Sentences with phrase «bigger than the first film»

Not exact matches

The studio has two more big Marvel releases (Guardians of the Galaxy 2 and Thor: Ragnarok) as well as a live - action version of Beauty and the Beast, two new movies from Pixar Animation Studios (including Cars 3), and a fifth installment in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise (two of the first PotC films grossed more than $ 1 billion apiece).

While Black Panther rode a huge wave of critical acclaim and fan excitement to the biggest opening weekend ever for the month of February (and the fifth - largest of all - time), raking in more than $ 426 million worldwide, a small number of Internet trolls still did what they could to dampen the good vibes surrounding the trailblazing film, which features Marvel's first African - American director (Ryan Coogler) and a cast led by black actors such as Chadwick Boseman and Lupita Nyong» o. Starting last week, in the first few days of Black Panther «s highly - anticipated theatrical release, some Twitter accounts started trying to spread false accounts of attacks at screenings of the movie.

More than a decade after AIDS was first identified as a disease, «Philadelphia» marks the first time Hollywood has risked a big - budget film on the subject.

While weed was a big part of the comic misunderstandings that fueled the plot of the first movie, and works in similar fashion here as well, the fact is that both films operate on a higher plane than an awful lot of sludgy spliff flicks.

This was also the first time Joseph not only got top billing (his name was even bigger than the director's name in the end credits) but his character completely carried the film.

But the biggest reason why I dislike this movie is because of how it seems much more like a parody of the first film than it does a sequel.

Even if it may feel a bit overlong, this fantastic sequel is perhaps even more thrilling than the first film, this time investing more in the action and first - rate special effects with a bigger budget to create something epic - and it is always awesome to see Schwarzenegger as the big hero.

It's difficult to think of a director less - suited to take on the intricate, minutiae - obsessed writing of Peter Morgan than Howard — a director who, even in his finest films, has always been interested in the big picture first, with characters serving history rather than the other way round.

But it's unfair to judge on a book on its cover (or title) and after seeing Matthew Vaughn's film adaptation which releases this weekend, I can honestly say that Kick - Ass is much better than I first expected and Vaughn's big - screen version of the graphic novel features sharp writing, brilliant performances, and of course, indulgent action sequences and story - telling.

I was a big fan of the first film so I sat down to watch this version with a negative mind set but this was so so much better than I thought.

That this seems to come from nowhere is the big surprise — the disappointingly generic first two thirds of the film suggest this outcome is less than likely.

February's Black Panther is more than just the first MCU film to be headlined by a Black character (though that is a pretty big deal)- it's a chance to see a classic Marvel property with connections to the deepest parts of the publisher's lore brought to life in stunning detail.

In fact, PA3 opened bigger and though it had the series» weakest legs to date, it still ended up with a domestic gross close to the first film and a franchise - high worldwide take of $ 203 M. And while the production budget again rose, it was still kept to just $ 5 million, well under the competition and far less than the marketing costs of such a high - profile wide release.

Avengers: Infinity War, the third entry in the Avengers cycle («the greatest cinematic event of our lifetimes» might sound like hyperbole, but it's closer to the truth than not), confirms Thanos (voiced and mo - capped by Josh Brolin), the purple - skinned, scrotal - chinned, big - muscled bodybuilder with a God Complex not just as probably the greatest supervillain put on film, but quite possibly the first Malthusian supervillain in or out of the Marvel Industrial Complex.

He has some big shoes to fill, following in the footsteps of Clint Eastwood (who played the role in the first film version of the novel), but he more than holds his own, wielding his Irish brogue like a saber as he cuts these ladies to ribbons.

The film has the honour of having one of the biggest ever original Marvel openings in the UK, taking more in its first four days than the first instalments of Iron Man, Thor, Captain America and X-Men.

The third part is little more than a fight against creatures that are a bigger threat to both sides than each other, but the momentum of the first two sections carries the film through its relatively anticlimactic final act.

When: July 1st Why: One of the biggest complaints about the first «Magic Mike» was that it was a lot gloomier than moviegoers were expecting for a film about male strippers, and Channing Tatum has addressed those issues with the promise that the upcoming sequel will be a much lighter affair.

It's fair to say this film is less dense than it first appears, the opposite of its sister film The Big Lebowski (a film superficially silly but deeply profound).

I first became aware of Lena Dunham's film Tiny Furniture when Glenn Kenny posted about how, during an interview, Dunham thoughtlessly knocked James Mason in Nicholas Ray's Bigger Than Life (1956).

Those expecting something similar to the first movie will be mostly let down, as this film is very much a one - location thriller that relies more on character piece than big Statue Of Liberty lobbing monsters.

The Girl Who Played with Fire is much more of a thriller than a traditional murder mystery — a pity since one of the reasons I liked the first film was that I hadn't seen a straight murder mystery on the big screen for quite some time.

In fact, Deadpool 2 is so much more a complete vision of a Deadpool movie that the first film retroactively feels somewhat lesser in comparison, like a proof of concept experiment (with little confidence behind it) or extended test footage reel... Ultimately, it pays off with a Deadpool sequel that is bigger and better than the first film.

Each of director Ryan Coogler's first three films — Fruitvale, Creed and Black Panther — has been not just bigger and more successful than the one that came before — but also arguably better.

During the interview, Boyega talked about producing his first big budget Hollywood movie, what surprised him about the process, how involved he was in the editing room and if he ever wanted to use a different take than what the director had, what they learned from early test screenings that impacted the finished film, and more.

And so we come to the end of our list and what better way to finish off than with Marc Forster's WORLD WAR Z. Now, I will admit that at first I was not the biggest fan of the film due to its lack of blood, lack of traditional zombie characteristics and its over-commercialization, however I have come to warm to it for a number of reasons that even I can't overlook.

In keeping with Halloweentown High's pattern of falling short of the first two films, its DVD is a bigger disappointment in the bonus feature department than the double feature release.

But Slash Film's Peter Sciretta had a few misgivings, writing: «Avengers: Age Of Ultron is bigger, more complex, darker, more action - packed than the first film, but ultimately not as much fun.»

«Louder Than Bombs,» Trier's first English language project and inaugural collaboration with name actors, technically marks his biggest project to date — but this ruminative ensemble piece about a New York family haunted by the legacy of its departed matriarch fits right in with Trier's other films, yielding an alternately wise, melancholic and good - humored look at people surrounded by support but nonetheless alienated by their incapacity to confront their problems.

Partly because it marks the return of the great Taiwanese helmer Hou Hsiao - Hsien for the first time in seven years, and partly because it sees him working on a bigger scope and scale than ever before: the film's a big - budget (relatively speaking) wuxia picture.

It's bigger, badder and bloodier than the first film, with action that puts American blockbusters to shame.

The film is a lot bigger and a lot more complicated than I thought when first fleshed.

Although the film had a bigger opening weekend ($ 91,608,337) than the first film in this reboot ($ 62,004,688) is has underperformed in comparison to the original making $ 202,853,933 domestically.

Black Panther may be Coogler's first superhero movie, but in truth, the heroes at the center of his films, including Oscar Grant, have always felt bigger than their real - life counterparts, if only because of Coogler's willingness to lean into treating them like the heroes of a movie.

Ernest Cline's popular ode to the 80s is getting a big budget feature film — directed by none other than Steven Spielberg — and Warner Bros. took some time to give fans the first look at the upcoming movie.