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Time to eat crow regarding "Guardians of the Galaxy"
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Nothing is ever guaranteed.
JetBlackPanda
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Hahahahaha this is great!
The funny part is, even though this movie is pretty "out there" with it's sci-fi stuff casual and wives and stuff are eating this shit up because it's genuine and funny.
Once world of mouth hits this weekend look out.
The funny part is, even though this movie is pretty "out there" with it's sci-fi stuff casual and wives and stuff are eating this shit up because it's genuine and funny.
Once world of mouth hits this weekend look out.
SteveWinwood
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The first "bad" marvel movie will still make bank. The one after though will have to earn it again.
I put bad in quotes because they've already had some I didn't enjoy but everyone else really likes them so whatever.
Nothing will ever top the Uncharted 3 wall of shame.
The Bayonetta 2 wall of shame should be bigger I think
Alcotholic
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The movie was so fucking good. I had no expectations of it whatsoever. I knew literally nothing about the characters.
Manmademan
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Never Doubt a Raccoon
Kai Dracon
Writing a dinosaur space opera symphony
Marketing makes or breaks your giant popcorn movie these days. A lot of people are still arguing about what they think is the inherent but subjective appeal of a movie.
But the comparison to Pacific Rim and Scott Pilgrim for instance - I always felt those two movies did not have marketing that made them look cool for the mainstream. They were too focused on hyping up people who would already go and see the films.
Meanwhile, everything I saw for GotG made the film look super accessible and like a fun party. I know people who don't see every Marvel film and don't follow the MCU as a shared universe, who had their butts in the seat on day one. Why? Because the movie has gained a rep as fun and cool. Marvel Studios marketing team still has their finger on the mainstream pulse, it seems.
But the comparison to Pacific Rim and Scott Pilgrim for instance - I always felt those two movies did not have marketing that made them look cool for the mainstream. They were too focused on hyping up people who would already go and see the films.
Meanwhile, everything I saw for GotG made the film look super accessible and like a fun party. I know people who don't see every Marvel film and don't follow the MCU as a shared universe, who had their butts in the seat on day one. Why? Because the movie has gained a rep as fun and cool. Marvel Studios marketing team still has their finger on the mainstream pulse, it seems.
SlowRevolution
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for the record, it turns out that not even chris pratt has made me watch this yet. looks good though!
Nerdkiller
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What's the Bayonetta 2 potential shame, out of curiosity? People saying it will sell well and that they are going to be wrong?
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Deleted member 13876
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Damn even expert Things Analyst shuri misjudged this one.
lightzGamin
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Marvel is the new apple no matter what they release people will gobble if up.
It's tied with The Avengers
CarpeDeezNutz
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ReturnOfTheRAT
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Though I haven't seen all of them and can't speak to quality, I think the drought talk is nonsense. Financially no one has broken past $300 mil, but when did movie goes start lumping that in with "enjoyment"?
Start with or without Cap 2 and you've got ASM2, Neighbors, Godzilla, X-Men, Malificent, The Fault in Our Stars, Edge of Tomorrow, 22 Jump Street, Dragon 2, Bayformers 4, Apes 2, Lucy, and now Guardians.
Yea but it can go up or down as there are reviews still coming in. It would be better to check in after a month.
A number of those really underperformed and others were really nailed against the wall critically. ASM2, Edge, and Dragon all underperformed.
Nerdkiller
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Errr...I just posted the Uncharted one above. But since I'm a nice guy...
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=32102086&postcount=3251
That's the plan
Damn, I didn't know we could make crow threads anymore. I totally should make my "eat crow folks who said Kinect would never be removed from XBO package people" thread
You should totally do it, man, that sounds great.
Anyway, this movie always seemed like great fun, it shouldn't be a surprise it delivers.
Manmademan
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its actually an EXCELLENT year for blockbusters. Quantity and quality. The only issue is that there might be TOO many legitimately good blockbuster films released this year, stealing marketshare from each other.
CarpeDeezNutz
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Just saw it, thanks.
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Deleted member 13876
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Crows are highly intelligent creatures, we shouldn't be eating this many.
Yes. They all have lost something.
Oh thanks. I was aware of that, I just thought there was a new controversy. Still, entertaining to read so many people lose it over a console exclusive.
CharminUltra
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I didn't think it was going to bomb, but I admit I had my reservations. Glad to see it's doing well.
brandonh83
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I had no real opinions on this either way because I like to actually wait and see before bashing or throwing out terms like "trainwreck" or "mess," let alone predict box office numbers. It's a Marvel movie and those have gained serious momentum and have pretty good forecasts so I certainly didn't write it off on those merits alone.
PhoenixDark
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I was wrong. I thought this was some supreme nerd shit reminicent of a bad 90s sci fi blockbuster; all it was missing was a Will Smith song.
As I said a few days ago, I nixed plans to argue Ant Man was going to bomb. Clearly Marvel knows what they're doing...
As I said a few days ago, I nixed plans to argue Ant Man was going to bomb. Clearly Marvel knows what they're doing...
Hot Coldman
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Finger to the throat.
Manmademan
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Tell me about it. You may not like the way they do business, but you can't deny they are consistently putting out some shockingly good movies, considering the source material.
I wonder if someday we'll be talking about the MCU films the way people do about Pixar's early output.
SlowRevolution
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let's hope not
Hopefully not as it would imply that the films are shitty down the road.
Seriously? Seriously?
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