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StarBelliedBoy

Philadelphia, PA

December 2003

FEB 21, 2008 06:27 AM

malkav11 said:
A lot of people prefer laughing to watching people get brutally murdered. Strange, but true.

I KNOW RIGHT!

NickiLove

HOPEFUL

I'm lost

FEB 21, 2008 08:15 AM

Morgan said:

AceT said:

Morgan said:

StarBelliedBoy said:
Some people prefer other film genres than some other people, some of the time. Surprising, I know.

For once, I agree with you.

This calls for a milkshake.

Did someone say milkshake?

Is it wrong that I want to do Daniel Day Lewis even when he plays someone completely evil?

No. Bad boys are sexy.

Hooraydiation

Boston, MA

October 2005

FEB 21, 2008 08:23 AM

The tragedy is that Daniel Plainview would find nothing about any of you worth liking.

Subrosa said:
I mean, it's worth mentioning that if you take the Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter movies out of the list the highest grossing films of all time, you are left with this:
1) Titanic
2) Pirates of the Carribean II (The shitty one)
3) Pirates of the Carribean II (The other shitty one)
4) Star Wars Ep I
5) Jurassic Park.

People like awful shit that they don't have to think about.

However, when you adjust domestic box office grosses for inflation, here's your top ten:

1) Gone With The Wind
2) Star Wars (or Star Wars Episode IV if you insist)
3) The Sound Of Music
4) E.T.
5) The Ten Commandments
6) Titanic
7) Jaws
8) Doctor Zhivago
9) The Exorcist
10) Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs

About half of which I'd have a hard time classifying as "awful shit".

Fun movie trivia: Adjusted for inflation, The Graduate made more money than Star Wars Episode I.

And both Rear Window and M.A.S.H. made more money than Shrek The Third.

AceT

Portland, OR

April 2004

FEB 21, 2008 03:40 PM

Morgan said:

AceT said:

Morgan said:

StarBelliedBoy said:
Some people prefer other film genres than some other people, some of the time. Surprising, I know.

For once, I agree with you.

This calls for a milkshake.

Did someone say milkshake?

Is it wrong that I want to do Daniel Day Lewis even when he plays someone completely evil?

Is it wrong that I completely related to him in that movie? Not so much the psychotic bits, but definitely the misanthropic ones.

Cassiel

Aurora, CO

September 2004

FEB 21, 2008 03:55 PM

AceT said:

Morgan said:

AceT said:

Morgan said:

StarBelliedBoy said:
Some people prefer other film genres than some other people, some of the time. Surprising, I know.

For once, I agree with you.

This calls for a milkshake.

Did someone say milkshake?

Is it wrong that I want to do Daniel Day Lewis even when he plays someone completely evil?

Is it wrong that I completely related to him in that movie? Not so much the psychotic bits, but definitely the misanthropic ones.

I felt the same way.

gdarklighter

San Diego, CA

August 2005

FEB 22, 2008 04:50 PM

Uncognitive said:

Subrosa said:
I mean, it's worth mentioning that if you take the Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter movies out of the list the highest grossing films of all time, you are left with this:
1) Titanic
2) Pirates of the Carribean II (The shitty one)
3) Pirates of the Carribean II (The other shitty one)
4) Star Wars Ep I
5) Jurassic Park.

People like awful shit that they don't have to think about.

However, when you adjust domestic box office grosses for inflation, here's your top ten:

1) Gone With The Wind
2) Star Wars (or Star Wars Episode IV if you insist)
3) The Sound Of Music
4) E.T.
5) The Ten Commandments
6) Titanic
7) Jaws
8) Doctor Zhivago
9) The Exorcist
10) Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs

About half of which I'd have a hard time classifying as "awful shit".

Fun movie trivia: Adjusted for inflation, The Graduate made more money than Star Wars Episode I.

And both Rear Window and M.A.S.H. made more money than Shrek The Third.

Am I the only person who'd like to see "number of tickets sold"? I mean, grosses are great for the financial side of the discussion, but I'm much more interested in how many people went to see a film.