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Looks fucking awesome IMO, most anticipated movie of the rest of the year, but I am also a biased Spider-Man/MCU fan
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Looks fucking awesome IMO, most anticipated movie of the rest of the year, but I am also a biased Spider-Man/MCU fan
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I have nothing intelligent to add to the discussion but I love this gif
I'd be surprised if FFH didn't make a billy at least. The past year or so has been really good for the character, plus the franchise is in a much better position than it was when Homecoming released
You should do another avatar bet thread.
... I'm not doing another one. I want to pay my bill and let it ride for a bit.
But go break more people.
I find the novelty of the MCU has waned significantly and I dislike the stranglehold it has on movie theaters near me. For three weeks, a local theater had 7/9 of its screens dedicated to Endgame and Captain Marvel before it.
I am just kind of sick to death of them. With a few notable exceptions (a lot of phase one, both Guardians movies, Thor Ragnorak, and Black Panther) these movies just feel anonymously directed by a CGI team. There is just nothing I latch onto in the filmmaking.
Also Spiderverse happened and the MCU has never done and will never do will slap as hard as Spiderverse. Pack it in.
Yeah I am a snobby asshole but I stand by my feelings.
I have reached max level. I pulled victory off after that opening weekend. How could I top that? Retire on top.
They'll live to regret that, especially following World War Z's stellar sales (2 million copies that was viewed to be a flop before releasing)
Now THAT is a hot take coming off a 1B+ movie and a 2.7B movie that most people expected way lesser numbers when predicting it last year. And another one opening in 2 weeks that's expected to do ~400MM domestic and ~1B WW.
That's not to say the MCU's popularity can't start waning and diminishing, but to say it has already waned significantly after the past 2 films' performances at the BO is.....interesting.
The Shaft tv ads and trailers show nothing.
Compared to the first SLJ Shaft over a decade ago, that one showed the two antagonists being threats.
Now, this new Shaft movie, their trailers and ads demonstrate zero antagonists
Compared to the first SLJ Shaft over a decade ago, that one showed the two antagonists being threats.
Now, this new Shaft movie, their trailers and ads demonstrate zero antagonists
Seriously, how do I top that with how close it was? I ain't saying never, but I am gonna take a break once I collect.
I have only lost one avatar bet ever. vinnygambini claims the one victory over me. And ''twas a great victory on his end.
I think it hits somewhere in between CM and Black Panther.
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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo was a movie with a $100M budget that made $100M domestic.
Gone Girl fared better ($160M on a $60M budget), but that's why he's not actually in director jail, just having a hard time finding movies that fit in his wheelhouse. Fincher has never seemed like the type of director that wants to make a $5-20M movie (even Social Network as a $40M movie), so I don't think the Blumhouse model is one that actually fits him. He wants to make $40-80M dramas, and Hollywood isn't making those bets anymore because for every one that succeeds there's another 2-4 that fail, and just making a good movie isn't really enough to guarantee you won't be one of the ones that fails.
Steve McQueen got this made last year:
Don't worry. I got vengeance on Vinny when Divergent didn't get a tv series.
I still love and respect you, Vinny!
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Good but not as good as expected with that talent involved. I need to see what a rewatch does for it.
McQueen was likely getting Widows produced on the back of winning best picture. That's a level of clout that even Fincher can't pull.
This movie had so much potential. Such a let down for me. The movie kept on building, and building and then it was a mellow burn...
I saw Dark Phoenix and it was weird. It just felt very very small. I actually thought the cast as a whole put in better performances than apocalypse. But the movie just was strange overall. It's just kind of there. I didn't think it was bad or good. I don't even know what to make of it as a film .
The main takeaways I got from Widows were this:
Viola Davis is awesome.
Daniel Kaluuya can be scary AF when he wants.
Cynthia Erivo is amazing and needs to be in everything and a giant star.
Viola Davis is awesome.
Daniel Kaluuya can be scary AF when he wants.
Cynthia Erivo is amazing and needs to be in everything and a giant star.
Widows was one of those movies that just came out at a bad time and I kinda missed, but she's fantastic in Bad Times at the El Royale.
Fincher is sorely missed. Theirs not many directors that are day 1 off name alone for me but he is.
World War Z 2 always seemed like such an odd choice.
Wouldnt mind DC giving him a blank cheque to just make a one off elseworlds world film like Joker.
World War Z 2 always seemed like such an odd choice.
Wouldnt mind DC giving him a blank cheque to just make a one off elseworlds world film like Joker.
It definitely didn't outright piss me off like Apocalypse at least.
The beginning was actually decent, then it just went down a path of boring stuff I really didn't care much about.
Aladdin is having a strong hold in Japan with just 6% drop in second weekend! ($31.6 million so far)
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Godzilla deserves better damnit. They should not have waited a whole year to release it after filming. Release it when there was no real competition and it would have done alot better.
Nah, if there's one thing I'm really happy that WB seems to be doing with all their movies is giving them plenty of time to get the shine and polish on them before putting them out for release. I'll love the MCU and Disney until my dying day but those movies could definitely use another pass or two through the render farm.
Is it still possible for Aladdin to make 1 billion? It seems to be having great holds everywhere.
Not with Toy Story 4 and The Lion King coming out the next four weeks
The fact that Kingdom is doing this well makes me so happy, it's even outlegging Avengers and DP.
(Well, TS4, TLK, Frozen 2 and Weathering with You are all probably going to smash past it, but still)
Waiting for outrage against Disney because they ruined audience and destroyed this summer box office.
Depending on how we're defining "major," the answer is probably either Friday the 13th remake or Fifty Shades of Gray.
Friday the 13th had the biggest drop for a movie that opened on over 3000 screens (80.4%)
Fifty Shades of Gray had the biggest drop for a movie that opened over $50m (73.9%)
Isn't that run around 2750? And it's at 2742...it would probably get there on domestic alone.
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I am shocked we don't get anymore "Superhero movies are destroying cinema" articles
Still way better than most were expecting, some people thought this was going to nuke Will Smith's career lol
I know Disney wants to dominate the summer, but I never understood why they're putting their titles on top of each other like this. Aladdin, TS4, and LK are all within about four weeks of each other which seems like it would just cut off their respective legs off early.
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