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Oh I'm sure there will be no end of defenders to say anything to say that it isn't but it's going to be an interesting one that's for sure.
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06-01-2016, 01:59 PM | #42 |
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I'm not counting on anything, because the last movie did better than expected and these forecasts are not always accurate... but if this does underperform, my hope is that they get the message that relentlessly milking Fred Wolf nostalgia isn't enough to build a franchise.
It's diminishing returns. IIRC, the much-hyped Fred Wolf crossover episode of the Nick show didn't bring much of a ratings boost, and if this movie does less than the last one, hopefully someone will get the hint that they could and should dig a little deeper if they want to keep the property going strong.
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Just make a good movie that's competently written without all this stupid bullsh!t, five-ton seven-foot monster Turtles, no backstory... I CANNOT BELIEVE how many of you people are okay or even applaud this crap.
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http://variety.com/2016/film/news/te...ar-1201786708/
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Once again it makes me wonder if the nostalgia for the Fred Wolf cartoon has died. |
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06-01-2016, 04:10 PM | #47 |
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Pro Box Office predicts it's going to do $27M at opening weekend.
http://pro.boxoffice.com/weekend-for...ever-stopping/
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06-01-2016, 05:33 PM | #51 | |
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Now people know what they are bringing to the table after the steaming pile of crap they released in 2014. Given it would be near impossible to make a film worse than that one this movie will still be horrendous. |
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06-01-2016, 05:53 PM | #52 |
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Hollywood Reporter says that Paramount is sticking with predictions of an opening between $35 million to $40 million.
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The first movie made $400m. That's good for a superhero movie-- If it's released in 2006. This is 2016. Civil War has made a billion dollars. Force Awakens (2015, I know.) made TWO BILLION DOLLARS. And Ant-Man, a movie about a character that no one knows, made HALF A BILLION. The TMNT name should be able to rake in 700k, but it making any less than 500k just proves that these producers are doing something wrong, and the audience doesn't want to waste money on it. Let's hope this thing bombs like Fan4stic. |
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06-01-2016, 06:08 PM | #55 | |
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Gleefully anticipating. Burn, baby, burn.
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06-01-2016, 08:11 PM | #57 | |
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And especially when it comes to movies, that constant Fred Wolf influence shows its weakness. Because while I have plenty of nostalgia for it, and for the elements it introduced, it really is a cartoon. And I mean a cartoon -- it's got plenty of charm, but it doesn't have much in the way of compelling stories or genuine emotion or deep characters. And that's by design; it was a goofy comedy that winked at the audience about how silly it was. But following that lead exclusively doesn't translate to feature films particularly well. It doesn't help an audience invest in the characters and their world if everything's thinly-developed and every character is as one-note and basic as can be. There's a reason that the 1990 movie used some personality aspects from the cartoon but otherwise took its plot wholesale from the Mirage comics, and that's because the comics told a proper story and the cartoon... really didn't. (Aside from maybe season one.) And that's what's missing here. An actual, genuine story. Movies need them. And for this property, to make that work, what they need to do is look deeper than surface-level cartoon nostalgia alone.
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Its gonna be way more then that, these people are always underestimating these movies.
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