Reviews: "ParaNorman" and "The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure"
First, Sarah, Jake and I go see "ParaNorman" which we heard some good things about.
And then this happened to us.
And then this happened to us.
You may have noticed there being a midroll ad on the Oogieloves video. Let me explain why that is there. First and formost, I know how much people don't like those and how it is almost taboo for certain videos to include commercial breaks. Also, before I go further, you'll never see a midroll ad on a Cinema Snob episode, so don't worry about at. That's the last thing I'd ever want to do.
Long story short, since I don't know how much I can say, all of us on the site were given a great opportunity for more exposure and a chance to do vlog movie reviews like this (for many releases and with the group of us) all year round as opposed to just the summer. Granted, now that the summer movie season is over, we'll be saving the "car reviews" for strictly midnight releases. All other reviews will be done indoors. But, in order to do that, it helps us out a lot to include midroll ads. These reviews are the most expensive videos on the site, for obvious reasons.
We are planning on using the midroll ads very wisely and so it doesn't piss anyone off. Not every video needs them, and not every video is going to have them. For example, in a vlog review like this, we'll talk about the movie, and then we'll say something like "when we come right back, we'll talk about the trailers and give our final thoughts." Or, maybe in a Brad Tries, you'll see one in between a couple of the drinks. We want to be smart about this, and use them in a way that does not break the flow of any video.
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How dare you... HOW DARE YOU PUT MIDROLLS IN YOUR VIDEOS! OH NO, NOW YOU'RE THE WORST!11! YOU'RE WORSE THAN HERPES, BRAD!!!
Just kidding, I was doing my imitation of those who are bothered for midrolls. Honestly, if you have to do them, you don't need permission from the audience. You and your pals work hard to give us plenty of funny videos, so a 30 second ad once in a while doesn't hurt anybody, especially if it helps you to keep doing this. I'm just boggled by the people who outrage because of a single ad, considering it's nothing compared to the regular time of commercials on TV or on the radio.
Keep up the good work, Brad.
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I couldn't agree more with this comment. I'm always baffled at the utter impatience of people these days. A 30 second ad in the middle of a half hour video is nothing. People who complain about ad's on these videos or who use ad-blockers should be bloody well ashamed of themselves.
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Exactly. Ad blocker is set to off when I come here.
Really appreciate all hard work with the reviews, radiodromes, movies and assorted random videos that stay consistently entertaining. Forty five minutes of content for a few 30 second ads is the best deal I've ever heard. The 'in theaters' reviews have become one of my favorite parts of the site, so excited to see them continue year round.
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The vacuum cleaner is called J.Edgar? Looks like all these puns......
(puts on sunglasses)
...are putting me into a depression.
YEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!
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Wrong Hover!!
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I think it's less that it's a 30 second commercial as much as it is the same comercial we've seen 10+ times while watching any video on blip
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That's definitely the problem I have more often than not. As I've said, I don't really care about the ads. They generally don't bother save for special cases, such as To Boldly Flee. But, when the ad is the same goddamn advertisement for days on end for every video you watch it gets pretty damn annoying. Imagine if that's what happened when you were watching television. If every commercial you saw all day long was the same exact ad for days it'd drive you nuts.
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i'm fine with midrolls myself. the problem is when the video is around 11+ minutes and the site is anal about getting a new ad hit every five minutes, to the point that it cuts off your video with one damn minute left. why can't they just stick four or five ads in the middle? or better yet, at the end. that way they still get paid and i don't have the last two minutes of my show broken up by an ad that i'm just going mute and ignore anyway.
sorry. got off on a tangent there.
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I second this and the original post. People complain way too much--myself included. But a short ad? Just means I can get up and get another beer without pausing the video!
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All I really want is more videos from you, honestly. I will put up with any number of ads if it means that I get to see more from team Snob. We have really similar tastes in movies and I take your words to heart on new releases.
The fact that you might be doing modern movie reviews throughout the year fills me with utter glee and joy.
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As long as they aren't like Doug's Ads in To Boldly Flee. It's a movie. Don't show advertisements in a movie. I know the movie cost a lot of dough. I really do. I get it. Just put the ads before the movie so the pace doesn't get bogged down by a commercial. As long as you just put them in your Vlogs (and I'm glad you're going back to your sweet Movie setup so we don't get burned out on your Parking Lot Vlogs) I'm pretty certain that people aren't going to be upset at you for it. In fact, I'm pretty sure Spoony was going to try to put commercials in his 2-Hour Thieves' World Counter Monkey video. If it's not scripted, we don't care.
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I agree with you about the ads for To Boldy Flee. That seems really annoying to me, whereas usually I don't care. I guess the reason that annoys me when it typically doesn't is simple. We know there's going to be a DVD released eventually. Putting ads at the beginning of those videos and then getting money from the DVD sales should be enough. Putting midroll ads in them on top of that seems gratuitous.
Thanks for the explanation Brad, and it's really cool of you to be open and honest about that stuff with your fans. Even though you were under no obligation to even mention it.
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*Douchy McNitpick voice*: You put commercials in your own videos because it will help to keep the content on the site fresh?!?!? OMGWTF that makes you worse that Hitler!!!!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Honestly though, do as you see fit. I can understand that you put midroll commercials in your v-log/movie reviews; it allows you to keep the videoflow good = happy fans
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I don't really mind the mid-roll ad as your is one of the few sites I go to where I have ad block disabled. When ad-revenue makes up a significant portion of income it can be difficult - but it's worth the minute of sitting though an ad to ensure more great videos in the future.
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That's just fine, Brad. Movie tickets aren't getting any cheaper. Just watch out for Hadley. He's been ranting about that stuff on "Lost in the Static."
And you're heading out to Champaign? Evil Ninja Bruce must be returning soon to this screen! Have fun!
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I spend my billions on a free ad-block extension so it's okay.
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Hey brad I would rather donate a buck then watch an ad.
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Then do so. There's a donate information on the right side of the blog. But I get the distinct impression that all that is just talk and you'll both keep Adblock on and not donate a penny.
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That's a lot of words just to say "first".
Seriously, though, I'd hope most of us can handle a brief break between things.
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I wish you lived where I was (matinees are 2.75, after 6pm are 4.50; DLP is only about 7 or so) so these videos were cheaper on you, but year round videos like these in exchange for midrolls?
As long as you're smart about it, that's definitely a fair trade. I think best thing to do is make it its own joke like Nostalgia Critic, seems like the best way to go to me.
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This is what should've happened to those balloons at the end.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YZtJdaN_l4
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I've heard Blip has been paying less per ad view or some such lately, so I don't blame you for adding midrolls to some videos to break even.
It doesn't really even bother me, since whenever I watch a vlog (on this site or any other) I just listen to it while working in another tab. A 30-second break means nothing to me.
Love your videos, Mr. Jones. Keep up the good work.
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I have no problem with these. I'd prefer the add to be before the video if the video itself is short because otherwise it gets broken in really small pieces. But for something like this, no problem as far as I'm concerned.
And people who really don't want them can always block the adds. I wouldn't do that, of course. In fact this site, and also blip.tv, are among maybe a dozen sites that are exceptions in AddBlock
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I've enevr really understood why people freak out over ads. Everybody has become so entitled these days; everything has to happen RIGHT when we want and not a minute later. As far as I'm concerned, I'm getting some damn good free entertainment here that's better than ANYTHING on tv. This is your job. I'm not going to get pissed if you get some extra money and nothing comes out of my pocket except a few moments of an advert that I can just not watch.
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I really liked ParaNorman I was supprised what a big middle finger to Salem Massachusetts.
As far as the other movie goes I have a feeling you guys are gonna have post traumatic Oogieloves disorder for years to come
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No worries, Brad. Anyone who really wants to support Team Snob shouldn't complain about an ad here there.
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I really liked ParaNorman I was also surprised what a middle finger it was to Salem.
Also why do I feel you guys are gonna have post traumatic Oogieloves disorder for years to come.
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Brad, I love most of your work, but that comment about the "type of movie an actor does before being found dead in a hotel room for a drug overdose" was really disgusting. That's the kind of stuff that Dane Cook and Daniel Tosh get shit for doing. Seriously man, not cool. I'm not trying to be a Politically Correct little prick who doesn't want you to use any risque humor (I laughed my ass off in your Gross Out video, for Christ's sake), but that comment was really not cool, especially considering the context of talking about a movie made for the kinds of toddlers who went to the "Turtles: Coming Out Of Their Shells Tour".
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Yes...because I was being totally serious and meant that literally.
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Goddammit Brad, don't you know that making dark jokes is offensive no matter the situation? Comedy on the internet should always be wholesome and cherry. That way we internet fans will never be upset or offended. We don't like death jokes being mixed in with our satirical exploitation movie review websites. That's crossing the line!
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HAHA! Best response ever!
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Grow up. Grow up fast. Grow up hard. And grow up loud. This is the same site that had someone say "Shawn Levy uis such a hack director, he's film a snuff film of his own grandma if they paid him enough." Or saying that taking kids to "Madagascar 3" would cause them to have down syndrome. Or punch your pregnant wife if they want you to take them to "What to Expect." Or...you know, I don't have to recite any more examples. They're jokes. Not serious. If you don't know that this is a completely un-pc comedy site, you're a ridiculous person.
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Your comment about me being a "ridiculous" person is disgusting and offensive. And I saw the movie "American Pie 2" once, so I'm not some uber-PC asshole, I know a thing or two about naughty comedy. The term ridiculous is an Indian word, first used in the 1800's as a word to describe beads. The word was then used by calverymen to describe the indians, because they thought the word meant silly or juvenile. How dare you pair me with such a racist word! I'm assuming all of that is true, it was told to me in a home schooling session. I would travel to your front door and give you such a stern talking to if I wasn't currently still connected to my mommy's umbilical chord.
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Waah.
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Bragging on how one is the most "politically incorrect" is like bragging on how one is the best dressed pedophile, it pretty much says the viewer "yeaah I can only work on only one form of jokes or media ever"
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A man who reviews explotation films makes an off-color joke? CALL THE PRESSES! As for Danial Tosh:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxfDnq9ORIs
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You can't be serious. He wasn't suggesting that he SHOULD go out and overdose or even that he WOULD, he was just illustrating how odd the performance was. And this movie being for kids has nothing to do with anything because no toddler is going to see this review anyway. Don't know that many 3 year olds that can use the internet.
I'm actually the kind of person that's quite sensitive to bigoted remarks, but that was not offensive in the least. Not even risque, honestly. If he had compared him to some actor who recently died that way or something, maybe, but he didn't so... you're overreacting, frankly.
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And yet you apparently weren't bothered by the "dead-baby-joke guy" (whatever the hell his name is; the dude with the glasses) throwing in the "hate-fucking a random character" remark, even though it made no sense in the context of the review. Face it, if you watch the videos on this site, you will eventually be disgusted/offended. And if you make the mistake of mentioning that you are disgusted/offended, the hate will flow. Now you know.
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When you first said you liked ParaNorman I kinda sighed with relief a bit, because I saw ParaNorman solely because you said you would because you heard it was pretty good, and of course I loved it.
And shit, that third act.
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This film is supercrapafuckarificexpialibullshit!
i smoked soo much pot to see this movie and same scenes that u guys said made me laugh soo hard
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This film is
supercrapafuckarificexpialibullshit!
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wow, you see it. I feel sorry for you.
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I am disappointed that you guys did not sing and dance along with the film. How could you resist?!
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Well, at least Jake can say that he actually saw the worst-opening theatrical release of all time in theaters.
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You needn't apologize for midroll ads. You make your living off of this site, and those midrolls give you money. If I had money to spare, i'd donate some to you just so you could keep me entertained because you do a damned fine job of it.
Plus, you sat through what sounds like the worst movie of the year. Keep the midrolls coming!
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The story of Pi has a rather dark twist at the end that makes the whole story more realistic. I suppose they kept it in the movie. It is not just the weird fantasy story it appears to be throughout most of it, so you actually don't really have to "buy" the premise to form an opinion on it once you know all of it.
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I'm so sorry that the Oogiloves message of love was unable to penetrate your dark hearts.
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I've had two experiences where I've gone to movies where the theater is pretty much a ghost town:
a) Went to see Jonah Hex with my girlfriend. I even remember the ticket taker going "Jonah Hex? Huh? Really?". When we sat down, it was literally me, my girlfriend, two teenage boys, and a middle aged couple in the theater. I had to actually explain the Jonah Hex comic to the two teenage guys, because, according to one of them, "We've never heard of Jonah Hex. We're only seeing this cause Megan Fox is in it and she's hot!"
b) My friend and I went to see John Carter, because we pretty much had nothing to do that particular night, and we had free movie passes, so we decided to see it, as we had heard it got bad reviews and were curious. The number of people in the theater? 4. Me, my friend, and two other dudes who also said they were there to see how bad the movie was. We actually wound up riffing on the movie, and we had a hell of a good time.
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I don't know what the big fuss is. I'd rather watch a few seconds of ads than have to pay for these videos. Basically, I get to support the site and get content by doing absolutely nothing!
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I saw the Oogieloves trailer when I went to see Brave and let out a mildly audible "What in the hell?" right behind a grandfather and his grandchildren during it. Surprised I didn't get in trouble for that.
Anyways that trailer was far too much for me, I don't know what you did to surive that movie. Even for the site that seems to be too much to take.
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This movie's budget was 20 million dollars and a further 40 million in marketing. Currently it has grossed 675,000 dollars.
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I was surprised that Jake and Dave didn't kill Brad and steal his car after watching Oogieloves.
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So glad that you loved ParaNorman, man! I'm glad to have been one of the people calling for you guys to see it on the site. It is just great, isn't it?
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Im suprised people who go on this website have seen Oogieloves. It looks like shit
BTW: I did see Paranorman. I have to say that the more i think about it the more i like it
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"And then this happened to us." I started laughing out loud when I opened up my email notification and read that.
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I saw adds at my theater for Oogieloves.
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One good thing about Oogielove or Rainbow shit 101 would be this review.
Yeah, I definitely agree from someone who parents didn't let me watch Rainbow shit 101 shows (e.g. Telletubies, Barney, etc) that parents should be taking them to ParaNorman or watching it with them as well. I hate those type of shows or movies. When I saw this so-call trailer(it went so fast that you do not understand nothing from it), I just saw purgatory if there such thing as purgatory. I hate it. Only time something like this was on and it was me definitely force to watch Telletubies. I wanted to watch Treehouse of Horror instead and I was school. Only memory of Telletubies is them attacking Springfield. I really disdained people who make this shows or movies like this. It's hack writing.
After my rant(I can get pretty passionate), ParaNorman is a pretty well made movie even though I did get irritated at the dad and sister but all around a pretty great movie.
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Yo, dude, whatever encourages y'all to make more reviews, be they for shit or shining films, I'm completely down with. Especially if you can snag the whole crew to see another in the series of 80s sci-fi reimaginings: Robocop.
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oh hey, by the way, Brad, did you guys see ParaNorman in 3D? It's pretty outstanding.
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Looks like it, you can see Sarah holding the green ParaNorman 3D glasses.
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The funny thing is, Oogieloves isn't even from the creator of Teletubbies. It's from the guy who did the American localization of Teletubbies, and he made this movie because the actual creator wouldn't give him permission to make a Teletubbies movie.
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I would rather they made a teletubbies movie. At least that's nostalgic for some people.
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You want to see a film made for nostalgia value? Eat shit and die. You are what is wrong with Hollywood right now.
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That was quite uncalled for. All I said was I'd rather they made a Teletubbies movie than this Ooogieloves movie. I remember Teletubbies but nothing called Ooggieloves. Also, I don't want a movie made for nostalgic value, I'd rather have someting that is nostalgic.
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Ah, so that's why. Pretty stupid reason.
Again, what works on TV doesn't work on the big screen. I can't think of any movie targeted toward a pre-school audience that did well in theaters; man, just keep that stuff to dvd releases.
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Sorry, they'd never get away with making a Teletubbies movie in the U.S. The purple teletubby is gay. The U.S. happens to be a Christian nation where homosexuality and abortion are against the law and the morality of Jesus Christ.
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You are SO wrong, I don't even know where to start.
Keep your religious bullshit to yourself, we're intelligent people here (most of us anyway).
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I think that was sarcasm.
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"The purple teletubby is gay."
That is a propagandist lie spread by a televangelist. How does it feel to be moronically ironic?
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It's not a lie. Purple Teletubby came into my room at night and RAPED ME IN THE ASS while I was asleep.
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That wasn't because he was gay. He just wanted to play "Run, Bitch, Run" with you.
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Wait a second. The vacuums name was J. Edgar? The oogieloves named the vacuum after Fucking J.Edgar Hoover. What would possess a kids' movie to name an appliance after the first head of the FBI? That would be like naming your toilet Porter Goss.
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You should see the character poster for J. Edgar. It literally says "Meet J. EDGAR and SUCK UP THE LOVE"
I am NOT joking.
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Yea, it's a vacuum. Hoover is a type of Vacuum. J. Edgar was a type of Hoover. It's a pun, get it? How can this not win an oscar for writing with razor sharp wit like that?
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That...That's really just sad. Also that poster may also be a reference to J. Edgar being supposedly gay.
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I would rather they made a Teletubbies movie. At least that show's nostalgic for some people.
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Sorry for the double post.
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Man, I wasn't really sure about watching "ParaNorman," but now I think I'll give it a shot since it sounds like it taps into a lot of more mature material than I originally thought.
Oogieloves...heh...condolences, guys...
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Is it really that hard to just flip to another tab for 30 seconds? I understand most people don't multitask on the web, but every major browser now as multitab capabilities. You can't check your email for 30 seconds, or do something else?
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I'm not someone who minds the midroll very much as I've said before. However, in some cases, as with the Boldly Flee videos, it interrupts the whole flow of the viewing experience. Nobody would want to get a trailer in the middle of a movie when they go to the theaters. And nobody likes commercials when they're watching television. That's half - if not more - of the reason that DVR exists.
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My issue isn't so much with the ads, which can be annoying but I understand are necessary for revenue, but the particular ad that seems to be running everywhere right now, with an invisible cop stalking potential drunk drivers. The damned thing is paranoia fuel.
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So...i take it htat you loved oogie loves! xD
Wow the sadness that showed up in the end was heart breaking XD
Poor actors that had to do this ....but i want to see cary elwes part xD hopefully youtubes happens soon XD
I thought Planet of the apes was the worst burton film
I liked alice it had a message and point i dont know
I loved the frankenweinie short XD
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You found the movie scary? You? After all the twisted stuff you've seen?
I saw this a coupla weeks ago, and I hate to say that I was a little disappointed. I'm not a big fan of horror films, and I can probably count on my hands the number I've seen, so I suspect a lot of the genre reference went over my head. The movie was OK overall, but the one thing I couldn't stop thinking when I came out was that the film didn't go deep enough. It wasn't scary, it spent too little time on the witch's backstory (I wanted more scenes set back then, really rub in the tragedy of her killing and the terror she felt at being persecuted and finally killed). Get really goddammed dark. And just as we were introduced to her...it just felt like it rushed it. It hinted at something that I wanted to see pounded into our skulls.
I realize it isn't fair to criticize something for not being what it's not even trying to be, but here I go. I think I just felt a "so close, so goddamn close" vibe. It was so very nearly awesome. Instead, it was breezy, cute, and felt short.
The theatre was packed with kids, but nobody screamed or even gasped. They just kept talking, mostly. I doubt there was any danger in frightening the movie by really trying to push to the border of PG-13. Had the movie spent more time drawing parallels between the witch and Norman, make Norman even more screwed up - pissed off at his teachers and classmates instead of just mildly annoyed, have them think he's insane for talking to nobody, and have that stress and isolation actually DRIVE him a little nutty. Hint that the witch could also see/talk to the dead, and make that one reason they think she's a witch (whether or not she actually was in life) and suggest that, in her place, he might have flipped out too, then spent maybe a whole act in old Salen (the witch could, as a last, desperate act as the last non-psychotic part of her brain tries to help Norman help her, "time-travel" Norman in there to see things through the witch's eyes instead of just through the zombies' flashback), and, again, get really dark. Expose a troubled modern boy to true, Baroque persecution. Maybe have that perspective shock him back to normalcy and help him make peace with his own persecution. I would have been ecstatic had they gone there and probably would have loved it as much as you did.
Then again, I was upset that Disney's Hunchback didn't end with half the cast dead and Gringoire/Clopin running off with the goat. I want every movie to end with death, tragedy, and a scarred audience. Paranorman was a kid-friendly horror comedy. So, by all means, make it funny. But still, seriously, kill some people. Leave them dead. Scare the audience. Make them fear that Norman could flip out. Maybe even have it end with him taking the witch's place and terrorizing the town for another three centuries. OK, I know THAT woulda never happened. But still. Do something darker. Something.
It was so cl
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Somewhere in the background of Oogieloves, there's a "Hearts of Darkness"-style backstory of the filmmakers going out of control with their budget and egos. I can just feel it.
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I'm thinking more 'Permanent Midnight'.
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Brad, any chance you'll review "V/H/S"? I watched it the other day and thought it was great. I'd love to hear your thoughts on it.
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I'd like to get Brad's thoughts on that one too, especially because Ti West was involved in it and he's of course awesome. I too watched it just the other night. Unfortunately I have to disagree with you and say that, for the most part, I hated it. I thought the first story, with the douche bags and the glasses-cam, was unwatchable because of the unlikeable characters and the worst shaky cam I've ever seen in my life. The second story was good. The slasher film story was atrocious, the 4th one had a male lead who was giving an FMV game quality performance, and the final story was tremendous.
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The final story was "tremendous"??? Do you mean to say it was somehow bigger than the other four or did you mean to type "tremendously "?
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no...I meant tremendous. As in it was really fucking good. Why would I have meant to say tremendously? I didn't say anything after the word and you can't really end that kind of sentence with tremendously. In that case I would have had to have said something to the effect of "I thought the final story came off tremendously." And even then it would be awkwardly phrased.
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I can definitely see why someone wouldn't like it. However, nowadays when everything (especially horror films) are flooded with remakes and reboots and endless lame sequels, I found "V/H/S" to be a fresh air. Some of the ideas were pretty creative. The serial killer who can only be seen through a camera? Come on, that's brilliant! Yeah, the acting was pretty bad (although, given the ending of the fourth segment, it explains his FMV acting, but I don't think that would matter either way LOL), and the photography wasn't the best, but it's a found footage movie, what do you expect? Despite some of the segments being absolutely ridiculous (especially the last two), I was very entertained! Not arguing, just saying
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See, to me the serial killer who can't be filmed or whatever (I take that from the line the actress has "why can't I film you?!") was a decent enough idea, but the execution and the acting - which is I think the overall worst in the entire film save for FMV guy - absolutely killed it for me. Plus, while I don't want to be "that guy" it holds up to no logical scrutiny whatsoever.
And I love Found footage movies. I really do. I'm a huge fan of that type of movie when it's done well, which is why I was actually really looking forward to V/H/S. But that first 30 minutes or so was such incredibly fast, zoom in, zoom out, whip around, static everywhere, jump cut, chaotic nonsense that it became totally unwatchable. It's the first and only time ever that I've actually experienced motion sickness watching a movie. Which I think was a combination, really, of the terrible camera work and the teeth grindingly annoying douche bag characters.
As for FMV guy...sure, I guess the ending sort of explains that...but you're asking me to accept that acting on the grounds of "it can be justified" and I simply can't do it. I felt like I was watching the guy who gets cut from the summer stock acting company on screen. It was terrible, and totally ruined a great concept for me.
And for the record, I'm not trying to be argumentative either. Just explaining my point of view a bit further. =)
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Jakes story about his car had me rolling on the floor XD
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even though you don't like seeing stuff cut from an R-rating, I recommend giving The Possession a look.
It's a hell of a lot better than The Apparition and is pretty engaging. Not to mention great performances from Jeffrey Dean Morgan, the little girl who gets possessed and Matisyahu as the Jewish priest who ultimately comes in to get the demon out.
Sucks it was cut to an R, but it's still worth checking out, though I personally anticipate the Uncut Blu-Ray/DVD.
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Wait, Matisyahu is in "The Possession"? That's kind of awesome.
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The Possession is a piece of shit. Granted, I haven't seen The Apparition, but I can't imagine it being much worse. It's one of the lamest possession movies I've ever seen, all the girl does is throw tantrums and yell at mommy, and throw glasses on the floor. Also the demon looks like Gollum. The ending where they (spoiler!) exorcise the demon is painfully ridiculous.
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ParaNorman was awesome! Probably the best kids movie of the year, at least so far.
As for Oogieloves, I hadn't even heard of it till today so it's not too shocking to me that it's doing as badly as it is. I'd really like to know how or why this movie even made it to theaters. I think it was distributed by the producer of The Teletubbies so maybe that's part of it? Don't know what made him think it'd be a good idea to put any money into this though. Doesn't take a genius to figure out that what worked for him on TV is not gonna work on the big screen.
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Are there any plans for a new Big Box or Softly From Cable? Seems like its been forever since there have been a new episode of either. I love the Snob site but it needs more Jillian.
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I think you guys are grossly exaggerating the age demographic for crap like oogieloves. It's for toddlers in between the ages of 1-3 years old. It's not in the same age range as stuff like paranorman. My nephew used to watch similar stuff but then he got around 3 and moved on to Pixar films (cars especially, he loved it). You make is sound like this is the stuff 7-8 year old kids are watching or something. It's toddler fodder nothing more then dangling keys to get the baby to shut up for 20 minutes. That's the reason it's bombing, it's audience can't even speak lol You really shouldn't stick this in the same category as paranorman though since that's clearly meant for an older audience. I'm not defending this crap but it isn't harmful or anything it's just flashy colors to entertain toddlers.
Lol but ya Jake just looks broken. He looks completely dejected here. He can barely lift his head to muster a thought, never mind get angry ;p
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Yes the audiences of paranorman and oogieloves are different, and shouldn't be directly compared as such, but the fact that this movie is caustic and detrimental to a child's development. From infancy children are absorbing huge amounts of information, (they have to learn a whole language for god sake) and if you feed their impressionable little brains something like this it could have a serious effect on their development. This should be seen as an opportunity to provide their sponge like grey matter with information they can retain and use via this key jangling entertainment.
One of my favorites growing up was 'The Magic School Bus' which provided a lot of accurate scientific information and had goofy cartoon stuff. Barney (although the most unbearable motherfucker on the planet) did at least go over basic skills like counting and ABCs, then theirs Sesame Street while neutered compared to the show we grew up with it does provide information and entertainment.
Point being don't pay anyone movie theatre prices to jangle keys and melt your child's (or sibling's child) brain at the same time
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I have that exact same Rush shirt. Jake is the man.
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You have my condolences for having to go see Oogieloves, it sounds just awful.
I read that apparently they got the audience participation idea from Madea Goes to Jail and how people would yell advice at the screen. Seems like Madea might be a little worse since it's its fault partially that this was even a thing. No surprise that it's made by someone who made teletubbies. I could never stand that show. It was always so creepy. Why was a baby the sun? What was with the vacuum? These are things that never made sense.
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Hey jake if you want to see good movies then try to be boring when you review them otherwise brad will keep sending you to the bad ones.
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ParaNorman:
I'm glad to see this movie is doing well because this looks like the type of Halloween special movie i'd loved to watch as a kid. Also, doesn't hurt that I'm still a big fan of zombie movies and the Frighteners!
The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure:
I'm kind of disappointed with this review there was no fury or rage or crying like I need to feed off of!
But it was a good nearly hour long listen!
I kind of though these things in this movie looked like Garbage Pale Kids!
You didn't see ads for this movie? I seen them all the time while watching videos on YouTube they played it in front of almost all the movie reviewer and inside movies channels on there! I even think i saw it on TV during the daytime on channels like SyFy and ABC!
I was sorta of hoping since the summer is basically over now you'd made this like the last big thing and brought the whole group to see this together and got a huge group reaction to this kind of stupidity!
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Loved the reviews as always, and I'm still awaiting a Calvin and Hobbes joke for Life of Pi.
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MY GOD...45 MINUTES?!
And why do I get the feeling it could all be summed up in the infamous Cry of Kurtz...
"The horror, the horror!"
O.O
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Will you be reviewing Dredd 3D/ 2D in a few week's? It open's here in the UK on friday and it's my most anticipated movie of the year. Can't wait and would love to hear your opinion.
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Maaan you're comparing Attack of The Killer Tomatoes to Gigli? "Fuck, there's a mongoloid on this movie and they're making fun of him, time to add the "*Daring*" modifier here. 5 stars." At least Killer Tomatoes had joy on it.
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The fact that Jake said he hates me has made my day.
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i too work at a movie theater and all your hate is how i feel when i have to clean the theater with the closing credits running
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Brad's eyes are making me doubt my heterosexuality
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Jake should start a Kickstarter campaign for the Killdrome. Hell, I'd support it.
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The Ooggles actually broke the AL TIME RECORD for WORST OPENING WEEKEND EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The movie cost 20mill to make, 40mill in advetizing, and it opened on 2,500 screens. Opening Weekend take --- 400,000. Others estimate an average of $40 a screne.
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Exactly where did all those millions go? The first I ever heard of this film was on this website. I never saw 1 commercial for this crap. I think someone just pocketed all that money and hid it in some offshore account or something. This reeks of a "Producers" style scam.
♪♫♪ Springtime for Hitler and Oogieloves. ♪♫♪
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...I demand that someone make an exploitation crime thriller about the sleazy oogieloves producers concocting a scheme to make this movie so they can pocket the marketing money! It could be a prequel to Drive, starring Albert Brooks.
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Don't worry Brad, the midroll ads don't bother me.
I think if this vlog review was attached to the end of the film it would suddenly make the whole thing amazing.
I also think that you three should star in a kids movie at some point. I can just picture Brad pulling up on a toy train, looking at the child actor stars with his best crazy eyes, and screaming in a forced cheery voice, "YOU KIDS LIKE BUBBLES?!"
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You guys had BALLS to see this! Big ones at that! I commend you for sitting through this. You make me want to grab some friends and go see some bad movies. I think that's what makes your reviews so fun. Just grab some buds and have fun! But yeah you guys are troopers! Now you inspired me to see some bad films. Thanks! And Jake, ill take you to some good movies and a dinner next time!
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You should read a couple of the IMDB reviews- 2 people are like paid by the company to put up good reviews, so they are getting trashed on.
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Oogieloves is quite the Misjake, and all that Chazz. Elwes can't Cary this box office balloon bomb. It sucks like a real Leach, man.
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"I hate puns!" - Jake
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It was /Prometheus/.
Oh my god. A review for /The Oogieloves/, and the preview image is a picture of Jake. I can't wait!
I doubt /Finding Nemo 3D/ is a conversion. They could probably just go back to the original 3D animation files and capture from a slightly different angle to create a genuine 3D master.
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I'm reading some of the interview material about the failure of /Oogieloves/. This guy's a fucking jackass.
http://www.theindychannel.com/entertainment/31408182/detail.html
"Why can't we have something that's all love, where we don't even have the color black?"
Racist.
"But this was never about box office - it was about creating entertainment kids could love."
Then did you ever think about not treating the kids like a bunch of idiots?
Oh, and this one is amazing. It's from before the big failure. Apparently it set a record for most widely-released film of its genre.
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/oogieloves-set-record-as-top-family-release-this-labor-day-167838335.html
"We are thrilled that theaters have embraced this new movie going experience literally with open arms and dancing feet."
He's not the most perceptive guy, is he?
"We are very excited about this record breaking opening and are hopeful that our theater count will continue to grow even wider so that we make the film more accessible to more families across America."
'And we're confidant that it won't go on to be the biggest box office flow of all time! Really!'
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Hey, would have sent this over twitter but my accounts being stupid.
Anyway, just watched the movie V/H/S. It's an anthology POV camera movie. I really dug it, and I think it would be cool to see if you enjoy it.
Love the site, thanks for all your hard work.
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2105044/
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2112? Love that album.
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I don't know if anyone has brought this up but... I kinda like it when you guys get side-tracked.
It doesn't matter to me. The story that you guys told (During ParaNorman) was interesting, like these reviews
And also, it's not that surprising that Tim Burton was in charge of ParaNorman. For "The Oogieloves"... I'm pretty sure someone green-lit it while they were high. (Just my opinion, really.)
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(Puts thick-rimmed glasses) Actually, Tim Burton had no involvement with ParaNorman.
(Takes off glasses) Sorry about it, I just find it mildly annoying that people connect every dark stop-motion animated film with Burton. He also wasn't involved with Coraline, either. I actually read an interview with the directors of ParaNorman that they wanted to avoid the expected Burton-type images.
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I'm sorry, why is Jake pissing and moaning about watching bad movies in front of Brad? Brad watches bad shit every freakin week, I'm pretty sure Jake can deal with going to see something shitty once a month.
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Dude, it's part of the schtick. Jake has long since admitted he plays up his anger. And just because Brad watches bad shit by choice every week doesn't mean Jake has no right to complain. It's not his job to watch terrible shit.
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So Jake has a gun pointed at his head making him watch this stuff? He isn't able to just say no? Also, I think Brad mentioned in an interview before that Jake does get paid for doing this.
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again, it's very obviously part of the schtick. If Jake didn't complain, what the fuck would the the point of watching? It would be a boring video of a guy saying "yeah that sucked." Would you really rather watch that? No, I highly doubt you would.
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Not to mention, the Snob type movies are what Brad usually watches (and often enjoys) in his spare time. Jake doesn't strike me as a Z-grade movie fan, so he likely doesn't have the same level of tolerance for crap. At least, that's the impression that *I* get.
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I think that Jake pissing and moaning about watching bad movies is immensely entertaining! His nearly paralyzing rage at having seen That's My Boy had me rolling on the floor.
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Is it just me or are all the replies to comments not showing up?
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The website has eaten more than a few of my replies as well. It's kinda wonky.
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The replies I was not seeing were still there, apparently. They started showing up again after I made a new comment. Wonky indeed.
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Sarah is so gorgeous is she single brad ?
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Last I heard she was going out with Faggot Josh.
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lol i hope you heard wrong cause id take her
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Josh "Old Sourpuss" Hadley could get any woman he wanted, so it wouldn't surprise me if someone told me such.
Unfortunately, Josh is married. His marriage was mandated by the government to control the population, lest he would be loving and impregnating dozens of ladies a day.
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And that's why they call him Faggot Josh.
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That's his cover so the ladies are unsuspecting when he seduces them.
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Don't explain the joke.
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I can't watch the videos anymore. This new Blip player rarely plays the videos.
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I had the same problem when trying to watch the videos on firefox. They worked on Google chrome. Also, if you actually go to blip itself rather than any of the websites, ie TGWTG or here, the videos seem to play there just fine.
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**Ahem** Why "Oogieloves" did so bad.
Conversation with my son after showing him the trailer:
Me: So, do you want to go see that?
Him: Nooooooo.
Me: Are you sure?
Him: Nooooooo.
When I saw the trailer, I thought it would be right up his alley -- he'd get to move around during the film and interact with the characters. (He had a hard time sitting still when my mother in law took him to see "Madagascar 3") But it didn't interest him. At all.
When it doesn't appeal to the target audience, something is wrong.
Although I will say that I think this will gain cult status in the next few years.
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a cult status among who? Stoners?
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Pretty much.
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It makes me smile to imagine the producers of Oogieloves realizing their money is gone because they bet it all on the failure of the human race.
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You guys realized that seeing this movie in the theater means that you will go down in history- considering that it is now the biggest box office flop of all time: according to Box Office Mojo, As of September 7, 2012, the film has a total gross of $948,056. (Pulled from the Oogieloves entry on Wikipedia)
It will never beat the 5 million point needed to not be considered a legendary flop, whatever the fuck that entails.
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It's not even close to becoming the "biggest box office flop of all time", not even Top 30. Adjusted for inflation, 'Oogieloves' would have to lose an additional $100,000,000 to rank alongside the likes of 'Cutthroat Island', 'The Alamo', 'Pluto Nash', etc.
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Also 'treepot' is not a pun, it is a portmanteau. And a pretty contrived one at that.
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Chances are that no-one is going to read this, but there's a little bit of interesting trivia on the Oogieloves
It was originally intended to be a Teletubies movie, but the creator of Teletubies refused to give them the license
The movie was made by the American distributor of Teletubies, not the creator (even she thought it was a stupid idea)
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Did you guys get the special magic wands too? I work at a major megaplex/IMAX in western New York state and we were giving out these wands to people who were going in. They were just glorified glow sticks:
http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9izwo39Ea1qizbv5o1_500.jpg
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nZ6In-OE4dk/UEFwpIXlvMI/AAAAAAAACIg/aLkCBBXn7K8/s1600/IMG_4566.JPG
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Haha. Nevermind. I rewatched the review and found the bit where you guys talked about them.
I wanted a couple and just have a mini rave in my house with them. That would have been awesome!
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oh, im sorry, was my speaking not clear enough for you fuckers? im only A SENTIENT GOD DAMN PILLOW! FORGIVE ME THAT MY DICTION IS'NT QUITE UP TO YOUR FUCKING STANDARDS!
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that wide eyed, evil grin "do you like bubbles" face you made shall haunt my dreams forever Brad..
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I can't lie I'm kind of curious about Oogieloves, but I'd never want to pay to see it. I am enjoying going out and finding parents defending it in reviews though. I particularly liked "Don't we want our movies to teach our kids to follow instructions?" It just seems like such an odd movie to get defensive over lol.
I will be looking forward to spending my money on seeing ParaNorman instead though.
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I'm not sure if I got the special theatre or what, but when my friend and I went to see ParaNorman at midnight they gave us freaking AWESOME stuff! I walked away with a pair of slippers modeled after the ones Norman wears in the movie and my friend got a model version of his electric zombie toothbrush xD
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that j. edgar thing was kinda clever
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What kind of grown-ass man waste their time watching a movie that they clearly aren't the audience for it and decides to bitch about it in great detail explaining why it sucks? Are you going to watch it just because your fans told kept telling you? You need to put your foot down sometimes. Or if you decide to bitch about it just because you wanted to, you are clearly more pathetic than I thought. Also, your friends are "incredible" human beings for wishing death upon other people based on their interests.
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lol
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Don't worry. When you hit rock-bottom just like your buddy Antwiller and everyone have forgotten about you. I will be there laughing. See ya...
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Oh yes. You will have the last laugh.
Because you...called out a FILM CRITIC for criticizing a movie??
WHAT???
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Am I the only person on the board that winds up losing it every time he hears the balloon mentality was the reason Georgie was killed in It?
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When we went to review the Oogieloves, we were alone in the theater and spent the entire time yelling profanities and inviting the film to kiss our asses. No staff checked on our theater once. This movie is garbage.
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Poor Brad, now I see what you suffer through. I've been considering doing film reviews myself, but I'm not sure if I could stand this thing. It's so bad it makes Last Airbender look like 2001!
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Don't hold back, guys. Tell us how your really feel about "Oogieloves".
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One can only hope we are all dead before the sequels come out.
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Why hasn't anyone at TGWTG done a scathing critique of "Gigli" yet, I wonder? Or "Ballistic: Ecks Vs. Sever", for that matter? They SHOULD be done! Yeah!
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Anyone else want the Oogieloves to be rereleased, just to see them have the audacity to do so?
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