lorddemaxus

Basic critics are loving this. More likely it goes up than down. I don't remember a movie with this many 100s so early in going down to the 60s. Needs a bunch of red scores to get there.

The Suicide Squad being "a troma film" affects legs, not opening weekend. I guess the R-rating did but this is the kind of film that at best would've opened to half the original's opening due to previous one being bad. Movie literally had a 91% on RT (higher too on its release day) and didn't save it. And T: DF might not have been any good but it also had decent reviews which didn't really bolster its opening weekend. And at the point T: DF released, Salvation and Rise of the Machines were over 10 years old. I doubt either had the kind of impact Genysis had. Ghostbusters Afterlife might appeal to the young and old across the country (definitely not the world lmao) but there are a half a dozen films releasing across the holidays that will easily take away the young and the old (King Richard, Encanto, WSS, Spiderman 2, Matrix 4, Sing 2).

That is not a fact. It's called an assumption, with nothing to justify it. At least I got some historical evidence (TSS and T:DF) behind my assumption that people won't easily forget it. I would give you this if this released in another 5-10 years from now in the same way Indiana Jones 5 will from its predescessor.

A lot of people remember both Ghostbusters 2016 and Crystal Skull (the idea that no one remember the latter is pretty ludicrous, movie grossed $800 mil). The difference with Crystal Skull is that it released almost 15 years ago so people have had time to forget it (same way people forgot Jurassic Park 2/3 and the prequels). But sure, I'm pretty sure people somehow remembered films like Suicide Squad and Terminator Genysis and therefore decided not to watch their respective soft-reboots but somehow forgot Ghostbusters 2016 exists. Logic makes no sense here. And unlike any of the other movies mentioned here, there is 0 nostalgia for the franchise outside of the US.

Doesn't matter if this has nothing to do with the 2016 version has as long as the Ghostbusters name is there. There are a bunch of crowdpleasers coming out in succession going for the same audiences after this comes out too (unlike something like Free Guy, which had August all to itself).

The other one was also decently critically well-received too tho. Unless this gets 90% or something on RT, doubt good reviews is going to shift the opening for this by much (legs is another story and I think the movie needs a good opening to survive).

This isn't a December release though. Probably will get destroyed by Encanto on its 2nd weekend and December is incredibly crowded (WSS, Spider-man, Sing 2 going for all the demos this would have).

The potential to do worse than Ghostbusters 2016, yes.

Greenlighting the sequel is reall upto Legendary. A sequel would be really low-risk for WB and Legendary probably already made most of its money back for Dune (WB likely paid them tons so that they could get Dune onto HBO Max).

The movie got through the censor board 2 months ago and is releasing in most markets in two weeks.

Is Dune actually getting released here or not? @Gavin Feng?

It would be great if blockbusters went big and looked nice. It was pretty clear the entire last act was done complete by Marvel's pre-viz team instead of an actual director who knows how to shoot these kinds of scenes. Marvel could've gone with an action Chinese director who has experience shooting stuff like this (and of course letting them do their thing) and there's even two famous Hollywood Asian directors who executed what this was trying to do better (both made superhero films and one even made a popular Wuxia action film whose adjusted DOM gross this might not beat).

Chapek is a lovable goof. Don't know why you all are hating on him.

Glenn Kenny who is also a Villeneuve skeptic liked this.

I doubt Bond's going for an awards play. Not really sure what it would get besides cinematography and sound. It will also be completely overshadowed by Dune at the BAFTAs (who love Villeneuve and the brits seem to be espescially loving Dune). Eternals still feels like a complete wildcard.

Don't know if I've said this already, but I expect a lot of people to change their tune in regards to the financial potential of the movie in two weeks time.

Superhero fatigue

The CG work in Monster Hunter was better.

Great to see one of the best cinematographers of our time shoot another Gray film. His work on The Immigrant and Z is phenomenal.

The French Dispatch is getting destroyed by basic American critics who saw it at Telluride. Guys like Scott Mantz (who btw aligns with Oscar voter opinions and loved stuff like Green Book) hated this. Personally more excited because this sounds like Anderson's best.

Death Sentence was so good. Why is at a 20% on RT? Also incredible how much he retained a lot of his sensibilities in his glossy PG-13 blockbuster stuff.

Finally a movie we seem to have similar opinions on (I was a tad bit higher than you though merely because of Tony Leung and a scene involving him at the start). You could already see hints of the movie falling of the rails in the bus scene. The moment the breaks of the bus stop working, the entire scene becomes poorly composited CGI mush with some nice choreography hidden under.

Have any major films been added to TIFF so late before?

Down to 75. The lower the score goes, the more hyped will be. Movie looked way too polished in the trailers. Something divisive and messy is what this movie needs to be.

It would've been cool if it didn't make my eyes bleed everytime I looked at the screen. I mean Tsui Hark made more elegant dragon fights 30 years ago. And the CG here somehow looks cheaper than some of the more recent Chinese stuff I've seen.