ElBoxyBrown
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What was up with the wooden acting towards the end? Reed sounded like he just wanted the movie to end.
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FANT4STIC 4OUR |OT| Fantastic 4/10
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Fox isn't gonna cross Fant4stic over with the X-Men, & they don't exist in the same universe. If anyone can help me find the original source, that'd be appreciated.
Art imitates life?
It's so weird to hear "wooden acting" describing Miles Teller considering I finally saw Whiplash about three weeks ago.
……forgetit
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Reshoots is my guess.
JigglesBunny
Banned
Hey, I hit the big time!
Oh, and I typically collect my film tickets, but this one got special treatment!
Oh, and I typically collect my film tickets, but this one got special treatment!
matrix-cat
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Real talk, though: does this movie have a scene where someone says something in technobabble and is then asked to "repeat that in English"?
Is that actually you?Hey, I hit the big time!
Oh, and I typically collect my film tickets, but this one got special treatment!
jack_package_200
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"His Biochemistry is off the charts!"
JigglesBunny
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No, that's my younger brother, he sent me the picture and I thought it was priceless.
……forgetit
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Yep, this is an actual line said in this movie.
he makes sure he never lacks for dish washing liquid
Lime_In_Da_Coconut
Banned
Still no word on BO Tracking?
jack_package_200
Banned
Give it at least a day
jack_package_200
Banned
Wouldn't Fox still consider that a strong opening considering the film's budget?
the anime man
Banned
Just saw this, was pretty bad. defintiely felt like the middle portion of the movie was missing. The climax is as terrible as everyone says it is, btw.
……forgetit
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Pretty sure word of mouth will kill it.
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Diggeh
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privitsan02
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I thought the trailers were better than Ant-Man or Age of Ultron. Granted that's not saying much...
Hopefully Fox deliver with Deadpool and Apocalypse.
Best wishes.
Hopefully Fox deliver with Deadpool and Apocalypse.
Best wishes.
ultracal31
You don't get to bring friends.
I imagine the second week drop off will be massive
The budget was $120 million.
Here is an image of the tweet
Maybe in another dimension, Trank, it's too bad I wasn't seeing the film in that one.
Dear Moses, that movie was short. When people are talking about the story structure as they mention the feeling of a missing "second act", they're not kidding. The character arcs in this film are just about non-existent, and the conflicts that are set-up among each character aren't resolved properly, if at all. Even if this movie wasn't a good Fantastic Four movie that people expect when they think of the comic heroes, I feel it still could've been a really interesting take on them nonetheless. Yeah, it's "grounded" (whatever the FUCK that means anymore in regards to comic book movies after 2008), but it could've been a really great character driven story nonetheless, and with this cast it should've happened (in the end my favorite actor in the movie ended up being Reg E. Cathey). The finale when Doom starts up to the end of the film goes for what feels like 15 minutes then the only heartfelt moment between this team and it cuts to the title.
Then if you want you can nitpick the hell out of it, too. It's blatant that Mara is wearing a wig after the incident, and that would be totally fine if only it were consistent throughout the film. It's off and on where there are scenes with and without it. When it came to Doom, the cloth for his hood makes no sense anywhere in the film. Apparently it was fashioned out of his suit and it can survive fire. Plus, his head looks really big for some reason, but I think that's just the costume, it seemed kinda funny is all. Anyways, I'll put this above TASM2, because unlike that film, I expected this movie to be below dogshit. TASM2 I expected to be at least decent.
Oh my. I thought it was like $75 million for some reason. I wonder if the money went to Mara's wig or something because the effects didn't look like they were that good from the trailers.
Welp, that's not so good then. And word of mouth will likely guarantee a second week nosedive anyways, especially up against Mission: Impossible.
……forgetit
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It is much MUCH worse than both. Ant-man was much better than I expected actually. Really underappreciated film.
I honestly doubt it'll make that much on its opening weekend period. Hell, I wouldn't be shocked if it didn't make #1 for its opening weekend. It'll likely end up between $30-$45 million for its opening weekend. But again, I wouldn't be surprised if Mission Impossible wins this week.
Doesn't work that way usually.
If anyone's curious, here's the source that spoke of the $120 million budget for this movie.
……forgetit
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It did for Ang Lee's hulk, that was the king of word of mouth death.
My understanding is that was the budget BEFORE the massive reshoots the film went through.
With those reviews? Seems a bit high. I'm thinking 30m for the weekend.
Oh god.
I don't know, people may see Fant4stic just to find out how bad it really is.
……forgetit
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Good, the more money Fox lost the better.
Wait, what? Hulk made even, despite being leaked online, and getting decent reviews.
Sibersk Esto
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Superman returns may be a top contender
Man of Steel too!
……forgetit
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It was also the fist movie to gross over $20 million in a weekend and drop more than 70% by the next week. It broke even, but that drop off was insane
Yeah. FF I don't think is in that category. I think it's going to fare poorly, and continue to grab those bills.
Based on your prediction, it'll have a hard time passing Mission Impossible. That being said, I'm pretty sure a decent number of people will see it just to find out how bad it is. It's like watching a trainwreck.
Nathan_Drake
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I thought I read that the money for Post 3d work was used for the reshoots and that's why there is no 3d version.
Just out of curiosity, Neoxon, have you seen it yet? I just want to go to see how bad it really is personally. I don't want to give my money away to a cheap movie, though.
The
green goo that got in his blood let him make whatever he wants out of willpower.
The
green goo is alive. They left after a brief exposure. Doom got all up in that shit. More goo = more power.
Disagree completely. It didn't work in the film at all.
The movie makes a
very blatant show of his brother treating him like crap and using the line.
The Thing is shown as
having emotional hangups that are never resolved (and he's just suddenly magically OK w/Reed).
For him to suddenly decide to use "the line" as his battle cry in the climax makes absolutely zero sense since there is nothing in the character development to back it up. It's like the writers just threw it in because that's what he says, completely forgetting about what they'd done in the first act.
It doesn't work at all, but rather sticks out like a sore thumb.
My cousin over in Atlanta got to see an early screening & went into detail on why I shouldn't see it. I'm dodging the bullet, but that doesn't mean others will.
I trust his opinion, & not just because he's family. But yeah, he absolutely detested this movie.
Backlogger
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Really liked the first half of the movie. The second half, well...
it just seems like they did a good job of building up the characters and back story and this cool other dimension, but then couldn't tie it altogether in the end. The whole Doom story felt rushed and he didn't really make a very interesting villain when all said and done.
NotTheGuyYouKill
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Hey guys, what if they'd actually gotten David Cronenberg to direct this
It'd be his first movie where the freaks are unambiguous heroes.
It'd be his first movie where the freaks are unambiguous heroes.
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