matty matt
Sr Member
Wait, so the movie is racist AND pushing a liberal agenda? This is beyond ridiculous.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Post-release)
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glunark
Sr Member
When I was in high school my best friend who never got taller than 5'6" when he was an adult, insisted as a 13 year old he could knock out any woman in the world, even champion boxers or wrestlers, even people with Olympic medals, simply because he strongly believed that women were not as strong as men, end of.
20 years later he ended up getting a sex change.
He is a she now, and has never been happier.
20 years later he ended up getting a sex change.
He is a she now, and has never been happier.
Solo4114
Master Member
It can be two things!
No, in all seriousness, it's basically just a vehicle for various interested parties to express their own attitudes.
It's been a looooooong time, but I think the same kind of thing happened when the original films came out and people assumed "evil Empire" = "communism." No, no it doesn't. Also, you apparently completely missed the Nazi-esque uniforms of the Imperial officers, but, hey, whatevs.
The film isn't "pushing a liberal agenda" beyond generally being inclusive. To the extent that any such agenda exists, I promise you, it's far more about making the film more accessible to a broader audience, and selling merchandise.
Likewise, the film isn't racist. I'm not bothering to read the article that claims it is, because it's obvious clickbait bull****. I encourage people who can spot bull**** to do likewise and ignore such articles.
kristen jones
Master Member
Go Daisy! :thumbsup
JD
Master Member
TFA did manage to cross the $1 billion mark internationally - this is the first time a Disney film has made that much and only the fifth film overall to have managed that.
Meanwhile in China, TFA held off competition and still holds the #1 spot and is expected to cross the $100 million very soon.
If you don't count Titanic's re-release as a 3D movie, Star Wars The Force Awakens is now the second best grossing movie of all time. TFA needs to take in another $300 million to completely overtake Titanic.
After today, TFA should be the #4 movie at the international box office when it overtakes Jurassic World. It will need another $105 million to get to #3's Furious 7.
Domestically, TFA has now sold 99,709,400 tickets - more than any other Star Wars films except the ANH (178,119,600). TFA is #12 for US ticket sales, ANH is #2, EB #13, RotJ #16, TPM #18, RotS #62 and AotC #90.
http://variety.com/2016/film/box-office/box-office-star-wars-crosses-1-billion-overseas-1201681819/
http://deadline.com/2016/01/star-wa...-dollars-international-box-office-1201684720/
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/adjusted.htm?adjust_yr=1
Meanwhile in China, TFA held off competition and still holds the #1 spot and is expected to cross the $100 million very soon.
If you don't count Titanic's re-release as a 3D movie, Star Wars The Force Awakens is now the second best grossing movie of all time. TFA needs to take in another $300 million to completely overtake Titanic.
After today, TFA should be the #4 movie at the international box office when it overtakes Jurassic World. It will need another $105 million to get to #3's Furious 7.
Domestically, TFA has now sold 99,709,400 tickets - more than any other Star Wars films except the ANH (178,119,600). TFA is #12 for US ticket sales, ANH is #2, EB #13, RotJ #16, TPM #18, RotS #62 and AotC #90.
http://variety.com/2016/film/box-office/box-office-star-wars-crosses-1-billion-overseas-1201681819/
http://deadline.com/2016/01/star-wa...-dollars-international-box-office-1201684720/
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/adjusted.htm?adjust_yr=1
Darth Lars
Master Member
C-3PO and R2-D2 don't count? Haven't they been a couple for decades?
I think that loosely implied homosexuality between droids is as far as Disney is willing to allow Lucasfilm to go.
If Star Wars tells us anything about weapons ... it is that dismemberment is more civilized. :lolIs anybody else sick and tired of the pro-blaster conservative agenda being forced on us in Star Wars? I mean guns and violence are everywhere in all 7 films! Obviously a conspiracy to glorify weapons in children's minds.
You weren't spoiled?! Did you divorce yourself from the internet for a month? Lol!
Yeah, I did stay away from this place
(well as much as I could :lol) and the other websites I have visited have had almost no Star Wars content so I wasn't spoiled. I had no idea how much(or rather how little) screen time Luke was going to have. I didn't even know if Kylo Ren was supposed to be a bad guy or a dumb good guy using the wrong colored lightsaber :lolSo my expectations weren't high and I came out thinking "this is in the top 3 of Star Wars films". Pretty sure I will go see it again, only this time on a regular screen in the good old regular 2D hehe
LOVED all of the Millennium Falcon scenes. Minus the "blink and you'll miss it" moment in the prequel trilogy I have never seen the Falcon on the big screen :$
I didn't even exist when ROTJ premiered. Let alone see any of the first three on the big screen. So seeing a re-release of OT in the theaters is a must for me. :love Plz make it happen Disney/Fox!!!
6'7 and around 210 pounds, here and yeah, if they know how to, then basically almost any person of any size could "whoop" my ass or whatever.
Speed > strength
*womAn
Nice, GO TFA!
A general question, how much are TFA IMAX tickets in the states?? Here in Sweden they cost 210 SEK, which is more than twice what a regular ticket costs. Yet it is almost sold out every night. Which is why I had to wait a month to see it... at midnight :lol I did not enjoy leaving the extremely warm theater for the snowy -15°C outside brrrrr.
To quote an absolutely fantastic Genesis song that is just as apropos today as when it was first released 30 years ago in 1986:
Too many men, There's too many people
Making too many problems
And not much love to go round
Can't you see this is a land of confusion?
Now this is the world we live in
And these are the hands we're given
Use them and let's start trying
To make it a place worth fighting for.
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mattycsi
Master Member
Yup, and the Death Star landings were a hoax too.
And I am sitting in a theater right now for the 11:25am 3D showing and there are a bunch of people here. Contributing to that box office. I think theaters will keep the film running on at least one screen likely through Presidents Day weekend if not through Feb. IMAX will continue an exclusive engagement until March, so revenue will continue to flow in. I think even without a potential re-release prior to Ep. VIII it will catch Titanic.
Likely includes re-releases and SE engagement.
Solo4114
Master Member
I'd be curious as to whether that includes the SEs and 3D versions, or if they're treated separately.
Regardless, the film is a massive financial win for Disney. The franchise will continue for some time now, and future successes will have it continue even further. Whether the film does or doesn't catch some other record, it has pretty much guaranteed that we'll be seeing a lot more Star Wars over the next decade.
--EDIT--
Never mind.
Was typing this as Bryan posted his.
kristen jones
Master Member
...and that is never a bad thing.
I'm just impressed that it's outstripped even ESB in tickets sold.
--Jonah
--Jonah
Angelus Lupus
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