AFP | Los Angeles: Fans cheered the highly anticipated Hollywood premiere of Star Wars: The Force Awakens with standing ovations, applause and screams of delight as the space epic resumes under tight security. The police cordoned off the area around the famed Chinese Theatre on Hollywood Boulev-ard hosting the premiere along with other nearby theaters hosting some 5,000 guests, setting up metal detectors and deploying scores of officers and sniffer dogs. As the stars of the latest inst-allment of the epic walked the red carpet, fans — some who had camped out for days in their Star Wars costumes — went into a frenzy seeking autographs and pictures of the beloved movie characters. “This is like the Academy Awa-rds or something,” Ha-rrison Ford, who plays Han Solo, said. Jeff Bock, an analyst at box office tracker Exhibitor Relations, said “this is probably the biggest opening in decades.” Disney CEO Bob Iger hailed what “could be the biggest premiere we have ever done.” Ever since 1977, when Star Wars introduced the world to the Force, Jedi knights, Darth Vader, Wookiees and clever droids R2-D2 and C-3PO, the sci-fi saga has built a devoted global fan base that spans generations. “I’ve been here since 3:00 am because I wanted to get a good spot,” said James Salazar (19) outside the Chinese Theatre. “I’ve been a fan all my life, it’s my favourite movie and my dad’s also.” The premiere on Monday will be followed by a global rollout taking in a dozen countries beginning on Wednesday before the film officially reaches US theaters on Friday. The intergalactic tale of good versus evil, friendship, loyalty and love created a defining moment in the history of popular culture and launched one of the biggest movie franchises ever. The original blockbu-ster turned Ford, Carr-ie Fisher and Mark Hamill — who play its heroes Han Solo, Prin-cess Leia and Luke Skywalker — into sta-rs overnight. Much to the delight of legions of fans, the beloved veterans return in the new installment — which picks up 30 years after the events of 1983’s Return of the Jedi.” The Force Awakens also brings a host of fresh faces like British actors John Boyega and Daisy Ridley. Source: The Asian Age
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Chennai Express smashes more records, makes fastest 100 crore
Rohit Shetty's latest directotial venture Chennai Express is all out to smash records. The Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone-starrer has already made an average collection of Rs. 100 crore, the fastest entry to the club. Earlier, Salman Khan-starrer Ek Tha Tiger collections crossed Rs. 100 crore in six
days. Chennai Express averaged Rs. 28.05 crore on Saturday and Rs. 32.50 crore on Sunday at the ticket windows. The film earned Rs. 6.75 crore from paid previews on Thursday and collected around Rs. 33.12 crore on the opening day, making a total of Rs. 100.42 crore. The overseas earnings of the film are
estimated at a total of Rs. 45 crore over the weekend. "We have received an overwhelming response from all quarters and the film is being loved by everyone. Though CE is playing in highest number of screens for any film, we still ran out of capacity in most locations due to this huge demand at the box office",
says Gaurav Verma, Director - India theatrical distribution, Studios, Disney UTV. Prakhar Joshi, Head - Programming PVR Cinemas also can't stop beaming about the success. "Now CE holds the record of biggest opening day at PVR- if you add previews, this number becomes even bigger. We were always
confident of film doing well thus backed it with maximum show caning and right ticket pricing." The movie opened in at least 3500 screens across the country on August 9. The overall collection for Thursday in UK
was £ 142,220 while in Australia and New Zealand A$ 38,315 and NZ$ 8,058, respectively. The comic caper has made decent collections at foreign ticket windows as well. Source: Hindustan Times
Lincoln: Movie Review
Hey there Chaos fans! I know I've been away for a bit, but its because I've had a lot going on... I need a vacation! Haha! Anyways, I'll be posting this week with some pics from my emerging Khorne Bezerker force, and maybe a book review (I'm nearly done with Deliverance Lost too). However, I have a movie review for you, so without further ado: It may or may not be a secret to longtime readers of this blog, but I am a history nut (that's what my wife calls me, at any rate). I love United States history, and I have admired Lincoln for sure. The truth is, I have been dying to see this movie, but I was also afraid. The cast sounded top notch (Lewis? Jones? Straithirn? What a cast!), and I was hoping that this movie would be smart and powerful, but I was afraid because Spielberg was the man behind the camera. At one point,
Spielberg would have been a no brainer- giving us Indiana Jones trilogy, Saving Private Ryan, Schindler's List, Close Encounters, and of course, Jaws. However, he has been on a bit of a rough patch in the 21st century- I mean, he nearly ruined Indy with Crystal Skull, for heaven's sake! The war machines of War of the Worlds were fantastic, but the human element was all over the map (the audience I saw it with cheered- yes cheered- when Dakota Fanning was taken by the martians- that's how annoying she was). Minority Report was just OK, and AI was just a mess. Yes, so I had reason to fear with this- which Spielberg was going to show up? Thankfully, there was nothing to fear here, as old Spielberg showed up and simply told a story. It is not a simple story by any stretch, but it was simply told, without schmaltz, fancy tech, or explosive action, or trickery. No, this story didn't need any of that- it just needed someone
with courage to do the story justice, allowing it to develop at its own pace, and using the actors to their fullest. And thankfully, Spielberg and company did just that with "Lincoln". In fact, the movie is beautiful, elegant, meaningful, and even occasionally humorous, while the acting is top notch all around.The true success of the movie is its choice of scope. The movie is wise to focus in on one fight that Lincoln had to go through during the last days of the Civil War- a wider biopic would have diluted the proceedings. Just about everyone knows Lincoln as the the young "rail splitter", the Illinois lawyer, the "Great Emancipator" and as the president who put the Union back together; he is also tragically known as the first president to be assassinated. His whole life could be fodder for a movie, and I'm sure the temptation to do a sweeping biopic of his life would be there for any filmmaker. Instead of looking at Lincoln's whole life
Spielberg would have been a no brainer- giving us Indiana Jones trilogy, Saving Private Ryan, Schindler's List, Close Encounters, and of course, Jaws. However, he has been on a bit of a rough patch in the 21st century- I mean, he nearly ruined Indy with Crystal Skull, for heaven's sake! The war machines of War of the Worlds were fantastic, but the human element was all over the map (the audience I saw it with cheered- yes cheered- when Dakota Fanning was taken by the martians- that's how annoying she was). Minority Report was just OK, and AI was just a mess. Yes, so I had reason to fear with this- which Spielberg was going to show up? Thankfully, there was nothing to fear here, as old Spielberg showed up and simply told a story. It is not a simple story by any stretch, but it was simply told, without schmaltz, fancy tech, or explosive action, or trickery. No, this story didn't need any of that- it just needed someone
with courage to do the story justice, allowing it to develop at its own pace, and using the actors to their fullest. And thankfully, Spielberg and company did just that with "Lincoln". In fact, the movie is beautiful, elegant, meaningful, and even occasionally humorous, while the acting is top notch all around.The true success of the movie is its choice of scope. The movie is wise to focus in on one fight that Lincoln had to go through during the last days of the Civil War- a wider biopic would have diluted the proceedings. Just about everyone knows Lincoln as the the young "rail splitter", the Illinois lawyer, the "Great Emancipator" and as the president who put the Union back together; he is also tragically known as the first president to be assassinated. His whole life could be fodder for a movie, and I'm sure the temptation to do a sweeping biopic of his life would be there for any filmmaker. Instead of looking at Lincoln's whole life
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