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Baron von Eevl posted:The Rhea Perlman stuff was extremely loving weird, and I mean that even relative to a movie where toys exist in an alternate dimension to ours and we accidentally teach one toxic masculinity. The entire last act went on far too long and felt out of place, but that "Ruth's ghost" poo poo was particularly ill fitting. It struck the same way. There's a quote from Sontag or someone similar about creators trying to forcibly attach qualities to a work that are higher than they deserve. I kept thinking of it during Barbie, a colourful and amusing frivolity that periodically acts like it's making deep commentary.
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Ccs posted:With that writer and that director it could be good. Although Dont Worry Darling was not well regarded. Yeah has Wilde directed anything good?
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Shageletic posted:Yeah has Wilde directed anything good? No.
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There's one part about this Dwayne Johnson controversy that was overlooked. Apparently he met with David Zaslav to convince the WBD CEO to put his friend Hiram Garcia in charge of DC movies. Garcia is the head of Seven Bucks, Johnson's production studio. However, WBD decided to go with James Gunn instead.
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So the Russos saw what Zack Snyder was doing and thought "Hey, we want a piece of this cake too". https://twitter.com/HollywoodHandle/status/1785373670862422054 Well if it didn't work last time building your own expanded universe, might as well try again in another genre.
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Have any of these expanded universe initiatives actually worked? The only other cinematic universe that has gained any traction is the Monsterverse and that did the MCU thing of just grinding out movies and only expanded once those were successful.
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The Conjuring universe does pretty well for itself
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Cooked Auto posted:So the Russos saw what Zack Snyder was doing and thought "Hey, we want a piece of this cake too". Didn't they do that and it was called the Marvel universe and it made a bajillion dollars? Well up until phase 4 at least.
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Shageletic posted:Yeah has Wilde directed anything good? Booksmart was delightful
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Cooked Auto posted:So the Russos saw what Zack Snyder was doing and thought "Hey, we want a piece of this cake too". How about you guys make A MOVIE first, then see if anyone wants more of it?
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Splint Chesthair posted:How about you guys make A MOVIE first, then see if anyone wants more of it?
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Splint Chesthair posted:How about you guys make A MOVIE first, then see if anyone wants more of it? Joke's on you, The Gray Man cinematic universe is already coming. Netflix wants a sequel and a spin-off.
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The Saddest Rhino posted:The Beige Man Kevin Beige
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High Warlord Zog posted:And wasn't Birds of Prey an early COVID release? I feel like people were generally pretty positive on that one, and I think if she did a solo Harley movie again it'd do well. It was right around the cusp and was the last movie I saw in theaters before the lock down happened. But because lady director and action scenes that didn't fit established super hero mold and and Snyder fans drama it wasn't a big opening at the box office. Covid killed any possible legs it would have had. The James Gunn The Suicide Squad I think had that hybrid streaming/theater release thing they were doing so I'm not even sure how that gets measured. It might even have been right after they folded the DC streaming service into HBO Max?
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WB also had weird marketing for it changing the title/etc. Overall I liked it a lot Gun Suicide Squad IIRC was considered a huge flop but hey nowhere to fail but up at WB!!!
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Tars Tarkas posted:
Correct. This was during the omincron era too, and even I stayed home that weekend Looking at the box office the films that did well were a disney film and a fox film. Both were not streaming.
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The Suicide Squad was reviewed well and from what I understand it did pretty good on HBO Max. No way to tell how it would have performed at the box office under 'normal' conditions. I'm sure it would have done well, but not GOTG numbers.
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It was also rated R. Same with BOP. Also BOP rules. Great movie.
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BoP is a real mixed bag that doesn't really stick the landing and has like 4 different protagonists only 1 or 2 of which I enjoyed watching. But it was hella weird and def didn't seem like it came out of the regular superhero movie mold. A solid B-.
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The jank was what made it cool imo. I really liked the R Rated Harley Quinn adventures minus Jered Leto. Too bad no one else wanted them
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There's individual elements of BOP that I like, but it felt like two movies mixed together so it didn't really work for me.
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I think Robbie is popular enough on her own that being in a few bombs isn’t going to hurt her career that much. Eventually some suits might get it into their heads that it’s her fault somehow, but she was probably one of the main reasons people saw those movies at all.
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BoP and The Suicide Squad are the only DC movies I actually remember enjoying. B vs S had a few GREAT moments but I watched it for work a zillion loving times and it just annoys meme.
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Remulak posted:B vs S had a few GREAT moments but I watched it for work a zillion loving times and it just annoys meme. Did you get hazard pay?
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Birds of Prey was like an old Guy Ritchie film, only good,
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I didn’t think Gunn’s The Suicide Squad was that great. Better than the first one but that’s not saying anything. It feels like Peacemaker, which I did like, was what he really wanted to make and the movie was just in the way.
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It’s grown on me a ton. I think it’s a lot of fun. But Peacemaker just works better all the way through. Mostly because Cena is just amazing
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I enjoyed the hell out of TSS but Peacemaker was amazing
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High Warlord Zog posted:Apparently the first part of Kevin Costner's new western film cycle is 3 hours long. Who was asking for this!!!!
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dr_rat posted:Who was asking for this!!!! Kevin Costner.
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dr_rat posted:Who was asking for this!!!! The Yellowstone audience probably, if they're not too pissed at Costner jumping ship to do his own thing. High Warlord Zog fucked around with this message at 02:13 on May 2, 2024 |
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dr_rat posted:Who was asking for this!!!!
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It's me, the guy who loved that anthology series Into The West.
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Jack B Nimble posted:It's me, the guy who loved that anthology series Into The West. I miss the era of TNT miniseries. Some fun, weird stuff out of those. But yeah, better have an intermission or acts since there's no way the dads are staying awake for 3 hours straight of it.
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Parakeet vs. Phone posted:But yeah, better have an intermission or acts since there's no way the dads are staying awake for 3 hours straight of it. You see what they need to do is have an ongoing bingo game happening in the background during the movie so the target demographic and their partners can play along at home! It will even work on repeat viewing as none of them would possibly remember what the numbers were!
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