His mantel is built to hold up all of the worthy suitors.
First reviews for Trank's Fantastic Four hit.
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His mantel is built to hold up all of the worthy suitors.
Spike Spiegel
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What's the budget for this thing? Low enough that FOX goes forward with a sequel anyway if the box office warrants?
roflwaffles
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Haven't seen Antman yet, but comic book movies/giant blockbusters are very underwhelming this year compared to the juggernaut of 2014. DOFP, Winter Soldier, and Guardians are all top 5 comic book movie material.
NullPointer
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Sounds like origin-itis. Its a problem with superhero movies as it is, but this persistent need to reboot every last fucking thing until it somehow hopefully breaks through to a massive success just makes things even worse. We've been drowning in origin stories, with most of them being the same origins again and again and again.
Just squeeze all of that origin set up crap into the opening titles and get down to business on moment one.
Just squeeze all of that origin set up crap into the opening titles and get down to business on moment one.
Sibersk Esto
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Wonder if miles teller will be alright. I hardly see that guy in anything.
Hollywood reporter listed $122M back in April, but I don't know if that includes re-shoots.
Don't worry, Ant-Man went well past expectations.
ViewtifulJC
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Michael B Jordan is also supposed to be teaming up with Destin Daniel Cretton for a drama next year. Cretton wrote/directed Short Term 12, one of the few indies even more critically acclaimed than the same year's Fruitvale Station.
We gon forget this movie ever happen, b.
We gon forget this movie ever happen, b.
WordAssassin
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Of course they do. As others pointed out, the villains alone are worth it, not to mention side characters such as Silver Surfer.
I'm fairly sure that given the opportunity, Disney/Marvel would like ALL of their movie rights back. There's no reason for them not to. Especially if in the hands of other studios they run the risk of damaging the brands, which is exactly what's happening to Fantastic Four.
He's in two other films this year. A comedy and a Vinny Pazienza biopic.
Glad Michael B. Jordan is gonna sleep this movie off like a bad hangover.
Discotheque
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career is easy street for him now tbh. Plus he seems to have a good working relationship with that Ryan Coogler guy
I'm surprised but this kid has the most promising career for a black actor since Denzel/Will Smith. He's lining them up
The Technomancer
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Basically exactly what I expected. Middle of the road inoffensive movie
He's gonna wake up this Saturday going "...Was I on fire at some point?"
Lumpy Onion
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"...a wounded animal of a superhero movie" lol. Gotta say that the trailer I saw in the theater didn't do anything for me.
Exactly. He's actually a good actor whose career I don't want tarnished because of this movie. Same for the other actors as well as Josh Trank (BobbyRoberts mentioned that Josh Trank has another movie lined up for him to direct outside of the Star Wars movie Disney fired him from).
DrForester
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So a proper remake of the first film.
Sibersk Esto
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Y'know, looking back it's a damn shame that the FF is separate from the rest of the Marvel universe. Not because of some fanboy thing but because F4 and the concepts that sprang from it have been so tethered to the rest of the Marvel Universe even during the Lee/Kirby days. Galactus and Surfer and their connections to Marvel's cosmic universe, and Dr Doom is Marvel's PREMIERE villain without a doubt. Even small things like Johnny and Spidey's friendship, and The Thing fighting the Hulk.
That Creed trailer was one of the best I've seen in a long time. Very excited to see MBJ enter the ring.
I was going to say something about being worried about Kate Mara, but then I checked IMDB and realized she has a substantial part in The Martian so she'll be just fine.
super-famicom
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Agreed. I was hoping that Fox could pull this off, but the negative reviews are just making me want Marvel Studios to take a stab at the F4 even more (this time in the MCU). That & I want a Nova movie that adapts Annihilation as a "trial by fire" origin story for Richard Rider.
He going to pull a Eddie Redmayne?
It's like I said a few posts ago. Michael B. Jordan is gonna sleep this movie off like a bad hangover.
It'll be one of those things he laughs about years from now... or other people laugh about and he just looks sad.
Sibersk Esto
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Yeah why would he give the director of the new fantastic four movie 4 episodes?
I feel like I'd say "Sounds like a c-level comic book movie, alright" but that first quote apparently disagrees that it qualifies.
That's...not how gravity works...
That's...not how gravity works...
I get it lol but does anyone really care? Even the Batman related interviews don't get that many episodes
Just take it with you.
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I'm still trying to figure out how Fox apparently got a hold of Kang. Isn't he an Avengers villain?
I'm sure that winning the Oscar for Best Actor in the same month helped.
Half of the Marvel U came out of Fantastic Four 1-100.
and they reshot 40 minutes of it.
NipplesAndToes23
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First this and now we have a PEZ movie coming.
Kind of my point.
Honestly, they should just do what Incredible Hulk did as far as reboots go. Use the opening credits to get the origin out of the way. That's how Marvel did it with Hulk, & that's how they're looking to get Spidey's origin out of the way (though Marvel could just ignore Spidey's origin outright beyond a reference or two).
He was great in Whiplash. Hopefully that will land him better roles and the stench of FF will roll off him.
shacklesmcgee
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The movie plagued with bad buzz from day one is...bad?! There goes Tranks career
He's been in a couple of crappy movies already like the Divergent series and 21 and Over yet kept getting good roles. He should be fine.
Discotheque
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lol no he won't. but man i'm so excited for that. just did a rocky marathon recently and i'm so ready.
Rocky Cinematic Universe > MCU, DCU, whateverCU
Fancy Clown
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Pretty much how I feel
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