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I always assumed a drop was a pretty likely possibility. The first movie had the novelty factor behind it (and since this apparently needs to be stressed, I specifically mean it was a novelty as far as movies based on superhero comics are concerned) and had an unprecedented cultural movement behind it. The media wouldn’t shut up about how “dangerous” the movie was, which I think got a number of people curious to see what the fuss was about.
Of course, this film isn’t out for another month, so it’s obviously too early to make judgements about how it’ll perform compared to its predecessor.
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20 minutes ago, dudalb said:
Sorry, but Joker did not do anything that had not been done over 40 years before . I liked it just fine, but it was not that daring escept is had Comic Book CHarecters.
And, guy, you know damn well, when a film makes as much money as "The Joker" you know there is going to be a sequel.
I see you conveniently ignored the part where I specifically said “by the standards of a CBM”. You do know what ‘CBM’ stands for, right?
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3 minutes ago, Firepower said:
It doesn't matter, this was parroted to death since release, it's still different enough and this criticism can be applied to most movies, applying it very selectively when it's convenient is just dishonest. The Batman borrowed very heavily from Fincher, Se7en and Zodiac in particular, but I don't remember many complaints about this because filmbros selectively criticize or praise for the same thing.
TDK also borrowed heavily from Heat. This stuff if nothing new. Films homage other films all the time.
Ironically, Matt Reeves cited Taxi Driver as an inspiration as well.
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I can imagine that Phillips and Phoenix did this for the easy paycheck, and not so much because they felt there was an interesting story to tell. Say what you will about the first Joker movie, but it did something different by the standards of a CBM, and I've always felt that giving it a sequel would cheapen it. They should’ve let the original stand on its own.
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Ok, but is it the best DC film since TDK?
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1 hour ago, SpiderByte said:
Please. Please please please. Let her be playing Alicia.
Was that not already confirmed?
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The Netflix cartoon gave Rouge a more modest outfit and basically made her bust invisible, so it’s not like there hasn’t been precedent for it.
I wouldn’t necessarily be surprised if these movies don’t bother with Rouge altogether, though. If she’s not in the movie that’s adapting Sonic Adventure 2, I’m not sure where else they could introduce her.
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I don’t know about China, but I do recall that the first movie did surprisingly well in Japan, and I believe Lady Gaga is pretty popular over there.
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Is China becoming more accepting of R-rated movies now? At least the ones that don’t have any icky sex and nudity?
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6 minutes ago, AnthonyJPHer said:
I’m just kind of shocked this has the chance to open to 100m in the first place. Seriously, I thought 80m was the best case scenario but apparently there is a untapped interest in Beetlejuice
It seems Tim Burton’s style in general still resonates with a lot of people, especially now that he’s found a new talent in Jenna Ortega. I believe I’ve said before that I never really cared for his work, or his whole “misunderstood weirdo” shtick, but there’s clearly an audience for it.
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1 minute ago, AniNate said:
Apparently any movie they're expecting to be somewhat big won't have its tomatometer revealed until 40 reviews are in now
https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/audience-score-update/
Well, I guess that’s one way of avoiding a repeat of the Indy 5 fiasco.
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By my math, the Tomatometer score is at 76% right now. Not sure what the point is in hiding it. I seriously doubt that’s going to hurt this movie’s apparent momentum.
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11 minutes ago, Mojoguy said:
Post pandemic, I notice movies with huge openings will get great legs while flops straight up collapse with horrible legs like The Marvels and Borderlands.
When audiences show up they show up big time, but failures straight up fail to even double their OW which was just unthinkable a few years back when flops could still develop legs. I think Inflation and streaming is playing a big part of this trend.
I don’t know about that. Multiverse of Madness and Quantumania had strong openings but poor legs.
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Kinda weird to think that apart from Longclaw in the first movie, there haven’t been any female animal characters in any of these. Maybe Amy will be in the credits scene or something.
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6 minutes ago, kayumanggi said:
aquatic dinos
People think mosasaurs are dinosaurs. It is what it is.
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How come the Tomatometer score isn’t visible yet? Is this a new thing?
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I guess the Jurassic Word branding is here to stay.
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15 hours ago, HummingLemon496 said:
It's incredible how an R-Rated Deadpool + Wolverine is having a Jurassic World/Avengers 1 level performance domestically. Though this is kinda a Star Wars situation where OS is big but not THAT big for how insane the domestic performance is.
This movie’s legs seem fairy typical compared for a $200 million opener. I know that’s not exactly a large sample size, but they don’t seem that insane to me.
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A nostalgia bait Beetlejuice movie doing great in 2024 sounds a little disheartening to me, especially after Deadpool, and to a lesser extent, the new Alien, did as well as they did. I guess nostalgia is here to stay.
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Coppola’s quote isn’t quite as bad as the headline makes it sound, but I think we should ban creatives from using words like “woke” or “canceled” at this point.
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All hail Shadow?
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That trailer is definitely coming this week.
Joker: Folie a Deux | October 4, 2024 | Lady Gaga is Harley Quinn in this 200M+ musical sequel
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By the way, am I the only one who thinks this movie getting rave reviews would’ve been more concerning than it being polarizing? The former would’ve suggested to me that Phillips chose to play it safe.