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mekaprime:


Have you seen the following: Honeymoon In Vegas, Con Air, The Rock,... etc. How i wish you were nearby, i would have borrowed you my 24 in 1 collection, all Nicholas Cage movies. After seeing it, compare his acting performance then with what he frequently dishes out now, then you'd have a better understanding why i said what i said.

an actor is only as good as the movie script.

give a talented actor a good script and they will give you an inspired performance,

give them a shitty script and they will give an uninspired performance.

nicholas cage is not a miracle worker.

he just want to get paid.

DandeNumeruno:


an actor is only as good as the movie script.

give a talented actor a good script and they will give you an inspired performance,

give them a shitty script and they will give an uninspired performance.

nicholas cage is not a miracle worker.

he just want to get paid.

Quite true. But as regards Cage, Is it the script or the roles he gets?I think he accepts the worst roles ever. The fact still remains that his bad movies outweighs the good on a scale of 2 or 3 to 1, and for me, once i deem a movie as bad, the principle of collective responsibility comes to play.
To be frank, am quite skeptic of a turn around for him career-wise. Seeing that he is synonymous with going for bad roles, just very few notable directors would be willing to give him a shot.

Just Mercy 9/10

The movie was just perfect from the plot, acting and the directing every was awesome. The movie was based on a true event even makes it more emotional. Black Americans really went through hell in the hands of the white.

BetWinners:

Hmm.. it is obvious this one is "on the rag"
If that jungle cruise is released in China,the filthy gay character scenes will be edited out.
I trust the Chinese govt.

That one na for sure. Censorship at its peak.

mekaprime:

Hope u've caught up to speed with the Vikings?
I said i should ask, cause am quite confused. In Vikings (series) is kingship by inheritance or conquest/duel, taking Kattegat as a case study.

Yep, I had to or I'm forced to continue seeing spoilers non stop. I stopped at episode 7.

I think it's both. If you are King your throne is ed on to your Son(s)— heir to your throne. But it can also be challenged. If you're challenged and you accept the Challenge, and you lost to your opponent, you lose your Kingship. Such fates are left to the gods to decide the outcome.

The Vikings have a dynamic and simple lifestyle/ culture.

abduleez1:


Yep, I had to or I'm forced to continue seeing spoilers non stop. I stopped at episode 7.

I think it's both. If you are King your throne is ed on to your Son(s)— heir to your throne. But it can also be challenged. If you're challenged and you accept the Challenge, and you lost to your opponent, you lose your Kingship. Such fates are left to the gods to decide the outcome.

The Vikings have a dynamic and simple lifestyle/ culture.

Muchos Gracias

mekaprime:
Step Up China (2019)..1/2/10
Genre: Musical

IMDb warned me, so did Rotten Tomatoes & the rest of the lot, yet the title & my love for musicals made me turn a deaf ear.
Everything about the flick was horrible. 100mins of my time all wasted. Pls guys do steer clear from this one...

Goodness!!!! 0.5/10 for a movie?? ..suffree na Mekaprime . This one loud oh from you.....

abduleez1:
My 2020 Top 10 Fated/potential Blockbuster Movie FLOPS ................................what's yours??

Every year has it's Winners and Losers at the box office. Some blockbusters which look like surefire bets at times turn out FLOPS; some are Fated to flop, some just outright disappoint and turn flops. Without further ado, here's my "potential FLOP" list in no particular order.
NB: It's just predictions and necessarily doesn't mean it'll turn out exactly as predicted. Just for fun and general Box office outlook.


Sonic: The Hedgehog..... (Paramount)
Just seems Fated to flop, even moreso after it's extra expenses in redesign of Sonic after fans backlash on an estimated $90mn production budget.


Bloodshot....... (Sony)
This looks like an outright FLOP from the Valiant Comics adaptation. Nothing spectacular to draw general public in. Not even Vin Diesel can save it.


The New Mutants ......(Fox/Disney)
This one is a Bloody FLOP with it's numerous change in release dates (4 times)— something we could have seen since 2018! Disney seems Fated to continue losing on this Fox buyout for a while.


Artemis Fowl ....... (Disney)
Looking like a potential FLOP.


Fantasy Island ........ (Sony)
Potential FLOP.


Ghostbusters: Afterlife ...... (Paramount)
Outright FLOP in the making!


Monster Hunter ....... (Sony Screen Gems)
Gonna FLOP. Game adaptations for live action movie have a history of not doing too well at the box office. Even the Director of this movie have a not so glamorous game adaptation history. Although things might be different for Sony's December "Uncharted" movie starring Tom Holland.


Coming To America 2 ......... (Paramount)
Possesses some potential FLOP vibes, coming after 32 years for a sequel! And Eddie Murphy's lost his box office mojo/clout.


GI Joe: Ever Vigilant .......(Paramount)
Possesses outright FLOP vibes.


Dune .......... (Warner Bros.)
Potential FLOP especially since the first live action adaptation was a Flop. I'm hard pressed to include this in my LIST. I honestly don't see it as an outright flop but maybe a lesser disappointment cause of it's Killer CAST. That CAST alone is "Butt in Seats" guaranteed, also Denis Villeneuve has some critical pedigree. Even the release date pushed to December holidays makes it a likely HIT, with slight competition in a season with no Star Wars or clear Box office Juggernaut except The Croods 2.


PS: I just feel this is the most likely WB blockbuster movie to be a FLOP— even a better candidate Flop than Kong vs Godzilla. I just included it to make it more Transparent, objective and seemingly Unbiased.




** Seems Universal escaped...hmmm. it's looking like a super duper YEAR for Universal. IMHO. OOH I FORGOT DOLITTLE, it's out already and a FLOP TOO.

I stopped reading at coming to America.....wtf dude!!!
Coming to America 2 is one of the most anticipated movies, I wouldn't be suprised if that movie did over half a billion...
It's got that black panther vibe, with a nice bit of promotion it will definitely be successful....
I'm sure you predicted bad boys for for life to flop too.....

Itzneowizy:
Goodness!!!! 0.5/10 for a movie?? ..suffree na Mekaprime . This one loud oh from you.....

Hahahaha. My guy, the film vex me die i no go lie you. I been day hope to see something way resemble Step-Up, but wetin i see na Up-Step.

kendrick93:
I stopped reading at coming to America.....wtf dude!!!
Coming to America 2 is one of the most anticipated movies, I wouldn't be suprised if that movie did over half a billion...
It's got that black panther vibe, with a nice bit of promotion it will definitely be successful....
I'm sure you predicted bad boys for for life to flop too.....

Lol, I never predicted Bad Boys for Life to fail.

Coming to America is bloody not in any fvcking most anticipated movies of 2020. Even top 20 sef e no reach.

LMAO $500mn if it makes that gross it will be a miracle. $350mn sef na war. Its only nostalgia sake that might save it, depending on it's budget.

If you read my lingua well u will see where I said "potential" not necessarily meaning it's gonna flop hard. Movies I seriously thought were going to flop I stated it clearly.

BetWinners:

Hmm.. it is obvious this one is "on the rag"
If that jungle cruise is released in China,the filthy gay character scenes will be edited out.
I trust the Chinese govt

. Abi this one dey craze.

Bro no vex , my behaviour was really uncouth and unnecessary.

BetWinners:

Hmm.. it is obvious this one is "on the rag"
If that jungle cruise is released in China,the filthy gay character scenes will be edited out.
I trust the Chinese govt.

Chaaii so this is how the Chinese govt censors stuff.

kendrick93:
I stopped reading at coming to America.....wtf dude!!!
Coming to America 2 is one of the most anticipated movies, I wouldn't be suprised if that movie did over half a billion...
It's got that black panther vibe, with a nice bit of promotion it will definitely be successful....
I'm sure you predicted bad boys for for life to flop too.....

as in eh.

the nigga analysed rubbish.

he doesn't even know how to analyse film sef.

na to dey shout flop up and down.

Anticipate °°°

nani667:
Anticipate °°°

am salivating already.

nani667:
Anticipate °°°

Shivers...

nani667:
Anticipate °°°

Damn.....this movie will be lit!!!

TheKingIsHere:


Nice write up, however, I disagree on some movies in your list;

1. Coming to America: Though, the sequel is coming out yearsss after the main movie, people will still come out to watch it for these reasons;
a) People loved the first movie
b) Eddie Murphy was amazing in "Dolemite is my name" and i believe this has rejuvenated his BO clout.

With a good story that still finds a way to attach itself to the first film, good marketing campaign and quality acting, this movie will be successful

2. Dune: This movie will not flop, and here is why.
a)Dune is seen as the star wars for matured audience and have attracted a lot of interest from people, especially SW fans. Of late, star wars fans haven't been too impressed with the childish stuff disney is dishing out and are highly intrigued.
b) It has a good script and i believe the studio has learnt from its mistakes made in the 80s dune...The first dune that came out in the 80s was a flop because of the bad script and the studio trying to squeeze the whole story into one film back then..This time around, it will have a good script and be broken down into a trilogy for better assimilation from its viewers.
c) The Xmas season will definitely boost its BO legs..Just like TROS benefited from the season break, dune will also benefit from the same season break which will lead to more money at the BO.
d) The director is a renowned director and people are actually interested to see how he will portray this epic novel movie.

3. New Mutants: Though the movie has taken too long to be released (3 yrs+), it has a 30% chance of still succeeding and not be an outright flop. With the release of a new trailer for mutants, it has attracted a lot of interest from viewers who were not interested in watching it at first. Although, the xmen franchise has suffered some sort of hate from the domestic fans in the US, i see it doing well overseas (esp in UK, china and Japan). If Disney pushes and markets this film well, it will make profits.

4. Godzilla vs Kong: This is another highly anticipated movie as people want to see who will be the real king of monsters is...Will it be kong or godzilla? The last movie flopped due to bad script and no connection from the audience to the KOM film...however, with kongs presence, i believe that there will be more connections from the audience to the movie which will boost its BO performance.

***These are my thoughts...we just have to see how these movie turn out at the BO.

WHAT ARE YOUR TOP 5 ANTICIPATED MOVIES OF 2020?

Nice one too. I love your reasons/ points. I agree with your views except New Mutants.

That flick can't be saved. Even with Disney's superb marketing it will flop hard. Peeps are already tired of Fox X-Men movies and it will suffer from blowout caused by Dark Phoenix being uber Bad. Reshoots won't save this. Of all the movies I entered this is the one I have the biggest conviction to fail. No one is geared towards watching this movie except dedicated X-Men fans. The new trailer only just amped up anticipation a bit, which will just lessen the loss and not save it from certain Doom.

DUNE: If you look well you will notice that I reluctantly put it in the list. I even made a case for it why I feel it will not flop. It's a 50/50 but things really looks good going for it. I just only included it so peeps won't say I'm bias towards a certain studio. I said it had a stellar cast, a good Critically acclaimed Director, a good script and a nice holiday release and little or no competition. Also replacing Star Wars for December.

I never put Kong vs Godzilla on my list. It's as you said it. I couldn't have said it better.

COMING TO AMERICA was in there cause I couldn't see a bigger blockbuster movie to take it's flop badge. It's anything goes. I accept your views on it, it's plausible.

nani667:
Anticipate °°°

I don't just know why, I'm not feeling this movie. I got no HYPE for this.

Please a link to ipman 4

urahara:



. Abi this one dey craze.

Bro no vex , my behaviour was really uncouth and unnecessary.

No problem at all
That "hungry idiot" line actually made me LOL

Where can I merry men 2?

gustav25:
e pain d modafhucka

Guess who the modafhucka is ?, you of course, You fvvvk your moda in her anus. Shame on your DNA

HallaDaTruth:
Guess who the modafhucka is ?, you of course, You fvvvk your moda in her anus. Shame on your DNA

Stale .... Bonobo is pained but I have banana for you

mekaprime:
Step Up China (2019)..1/2/10
Genre: Musical

IMDb warned me, so did Rotten Tomatoes & the rest of the lot, yet the title & my love for musicals made me turn a deaf ear.
Everything about the flick was horrible. 100mins of my time all wasted. Pls guys do steer clear from this one...

Lol, you just saved me. I almost fell for the name and Curious to see what China got to offer.

Stonecoldstare1:

Dune shouldn't be on that list at all. The first one wasn't good and dude it's Dennis Villeneuve

I already stated why I felt it shouldn't be on the list. I also mentioned what you stated. I just included it reluctantly to get something from Warner Bros Studios.

Stonecoldstare1:

Valkyrie is a lesbian in the comics, you want them to straight-wash the character in this age

Lol, you dey mind Dem. Peeps that don't read comics are the ones who scream Racial bending or sexual change the most.

Imagine make DC come out and announce Batwoman release, you'll still see some peeps who will protest her Lesbian orientation saying they shoving it down their throats.

abduleez1:


Lol, you dey mind Dem. Peeps that don't read comics are the ones who scream Racial bending or sexual change the most

Imagine make DC come out and announce Batwoman release, you'll still see some peeps who will protest her Lesbian orientation saying they shoving it down their throats.

Before the popularity of live action comicbook movies in the past 18 or so years,fervent readers of comicbooks were generally viewed by folks in the mainstream as weird,geeky,socially awkward people.There is nothing great about being seen as geeky or weird.So quit the status jockeying.Afterall,comicbook movies sell more cinema tickets to non comicbook readers

Agp19:
yes bro..thanks

found one for you.
hope you know how to navigate indexes?
http://dl8.sabadl.xyz/serial/Mad.Men/

blackjack21:


found one for you.
hope you know how to navigate indexes?
http://dl8.sabadl.xyz/serial/Mad.Men/

Pls a link to ipman 4...thanks in anticipation