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For better or for worse Zimmer's score to LION KING was a game changer, followed by Gladiator. They kinda killed that Star Wars sound most of us all love.
MV
Followed by Batman Begins, followed by Inception...
Yeah, in the end, HZ is the only game changer, and the funny thing is that he changes HIS own game... 
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May 26, 2014 - 7:35 PM
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If these "heralders" want to know what a global phenom is, then they should be pointed in the direction of films like "The Ten Commandments", "Ben-Hur", "Star Wars", "2001" and "Gone With The Wind". I could go on and on. Those were/are movies that captivated the imagination of the world and proved to have a staying power that, in many cases, long outlived the people that made them.
Hang on to that refreshing sense of proportion, Octoberman; it will stand you in good stead. Especially in threads about Godzilla, X-Men etc.
All things pass, but modern 'blockbusters' pass so quickly most are just a blur.
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May 26, 2014 - 7:42 PM
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Ado
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20 years ago it was a really big deal for a movie to make $100 million. Now, it is a big deal if it makes $250 million. The problem is that those movies were being made for 25 or 30 million, so they were profitable at $100 million. These are in deep rivers of red ink when they make $250 million because they are so expensive.
No Godzilla is not a game changer, and it has sunk like a rock after one week.Normally, 20 years ago, that would not matter. The problem now is that a drop like a rock means that the movie probably will never cross the line. Remarkably, the lack of profit on these pictures has very little effect on the studios, the keep greenlighting series of enormously expensive pictures that have little chance of profit because they are selling brands nowadays; the Marvel brand, the DC brand, etc. It more like manufacturing a line of cars than movies, they think in packages of 5's and 10's and crossovers and tie ins.
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May 27, 2014 - 12:24 AM
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drop_forge
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I saw Godzilla last Wednesday and there were like 30 people (and one crying baby) in the theater.
But you live in Flagstaff. 
98 Godzilla made $379,014,294 Worldwide 16 years ago. Thats $547,606,337.27 adjusted for inflation today. (Without inflated 3D ticket prices which didn't exist back then) Lets see this Godzilla match that business!
Where are you getting that figure? According to IMDb, it's $357,623,813, and the movie opened in May and it took all the way to mid-October to hit that number.
Also, G-98 took till mid-Sept to hit its cumulative domestic gross of $136,023,813. Godzilla (2014) has bettered that by 20 million AND in eleven days.
Don't forget, G-98 was hyped plenty, too. The film was just not that well-received, and they had also planned two sequels, which they promptly scrapped. The new movie has gotten much better feedback and is doing good business, so it's no wonder they're moving forward.
Excluding Last Airbender and Green Lantern everything gets a sequel nowadays. It's hardly a sign of anything other than half the production work is already done. Cheaper to crank out sequels than design a new film from scratch.
Don't worry, the next movie will have a lot more Godzilla. You're gonna have big green scaly wood when you exit the theater.
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