Old guy Posted October 31, 2012 Posted October 31, 2012 You could have watched SOTY instead' date=' has been getting nice reviews.[/quote'] stupid movie really...
b555 Posted October 31, 2012 Posted October 31, 2012 You could have watched SOTY instead' date=' has been getting nice reviews.[/quote'] and i really understand why its a stupid movie, not really for people with a sense
Yoda-esque Posted October 31, 2012 Posted October 31, 2012 and i really understand why its a stupid movie, not really for people with a sense :giggle:
DomainK Posted November 1, 2012 Posted November 1, 2012 Yay for new Star Wars movie... :yay: Good on Disney! I have watched only one film of that series. Thinking of watching the rest sometime soon.
EnterTheVoid Posted November 1, 2012 Posted November 1, 2012 Came back from watching "Argo" and "Paranormal Activity 4" back to back. Argo - 10/10 Paranormal Activity 4 - 1/10
Sidhoni Posted November 1, 2012 Posted November 1, 2012 and i really understand why its a stupid movie, not really for people with a sense Haven't watched it myself but it still should be better than Ajab Gajab love
Sidhoni Posted November 1, 2012 Posted November 1, 2012 Came back from watching "Argo" and "Paranormal Activity 4" back to back. Argo - 10/10 Paranormal Activity 4 - 1/10 :hysterical:
DomainK Posted November 1, 2012 Posted November 1, 2012 Came back from watching "Argo" and "Paranormal Activity 4" back to back. Argo - 10/10 Paranormal Activity 4 - 1/10 I was planning to watch Paranormal Activity, but then saw the IMDB rating and decided against it.
Sachin=GOD Posted November 1, 2012 Posted November 1, 2012 Paying 4 bil for star wars... what a ridiculous decision... actually its not a bad decision at all. Star Wars isn't simply a film franchise - it also includes theme parks, merchandising etc which is a very lucrative business. Walt Disney acquires Lucasfilm for $4 billion LOS ANGELES: Walt Disney agreed to buy George Lucas' Lucasfilm for $4.05 billion, pressing CEO Robert Iger's $15 billion bet on creative franchises by adding 'Star Wars' and 'Indiana Jones.' Lucas, 68, the sole owner, will get half in cash and the rest in stock, making him a major investor in the film, theme park and TV company, according to a statement on Tuesday from Burbank, California-based Disney. The first of a new trilogy of 'Star Wars' films will be released in 2015, Disney said. The deal furthers Iger's pursuit of marquee content in an era marked by technology changes, such as $8-a-month video streaming and free game downloads, that disrupted Hollywood's traditional revenue sources. Iger, who paid a combined $11.2 billion for Pixar and Marvel, said memorable characters will be valuable no matter what medium they appear in. "Technology has proved more friend than foe to great storytelling," Robert Iger said in an interview. "It allows us to distribute in ways we never thought would have been imaginable." Disney paid $7 billion for animation studio Pixar in 2006 and bought Marvel Entertainment in 2009 for $4.2 billion, adding the creators of 'Toy Story,' and 'The Avengers' to the company's library. The Lucas acquisition brings the 'Star Wars' pictures, which have generated $4.54 billion in worldwide ticket sales - second only to Warner Bros.' 'Harry Potter,' according to Box Office Mojo. The 'Indiana Jones' films have collected $1.95 billion. 'Sustainable Franchise' "If Disney is really trying to focus on the tent-pole, event pictures, and given that this is something that has huge carryover value in the parks and merchandise business, it certainly makes sense," said Matthew Harrigan, an analyst at Wunderlich Securities in Denver. "This is just the paradigm of the sustainable Hollywood franchise." Disney fell 0.4% to $50.05 on October 26, the last trading day before Hurricane Sandy forced markets to shut down. The stock has gained 34 percent this year. Lucas, who will be a creative consultant on 'Star Wars' films, will receive about 40 million Disney shares, becoming the second-largest non-institutional shareholder with about 2.2% of the company, data compiled by Bloomberg show. The largest is the trust of late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, who sold Pixar to Disney. Talks between Disney and Lucas began a year and a half ago, Iger said on Tuesday on a conference call. 'Retirement Fund' "I'm investing in Disney, that's my retirement fund," Lucas said in a video Disney posted on Youtube. Lucasfilm was advised by the law firm Latham & Watkins. Link
Sachin=GOD Posted November 1, 2012 Posted November 1, 2012 What Disney is really buying The Mouse House is getting much more than the rights to a few more well-loved characters. By Matt Vella, deputy technology editor FORTUNE -- Walt Disney Co. chairman and CEO Robert Iger has transformed The Mouse House into so much more. On Oct. 31, the company agreed to acquire Lucasfilm for $4.05 billion, a surprise move that will give it control of the lucrative "Star Wars" franchise. The deal seals Iger's legacy of growing Disney (DIS) through large acquisitions that expand the Burbank company's store of unique intellectual property. In 2009, Disney acquired Marvel Entertainment for $4 billion, a deal that resulted in this year's blockbuster "The Avengers." Three years earlier, it bought "Toy Story"-maker Pixar Animation Studios for $7.4 billion. Iger, 61, will step down as CEO in March 2015 and stay on as chairman until June 2016. His mark on the company is likely to be felt for decades to come. (For more on how Iger runs Disney, please see Fortune's May feature story.) But the deal is something of a coming full circle for Hollywood. George Lucas and his long-time licensing chief Howard Roffman more or less invented the playbook that major media companies, Disney chief among them, now depend on. When Roffman joined Lucasfilm in 1980, the firm had produced the first Star Wars, a mega-hit, but not much else. "In the beginning, nobody knew what we had," he told me earlier this year. "In the first year or two, nobody could say 'franchise,'" he said of the buzzword currently favored by studio executives. Roffman, who became the company's chief operating officer in the mid-1980s and would head its licensing division for 25 years, says Lucasfilm was almost exclusively focused on finishing the original trilogy in 1983. During the late 1980s, the company produced a Saturday morning cartoon, but Star Wars' retail presence was nonexistent. Then, in 1991, Roffman convinced Lucas to publish the first Star Wars-themed novel. It became a New York Times best-seller and stayed on the list for sixteen weeks. By 1994, the long-term plan had come into focus: Lucas began working on another three films and Roffman plotted a course that included VHS editions, a theatrical re-release, and retail partnerships all building up to another round of box office releases. They were creating the commercial blueprint Hollywood has now almost entirely adopted. Lucasfilm became a money machine. "Star Wars" films have grossed a modest-sounding $4.6 billion globally, according the company. But total retail sales -- everything from action figures and Halloween costumes to video games -- have topped a staggering $25 billion. And according to NPD data, it has been the top toy brand for boys during six of the last seven years. "Lucas created the summer movie season aimed at the youth market," argues Hollywood.com analyst Paul Dergarabedian. (Lucasfilm referred follow-up inquiries to its press release announcing the deal.) Under Iger, Disney seems to have perfected the formula. This year's "Avengers," which brought together the cast of various Marvel comic movies, shows the extent to which this is true. The film has been a phenomenal success on its own, bringing in over $200 million in domestic box office ticket sales during its first weekend, topping the previous record set by "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2." More importantly, it is the capstone of a long-term, Lucas-style rollout which began in 2003 with the first "Hulk" movie. The six films since, including the likes of "Iron Man" and "Thor," have grossed over $2.5 billion total worldwide. That does not include toys, video games and other merchandise. On a Tuesday conference call, the company's executives began mapping out Lucasfilm's future. Disney will, for one, make more "Star Wars" movies. Following one slated for release in 2015, the company said "more feature films [are] expected to continue the 'Star Wars' saga and grow the franchise well into the future." It will also find ways to use "Star Wars" throughout its businesses, including theme parks, consumer products, television and so on. "I've always believed that 'Star Wars' could live beyond me, and I thought it was important to set up the transition during my lifetime," George Lucas said in a statement. "I'm confident 'Star Wars' will certainly live on and flourish for many generations to come." There are plenty of unanswered questions, many of which are sure to light up chat rooms on the Internet. One thing is for sure: Disney is getting much more than meets the eye. fortune
Shane Posted November 1, 2012 Posted November 1, 2012 Gentlemen, could we have some top of the line thriller/heist/comedy movie suggestion please.
coffee_rules Posted November 1, 2012 Posted November 1, 2012 Finally watched Infernal Affairs (HK) which inspired The Departed. Although The Departed is not original, it has a lot of better presentation material than the Chinese original. The concept was borrowed and presented in a better way by Scorcese. I hate that he got the Oscars for this copy than better movies with DeNiro. I hate the ending of both movies, although TD has a more satisfying ending for the viewer. It gives a closure.
DomainK Posted November 1, 2012 Posted November 1, 2012 Just watched Skyfall. A very good film, though far from the typical Bond film. It's in tune with the earlier one that decided to make Bond a more practical, relatable and believable Bond, a change that was forced upon most modern spy films by Jason Bourne. Apart from the lack of typical Bond-gadgets (Except may be Bond's old car with the old-fashioned guns, which looked more like a tribute to the past gadgets), this film is also marked by the lack of sexy girls. The ones that are there, do not impress like the earlier Bond girls used to. Top class performances, good characterization, some good dialogs make this a good movie. Action scenes are very nice and, like I said, a little more real than typical Bond.
ganeshran Posted November 1, 2012 Posted November 1, 2012 The Bond movie has wiped out Cloud Atlas from Chennai screens. sathyam is only running one show and that too at 10:20 :wall:
Old guy Posted November 1, 2012 Posted November 1, 2012 The Bond movie has wiped out Cloud Atlas from Chennai screens. sathyam is only running one show and that too at 10:20 :wall: i think in my city there is still one show but no one wants to watch could atlas :(( has any one gone to movie theater alone before? how does it feels? :D:hysterical:
Texy Posted November 1, 2012 Posted November 1, 2012 i think in my city there is still one show but no one wants to watch could atlas :(( has any one gone to movie theater alone before? how does it feels? :D:hysterical: It's just like :joyman: ...u should be an expert by now :hehe:
Old guy Posted November 1, 2012 Posted November 1, 2012 It's just like :joyman: ...u should be an expert by now :hehe: i love :joyman: :dontknow: so will i love seeing movie alone? :hmmm:
Nova Posted November 1, 2012 Posted November 1, 2012 i love :joyman: :dontknow: so will i love seeing movie alone? :hmmm: You should go.
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