Captain Marvel - March 8, 2019

[Neal136]

I find Scott Mendelson a bit of a tool. even his byline picture is smug.

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Oh, no doubts there!

 

[bboy]

Well i saw it in 4d ! It was a complete blast. A very strange experience overall though, very aggressive seat movement , water splashes , light flashes, fog. And when carol meets up with her earth friend they must literally release some earthy smelling fabreeze. Highlight was one of the ship crashes, my heart was pounding. I can’t imagine seeing a horror movie in this format. Some of the effects were effective jump scares in themselves. (The original alien will
Be playing in my theater in 4d). After seeing this twice now , Shazam is definitely superior superhero movie of the month. It’s filled to the brim with joy and heart and would probably be an epic 4d experience.

 

[Robopredinator]

I just read a right winger accusing Disney of placing mannequins in the theatres to make it look like its playing to a packed house. Amazing. So basically Disney spent hundreds of millions buying up tickets and even placing thousands of mannequins in theatres! They are really going all out!

Link? Or was it just some dude in a comments section?

 

[Johnny1378]

I find Scott Mendelson a bit of a tool. even his byline picture is smug.

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Glad I’m not the only one who thinks so. As a DC fan, I grew tired very quickly of his almost daily columns that contunually pummeled “Justice League.” Yeah, I get it, “Justice League” wasn’t very good, but I’m not sure it was necessary to gleefully revel in its failure, daily.

Then there’s the constant writing from his moral high horse that it also quite grating.

 

[Viking Spawn]

Well i saw it in 4d ! It was a complete blast. A very strange experience overall though, very aggressive seat movement , water splashes , light flashes, fog. And when carol meets up with her earth friend they must literally release some earthy smelling fabreeze. Highlight was one of the ship crashes, my heart was pounding. I can’t imagine seeing a horror movie in this format. Some of the effects were effective jump scares in themselves. (The original alien will
Be playing in my theater in 4d). After seeing this twice now , Shazam is definitely superior superhero movie of the month. It’s filled to the brim with joy and heart and would probably be an epic 4d experience.

You seen Shazam (the original Cpt. Marvel) already?

 

[jal76]

Don’t all MCU movies drop that much 2nd weekend in China?

IW had a 72% drop.

BP 82.5% drop.

Spiderman Homecoming 78.4% drop.

I mean I can keep going if you like lol

Didn't you know bro those movies were huge flops especially once you take out all of the tickets that Disney bought for themselves and the whole theaters filled with mannequins and ventriloquist's dummies...2nd week drop in China means the movie, regardless of its production and marketing budget, loses money!

 

[jal76]

This kind of thing mildly annoys me:



That may be true, in theory. What mildly annoys me tho is media completely ignoring - and to a degree this was true for BP - the boost from End Game. IMO it's disingenuous to ignore the factor of "u gotta see this because it ties to X". Plenty of online comments along that line tho (whether ultimately u needed to see CM or not. Some folks flat out said they were at CM for a credit scene).

Disney certainly was aware of the power of the EG boost. Far as I know the other movies mentioned were as "stand alone" as u can be in an inter-connected universe. So I think their BO is actually more accurate. Tho BO never accounts for profitable disk sales afterward, either.

Are you saying that BP got a boost from Infinity War??? How do you explain that it made more money than IW then?

 

[a-dev]

Are you saying that BP got a boost from Infinity War??? How do you explain that it made more money than IW then?

I don't keep an eye on these things. Is this true? I'm actually amazed if it is.

 

[jal76]

I don't keep an eye on these things. Is this true? I'm actually amazed if it is.

Yep...surprising but third highest grossing film of all time in the US behind only Force Awakens and Avatar...

 

[SilverStar17]

Are you saying that BP got a boost from Infinity War??? How do you explain that it made more money than IW then?

Wait, what? I thought IW made over 2 billion worldwide? BP was around 1.3.

Yep...surprising but third highest grossing film of all time in the US behind only Force Awakens and Avatar...

Oh ok, domestically.

 

[Skywalker(OG)Kush]

I'm not shocked, it was the first well written half way decent superhero movie featuring a black character in the lead. Blade, was definately a b type movie (the director did his very best with low budget) nothing compared to the new MCU stuff (including BP), but it had legs and became a cult classic on video because it capitalized on the race of its main character; iwhich made it unique and different from all the other superhero movies at the time but most importantly it wasn't a complete train wreak, it was watchable and entertaining. BP on the other hand, had the advantage of being part of the "huge machine" called the MCU, it was extremely well made, not great but it never had to be great just treated with the same respect as other superhero movies. They nailed that part, there was nothing second rate about black panther, you may not like it or find it lacking on action but the material was treated with upmost respect by all the participants. Let’s face it, there was a huge subset/market of people that have been waiting for this movie to be made for atleast a decade. Not black panther per say but a quality superhero movie that wasn't based on a white male character.

Wonder woman and captain marvel are also good examples, neither of those movies are what I would consider great they are good well made movies nothing more, but both feature female leads, which up until a few years ago was not even an option after the complete disasters of catwoman and Elektra. Speaking of Catwoman and Elektra, if they weren't so bad they would have made bank too, just a lil bit of effort goes a long way, there was always a huge market for female lead movies they just weren’t handled properly, they never fully committed in the past.. they were treated as second rate and it showed. After that producers weren’t willing to take the risk but that untapped market has always been there. we will no doubt be seeing a lot more of them. A **** ton more lol.. it’s why wb/dc has a hard on for supergirl right now.. putting poor supes on the back burner. What if I told you the new Batman project (Matt Reeves) isn’t going to star Batman, that they pull a fast one and cast a female lead for batwoman lol. I still think it’s strange they haven’t cast anyone yet, who knows what the hell they are up too, maybe they don’t even know..I wouldn’t put it past them though

 

[Zurdo95D]

I saw it yesternight, and I thought it a fun, rousing adventure film.

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I liked it more than I thought I would, and I indeed like BL as CM. I thought her expressions throughout the movie are well done, such as her ecstatic yells when she flies. I wanted a bit more stronger flashback scenes to develop her more, and the story telling is not up to par with other films. I definitely liked the skrulls evolution, how it impacted turning points. It's awesome to see how S.H.E.I.L.D was starting out, and how Fury and Coulson were prior. It was fun seeing Vers arrive on C-35 and causing some havoc among disguised skrulls. The flurken cat was cool, thrashing its massive tentacle-like appendages. I thought Ronan would have a decent role in the plot, but he's only shown briefly. I definitely appreciate the power sets shown for CM, man, it's so AWESOME seeing huge energy projections emanating from her; it's stuff I constantly fantasized as a kid, and seeing it put to film is scintillating to me.

Ahem, well, I wanted a few butt shots of CM/CD, but there were none. However, erm, there were some nice shots of her bosom.

Overall I found it fun and enjoyable, but I wish it were a more solid, solid film, nevertheless I'm looking forward to seeing her in EG.

 

[Malgus]

Oh. noboby said it's failing. Just separating fact from hype, wasn't meant as a slam on the movie.

Actually several YouTubers are hyping the totally normal second week decline in box office receipts and claiming the movie is failing.

 

[jimcap]

Actually several YouTubers are hyping the totally normal second week decline in box office receipts and claiming the movie is failing.

What!, erroneous and overblown stuff on Youtube!? I'll alert the media.

 

[Sassafras]

Are you saying that BP got a boost from Infinity War??? How do you explain that it made more money than IW then?

Really? IW numbers come from IW being - Infinity War. BP gets numbers from being part of MCU/IW and ALSO organically exploding into an global socio-event. Like my friend going who fell asleep during BP. At least where I live - pretty diverse - BP turned into one huge party at theaters, whether you had any interest in the film or not. There were African-based fashion shows going on; all kinds of stuff.

BP was a lead-in to IW; at first I was SO hyped. And then - not. But my comic fan bro insisted seeing it "for Infinity War". So there I was, in a theater watching BP.

And not saying BP sux. But IMO it's not the movie it could have been, either. How it would have done if released in fall, say, like DS - with no "event" movie shortly after - who knows. It does have the advantage of Boseman's well-received T'challa.

 

[bboy]

You seen Shazam (the original Cpt. Marvel) already?

Yes! Sometime last week I saw a screening. Totally different types of movies. Shazam is a straight up kids movie/power fantasy going all out on heart and laughs and a mustache twirling villain. Capt marvel takes itself a bit more seriously, but In turn ends up being a bit drab and dry in places. Overall though I enjoyed capt marvel ( just not the complete BLAST of fresh air Shazam was).

 

[xipotec]

Taking the daughter to see CM tomorrow. Shes the bug Marvel fan in the house besides me.



Sent from the inside of a giant slug in outer space.....

 

[Robopredinator]

Are you saying that BP got a boost from Infinity War??? How do you explain that it made more money than IW then?

I remember Black Panther was showing at theaters for a long time after its debut. Then it came back again in February for Black History month.

 

[jal76]

I remember Black Panther was showing at theaters for a long time after its debut. Then it came back again in February for Black History month.

Movies usually play for a long time after their debut when they are making a TON of money...that's how movie theater economics work. The black history month showings were free so those showings did not add to the movie's box office...that's how regular economics work.

 

[SilverStar17]

“Movie Theater Economics.” That’s a new economic system on me.