Sentences with phrase «more movie sequels»

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Even with the potential for major flops, Hollywood's movie franchise model is here to stay, but history shows us that the studios that aim for critical success with their sequels tend to land more hits at the box office.

Of course, making movies is not a cheap business, as Netflix reportedly has budgeted more than $ 50 million per film in the case of the Crouching Tiger sequel and the Sandler movies, according to Variety.

While the top 20 most downloaded films included some prestigious movies like 12 Years a Slave (at number 10) and Gravity (at number four), the majority of the most pirated flicks were largely big blockbuster franchises, adapted from books — Divergent, Hunger Games: Catching Fire and The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug — superhero sequels and reboots like Godzilla and Robocop, although Excipio was unclear as to how many of the more than 29 million illegal downloads were for the»87 original.

I say a good marriage is more like an epic movie (with sequels) rather than a bumper sticker....

I decided not to watch the movie since I like my own imagination's interpretation too much, but did end up reading the sequel to A Wrinkle in Time, A Swiftly Tilting Planet, plus two from another of L'Engle's series, Meet the Austins (very sweet) and The Moon by Night (shows its age a bit more).

Another Jack Reacher movie is planned, along with at least one more installment of Mission: Impossible, and Cruise has expressed interest in making sequels to Edge of Tomorrow and even Top Gun.

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What then to expect of Shrek the Third, a movie perhaps even more transparently than most made primarily to sustain and bolster a lucrative tent - pole merchandising franchise — already set to continue at the end of this year with an ABC TV Christmas special, Shrek the Halls, and a fourth suggested movie sequel in the early planning stages?

But while the sequel benefits from Reynolds» superhuman charisma as the charmingly annoying, katana - wielding protagonist, the film nevertheless feels too much like more of the same: more of the same gross - out gags, more of the same irreverent jokes, more bits where Deadpool has to regrow severed limbs to the disgust of everyone around him, more running commentary on the movie he's in....

What's more worrisome is «original» movies like Coco that already feel like sequels the first time out.

The second film's success was perhaps even more staggering than the first: The Godfather, Pt. 2 garnered six more Oscars, including a win for Coppola in the Best Director category; Robert DeNiro won his first Academy Award in the Best Supporting Actor field; and the movie itself became the first and only sequel ever to win Best Picture honors.Next, Coppola began adapting the Joseph Conrad novel Heart of Darkness, transferring its story to the heart of the Cambodian jungle at the height of the conflict in Vietnam.

The trick for a movie of this type, at least one that is aspiring to be more than just a simple - minded exploitation film (such as the original Charles Bronson «Death Wish,» a far more complicated work than usually given credit for, especially in comparison to its tacky sequels), is to create a narrative that somehow justifies such actions without completely overdoing it.

Ultimately, I like the concept of Detective Pikachu and will likely see the movie when it releases, but hopefully the developers choose to challenge their audience a bit more with any potential sequel.

With funnier jokes, better animation and more inspired references, this entertaining sequel is considerably superior to the first movie, boasting also a sweet message about love transcending all differences and characters much more charismatic now than ever before.

There are some things that this movie improves on a lot from the sequels, the cinematography is pretty great, it didn't rely on nostalgia, it looks a lot more professional and its a lot more fun than the other sequels.

If I could sum this movie up into one word it would be «Phenomenal»!!!!! I just finished watching it and I will first say that I loved the first movie a lot but the sequel kicked everything into gear 100 % more then the original.

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After her small roles in the 2002 films Swept Away and Catch Me If You Can, she later appeared, with more prominence, in the movies Seabiscuit (2003), the Spider - Man sequels (2004/2007), Slither (2006), Definitely, Maybe (2008), Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008), and The Uninvited (2009) among others.

Far from the head - banging alternative to teen movies the filmmakers intended — it's more like a self - important Poison Ivy sequel.

The original sci - fi, horror, macho action bonanza PREDATOR is one of my top films of all time, its gory as f*ck sequel PREDATOR 2 has grown on me with age (maybe because today's movies are more often than none sub par and castrated hence it glows in comparison).

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.

Anyway, the entire purpose of Zoolander 2 — and any comedy sequel made more than 10 years after the original, and comedy sequels in general — is to facilitate the repetition of jokes from the original film among fans who prefer to communicate their thoughts and feelings in movie - quote form, so reference away, referencers.

Great movie, great cast, and keep bringing us more sequels.

The highly anticipated sequel hits theaters this Friday and has had one of the most creative promotional campaigns ever, even more creative than the first movie.

«Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End» (2007) Box Office Take: $ 963m 21st Century Box Office Ranking: 20 At the time the most expensive film ever made, budgeted at $ 300m (before its even more dire sequel, «On Stranger Tides,» smashed that dubious record), the third «Pirates» movie was the one where the franchise's over-reliance on Johnny Depp «s Jack Sparrow really started to tell.

2» rocketed to an estimated $ 145 million debut in North America, kicking off Hollywood's summer movie season with something the movie business has been craving: a sequel more successful than the original.

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As such, I went into London Has Fallen with a bit of hope, although there is rarely a more dreary prospect than sequels to surprise hit action movies.

The Marvel movie is due for release on April 27, having moved forward a week, reportedly to put more time between it and the Deadpool sequel.

It's another franchise, sequel, reboot clogging the summer movie season with more uninspired and useless junk.

But what really separates this space opera sequel from the rest of Marvel's films is Gunn and his cast's willingness to abandon the Marvel cinematic universe's more polished and formulaic veneer and drill into the heart of what makes this movie and the Guardians franchise so impossibly irresistible: pure fun.

I am both appalled they would butcher my favorite movie, but i am even more furious that they would dare, I MEAN DARE, try to link this to the John Carpenters version by trying to tie in Kurt Russel in a sequel or trilogy.

Continuing a trend of belated sequels, Super Troopers 2 provides a somewhat more structured movie than its 16 - year - old predecessor.

If you're an Alien fan then the first AvP movie is your bag, Predator fans I'm sure will enjoy this sequel more.

Analysis: As someone who genuinely appreciated the first «Transformers» movie and probably gave its sequel more of a pass than others, it's sad to say that Michael Bay has learned nothing from the criticism of «Revenge of the Fallen,» proving once again that given the budget, he'll do whatever he wants without giving a damn that people might actually pay to sit through it.

The nightmares continued in five sequels (some more inspired than others) without Craven until Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994), which reimagines the entire series as a meta - movie years before Scream.

As a pretty big fan of the original Neighbors, even I can admit that Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising is one of the more unnecessary sequels to come out in recent years, which is saying a lot given how quick studios have been to hit the greenlight on continuations of any movie that makes them a couple bucks lately, no matter how unwarranted they actually are.

Scary Movie 4 (15) Running time: 113 min ** The Scary Movie franchise all - too - faithfully follows the «rules» of the movies it spoofs: each sequel gets that bit more unashamedly shoddy.Scary Movie 4 sees Cindy Campbell (talented Anna Faris, who should fire her agent) return as a care worker haunted by a Japanese spirit and battling to save the world from alien invasion.How many jokes does it take to make a multi-million-dollar comedy franchise?

God Particle is more expensive than the other Cloverfield films, with a reported budget of $ 40m compared to the $ 25m cost of the original found footage movie and the apparently lower budget of stealth sequel 10 Cloverfield Lane.

After filching every detail of the original film's structure for the first sequel, he's now more or less abandoned the titular conceit, keeping the road - movie dynamics and sidelining of Justin Bartha's useless Doug but ditching the retrospective detective narrative and get - to - the - wedding finale for something more straightforward.

Movie - Return to Never Land not only screams «direct - to - video» sequel, it feels like one of the more mediocre video efforts.

He puts that knowledge to good use and renders this untimely sequel, in spite of its numerous faults, a clear improvement over the second movie and a satisfying piece of entertainment in its own right that stands out from the more actiony, less heartfelt summer multiplex competition.

Although it sets itself up for the possibility of a sequel, as a first entry, it's a bit of a disappointment that so much expense and energy, plus some very good performances, couldn't result in a more satisfying movie.

Critics are somewhat mixed on the film, but the reviews are far more positive than what we read for The Hangover sequels, and they're about on par with the reviews for Phillips» Old School, Starsky & Hutch, and Road Trip, his more well - liked movies.

No cast yet (and good luck strying ot out Stockard / Olivia / John) but it's aiming for 2015 Serious Film my friend Michael liked Match, the Tribeca film starring Patrick Stewart I reviewed yesterday, a helluva lot more than me so it's worth sharing an opposing opinion First Showing footage from Russell Crowe's directorial debut, The Water Diviner Empire the WB triples down on director Zach Snyder giving in both the Man of Steel sequel and the Justice League movie (but why?

Next month brings more great movies to Netflix, including Pixar's latest, a misunderstood Ryan Gosling movie, a superior superhero sequel, a Bourne movie, and more.

Now that it's got its Avatar sequels squared away safely in 2020 — and every subsequent December from now until the heat death of the universe — Fox has started solidifying its film schedule for the more immediate future, especially the lucrative titles in its X-Men movie franchise.

That's a grave error, because the movie features more of the same kind of silly action sequences that were the highlight of the first sequel.

The superhero sequel has already pre-sold more tickets than the last seven movies in the Marvel Cinematic Universe combined.

In the past, she did not write the screenplays, but four sequels have already been announced and are in various stages of development, so there are many more «Fantastic Beasts» movies in the works.