I might find clever and engaging you might find dull and repetative.
Suffice it to say that while I enjoyed most of the movies in the top 10 (bar one). For half of them I found the main draw card was awesome action and fight scenes. While the story itself seemed to play second fiddle. I still enjoyed them all though.
Here I'm reffering to:
Star Wars Episode 1
Star Wars Episode 3
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Spider-Man
And of course Transformers Return of the Fallen
Well, McDonald's sells a lot more food than most other restaurants. Doesn't mean it's any good though.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tabias Prime
umm...depends if your the one who eats it or the one who profit from it. :pQuote:
Originally Posted by SofaMan
...actually it makes no difference apple pies are $1 that all $1! How can you go wrong! Best food place ever! :D
I did notice that out of the World Top 10, that 8 of them were sequels. LotR was a least a single narrative split over 3 films; the other six are just 'whore's movies'. Their success was largely based off the success of the first film.
In the Top 25, 5 of them are Harry Potter films, and 17 of them were sequels. Only 8 were actually original movies!
I'm actually slightly terrified of what this says about us as a culture. Are we really that frightened of being told stories that are completely new?