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If this was Wambsgans & Wolverine I’d be on the $200m OW train tbh

I mean, it looks disposable but after the sheer dreck of strange/thor and i’m assuming ant man/marvels/secret invasion, that might be seen as a god-send. Feels like Wonder Woman coming off the heels of one of the worst blockbusters ever made in suicide squad, where simple competency will go a long way with people imo. At the very least this doesn’t actively look like a chore

We need a Troy re-release next 🙏🙏🙏

Significantly better trailer. Looks like it could be really dumb fun as a road trip movie, just hope they don’t do any multiverse cameo tedium. Weird to see an MCU trailer that doesn’t put me to sleep after the last few misses, but I could see this one being… good?

Outside of DOFP & Logan, I feel like they didn’t have much real staying power as movies ngl

Honestly the Barrera firing seems even wilder given the kind of developments that happened since then. Hopefully her career’s not really affected too much (if at all) since she’s been solid in everything I’ve seen her in so far

Abigail was a lot of fun, but I’m also a pretty easy mark for Vampire stuff. Not as good as Ready or Not, but exponentially better than the last 2 Screams. Radio Silence have a real nasty habit of their movies just kind of meandering around for a good while though

Holmes is so long ago that I almost forgot RDJ did anything but MCU stuff 2008-2019, but you’re def right - maybe the best example of a mega hit being a “sling-shot” that helps another movie with the same actor. As for Robbie, I think she helped Quinn more than Quinn helped her - TWOWS feels like one of the definitive American movies of the century, and I think her having a big break there played a big role in her trajectory. Streaming is iffy imo. I know Extraction was big, but how much of it had to do with it being the first big COVID streaming action film?

Lucy and Uncharted feel like the only movies that have ever actually benefitted from having a superhero lead actor, and I think a lot of that had to do with positioning; they clearly slingshotted off the momentum of the MCU being a culturally dominant force. Considering superhero movies are passé, the DCEU is dead and the fact that most people haven’t even seen Cavill’s Superman, I really don’t know what kind of pull anyone was expecting him to have here. I think this speaks more to Ritchie’s core fanbase being more inclined to stay at home to see The Gentlemen on Netflix than anything else edit: actually, add free guy to the list of superhero actor hits too; albeit another one which also benefitted to the “slingshot”

Ryan Reynolds and Taylor Swift? This thing’s gonna be Black Panther for white people

Yeah, but those This is Sparta Youtube poops went hard as a kid

Still insane that he has such a devoted fan base off the back of only having 2 watchable movies, and even then I’m probably being kinder to 300 given that I have childhood nostalgia for it

Not a true Dylan bio of there’s not a scene of him singing Hurricane

This sounds like a waste of resources, idk

The old RT ratings split between “all critics” and “top critics” almost feels obsolete now; it should be between “chronically online critics” and “print only critics”, since it almost feels like each group is carrying completely different baggage with them

I’d add Apes to that too; feel like ROTB feels like the obvious parable but for some reason it’s giving $35m OW vibes for me…. maybe I’ll be way off haha. Think Furiosa is probably most likely to bomb from these three, with Apes the least

I think Plemons exemplified a specific breed of bigotry that can only be read as distinctly American, and the photograph that develops in the credits feels like something right out of the Bush era too. It almost feels like Garland was using War Journalists as a proxy for a non-American view on what American life is like from a third party POV, since the characters we track never really show allegiances to anything beyond capturing the moment. The crossover between photography & film only strengthen that connection too

I loved Civil War; my GF absolutely hated it. FWIW I’ve only lived in America for the last 3 years while she’s been here for the last 10. Idk how much of that played a role in our differing outlooks on the movie, but I will concede that between this and Men, I’m starting to think that Garland struggles with writing women

Young Woman and the Sea? What’s next, For Whom the Door-Bell Tolls? Farewell to Hands?

This shit sounds crazy haha bring it on

Which famous DC character is Steve Coogan playing

Monkey Man was so fucking sick. So insanely propulsive, so rich in texture and steeped in culture. Patel can shoot the shit out of a great action scene, and I loved the little moments of levity sprinkled in between the beat downs. So happy I got to see this on a Dolby instead of my TV, regardless of box office haha

Nvm

My god, who cares hahaha

I mean, you don't have to.