nothing to do with any of this, the movie is just bad, it's that simple, just as ghostbusters LOL was a really bad movie, or if you like a movie with men, I can point you to mad max (the new version)....
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General / Off-Topic Captain Marvel Movie
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nothing to do with any of this, the movie is just bad, it's that simple, just as ghostbusters LOL was a really bad movie, or if you like a movie with men, I can point you to mad max (the new version)....
Its somehow still selling out though.
Well you say that but... I see many photos of empty seats and cinema managers reporting odd ghost sales
And even if it is selling well (it isn't in my home town), since when is that an accurate gauge of quality? The Twilight book series and Fifty Shades of Gray series accounted for 75% of total book sales globally not so long ago, and they're written with less talent than the back of a cereal box. The mass market consumers have no taste, which is why the entertainment industry as well as the game continually pump out the same low intellect high visual spectacle pap year after year; mix in some SJW crap now that that's all the rage for the progressive, guilt ridden wimps out there and you have a recipe for financial success. Still doesn't make it good.
Well you say that but... I see many photos of empty seats and cinema managers reporting odd ghost sales
After I checked the empty seat thing and found it was a big fib where I live I decided the pretend sales conspiracy was rubbish as well.
Interesting that you mention Twilight and Fifty Shades Of Grey, considering Fifty Shades Of Grey was originally Twilight fan fiction.
That's pretty much the selling point of superhero movies.
That's progress for you, you have to move with the times.
I refuse.
You should check out the evolution thread.
I refuse to do that, too.
The dinosaurs would be proud.
I very much enjoyed Captain Marvel, as did my two offspring. Thumbs up from me.
What was wrong with Fury Road?
I found it to be a confused narrative mess, with an overreliance on CGI for the genre.
Did you like it? Lots of people did, so opinions are as usual, a function of individuals.
By contrast, movies like the original Conan and Road Warrior are spare and clean, and can be understood without even any dialogue. ( Max and Conan had very very few lines, and up to today they are quotable. Preferably with the accents.) They were free of CGI because of the era, but that made them better.
If you're going to see a movie based mostly on spectacle, like these, that's how to make it.
I like Gemma Chan's Minn-Erva in CM, reminded me of Victoria Hey's warrior character in Road Warrior. So Furiosa was just fine by me in Fury Road, arguably the best thing about it.
Gotta say, I wasn't keen either.
A truck full of women went somewhere and then went back again.
*shrugs*
Well you say that but... I see many photos of empty seats and cinema managers reporting odd ghost sales
Yes, those are all over the net. They seem to be agenda driven.
However the new data say otherwise.
This is totally in line with previous estimates posted before, so no surprise here.
Think that Disney is spending hundreds of millions in countries all round the world just to prove trolls wrong? That's obviously nuts to me, but not to everybody. ( Especially the trolls who have a hilariously Thanosian sense of self importance, which is matched neither by their endowments above nor below the neck. )
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Nothing! It's the best action movie of that year, a sweet symphony of action and cinematography all built on a very simple plot. It is a diesel-punk haiku by the guy that invented the genre. An old school movie-maker showing the youngsters how it's done! Nineteen thumbs up from me.
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Still missed it this past weekend, but also missed Aquaman. I guess I'm already burnt out with the marvel MCU movies. I might be interested in the Dr. Strange sequel in phase 3 (and a good X-men integration film). And slightly maybe a Thor 4 if it goes with the Asgard city in Oklahoma storyline, but still sad they'd been turning the franchise from its mythical adventure roots into another GoTG comedy.
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So Captain Marvel looks to be on track to make ONE BILLION dollars. Tracking movies like this is quite new to me but with a second weekend drop of only 55% after a killer start, support by 'normies' seems to have staved off ther utter chagrin of 'proper fans', who seem to have waited to now to suddenly realise the MCU has always been a (very enjoyable) cheese fest.
Marvel might have come in under the radar though, to deliver something I haven't noticed since Dredd 2012. That is a leading female character who like Judge Anderson makes ZERO reference to ANY kind of (what SJW's would call a validating) love interest. If you think about it Wonder Woman fell for Steve Trevor, Leia had Han, Trinity had Neo, Black Widow can't help flirting with Banner, Selene & Michael (Underworld) and even Ripley got off with Charles Dance, doctor on Fury 161.
I think that's interesting territory (are there ANY others?? Hela in Ragnarok I suppose but she's a bad guy and not sure that counts). Anyway, here's the Movie Math .. that Maths! Grace, Maths!
[video=youtube;cX_M44PDERU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cX_M44PDERU[/video]
Marvel might have come in under the radar though, to deliver something I haven't noticed since Dredd 2012. That is a leading female character who like Judge Anderson makes ZERO reference to ANY kind of (what SJW's would call a validating) love interest. If you think about it Wonder Woman fell for Steve Trevor, Leia had Han, Trinity had Neo, Black Widow can't help flirting with Banner, Selene & Michael (Underworld) and even Ripley got off with Charles Dance, doctor on Fury 161.
I think that's interesting territory (are there ANY others?? Hela in Ragnarok I suppose but she's a bad guy and not sure that counts). Anyway, here's the Movie Math .. that Maths! Grace, Maths!
[video=youtube;cX_M44PDERU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cX_M44PDERU[/video]
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