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I need to check out Surrogates. I haven't really heard much of it but it does catch my attention and reminds me of I Robot.
| Rank | Movie | Weekend | Theaters | Average | Total | Budget |
| 1 | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | $24.6 mil | 3,119 | $7,887 | $60.3 mil | $100 |
| 2 | Surrogates | $15.0 mil | 2,951 | $5,083 | $15.0 mil | ---- |
| 3 | Fame | $10.0 mil | 3,096 | $3,241 | $10.0 mil | $25 |
| 4 | The Informant! | $6.9 mil | 2,505 | $2,760 | $20.9 mil | $22 |
| 5 | Tyler Perry’s I Can Do Bad All By Myself | $4.7 mil | 2,120 | $2,241 | $44.5 mil | ---- |
| 6 | Pandorum | $4.4 mil | 2,506 | $1,759 | $4.4 mil | ---- |
| 7 | Love Happens | $4.3 mil | 1,898 | $2,280 | $14.7 mil | $18 |
| 8 | Jennifer’s Body | $3.5 mil | 2,738 | $1,278 | $12.3 mil | $16 |
| 9 | 9 | $2.8 mil | 2,025 | $1,399 | $27.1 mil | $30 |
| 10 | Inglourious Basterds | $2.7 mil | 1,960 | $1,389 | $114.4 mil | $70 |
I need to check out Surrogates. I haven't really heard much of it but it does catch my attention and reminds me of I Robot.
Got a chance to catch both “Pandorum” and “Jennifer's Body” and neither was that bad. The only gripe with “Pandorum” is if they would have left out the cheesy action portions and upped the thriller portion I think they would have a better flick. “Jennifer's Body” was not as bad as I would have thought or read (and I read some reviews saying how they couldn't understand what was going on, thought it was pretty easy to follow). I don't know why the movie is getting such a bad rap… I guess maybe some people hold Fox responsible for the sh*t that is “Transformers 2” or people are sick of her overexposure. Diablo Cody is not the best writer ever (although everyone else who saw “Juno” would tell you this) but all-in-all her writing for this horror movie was a bit fresher and unlike the typical horror movie dialogue… so that was a nice change of pace. The flick did run I think maybe 10 minutes longer than it should have but not bad for a matinee showing.
Didn't see anything this weekend due to my dog being in pretty bad condition. Had to play nurse between hospital visits and wouldn't have enjoyed anything much anyway
BTW, how about Roman Polanski being arrested in Switzerland and may finally have to pay for his crimes if extradicted. When you're a fugitive you should know better than to leave the pussy ass country that's harboring you, France of course
Surrogates was blah, and I don't know if was just the character he played, but Willis seemed to just walk through this movie. I can't say i was disappointed, because I didn't see much I liked from the trailers.
I'm looking forward to Zombieland, because it looks funny. The kids (and me too for that matter) are excited to see the Toy Story movies on the big screen in 3D. I know Ricky Gervais (if that's how his named is spelled...I'm not sure) is funny in the UK version of the office, but I saw his HBO standup show and the movie Ghost Town and he wasn't funny in either of them. Is he a one-trick pony, or better off as a writer and not a performer?
My girlfriend wants to see Whip It, but I think she's doing a girls' night out so I'm off the hook for that one. I do remember watching roller derby on TV with my grandfather when I was a kid. I loved watching them fly over the rails, or hit the rail and spin around it before falling on their butts.
Is it just me, or is this proving to be a somewhat lackluster year...overall...for movies? I know there have been some bright spots, but over all it's been a blah year.
I think Surrogates successfully put the last nail into Bruce Willis' acting career's coffin. So what good action stars do we have left? I know Bruce is getting up there in the years but he still looks good for his age. He could have easily pulled off another Die Hard movie.
To be honest though Surrogates could have done well in the Spring. Look at all the mediocre movies that came out in the Spring the past few years that did really well. Fast & Furious? WTF Wild Hogs? an even bigger WTF... Surrogates is 10x better than both those movies,
Well, maybe he can get a role in the next Tarantino flick and re-ignite his carreer the way Tarantino did for Travolta in Pulp Fiction.
Also it doesnt help that alot of this film's aimed audience was at home playing Halo: ODST this weekend. I'm a huge Bruce Willis fan but I stayed at home to play Halo. Maybe I'll see during the week.
Not surprised about Meatballs. It was a good family film with laughs for everybody. The two sci-fi films don't sound too bad, but they seem to be better fits for home theater viewing.
Zombieland looks pretty funny, but it's hard to figure whether it will open well or not. I don't see the Toy Story films doing that well. By now anyone with children has seen it over 50 times, and the 3D would have to be earth shattering to convince me to drop over $50 bucks at the movies to take the family.
Not surprised about Meatballs. It was a good family film with laughs for everybody. The two sci-fi films don't sound too bad, but they seem to be better fits for home theater viewing.
Zombieland looks pretty funny, but it's hard to figure whether it will open well or not. I don't see the Toy Story films doing that well. By now anyone with children has seen it over 50 times, and the 3D would have to be earth shattering to convince me to drop over $50 bucks at the movies to take the family.
Pandorum is worth watching once. Pretty much what the ad's said it was going to be. Nothing breakthrough here but for sci-fi fans it is worth it.
Surrogates is really good. Good story with good fx. Nice cast in this also. Action is good also. Fans of Bruce will not be let down for this.
so will the Toy Story movies be 3-D through and through, or for just certain sequences?
imagine, if you will, the Barbie party sequence in 3-D...well I was going for a Twilight Zone gag there but it just died
need to see Meatballs....not gonna bother with the 3-D movies....