Andy867 Posted September 8, 2003 Share Posted September 8, 2003 Sorry to break it to ya Matrix Reloaded die-hard fans, but apparently the movie didn't do well enough, because according to the latest figures, Pirates of the Caribbean ( A VERY GOOD MOVIE indeed) passed up Matrix Reloaded movie and is the #2 film of the year, just behind Finding Nemo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Fisher Posted September 8, 2003 Share Posted September 8, 2003 Well, I can't judge because I never watched any of them:( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaulerZ Posted September 8, 2003 Share Posted September 8, 2003 I like all those movies listed so it dont matter to me..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Count Posted September 8, 2003 Share Posted September 8, 2003 I don't really care; Terminator 3 was this years definitive action film and that was just a rehash of of the second one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cheat Posted September 8, 2003 Share Posted September 8, 2003 there have been a lot of awesome movies this year and it all leads up to this december when return of the king comes out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legameboy Posted September 8, 2003 Share Posted September 8, 2003 You are right, Pirates of the Carribean was a SUPERBLY EXCELLENT movie. I'll take pirates over bullet-time any day of the week. I'm joking, it really doesn't matter, The Cheat is right though, it all leads up to Lord of the Rings: Return of the King. Finding Nemo was a pretty good movie, I'm not suprised it was #1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zappa_0 Posted September 8, 2003 Share Posted September 8, 2003 Yea I think Terminator 3 was pretty good, and may have been this summers best movie. I havent got to see PotC yet, but I might try to watch it soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obi Posted September 8, 2003 Share Posted September 8, 2003 Well, Reloaded is the number one R-rated movie of the year anyway...I suppose that would suffice the die hard Matrix fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Eggplant Posted September 8, 2003 Share Posted September 8, 2003 apples and oranges boy, and take it from this sith lord produce, you be talkin' crazy sillyness. Reloaded came out in May. may is NOT SUMMER. Pirates came out in SUMMER, summer is NOT MAY. and Reloaded is being played still in IMAX. PIRATES IS NOT! I loved Pirates, but mister silly pants film cricket; get yo facts straight before you be making foolish threads like this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy867 Posted September 8, 2003 Author Share Posted September 8, 2003 Darth Eggplant ---> I never said it was the #2 movie of the summer ... I said of the YEAR... Big difference. Originally posted by Los Angeles (Rueters) Through Yahoo! Movies ... Meanwhile, "Pirates of the Caribbean" passed "The Matrix Reloaded" to become the No. 2 movie of the year, with $282 million banked so far. So there you have it:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldritch Posted September 8, 2003 Share Posted September 8, 2003 Originally posted by Andy867 Darth Eggplant ---> I never said it was the #2 movie of the summer ... I said of the YEAR... Big difference. So there you have it:) I think that has mostly to do with the American filmgoing audience - most of them are barely smart enough to buy a ticket, let alone understand a complicated and brilliant plot like the one in the The Matrix Reloaded. They need a movie where we see a half naked girl and a bunch of stuff gets blown up (T3) or a movie whose plot was so predictable it could've been written by a 12 year old (Pirates of the Caribbean). It was good, but it was a mindless, brainless movie that added nothing to the history of film... at the end of the day, it's just another movie that made money, like Dumb and Dumber or Ace Ventura. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Rythe Posted September 8, 2003 Share Posted September 8, 2003 Well, these things happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Count Posted September 8, 2003 Share Posted September 8, 2003 Originally posted by Eldritch I think that has mostly to do with the American filmgoing audience - most of them are barely smart enough to buy a ticket, let alone understand a complicated and brilliant plot like the one in the The Matrix Reloaded. They need a movie where we see a half naked girl and a bunch of stuff gets blown up (T3) or a movie whose plot was so predictable it could've been written by a 12 year old (Pirates of the Caribbean). It was good, but it was a mindless, brainless movie that added nothing to the history of film... at the end of the day, it's just another movie that made money, like Dumb and Dumber or Ace Ventura. Do you know how much The Matrix borrows from the Terminator franchise? Oh and I think the Matrix had as much stuff blown up as there was in Terminator 3 (which didn't make as much money as Reloaded) I shouldn't really be so offended by this thread as I'm not American but preferring Terminator 3 to the Matrix Reloaded doesn't measure your intellect. Also I'm thinking you forgot how successful Reloaded was in the States. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sivy Posted September 8, 2003 Share Posted September 8, 2003 Originally posted by obi-wan13 Well, Reloaded is the number one R-rated movie of the year anyway...I suppose that would suffice the die hard Matrix fans. damn right! *high fives obi* ...*and humps his leg * besides box office receipts don't always reflex the quality of the movie.. i mean look at home alone. family films always do better revolutions to going to kick ass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toms Posted September 8, 2003 Share Posted September 8, 2003 Originally posted by Eldritch I think that has mostly to do with the American filmgoing audience - most of them are barely smart enough to buy a ticket, let alone understand a complicated and brilliant plot like the one in the The Matrix Reloaded. we have entered a weird alternate universe where Matrix Reloaded is cited as an example of "intelligent" movies in order to degrade dumb american action blockbusters that are all big computer generated explosions and no plot... somebody pinch me. From such promise, it has actually turned out to be a pretty terrible year or so for movies. The latest bond started well, but degenerated into exactly the dumb-action-movie mentioned above, matrix reloaded conned a lot of people into thinking it was actually clever, and was boring, spy kids 3 was a huge let down, the hulk was ok, but disappointing, POTC was great fun, but hardly a classic. I can actually only think of a couple of films i have enjoyed this year... T3 was much better than i expected (even if JC was a wuss) but not a patch on the 1st two. X-men 2 was probably my favorite of the year.... but even that wasn't an all time classic. All hopes rest on Kill Bill and Return of the King. oh, and i watched Freddy vs Jason at the weekend... excellent stupid old-school horror with lots of blood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted September 8, 2003 Share Posted September 8, 2003 It's an R movie. Of course it's lower than other movies - less people can go see it However...I liked Pirates better. You just can't beat Johnny Depp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Groovy Posted September 8, 2003 Share Posted September 8, 2003 As long as I get to see the conclusion of the films, I could give a crippled crab what the box office dictates... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoguePhotonic Posted September 9, 2003 Share Posted September 9, 2003 It made about 275million...that is very good....poor T3 made like 160million...probably wont be a T4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XERXES Posted September 9, 2003 Share Posted September 9, 2003 I honestly didnt like the Matrix Reloaded very much, I saw it at my house about a month ago. When it was over I was just like...ok whatever, its ripping off Terminator even more now than the first one did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Count Posted September 9, 2003 Share Posted September 9, 2003 Originally posted by RoguePhotonic It made about 275million...that is very good....poor T3 made like 160million...probably wont be a T4 It made alot more (350M If I am correct) and T4 (you forgot the rest of the world's box office count) script is nearly compelted. Funny Futurama quote "the USA is part of the world" Fry "Wow I have been gone along time!" Classic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XERXES Posted September 9, 2003 Share Posted September 9, 2003 Originally posted by Eldritch I think that has mostly to do with the American filmgoing audience - most of them are barely smart enough to buy a ticket, let alone understand a complicated and brilliant plot like the one in the The Matrix Reloaded. They need a movie where we see a half naked girl and a bunch of stuff gets blown up (T3) or a movie whose plot was so predictable it could've been written by a 12 year old (Pirates of the Caribbean). It was good, but it was a mindless, brainless movie that added nothing to the history of film... at the end of the day, it's just another movie that made money, like Dumb and Dumber or Ace Ventura. I dont like how you are assuming some...oh wait...most...hell I could even say all beacuse you said "they" combined with "most" Anyway, I find it offending that you are calling Americans "barely smart enough to buy a ticket" Pirates of the Carribean was an excellent movie...and its not about the history of the film because its FANTASY. I could go on about black people, africans, brittish, french, germans etc etc are retarted and silly, but I wont because it will get me in trouble. I only think it is fair and appropriate for you not to do so with Americans. Also Britian wouldnt even be on the map anymore had the smart Americans not helped them in World War 2. also I never go see movies in the theaters, I have a steady supply of bootlegs that I recieve. I wonder how fast I can get ROTK:D My reason for saying this is...if its this easy for me to get them, then I am sure there are LOTS of others getting bootlegs as well...so you can never count on box office figures to be totally accurate, they can only be an estimate/guildline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Count Posted September 9, 2003 Share Posted September 9, 2003 Originally posted by XERXES Also Britian wouldnt even be on the map anymore had the smart Americans not helped them in World War 2. As far as I know Eldritch aint British however I am a resident there and thats aload of bollocks Britain wouldn't be on the map because it was Soviet Russia who truly beat Nazi Germany not America. Also Britain fought them off at the Battle of Britain (their finest hour, I'm not British so I can't say) However I agree with the principle that what Eldritch said was aload of ignorant self rightgeous bollocks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Eggplant Posted September 9, 2003 Share Posted September 9, 2003 gee come to think of it, this thread has nothing to do with summer movies vs those out in may, boy do I have egg all over my aubergine. anyhow as da Groovster says, if you like a movie it does not matter what film crickets say. right now Toronto has too many film crickets as it is film festival time. anyhow about my first post in this thread, never mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XERXES Posted September 9, 2003 Share Posted September 9, 2003 Originally posted by The Count As far as I know Eldritch aint British however I am a resident there and thats aload of bollocks Britain wouldn't be on the map because it was Soviet Russia who truly beat Nazi Germany not America. Also Britain fought them off at the Battle of Britain (their finest hour, I'm not British so I can't say) However I agree with the principle that what Eldritch said was aload of ignorant selfrightgeous bollocks. well that is somewhat true, but do you know what stopped Russia from going on and taking over the rest of Europe? Our Atomic Bomb, which they did not have at the time. Also, lol, this is funny...my environmental history teacher got a little off topic today and well he called the Czar of Russia the "A-hole of Europe" so I said "which one?" and he replied "All of them!" dunno, I thought it was funny. And if Eldritch IS American, what ignorancy he possesses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Count Posted September 9, 2003 Share Posted September 9, 2003 Originally posted by XERXES well that is somewhat true, but do you know what stopped Russia from going on and taking over the rest of Europe? Our Atomic Bomb, which they did not have at the time. Also, lol, this is funny...my environmental history teacher got a little off topic today and well he called the Czar of Russia the "A-hole of Europe" so I said "which one?" and he replied "All of them!" dunno, I thought it was funny. And if Eldritch IS American, what ignorancy he possesses. Russia taking over the rest of Europe is an orthadox stance that over the years has lost its credibility as a Historical interpratation. The Atomic bomb wasn't needed; the Japanesse were willing to give up anyway. America isn't the saviour of Europe however MArshall aid was a God-send ,but the Europeans would have eventually got themeselves out of that rut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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