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Deadpool 3 is going to be very interesting. I foresee a scenario where it attempts to over-integrate itself into the established MCU, which backfires by turning off the fans who enjoyed Deadpool for being it's own entity.

Aaaannndddd... we RAHTEN

Well, more critics reviewing also opens the possibility of higher RTs, due to RT's influx of geek bloggers and YouTubers being given equal weight as traditional critics.

Regarding CinemaScore, it's a noteworthy difference.

Seconding this. IW I'm pretty sure was fluctuating around 84-86 during the OW.

Any reviews (not social media reactions) you can share along these lines?

Technically last year had 3 movies, 3 shows, and 2 "special presentations", so 8. This year currently scheduled has 3 movies, and 6 seasons of shows per Wikipedia. So 9

RT has taken down the live % lol, just before it hit rotten as that last pic showed it at 62%

Feige's first status update to the new Disney CEO This is most likely going to end up Marvel's worst reviewed film (regardless of if it should be or not). Can't say I'm surprised... Who is this film for? The first two Ant-Man films were kind of counter-programming within the Marvel cannon, a sub-series designed for people not interested in massive CGI festivals. Well, that's the route they went with this film, leaving it tonally disconnected from it's predecessors, and entirely focused on setting up two more years of storytelling at a moment where Marvel Studios is probably at it's weakest with both its core fans and general audiences in a decade. I can't imagine it's a worse product than Thor 4. Still flabbergasted how that ended up "fresh".

Apparently, Leterrier re-wrote the script on the fly. Literally. https://variety.com/2023/film/news/fast-x-director-louis-leterrier-rewrote-script-flight-1235519413/ Also, is his mispelling in the thread title is one of those BOT in-jokes?

The first trailer was decent. This new one was terrible. Entirely devoid of the charm that made the first Shazam! a surprise treat. Now it looks like another overly dramatic grey-tinged cgi festival. I'm not saying I think it's going to be a bad movie (I'm staying hopeful) as much as I'm saying I think this marketing approach isn't the right take for this property. Unless it actually is reflective of the film, in which case... Ouch. Either way, I'd say right now I'm thinking $45m OW, $115m DOM, $300m WW. And those are respectable numbers (but not impressive enough to warrant Gunn's attention) if the $125m budget reported last summer by Rolling Stone holds up. Prior to this new trailer, I was thinking it would match the first film. Now, I don't see it. And if the rest of the marketing follows this approach, I'd go lower. I just don't see this being what fans of the first film wanted.

It's more like in the leadup to Wakanda Forever, and to a bit of a less extent after, his name was tossed around a lot. But there's been little official indication. I do think it could be between Coogler and Reed though. I believe Feige will go with an in-house option, and those are really the only two credible ones left to pick from. And I don't know how "in house" Coogler really is, whereas Peyton Reed is much more engrained across Disney.

A page from the Illumination playbook. Not surprised that they're gradually taking on the traits of their corporate sister studio.

I kinda feel like Marvel is setting up Peyton Reed to handle Secret Wars.

Woah, what's with ET catching strays for no reason.

I want a remastered Polar Express so badly. Zemeckis will always be an industry legend, one of the best and most influential to ever do it.

I never doubted WoW would have those Margot Robbie Barbie legs. I am surprised at others’ surprise though.

Top-5 unmade Star Wars films: 1: Lord/Miller's Solo 2: Trank's Boba Fett 3: Colin's Duel of the Fates 4: Whatever shitshow the GOT writers wanted to cook up 5: George Lucas' Sequel Trilogy

Audience hunger for such a movie may depend on the next half-year of geopolitics. Some people might just want to spend more time being a Barbie Girl in a Barbie World. But those people will be surprised when it's revealed that the secret of Barbie World is that it's a post-nuclear reality, ala Adventure Time.

My running theory is that everything that takes place after first nuclear test will be in black and white, everything else prior, with that moment being, in Nolan's view, the moment when the world forever changed. Just speculating. Either way, also surprised to learn there apparently was a different trailer released in non-Imax cinemas, and that's what they're going with for the official trailer. I saw the IMAX one, it's very different.

Bottom 5 space films: Cloverfield Paradox, Life, Passengers, Fast and Furious 9, Roland Emmerich.

The vibe I get from my various social circles over the past couple nights is that a decent chunk of people are waiting until they can see Avatar with their families over the holidays. Been a common thread in convos about holiday plans.

For any number of reasons that are irrelevant to the story that James Cameron wants to tell. I want to see James Cameron's story, despite it's varying quality.

What I’m saying is that there are philosophical questions about the difference between remotely piloting an alien clone, and being dead and having your consciousness just plugged into an alien clone. I feel The Way of Water very lightly touched on these themes. Very lightly. I would like to see this plot element we are talking about become central to whatever character journey James Cameron thought was worth bringing Quaritch back for all the sequels. I did feel fleeting moments in Way of Water with “Quaritch” where the seeds were being planted.

I liked it overall, but it definitely worked better in some parts than others. I think the more motion there was in a given shot, especially if the eyes are drawn to several different fast motions, compounded by a “camera” “moving” at it’s own pace and angle, then it was rough. And I didn’t like how the frame rate was switching shot-to-shot. Felt like a bunch of insert shots were lagging. Would have been better to make that a scene by scene decision and stick with one frame rate for a few minutes at a time. Also I’m curious if they experimented with ramping the frame rates up/down instead of just doing hard cuts.