February - April Draft League (Division B)

[Shrykespeare]

Here is the order of the draft:

1. Surfer, 8/$96 - Captain America: Winter Soldier, RoboCop, Bad Words, Only Lovers Left Alive, Island of Lemurs, The Lunchbox, A Haunted House 2, Nymphomaniac Part 2
2. Buscemi, 8/$95 - Noah, The Monuments Men, Endless Love, (Winter's Tale), Pompeii, The Quiet Ones, One Chance, Breathe In
3. Banks, 8/$96 - The LEGO Movie, Grand Budapest Hotel, Non-Stop, Draft Day, Single Moms Club, In Secret, Nymphomaniac Vol. 1, Heaven is For Real
4. Tranny, 8/$92 - Mr. Peabody & Sherman, Muppets Most Wanted, Oculus, Veronica Mars, 3 Days to Kill, Last of the Unjust, Dom Hemingway, Son of God
5. empire, 7/$91 - Divergent, About Last Night, Transcendence, The Wind Rises, Under The Skin, St. Vincent, Sabotage
6. Geezer, 8/$90 - 300: Rise of an Empire, Rio 2, Enemy, Need for Speed, The Other Woman, Cesar Chavez, Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa, Bears


Announcement: Keep in mind that stuff gets added to the Master List all the time. There might be several new films added to the list for March or April (or not). If and when that happens, they may be acquired as trades or replacements.



Price List:

2/14
Robocop, $16 (2/12)
About Last Night, $15
Winter's Tale, $11
Endless Love, $11
Girl on a Bicycle, $3

2/21
Pompeii, $16
3 Days to Kill, $11
The Wind Rises, $5
In Secret, $3
Elaine Strich: Shoot Me, $3
Barefoot, $3

2/28
Non-Stop, $17
Welcome to Yesterday (aka Almanac), $11 REMOVED FROM SCHEDULE
Son of God, $7
Two Lives, $3
The Lunchbox, $3

3/7
Mr. Peabody and Sherman, $32
300: Rise of an Empire, $30
The Grand Budapest Hotel, $9
Grand Piano, $3
Journey to the West, $3

3/14
Need For Speed, $15
Tyler Perry's Single Moms Club, $12
Veronica Mars, $6
Enemy, $5
One Chance, $4
On My Way, $3

3/21
Divergent, $32
Muppets Most Wanted, $18
Bad Words, $12
Nymphomaniac Vol. 1, $6
Blood Ties, $4

3/28
Noah, $27
Sabotage, $10
Cesar Chavez, $5
Breathe In, $3
Hide Your Smiling Faces, $3

4/4
Captain America: Winter Soldier, $39
Under the Skin, $5
Island of Lemurs: Madagascar, $5
Dom Hemingway, $4
Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa, $4

4/11
Rio 2, $28
Draft Day, $12
Oculus, $11
St. Vincent (de Van Nuys), $8
Only Lovers Left Alive, $5

4/18
Heaven is For Real, $8 (4/16)
Transcendence, $16 (4/17)
A Haunted House 2, $11
Bears, $6
Nymphomaniac: Part 2, $5

4/25
The Other Woman, $7
The Quiet Ones, $5
Walk of Shame, $5
Locke, $4
For No Good Reason, $3
Chinese Puzzle, $3


Note: A Haunted House 2 is still listed on the game site (and on BOM) as 3/28, but it looks like the move will be officially official any day now.

[silversurfer19]

Captain America.

[Buscemi]

Noah

[BanksIsDaFuture]

Le Lego Movie

[silversurfer19]

I think Lego is a very decent pick for it's price, should rack up quite a few top 5s, will have a good user rating and a decent box office. I can't help thinking Noah has gone a little early. Sandwiched between Divergent and Captain America, while I assume $100m is a given, I think it's also very possible it could just get swallowed up. Perhaps with a markerting campaign that could steer it towards an older audience it may find more success, but at this stage in the draft I wouldn't have picked it.

[Buscemi]

Religious groups are going to buy up blocks of tickets for Noah. Also, Aronofsky is fresh off of Black Swan.

Also, do we still think Divergent's going to be a hit? It's looking more like Ender's Game than The Hunger Games.

[Geezer]

What do you mean by "it's looking." Do you mean "I always thought it would fail, so now I'm going to compare it to another film that failed even though nothing has changed since we last had this conversation less than a week ago?"

[Buscemi]

It's not being marketed very well, it's obvious that it was only produced because The Hunger Games was successful and it's feeling like an also-ran compared to Mockingjay Part 1 in the same way that Ender's Game felt like one compared to Catching Fire.

If one thinks there is Divergent-mania on the level of The Hunger Games or even Twilight, it's an illusion. Hell, 50 Shades of Grey (based on Twilight fanfiction) has more buzz right now.

[Geezer]

Except no one thinks that. A film doesn't have to make $300+ million to be successful.

[transformers2]

Mr. Peabody and Sherman

[empire13]

Sorry, I was asleep at the wheel. I'll take Divergent.

[Geezer]

300: Rise of an Empire and Rio 2.

[empire13]

About Last Night.

[transformers2]

Muppets Most Wanted

[BanksIsDaFuture]

Grand Budapest Hotel