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I literally agree with every single word you said on this thread. Loved John in T2. I could see him becoming the future leader of the resistance. Stahl however, what a JOKE.
I haven't seen DF yet, I know I've been spoiled throughout this thread, no worries. I knew what I was getting myself into. I think the best continuation of the terminator franchise after T2 was the show Sarah Connor Chronicles. Did a great job of expanding the universe and answering questions.
Like...why just send one? Well, they didn't. They sent many who were all putting pieces in place to takeover. Beautiful show.
Agreed!
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That's fair. I wish they had the opportunity to show their work more but...that's fair. Good call.
As discussed by Tyrion in the episode...the bells did mean surrender. She went on a crazy irrational rampage that was not earned from a writing standpoint! I get her going for the red keep or whatever is but...to kill all those innocents? For what?! To symbolize she is the mad queen?! That wasn't really earned. I love the show but...IDK who this falls on...but perhaps it is HBO not wanting to dole out the cash so all these events can have their proper buildup. I get it from a business standpoint but yeah.
Do you talk to many girls? You speak so kindly of them when you disagree with their actions.
Could be totally wrong but...that's the only person I can think of.
I wondered this too...my best guess is that it was the kid who helped him in Iron-Man 3...
Yeah, you get me! Cutting to him crawling to the toilet after a hangover would have the same meaning!
My post was sarcasm but I mildly disagree with your sentiment. I honestly can't say the bulk of Marvel films are adult films. They aren't G of course, I just think they are true general audience movies. Adults can see them just fine and not feel like a kid while kids, for the most part...can see them as well and enjoy the movie without their parents fearing they may be too young. In appeal, they remind of 90s family sitcoms....something for all ages where neither parties will be bored.
When it comes to DC, I can appreciate the darker tone, or more adult tone perhaps...the biggest mistake they made was handing the keys to Snyder and slapping it together and rushing things out.
DCEU fanboys - "Whatever, people just like them so much because they have so much humor. DCEU is real and serious and stuff."
You do know that Apes didn't just disappear from the theaters after its opening weekend correct? So yes it will have to compete with Apes and now Valerian and now the fact that over the past 2 weekends many of those who wanted to see spiderman...saw spiderman.
Perhaps you can't see the gray and nuance in situations. Spiderman was depreciating under Sony. The things they did with the character to differentiate it from the Raimi Spidey were what fans liked the least....having the back story on his parents. Amazing Spiderman 2 was not well recieved...which sets a bad omen for all movies coming after. Sony knew they'd do better leasing the character to marvel and letting him join their MCU.
You talk Dark Knight....Begins was the first batman movie in 8 years after Schumacher destroyed it. Nolan made a great batman film with Batman Begins on a limited budget that re-energized the character....and warner gave him a blank check for Dark Knight and it became arguable the greatest super hero movie ever.
Dark Knight was the 3rd batman movie in 15 years...had enormous hype for all the right reasons...and met expectations. Note that it wasnt' the 6th movie in 15 years...also note that this movie came out when comic movies were still a bit fresh...also note that that trilogy was the first to show you could truly ground a character....all that stuff makes a difference. FACT.
We could argue this until cow comes home. Box Office Gross isn't always the indicator of how good a movie is anyway. People say spiderman 3 sucked because the movie sucked. Not because it had big 3rd weekend drop. Besides trolls...no one is saying Spiderman the movie was bad. I did expect it to better financially but the baggage this movie had from exhaustion had more to do with it than anything.
This isn't even worth responding to but I will out of boredom.
"The fact is Spider-Man is the BIGGEST superhero in the world and one of the top characters in the world. ANY Spider-Man movie has the ability to gross 1 billion if done right."
It's the 6th spiderman movie in 15 years. The movies in a franchise that make the major bank are typically the first or second outting...not the 6th...and especially not the 3rd origin story and second reboot in 15 years.
"And that's in the face of a weekend where its only new direct competition, Valerian, bombed hard."
False! Apes...the final, well reviewed and much anticipated movie in a solid trilogy came out the following weekend!
And citing exhaustion with the character and genre isn't making an excuse...it's stating a fact.
Who exactly said this movie is trash en masse? Critics? No. 92 percent on rotten tomatoes and certified fresh...and a 73 on metacritic. Similar to wonderwoman...don't even bother looking at how it compares to other movies in the DCU.
IDK if you are a DC fanboy are just a general hater of comic book movies but your reasoning is flawed.
Well reviewed...check. Made it's money back over the course of two weekends not even including international gross....check. Somehow that equates to it being a flop in your mind.
LOL. Right.
Yeah...total failure. Let's compare it to Wonder Woman.
Rotten Tomatoes
WW = 92%
Spiderman - 92%
Box Office -
WW = 103 mill(domestic)
Spiderman = 117 mill(domestic)
Box Office Fall Off
WW = 43 percent
Spidey = 62 percent
You could say...there was some dropoff the second weekend because more people saw it the first weekend. Furthermore....Apes came out after Spider-man....a much bigger threat than the Mummy was to Wonder Woman...seeing how those two films were reviewed and performed at the box office.
So...why exactly was spiderman a colossal failure? Not every Marvel outing is going to contend for the highest grossing movie of all time. This movie is also further weighed down by the fact it's the second reboot in a span of 10 years and the 3rd first outing in a span of 20 years...so...those things considered...the movie did fine.