Bosco685 Posted March 7 Author Share Posted March 7 On 3/6/2024 at 10:08 PM, Axelrod said: Nah. It is more than possible to make a decent, or even great, film using any character. Provided you have a good story to tell. The problem with the Sony Spider-U-Verse is that they have put the horse before the cart. Which is to say, someone went "Hey! Spider-Man is popular. We have the rights to all these Spider-Man adjacent characters. We need to go make a movies out of all of them and just wait for the cash to come rolling in!" And then Venom happened and it was a big hit and thus they determined that this strategy was obviously correct. So we got Morbius. And Madam Web. And soon-to-come Kraven the Hunter. With no one actually giving a **** about the story (or, if I'm being generous, only giving the barest of *****. Someone probably cared, but didn't have the ability to make it good on the schedule the studio pre-determined) It is crazy how the Sony animated Spider-Verse side has a solid plan bringing success and the live side seems overly jumbled between the Sony/MCU partnership and then the standalone Sony Spider-Verse. You would think at least it would have picked its Spider-Man character (Miles or other) and sprinkled them into each anti-hero movie. Then at least you link the content to an end state goal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
media_junkie Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 On 3/7/2024 at 5:56 AM, Bosco685 said: It is crazy how the Sony animated Spider-Verse side has a solid plan bringing success and the live side seems overly jumbled between the Sony/MCU partnership and then the standalone Sony Spider-Verse. You would think at least it would have picked its Spider-Man character (Miles or other) and sprinkled them into each anti-hero movie. Then at least you link the content to an end state goal. I get what you are saying, but would you really have wanted a cameo of Spider-Man (Peter/Miles/Spider-Ham) in that unpolished turd of a film called Madame Web? They'd never get the stink off them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paperheart Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 (edited) On 3/6/2024 at 7:08 PM, Axelrod said: Nah. It is more than possible to make a decent, or even great, film using any character. Provided you have a good story to tell. The problem with the Sony Spider-U-Verse is that they have put the horse before the cart. Which is to say, someone went "Hey! Spider-Man is popular. We have the rights to all these Spider-Man adjacent characters. We need to go make a movies out of all of them and just wait for the cash to come rolling in!" And then Venom happened and it was a big hit and thus they determined that this strategy was obviously correct. So we got Morbius. And Madam Web. And soon-to-come Kraven the Hunter. With no one actually giving a **** about the story (or, if I'm being generous, only giving the barest of *****. Someone probably cared, but didn't have the ability to make it good on the schedule the studio pre-determined) Chandor has made two good movies but can he rise above the stink that is the Sony non-animated SpiderVerse? The trailer didn't give me the warm and fuzzies, it was more encouraging than anything MW showed (low bar alert) Edited March 7 by paperheart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gatsby77 Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 On 3/7/2024 at 6:45 PM, paperheart said: Chandor has made two good movies but can he rise above the stink that is the Sony non-animated SpiderVerse? The trailer didn't give me the warm and fuzzies, it was more encouraging than anything MW showed (low bar alert) Ahem! 3 good movies. Margin Call All Is Lost A Most Violent Year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paperheart Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 On 3/8/2024 at 7:30 AM, Gatsby77 said: Ahem! 3 good movies. Margin Call All Is Lost A Most Violent Year 2 good movies I've seen Gatsby77 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awakeintheashes Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 On 3/7/2024 at 5:56 AM, Bosco685 said: It is crazy how the Sony animated Spider-Verse side has a solid plan bringing success and the live side seems overly jumbled between the Sony/MCU partnership and then the standalone Sony Spider-Verse. You would think at least it would have picked its Spider-Man character (Miles or other) and sprinkled them into each anti-hero movie. Then at least you link the content to an end state goal. I really have no idea how they keep messing it up. It's not that hard. Star Wars has put together a pretty good blueprint for weaving in the animation with the live action for a while. Not everything is a masterpiece, but it makes sense, and well...isn't Madame Web. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paperheart Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 the days of 'if you build it, they will come' for CBM's are long over Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Zen Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 Ouch! Jimmy Kimmel just bagged on Madame Web during the Oscars monologue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axelrod Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 So did John Mulaney! paperheart and godzilla43 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paperheart Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 On 3/10/2024 at 6:28 PM, Axelrod said: So did John Mulaney! that classic line; "he was in the Amazon with my mom when she was researching spiders just before she died" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paperheart Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 On 1/29/2024 at 12:59 PM, paperheart said: time for guessing: $150M WW BO, 36 Metacritic (in honor of Sydney Sweeney's talents) 30% too optimistic for both of these Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Aldred Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 ‘Generally unfavorable’ is a very diplomatic way of putting it. Bosco685 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post media_junkie Posted March 14 Popular Post Share Posted March 14 On 3/14/2024 at 3:52 PM, Bosco685 said: "Hey if you thought it sucked in theaters, wait til you see it at home." - Sony P.R. Guy szucchini, Larryw7, grendelbo and 4 others 2 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chip Cataldo Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 It probably would have made more as a porno. paperheart and Beige 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I like pie Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 (edited) Going into it with very low expectations and looking at it as a movie on its own, I enjoyed it I give it a 6/10. I'd probably never watch it again but it was better than Frogman Edited March 16 by I like pie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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