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They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
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They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
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Moonraker
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The Man With The Golden Gun
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  • I have posted many times how Tenet has failed to reach almost all of its box office projections. It even fell well below them on more than one occasion. Professional trades are now projecting it will fail to reach its break even point. So given Tene…
  • Contraband wrote: » jake24 wrote: » TR007 wrote: » Not the biggest fan of that poster, but I love that it’s still coming out in November! I won’t believe that November date until I’m literally seated in the theatre waiting to watch it…
  • Zekidk wrote: » You just keep telling yourself that! Final opening weekend projection for Tenet domestically: $25 million. Actual opening weekend: $11 million. Final total domestic projection for Tenet: $150 million to $300 million. Cu…
  • Zekidk wrote: » DaltonCraig007 wrote: » It is becoming incredibly sad how some members have lost all ability to think intelligently since the pandemic began. You really need to relax and take a chill-pill. You come of as a very aggressiv…
  • DaltonCraig007 wrote: » And as I said: $200 million world-wide given the pandemic is a strong number. $200 million world-wide on a $200 million is a financial disaster. 2 sentences. How lazy must @Zekidk be to not even be bothered to read 2…
  • Jan1985 wrote: » echo wrote: » Eon isn't stupid. They know they have a good product (even SP did well, despite the reviews) and they will wait to release Craig's final film when the moment is right. Clearly, anything indoors (aside from st…
  • CraigMooreOHMSS wrote: » RogerJonMoorePertwee wrote: » I genuinely think that a February bump is necessary. I understand that the marketplace probably won't be much different at all from November. We will still have social distancing, capac…
  • RogerJonMoorePertwee wrote: » To expect the film to be delayed isn't ridiculous, considering there is an ongoing global pandemic. It means being cautiously optimistic. Expecting that something that you're looking forward to experiencing is…
  • RogerJonMoorePertwee wrote: » I just find it equally depressing / ridiculous that despite this being a James Bond forum, and that new posters and a new trailer for a brand new Bond film have come out - for a film that itself is coming out less tha…
  • RogerJonMoorePertwee wrote: » They already aren't showing up! So why would they feel insulted? My statement also applies to people (like myself) who have actually been going back to the cinema. And they aren't enough people who ac…
  • RogerJonMoorePertwee wrote: » The thing is, the completed films which have been delayed to Spring or Summer 2021, you can say "Oh well, fair enough. What can you do" and leave it at that. If / when those films are pushed back to Autumn or Winter …
  • RogerJonMoorePertwee wrote: » The best compromise solution right now seems to be letting the US go - be it delaying a film there specifically, or going PVOD (again, only there), or just accepting the tiny box office if it opens theatrically at …
  • Why moving ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ could deepen movie theaters’ pandemic woes - The cautious optimism surrounding cinema reopenings is beginning to waver as studios mull another wave of release date changes. Warner Bros.’ decision to move “Wonder Wom…
  • The Fast & Furious guys, in hindsight, might end up being the smartest people in Hollywood. They immediately delayed Fast 9 by 1 whole year. Which makes it possible they could be the only major 2020* blockbuster (from those affected by the pand…
  • antovolk wrote: » Yeah it's a very tough bind - made worse by Tenet's showing at the BO as there's now evidence that the rest of the world is more ready (potential second waves and lockdowns notwithstanding) and the US is just dragging everyone ba…
  • RogerJonMoorePertwee wrote: » Bottom line is, these films have to come out one way or another, sooner or later. This continual circle of films being delayed and delayed doesn't get anyone anywhere. As long as not enough people are willing t…
  • Another incoming South Korean thriller: Voice of Silence. Tae-In and Chang-Bok work for crime organizations. Their job is to clean up messes left by the crime groups. They carryout their jobs diligently and professionally. One day, they are h…
  • RogerJonMoorePertwee wrote: » I'm not surprised, I'm aware that the outbreak in the US is much worse than most other countries so I can understand why a lot of people are staying away from cinemas at the moment. The world is more than just one cou…
  • RogerJonMoorePertwee wrote: » Like a lot of people on this forum, I don't live in the US so that situation isn't directly affecting cinemas that I frequent. Just because things are like that in the US doesn't mean things are like that the whole wo…
  • RogerJonMoorePertwee wrote: » But it's a bit insulting to keep playing 'keep away' with these films and make people who actually want to go to the cinema at the moment, feel all the more worse. Because there simply isn't enough people willi…
  • RedNine wrote: » DaltonCraig007 wrote: » It's as if people just won't admit that the Tenet experiment failed. Tenet is doing so bad in the USA that it is killing theaters. Tenet's international numbers are nowhere near enough to avoid the film…
  • antovolk wrote: » DaltonCraig007 wrote: » * If Tenet's staggered release was actually successful, WB would only have delayed Wonder Woman domestically. As it stands, they delayed its release dates in every country, proving that the internation…
  • Zekidk wrote: » And it's keeping theatres alive internationally. This is called 'whatsaboutism' and shows you refuse to admit Tenet is doing so catastrophically bad in the USA that it is killing theaters. But you can continue to ignore the …
  • Andrew Koji, the lead from the TV series 'Warrior', has joined Brad Pitt in the action flick Bullet Train, directed by David Leitch (John Wick, Deadpool 2, Atomic Blonde). https://deadline.com/2020/09/snake-eyess-andrew-koji-brad-pitt-sonys-bulle…
  • MakeshiftPython wrote: » CraigMooreOHMSS wrote: » I don't think Nolan had as much to do with the film's release as has been reported, personally. It's neither selfless nor selfish on his part. Whoever thought that THIS would be the movi…
  • Looking at the US box office only, Nolan has factually failed to reestablish theaters. Tenet is actually doing the opposite, and is killing theaters. In other countries however, his film did provide better numbers. But still not enough to earn it…
  • Zekidk wrote: » I just don't agree with you that 200 mio in two weeks internationally is a disaster. Of course it would probably have made at least 300 already if there wasn't a pandemic. But given the circumstances I would say that 200 mio in a c…
  • The USA have reached the very sad milestone of 200,000 deaths from coronavirus.
  • Zekidk wrote: » DaltonCraig007 wrote: » Zekidk wrote: » I'm just arguing that 200 mio in the first couple of weeks isn't a "financial disaster" $200 million world wide for a $200 million budget film is a financial disaster. It's …
  • Creasy47 wrote: » Zekidk wrote: » FoxRox wrote: » Zekidk wrote: » matt_u wrote: » Well, Tenet actually is a financial disaster. Budget: 200 million After two weeks: "Tenet’ Hits $200 Million Globally" “Success” may be…