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Aquaman Tomatometer and Review Thread (Update: Currently 64%)
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Venom had no competition, great marketing, and Tom Hardy chewing scenery. Aquaman has a lot of competition, solid marketing, and lack Tom Hardy chewing scenery. Venom will please more people.
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Yeah if you've watched both you probably could speak better about this than myself. Gladly I won't be able to compare the two because I'm just watching Aquaman, Venom belongs in the pile of superhero films I've never watched imho: with F4ntastic, Catwoman and Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance. Never watched those, never will.
Honestly, I think you are understimating the potential of what a good DC film can do at the box office. And this one seems to be one of the good ones. It won't breakout like crazy, but I honestly could see it being the only film this holiday season reaching $1b worldwide. Yes, bigger than Poppins. Here's what I think, box office wise:
Aquaman: $310m Dom, $700m OS - $1B WW
Mary Poppins: $400m Dom, $350m OS, $750m WW
Spider-Man: Into Spiderverse: $290m Dom, $500m OS, $790m WW
My point is, when it comes to OS markets, Aquaman is actually the "main" film this holiday season, not any of the others.
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That's something I can't answer as I am not a comic man. Sorry dude
Or maybe audiences will decide that both movies are enjoyable. This is also has better reviews under it's belt. The main thing I can see holding Aquaman back at the BO is the said competition.
I love it. There are surprisingly few water puns so far.74 for me
Also that first quote lmao
Is this the first fresh movie for Jason Momoa
Same question for Amber Heard
Im excited for to see it and Spidey back to back Saturday.
Same question for Amber Heard
Im excited for to see it and Spidey back to back Saturday.
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Heard has several fresh movies under her belt, including Zombieland (90%), Pineapple Express (68%), Magic Mike XXL (65%) and The Danish Girl (67%), see more here:
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/amber_heard
Momoa in the other hand, yes, unless you count Braven, with 21 positive reviews and 7 rotten at 75%:
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/448571481
I love how dumb RT is when review first start coming out. I have 1 more total review than you for ALL CRITICS but 2 more for TOP with fewer rotten ones.
Lol wut?
These insults towards Venom. Scust at you bitches. Venom was a solid movie. Some of you just have shit taste, as did most of the critics reviewing that movie clearly. Aside from the opening 15 minutes, which were indeed kind of crap, it's pure entertainment thereafter and Tom Hardy's great in it, which is all the movie needed since it essentially becomes an 1 hour and 15 minutes of him chewing scenery alongside Venom.
I was totally talking about the Top Critics when I said this would land in the 40- 50 range.
Lol wut?
Lol wut?
Small sample size. Will probably converge closer to the overall rating as more Top Critics come in.
It's strange to be that low considering how high the all critics section is. It makes me wonder what's going to happen throughout this week and on the 21st.
Wonder Woman was the first big budget superhero film with a female lead.
Only get so many of those. Even the sequel can't bank on that.
It may be but some movies still end up much lower with top critics(like Thor The Dark World).
Venom is actually much, much better than any of the other films you mentioned. Sure, it's not great or anything, but it's much better IMO than the reviews make it seem to be. Tom Hardy is having the time of his life as Eddie Brock. I personally found it far more enjoyable to watch than, for instance, Ant-Man and the Wasp.
That's kinda my point. I'm all for Elseworld stories and not having all their characters tied together and limited by one another. For instance, if Reeves is planning on rebooting Batman for his own story, then more power to him imo.
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As a Spider-Man fan and by consequence a Venom fan I just can't stomach what Sony is doing with these characters. In lots of ways, it's way worse than the Fox X-Men and Fantastic Four movies, at least those were somewhat still in the spirit of the characters, Venom isn't and can't possibly be in my eyes a good film without having his origin heavily linked to Spider-Man and as a villain, at least at first. Whatever film you watched and enjoyed, it isn't my Venom, as cliche as it is. I'll be fine enjoying Donny Cates Venom comics, which are obviously better than Watchmen:
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some of you have shit taste for not liking this "solid movie"
Yeah, it's going to have to make do with just being the hotly anticipated sequel to a massive hit movie :lol
Anecdotally speaking a lot of people I know who watched Venom really enjoyed it.
I'll give it a watch one day.
I'll give it a watch one day.
I'll fight you on Batman and Robin and Spirits of Vengeance!
*Shakes both of your hands*
Batman and Robin is terrible, but at least it knows its terrible and that ends up making it fun
I haven't seen it but several friends (non comic nerds) who saw preview screenings came back calling it just as bad as Justice League, which I frankly find hard to believe, but here we are. Criticisms mainly focused around an utterly predictable and pedestrian script, Momoa's performance or lack thereof, and a lot of sleepwalking actors in front of greenscreens who appeared only vaguely aware of what they were supposed to be doing.
After further questioning they did admit it's a step up from Snyder's horseshit, but it's not anywhere near what Wonder Woman managed to pull off. Second weekend box office should be interesting if this is what word of mouth is going to be.
After further questioning they did admit it's a step up from Snyder's horseshit, but it's not anywhere near what Wonder Woman managed to pull off. Second weekend box office should be interesting if this is what word of mouth is going to be.
The RT percentage is about where I thought it'd be but the general tone of the reviews, even the positive ones, is definitely a bit worrying to me.
I remember being surprised when I saw the running time. It seems like streamlining the movie a bit would have helped greatly. Oh well, I'm still excited to see it.
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Another thumbs up for Batman and Robin!
The worst sin a superhero movie can commit is to be boring, and that movie is definitely not that. It and Superman 3 are a perfect double feature.
I remember being surprised when I saw the running time. It seems like streamlining the movie a bit would have helped greatly. Oh well, I'm still excited to see it.
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Another thumbs up for Batman and Robin!
The worst sin a superhero movie can commit is to be boring, and that movie is definitely not that. It and Superman 3 are a perfect double feature.
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The Spirit is a mess of a bad film, but it's better than Sin City 2 imho. "Fun".
Sure, that'd be neat. If they don't plan on outright rebooting the DCEU, then basically ignoring its existence is the next best thing as far as I'm concerned.
Agreed.
Having seen the movie . It's very cheesy but a lot of fun. Doesn't take itself
Seriously at all unlike past dceu movies
I hate RT cache issues with their site. I refresh and never see the stuff update unless I go back to the main page and then MAYBE it'll update when I click back. I just saw the Top Critic Avg go up to 63% now.
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