I think the budget was $90M...so not a hit...but not a bomb, either

There's one scene where they get the definition of "the nuts" completely wrong and another where they fail to convey what a cooler is and instead try to pass a bad beat hand off as something else, but for the most part the poker is fine. The poker itself isn't really that integral to the telling of the story.

Clovis: I agree she didn't do anything wrong really, but the narrative of the story is that she'd be successful no matter what, and that she was just constantly a victim of circumstances out of her control which was nonsense. The movie was far better when it was about her somewhat nuanced character and taking advantages of the opportunities given to her rather than her being some glowing angel. Parts of the last 30 minutes especially bothered me, but not enough to not enjoy the movie. Just seemed like it could've been more.

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Yep that happened.

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Last Jedi doesn't deserve either the high praise of heavy criticism. There are good and bad parts but in total it's a fun movie. Structurally it's a bit messy - the trip to the casino should have been cut or at least shortened, it was as if they were just trying to give Finn something to do.

From what I've read, a lot of the backlash is driven by overly-invested fans who are upset that their pet theories came to naught. People get so swept up in Star Wars that they see things in the movies that aren't there, treat them as a lot deeper and more important than they are, and get upset when a film doesn't do what they want.

That's way better than I would have guessed. Loved BR2049, but it was not exactly engineered for a wide audience.

Everything I've seen (IMDB, Forbes, BoxOfficeMojo, etc.) lists the production budget as $150M - $155M.

I'm shocked at how many Best of 2017 lists Dunkirk ranks #1 on. I guess I have to give it another shot.

I just watched it over Christmas and while interesting, it didn't really impress me.

I could pick it apart plotwise and execution, but since it was a real event and the acting was good, its kind of hard to do.

One of those movies that's a decent time, but one I'm not interested in multiple viewings.

As for the years best, I can't say, because I haven't seen many of the others in contention.

Out of movies I have seen at least twice, Get Out is still my #1.

Note: and of the 25 movies on Metacritic's Best of 2017 based on top 10 lists, I've only seen five total. Gasp!

I'm looking forward to Faces Places because I'm a huge fan of Agnes Varda's work. Dawson City: Frozen Time looks interesting as well; I thought the director's Decasia a brilliant film.

J Hoberman had Norman, which featured Richard Gere's outstanding performance, as one of his ten bests, and it's well worth seeing.

I liked Get Out, The Shape of Water, Three Billboards, and what I have seen of Wormwood so far.

I am always reminded that I need to get out and see more movies.

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seeing Dunkirk in IMAX was the most impressive movie experience I had in 2017.

not sure how much re-watchability it would have on the small screen tho.

^this

I like to look at spectacular scenery and all but I'm not really in the "GLORIOUS 70MM!!!" crowd.

Lawrence of Arabia on the big screen in 70mm and everything was good, but it's not making my top 10 or 20 or even 30.

John Nolte is running an interesting 165 Greatest American Movies Ever series over at Breitbart btw. Kinda afraid to link it here though!

Lol Brietbart.

“Mr. Smith Goes To Washington is a warning to all good Americans when liberal demons are elected to office.”

The Grapes of Wrath - "Commie drivel. If Tom Joad wants to eat, he needs to go get a job. No entitlements for him and his family."

Legit can’t tell if dom is being funny or those are real quotes from Brietbart. Why would someone care about the movie opinions of the dumbest fraction of humanity?

The original was a box office flop as well. Screw what the philistines think, BR2049 was a sci-fi masterpiece. Let the haters go see Jumanji 2 or whatever.

All The President's Men - "A powerful, frightening parable about the dangers of a press that is not under strict control by the Justice Department, as they should be. Fake News brings down an American icon and hero. A true American tragedy."

He's trying to be funny. The reviews on the list are prone to hyperbole, and not very good, basically a short synopsis.
Not a very good list either.At least what I've seen of it.

what do you mean, "trying" to be funny?

Just saw The Disaster Artist. Best Actor should be named the James Franco award because he turned in the greatest performance in the history of film.

I've seen that said, but it's a dead on imitation of one of the worst actors ever on film, how can that be the best actor?

it's a bomb, dom. it's a bomb.