Jump to content

ViewerAnon

Free Account+
  • Posts

    830
  • Joined

Everything posted by ViewerAnon

  1. Requesting my account be deactivated because I’ll never write a post this amazing.
  2. I'd be surprised if they get to 5 unless TSOD has shockingly good legs. But at worst I think they'll do a big Dumbledore/Grindelwald finale to tie-off this era and keep Rowling happy. TSOD would've come in at around $175M if it weren't for COVID. If WB can get that number down to around $150M, I don't think they'll hesitate about another one.
  3. It's not a huge number but that's enough to justify going forward if Warner Bros is committed to the IP (which I don't think there's any doubt about). DUNE is a good example. Even if a final FANTASTIC BEASTS film dropped further, it's basically just a write-off towards a Harry Potter legacy sequel/franchise and HBO Max spin-offs.
  4. If this comes in at $24M, that'd mean a true Friday slightly lower than the first one's $17.9M, wouldn't it?
  5. Even if TSOD worst-case-scenarios it in all territories to something like $300M worldwide, I still think there will be another film. WB wants to stay in the Wizarding World (and JK Rowling) business long enough to make it to the inevitable HARRY POTTER AND THE RETURN OF HARRY POTTER. Worst case scenario in my eyes is they do one wrap-up film that drops the FANTASTIC BEASTS focus and ties off Dumbledore vs. Grindelwald.
  6. FB1 might be a 3/4? It's been awhile since I've seen it. I haven't seen TSOD yet - annoyingly I've had invites to screenings last week and this Wednesday, but I don't know if I'll make it due to life stuff. Very likely you'll see it before I do.
  7. I'm very curious to see how things shake out critically. The reaction I've heard is pretty similar to WW84 but I don't have a large sample size and it's the follow-up to a disappointing sequel vs. a beloved original, which could help tip some of those ehhhhs into mildly fresh territory?
  8. THE CRIMES OF GRINDELWALD made $9.1M in previews for a $62.1M weekend. If the high-end NO TIME TO DIE comparison bore out, the same ratio would give THE SECRETS OF DUMBLEDORE $38.6M. FBAWTFT's $8.8M/$74.4M would get TSOD to $47.9M. But that was pre-Covid, who knows how pre-sale heavy it will be with the longer gap, all the usual asterisks.
  9. There's a lot of really interesting, cool stuff in CRIMES OF GRINDELWALD that gets lost amongst *gestures wildly*
  10. Honestly, I would be surprised. The reception I've heard isn't great. It isn't terrible either, but sort of the definition of middling. And the people I know who've seen a cut of it haven't thought it was all that much an improvement on The Crimes of Grindelwald. But, nobody's seen the final cut, and I've been wrong before. Frequently so when it comes to guessing RT scores! I think so. For my many issues with Jo Rowling at present, I'm invested in this world.
  11. Just that it hasn't changed very much from the earlier cuts. I still don't know what the specific changes are that they made during reshoots.
  12. Yes, but I think that would have more to do with critics dunking on Rowling than the movie itself. The overwhelming response I heard from screenings is “It’s OK”. I think fans will like it fine but it won’t be anyone’s favorite. And no, JRDC, I haven’t heard anything about it since… December maybe?
  13. Sounds about right. The last test screening cut I heard about was around 130-135 without credits, though that was months ago.
  14. *CUT TO: eight years later* Just a couple of quick things: In terms of me disappearing/not disappearing, it's not about getting attention. If I deactivate with notice, people tell me not to do it (or say I deactivated for attention). If I deactivate without notice, people wonder where I went and I feel bad about that. But if I don't deactivate, I get sucked down the Twitter rabbit hole of posting a million times a day, pulling me away from actual life and work things. In no way do I ever think I'm an authority on reviews or fandom. But I do at least know enough people that I think posting what I've heard is of interest to "my audience" - which is 95% superhero movie fans, and a small minority of them are very quick to anger and lashing out. So yeah, it may be pointless, but I figured it wouldn't hurt anybody to try and jump out with, "Remember, if someone doesn't like a movie other people like, don't be a dick to them!" It's not about being an authority, it's just thinking maybe it could stop someone somewhere from being a jerk. (Comparatively, if I didn't post what I'd heard about BATMAN reaction, people would have gotten mad about that. People call me an ass in my Twitter DMs for not posting SHAZAM 2 and BLACK ADAM test screening reactions) So it's all a balance. The point of those tweets was actually to try and get people excited because I thought reviews were going to be really good. I'm genuinely sorry if it just looks like I'm an attention junkie though.
  15. The title of SCREAM 2022 that was on early drafts of the script (before the studio decided to pull a HALLOWEEN) was SCREAM FOREVER
  16. All the best SCREAM sequels cost $24 million. Barring a collapse from current pre-sale numbers, I wonder if this is gonna do well enough this weekend for Paramount to announce a sequel on Tuesday.
  17. It’s also trying to be a lot funnier than people probably expect. Some people like this, some really don’t.
  18. I don’t want to post this on social media but most people I’ve talked to agree there’s not enough action and what’s there isn’t very interesting. The more negative folks also think the pacing isn’t great with long stretches that are a bit boring.
  19. Tobey's good but he's the one who sort of has his life together, so he's by default the "least interesting." Tom has gone through some major emotional shit by the time they show up. Andrew is still dealing with Gwen's death, admits he went to a dark place after, hasn't been able to have another relationship since. So they just have the juicier dramatic material to work with. But yeah, you'll get a (relatively vague) update on Tobey's post-SM3 life.
  20. 1. INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE 2. SPIDER-MAN 2 3. SPIDER-MAN 4. NO WAY HOME 5. HOMECOMING 6. FAR FROM HOME 7. SPIDER-MAN 3 8. THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 9. THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN I haven't seen the other two Tom Holland movies in a long time though, so I don't totally trust their placement. I remember liking them well enough.
  21. And yet films as big and small as THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS, MIKE AND DAVE NEED WEDDING DATES, ICE AGE: COLLISION COURSE, LIGHTS OUT, and STAR TREK: BEYOND all managed sub-50% drops in the same stretch of weekends.
×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

By using this site, you agree to our Terms of Use and Guidelines. Feel free to read our Privacy Policy as well.