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Yeah. Not sure what Paramount was thinking with that release date less than 1 week before Mario. It was going to be buried regardless of the great WOM and reviews.

Kojima is hugely respected in the gaming industry, so his endorsement might really influence gamers on the fence.

One of the best movies I've seen in a while. Chris Pine was a great lead with really good comedic timing, and the supporting cast was really good too. I have nothing to complain about. I went to see it in the morning in IMAX, and there were probably just 30 people, but they seemed to have fun.

Can't say I agree. Most casuals have no clue who Miles Morales is, and Peter Parker is Spider-Man for them.

1- Revenge of the Sith 2- Empire Strikes Back 3- Clone Wars 4- Return of the Jedi 5- A New Hope 6- Mandalorian 7- Kenobi 8- Jedi: Fallen Order 9- The Force Awakens 10- Rogue One 11- Solo 12 - Andor 15- The Phantom Menace 16- Attack of the Clones 17- The Last Jedi 18- Boba Fett 20- The Rise of Skywalker

Happy for Messi. There's no player more deserving. I guess the Top Gun releasing and Argentina winning the World Cup thing turned out to be true.

I have no nostalgia for previous Spider-Man movies (I barely remember them, to be honest), and I enjoyed No Way Home more than most movies I've watched in the past few years. If you don't like it doesn't mean it's horrible or has no emotional weight. Peter's only relative dying or him being forgotten by everyone who knew him and loved him is plenty emotional.

Pretty much this. My friend says that a lot of people in China were pretty hyped for TFA, but they left the theater baffled and disappointed, because it wasn't at all like the prequels: very few lightsaber fights, a boring western setting that didn't feel futuristic at all. Basically "not my Star Wars" type of reaction, which explains the huge drop from TFA to TLJ.

I have a lot of Chinese friends, and they say that original Star Wars aren't popular in China at all, so the sequel trilogy's being a copy-paste of the OT actually hurt it in China, where people were introduced to Star Wars through the prequels (which did pretty well for their time and later were pirated a lot).

Yes. Which is why the prequels aged well with the audiences: those teens are adults now who remember them fondly. I wouldn't be surprised if at some point in near future Disney switches from the OT nostalgia baiting to the PT nostalgia baiting.

I agree with this. For all the flaws the prequels had, they were good for attracting young fans and selling merchandise. These new movies have very little going for them to attract the new audiences. You can milk the OT nostalgia only so much before it loses its effect.

In China people love handsome male leads, and ROTS didn't exactly lack in that regard thanks to Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christensen.

Heh, I guess a lot of people went to see this with really low expectations. Funny.

Went to see not expecting it to be any good, but I was pleasantly surprised. It's not a piece of art and quite predictable, but it's a pretty entertaining movie to pass time. After seeing the pretentious and terrible mother!, this even felt like a breath of fresh air. 😃

These irrelevant things obviously don't matter.

I don't know what JLaw was thinking when she chose this. This is one of those pretentious films that try too hard to be original and edgy and fall short. The movie is neither entertaining nor clever nor artistic. It's just weird.

Personally, I was born in 1987 and have never had the urge to see it. Not my kind of movie. So it happens.

Interstellar didn't enjoy the kind of social media buzz Dunkirk had thanks to Harry Styles' presence in the cast. It's not surprising that Dunkirk is opening better. Legs are a different matter.

Likely. I think it's pretty safe to say a good portion of those 31% is Styles' fanbase (most likely young women that dragged their boyfriends to see it). Dunkirk is hardly the typical movie your average under-25 demographic would be interested in. There are always exceptions, of course, but that percentage is certainly unusual for a foreign war movie without any romantic subplot. But women-over-25 demographic is as likely to be attracted by Styles' presence in the cast. He's not much younger than 25 himself, after all. Either way, it's good for Dunkirk. And after watching the movie today, I'd say Nolan did a brilliant job casting the lad. Styles can certainly act. His acting was a pleasant surprise for me, along with Tom GC's. But have to say I was rather disappointed with the lead's acting.

Some people here are... clueless. You only have to check the Dunkirk tag on Twitter to see that most of tweets concerning Dunkirk are about Harry Styles. His massive fanbase and name recognition will certainly influence the box office, directly AND indirectly. It's undeniable. So I do expect this to be a little more frontloaded than usual. But then again, I've seen a lot of tweets from Harry fans on Twitter saying that they'll see the movie multiple times.

That's very good news for Dunkirk.

I have to say BatB has exceeded my expectations so far (and they were pretty high to begin with). Another huge success for Disney. I'm glad for Emma, too. It's about time she did a worldwide successful movie that isn't HP.

Star power has certainly decreased these days. Even those actors with star power (Leo, Denzel, RDJ) are getting old. There are no young actors with true star power nowadays. Can't think of anyone. Maybe Harry Styles will be if he's serious about acting.

I think the movie will do better than most people expect. I think it might do no worse than Passengers.

Harry Styles isn't the lead. Fionn Whitehead is.