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He has to. Depending on how The Flash is reviewed, Gunn's work will be harder or a little easier. Flash getting a rotten score will put a huge pressure on Gunn's Superman and a huge cloud on the movies that are being planned. I think it isn't fair, but this is what it is: business. Gunn has to show confidence and he has to bet. He didn't work in the Flash, BUT Gunn is now the responsible for the new DCU.

Well, badly reviewed or not, Flash finally is seeing the light of the day. That means zero posts / threads / topics with the same "is it gonna be shelved, is it getting cancelled" questions. We still have Ezra's future to speculate, but actors and movies are different entities. Even if the movie is good, I hope Ezra is fired ( if he isn't already ). No studio wants to work with actors that can't' be interviewed before a movie's release. Sure, this is more Ezra's fault ( he's a violent criminal ), but I think WB / DC can't make the same mistakes now that Gunn is part of the team. I just want the movie to be well reviewed by critics and audiences. This should come first. Money is good, but DC needs to build its reputation back from the ashes. Quality first and money later as consequence. Don't panic if the movie makes less money than expected, WB. This is your fault, WB. You burned way too many bridges with audiences. Don't take them for granted. In the end, if Flash is badly reviewed ( it could happen ), it's not the end of the world. Any sane and reasonable person will probably like it or not , based on their own merits. People have different metrics regarding viewing movies. All in all, Gunn will probably have a very hard work to do, in order to regain audience's trust. He has no easy job, but he accepted what it looks // looked like impossible. Gunn is a very competent filmmaker and he had a great run in the MCU. His first movie in the DCEU was very good and it shows he knows and respects comics. Now I'm going to be that guy. Yeah, "that guy" that says that enjoying a movie by your own is better than using critics as a metric. I know you'll probably tell me that I would be using critics as a metric if The Flash got 99% on RT. In a way, you're probably right because I'm biased towards DC. I may be biased, but I'm definitely not blind to DC' s mistakes. This could be badly reviewed by critics and loved by audiences just like tons of movies. However, I don't want this movie to be considered "critic proof". I want most of people from both parties liking it.

I'm not rushing to see it, but the ending really got me very excited! Next movie ( if there's one ) has to be massive.

It seems that Ezra will be well dressed for the Flash's premiere.

Intense movie. So damn good! I hope we get the next one as soon as possible. That cliffhanger is so brutal!

Dante ( Momoa's character ) will probably get a spin-off just to piss off Vin Diesel and his ego.

I'll be simple and direct: 1) People vote with their wallets. For The Little Mermaid and any film. 2) This is business 101. Either audiences get a ticket or not. 3) Why are the overseas numbers ( and perhaps even the domestic number ) disappointing? You can always have arguments and point fingers at grave problems like racism / sexism and so on, BUT points 1 and 2 are the only things that truly matter in a box office discussion. I know the world isn't fair, but things are what they are.

At this point, Universal probably is well aware of the fact that Fast X is a money loser. Their goal should be losing less money than expected, since they hardly will get any profit. Performing like F9 domestically, probably getting less than 200 million in China and given the fact that they only get 50% of domestic numbers, 25% of China and 40% of overseas grosses...Well, at least Mario will give so much money to Universal that they can write Fast X off. Budget is 340 million and who knows how much was spent for marketing / promotion ( I guess at least 100 million ).

I've just read an article where Mangold says no great script happens without writers. Well, I guess he's probably looking for the guys who wrote Dial of Destiny as we speak.

This movie is 100% a money loser to the studio. I think the best scenario is losing less money than expected. Universal should be glad they're getting a big profit from Mario movie. It has a budget of 340 million plus whatever they spent for marketing promotion.

Just like The Rock's return definitely got set up the minute after Black Adam 2 got canned

Maybe Elena didn't die. Maybe she's the mastermind and hired Cipher, lol. In these movies, everything is possible. They already went to space.

The movie has no ending, so there's barely anything to spoil other than cameos ( one of them is in the news ).

Yeah, this is very similar to The Devil Inside and I never got the analogy with Infinity War. Infinity War ended on a cliffhanger, yeah, but it also told a complete story from a character ( Thanos ) that had a mission and managed to complete the mission. This Fast and the Furious movie on the other hand has nothing like that. Without spoilers, just imagine Thanos getting the stones and then putting them in the gauntlet and the movie ends right there.

Fast and Furious 11 or Fast and Furious X-2 should happen at least. You don't end a movie like they did with Fast X. By the way, how audiences are going to react to

That's very bad.

So, how many hours until the fan screening where people will finally seewhat the hell is going on with this movie? So many reports. Bonkers ending, Devil Inside esque ending, cliffhanger.

Is the ending really like The Devil Inside's but without a text? I remember seing you tweeting that. XD

Never a good sign for reviews, lol.

I can't wait for the reviews ( yeah, yeah, nobody should care about them for this kind of movie ), BUT I'm curious about the ending. It seems the movie has no ending just like The Devil Inside. ViewerAnon said this movie had very bad test screenings, so perhaps this is why.

Agreed! I'm probably part of the people who'll select future MCU ( and even DCU and Sony ) movies to be watched. I'm probably watching GOTG 3 soon. I'll avoid The Marvels ( doesn't look interesting. In fact, it screams Thor Love and Thunder imo ), Blade ( I refuse to see a PG-13 rated Blade and I'm biased towards the Snipes trilogy ), Thunderbolts ( seems irrelevant, imo. I've already seen that before in Suicide Squad ). Captain America 4 is a 50/50 possibility ( not sure on this one ). I'll 100% watch Deadpool 3, given how it also features Wolverine and it seems to be a great event movie. GOTG 3 being a great movie also helps DC, because I'll definitely watch Gunn's Superman. Regarding Sony, I'll probably watch Kraven ( it's R rated ) and avoid Madame Web ( that one is written by the guys who wrote Morbius, so I'll wait for the online version, lol ).

Eternals, Doctor Strange 2, Thor 4 and Antman 3 really damaged the brand a lot. Sure, Doctor Strange 2 and Thor 4 made a lot of money and were profitable, but so were the bad Transformers movies directed by Michael Bay, until people finally stopped watching them and then we got a "reboot". Thing is: don't take the audiences for granted. MCU is a very powerful brand / franchise, BUT bad movies ALWAYS damage a brand. GOTG 3 being a good movie should be the rule and not exception. What if The Marvels is another Love and Thunder fiasco? Are people excited for a PG-13 Blade flick? What about Thunderbolts ( aka MCU's Suicide Squad )? Captain America 4 might perform really well, but it's a Captain America movie without the original Captain America ( Steve Rogers ). From now on, maybe ( just maybe ) general audiences will be more selective. What if they skip The Marvels, Thunderbolts and come just for Captain America 4 and Deadpool 3? Ever since the pandemic, prices have been very excessive and habits changed. Maybe people will just avoid movies they think they're mediocre ( in their view ) and will wait for "event" movies. GOTG 3 is something different, because its closing a story that started 9 years ago.

New The Hunger Games is still months away!

GOTG 3 is now at 77% on RT. Usully these movies have 300/350 reviews and so far, we've had a little more than 100. No idea about the final tomatometer, but it can go both ways. Getting rotten would be a truly disaster, getting less than Love and Thunder (which wasn't rotten ) and not rotten would also be a disaster. All in all, I'm curious about sales.

So, what's the budget for this movie? Previous one had a 200 million budget, and this one seems to be expensive. So, 250 million?