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Wkd Box Office - 12•28-30•18 - Jan 4th update: Aquaman now the highest grossing DCEU film ever with $888M worldwide.
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Yeah kinda. But it's still part of the genre
But yeah it's certainly waaaaay different than almost any other super hero movie
For all of the numerous glaring faults of Lucas, he had some great sensibilities for fresh and/or interesting locales. A lot of the concept art from his ST treatment was more evocative. It seems like TFA->TLJ cribbed a lot from said treatment but normalized a lot of the locales and aesthetic.
I don't know if the INT market will let it come in over TLJ. It SHOULD be up DOM but INT could neutralize those gains. I wouldn't be surprised if it ends up flat/under or 1.4b. JJs marketing prowess may swing things though.
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Could you imagine if IX came in under a billion
They share the same writer so maybe
I don't know why people are arguing with you. It seems like the revisionism goes on with the Snyder thing mostly seems as a generous reinterpretation due to the tragedy of his daughter.
She passed months before we heard that Snyder was off the project, but most crucially that dailies and screenings for the film were putrid. 'Unwatchable' was a word that got reported. Now sure WB wasn't going to kick his ass out the door given everything, but it's a big stretch to say that there Snyder wasn't removed from the project, or he walked as both sides were unhappy and he no doubt would not want to compromise the scope.
He was 6 months into post allegedly showed an assembly cut and THEN Josh gets brought in to do significant last minute, extensive, rewrites and reshoots that dramatically alter the very same aspects of the film that were a part of the toxic response to BvS, and outright remove key plot points that were to be used as a lead in the the sequel that was cancelled. Retooling the movie as a one and done affair? I just don't see why people are getting weird about this. It's pretty clear what went down.
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Aquaman being the #1 movie multiple weeks in a row is the most hopeful sign I've seen that the world line is finally shifting back from the bad ending Trump one to a weird but funny one.
I highly doubt it
It'll definitely be a while before we get another JL
If Shazam blows up its possible he could replace Superman in the next JL. But there will be a Batman. The character is too universally known there isn't a direct replacement that makes since.
You can step away from a movie and not have it rewritten/reshot by the studio.
I should rewatch Unbreakable soon. I've only seen it once, years ago, but I remember thinking it was really bad, like parody bad.
Whedon's additions are really jarring because it's two very different filmmakers' sensibilities crammed together in one movie, and the last-minuteness of the reshoots meant post was super rushed. Also Affleck looks like shit.
Whedon's additions are really jarring because it's two very different filmmakers' sensibilities crammed together in one movie, and the last-minuteness of the reshoots meant post was super rushed. Also Affleck looks like shit.
Well, not this Batman and Superman at least
She just might have one of the best smiles in human history.
At worst, no Supes. But there's no way they don't put a Batman in the next one.
They won't be the center of the marketing but they'll be there
Reeves has pretty much made it clear he wants his Batman completely separate from any extended universe plans WB may or may not have, especially if the rumors are true about Reeves waiting to go way younger for Bruce this time
The only way I can see Batman ending up in another JL film is if they wait for Reeves to finish his take and then recast again
The only way I can see Batman ending up in another JL film is if they wait for Reeves to finish his take and then recast again
Reeves has said that his Batman movies will be Batman only films with no cameos from other JL members. Not that it won't be in the DCEU.
The "DCEU" was never really a thing. They don't even use that name internally; the closest we've to an official name for this universe is during WB's last Comic Con presentation when they introduced the DC portion as "The Worlds of DC."
It's clear they don't intend to do a big, multi-year story ala the MCU if they ever did. Just a bunch of mostly separate movies that take place in the same universe.
I am more than ok with that. That's how comics are most of the time anyway.
Even the marketing for Justice League tried to emphasize Wonder Woman more than Batman.
The only potential wrench in putting Superman "into the back" as it were is that if they still intend to do the Legion of Doom, that means Lex Luthor kinda needs to be there as the leader of that group.
That number on Aquaman seems rather uhm... fishy.
But what a splash?
It's weird how this and Venom are doing completely different than I expected. Like, a Fishman going for a billion, nobody would have believed that one until 2018.
But what a splash?
It's weird how this and Venom are doing completely different than I expected. Like, a Fishman going for a billion, nobody would have believed that one until 2018.
I said this YEARS ago. Tell a bunch of their best stories like Killing Joke, Red Sun, Darkest Knight as standalones with no baggage.
Hell, recast the leads each time too.
Bruce Willis as Batman for The Dark Knight Returns...
I saw Mortal Engines today.
Honestly, the more big-budget movies I see the more I appreciate the quality of the new Star Wars movies. So many of these movies have trash writing.
Honestly, the more big-budget movies I see the more I appreciate the quality of the new Star Wars movies. So many of these movies have trash writing.
The last director who got a good performance out of Bruce Willis was Reseteras arch nemesis Rian Johnson.
Looper top 10 sci fi this decade
Fine, so let Rian Johnson direct 'The Dark Knight Returns'.
Oh and cast Jon Hamm as Supes in that one.
They can do both. In the end, people just want to see good movies. You make one good one, people will go to the next. The need for a universe isn't a requirement, just a goal
The age of the self serious gritty comic book movie that felt like it was ashamed of itself is over and I couldn't be happier.
Too bad people hate Flash and Reverse flashes, so a Blitz animated movie would be ignored
If it performs like the previous trilogies, $1.6-1.7 billion is about right. But who knows?
Context is everything. Aquaman is the holiday blockbuster, much like Jumanji 2 got a nice run from being counter-programming to the sadder TLJ.
Terrible time for Red Son.
Superman: Secret Identity could be huge. You could even adapt elements from it for a "proper" Superman story. I'd be totally down for an Indian Lois, for example.
I don't think either would work. And I can't remember another comic that's fallen so far out of favor at TKJ (and I totally understand why).
Which reminds me, I need to re-read Blitz. That would be such a good fucking movie/cartoon/anything.
I wish Aquaman was a better movie. I would be over the moon with everything. I guess I can look forward to more badly written sequels of my fave character.
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