'Dumbo' flies off with $2.6M in Thursday night box office

[masterofmystery]

Tim Burton's #Dumbo lifts off with $2.6 million at the Thursday box office https://t.co/2bnd7GXgYW pic.twitter.com/I6jCe6JQJT
- Variety (@Variety) March 29, 2019

Tim Burton's latest, the very sanitized (and boring) live-action adaptation of 'Dumbo' kicked off this weekend's box office with $2.6M from Thursday night previews. Disney's expecting its

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[la_petite_singe]

Dumbo was certainly cute, but I have NO idea what it was trying to say about soulless giant corporations taking over and ruining sweet little family businesses or whatever. Was Disney...trying to comment on itself? Blithely unaware of the irony? Both?? It was very confusing. But I remain pathetically in love with Eva Green.

All the positive reviews for The Beach Bum on Letterboxd are making me rage. It's self-indulgent male nonsense.

[ms_geekette]

I went to Letterboxd to see what the rating was there after seeing your comment - a 3.5 for a stoner McConaughey film? I thought the McConnaissance was long over by now.

For some reason I have The Beach Bum on my watch list. I abso-fucking-lutely do *not* remember *why* I added it. I am convinced that I must add some movies onto my Letterboxd list when I'm half-asleep, apparently, b/c I'm often surprised, haha. "I don't remember adding this at all!?" Is sleep-watchlisting a thing?

Anyway, it looks like 95% or more of the reviews are by guys? I guess they are all major bongo fans?

[eveofrevolution]

[ms_geekette]

I know....BUT ADRIEN BRODY! I mean, if MMc is going to start making a lot of brain-dead dudebro films now, then please fade into obscurity with Mr. Brody, sir.

It doesn't seem to be blanket infinite goodwill, though, b/c Serenity currently has a 2 out of 5 on Letterboxd, 5.3 on IMDB and is solidly rotten on RT, but maybe Anne's Oscar curse trumps Matthew's right now. Even though Serenity sounds somewhat ridic from the spoilers...I was more intrigued by that one over The Beach Bum since it seemed at least a touch different.

/falls over b/c Hollywood doing something remotely different? Apparently destined to fail. *sigh*

[zazie_toujours]

eva needs better projects, i'm not going to see a polanski movie or tim burton's dumbo.

[ms_geekette]

Oh, and la_petite_singe, if it makes you feel slightly better, one of the lone dudes I follow on Letterboxd mentioned in his Beach Bum review that his friend snuck in a growler of beer (I'm sure it was a woman with a big ass purse), so a good portion of these dudes were probably also a bit buzzed or even approaching wasted while watching this film.