The world building they did was crazy. It was one of the first comic book movies I left astounded by the crazy directions they could go in a sequel. What a fun movie.
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The world building they did was crazy. It was one of the first comic book movies I left astounded by the crazy directions they could go in a sequel. What a fun movie.
It's great but with how brisk the movie's pace is, it would've been nice to spend more time there and other sequences.
On the other hand, there's plenty left to explore in a sequel.
Yes, but unlikely. I don't think it will get there. 700M should be set, 850M is probably the best possible outcome.
But $1B imo, is not in the cards.
Performance in China is pretty nuts so depending on how it plays in America, it can get up there. Perhaps the highest grossing DCEU movie.
Justice League is gonna stay the lowest grossing DCEU movie lol
Justice League is gonna stay the lowest grossing DCEU movie lol
I think China and other regions will set it up for a definite chance of the billion.
Dependent on US, ofcourse.
It's a very spectacle driven movie and word of mouth will get people in seats.
They like explosions. They like simple stories. They like mermaids. Seems like an easy recipe for success.
Marketing has also been good unlike JL. SS didn't even get a theatrical release there.
JL was the best performing DCEU movie in China before Aquaman.
Suicide Squad simply wasn't allowed.
Blockbuster action films tend to do well as imports there. Aquaman is a fun, solid, blockbuster action film that looks like WB spent money on it.
Rewatching Spiderverse and reflecting on Aquaman, I'm pretty comfortable having a rank of superhero movies this year. I'd go,
Spiderverse > BP >>> Aquaman = Infinity War >>>>>>> Deadpool 2 > Venom > Ant-Man and Wasp
Spiderverse > BP >>> Aquaman = Infinity War >>>>>>> Deadpool 2 > Venom > Ant-Man and Wasp
But it's Aquaman. Why is it obliterating shit like Transformers, Fast and Furious and god knows what else? It's bonkers.
Don't think about it as destroying, and more that there's a general growth in the China is regards to certain foreign films. You'll see the upper end get stronger in 2017 and 2018.
Aquaman estimates for a take in China are a total of $250 million. Which is still under Avengers: Infinity War, Venom, and Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom. (Fate of the Furious, which did $392 million in China last year.) Aquaman is doing great, but it slots in quite well with the types of Hollywood films that China takes to.
Again, the world was just waiting for good, enjoyable DCEU films. Imagine 5+ years from now when WB delivers their next Justice League-style team up.
I think we're pretty similar
SpiderVerse
Teen Titans Go To the Movies
Black Panther
Aquaman = Infinity War
Venom
Deadpool 2
Antman and The Wasp
I really liked Killmonger until his "we'll kill everyone and their children" monologue. The last third really dragged, was rewatching it on TV earlier.
Aquaman really has a brilliant final third, it makes the Wakanda battle in IW look small time. It's nuts.
Aquaman really has a brilliant final third, it makes the Wakanda battle in IW look small time. It's nuts.
It's pretty funny how Man of Steel and Aquaman feel like the stakes and scale are several hundred times bigger than Justice League.
Still need to see Teen Titans Go. I heard all good things. And apparently some very dark humor for a PG movie.
Speaking of PG, the Shazam trailer ahead of Spiderverse took out the pee joke and changed the robbery to remove the gun shots and "you're dead."
Still need to see Teen Titans Go. I heard all good things. And apparently some very dark humor for a PG movie.
Speaking of PG, the Shazam trailer ahead of Spiderverse took out the pee joke and changed the robbery to remove the gun shots and "you're dead."
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Because ultimately they are.
Like the stakes of Suicide Squad feels bigger than Justice League because the threat in JL is never really explained well to the audience nor is it as immediate when it begins
It's just kind of... don't let these cubes connect.
Should have had it open up a portal or something with Parademons swarming in with them trying to stop the cubes or something.
The Justice League we got was such a rush job trying to patch whatever Snyder was doing. As far as I know Steppenwolf was never meant to be their main villain.
Anyway, it feels like going forward they're just not gonna mention the Snyder events in the future movies and do a soft reset with the origin/standalone stories for now.
Anyway, it feels like going forward they're just not gonna mention the Snyder events in the future movies and do a soft reset with the origin/standalone stories for now.
Still funny how if you were the average person living in that world, you probably had no clue about Parademons or Steppenwolf. Not even random lame Russian family knew of Steppenwolf.
I was surprised to hear Mera mention Steppenwolf at all. Where'd she learn his name?
Steppenwolf and the JL aftermath are directly mentioned in Aquaman so it seems they're not rebooting.
There is a brief mention in Aquaman.
I felt Justice league kinda left the universe in a good place, story wise.
Lex is gathering the LoD, Aquaman went to discover himself, Flash became a more confident hero, Superman and Batman were both more optimistic.
Death of Superman was the only major story used. I'm kinda okay with that.
It seems to be in a good spot now. If they manage to actually sort something out for Superman there's a chance Cavill will return. Although Affleck won't feature in Reeves trilogy he may in present day movies (according to rumours).
Aquaman being a success could show the general audience isn't 100% repulsed to Snyder's vision. Justice League just did poorly as it was a crap mishmash of two conflicting visions.
MHWilliams is correct when he says the ceiling for DC properties is very high, if done right. As we can see with Aquaman's China performance.
Entire soundtrack sounds like Blade Runner. Works incredibly well with Atlantis and everything in the movie. It's so distinctly different from WW that I think I get what DC is doing. Each JL member has their own unique sound and flavor.
She did do battle with him in Justice League
So if she was guarding the Mother Box must know of its lore
Seriously. There's like 100+ reviews left anyway. Probably will stay in the 70s so no problem here.
The Pitbull song stuck out like a sore thumb.
Overall the score was great. Manta's theme and Arthur's theme both suited each character.
The beach locations in this movie are stunning. Especially where Vulko trains Arthur.
Both of you are correct. I agree.
Teen Titans Go, Incredibles 2 and Aquaman top the list this year for me.
I'm a big fan of Aquaman's theme. It's, for a lack of better words, badass.
That seems to go along with the "Batman has been missing for years" angle that Birds of Prey is supposedly going with
So how far off is BoP set then I wonder?
If the first Batman film is a prequel, cool. But I hope the next two are current.
I think we're a ways off from seeing the "current" Batman again. Maybe not eight years like between X-Men 3 and X-Men Days of Futures Past. But who knows.
Neither here nor there,
Neither here nor there,
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Of the superhero movies I've seen this year
Black Panther > Teen Titans > Infinity War
Didn't care about Deadpool, Ant-Man, or Venom. I expect to enjoy Spider-Man and Aquaman.
Korey: Matinee
Martin: Matinee/Rental
They're not big on CG heavy movies and I doubt they'd overlook the script problems everyone is talking about.
Black Panther > Teen Titans > Infinity War
Didn't care about Deadpool, Ant-Man, or Venom. I expect to enjoy Spider-Man and Aquaman.
If I had to guess just based on reviews and what little I've seen
Korey: Matinee
Martin: Matinee/Rental
They're not big on CG heavy movies and I doubt they'd overlook the script problems everyone is talking about.
Superman isn't going to be in anything in the next 5 years. The Supes is dead. Bury it.
I just watched Aquaman (not expecting much)and it was awesome! full of cool looking locations(the visuals are a high point), fun characters ,a fitting sountrack , the story is simple ,(kinda like a videogame) but it works. it was just a fun movie and ran with it.
Favorite DCEU movie so far if the others were like Aquaman i wouldn't have any problem with the movie universe.
Favorite DCEU movie so far if the others were like Aquaman i wouldn't have any problem with the movie universe.
Cavill and Superman are all that I want.
As for ranking the super hero movies this year without seeing aquaman.
Spider-Man > Deadpool 2 > infinity wars > black panther > venom > flaming garbage > ant man and the wasp.
Spider-Man is easily the best movie
Avengers was cool for the sheer spectacle. Honestly I enjoyed basically everything that wasn't ant man 2.
Black panther and venom are about equal for me because venom was trippy and fun throughout but black panther fell off so hard in the 3rd act.
As for ranking the super hero movies this year without seeing aquaman.
Spider-Man > Deadpool 2 > infinity wars > black panther > venom > flaming garbage > ant man and the wasp.
Spider-Man is easily the best movie
Avengers was cool for the sheer spectacle. Honestly I enjoyed basically everything that wasn't ant man 2.
Black panther and venom are about equal for me because venom was trippy and fun throughout but black panther fell off so hard in the 3rd act.
WW and Aquaman will be the foundation going forward so you should be good.
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