Ekky's World

✝ 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 🇺🇸 ⚖️ “…it is immortals whom we joke with, work with, marry, snub, and exploit—immortal horrors or everlasting splendours.” - CS Lewis

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The opening is definitely solid, about $264 million worldwide, with $124 million domestically. Problem is, you, and others, are trying to use box office numbers to settle an argument that numbers can't actually settle. Setting aside the fact that premium priced formats generated more than half of the domestic gross, and the domestic attendance is generally down compared with his other films, you've also dismissed the fact that simply because a film makes money, doesn’t make every criticism of it invalid. You don't have to have a "woke" agenda to think the dialogue was poor, the costuming was an awkward mixture of eras, several performances were underwhelming at best, or the adaptation lost much of the atmosphere and complexity of Homer’s story. You can celebrate the film’s numbers success, but pretending that ticket sales somehow disprove all artistic criticism is just bad ideological fanboy logic. McDonald’s sells billions of hamburgers. That doesn't make every complaint about the food an "unmitigated failure."

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According to McBride he’s basing it on the comics, not the cartoon; which would make more sense since Springfield was introduced in the comics within the fist 10 issues, then used throughout, long before the cartoon was around. Plus, McBride was a huge fan of Larry Hama and the comics.

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@benryanwriter Kind of proves the point. You’ve turned someone else’s movie into your own ideological scoreboard. That’s no less strange than the people obsessing over it failing. I didn’t think it was agreat film, Nolan’s had many better, but I don’t see it as some sort of ideological win.

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@ThomasSowell The one constant with all such reactions is that they can never tell you what he's destroyed or how "He’s hurt so many people and he’s caused so many deaths." They pick taglines out of the air, hope no one asks them to elaborate, and then move on to the next interview.

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@DaddyWarpig Great film, one of Chevy's best. Also, his chemistry with Goldie Hawn was undeniable. They were together again in Seems Like Old Times, which again showcased their chemistry. Definitely worth the watch if you haven't seen it.

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@TheCinesthetic How did he fight to keep a darker tone? Don Bluth made The Secret of NIMH dark, serious, and visually intense, and has spoken about not “dumbing things down” for children, but I've never read or heard him in an interview even imply that he “fought to preserve its darker tone."

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@catturd2 Shhhhhhhh! They’re right TN is terrible. Everyone should
NOT come here.

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@WesleyLHuff I thought it was very good as well, and Gosling's performance was excellent. He has a very subtle nature, and that works well in such films.

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@TheCinesthetic Sometimes I forget this was the film that opened the door in the US. I was such a fan of his HK action films; he was already such a staple in film entertainment for me.

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@SkylarSkye3 Why do people always say "controversial opinion" before saying which burger they like? It's SUBJECTIVE!! It's a matter of personal taste. You like that one best. I don't. Neither opinion matters beyond yourself.

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@BreitbartNews It was the Spanish conquest that caused destruction across the indigenous societies. And setting aside the fact that the "wealth" was mostly silver, not gold, the "500,000 tons" claim is laughable. Less than half that amount has been mined in all of human history.

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@ClownWorld Tipping based on the amount of your food is stupid. The server doesn’t work twice as hard because I ordered the steak instead of the chicken or because I went to Ruth's Chris instead of Outback. Tip for service, not menu price.

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@IfindRetards Nothing brings people together quite like fighting over something completely subjective; and I'm here for it!!

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@MattWalshBlog This is everything that's wrong with these modern "Divorce Announcements." It's an empowerment post, but underneath is a family being broken apart. Pretending this is some bright, celebratory new chapter feels hollow when a child’s home is being split in two.

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@ThePatriotOasis

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@washghost1 My old home was built in 1978. The home had two AC units (upstairs and downstairs). The one for upstairs was changed out in 2018. The one for downstairs was still working last time we visited our old place back in 2025.

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Rogen is a one-trick pony. Him commenting on what anyone else has accomplished is pretty laughable. Stallone has made plenty of solid, even great, films. Even the movies the critics dismiss as "just action flicks" almost always deliver a great experience. Rogen has spent his career playing Seth Rogen. Even in Steve Jobs, he's just Seth Rogen without the weed jokes. That's fine if that's your lane, but it's pretty arrogant to dismiss Stallone's career when Stallone has shown far more range and has been in far better films.

Just off the top of my head:

Nighthawks
Paradise Alley
First Blood
Rambo (2008)
Rocky
Rocky Balboa
Cop Land
Victory
Creed
Tulsa King
Cliffhanger
Cobra

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@Maga4liberty Fortunately I live in a state where if protesters are smashing windows, trying to drag you out, or entering the vehicle, and there's risk of death or serious bodily injury, it's legal to run them over, or shoot them for that matter. Either works!

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@Coach_Yac Nothing says sound career guidance like taking advice from LeSean McCoy. It's exactly the kind of advice you hear once and then do the exact opposite. He sees a complicated labor/contract dispute and says, YES! A chance to recommend gasoline.