Eric Quinn

The obsession people have with long runtimes here is genuinely perplexing. If anything, most films these days run too long and don't know how to utilize their runtimes effectively (NTTD being 2.75 hours is terrifying to me, especially since just about every other Bond film runs way too long). I don't know too much about Resident Evil, as a game or movie series, but I would assume a zombie movie doesn't need to last 2+ hours to get their point across.

NGL, bummed at the lack of the LMM songs. Really hope we hear some of it soon.

No Time to Die Greater Philadelphia Area Seat Report T-9 and Counting Sellouts Showings Seats Sold Total Seats Perct Sold TOTALS 0 75 825 14653 5.63% Total Shows Added Today: 7 Total Seats Added Today: 483 Total Seats Sold Today: 74 Comp 0.881x of F9 T-9 (6.26M) 0.348x of Black Widow T-9 (4.59M) 2.463x of The Suicide Squad T-9 (10.1M) 0.625x of Shang-Chi T-9 (5.5M)

The Many Saints of Newark Greater Philadelphia Area Seat Report T-3 and Counting Sellouts Showings Seats Sold Total Seats Perct Sold TOTALS 0 64 501 9304 5.38% Total Shows Added Today: 33 Total Seats Added Today: 4,805 Total Seats Sold Today: 124 Comp 0.924x of Cruella Thu+Fri Tuesday Before Release (7.12M) 0.497x of Conjuring 3 T-3 (4.88M) If there's one thing you can say about this weekend's openers, it's that theaters are starved for fresh new blood and getting rid of some dead weight. These show increases are pretty darn crazy.

Venom: Let There Be Carnage Greater Philadelphia Area Seat Report T-2 and Counting Sellouts Showings Seats Sold Total Seats Perct Sold TOTALS 0 139 2163 25956 8.33% Total Shows Added Today: 42 Total Seats Added Today: 5,913 Total Seats Sold Today: 404 Comp 1.116x of F9 T-2 (7.92M) 0.504x of Black Widow T-2 (6.66M) 2.409x of The Suicide Squad (9.87M) 0.823x of Shang-Chi T-2 (7.25M)

The Addams Family 2 Greater Philadelphia Area Seat Report T-2 and Counting Sellouts Showings Seats Sold Total Seats Perct Sold TOTALS 0 54 61 8288 0.74% Total Shows Added Today: 18 Total Seats Added Today: 2,568 Total Seats Sold Today: 20 Comp 0.341x of Boss Baby 2 T-2 (446K) 0.256x of Jungle Cruise T-2 (692K)

I spent four hours compiling this data.

I'm genuinely upset this has passed already. What I would give to get roasted by Venom.

I looked at the fall schedule this year on Wikipedia and it's a total graveyard for network TV. A bizarre combo of reality shows that have been airing episodes since I was a kid, sitcoms and cop shows that you assumed ended like 3 years ago, and spin-offs to said cop shows you assumed ended 3 years ago (There's an NCIS Hawaii now...). It's kind of embarrassing tbh

LOL wut

...there was Oscar hype?

Andy Serkis did say Venom 2 would be all about Eddie and Venom's relationship and that there would be a "coming out" scene between them.

Not to stray too far off-topic, but having seen Venom yesterday, the thing that makes this different and more appealing to Suicide Squad is that Venom has more...sincerity to it? It's not only way more exciting and invigorating, but Venom feels like a distinct relic of 2003, which gives it a quirky, oddly charming and nostalgic experience that makes it stand out from the rest of the current superhero climate. The film's a mess, but the Daredevil-style awkward early 2000s blockbuster aesthetic has an audience, ironic or otherwise, especially amongst the 20something Film Twitter vulgar auteurists and shitposters who grew up with these movies (I'm one of them). The movie has the integrity to keep that style and have fun with it. It makes perfect sense why people would be turned off by it, but it makes even more sense why there would be people who find it endearing. Suicide Squad meanwhile just feels like a bunch of old farts trying to cash in on Hot Topic like 5 years too late, while also trying to make a movie that's all demented and serious, and it just leads to a bunch of boring mush that appeals to nobody but the most manipulatable Hot Topic teens. And even then, the Harley Quinn hype amongst that demo died down a lot in five years. Teens' tastes change pretty rapidly. I don't think Venom's considered a classic, but I do think it garnered some appreciation for how weird it is, and the sequel promises a lot of that same awkward charm, so it makes perfect sense why the sequel seems to not be paying the price as it were.