Eric the Marxist

Quorum Updates The Forge T-22: 16.44% Awareness, 40.64% Interest Flight Risk T-78: 26.86% Awareness, 47.44% Interest Wicked T-113: 43.08% Awareness, 48.7% Interest Harold and the Purple Crayon T-1: 31.28% Awareness, 36.56% Interest Final Awareness: 40% chance of 10M Animation/Family Awareness: 33% chance of 20M Final Interest: 22% chance of 10M Animation/Family Interest: 50% chance of 20M Trap T-1: 37.17% Awareness, 54.28% Interest Final Awareness: 40% chance of 10M, 6% chance of 20M Horror Awareness: 44% chance of 10M, 6% chance of 20M Final Interest: 94% chance of 10M, 81% chance of 20M Horror Interest: 100% chance of 10M, 71% chance of 20M Borderlands T-8: 39.38% Awareness, 46.5% Interest Final Awareness: 40% chance of 10M Medium Awareness: 67% chance of 10M Final Interest: 48% chance of 10M Medium Interest: 55% chance of 10M Cuckoo T-8: 21.24% Awareness, 44.66% Interest Final Awareness: 19% chance of 10M Horror Interest: 37% chance of 10M Final Interest: 48% chance of 10M Horror Interest: 45% chance of 10M It Ends with Us T-8: 29.2% Awareness, 44.61% Interest Final Awareness: 19% chance of 10M, 2% chance of 20M Low Awareness: 14% chance of 10M Final Interest: 48% chance of 10M, 18% chance of 20M Low Interest: 34% chance of 10M, 2% chance of 20M The Front Room T-36: 21.44% Awareness, 41.14% Interest T-30 Awareness: 53% chance of 10M Horror Awareness: 61% chance of 10M T-30 Interest: 59% chance of 10M Horror Interest: 67% chance of 10M White Bird T-64: 14.28% Awareness, 38.8% Interest T-60 Awareness: 43% chance of 10M Low Awareness: 23% chance of 10M T-60 Interest: 35% chance of 10M Low Interest: 19% chance of 10M

Don’t know if this is just me playing Devil’s advocate, but Furiosa also had great presales before stumbling at the endgame. Alien is of course a far bigger franchise and has a bigger fandom, but it’s also a niche sci-fi 80s franchise from a very fan-driven franchise. And while Furiosa was fresh off Fury Road, Alien hasn’t had a huge crowd pleasing hit since Aliens. And that movie is how old now? I hope for the best of course. It looks good! I’m excited for it. Just feel it’s important to bring that up with some of the 60+ predictions I’m seeing.

I saw it in theaters myself. Was actually taken aback at first why everybody hated it, because I loved how dynamite and thrilling and inventive the first act was...then we got to act two, and it all made sense. When your big joke is "a sandwich with meat on the top and bread in the middle whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa", I gotta wonder how much time they actually had with this stupid movie.

Look, even if Moana 2 is bad, and I am frankly more confident on it than most are, at least quality-wise, BvS legs for an animated movie is simply unheard of. Let alone for a movie that will have both Thanksgiving and Christmas to help support it. I just think getting to 600M is a ludicrous leap, and I hope we aren't fooling ourselves into thinking a more modest jump of 360M or something is a bad gross.

I mean...I doubt that lol

Not sure where the 600M for Moana 2 is coming from tbh. Like I know it's huge on streaming and stuff, but if Frozen 2 can't do it, I can't imagine Moana 2 going that high.

This movie took me back to my middle school days, when Daniel Tosh and The Hangover were considered the funniest shit to all my guy friends, and "that's so gay" was a common phrase...not a compliment!

Oh I already got like 5 different rants up and ready for the end of the year. Y'all are gonna love it!

Oh I'm gonna complain about that until the cows come home...or at least people bother to see more than just NTCs over and over and over and over and over again.

Quorum Updates The Crow T-23: 34.15% Awareness, 45.69% Interest Terrifer 3 T-72: 23.55% Awareness, 38.86% Interest Harold and the Purple Crayon T-2: 29.88% Awareness, 36.87% Interest Final Awareness: 19% chance of 10M Animation/Family Awareness: 0% chance of 10M Final Interest: 22% chance of 10M Animation/Family Interest: 50% chance of 20M Trap T-2: 35.32% Awareness, 52.69% Interest Final Awareness: 40% chance of 10M, 6% chance of 20M Horror Awareness: 44% chance of 10M, 6% chance of 20M Final Interest: 94% chance of 10M, 81% chance of 20M Horror Interest: 100% chance of 10M, 71% chance of 20M 1992 T-30: 20.8% Awareness, 43.49% Interest T-30 Awareness: 53% chance of 10M Low Awareness: 38% chance of 10M T-30 Interest: 59% chance of 10M Low Interest: 29% chance of 10M Afraid T-30: 17.64% Awareness, 42.83% Interest T-30 Awareness: 16% chance of 10M Horror Awareness: 18% chance of 10M T-30 Interest: 59% chance of 10M Horror Interest: 67% chance of 10M Beetlejuice Beetlejuice T-37: 62.86% Awareness, 63.86% Interest T-30 Awareness: 100% chance of 50M, 86% chance of 90M, 71% chance of 100M Tentpole Awareness: 100% chance of 50M, 67% chance of 100M T-30 Interest: 100% chance of 50M, 86% chance of 70M, 71% chance of 100M Tentpole Interest: 100% chance of 100M Megalopolis T-58: 17.72% Awareness, 40.5% Interest T-60 Awareness: 29% chance of 10M Medium Awareness: 40% chance of 10M T-60 Interest: 61% chance of 10M Medium Interest: 68% chance of 10M The Wild Robot T-58: 22.69% Awareness, 38.04% Interest T-60 Awareness: 60% chance of 10M, 31% chance of 20M, 13% chance of 30M Animation/Family Awareness: 75% chance of 10M, 37% chance of 20M, 12% chance of 30M T-60 Interest: 35% chance of 10M, 8% chance of 20M, 4% chance of 30M Animation/Family Interest: 40% chance of 10M, 20% chance of 30M Joker: Folie a Deux T-65: 56.83% Awareness, 61.33% Interest T-60 Awareness: 87% chance of 50M, 69% chance of 60M, 62% chance of 70M, 56% chance of 90M, 50% chance of 100M Tentpole Awareness: 100% chance of 50M, 67% chance of 60M, 33% chance of 100M T-60 Interest: 100% chance of 100M Tentpole Interest: 100% chance of 100M

Some dude on Reddit that HummingLemon fetishizes as some all-knowing box office master. He’s been doing this quite a lot ever since he started posting here and it’s gotten pretty darn old and tired if you ask me…

This tweet sold me more than any of the ads tbh

Twisters isn't playing in 4DX at my theater

Quorum Updates Alien: Romulus T-18: 39.45% Awareness, 47.54% Interest Blink Twice T-25: 21.9% Awareness, 41.47% Interest Piece by Piece T-74: 14.86% Awareness, 30.51% Interest Gladiator 2 T-116: 39.17% Awareness, 47.33% Interest Nosferatu T-149: 17.93% Awareness, 37.96% Interest Harold and the Purple Crayon T-4: 28.29% Awareness, 35.79% Interest Final Awareness: 19% chance of 10M Animation/Family Awareness: 0% chance of 10M Final Interest: 22% chance of 10M Animation/Family Interest: 50% chance of 20M Trap T-4: 35.13% Awareness, 53.42% Interest Final Awareness: 40% chance of 10M, 6% chance of 20M Horror Awareness: 44% chance of 10M, 6% chance of 20M Final Interest: 94% chance of 10M, 81% chance of 20M Horror Interest: 100% chance of 10M, 71% chance of 20M Borderlands T-11: 40.54% Awareness, 46.44% Interest Final Awareness: 78% chance of 10M, 48% chance of 20M, 26% chance of 30M Medium Awareness: 77% chance of 10M, 54% chance of 20M, 38% chance of 30M Final Interest: 48% chance of 10M, 18% chance of 20M, 9% chance of 30M Medium Interest: 55% chance of 10M, 22% chance of 20M, 17% chance of 30M Cuckoo T-11: 19.74% Awareness, 43.66% Interest Final Awareness: 0% chance of 10M Horror Interest: 0% chance of 10M Final Interest: 48% chance of 10M Horror Interest: 45% chance of 10M It Ends with Us T-11: 27.2% Awareness, 42.22% Interest Final Awareness: 19% chance of 10M, 2% chance of 20M Low Awareness: 14% chance of 10M Final Interest: 48% chance of 10M, 18% chance of 20M Low Interest: 34% chance of 10M, 2% chance of 20M

I’m not even a PLF guy and I’m itching to rewatch Twisters in this format. Haven’t seen something hyped this much for 4DX…ever. And last time I’ve seen the hype for a PLF movie period was probably Gravity. There have been other “see this on IMAX” movies of course, but nothing to this degree.

Yes. 🤪

Just because theaters are in a precarious financial situation doesn't mean we can't be critical about what is popular or what is "keeping them afloat". Although really, in the latter case, the idea that Marvel movies being the only thing that is "saving theaters" is not only untrue, but even if it were true, is a very toxic, objectively bad thing to call out. Like...one movie series keeping an entire industry alive is a horrible thing, but a lot of Marvel fans don't seem to care, at least from my perspective. And really, if anything, it's good to be critical of stuff largely regarded as "popular" or "well-liked" to give new perspectives, even if said criticisms can be hyperbolic. These are just corporate products at the end of the day And that also implies to well-loved art films or what people consider "true cinema". They are corporate products too, so I'm not playing sides here. Plus, if I'm going to be frank, as somebody who feels like I have to walk on eggshells whenever I say anything negative about Marvel in particular, if people were saying the same things about Transformers movies or Jurassic movies or, heaven forbid, DC movies, would you, and some of the other same folks here leap to their defense? Because while Marvel is a big target, it's not the only one, and I don't see anywhere near the same defenses for those franchises when they get targeted. Which I see here and on other social media sites. Like I think both Jurassic World and Deadpool 3 are some of the worst movies to come out in the last few years, but I feel I can dog on Jurassic World all I want and say it's an affront to cinema with nobody caring, but Deadpool is something I feel I got to treat with kid gloves, because saying it's an abomination will have people thinking I am out to get a poor, innocent $30 billion enterprise or that I'm some hater who is jealous of Feige. I don't think that's very fair.

The mid-credits montage is also one of the most despicable things I've ever seen. "Oh, farewell to such an incredible iconic movie studio and era for Marvel...an era that was destroyed because they were bought out by an evil capitalist superpower and corproate monopoly bullshit. In this movie from the studio that did that corporate monopoly bullshit". Give me a break with that garbage.

This felt like that one scene from Clockwork Orange, only I’m being forced to watch 2005-era Spike TV with Kevin Feige next to me, jingling keys in front of my face going “look! It’s that thing from 20 years ago! Remember that thing from 20 years ago?” The fact a 2024 blockbuster is doing gay panic jokes that even a Todd Phillips comedy would say is too lowbrow is depressing stuff. They should have just stopped after Endgame.

Very terrified at these Dreamworks animators trying to recreate Shrek memes. Corporations can’t capture the horrors of shitposters.