One more thing I’ll say about this movie: if it ends up being done poorly, the guys over at Red Letter Media are going to have a field day making fun of the movie for its blatant amounts of geeky fanservice. Then again, they’ll probably do that even if the movie ends up being well liked.
I doubt RPO will perform as badly as BFG, but it’s definitely fair to say that Spielberg has been doing much better with Oscar bait movies for the past 10 years. If RPO disappoints, Spielberg will most likely be done directing big crowd pleasers.
The more I think about this movie, the more I realize that there will inevitably be people who will express frustration that Mark Strong isn’t the DCEU version of Lex Luthor.
Out of all the major movies being released in 2018, this one seems the most like an uncertainty. I have no idea if this movie will go the way of films like Tomorrowland and The BFG, or if it’ll be a breakout hit on the count of the nostalgia factor. It’s a pretty big question mark at this point.