'J. Edgar' Movie Math: How Clint Eastwood May Have Developed His Latest Film

Audiences weren't wild about 'J. Edgar' in the last weekend. Opening on roughly 1,900 screens, the Clint Eastwood-directed biopic acquired $11.4 million, mediocre enough for fifth place. ('J. Edgar's' per-screen average was $6,005, underneath the per-screen average of 'Jack and Jill' and 'Puss in Boots,' for reference.) Experts weren't that excited either: on Rotten Tomato vegetables, 'J. Edgar' stood a forty percent Fresh rating, utilizing it componen with 'Immortals' (39 percent) and 'In Time' (38 percent). Not the type of reception an alleged Academy awards contender is suppose to obtain! Why did audiences and experts somewhat reject the newest Leonardo DiCaprio film? Possibly simply because they have experienced nearly all it before. Ahead, a brief think about the movie math behind 'J. Edgar.' [Click for bigger] Oscar Bait (twenty percent): Ahem. 'Brokeback Mountain (17 %): The forbidden romance between Hoover and also the companion Clyde Tolson (Armie Hammer) is not consummated onscreen, nevertheless it certainly recalls the unrequited moments between Ennis Del Scar and Jack Twist. Silly Putty (16 percent): As Armie Hammer told Moviefone, "It is not somewhat makeup, I'll explain how.In . Preach, Armmie! 'The Notebook' (13 percent): Toward the conclusion from the lives, Hoover and Tolson have a bit of Allie and Noah included, especially -- SPOILER -- when Tolson tearfully hugs Hoover's dead body. 'Psycho' (11 percent): Dame Judi Dench plays Hoover's domineering and repressive mother, the type of lady who casts this kind of large shadow over her son's existence he dons her dress after she dies. She wouldn't even harm a fly. 'The Aviator' (ten percent): Leo becoming an eccentric and tragic historic figure? It is the obvious method of the long run. 'Watchmen' (9 %): Within the strange pewter-y filter that Eastwood affects over everything for the absurd Richard Nixon impersonator that involves the best 20 minutes, all that's missing from 'J. Edgar' is Dr. Manhattan's giant blue penis. 'Mommie Dearest' (four percent): You will discover some high camping moments in 'J. Edgar,' possibly none more absurd than when Hoover pleads with Tolson to check out his foot following a latter guy smashes a glass in the fit of jealous rage. It's not "No wire wardrobe wardrobe hangers!" (what's?), but it's certainly inside the same realm. Cake chart created by Catarina Ferreira [Top Photo: Warner Bros.] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook