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    Fuck you, 2020. And fuck cancer. This is the biggest heartbreaking sudden death in probably the history of Hollywood. Or at least modern history. On a cultural level this is much sadder than Heath Ledger, Anton Yelchin, or Paul Walker. I think this even trounces Phillip Seymour Hoffman. Boseman filming his Marvel work while undergoing treatment for Stage 3 cancer (on top of his other incredible work) makes Boseman one of the ultimate forever Hollywood legends. Rest In Peace, forever.

     

    5 minutes ago, Morieris said:

    This is the only time I think "How will Marvel continue?" is a reasonable question to ask right now. Black Panther and T'Challa means the world to so many, not only us black folk. Some people think stopping would be a sign of respect, but to take away a storyline of powerful blackness because the actor died?

     

    I'm not wanting to speak for the dead, but as the statement by his team said, "It was the honor of his career to bring King T’Challa to life in Black Panther.", and we shouldn't let that die with him.

     The show must go on, and will go on. After several years of mourning. I can’t imagine Boseman would have wanted this legacy of his to end with him.


    T’challa will not be recast though. Marvel should continue with the excellent cast and characters already assembled. Front and center should be Lupita Nyong’o and/or Winston Duke.


    The best way to honor the King is to continue the story of his country.

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    PAPA NOL∀N'S TENƎꓕ | August 26 internationally. September 2 "in select US cities" | 75% on RT after 228 reviews

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    2 hours ago, Plain Old Tele said:


    It feels (to me) that WB has played this whole thing terribly — with this movie at least. It seems clear that they’re trying to placate Nolan, and his weird attitude of trying to be cinema’s savior is just tone deaf. At an absolute minimum, it’s kind of a PR clusterfuck, WB has no one to blame but themselves, and their insistence at trying to claim otherwise just seems awkward. 

    It's not really a PR clusterfuck.

     

    I don't really think anyone outside the film aficionados and box-office watching communities care that much about the game of musical chairs that WB/Nolan are playing.

     

    There are much more pressing concerns at the moment.

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    The Flash | June 16 2023 | Ezra Miller, Michael Keaton | We’re stoping the count at a Nice 69% RT (it’s 72% For Real) | Please Remember that Your Enjoyment Of The Film is Not Based On Others Opinions And To Be Nice To Each Other

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    I love the idea of Keaton returning once, as a novelty, in The Flash, which can play with the multiverse.

     

    Not so excited about Keaton sticking around.... Let's not run the great memories of Tim Burton's films into the ground.

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    PAPA NOL∀N'S TENƎꓕ | August 26 internationally. September 2 "in select US cities" | 75% on RT after 228 reviews

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    3 hours ago, Frozen said:

     

    A lot of people won’t get in to see it opening weekend with limited seating. We are going to have to start looking at opening week from now on. 

    I don't think capacity will be an issue. What else will theaters be showing? They can give as many theater rooms as needed to Tenet (assuming the demand is there) to offset the distancing in each individual theater.

     

    4 hours ago, DAJK said:

    I honestly doubt this would open much higher than 40-50M no matter when it opens. Pre-pandemic, it screamed Interstellar to me box office wise. 

    Putting aside this lackluster second trailer, I thought going into the pandemic that this would open confidently in the $60m range.

     

    Both Dunkirk and Interstellar opened with approximately $50m and ended with aprox. $190m domestic. Amazingly consistent. Both were strong overseas, Interstellar more so by $100m. Nolan is a self sustaining brand at this point.

     

    Personally, I saw Tenet as a project with higher box office potential than Interstellar (marketed as a mysterious existential drama focused on Matthew McConaughey & his family, and oh yeah there's space) and Dunkirk (the fact it's the highest earning WW2 film of all time says a lot about how Nolan maxes the potential of any project).

     

    Now, I don't think Tenet was ever going to match Inception (in terms of legs, not OW. Inception was very leggy), not with what we've seen so far. This film lacks Inception's star power,  truly unique mind-bending visuals, and unique sci-fi concept. However, being a modern day, Earth-set espionage blockbuster, with a time-travel angle, from Chris Nolan? Conceptually, that clears the openings of Interstellar and Dunkirk. I would have felt confident in predicting $60m. Now, I'd say just about half that.

     

    If theaters are able to ensure a clean, healthy, socially distanced environment (which is a big damn IF, one that chains have about a month and a half to figure out), Tenet seems like the perfect film to get the ball rolling again. Slowly.

    PAPA NOL∀N'S TENƎꓕ | August 26 internationally. September 2 "in select US cities" | 75% on RT after 228 reviews

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    I'm underwhelmed. Played like a second teaser, instead of a real trailer. Even repeated many of the same lines and shots from the teaser. However, the trailer's biggest sin is that it failed to explain any of the film's characters. Inception was sold as a sci-fi action epic, but also sold on Leo's character. Here, I have no idea what the character motivations are. Nolan trailers are generally very good at honing in on the core emotional struggle. But not this trailer. Only bit of characterization that stuck out were Pattinson's mannerisms at the end.

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