Man of Steel (SPOILERS)

[Adolfo]

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All I know is the chicks in SP were freakin hot!!!

 

[Darth Zangetsu]

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But is it really that simple and innocent.

Didn't WB lose big on SP/WM/Owl.

Honestly, I'm surprised he was given more chances at all.

By the looks of it, i'm happy that he was.

Money, money, money.

Watchmen I believe made enough money that it would be considered a success by WB standards. it didn't break box office records, but it was far from John Carter/Afer Earth territory. SP did hurt, and the Owl movie was a kid movie. It probably broke even, maybe even made a profit with dvd sales. Snyder is probably in the Del Toro position right now. If MoS/PR do well, then they get to write their own tickets. If they fail, they will be relegated back to smaller budgeted fair. His name is also not mud as far as fans are concerned like Shyamalan. most people are either indifferent about Snyder or they like him. He doesn't elicit a response from the average moviegoer.

 

[The Iron Koob]

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My god I think I've seen the whole movie now

 

[IrishJedi]

Yeah, WATCHMEN made money and OWLS actually did pretty well on DVD.

 

[The Iron Koob]

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Sometimes in the trailers it looks like their faces are cgi or something but obviously it isn't. Does anyone else notice that

 

[Sweet Rabbit]

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My god I think I've seen the whole movie now

that's why I'm not watching all of these trailers

 

[Biojex]

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Come Monday, I dropping out of this thread.

 

[jye4ever]

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I hope the next trailer is 36 minutes long.

 

[My Lord]

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Zack Snyder is a solid director with an eye for action, and style. IMO the perfect director for a Superman film. People want to see Superman do Super things, and it definately looks like we got it, finally.

DOTD, The only horror/zombie movie I like, and I hate the genre.
300, My fav ZS film, soon to be 2nd.
Watchmen, Never read the GN, but enjoyed the movie nontheless.
Sucker Punch, No interest in seeing this one.

I for one can't wait to see MOS several times, and hope Snyder gets all the credit he deserves.

Can't wait to get the MOS soundtrack from Amazon, and rock it while waiting for the screen to go black on the 14th.

 

[olbertfrog]

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You wanna know the "secret" behind SUCKER PUNCH? It was just a hodgepodge of different ideas and images Zack had in his head for years and had to get out of his system. An opportunity arose at the right time and WB was willing to pay the tab while letting him play in his own sandbox. He also needed it to decompress after WATCHMEN, which was intense from start to finish. Whether you like the movie or hate it, SP may ironically go down as the movie that reset his filmmaking batteries and set him on a career trajectory that now has the potential to be quite huge.

That exactly what i tought.
He had stuff he wanted to see on screen for years from heavy metal and other adult gn and built a story around that.

One thing surprises me tho, how come after Watchmen and Sp, Warner still believed in him. Usually studios drop directors right on the spot so that got me really wondering. Is it a money thing, because his movies dont cost that much and always make the money back or there is a special relation?

 

[jye4ever]

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Zack Snyder is a solid director with an eye for action, and style. IMO the perfect director for a Superman film. People want to see Superman do Super things, and it definately looks like we got it, finally.

DOTD, The only horror/zombie movie I like, and I hate the genre.
300, My fav ZS film, soon to be 2nd.
Watchmen, Never read the GN, but enjoyed the movie nontheless.
Sucker Punch, No interest in seeing this one.

I for one can't wait to see MOS several times, and hope Snyder gets all the credit he deserves.

Can't wait to get the MOS soundtrack from Amazon, and rock it while waiting for the screen to go black on the 14th.

My Lord that was well said.

 

[jye4ever]

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As crazy as this sounds, i'm hoping no nut case ruins the opening weekend of this movie like with TDKR.

No matter how amazing the movie might be, another incident will scare movie goers away.

 

[Biojex]

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Yeah, Here's hoping for a safe and enjoyable movie going experience for everyone

 

[batfan08]

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It's terrible that the world is to the point where we have to hope that these things don't happen. That being said, not to be crass, but if someone were going to do something, I'd assume they would've done it already when Iron Man came out (that was the first big movie of the summer), so, hopefully, we're in the clear.

 

[ironwez20]

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I hope nothing terrible like that happens again ,we had two big massacres last year.

 

[IrishJedi]

That exactly what i tought.
He had stuff he wanted to see on screen for years from heavy metal and other adult gn and built a story around that.

One thing surprises me tho, how come after Watchmen and Sp, Warner still believed in him. Usually studios drop directors right on the spot so that got me really wondering. Is it a money thing, because his movies dont cost that much and always make the money back or there is a special relation?

It's both. WB (and especially Legendary) believe in Zack and that he has true skills as a director and potential to make huge movies for years. But he also brings everything in on time and within or under budget, which is just as rare.

But it's also a bit if a misnomer that these movies were flops, especially WATCHMEN, which was technically in the green even before the DVD release (and WB sunk even more money into it after that... if it were a dud that would never have happened. WATCHMEN was always going to be a tough sale, and everyone knew it. A dark,
rated R (and a hard R at that) superhero movie with concepts completely at odds with what average filmgoers expect? When you think about it it's a minor miracle the movie didn't actually flop. But it was never going to do TDK or Marvel movie numbers.

I think WB knew what SUCKER PUNCH was and just took a flier on it as a gesture that they're in with Legendary and Cruel and Unusual Films for the long haul. It also wasn't an enormously expensive movie and has a bit of an interesting small cult following.

Now if MAN OF STEEL opens and flops that would be a much different kettle of fish, especially since WB obviously believes in it enough to completely double down (make that quadruple down) with the marketing. I already know the movie is awesome, but it's that aspect that will be most interesting to see. The potential is there for a massive commercial hit, but it's no given and still a bit of an unknown.

 

[jye4ever]

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Ticket companies reporting good sale thru, not Avengers weekend numbers, but good.

Definately north of 100, but definately south of 207.

Your Snyder explanation has satiated my needs.

 

[batfan08]

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It's both. WB (and especially Legendary) believe in Zack and that he has true skills as a director and potential to make huge movies for years. But he also brings everything in on time and within or under budget, which is just as rare.

But it's also a bit if a misnomer that these movies were flops, especially WATCHMEN, which was technically in the green even before the DVD release (and WB sunk even more money into it after that... if it were a dud that would never have happened. WATCHMEN was always going to be a tough sale, and everyone knew it. A dark,
rated R (and a hard R at that) superhero movie with concepts completely at odds with what average filmgoers expect? When you think about it it's a minor miracle the movie didn't actually flop. But it was never going to do TDK or Marvel movie numbers.

I think WB knew what SUCKER PUNCH was and just took a flier on it as a gesture that they're in with Legendary and Cruel and Unusual Films for the long haul. It also wasn't an enormously expensive movie and has a bit of an interesting small cult following.

Now if MAN OF STEEL opens and flops that would be a much different kettle of fish, especially since WB obviously believes in it enough to completely double down (make that quadruple down) with the marketing. I already know the movie is awesome, but it's that aspect that will be most interesting to see. The potential is there for a massive commercial hit, but it's no given and still a bit of an unknown.

So, how do you think it's going to do at the box office, Irish? The marketing campaign is certainly well done, and Superman seems to be on everyone's mind at the moment. Think it'll beat Iron Man?

 

[IrishJedi]

You know, I honestly don't know. By all rights it SHOULD do better than Iron Man 3, but you never know how the public is going to respond once it opens. Geeks will be there in droves, no doubt about that. But you need the regular office water cooler folks to show up in big numbers for a movie to be truly huge. And we just don't know what to expect with these people. The movie does its part, and it looks like most critics like it... now it's up to Joe Public.

I'll say this: I've already seen it, and I'm still more excited about seeing it a second time than I have been to see any other recent movie the first time.

 

[batfan08]

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That makes me feel really good about this. I'll probably see it 3 times next week.