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Wkd BO 0714-1617 - Audiences go Ape, Sick of Spider-man and Wonder Woman (finally)?
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George Oscar Bluth II
Banned
Not so much. I really like Spider-Man 2 but still.
crazy monkey
Banned
my son has at least 15 toys that are cars related. It makes more money than any other movie in the top 10 right now. Kids love these. They are favorites in DVD, Bluray and netflix market as well.
Ignatz Mouse
Banned
RE: SMH: I love* how the movie so much of the forum was loving last week somehow is now only so-so.
* not really.
I realize this is down to the dynamics of who feels most emboldened to speak up, and it's different people posting, but the effect is amazing. Spectacular even.
Anyway, SMH, I still love you! You're still a fantastic movie, even if just about everybody who wanted to see you did so right away!
* not really.
I realize this is down to the dynamics of who feels most emboldened to speak up, and it's different people posting, but the effect is amazing. Spectacular even.
Anyway, SMH, I still love you! You're still a fantastic movie, even if just about everybody who wanted to see you did so right away!
kunonabi
Member
I dont think theyll really care if they can start selling oodles of merchandise to girls which was really the point of the movie.
Principate
Saint Titanfall
Wonder woman's success speaks for itself. No amount of passive aggressive remarks will finish it's legw domestic gross and worldwide gross.
BigWeather
Member
Pretty amazing to have 4 of 5 top grossing summer movies this week be north of 90% Tomatometer score.
I wonder if I'm starting to get too cynical with movies because like Spiderman I enjoyed, but didn't love, War for Planet of the Apes. I thought the second movie was paced much better and there is too much downtime in War. I thought the third act got way too bogged down and we never got a battle as cool as the end of Dawn of Planet of the Apes.
It's just DC nerds and the regular 'superheroes movies are garbage' members coming out of the woodwork now that everyone's seen it and enjoyed it, just like with Guardians 2. It'll happen again when Thor: Ragnarok gets a 92% on RottenTomatoes and people fill up that thread with "No steaks, too many quips, looks like a tv show"
Ignatz Mouse
Banned
I'm a DC fan.
I'm also a Spider-Man fan and a Marvel fan, so...
CaviarMeths
Member
2 weeks later when Justice League comes out and has a better opening weekend, that'll be some entertainment.
Thor 3 gonna get the Green Lantern bump like Deadpool.
Pop-O-Matic
Banned
FTFY
Vampfox
Banned
No!
Sony did the right thing cancelling the ASM series.
If you read any of the information during the time that Sony was hacked you would see that after ASM 2 Sony was basically running around like a chicken with it's head cut off over what to do with the ASM series.
MHWilliams
Member
As I said in the other thread:
A good film after three bad ones is going to have an uphill climb. Simple as that.
It is underperforming expectations at the same time that Wonder Woman is vastly overperforming expectations, so there will be some comparison. Nothing wrong with that.
As an addendum, this is what we do: compare movies under/over performing expectations, estimates, and their contemporaries. Whether it's BvS or Spider-Man seeing the drops, we're going to talk about it.
A good film after three bad ones is going to have an uphill climb. Simple as that.
It is underperforming expectations at the same time that Wonder Woman is vastly overperforming expectations, so there will be some comparison. Nothing wrong with that.
As an addendum, this is what we do: compare movies under/over performing expectations, estimates, and their contemporaries. Whether it's BvS or Spider-Man seeing the drops, we're going to talk about it.
That's not true at all, DCEU fans around here basically don't leave their dedicated thread. They've become the OT equivalent of Xbox fans on Gaming side.
Principate
Saint Titanfall
Eh this is some hyperbole Amazing Spider-Man 1 was not badly received. It didn't set the world on fire but neither critical or audience reception was poor.
Not to mention this movie opened up to $117m. That's not really what I call paying for the sins of previous movies.
Batman Begins had a 5 day opening of $73m after Batman '89, Batman Returns and Batman Forever all set the opening record weekend at their time. That's a movie that paid for sins past.
This is a good comparison actually.
Discotheque
Banned
Bronx Man..... Get some perspective.
Really gonna throw around such absurd generalizations just because not everybody is as enamored with the new Spider-Man movie as you are? Hell no.
It was ok. Don't gotta be a dc fanboy or shit on all comic book movies to think that.
Really gonna throw around such absurd generalizations just because not everybody is as enamored with the new Spider-Man movie as you are? Hell no.
It was ok. Don't gotta be a dc fanboy or shit on all comic book movies to think that.
Vampfox
Banned
Personally I'd love a Renew Your Vows movie or a Spider-Girl movie with an older married to MJ, Peter Parker.
MHWilliams
Member
I mean, I liked Amazing fine enough, but it's clear that Spider-Man 3 > Amazing > Amazing 2 all form a clear downward trend in Spider-Man box office revenues. Even looking at the meta, we were down for SM3, up for Amazing, and back down for Amazing 2, but never touching the first or Spider-Man 2. Critically, Homecoming is sitting roughly around where the first did.
It's a course correction.
Come on now. We don't need to promote this sort of infighting on the boards. Many of those posters are active in other film-related threads.
Disco is something else though. Disco got weird opinions on stuff. =P
In the other thread we pitched a Logan-esque movie with old Tobey and a young Miles Morales in post-apocalyptic New York.
PhantomX1313
Member
When marvel fans can't go for repeat viewings to give their movie a bump in bo then its just some DC fans
CaviarMeths
Member
MrMephistoX
Member
People like to shit on 3 but it wasn't bad aside from the stupid dance number and the incredibly stupid idea to have emo peter do the hustle, and the fact that Eddie basically should have been in 3 to build the hatred and tension and featured in 4. It's a flawed but entertaining movie with Raimi style.
Principate
Saint Titanfall
Yeah but up for AM1 means we weren't in a streak of 3 bad films far from it which goes against your point.
Legs also matter a lot I think the fact were not on a streak of 3 bad films means Homecoming won't necessarily have amazing legs to make up the up the initial sales.
Bobby Roberts
Banned
CaviarMeths
Member
Spider-Man 3's biggest problem IMO is that first act was messy as hell, trying to tie off the cliffhanger from SM2 as well as set up the half dozen new plot threads for SM3. Film manages to balance itself a little better eventually, but it's got a really rough start.
Discotheque
Banned
It's still better than either amazing Spider-Man movie. It suffers from attempting too much in the plot but the few moments when the heart of the first two shows in there was great
And man the humor is still as enjoyable as ever. That trilogy is still the funniest set of superhero movies imo.
And man the humor is still as enjoyable as ever. That trilogy is still the funniest set of superhero movies imo.
MHWilliams
Member
Again, liked Amazing fine. BO numbers went down for all three films consistently.
If I append "bad" with "declining performance" can we end the semantic argument?
I liked the dancing scene. The film's problem was Raimi trying to juggle too much within a single film. Rough first act and the wrap-up feels rushed.
MrMephistoX
Member
I just watched it the other day it's hilarious but in a bad way still I'd take another Raimi Spidey any day over the Amazing series. Biggest mistake Sony made was trying to rush it out the door.
Vampfox
Banned
I thought that the second fight between Peter and Harry in Harry's mansion was better.
Principate
Saint Titanfall
Peter was sterotypically emo. The style the haircut the attitude. He literally could not be more if he tried. I went to school with that dude man. It was all there.
MrMephistoX
Member
Danny Elfman is superhero score based god.
Bobby Roberts
Banned
That dude wasn't emo. He was a douchebag, yes. But there is nothing stereotypically emo about Peter Parker in Spider-Man 3.
He's more like an Entourage castmember.
