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One Battle After Another - 6/10
Movie has no alignment esp the first and second act but only shines with superb acting from everyone

abduleez1:
F1..... 9/10

This is a top tier sports racing movie and a high octane delivery and performance.

Superb delivery and direction from Joseph Kosinski— easily my favourite film of his. It was a joy watching this film come to life especially it being one of my favourite sports. The joy of watching this was out of this world. The pitstops, the adrenaline rush, the intense action, the techniques, the dark arts and everything was just pure JOY.

Peak entertainment!!!

Javier Bardem is slowly becoming one of my favourite old time actors on screen. Damson Idris and Brad Pitt rivals-cum-collaborators really hyped me up. That rivalry reminds me of Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg back in the days. And I remember one crazy driver that was involving in accidents and risky driving back then — was it Kimi Raikonnen or who at Redbull or Ferrari?

Easily the best movie I've seen so far from this year.
And I'm glad I actually got my box office prediction for this spot on. 😉🤭
A win for Original movies.

There's not much I can say that hasn't been said before...... I would have loved to have watched this on the big screen. It's an immaculate experience.

Absolute cinematic masterpiece from Apple TV and WB. A perfect symbiotic collaboration. Now I look forward to Kosinski's next film.

Watching this movie in the cinema is a different feeling than on a phone screen

abduleez1:
Still beats me how I've only watched one film (Magnolia) in his filmography despite having almost all his films in my radar for years. 😳🤦🏽‍♂️ Downloaded There Will Be Blood and Boogie Nights over a year now, yet unwatched.


Hoping to correct that at least by year's end.

I'll suggest you watch boogie nights alone.... in the dark

abduleez1:
Hmmm..... really??


Well, I was the BTS Videographer.

That's fire bro. I loved the movie btw. Congratulations!

abduleez1:
Warner Bros isn't really splitting next year.
It's just spinning off the cable networks/linear TV that's losing money and has the majority of the debt from the rest of the company. It'd still be under Warner Bros discovery. The assets are just split from the rest of the studios and streaming business — the profitable part. Also mainly a plan to help push their stock price up with debt and free cash flow separated from the loss leader— cable networks.

I doubt it'll go through.
It's still too early. Skydance aren't really all that experienced with this mega studio stuff but they do throw in a juicy deal to try and buy WB with the proposal to seal the deal through majorly cash instead of stock options. It's hard to refuse that.

But if it's the same old same old style of buying through stock price and equity, I doubt it'd pull through..... WB has gone through that already multiple times and the board wants good earnings for their investments.

All in all, I just think they're testing the waters.

Eh, I don’t really buy that. Spinning off the cable stuff isn’t some magic fix — the debt doesn’t just disappear because you put it in another bucket. Advertisers are still bailing on linear TV, and any spinoff would probably be a weak company saddled with debt and shrinking revenue. Plus, if Skydance really doesn’t have the chops for a mega studio, why would WB’s board gamble the crown jewels just for a short-term stock bump? Feels more like Wall Street smoke and mirrors than a real long-term strategy

Chibudollar:
I sat beside this girl in a bus and she is watching a movie on 2x speed. Wasn't my business but it really made me angry WTF is anyone watching a movie on time 2 of the speed. Tiktok generation and low attention span

Most people watch full AI generated voiceover clips of movies on tiktok more than movies itself. So sad

abduleez1:
Catch Nigeria's first film to debut at Cannes Film Festival........in theatres September 19.


I took part in the project as well. 😎



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kKLvaEWw3E?si=P1PMhfUBblYEpu1B

I just watched a preview copy of this movie from Mr Davies. What was your part in its making

BlackManta:
I don't know how profitable Premium VOD actually is.

But it must be mouthwatering if Hollywood studios are willing to drop their movies in there after barely two months in cinemas.


Movie breaks even or crash and burn, next thing na VOD

Superman has broken even already bro🌝 go and die now

Weapons
This is the kind of horror people would call a classic years from now. It has the potential to be my best horror movie of all time! Period! ✨
It also has the potential to win an Oscar probably in makeup and hairstyling
Zach Cregger cooked the best horror movie of the decade in my opinion!
No spoilers

abduleez1:
Biggest Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday in 2025!!!


#TheGunnIsLoaded

It's doing well in the US but not in the international box office unfortunately, no 1 bill incoming

dcolumbus001:
please someone help with recommendation

Steamy movie like 365 days

Are you sure?

abduleez1:
Trailer galore.....


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBr_asvf3SQ?si=6eYAvte_woL_lKjq

It's morbin time

Smurf Movie Review:
I should’ve walked out 30 minutes in, but my legs betrayed me. Easily the worst movie this year — honestly, scientists might need to invent a new rating below 1/10 for this one. Pretty sure 80% of the budget went straight into Rihanna’s handbag, and the other 20% went into blue paint.

But hey, we got a new Rihanna song out of it... so I guess it wasn’t completely useless. Just mostly.

Palehair:
No need to apologize, it didn't take them long to throw him under the bus and pretend they weren't dick riding.

Also you are literally chatting with a billionaire glazer...... What did you expect? Founded Tesla and SpaceX my ass

Bro really pulled out receipts like he’s writing a thesis—just to sound even dumber than I thought. If there’s anyone worth glazing, it’s literally billionaires. Y’all out here hyping musicians and influencers while I’m focused on the people actually moving markets.

Meanwhile, everything you’ve been stalking and screenshotting—what exactly have I gotten wrong? Tesla stock dipped this year, sure, but I’m still up an extra $52K because I bought in before Trump won—wouldn’t have happened otherwise. Bitcoin just hit $120K this week, highest in history, because BlackRock and the U.S. keep lifting crypto restrictions while your fave politicians were trying to kill it. That’s another $125K easy in my acct😭 since last year.

Iran’s currency? In a deeper mud.

Trump’s not perfect and he hasn't even done half of what he said he'd do—man’s shady as hell, no cap - But I’m not voting feelings only asinine people do. I’m voting numbers. And my numbers are loud.

A win 😭😭😭😭😭

You’re absolutely on point with that take, honestly. Smurfs isn’t sniffing $400 million, let alone $500 million. 😂 That kind of number feels like pure delusion right now. The rollout is ghostly quiet — for a theatrical release dropping July 18, it’s almost unsettling. No major promo beats, barely any Twitter discourse, even among the usual animation crowd.

And yeah, it’s like they’re putting all their chips on Rihanna showing up once or twice to sing and post an Instagram story. Which... girl hasn’t dropped an album in years, so expecting her to drive the whole campaign feels unserious. That’s not 2012 energy anymore.

Plus, your $250 million estimate is fair. If it even touches that, I’d call it a W, considering how little heat there is around it right now. Too many bigger titles out this summer, and families have options.

abduleez1:
Okay.
SMURFS isn't smelling anything $400mn sef talkless of 500mn. 😂😂😂

The marketing for that film is literally dead. I hardly hear anything about that project despite sleeping on film Twitter for months.

For a movie coming out in theatres on July 18 it is awfully QUIET.
That film would be lucky to even cross $250mn in my estimates.

I've been having a home run this year. So take my word seriously.

As for the anime I doubt it's breaking that record. It's home market is very weak for movies presently, so I doubt international sales will do much help for a franchise so heavily dependent on Japanese grosses.

GloriousGbola:
I am struggling to place the gender

😭😭😭 Bro he's only ten, he'll grow

I've not gotten to watch a series in ages 😭
Last series I watched was Andor which is a 10/10

Lana1:
Just finished House of David. There's a potential hit show there if they increase the budget and throw in some big fights and battles

It's already a hit 🎯

abduleez1:
Lmao.... 😂😂😂

Jokes aside, I also don't find her attractive. She's just selectively just okay on some instances where the hair, make-up and styling really fits her facial structure.
But overall, she's just there. Not bad. Not great, either.

That's why they picked her to play a tomboy role hotd

Achilles100:
I will probably get cooked for this , but after watching SIRENS I feel Milly Alcock is a dude/trans like Michelle Obama and Brigitte Macron.

You've not seen a lot of women IRL then because wtf😭

The BOY WHO LIVED!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHH!
🥺🥺🥺😭 Let's fvkin go!

I'm dying to spoil Superman but some fellas here will slaughter me. Mr. Terrific is insanely phenomenal in this movie

Baddestguyp:
I was the number 1 hater of Barbie?
Do you have any proof of the above or it's just baseless claims as usual?


You ignored my entire point and went on a rant that conveniently ignored everything I said.

My statement is clear. I do not believe that marketing Supergirl to the Barbie crowd would work. Because Supergirl is a superhero movie and the superhero genre is male audience dominated.

I don't think even advertising it as a "Barbie-esqe" movie will bring in the "Barbie Female" audience. It would still be a superhero movie to them.

Dismissing every point I made with a simple term of "marketing will fix it" is lazy. Same as ignoring it and going on a long rant...

Of course everything I typed is my opinion. I may be wrong and I stand to be corrected.

There was a time I thought both of you were the same people 🙃

abduleez1:
Another prophecy awaiting fulfilment.....


TemporaryDamsel hope you dey see DOINGs.

Bow to our Merlin 🙇🏾‍♂️🤲🏾

Kaycee7:
Funny how no one has ever seen you call out any other agenda apart from the "woke agenda" claims peddled by right-wing grifters like Critical Drinker, Nerdrotic and co.

That’s cute—acting like I’m out here reading from some right-wing script just because you only notice when I mention woke stuff. I’ve complained about movies dragging for no reason, unnecessary sex scenes, lazy writing, forced nostalgia bait, bloated runtimes—basically all the usual things actual movie fans talk about. But sure, keep telling yourself it’s just “woke agenda” critiques so you can fit me into whatever little box your brain can handle. Must be exhausting thinking everything’s that one-dimensional.

Palehair:
Art being flexible and subjective already rendered your point moot, it can't be defined in a vacuum. There are movies that are created for the sole purpose of the visuals with little or no plot at all, they were just made to make people marvel at their cinematography, that's art to me, at the end of the day, it can't be restricted to follow a set of rules. There are movies that are made with agendas that overpower the story but because you relate to it, it's not seen as an "agenda" to you

I get that—art’s subjective, no argument there. But “subjective” doesn’t mean immune to critique. If a movie sacrifices basic storytelling for the sake of pushing an agenda—whether I agree with it or not—that’s still fair game to call out. And let’s not act like everyone suddenly loves plotless movies; most people aren’t lining up for vibes-only movies. You say it’s art when it hits your bias; cool, but don’t expect everyone else to swallow it without an opinion. Me making an opinion of a movie doesn't put me in a box

MacDaddy01:
If you are not a millionaire or US politician but you voted for Trump, you are a MAGA guy.


Don't deny your ideology.

My guy, that’s some toddler-level political analysis. “If you’re not rich and you voted Trump, you must be MAGA”? That’s how people who get their worldview from TikTok comment sections think. Reality is: most of us aren’t team blue or team red. Over half the country’s made up of independents and people who don’t trust either party. But sure, keep shouting MAGA like it’s the only vocabulary word you know.

Palehair:
It's a universal truth that all movies have an agenda that comes from either a collective which is the studio or from the director, some more subtle than others but an agenda non the less, they just happen to be either agendas you agree with or not

Sure, every movie reflects something—whether it’s the director’s worldview, the studio’s marketing angle, whatever. That’s normal. But there’s a difference between having a point of view and letting that point of view completely swallow the craft. When the story exists just to push a message instead of the message serving the story? That’s when it stops being art and starts feeling like a PowerPoint presentation with CGI

TemporaryHansel:
Which home run? If superman doesn't make a billion like you predicted, we'll chase you from this thread. Say no to false prophets.

😭😭😂

Kaycee7:
"into agenda you don't agree with or like"

It’s not about “agenda I don’t like.” That’s the lazy take people default to when they can’t separate personal bias from actual critique. If a story stops being a story and turns into a checklist of messaging bullet points, that’s just bad writing—whether I agree with it or not. I’m not here for lectures disguised as entertainment. I’m here for movies that respect the audience’s brain, not treat them like toddlers needing a worldview spoon-fed to them