SLAM!

This is gonna be really fun!

@JJ-8 Your character was great fun! I'm sad to see you go! @BourneFan #1 I thought you were gonna win the show, to be honest! This is a huge shock!

That's a strange amount of typos... This team was the Toons, not the Robots...

I like the game developer Scott Cawthon a lot. I'm rooting for this one. Blumhouse is involved? That's an eyebrow raiser.

I don't think you should be that hard on yourself... You were at a big disadvantage! And you weren't that far away from the rest of the pack! Your team's seen your most successful scores, so I wouldn't give up hope just yet.

I think it is just two people...

The flash fight has an instant elimination consequence... oh, man... That'll be intense...

Huh...

That is true.

What I'm trying to say is, people are fine if they can stomach darker films and shows, but too much bleakness could be unhealthy. I am still going through personal consequences from being a Walking Dead fan since 2012. So what I'm saying is, if people want to enjoy those things in moderation like I do, that is fine, but they only have themselves to blame if they don't think the purest of thoughts. I call back to the rise in crime rates after the release of Grand Theft Auto V to support my case.

This is King Arthur we're talking about here. The story of King Arthur is a classic story, familiar to many. Camelot, The Knights of the Round Table, The Sword in the Stone, all of these things are referenced in many other works and many different places. With a budget like $102 million, I do not think this will flop.

I just don't want that to change, is all.

The Zookeeper's Wife did better than I thought it would do!

By no means am I saying dark movies are the only movies getting critical success. I'm just saying that dark movies shouldn't be hogging all of the true filmmaking talent and hogging all of the critical acclaim. I'm grateful for Lego Batman, but I want stuff like Nine Lives and Norm of the North to be written and made with the same care and creativity as Get Out and It. There's no reason why it shouldn't be the case. The Mummy is a reboot of the first three Mummy films, films which were accessible to everyone. Now, this reboot is devoid of humor according to the first teaser, and showcases a dark color palette and disturbing images (did you see the one girl's eye thing?!?!). Surely, the filmmakers didn't deviate from the source material so drastically for no reason at all, so if audiences want no part of such a downturn, then I'll be happy. These are all good things that really put me at ease... But I still don't want darkness to take over cinema as a whole. Thankfully, no many other people do either. Maybe this rant was unwarranted. But I do still stand for a proper balance. (I'm pretty young by the way. Not twenty yet.)

I'm not saying the industry isn't well-rounded. I'm saying it shouldn't stop being well rounded just because darkness sells well. The world's creative minds shouldn't feel forced to jump ship from wholehearted dramas, comedies, and family films, towards raunchy language-infused 'comedies' or psychological/paranormal horror concepts; these things are bad for the health of the filmgoer. I'm seeing the effects of this trend in the critics' review scores and box office numbers. What is the majority of wide-release films have begun to hoarde the accolades and garner the success? Horror like Get Out and It, R-rated superhero flicks like Deadpool and Logan (don't deny that these have had the highest score of all recent superhero films from 2015 to now), a plague of red-band 'comedies' such as Trainwreck and Sausage Party. Things used to be different. There used to be an even dispersion of quality between the lighter films and the darker films. And it's fine if these darker films are made, but lighter films need to offset the darker films. My bottom line is, I just don't want every great filmmaker caving in to what's easy and catering to the darkness that's currently being spoon-fed to people. The only thing that'll convince me that everything is fine is if The Mummy is a hardcore flop. And I'm sorry for ranting.

That's the kind of darkness that I feel like film as a whole is drifting towards, but it's wrong. People need to be more creative then to drive towards that stuff full throttle. Even this new It film has it's interpretations. And it's dragging multiple young children into it. This may be some people's cup of tea, but it isn't mine. The trailer does give off a vibe of quality, for better or for worse.

I'm surprised it's not doing stronger in Japan. China is understandable because of their relationship with Japan, though. And yeah, we don't need six films... I'd rather Lionsgate find something more interesting to make.

Guess that cinematic universe might not happen after all...

I'm worried for Lionsgate's Naruto film after this.

Movies are getting darker and darker, and audiences are buying into it, and it's scaring me...

*checks calendar*

I've seen many flops over the course of my time following the box office, but this is one of the first undeserved flops I've seen in a while.

Guaranteed blockbuster.

Agreed! Very stunning visuals!