Lion Roar

Well Poirot was a WWI refuge to England so I hope this is a roundabout way to setup The Mysterious Affair at Style as the next movie.

Jesus yet another adaptation of 倚天屠龍記. Each new version gets progressively worse. This looks like a parody.

VTI and chill

If The Batman opens under $125m I'd consider that a huge disappointment. Should easily do $150m+ OW with the amount of hype that it has. March record definitely within reach with good reviews and WoM.

The Batman already had major leaks including the 3rd act. WW1984 full plot leaked about a year before release. DC has massive leaks all the time. These things happen because these franchises have rabid fanbases.

I guess that's Galadriel's voice? Sounds too young but then again no one can compare with Cate's powerful voice. I have low expectations after WoT but I really hope this is at least decent.

This is running ads nonstop in Times Square. They're trying.

AO3 obviously

It's been required for NYC since September.

Some of my non-English faves: My Sassy Girl: Chungking Express: Infernal Affairs:

They're gonna try to get Andrew Garfield to shoot a post credit scene.

Well firstly the severe lack of Nirvana. But actually the action doesn't look good(especially the hand-to-hand), and I'm not a huge fan of the Court of Owls storyline which this seems to be leading to.

The more trailers they release the less interested I am in this movie. I'll still watch it in theaters, but I'm not nearly as hyped as I was when the first trailer came out.

Nope, not the only one. Him and MJ gave me 90210 vibes every time they were in a scene together. Unbearable.

Movie was good, not great. Plot mechanics were way too stupid, but emotional beats worked so well that I'm almost able to over look it. My main takeaway from this movie is what a huge wasted opportunity the ASM series was. Never cared about his movies before, but this time it really highlights how great Andrew Garfield could have been. Honestly just make him the Spider-man of the Venomverse and give the man another shot. He deserves it. Upper mid-tier MCU. Not my favorite outing of the year, but I will watch again on Sunday before I decide my final ranking.

I would switch HC and FFH but this is pretty much my ranking as well. ITSV remains the best, curious to see where NWH lands on my list since I really can't stand Tobey.

Andrew's version just comes off as an entitled jackass. He lets the bodega owner get robbed, immediately goes back on his promise to Captain Stacy, basically stalks Gwen in part 2, is mean to Aunt May, etc etc.

Done

That's the other one, if leaks are correct it will definitely be divisive among certain fans.

That reminds me, Cap are you still working on your Steve/Sersi fic? I'm really curious to read it.

Oh it definitely is. $21.5 for matinee, $27 for evening. Over 400 seats. Only the 1:30 AM show still has front rows and sides available.

It's strange to claim that audiences are less demanding than ever. If anything audiences are more demanding than ever because there are so many entertainment options available, so movies need to make a compelling case to the general public why they should allocate their limited time and resources to go watch something in theaters. Certain genres just are not worth the expense in most people's minds. Studios and chains really need to start lowering ticket prices for dramas/non IPs if they really want people to come back to them. Also I find all this hand wringing over WSS extremely ironic since it is literally a remake of a movie adaptation of Broadway show based on Romeo and Juliet. It's about as creatively derivative as they can possibly come no matter how technically brilliant it was made.

Even with good WoM I'm not sure how good the legs will be. This is definitely not a feel-good holiday movie, not sure how many people are eager to watch a tragic love story during Christmas.

At this point I am fulling expecting Turning Red to be banned for being 'insulting', The Batman for depicting police corruption/too much violence, MoM for the supernatural elements, Thor 4 and FB3 for LGBTQ elements, Aquaman 2 because someone in the main cast or James Wan said something against the CCP in the past, etc etc etc. The only franchises that will be released in a timely manner will probably be Dune and SW. I hope I'm wrong, but I wouldn't be shocked in the least if this is what happens.

Morbius looks and feels like a 25-30m opener. There's no buzz.