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2 hours ago, The Futurist said:
People realize just now Tom Hardy is Jim Carrey s hidden son ?
Most of his stuff is hilarious unintentional comedy.
I ll say it one last time but Tom Hardy current adulation among cinephiles and filmmakers is the biggest mystery of modern cinema to me.
I just don't get it, I don't see it either and I definitely can barely hear the mumbling so ...
He’s been in a number of good movies, and is a good character actor.
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Since it’s looking more and more likely that this movie will be a stinker, I can only hope that it’s an entertaining stinker like Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, and not an empty bore like Fant4stic.
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4 minutes ago, John Marston said:
Trying to do Deadpool type marketing and failing miserably
So that’s seriously a real commercial?
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2 hours ago, Zakiyyah6 said:
Audiences did not love Man of Steel. It very obviously had a mixed reception which led to WB panicking and making BvS instead of a proper sequel.
Didn’t Jay Olivia state that Snyder showed him storyboards for BvS before MoS was released?
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All this talk here about Suicide Squad has made me realize that there are a number of parallels between that movie and this, and while those parallels might bold well for this movie’s financial performance, they certainly don’t paint a good image from a critical standpoint. Interestingly enough, Tom Hardy was originally supposed to be in SS.
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1 hour ago, dudalb said:
Hopefully they are doing the traditional ,silly, Shazam/Captain Marvel,and not the messed up "52" version. Making Billy Batson a wisecracking obnoxious litte punk was a horrible move. And how Geoffrey Johns, who understood how important the opitimism and sunniness of Superman was to that character thought it was a good idea to go dark with Shazam is beyond me. If you have a character who is a kid who becomes a superhero by saying a single word, and was given this power because his heart was pure, there is really no way you cand go dark and gritty with it and not have terrible results.
Few liked the "52" version, and I hope as a producer Johns learned his lesson and goes back to the Shazam/Billy Batson we all know and love.
I haven’t read the New 52 Shazam comics, but wasn’t the idea for Billy to start off as an angsty brat, only to slowly more idealistic over time?
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2 minutes ago, Jonwo said:
I imagine if Aquaman is moving, it's probably to the 19th December. OS wise, The Mule likely won't be released in many markets until January or February so Aquaman will likely still have early OS release.
No way it moves to the 19th. That’s when Mary Poppins is set to be released, and there’s a strong chance that’ll be the biggest film of the month. At this point, Aquaman will either need to stay where it is, or move up to January.
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Jesus Christ! These movies are all going to be fighting for screens like nobody’s business. Assuming this film is meant to be an awards contender, they should’ve given it a limited release. I guess this also means that there’s no way WB is moving Aquaman to December 14 in North America now.
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I guess in the event that this movie turns out to be a big stinker, we can expect it to be the next BvS in terms of how much of a laughing stock it would be.
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So it seems that the chances of this movie being a dud have just gotten even more likely. I can’t say I’m upset about it, since I never had a whole lot of faith in this movie to begin with, but Sony might want to consider leaving the Spider-Man movies to Marvel.
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I didn’t even realize that movies still use the Wilhelm scream.
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14 minutes ago, Alli said:
Is this Hardy's first big movie where he's billed as the lead?. i guess he wanted to test the waters..
If it's a hit, his career can change for the best
What about Fury Road? Didn’t he get top billing for that?
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7 hours ago, Hatebox said:
I hope Hardy's getting paid a lot of money for this, because I can't see it being good for his career.
He was in Star Trek: Nemesis. He’ll be fine.
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11 minutes ago, BeastByTheBay said:
David (The director) posted on reddit that it's just a different variation of the SDCC trailer, not a new one
I do appreciate how quick David F. Sandberg always is to clear things up.
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12 minutes ago, DMan7 said:
But why though? Aquaman comes out months before and doesn't have a 2nd trailer in the pipeline first?
Aquaman is rumored to have its next trailer for New York Comic Con. Still, it is pretty odd to hear that they apparently have another trailer four this movie on the way already.
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I really don’t think the DC brand is strong enough at the moment for this movie to make a billion dollars. Then again, I guess we’ll have to wait and see how Aquaman and Shazam! do.
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3 hours ago, JGAR4LIFE said:
Only one of those seems promising
The recent clip from Titans of Dick Grayson meeting Jason Todd was decent.
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1 hour ago, Crainy said:
People still have this mentality that "R-rating = better". It sounds cool to say, which is why people say it. But it doesnt make much sense once you think things through, which alot of people arent willing to do.
I think the general argument is that if this movie had an R-rating, it would’ve been much more likely to actually stand out from most of the other superhero movies out there. This movie honestly looks fairly generic as it is, and a PG-13 rating isn’t going to help in that regard. It’s like with Suicide Squad. While an R-rating alone wouldn’t have made that movie good, it would’ve given them the chance to actually take advantage of the premise of the film (where the main characters are supposed to be bad guys), which would’ve at least helped make the movie feel like less of a wannabe Guardians of the Galaxy.
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6 minutes ago, Barnack said:
Maybe it would need to be nominated across the board to be perceived as a contender (at least director) to have a significant effect.
And the awards shows since the last Academy award had such a drop (the Oscar was one of the show with the smallest drop), the general trend down is so strong that chance are good the the spike in viewership could be just not dropping too much or a small raise being a big "win".
I’m not saying the Oscars would see fantastic numbers, but at the very least, people might feel like they’d have an actual reason to tune in. I suppose they could also throw in some Best Director and Best Supporting actor (Michael B. Jordan) nods as well, if they really want to give the impression that Black Panther has a chance of winning something big.
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If Black Panther gets nominated for Best Picture, that alone should help the Oscars see a noticeable spike in viewership compared to this year. It would most likely annoy a number of film snobs, but it’s not like there’s no precedent for big budget blockbuster movies getting nominated for that award.
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The reviews are kind of disappointing. I was already on the fence about seeing this movie to begin with, but now I’m thinking that I might just wait till this thing is available for streaming.
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10 minutes ago, TwoMisfits said:
See, I agree with you.
Folks that have pled guilty and served sentences have to be reintegrated somehow back into society or what else will they do but recommit the crimes again? I mean, if you are perpetually considered a pariah who can't be near anyone, what do you do?
As a society, if we really go that path of "forever pariah", we should probably just change most sex crimes to life sentencing without parole so the perps can at least get 3 squares, a bed, and some human interaction.
Now, for folks who have NEVER owned up to it and have escaped justice, yeah, I'm done with you. Like forever. Too bad, so sad if you can't get work. There has to be a desire to own it and repent to even start the process of societal reintegration, at least for me (and maybe forgiveness, although that part's not necessary and no guarantee, even if you owned it, if your acts were that bad).
While I don’t have a dog in the argument as to whether or not Black’s friend should be allowed to work again, the big problem here is that Black didn’t inform anyone else about his friend’s past. It’s one thing to feel bad for someone who’s been a friend of yours for years, but it’s another thing to try and hide what the guy has done from the people you’re working with. It doesn’t help that Black has cast the guy in films that prominently feature child actors.
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I have to say, this whole situation is certainly far more worthy of outrage than those old tweets by James Gunn.
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1 hour ago, cax16 said:
I guess that means we’re only getting two Marvel films in 2020.
Venom | 5 OCTOBER 2018 | Sony | Tom Hardy is Venom. Social Media reactions coming in
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There was a similar fiasco with BvS before that movie was released. For whatever reason, Twitter bots are a really common thing, and it’s pretty goddamn annoying. People laugh whenever they hear about “Russian bots”, but if there’s one thing these past couple of years have taught me, it’s that nothing is too far fetched.