Thor: Ragnarok (November 3rd, 2017)

[jye4ever]

Holy crap that’s perfect lol

Rid-d*** is about to get it from JAW-AWS.

 

[Sassafras]

https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2017/11/09/box-office-thor-ragnarok-is-marvels-14th-movie-to-cross-500m/#587cbc182b50

Box Office: 'Thor: Ragnarok' Is Marvel's 14th Movie To Cross $500M
As the headline says, the Marvel Cinematic Universe's 17th movie has topped $500 million at the global box office. Including Wednesday grosses, the Taika Waititi-directed action fantasy has earned $147.9m domestic and $354.4m worldwide. So yeah, the third Thor has already surpassed the $449m global total of Thor back in 2011 while it could be over/under the $206m domestic and $642m global total of Thor: The Dark World by the end of the weekend.

Walt Disney's Chris Hemsworth/Tom Hiddleston/Tessa Thompson/Cate Blanchett/Mark Ruffalo/Jeff Goldblum release is Marvel's 14th film to top $500 million worldwide and its 12th consecutive film to do so. The last MCU movie not to cross that milestone was Captain America: The First Avenger, which earned $376m in 2011 and shows just how good Marvel has been about nurturing all of its properties over the long haul.

Captain America went from $376 million to $714m to $1.1 billion worldwide. Iron Man went from $585m, to $623m to $1.2b global. And now Thor has gone from $449m (the biggest comic book superhero movie ever sans Batman, Iron Man, Spider-Man or Wolverine at the time) to $642m to, well, probably over $800m in a walk. These stand-alone franchises became events unto themselves, with just as much follow within their own continuities as with their would-be connection to a broader narrative puzzle.

And with all the talk about how Thor: Ragnarok was supposed to be a game-changer on the level of The Winter Soldier, I will argue (no spoilers) that it is absolutely a Thor-centric movie almost entirely unconcerned about the broader picture. Like Iron Man 3 or even the first Thor (which "killed" Loki and destroyed the Rainbow Road Bifröst Bridge while leaving The Avengers to sort out that mess), Thor: Ragnarok is primarily concerned about its own franchise and its own in-universe characters.

Once again, the various studios and producers trying to mimic the MCU's success should note how stand-alone these movies really are. For fans of the films, it's the specific characters that count, with the interconnectivity merely existing as a bonus. And 17 films and 9.5 years in, the Marvel Cinematic Universe, as a playground, has become its biggest selling point.

I'd agree with this. It's just somehow Marvel seems to release good films. Like Antman. Antman? But it's a great character and film. And now I love Valkyrie and the Grandmaster.

 

[Wor-Gar]

Gremlins is had to sit thru now. So is Twilight Zone the movie. But so is Poltergeist, even though it has some great character bits. And I haven't been able to sit and watch E.T. since the 90's. And I really liked these movies when they first appeared. So even classics grow tiresome. Like Titanic. I imagine 15 years from now there will be many -- many -- of the Marvel films that I will no longer be able to sit though. It quite sure Thor 3 will be one of them, like GOTG2.

 

[The Clown Prince of Crime]

 

[Khev]

Ha that one took me a second, lol.

 

[RIDDICK]

ET was never a good movie. The puppets were crap.
But it gave us frustrated Steven Spielberg who went straight to SWS for JP.

Titanic is your typical romance melodrama, just peppered with awesome cinematography and music.

 

[jye4ever]

Gremlins is had to sit thru now. So is Twilight Zone the movie. But so is Poltergeist, even though it has some great character bits. And I haven't been able to sit and watch E.T. since the 90's. And I really liked these movies when they first appeared. So even classics grow tiresome. Like Titanic. I imagine 15 years from now there will be many -- many -- of the Marvel films that I will no longer be able to sit though. It quite sure Thor 3 will be one of them, like GOTG2.

While the families were celebrating and enjoying ET turning it into a huge success I was in the theater celebrating and enjoying The Thing all by my lonesome lol

lololol

 

[Sweet Rabbit]

Hating on Gremlins...the shame

 

[GodzillaSpawn]

So this has become an 80s glory days kickback thread I see.
All I know is Never-ending Story ruined me.


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[Chakor]

Hating on Gremlins...the shame

It's illegal in some states.

 

[jye4ever]

I thought Gremlins was the bomb upon release.

Was is the key word there.

 

[JAWS]

Commando is a tongue-in-cheek film.
Please, don't tell me that you came up with a movie term out of frustration of not understandin' Commando...
I can only take so much whathefokkery!

I can still watch it for it's nostalgic cheese. As a kid I did take it for what it was... I thought it was funny and the action was great...

But guess what.. It not very funny and the action pretty bad... As a young teen I did not notice it but the more I watched it it just kept getting worse.. Hence "The Commando Effect"

It is lower tier Arnold action for sure.. Right there with Conan the Destroyer and Red Sonja

Gremlins is had to sit thru now. So is Twilight Zone the movie. But so is Poltergeist, even though it has some great character bits. And I haven't been able to sit and watch E.T. since the 90's. And I really liked these movies when they first appeared. So even classics grow tiresome. Like Titanic. I imagine 15 years from now there will be many -- many -- of the Marvel films that I will no longer be able to sit though. It quite sure Thor 3 will be one of them, like GOTG2.

No NO NO NO!!!!! Poltergeist is still great... You need to take that back right now!!!

ET is still good.. Music itself makes the film watchable.

ET was never a good movie. The puppets were crap.
But it gave us frustrated Steven Spielberg who went straight to SWS for JP.

Titanic is your typical romance melodrama, just peppered with awesome cinematography and music.

Titanic is Below average Romance melodrama... With typical Cameron Blue photography and typical Horner music

Never liked it.

Give me ET any day over Anything Titanic has to offer... Music is far better in ET.. John Williams wipess his ass with Horner's sheet music.

Seriously though.. I once thought ET lost something... But I returned to it recently and found it enjoyable.. The "Bad Puppets" are part of the charm and ET is more alive then most fantasy creatures in film.

Poltergeist?? ET???
What the hell is wrong with you people

 

[JAWS]

But I have noticed that Thor 3 is so good and memorable the thread has been taken by every other movie

 

[JAWS]

I thought Gremlins was the bomb upon release.

Was is the key word there.

I still like it.. I have just seen it too many times..

 

[JAWS]

Holy crap that’s perfect lol

Rid-d*** is about to get it from JAW-AWS.

Nah.. Riddick's inability to recognize a good or bad film is legendary in these threads

 

[Chakor]

I thought Gremlins was the bomb upon release.

Was is the key word there.

Okay then, name a better mischievous little creature feature. Go ahead, I'll wait.

 

[Sweet Rabbit]

I still like it.. I have just seen it too many times..

I try to watch it every year sometime in December

 

[RIDDICK]

It not very funny and the action pretty bad...
As a young teen I did not notice it but the more I watched it it just kept getting worse..
Hence "The Commando Effect"

It is funny because of how cartoony, ridiculous and cheesy it is and you can tell that was the intent.
It's a parody of the action movie genre and it self, cone on.

Seriously though.. I once thought ET lost something... But I returned to it recently and found it enjoyable.
The "Bad Puppets" are part of the charm and ET is more alive then most fantasy creatures in film.

I dunno, maybe that's just me as a fan of SWS speaking...
Every time someone mentions E.T. I just can't not think of how cool the alien could've been if Spilberg wasn't a *******.
I also hate child acting and the story creeps me out.
Meh.

John Williams wipess his ass with Horner's sheet music. lol

Ok, THAT is def a fanboy talk!
Horner is no worse than Williams.

Riddick's inability to recognize a good or bad film is legendary in these threads

 

[Khev]

But I have noticed that Thor 3 is so good and memorable the thread has been taken by every other movie

Six days after Ragnarok's release: "So how about dem 1984 Gremlins?" Lol

 

[Chakor]

Six days after Ragnarok's release: "So how about dem 1984 Gremlins?" Lol

Okay then, I'll get us back on topic...

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