Wednesday, July 23, 2025

The Roundup with Jeff Stockton (Season 33 Round 7

 
The box office is turning around thanks to another video game film. Here's The Roundup....

3. Profits
Despite a few sizable flops, it seems like the box office is coming around now. Five of the last eight films have managed to earn profits - including a couple big money makers with Thor and Zelda.

2. Video Game Adaptations
Based on the box office outcomes this season, it seems like video game adaptations may have a shot at dethroning superhero films as studio's biggest money-makers - or at least will be the biggest competition.

1. Splendour
Going the Rashomon angle with the death of Natalie Wood was definitely the right idea. It give this film a nice mystery angle that felt more authentic - especially given the conflicting real-life stories of the events. It also allowed each of its cast members to play slightly different versions of the same character.

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2. The Legend of Zelda
I've never played any of the Legend of Zelda games, so I don't have much of a reference for this one. But it seemed hard to get into as a noob to the franchise (do the kids still say "noob"?) as it felt like there was a lot of inside baseball type stuff.

1. Danya
I enjoyed some of the more bonkers moments of the story, but I found myself repeatedly questioning who the audience was supposed to be. It was structured like a family animated film of the Pixar or Illumination variety, but the content was obviously anything but.

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