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    Review Geek says 8 episodes: https://www.thereviewgeek.com/willow-e7releasedate/
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    I think what I may have missed from Knives Out was that the first film gave us someone to root for, Anna De Armis's character. For much of Glass Onion, I wasn't sure who or what to root for. That's probably one reason the sequel seemed more messy to me, narrative-wise.
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    Did it wrap? Some sites say the series is six episodes. Others say eight. The story is not concluded yet. I believe there will be another episode next Wednesday.
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    Is it? Scorsese’s worst reviewed film is probably Shutter Island, his one try at psychological horror. I have to agree. What is even the point of the movie? I know there is one somewhere, but who cares? I’d take ‘Superman, ‘89 Batman, a handful of Spider-Man and X-Men flicks, Dark Knight, and several MCU films over Shutter Island.
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    I’m not a fan of the original movie and only saw it for the first time shortly before watching the series. I thought the movie was good with a few story problems. Willow and his village life was a amazing. Willow the Series is a deliberately (at-times) silly fantasy adventure (kinda like the movie?) , but I’ve felt compelled to tune in every week so far, maybe because of the ragtag group of characters. Most of the story action seems to comprise of “let’s move from one place to the next place (on our journey) where we can all talk amongst ourselves and reveal character elements”. I’d say this last episode was the most compelling so far as we’re finally moving the story along in a more meaningful way and an interesting guest appearance.
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    Unless you’re a Batman movie full of deep dark adult metaphors, the very presence of “comic book superhero” in front of “movie” invites conflict from the critics who are as guilty of being part of the zeitgeist as anything else. Maybe some critics feel Mr. Darlin’ Scorsese’s last comic book movie rant gave them permission to finally start trying to tear down the king of the pop culture mountain.
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    As a liker of Knives Out, I thought Glass Onion was a little too messy story-wise and a little too enigmatic for most of the movie to be truly compelling to me, until the end, where I wondered how the guilty would get their come uppance. That, not the actual murder mystery, was what saved the movie for me. So much that “how does the movie get to screw the real-life metaphor villain” seemed to be the real point of the movie, rather than a whodunnit mystery I could play along with the master sleuth, given the clues provided by the movie. I thought it was okay, not as good as the first film.
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    In that sense, I believe Marvel Studios has only produced one film that stuck-up critics would call a “gem”, Black Panther, which is a comic book movie diamond. How about MoM and WF are comic book movie pearls? Also, I saw Glass Onion yesterday. That movie’s no gem. Okay, but no gem.
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    MoM and Wakanda Forever are both $800 million box office gems (yes, they’re both good movies). WF itself was up against less interest outside North and South America. Even the first Black Panther did poorly in China. There is higher interest for Captain Marvel on an international level. Space adventures are popular internationally. The Marvels will do just fine. In fact, I predict each Phase Five film will outperform any Phase Four film besides No Way Home.
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    If China continues to lock out the MCU, probably won’t equal the first film’s box office. However, The Marvels will be the last MCU film of 2023. Given that and fewer back to back MCU Disney+ shows, The Marvels will be the only game in town for a while. Plus, with Nia DaCosta directing, I’m guaranteeing it will at least be a good movie that will stand up to repeat viewings. The Marvels will make way more than $550 million box office, no matter how many weak Alita challenges you throw at it.
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    Not confirmed, but makes sense given Carol Danvers’ area of operations.
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    No, cause he ain’t the final word on the movie for me. And Even if no comment means he didn’t like it, he didn’t rudely badmouth it like these YouTube trolls who made thousands of dollars off promoting Captain Marvel hate before the movie even came out. Anyway, That was like three years ago. Captain Marvel is permanently part of the billion dollar plus club and nothing can take that away.
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    A misleading title about a tweet, probably designed to get clicks. “Not a bad one” is positive, not middling.
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    Why? Just cause he’s a hotshot video games creator doesnt mean he’s the final word on a movie. He also tweeted positive about Eternals but does that mean everyone is supposed to like it now? Way of Water is a digital eye feast. Seems obvious a guy of his ilk would be into a movie of this ilk.
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    What If the movie has awesome word of mouth, maybe like "Now THAT'S the Captain Marvel movie I was looking for!" and has important plot elements leading up to Avengers Kang Dynasty and Secret Wars. Do you still foresee it as an easy pass? Serious question.
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    And for the kids...
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    Disney+ is still essentially in its launch phase. Think Netflix's first years when it began streaming. HBO Max also loses money annually. Apparently, it takes a few years for new streaming services to eventually start turning a profit. Disney has admitted this much already. Also, CNBC recently said that Netflix is losing the streaming war to Disney. https://www.cnbc.com/2022/09/28/netflix-is-losing-the-streaming-war-amid-disneys-rapid-growth-.html
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    Look, I know No Way Home made almost $2 billion dollars. I know Shang-Chi only made like $440 million. Strict box office receipts isn't what I was talking about. Do the research. If you look at news articles, industry sentiment, and social media/forum chatter before Shang-Chi's opening weekend, all the talk and sentiment was that the movie theater was dead (hastened by the pandemic) and nearly every major movie release the rest of the year was planned to be day and date streaming or were waiting until the end of the year or 2022 for a theater release. Shang-Chi's Labor Day record opening weekend changed that sentiment giving studios instant faith in movie theaters again. I'm not the only one who's saying that. Here's an article stating the same thing. I believe I posted this same article before, but here it is again. One of many articles and industry insiders proclaiming Shang-Chi a savior. https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/shang-chi-is-saving-cinema/
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    Au contraire my good person, I'm quite open to new ideas and new perspectives. When you quoted me in your post, you left out my preface "IMO" meaning "in my opinion." And that was just a small part of my previous post. I partially disagreed with your "hook ending" idea and gave clear distinct reasons why there shouldn't be a hook ending and how Marvel had actually done that very thing by leaving a host of loose ends to be resolved and by introducing one big concept, the Multiverse, which would become the foundation for the next big storyline.
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    It can all be attributed to COVID and the resulting lockdowns. WW84 barely made over $100 million because of the pandemic. Many typical theatergoers decided to stream during the pandemic instead if they could, resulting in record opening weekend Disney+ Premium purchases for Black Widow to the tune of like $60 million. Eternals and Shang-Chi offered free streaming within 45 days of theatrical release, giving many people a reason to wait and see it on Disney+. Of course, everyone back then was also crying about how theaters were doomed and that the pandemic was hastening the death of the theatrical release and that Black Widow proved people would rather watch a movie on TV rather than go to the theaters, and all sorts of doom and gloom that the movie theater was dead. Of course, Shang Chi changed that sentiment by defying box office forecasts when everybody thought the movie theater was dead, prompting studios to start making major movie releases theatrical-only (and forego day and date streaming) after the opening weekend success of Shang-Chi. And that's how Shang-Chi saved the movie theater industry.
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    You mean Endgame should have ended with a cliffhanger? Infinity War had already ended with the cliffhanger of cliffhangers. Tony Stark just died. I'm not sure ending Endgame on a hook 'em cliffhanger was the way to go. IMO, ending on signature poses by the OG Avengers was the perfect way to end the biggest movie in movie history. Of course, Endgame opened a can of worms that Phase Four is now unraveling. Endgame truly introduced the Multiverse which will be theme of Phases 4-6, it had a variant Loki on the loose, it had Cap pass the Shield to Sam, it left open the question of Vision's survival, it left us a Thor in search of himself, it had Clint Barton running loose in the underworld as Ronin, and all sorts of other consequences which had to be dealt with in Phase Four like SWORD and the PATCH Act. In a sense, Endgame left plenty of hooks and consequences and stuff to be big somethings in the MCU's future, and we saw that play out in Phase Four and we're still seeing it play out.
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    Echo and Agatha are reportedly delayed. Not exactly world breaking news. Reports of Phase Five and Six movies getting delayed have been coming out all year. And if Marvel Studios is indeed going to take it a little easier with its release slate and not force feed content onto Disney+ for the sake of content, that's a good thing. The VFX folks are probably collectively giving a big sigh of relief.
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    I'm not sure what your barometer of success is here, but generally speaking, the MCU's Phase Four did just fine while not exactly reaching the glorious heights of Phase Three critically or financially. That's not a failure. Post-pandemic, the box office for No Way Home was 1.9 billion, Multiverse of Madness 955 million, Love and Thunder 760 million, and Wakanda Forever on its way to 800 million. All without a China release, so you can subtract 100 million easily from what each would have made otherwise. Outside of Top Gun Maverick, the only two 2022 films to top $400 million domestic are Multiverse of Madness and Wakanda Forever. During the pandemic, when theaters limited screenings, people weren't flocking to theaters, Disney was day to date streaming/45-60 day streaming, and China was locking out Disney films, Black Widow, Shang-Chi, and Eternals did just fine considering. Critically, the only two films you could say had truly mixed reviews were Eternals and Thor Love and Thunder. Every other MCU film received generally positive reviews. As for the Disney+ shows, pretty much every show has had high audience viewership. Not counting the usual masculinist backlash to Ms. Marvel and She-Hulk, the shows and Holiday Specials were all generally well received by audiences and critics. In conclusion, box office wise and viewership-wise, Phase Four did just fine and was a moderate success (considering all the extenuating circumstances) when compared to the rest of the box office or streaming shows of 2021 and 2022.
  25. @therealsilvermane
    It’s not that simple. The Fantastic Four, by their very nature, create cinematic challenges that two separate movie franchise attempts could not overcome. How do you make Thing not look silly? How do you make a woman you can’t see visually interesting? Reed can stretch. Who cares? It’s not that simple. Besides, the FF are scheduled for Phase Six and that’s not changing. Obviously the key to success for Phase Five is to have Quantumania, GOTGV3, The Marvels, and Captain America New World Order be awesome movies and for Secret Invasion to be a great Disney+ series. It’s that simple.