$50 Million first day for Episode III

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UNCjigga

UNCjigga

Lifer
Dec 12, 2000
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I saw it last night with low expectations STILL left unfulfilled :(

SEMI SPOILER ALERT

- Opening credits start with 'War!'. Like, no sh1t dumbass. It just said 'Star Wars' in big yellow outline font 2 seconds ago.
- First 20 minutes were painful to watch. Worst movie dialogue I've heard in a long time.
- I thought the forced emotional dialogue and cheesy love scenes between Anakin and Padme could not get any worse after EP2. It just did!
- Too many cheesy droid scenes. Sure the kids loved it though.
- 'Younglings' is a dumb word. Kept thinking I need a beer.
- Obi-Wan's pet lizard was mighty annoying. This is not 'Jurassic Park'.
- Gen. Grievous was built up on starwars.com to be this uber-kickass villain. Instead he's wheezy android with hacking cough and doesn't live up to expectations. WTF is up with internal organs sitting exposed to elements behind two metal flaps?
- Where did the Latina Corellian Corvettes come from? Damn that's a fat ass on a spaceship.
 
neutralizer

neutralizer

Lifer
Oct 4, 2001
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Originally posted by: UNCjigga
I saw it last night with low expectations STILL left unfulfilled :(

SEMI SPOILER ALERT

- Opening credits start with 'War!'. Like, no sh1t dumbass. It just said 'Star Wars' in big yellow outline font 2 seconds ago.
- First 20 minutes were painful to watch. Worst movie dialogue I've heard in a long time.
- I thought the forced emotional dialogue and cheesy love scenes between Anakin and Padme could not get any worse after EP2. It just did!
- Too many cheesy droid scenes. Sure the kids loved it though.
- 'Younglings' is a dumb word. Kept thinking I need a beer.
- Obi-Wan's pet lizard was mighty annoying. This is not 'Jurassic Park'.
- Gen. Grievous was built up on starwars.com to be this uber-kickass villain. Instead he's wheezy android with hacking cough and doesn't live up to expectations. WTF is up with internal organs sitting exposed to elements behind two metal flaps?
- Where did the Latina Corellian Corvettes come from? Damn that's a fat ass on a spaceship.
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Agreed. Couldn't have said it better myself.
 
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Rudee

Lifer
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- Gen. Grievous was built up on starwars.com to be this uber-kickass villain. Instead he's wheezy android with hacking cough and doesn't live up to expectations. WTF is up with internal organs sitting exposed to elements behind two metal flaps?
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I thought General Grievous was pretty kickass. In fact his collection of his victims light sabers around his waist was a nice touch, showing he was indeed an uber-kickass villain, despite the goofy wheezing cough. The little wheel like gizmo he climbed in to get away was gayer than a stack of strawberry pancakes though. WTF thought that one up I don't know, but I thought it was really stupid.
 
UNCjigga

UNCjigga

Lifer
Dec 12, 2000
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Originally posted by: Rudee
- Gen. Grievous was built up on starwars.com to be this uber-kickass villain. Instead he's wheezy android with hacking cough and doesn't live up to expectations. WTF is up with internal organs sitting exposed to elements behind two metal flaps?
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I thought General Grievous was pretty kickass. In fact his collection of his victims light sabers around his waist was a nice touch, showing he was indeed an uber-kickass villain, despite the goofy wheezing cough. The little wheel like gizmo he climbed in to get away was gayer than a stack of strawberry pancakes though. WTF thought that one up I don't know, but I thought it was really stupid.
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I bet his victims were Yuenglings. :D

 
K1052

K1052

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Aug 21, 2003
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The piracy concerns only really extend to dvd sales which have grown to be extremely profitable for the studios.
 
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Blayze

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Originally posted by: Rudee
- Gen. Grievous was built up on starwars.com to be this uber-kickass villain. Instead he's wheezy android with hacking cough and doesn't live up to expectations. WTF is up with internal organs sitting exposed to elements behind two metal flaps?
Click to expand...

I thought General Grievous was pretty kickass. In fact his collection of his victims light sabers around his waist was a nice touch, showing he was indeed an uber-kickass villain, despite the goofy wheezing cough. The little wheel like gizmo he climbed in to get away was gayer than a stack of strawberry pancakes though. WTF thought that one up I don't know, but I thought it was really stupid.
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Grievous' cough is explained in the Clone Wars cartoon. I thought he was great. Sure his main purpose was to give Obi-Wan something to do, but it worked.
 
Linux23

Linux23

Lifer
Apr 9, 2000
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Originally posted by: UNCjigga
I saw it last night with low expectations STILL left unfulfilled :(

SEMI SPOILER ALERT

- Opening credits start with 'War!'. Like, no sh1t dumbass. It just said 'Star Wars' in big yellow outline font 2 seconds ago.
- First 20 minutes were painful to watch. Worst movie dialogue I've heard in a long time.
- I thought the forced emotional dialogue and cheesy love scenes between Anakin and Padme could not get any worse after EP2. It just did!
- Too many cheesy droid scenes. Sure the kids loved it though.
- 'Younglings' is a dumb word. Kept thinking I need a beer.
- Obi-Wan's pet lizard was mighty annoying. This is not 'Jurassic Park'.
- Gen. Grievous was built up on starwars.com to be this uber-kickass villain. Instead he's wheezy android with hacking cough and doesn't live up to expectations. WTF is up with internal organs sitting exposed to elements behind two metal flaps?
- Where did the Latina Corellian Corvettes come from? Damn that's a fat ass on a spaceship.
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yep, I agree.
 
sao123

sao123

Lifer
May 27, 2002
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Samuel L Jackson died without blowing anything up in the film, or even making a smart ass comment.
I'm p1ssed.
 
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CaptainNixon

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When Samuel L Jackson told Anakin he would not be given the rank of Jedi Master and Anakin said What? I was waiting for Samuel to start doing the "Say what again muther F$%^ker" speach from Pulp fiction.
 
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thegimp03

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Jul 5, 2004
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Eh, so what. When ticket prices in major cities go up to 10-12 bucks for regular admission it's easy to hit 50 million on the first day. For a family of four its 45-50 bucks after tax anymore to go to the movies on a weekend. And that's not even including soda, popcorn, or candy.
 
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DorkBoy

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Originally posted by: thegimp03
Eh, so what. When ticket prices in major cities go up to 10-12 bucks for regular admission it's easy to hit 50 million on the first day. For a family of four its 45-50 bucks after tax anymore to go to the movies on a weekend. And that's not even including soda, popcorn, or candy.
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"it's easy to hit 50 million on the first day" WTF are you thinking?
 
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HermDogg

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Originally posted by: DorkBoy
Originally posted by: thegimp03
Eh, so what. When ticket prices in major cities go up to 10-12 bucks for regular admission it's easy to hit 50 million on the first day. For a family of four its 45-50 bucks after tax anymore to go to the movies on a weekend. And that's not even including soda, popcorn, or candy.
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"it's easy to hit 50 million on the first day" WTF are you thinking?
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"It's easy to hit 50 million dollars on the first day when you have a built-in audience that will come see it three times no matter how bad it sucked, four times if it REALLY sucks, just so they can say how bad it is. It's win-win."
 
her209

her209

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Oct 11, 2000
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Originally posted by: HermDogg
Originally posted by: DorkBoy
Originally posted by: thegimp03
Eh, so what. When ticket prices in major cities go up to 10-12 bucks for regular admission it's easy to hit 50 million on the first day. For a family of four its 45-50 bucks after tax anymore to go to the movies on a weekend. And that's not even including soda, popcorn, or candy.
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"it's easy to hit 50 million on the first day" WTF are you thinking?
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"It's easy to hit 50 million dollars on the first day when you have a built-in audience that will come see it three times no matter how bad it sucked, four times if it REALLY sucks, just so they can say how bad it is. It's win-win."
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Not to mention tickets cost 2x what it was 5 years ago.
 
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