People who are DC fans understand that there is not one GL. Fillion is Guy Gardner, the asshole who will probably have a building dropped on him.
This is exactly what I am saying, you misunderstood me (or I wasn't clear). I know Fillon is Guy Gardner but the real JL will have Pierce (pretty good choice, he was solid in Rebel Ridge) or as you said Hal Jordan. Then Batman (what's your thought on The Batman maybe coming to the DCU btw?). Then I think the rest of the roster can composed of any character.
I've always loved this movie, it's not perfect but it was made with heart, just the first sight of Superman with the classic plane rescue... awesome. And I believe it has been rehabilitated.
Terrible design.
I'm just saying that no one gives a damn about previous characters interacting with each other in Wolverine and Deadpool. Sure it helped, but the majority of the public just wanted to see Hugh Jackman interacting with Deadpool.
That's a bit of an exaggeration considering GOTG3 did really well in 2023, and both DR Strange 2 and Thor 4 or whatever did well the year before that,
Do you mean 2? I'm assuming you would at least include 2023 in this lol GOTG3 was quite successful. (there's also the Spiderverse films, but I get not including them as they are animation.)
Since it's the time for stupid posts, let me join in
Let's not pretend TSS was the only one releasing during that period. Even some WB movies did pretty well with the same day one release on HBOMan, how about those VARIANTS in the MCU? Those VARIANTS sure are something. I look forward to seeing some VARIANTS in Avengers: Secret Wars.
Don’t know why I’m bringing up variants when discussing The Suicide Squad. Certainly couldn’t be a word that applies to a real world issue, maybe involving a virus or something, that affected the movie during its opening weekend.
COVID never happened when it comes to box office arguments in 2024.
Oh sure, it was the only week with restrictions and all. It only lasted a week. Sure.
I disagree but to each their own.
Before claiming a victory (if there is one to claim?) you should wait for the box office. Mind you I truly hope the DCU is successful as even if I don't like the direction of this Superman, it can open the door to more project that could interest me. I'm a DC fan so if I get good movies I win too.Regardless, Gunn is here and in charge, with Snyder’s blessing to boot. So in the end, Gunn’s vision won.
That's the problem with you, there is no middle ground. I'm not saying COVID did not happen, I'm saying it impacted the box office during the whole year not just the week of release of TSS.
ManaByte
that stealth edit. Your speciality we love to see it. Please tell me those different conditions. In France it was the same bullshit, in fact it was true for the whole Europe. For what I've seen it was pretty much equivalent in the US too and those movies both got an HBO release day one. Only one of them did less than it's budget (oof).
Yeah when I realized it was pretty far removed from the 2016 movie I checked it out and it was pretty fun.
It’s not an origin movie.
Origin story ≠ reboot.
variety.com
They still have to do some ground work establishing the characters and some backstory, just for the movie to work.
www.thewrap.com
GOTG3 wasn't that successful: It had a budget of around 250M + around 100M for promotion, so 350M. Generally a movie has to make 2.5-3x its budget to be considered profitable.
GOTG3 wasn't that successful: It had a budget of around 250M + around 100M for promotion, so 350M. Generally a movie has to make 2.5-3x its budget to be considered profitable.
Just How Big Was the Guardians of the Galaxy 3 Budget?
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 finally hit theaters last week, and so far, it is doing well at the box office – so well, in fact, that its massive budget is no concern for Marvel!startefact.com
deadline.com
Hold on, GOTG3 grossed about 850M worldwide. 2,5 x 350M is 875M. Maybe there's some huge tax returns I don't know about but the movie wasn't that profitable(if it made any at all).It made a profit and did better than Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2, and hit the 3x multiple you mention.
‘Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3’: James Gunn’s Last Ride At Marvel, At No. 9, Is Disney’s Only Pic In Deadline’s 2023 Most Valuable Blockbuster Tournament
The James Gunn-directed 'Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3' is one of the few Marvel movies to profit in 2023, making $124 million after costs.
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 - Wikipedia
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That site you linked doesn't have access to all of the data that trades like Deadline do. Nearly $100M of the promotion was offset by partners. It made a profit.
I was mainly speaking box offices but if you wanna factor in streaming, sure, it made some profit. But I doubt the movie was made with the expectation that streaming revenue would be needed start making a profit.
Seems risky if you ask me if streaming revenue will have to make the difference between loss or profitability. How big is the streaming platform cut of the revenue usually? Still seems pretty big(40%+?) after a quick search.
You got an example of him being generally unsensible?
Tldr I'm not a Snyder fan but I didn't like this trailerIt’s at 29 million views (from the main DC channel alone), roughly 95% like over dislike ratio, and has beaten The Batman for the most DC trailer views in record time.
I think we’ll be just fine without the people who think Zack Snyder invented Superman, Batman, and probably cinema itself.
-Awful take on Peter Parker (the comic fans have been begging for Peter to grow up already and move forward with his personal life, Across the Spider-verse does so and Drinker whines about him being a dorky dad, ah yes, Peter being a dork, that’s never been a thing! Also, he’s wearing his bathrobe because Miles wasn’t supposed to leave his dimension, thus Peter had no reason to suspect an incident would happen at their own HQ that would require his own involvement given the HUNDREDS of Spidey variants on site, come on, try to keep up, Drinker Man)
-his “review” of The Boys Season 4. Like, what are we even going here?
-his exposure as someone who values pushing his political views far more than actually being a critic as seen in his The Batman review (“aside from one line from Catwoman, the movie isn’t actually about race”. SpongeBob Narrator: A FEW MINUTES LATER “And I must say, it’s strange how all the Riddler’s targets are rich upper class men who are corrupt and all white”.
…….*sigh*
The mayor candidate of Gotham is a white man?
Someone should inform Jayme Lawson, that’ll come as quite the shock to her!
Bruce Wayne and Thomas Wayne aren’t corrupt, the former should be obvious to anyone because it’s BRUCE WAYNE, and the latter’s innocence being proven is kind of a big point of the movie.
It’s a blatant case of Drinker either not paying attention to the movie very well, a bad look for someone who is supposed to be reviewing a film, or he chose to lie to his audience in order to push his politics. All while the political angle he goes for he flat out admits elsewhere in the review is not relevant to the film AKA Drinker saying, “the film isn’t actually about race”. Either way, not a great look.
I would post videos that have gone further in debunking him (one specifically called him out on a massive mistake he made for Knives Out 2 in terms of understanding the timeline of a scene), but they’re probably too political in terms of a few of their talking points to be acceptable on Gaf, but feel free to do proper research on it on your own.
That’s the dangerous nature of going all in in trusting a media influencer. If you don’t actually watch the film, show, etc. you’re watching the influencer discuss, you have put blind faith into a person and are assuming they’re getting the details right, and you are allowing them to influence your opinion on something you haven’t even watched/played/read (or you only remember to some extent, and let the influencer affect your recollection of certain moments even if it’s inaccurate). I enjoy Nostalgia Critic, but I never watch his reviews for something I have not seen myself, as he has sometimes gotten details way off that significantly influenced his opinion. His Event Horizon review had him mistakenly believes Laurence Fishburne and his team are scientists (they’re not, they are a rescue team, only Sam Neill is the scientist in the film) and so many of his complaints rest on that false conclusion.
I get that he didn't want to do the same gritty superman film Snyder made. Hopefully this will turn out good. I'm watching it at the cinema despite not being sold on the trailer.
