ManaByte
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Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings |OT| The MCU is now Kung-Fu Fighting
Lupingosei
Banned
Something something 200 million budget
ManaByte
Gold Member
Jungle Cruise, Cruella, Wonder Woman 1984, and Godzilla vs Kong ALL are getting sequels just based on their streaming performance.
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Lupingosei
Banned
Out of all of those movies, Godzilla is the only one that did not tank at the box office. And after all those movies tanked, people went to streaming services to pay 200-300+ million to make it a profit.
Or is Disney announcing sequels to keep up the facade that people don't ask too many questions about their choice of what kind of movies are getting produced?
sol_bad
Member
By the end of Shang Chi's run at the cinema, maybe two movies will have made more money than Shang Chi and that's Fast 9 and Godzilla vs Kong. Both of which had a healthy helping from China.
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I'm saying the cinema industry is recovering. It will take people a while to get back into the swing of things and start frequenting cinemas again. Domestically, Shang Chi might make more than Doctor Strange, a pre-pandemic film. Internationally I don't think Shang Chi will hit 336 million which is what Doctor Strange did without the Chinese box office.
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ManaByte
Gold Member
They have 100 million paying subscribers at $7 a month, and they keep 100% of that money compared to what movies make in theaters.
Likewise HBO has nearly 50 million monthly paying subs at twice the price.
strange headache
Banned
The forced hype about the painfully middling performance of this movie is just laughable:
Hooray for the 20th highest grossing MCU movie
International numbers are atrocious with a 60/40 split. Black Widow made 370mio and was considered a failure. This movie will perform just slightly better, but considering that it needs at least 500mio to break even, this is not the success story that the media shills or Marvel fanboys make it out to be:
Hooray for the 20th highest grossing MCU movie
International numbers are atrocious with a 60/40 split. Black Widow made 370mio and was considered a failure. This movie will perform just slightly better, but considering that it needs at least 500mio to break even, this is not the success story that the media shills or Marvel fanboys make it out to be:
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Lupingosei
Banned
Ulysses 31
Member
Complete breakdown of the movie soon
Time to see if reviews were exaggerating how bad or how much of a triumph it is.
Time to see if reviews were exaggerating how bad or how much of a triumph it is.
ManaByte
Gold Member
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ManaByte
Gold Member
He was fired for less.
nush
Member
Yeah, that.
This is why of you get a big gig as Disney you go and bleach your old social media.
ManaByte
Gold Member
He did delete the Reddit account. This is from archives.
strange headache
Banned
I don't need to see his post history in order to know that Simu is a giant douche. His recent comments and insufferable narcissism say enough already.
DeafTourette
Perpetually Offended
The CGI was pretty good. The Fu Dogs looked nearly real.
sol_bad
Member
Cancel mobs "digging in" is terrible, but seriously that Reddit pedo post is...YIKES.
MEH
He has done research on the topic and it lines up with my friend says who works as a parole officer for these types of people. They can't help what they're attracted to just like I can't help that I'm attracted to brunettes, Filo, Japanese and Korean women.
Do I have sympathy for them? NO.
Do I think that if they act on it they should be castrated and beaten to near death? YES.
It's a tricky topic to discuss. I'm sure I'll get some nasty replies just for saying the above.
Dacon
Banned
Cancel mobs "digging in" is terrible, but seriously that Reddit pedo post is...YIKES.
This is truly abhorrent, and the kind of comparison LGBT people have been trying to destroy for years.
This. No excuses for this shit. None.
NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt
Biggest Trails Stan
Tenet sucked lolKicked Tenet's ass.
Master Of Illusion
Member
Shit was weak.
The plot and character structure is just a slightly rearranged Black Panther that was shot to look like a Disney Channel original movie.
The plot and character structure is just a slightly rearranged Black Panther that was shot to look like a Disney Channel original movie.
sol_bad
Member
Marvel Announces Shang-Chi's Disney+ Premiere Date
Disney+ has set the date for the streaming premiere of the MCU film Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings for the premium service.
www.cbr.com
- The streaming premiere of Marvel Studios’ Shang-Chi and The Legend of The Ten Rings
- The beloved Disney family-friendly adventure film Jungle Cruise, available to all subscribers
hmmmmmmmmmmm
One says "all subscribers", one doesn't.
ManaByte
Gold Member
Marvel Announces Shang-Chi's Disney+ Premiere Date
Disney+ has set the date for the streaming premiere of the MCU film Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings for the premium service.
- The streaming premiere of Marvel Studios’ Shang-Chi and The Legend of The Ten Rings
- The beloved Disney family-friendly adventure film Jungle Cruise, available to all subscribers
hmmmmmmmmmmm
One says "all subscribers", one doesn't.
Because Shang-Chi is the "streaming premiere".
Jungle Cruise has been streaming since July for $30. That's why they're saying it's available to everyone, because it won't be $30 anymore.
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sol_bad
Member
Because Shang-Chi is the "streaming premiere".
Jungle Cruise has been streaming since July for $30. That's why they're saying it's available to everyone, because it won't be $30 anymore.
Yeah, streaming premiere access!!!!!
HAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!
It’s a huge success. You don’t go comparing shang chi to iron man or the avengers movies or Thor. Shang chi is much more niche. On top of that it’s an Asian lead Kung fu movie that had no stars in it what so ever . Those don’t exactly do well and it had no direct ties to any prior film. Shang chi had alot going against it so yeah it’s a success. Honestly a wild success as a starting point after black widow floundered given every opportunity to do well.The forced hype about the painfully middling performance of this movie is just laughable:
Hooray for the 20th highest grossing MCU movie
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TaylorSwiftFan
Member
Lowered expectations indeed. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon did $213M on a $17M budget way back. This movie, like Black Widow bombed. The fact is that both movies performed worse than F9 and Godzilla v KK (even when subtracting the China gross) when more theatres are opened and vaccination rates are higher.
sol_bad
Member
How about you give Shang Chi at least 2 more weekends first and let the film finish it's theatrical release first. Australia and New Zealand might open up again in October and that could add another 10-15 million to the box office. You are wrong about Godzilla vs Kong though, it made $279 million without the Chinese box office.
Technically, every film released during COVID has been a box office failure except for Black Widow, shang Chi and Fast 9, along with Free Guy, Conjuring 3 and A Quiet Place 2 because they had low production costs. The celebration is that box office numbers are slowing increasing again and the industry is on it's way to recovery.
The only people trying to scream at the top of their lungs that these films are a failure are the Disney/Marvel haters (who stay quiet about every other film including Suicide Squad) and the weirdos who want to stay at home and watch films without going into the real world.
nush
Member
What the fucking fuck are on on about mate?
Tony Leung Chiu-wai - Wikipedia
Michelle Yeoh - Wikipedia
Ben Kingsley - Wikipedia
strange headache
When you think you've reached the low bar of stanning and ignorance, someone digs a trench to put the bar in.
strange headache
Banned
Those Asians don't count, we all know Simu was the...
I find the simping for this movie absolutely funny.
Holding the protagonist's race against the movie's success is some low key racialized thinking. After Jet Li, Jackie Chan an Bruce Lee, Tony Jaa, Chow Yun-fat, do people really still think that people won't go watch a movie because the lead is Asian? GTFO out this crap!
I never thought anybody would be so dense and describe a Marvel movie as "niche", but I'm glad they've finally admitted that nobody really gives a damn about those C-tier hero characters.
But what can you do against the Marvel hype industry, that is largely fueled by shill media and blind fanboyism? I wouldn't care so much, were it not for the fact that decent movies like Dune get sidelined because people have been conditioned to rather watch that crap.
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DKehoe
Member
Complete breakdown of the movie soon
Time to see if reviews were exaggerating how bad or how much of a triumph it is.
11 hours? These things get longer and longer. I cannot fathom wanting to watch this.
Ulysses 31
Member
They're usually half that about the movies themselves, they play games for the last half/third usually. Often they mess around at the beginning and only really start till 42 min in this case.
For this movie they describe what happens in the movie, chronologically, to someone who hasn't watched it and a lot of silliness in the writing is exposed that way.
Marvel's worldbuilding is a mess these days.
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sol_bad
Member
For this movie they describe what happens in the movie, chronologically, to someone who hasn't watched it and a lot of silliness in the writing is exposed that way.
Wouldn't you prefer to watch it yourself since it would take less time and you could form your own opinion?
Ulysses 31
Member
If I had an interest in seeing the movie yes but I'm struck with Marvel fatigue and this is how I consume Marvel stuff these days. It's not all doom and gloom with these guys, their counter critique of an Underwater movie video made me check out that movie and I was pleasantly surprised how decent that one was.
DKehoe
Member
So they're still spending something like 5 hours discussing the movie? Sounds fucking awful. And that's not a defence of Shang-Chi. They're welcome to like it or not. But spending hours nit-picking every minor plot detail sounds mind-numbing. Film criticism has gone down the toilet.They're usually half that about the movies themselves, they play games for the last half/third usually. Often they mess around at the beginning and only really start till 42 min in this case.
For this movie they describe what happens in the movie, chronologically, to someone who hasn't watched it and a lot of silliness in the writing is exposed that way.
Marvel's worldbuilding is a mess these days.
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Ulysses 31
Member
Story setups, connective tissue between scenes, world building, character motivations, character development, writing (in)consistency, themes, these are things one can go in depth in.
Is there some rule that critiques can't be longer than the movies themselves? They do nit-pick but they mostly focus on things that affect the plot(non nit-picks)
Writing has gone downhill too.
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sol_bad
Member
Marvel fatigue but you'll watch a 5 hour video about a Marvel movie ....... OK.
You are being exposed to Marvel more by watching these videos than you would by watching it yourself.
And yeah, Underwater is an OKish decent film, I discovered that by watching the film at the cinemas. Definitely not better than anything Marvel related or Alien Covenant but if it got a sequel I'd watch it. Won't happen though because no one supported it at the theatres and it failed miserably.
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And these guys nit pick things that they'd consider illogical by creating their own illogical ideas.
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Ulysses 31
Member
Their commentaries on the "modern Marvel formula" as they see it I find interesting and funny most of the time yes.
Got an example?
DKehoe
Member
I jumped to a part randomly to see what kind of things they were saying in case their approach had changed from what I had previously heard. One of them was talking about how the bow someone was using shouldn't be able to shoot the distance it does. Whenever I hear film criticism from YouTubers like these I always think of this
No, it can be as long as it needs to be. But when you take hours and you aren't even (in my opinion) being particularly insightful then you're just wasting my time. When I've seen this stuff it's always just focused on plot in a "why didn't they just..." sense. Things like music, costuming, lighting and shot composition are also important parts of a film but I don't hear them talk about those. So if you're going to take that long at least be comprehensive. Again, I'm not going to watch a 5+ hour review in full so maybe they do sometimes touch on those aspects. But clearly their focus is very much on plot and particularly on pointing out plotholes.
If that's true then surely good film criticism is more important than ever. I've seen a few people make this point before but at some point "why didn't the eagles just take the ring to Mordor" went from being a joke to the primary way some people look at films.
I guess it's meant to sort of have the feel of you and your buddies shooting the shit and is something you can stick on in the background while working, playing games or whatever. Which is fine and clearly it has an audience. But I don't get it being presented like it's particularly insightful.
sol_bad
Member
Ulysses 31
Member
It's character without superpowers doing it so I think it's a noteworthy criticism. Shadiversity has a channel about medieval weaponry and usually does know what he's talking about when when it comes to the "ease of use" of these weapons.I jumped to a part randomly to see what kind of things they were saying in case their approach had changed from what I had previously heard. One of them was talking about how the bow someone was using shouldn't be able to shoot the distance it does. Whenever I hear film criticism from YouTubers like these I always think of this
You've not watched it entirely so you're in no position to say if they were being insightful or not. If 5 hours is too long for you, fair enough, but already dismissing their criticisms is pre-judging on your part.
In this case they didn't have the movie playing so it can be "more forgiven" that they don't describe scenes with all those things lest the stream time would double.
They consider the writing(and world building?) as one of the most important things in movies so yeah a lot of their criticisms is about inconsistencies and vagueness in that area. I agree with them that movies can have fantastic production values but if the writing is lacking, it can easily drag a movie down.
I've heard them tackle that specific one with a line that's in the movie and that the book had more detailed lore reasons(but if it's not in the movie it should be disregarded is their stance). Again, you've not watched even half of their break down to judge it as good or bad criticism. If you just don't like their "style" or personalities, fair enough.
That is kinda what it is but IMO they bring up reasonable questions that come with modern day movie/Hollywood writing.
I only present it as reasons why someone might think the story doesn't hold up to scrutiny(especially with other established things in the Marvel universe). Whether that should affect your enjoyment is a personal matter.
If you're the kind of person not in habit of giving it much thought and move on to other movies, that's fine.
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Ionian
Member
Da fuck was that shit. He got interred,Cancel mobs "digging in" is terrible, but seriously that Reddit pedo post is...YIKES.
failed so quit?
He's scum.
DKehoe
Member
I wouldn't say I'm "the kind of person not in habit of giving it much thought." I think we are just looking for different things. So let's just agree to disagree.It's character without superpowers doing it so I think it's a noteworthy criticism. Shadiversity has a channel about medieval weaponry and usually does know what he's talking about when when it comes to the "ease of use" of these weapons.
You've not watched it entirely so you're in no position to say if they were being insightful or not. If 5 hours is too long for you, fair enough, but already dismissing their criticisms is pre-judging on your part.
In this case they didn't have the movie playing so it can be "more forgiven" that they don't describe scenes with all those things lest the stream time would double.
They consider the writing(and world building?) as one of the most important things in movies so yeah a lot of their criticisms is about inconsistencies and vagueness in that area. I agree with them that movies can have fantastic production values but if the writing is lacking, it can easily drag a movie down.
I've heard them tackle that specific one with a line that's in the movie and that the book had more detailed lore reasons(but if it's not in the movie it should be disregarded is their stance). Again, you've not watched even half of their break down to judge it as good or bad criticism. If you just don't like their "style" or personalities, fair enough.
That is kinda what it is but IMO they bring up reasonable questions that come with modern day movie/Hollywood writing.
I only present it as reasons why someone might think the story doesn't hold up to scrutiny(especially with other established things in the Marvel universe). Whether that affects your enjoyment is a personal matter.
If you're the kind of person not in habit of giving it much thought and move on to other movies, that's fine.
BlackTron
Member
I love Marvel and I love martial arts movies so this was a no-brainer. It was pretty good, but that's it. It wasn't nearly as good as I expected from all the hype and impressions, and I probably could have just waited till it hit Disney+.
It's a movie that's fun to watch, it's visually pleasing even if the CGI was a bit too heavy. It started to feel like watching a long game cutscene. The story is pretty formulaic and it really relied on the speed and intensity of its action sequences. It's the kind of movie I wouldn't watch again start to finish, but if someone else had it on the TV I would be distracted to catch a few action scenes. Overall, not bad but not great either. I expected a bit more of a "special hook" from Marvel...without it, these movies begin to feel like palette swaps.
It's a movie that's fun to watch, it's visually pleasing even if the CGI was a bit too heavy. It started to feel like watching a long game cutscene. The story is pretty formulaic and it really relied on the speed and intensity of its action sequences. It's the kind of movie I wouldn't watch again start to finish, but if someone else had it on the TV I would be distracted to catch a few action scenes. Overall, not bad but not great either. I expected a bit more of a "special hook" from Marvel...without it, these movies begin to feel like palette swaps.
nush
Member
He's a trained assassin who his father said his entire team wouldn't be able to kill. I mean just look at the whole bus scene. The being able to overcome his father and the dragon, I think comes from him having his mother's blood, who was from Ta Lo. It's kind of like Peter Quill being half celestial. You can see the rings turn a different colour when he uses them, and the final explosion alerts Kamar-Taj seemingly for the first time in the history of their use on the Earth.
I take the training scene, as him realising he needs to embrace his mother's side, which unlocks the powers from Ta Lo. That also explains why he doesn't drown and how is able to control the dragon.
I take the training scene, as him realising he needs to embrace his mother's side, which unlocks the powers from Ta Lo. That also explains why he doesn't drown and how is able to control the dragon.
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DeafTourette
Perpetually Offended
I jumped to a part randomly to see what kind of things they were saying in case their approach had changed from what I had previously heard. One of them was talking about how the bow someone was using shouldn't be able to shoot the distance it does. Whenever I hear film criticism from YouTubers like these I always think of this
No, it can be as long as it needs to be. But when you take hours and you aren't even (in my opinion) being particularly insightful then you're just wasting my time. When I've seen this stuff it's always just focused on plot in a "why didn't they just..." sense. Things like music, costuming, lighting and shot composition are also important parts of a film but I don't hear them talk about those. So if you're going to take that long at least be comprehensive. Again, I'm not going to watch a 5+ hour review in full so maybe they do sometimes touch on those aspects. But clearly their focus is very much on plot and particularly on pointing out plotholes.
If that's true then surely good film criticism is more important than ever. I've seen a few people make this point before but at some point "why didn't the eagles just take the ring to Mordor" went from being a joke to the primary way some people look at films.
I guess it's meant to sort of have the feel of you and your buddies shooting the shit and is something you can stick on in the background while working, playing games or whatever. Which is fine and clearly it has an audience. But I don't get it being presented like it's particularly insightful.
The Geek Buddies movie and show reviews are a delight ... I may disagree with them on some points in a movie or show but at least they make it known it's JUST their opinions... Most reviewers don't. Even though, logically, the reader/audience SHOULD know that.
Shouta
Member
Yeah, pretty much. I skimmed the video and it's nitpicking by inserting weird ideas into it. I mean, they don't even understand the villain's plan and motivations early into the film. I had to laugh a little bit at them not knowing the word mandarin isn't actually Chinese in origin (think Japan in English but Nihon to the people there). That's part of why I got a chuckle about the orange (mandarin) chicken reference Wenwu made in the film. They knocked the film for not doing research when they didn't do it either, heh.
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ManaByte
Gold Member
Which is why people should actually WATCH movies instead of relying on these clickbait YouTubers to form their opinions for them.
DKehoe
Member
I think I'm just kinda done with "geek media" shows. They have too narrow a focus and also I've found that so much of the conversation around stuff like the MCU has just become about spotting references and speculating how that might link up to the next instalment in the franchise.