Comments on: Box-Office Oracle: Aug. 8 – Aug. 10, 2008 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/box_office_oracle_aug_8_aug_10_2008 The best and latest movie news, reviews, features and editorials - updated daily Fri, 27 Nov 2009 02:52:16 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Laremy http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/box_office_oracle_aug_8_aug_10_2008#comment-2759 Laremy Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:52:29 +0000 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/news/?p=10075#comment-2759 Good feedback Malevolentmuse! I appreciate it and will try and do better (more well) with my columns in the near future. No, wait. Language is a living thing, meant to convey emotion. You DID understand the sentiment of the beast - so your petty critique of grammar is most likely your own insecurity bubbling up to the surface. It happens, and I've been there. But please learn the difference between the AP style manual and engaging seat-of-your-pants musings. Because they are not one and the same. Good feedback Malevolentmuse! I appreciate it and will try and do better (more well) with my columns in the near future.

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Language is a living thing, meant to convey emotion. You DID understand the sentiment of the beast – so your petty critique of grammar is most likely your own insecurity bubbling up to the surface. It happens, and I've been there. But please learn the difference between the AP style manual and engaging seat-of-your-pants musings. Because they are not one and the same.

]]> By: malevolentmuse http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/box_office_oracle_aug_8_aug_10_2008#comment-2751 malevolentmuse Fri, 08 Aug 2008 01:56:49 +0000 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/news/?p=10075#comment-2751 You can only hope to survive through the plight upon our world that Mamma Mia! is. Ouch. I mean, damn dude, seriously. I can't believe I actually read that. That grammar made my eyes hurt. "... plight upon our world that IS Mamma Mia!" or "... plight upon our world that Mamma Mia! has become." I have NEVER said anything about someone's grammar before, but this is a pretty good website and shit like that makes it look amateurish. Proof-read, proof-read, proof-read. You can only hope to survive through the plight upon our world that Mamma Mia! is. Ouch. I mean, damn dude, seriously. I can't believe I actually read that. That grammar made my eyes hurt. "… plight upon our world that IS Mamma Mia!" or "… plight upon our world that Mamma Mia! has become." I have NEVER said anything about someone's grammar before, but this is a pretty good website and shit like that makes it look amateurish. Proof-read, proof-read, proof-read.

]]> By: bradbrevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/box_office_oracle_aug_8_aug_10_2008#comment-2746 bradbrevet Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:36:23 +0000 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/news/?p=10075#comment-2746 You stole my thunder and already wrote that I think Dark Knight will take the top spot, but I would like to add that I think the R-rating will also help. Pineapple (even though I gave it a C+) is definitely worthy of the #1 spot and wouldn't be a bad film for Dark Knight to lose to. However, can you believe the total dollars on Hancock? That movie got savaged by reviewers and as Laremy points out it will hit $400 million worldwide, but it is already at $217 million domestically. Really impressive and proves Will Smith is our biggest movie star at the moment. With Seven Pounds coming out this Fall it will be Oscar talk for the man once again. You stole my thunder and already wrote that I think Dark Knight will take the top spot, but I would like to add that I think the R-rating will also help. Pineapple (even though I gave it a C+) is definitely worthy of the #1 spot and wouldn't be a bad film for Dark Knight to lose to.

However, can you believe the total dollars on Hancock? That movie got savaged by reviewers and as Laremy points out it will hit $400 million worldwide, but it is already at $217 million domestically. Really impressive and proves Will Smith is our biggest movie star at the moment. With Seven Pounds coming out this Fall it will be Oscar talk for the man once again.

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