paperheart Posted December 21, 2023 Share Posted December 21, 2023 Who could have guessed that a decade of film making mediocrity would end with another dud? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADAMANTIUM Posted December 22, 2023 Share Posted December 22, 2023 I just got back from seeing it. It was decent and normal flow, I didn't predict the end but in one way which might have been so obvious it wouldn't have mattered. I saw it on screen X, which is to say fun, but some of the CGI suffered and idk if it was BECAUSE of brand x Larryw7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WolverineX Posted December 22, 2023 Share Posted December 22, 2023 On 12/21/2023 at 8:20 PM, ADAMANTIUM said: I just got back from seeing it. It was decent and normal flow, I didn't predict the end but in one way which might have been so obvious it wouldn't have mattered. I saw it on screen X, which is to say fun, but some of the CGI suffered and idk if it was BECAUSE of brand x I watched it and really enjoyed it! Larryw7, ChillMan and ADAMANTIUM 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADAMANTIUM Posted December 22, 2023 Share Posted December 22, 2023 (edited) On 12/21/2023 at 8:57 PM, WolverineX said: I watched it and really enjoyed it! Amen. I thought it was good too, glad you were able to see it so soon It was a rainy day for me but figured to get out before too close to Christmas. Leaves the weekend open. Edited December 22, 2023 by ADAMANTIUM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WolverineX Posted December 22, 2023 Share Posted December 22, 2023 On 12/21/2023 at 10:14 PM, ADAMANTIUM said: Amen. I thought it was good too, glad you were able to see it so soon It was a rainy day for me but figured to get out before too close to Christmas. Leaves the weekend open. I was exactly the same. I didn't want to go over the weekend cuz it'll just be too crowded ADAMANTIUM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paperheart Posted December 22, 2023 Share Posted December 22, 2023 better than Shazam:FOG , also vs $13.7M for Aquaman (including Wed sneak previews) at 2018 ticket prices Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyFish Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 At Godzilla Minus One they played the preview for this, and a theater full of people BOO'd. Not a good sign. Larryw7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastriver400 Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 Ding, Dong, the witch is dead. What a mess that was, The DCU can’t come soon enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosco685 Posted December 23, 2023 Author Share Posted December 23, 2023 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paperheart Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 On 12/23/2023 at 3:53 AM, Bosco685 said: tied for DCEU worst with The Flash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gatsby77 Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 On 12/23/2023 at 10:09 AM, paperheart said: tied for DCEU worst with The Flash No f---kn way this is worse than BvS - also a B. But the critics seemingly prefer this one - 36% positive on RT (vs. BvS's 29%). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paperheart Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 On 12/23/2023 at 7:14 AM, Gatsby77 said: No f---kn way this is worse than BvS - also a B. But the critics seemingly prefer this one - 36% positive on RT (vs. BvS's 29%). may need to wait for mail in ballots to be counted, top critics on RT are 26% positive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paperheart Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 an average holiday corridor multiple of 3.5x would get this to $150M US Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paperheart Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 (edited) If estimates hold, 85% below Aquaman in China; common sense says $1.4B WW may be a tad optimistic Edited December 23, 2023 by paperheart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChillMan Posted December 24, 2023 Share Posted December 24, 2023 On 12/21/2023 at 5:36 PM, Bosco685 said: This is not sounding good coming from the reasonable reviewers Overall: 6.0/10 There is no such thing as "reasonable reviewers". In the past, there was pussyfooting around...but not anymore. It's total war...total lies & propaganda. And conservatives are human...all the anti-waken sites will sell their values up the river for money/clicks/rage-bait-views. Conservative sites are LYING so blatantly. Dropping their whole format to act disheartened...like they're going to die...about how non-stop-waken Aquaman 2 is...LYING about how it's all global-warming propaganda. And everyone in the comments believes like sheep. Even though all the environmental damage was purposely caused by Black Manta with ancient Atlantean fuel...not by humans. Beige 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChillMan Posted December 24, 2023 Share Posted December 24, 2023 And hey Boscoe...is CGC a reasonable site? Why does their 'December Upcoming Comic Movies' front-page feature article only talk about Wonka...which obviously isn't even a comic...? Explain that, please... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosco685 Posted December 24, 2023 Author Share Posted December 24, 2023 On 12/24/2023 at 1:47 AM, ChillMan said: There is no such thing as "reasonable reviewers". There isn't? I have viewed and read a number of 'professional movie critics' and bloggers over the years. And you can clearly tell those with a bias or axe to grind by their words and reflection points such as "that's no MCU" or "aren't we all tired of Uncle Ben dying" conveying they lean in to one creative approach or have no clue what lore makes a character tick. Yet others respect creative differences between studio and directors, along with knowing the subjects they comment on. On 12/24/2023 at 1:54 AM, ChillMan said: And hey Boscoe...is CGC a reasonable site? Why does their 'December Upcoming Comic Movies' front-page feature article only talk about Wonka...which obviously isn't even a comic...? Explain that, please... I have no idea. Other than for many years this forum has conveyed a stronger Marvel Comics and Marvel Studios leaning. Yet when anonymous surveys were conducted during a time when the louder few proclaimed Man of Steel or Batman v Superman were "hated by all", the results proved otherwise. Go figure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larryw7 Posted December 24, 2023 Share Posted December 24, 2023 On 12/23/2023 at 11:04 AM, AndyFish said: At Godzilla Minus One they played the preview for this, and a theater full of people BOO'd. Not a good sign. I have a feeling that a lot of comic book movies will receive the same reactions. Mr Sneeze 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paperheart Posted December 24, 2023 Share Posted December 24, 2023 sinking further Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gatsby77 Posted December 24, 2023 Share Posted December 24, 2023 Weird. I remember the critical and theatrical failure of BvS leading to the cancellation of 4 planned DCEU movies (Justice League 2, Cyborg, Ben Affleck's Batman, and Deathstroke). Wherein the catastrophic 69% 2nd weekend drop led to WB panicking, reworking Justice League Part 1 to lighten it up with Whedon, and then - audiences simply didn't show up for it anyway - having already been burned by the prior film. But hey - at least we've still got Ezra Miller MAY1979 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...