Considering there were even threads made how Aquaman needed to move dates because of the stacked competition in December (Poppins wassup?), nope. DC made a movie audiences loved, simple as that.
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Aquaman passes The Dark Knight Rises to become highes Box Office in DC history WW. $1.09B
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Considering there were even threads made how Aquaman needed to move dates because of the stacked competition in December (Poppins wassup?), nope. DC made a movie audiences loved, simple as that.
I think Batman might not benefit too much from the rise of super hero movies if DC can't manage to push a well received more sci-fi or fantasy take on the character and his villains. A grounded Batman is inherently limited action-wise compared to other super hero blockbusters and wouldn't benefit as much from the modern cg. Of course, Batman is already a very big brand, so maybe it doesn't need to grow.
You called them very mediocre though, which they're not. They're competently made films that clearly did something right else they wouldn't have made a billion. JL's failure, an actual very mediocre film, shows that audiences have no time to put up with DC's bullshit.
"It goes well" lmao Are...are you threatening me or something lol calm down
That's insane. I have no qualms against the movie, but it can't JUST be from the pull of the Aquaman character alone/mythos, can it? I imagine James Wan was an enormous name for international audiences after Furious 7.
Just stop dude. Are you trying to say that movie is successful because of breasts? You look like you're just trying to start a controversy here
i mean epic fucking battles with people riding on sharks and krakens and shit, Atlantis is a setting people had never seen before on that scale. i think that's what butting the butts in seats.
I wish I could go back in time and tell my 10-years-younger self some of these facts.
"Yes, Justice League is going to be a colossal disappointment that'll be outgrossed by a wacky third Thor movie."
"What?!"
"Don't worry.... AQUAMAN is going to save DC movies and become their biggest hit ever."
"Yes, Justice League is going to be a colossal disappointment that'll be outgrossed by a wacky third Thor movie."
"What?!"
"Don't worry.... AQUAMAN is going to save DC movies and become their biggest hit ever."
Poor logic. I guess Transformers: Age of Extinction is a a competently made film that did something right since it made a billion.
No, JL is a terrible film that, much like BvS, fails on almost every level of film making. I don't know why you've decided to argue with me over something as silly as this. JL is terrible, Aquaman is mediocre, Wonder Woman is great. (I have a feeling Shazam will also be great.)
... How in the world would I be threatening you? I have zero idea how you took it that way.
I'm not replying to you again here. PM me if you want to keep arguing. Otherwise, please stop trying to pick fights with me over nonsense.
Maybe, but to the point where it surpasses three of the most iconic superheroes of all time? I didn't know audiences were that thirsty for... water.
I honestly think Shazam could also outgross Justice League.
The success of Aquaman and potentially Shazam will only show how much potential was left on the table with Justice League.
I don't think it's nonsense to point of the hypocrisy, considering your posting habits, of literally coming into a thread celebrating Aquaman's success with off-topic fanboy shit. But ok you do you mate.
we are living in the wackiest timeline *shrug*
The studios must have upped their game at marketing. To see middling films like this or venom doing so well at the box office, or a film like black panther riding a "right on" wave and doing much better then you would expect (taking into account the prior popularity of the character).
I sense salt.
The only outlier was Wonder Woman and that's understandable. But Aquaman will pass BvS which is the second biggest DC movie domestically, I don't think it'd be qualified as unremarkable. China is only 300m, the wrest of the world will account for nearly 500m soon.
These tears about other markets around the world watching our movies is fucking childish. You don't own them. The studios do and they can sell them wherever people are that want to watch them when you obviously do not.
WW is the definition of mediocre. Chris Pine saves that movie. The action scenes are incredibly weak and laughably bad as far as concept (Wonder Woman tanking a gattling fun with her tiny shield and the final fight both terrible)
I loved No Man's Land (also because of the amazing OST) *shrug* And do you hold Captain America's "tiny shield" to the same standard? Don't see a difference between the two. (Not wanting to pick any Marvel vs. DC fights, just seems like a weird nitpick to me)
I also don't get the people calling Aquaman's action mediocre. WTF. The final battle was NUTS and everything else was really well choreographed as well I felt (also thanks to the awesome camerawork and CGI combo).
What a fun ride Aquaman was.
I dunno. I look at it in the same way I do Black Panther -- a great movie with lackluster final fight. Yes, I put BP above Wonder Woman as a whole but I still thought WW was awesome.
Like Justice League didn't come out that long ago but it looks so much worse than Aquaman. Aquaman's CG is on a whole new level.
I fucking loved Aquaman. I wish any of the other DC movies could have been half as fun, aside from Wonder Woman which was mostly perfect.
I fucking loved Aquaman. I wish any of the other DC movies could have been half as fun, aside from Wonder Woman which was mostly perfect.
You don't hit a billion if you're movie isn't enjoyable. Good marketing or not.
It is.
Nothing stellar about the script or acting, but the visuals are far above 'mediocre', the action scenes are far above mediocre, and it's one of the only superhero films where the third act is actually better than the rest of the film, which makes it pretty unique.
If you want to say it's not amazing, not Earth shattering, not mind blowing, not game changing, not a once in a lifetime experience. That it isn't a best picture contender. That it won't set the medium, or even the genre on fire? All absolutely true.
But it's well above 'very mediocre',
Aquaman does what it set out to do better than TDKR imo, I don't hate Roses but I'm baffled anyone would rank it as one of the best superhero films ever. Would be nowhere near my top 10 list
No way. I thought Aquaman was lame as hell. Rises had problems but Aquaman was middling.
Remember JL was almost entirely reshot at the last minute by one of the worst visual directors in the business, so it's not quite an even comparison
Wan and his team did incredible work with the VFX and cinematography. Definitely one of the best looking comic flicks
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Happy that Aquaman gets to shine in some form, I'm surprised TDKR had held the record for so long though
I really enjoyed Aquaman. Yes it was fairly basic, but it had some awesome action scenes and top tier custome design and cgi. Seeing Atlantis on the big screen was great and that final fight/war was worth the admission alone. I thought most of the actors delivered even though the script and dialogue was rather weak. Probably the worst part of the movie.
My favorite and least favorite part was Black Manta. I'm a huge fan of the character and the design was perfect. Sometimes i wish they wouldn't spoil things in trailers, because it would have been so cool to realize that he is Manta and seeing him first time in the cinema.
But my god was he awful outside his costume. Generic storyline, shitty dialogue and bad acting. On top of that it was just weird how he made the suit himself from Atlantean technology and then suddenly became Black Manta. But he just stuck out like a sore thumb because every other actor could at least "act their way out" of the mediocre script.
Not gonna lie. I wouldn't mind a recast of the character when we see him again. Probably in the Aquaman sequel, Legion of Doom or something like that.
My favorite and least favorite part was Black Manta. I'm a huge fan of the character and the design was perfect. Sometimes i wish they wouldn't spoil things in trailers, because it would have been so cool to realize that he is Manta and seeing him first time in the cinema.
But my god was he awful outside his costume. Generic storyline, shitty dialogue and bad acting. On top of that it was just weird how he made the suit himself from Atlantean technology and then suddenly became Black Manta. But he just stuck out like a sore thumb because every other actor could at least "act their way out" of the mediocre script.
Not gonna lie. I wouldn't mind a recast of the character when we see him again. Probably in the Aquaman sequel, Legion of Doom or something like that.
