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Captain America: Civil War Review Thread

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Jack Remington said:
I said I was going to drop this, and I come back to the thread to see I've been the recipient of numerous personal insults? You are a real piece of work, weshes. Some others aren't much better.

I don't know why people are latching onto one detail in my post. It's not upsetting just that a bunch of countries get the film a week early. It's upsetting combined with the fact that the U.S. "premiere" happened weeks ago, and a bunch of wankers with blogs got to see it even before that. In the U.S.

There's a month-long rollout that started in the U.S., but with U.S. general audiences getting it at the very end of that.

Also, intentionally releasing a film in a country dead last really isn't the same as a film getting a delayed release so they can subtitle it for a foreign market. This is Civil War's "domestic" market.
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I don't have a blog and I got to see it last earlier this month. So take that I guess. Yeah
 
Jack Remington said:
I said I was going to drop this, and I come back to the thread to see I've been the recipient of numerous personal insults? You are a real piece of work, weshes. Some others aren't much better.

I don't know why people are latching onto one detail in my post. It's not upsetting just that a bunch of countries get the film a week early. It's upsetting combined with the fact that the U.S. "premiere" happened weeks ago, and a bunch of wankers with blogs got to see it even before that. In the U.S.

There's a month-long rollout that started in the U.S., but with U.S. general audiences getting it at the very end of that.

Also, intentionally releasing a film in a country dead last really isn't the same as a film getting a delayed release so they can subtitle it for a foreign market. This is Civil War's "domestic" market.
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I really dont understand what you are ranting about since every media have examples of releasing last in USA or releasing something 1st to selected viewers. If this make you feel any better, a lot of my friend have saw the movie today or last week but i am only going to see the movie this weekend with my family. Not every thing can go the way you want .
 
Jack Remington said:
I said I was going to drop this, and I come back to the thread to see I've been the recipient of numerous personal insults? You are a real piece of work, weshes. Some others aren't much better.

I don't know why people are latching onto one detail in my post. It's not upsetting just that a bunch of countries get the film a week early. It's upsetting combined with the fact that the U.S. "premiere" happened weeks ago, and a bunch of wankers with blogs got to see it even before that. In the U.S.

There's a month-long rollout that started in the U.S., but with U.S. general audiences getting it at the very end of that.

Also, intentionally releasing a film in a country dead last really isn't the same as a film getting a delayed release so they can subtitle it for a foreign market.
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Disney feels like the first weekend of May is a better release slot than the last week of April in the US based on the past 15 years of box office.

Internationally, the countries in blue celebrate either Labour Day or May Day/other holidays on May 1st

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Disney releases their big start of May films a week early to take avantage of that.


Early premieres and screeners happen for every film. Civil War's might be a week or two earlier than normal to build hype.
 
Aw yiss drama, the one thing the thread was missing

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Keep going, guys, I need it to sustain me for another week of waiting
 
kswiston said:
Disney feels like the first weekend of May is a better release slot than the last week of April in the US based on the past 15 years of box office.

Internationally, the countries in blue celebrate either Labour Day or May Day/other holidays on May 1st

1280px-Observance_of_International_Workers%27_Day.svg.png


Disney releases their big start of May films a week early to take avantage of that.


Early premieres and screeners happen for every film. Civil War's might be a week or two earlier than normal to build hype.
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It's definitely "or two."

Too fucking early.

For me it's has the opposite effect, actually. All hype is completely gone.
 
I wonder if Jack would be mad that people saw Gravity and Captain Phillips like 6 weeks in advance

If a studio thinks they have a winner, they'll bomb that shit out eaaaaaaaaarrrlly
 
BronsonLee said:
I wonder if Jack would be mad that people saw Gravity and Captain Phillips like 6 weeks in advance

If a studio thinks they have a winner, they'll bomb that shit out eaaaaaaaaarrrlly
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I saw Captain Phillips that early. It was really fun seeing the first TV spots show up and being like "I saw that."
 
Jack Remington said:
It's definitely "or two."

Too fucking early.

For me it's has the opposite effect, actually. All hype is completely gone.
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You are probably in the minority.

For TV, it's not uncommon for some reviewers/radio personalities/random people to get the first 3-6 episodes on a screener dvd before the season even starts. Those people get to watch the shows well over a month before everyone else can (though this backfired on HBO last year when someone leaked the Game of Thrones screener material).

Same deal.
 
BronsonLee said:
I wonder if Jack would be mad that people saw Gravity and Captain Phillips like 6 weeks in advance

If a studio thinks they have a winner, they'll bomb that shit out eaaaaaaaaarrrlly
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Did a bunch of wankers with blogs tweet about it nonstop for six weeks? Did we have spoiler bars for Gravity permeating the entire forum for six weeks? Did they do a U.S. "premiere" six weeks in advance?
 
Inferno313 said:
I saw Captain Phillips that early. It was really fun seeing the first TV spots show up and being like "I saw that."
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I saw it like a month in advance at some really quaint small theater in PA. Was really weird seeing it like that.

Jack Remington said:
Did a bunch of wankers with blogs tweet about it nonstop for six weeks? Did we have spoiler bars for Gravity permeating the entire forum for six weeks? Did they do a U.S. "premiere" six weeks in advance?
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Yes
Yes
Yes
 
i wasn't going to see this on the weekend but now i will just to piss of Americans

should be called Captain Rest of the World
 
If your "hype is dead" just because other people saw the movie first then I fail to see why this is such a big deal, you didn't care that much in the first place. But this has been completely normal for years and you should get used to it. Or move to Germany or something.

Buuuut whatever. Hype train full steam ahead.
 
Inferno313 said:
...SO?

Every album has people who get to listen to it before you do.

Every video game has people who get to play it before you do.

Every book has people who get to read it before you do.

You just sound like the petulant child who cries at birthday parties when you have to watch the other kid open their gifts. Despite the fact that your birthday party is in a FUCKING WEEK.

Get a grip dude.
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With that attitude is so fitting for him to have a trump avatar.
 
Disney international release dates are often all over the place. Italy, Spain, and France all got Zootopia two weeks before the US did (mid Feb vs first weekend of March). UK had to wait until the end of March.
 
BronsonLee said:
Or legit just live in a city that does a lot of screenings, any in the Northeast will do

With enough elbow grease and know-how, I can see most movies early if I really really want to (not bragging, when I say that I mean drive to a random ass spot, wait in line forever, and inconvenience the shit out of your day just to watch a movie like a week early)
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I did this once for one of the Harry Potter films and I really don't think I could do it again. Wait in line for hours, check in your cellphone, packed as fuck theaters with no assigned seats, usually during weekdays so you lose the whole afternoon to it... like, barely any movie is worth that, especially when it will roll out in a week or so and you can see it like a normal human being.

Been to a couple of press screenings on top of that thanks to friends and even though the process is a bit better, for them it's a job. Lot of folks are writing down notes during movie or checking their phones. Sure, if they are geeks and get to see a big movie early it is neat I guess, but they also do this every other week with every movie they cover. Sometimes they see it in a small ass screen at a particular location that isn't the theater you go to for enjoyment. After a few of those it just becomes a thing you do, not the special event of the week it is for general audiences.

In any case, "losing hype" because people who have seen it are talking about it online might just be the stupidest thing I've heard in this thread yet. I guess this highly anticipated thing is crap now not because of its content, but because someone else laid eyes on it first and turns out he thought it was good. Mhhmm.
 
Jack Remington said:
I said I was going to drop this, and I come back to the thread to see I've been the recipient of numerous personal insults? You are a real piece of work, weshes. Some others aren't much better.

I don't know why people are latching onto one detail in my post. It's not upsetting just that a bunch of countries get the film a week early. It's upsetting combined with the fact that the U.S. "premiere" happened weeks ago, and a bunch of wankers with blogs got to see it even before that. In the U.S.

There's a month-long rollout that started in the U.S., but with U.S. general audiences getting it at the very end of that.

Also, intentionally releasing a film in a country dead last really isn't the same as a film getting a delayed release so they can subtitle it for a foreign market. This is Civil War's "domestic" market.
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If it makes people feel better, I have no clue when I will be able to sneak away to see the film. Maybe opening weekend. Maybe 3 weeks from now.

- Life with young kids
 
kswiston said:
If it makes people feel better, I have no clue when I will be able to sneak away to see the film. Maybe opening weekend. Maybe 3 weeks from now.

- Life with young kids
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Bring 'em!

I'm sure watching their favorite heroes try to hurt each other can't be that troubling for little minds!
 
Jack Remington said:
I said I was going to drop this, and I come back to the thread to see I've been the recipient of numerous personal insults? You are a real piece of work, weshes. Some others aren't much better.

I don't know why people are latching onto one detail in my post. It's not upsetting just that a bunch of countries get the film a week early. It's upsetting combined with the fact that the U.S. "premiere" happened weeks ago, and a bunch of wankers with blogs got to see it even before that. In the U.S.

There's a month-long rollout that started in the U.S., but with U.S. general audiences getting it at the very end of that.

Also, intentionally releasing a film in a country dead last really isn't the same as a film getting a delayed release so they can subtitle it for a foreign market. This is Civil War's "domestic" market.
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It's just a movie man. You need to chill. We get lots of movies early in NA before international markets
 
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