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When Pratt makes a non-MCU, non-established franchise film with his sole name above the title become a big hit (like Tom H, Tom C, Julia, Angelina, and Harrison before him have done), then I will believe that his presence made GOTG and JW the smash hits they were.

GOTG was released smack in the middle of MCU-mania. You cannot tell me that the potent, white-hot MCU brand had nothing to do with GOTG's success.

Pratt still has not made a film that became an actual hit (not an underperformer or a barely-there, almost, possibly, might-do-a-profit after DVD and TV rights so-so performer like Passengers) based off his name alone above the title. He has coasted on two big properties that would have been huge regardless of who starred in them and one film that had Denzel as its selling point.

BvS was tough for Affleck? It was a gigantic box office hit, regardless of its multiplier and in spite of its reviews, and it made a substantial profit, not to mention that his portrayal was well received, and he got the Batman movie directing gig out of it.

J.K. Simmons deserves better.

Is a global 300 million gross on a 110 million budget good as far as the studio and the investors go? I am sure that the studio does not get 100 % of those 300 million (plus the marketing expenses need to be factored in). Seem to me like this movie won't be remembered as a gigantic commercial flop, but the profit margin will not be anything to write home about; let's just say this: no investors will be ponying up 100 million dollars for a sci-fi film starring Pratt and Lawrence again (unless that film had "Star Wars" in its title or were directed by James Cameron).

Although I am absolutely looking forward to the Avatar sequels, I wish that Jim had found it in him to direct Battle Angel Alita.

If Passengers crosses 100 million barely, will it be considered a "hit"? I am curious because it managed to snag two of the allegedly biggest stars in the world, was released in the lucrative and legs-friendly Holiday season, and it will still struggle to make more than 100 million on a 110 million dillars before marketing expenses. So, basically...it is Ghostbusters all over again (minus the online hatred and the solid reviews).

The La La Land extended universe could be a thing.

What Julie Taymor did with the LK stage musical was stunningly gorgeous and totally separated it from the garden-variety Broadway adaptation of a film. She created a whole new beast (no pun intended) that spoke its own beautifully theatrical language but retained the heart and soul of its source material.

The whole movie was a divine experience. That scene made me cry...particularly seeing as Neytiri smiled when witnessing Jake's utter joy in his newfound freedom...

I cannot think of a less unappealing cast. This is a pass for me.

So maybe that's how Deadpool was such a big hit. You know how Marvel Studios always takes the blueprint of a particular movie genre and surrounds it with superhero tropes? Well, Deadpool was a romantic comedy (with explosions, superhero-versus-supervillain fights, and tons of raunchy humor).

So basically, because it "has no substance" and "[it] provides nothing of value." The same subjective arguments that tons of people still use against comic books and comic book films. Got it.

I'd love to see Jennifer Lawrence and Michael B. Jordan in an old-fashioned rom com: he seems like the dapper, charming, hunky-yet-approachable leading man, and she certainly fits the archetype of the awkward beauty with the razor-sharp tongue and a heart of gold.

Just curious: what is so different between being an adult MMPR fan and a Superman, Captain America, Captain Marvel or Wonder Woman fan? They are all basically power fantasies about superpowered people wearing colorful uniforms and fighting superpowered villains wearing colorful uniforms. Seems to me like too many people look down on MMPR fans while thinking that it's cool to like your run-of-the-mill superhero from Marvel or DC.

Did it help Crazy Stupid Love?

I thought that was Passengers?

Melissa McCarthy led three films with even lower RT scores than Passengers to solid grosses (Tammy, The Boss, and Identity Thief), and the three of them combined cost less than Passengers.

Thanks! If Jen hadn't been involved in three recent high-profile superhero films already, I would say that she would be a great candidate for Captain Marvel. Personally, I think she'd be much better for that than Brie Larson. It is what it is though...

Interesting. Having been played by Erik Estrada, a man who epitomized the Latino Lover archetype back in the late seventies-eighties, Poncharello should be revealed as gay by the reboot's final act. I think it would be a cheeky way of subverting the trope, and it would also explain the insistent "I am hetero!" and "I am a hardened Latino macho man!" jokes that seem to be peppered throughout the movie. However, I doubt Hollywood would risk the potential backlash. If anything, I bet there will be some last-act misunderstanding that makes the audience and Baker think that Ponch is really gay, but in the end, it will all turn out to be that he is just a softie and a really sensitive guy underneath his macho exterior.

What was the common thread of the interviews? Was he really pretentious?

Definitely! What do you think of Lawrence playing Modesty Blaise? Would she be considered too young for that? BTW...I am not familiar with the novel that spawned this Red Sparrow film, but the title made me assume that she was a redhead in this film.

Seems like every joke and gag from that trailer tried to assure the audience that Poncharello is straight. Looks horrified at a man's crotch looks disgusted as another man wearing only underwear is about to approach him and possibly hug him looks in horror as two men wearing underwear hug and seems disgusted that their crotches rub against one another looks quizzical about "girl sounding names' in a guy stares at a girl's ass and gets an insta-boner that might keep him from working is horrified because he might have to carry a man that wears underwear actually trips and has facial contact with that man's crotch; reacts with horror... I don't know if that is homophobic, but it seems lazy and juvenile to me.

Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me-level increase incoming! I wish! But that looks like an epic time at the cinema!!!~!