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I'm a noted Guy Ritchie apologist and have tried to stay optimist about this film but I have to admit that everything I've seen just looks so... bland. Listless. I know live action inevitably sets limits that animation doesn't have but there's just such a palpable lack of energy in that clip too. It's not terrible but I feel like I'm watching an awkward choreographed performance on a mildy ugly lit movie set. Why to even get Ritchie if you're not gonna let it have his trademark verve?Performance wise Smith is good enough, he's not Williams but no one is. Jafar's and Aladdin's actors are who I'm more worried about.

So close yet so far...

Ah, I came back from rewatching Endgame (even better second time!) and I see there's the dreaded marvel/titanic/avatar discourse going on once again... As someone who likes all three to varying degrees (and star wars too) I find it so exhausting especially when it's always a same dick measuring contest that never leads to anything. I don't think it's even possible to draw any good comparisons between movies that were released in completely different economical and cultural environments and in different times. And box office or received awards don't tell much about movie's quality. You shouldn't need external validation if you think something is great. Cameron is wildly talented and Titanic's and Avatar's box office runs were extremely impressive but I just like to see records broken. Why are some people taking this all so personally?

I don't know is this really a new phenomenon or only feels like it but I definitely think "the stan culture" has got more toxic in the past 5 years or so. I feel that it's most prominent in music where people act like their fave artist and everything they do is absolutely perfect and then put down other peoples faves and different fandoms. It definitely occurs a lot in tv, movie and even gaming fandoms too. Nobody can accept differing opinions anymore. Another annoying thing is when people insert moral elements on things like if they don't like someone/something they have to find, or even make up, reasons why it's somehow problematic and at the same time overlook similar problematic things in their own fave piece of entertainment/people. I think people of all ages do this but I wish my generation in particular would understand that it's fine to just not like something and move on.

I feel like I'm getting deja vu to last years Infinity war thread reading this thread lmao. Just switch to bigger numbers and it's pretty much the same. In before the Marvel saturday (tm)!

I did it! It was one of the most nerve-racking things I've ever done but I survived! I stumbled over my words (I sometimes stutter when I'm anxious and knowing this of course makes me even more anxious-it's an annoying cycle) and totally embarrassed myself but it could have been much worse. And the cashier I talked with was a nice and really cute girl so this wasn't an all bad experience. I feel legit proud of myself now, I feel like I could do anything lol. Let's hope the friday actuals will be a bit higher than expected, that would be the icing on the cake.

On a more serious note, this movie's run has been absolutely mindblowing and I will personally be satisfied with pretty much anything that's over the TFA's second weekend. I'm still rooting for it to pass Avatar ww and TFA dom and as many have pointed out it doesn't even need particularly great legs for that. As amusing this has been I just hope it doesn't suck the air out of all the smaller movies like Long Shot or Pikachu next weekend. I couldn't get anyone to rewatch Endgame with me so I decided to go by myself, what I usually don't do because (tmi) I have anxiety issues and don't like going to places where there are lots of people and I may have to talk to strangers, but I thought that if you just have to show the ticket on your phone on the door it wouldn't be that bad. Good news: I got a ticket for the sunday! Bad news: because I haven't ordered tickets online before and also because I'm apparently a fucking idiot I accidentally ordered a default option crappy seat in the back corner. You can apparently change your seat but you need to go the theater and ask on the spot. So now I have to go there tomorrow and talk to cashier and explain to them that I'm a dumbass which is pretty much my worst nightmare. Things I will do for this stupid franchise... 😑 I feel like I'm preparing for a battle. Pray for me.

I jumped right into $200m train after the weekend but I guess now is the time to admit our failure and settle for a weak record breaking $150m-$180m haul. Smh what a flop...

This really is such a great forum. I feel like almost everybody here is so nice and chill and have a sense of humor, particularly in contrast to reddit (where I have more followed box office discussion) where everybody is constantly unnecessary rude, mean and stubborn and.. reddit-y. And users here can show when they are enthusiastic or emotional about something when in reddit they are trying to act like they are supposedly some super neutral and objective professionals when they are in fact still fanboys lol.

Ah, 150M over the Avengers and (almost) 100M over IW, perfectly balanced, now I can rest in peace. True poetic cinema like this entire weekend. I love everyone in this bar. Also, I had an exam today and it somehow went pretty well despite the fact that I haven't got literally anything done for past five days or so

If it really stays $1 m short of $357m istfg

Fucking knew it (Albeit Infinity War was fairly frontloaded here but still lmao)

Okay, I guess 111,4m is good enough for me, I can live with that

I can't believe I've reached a point where I'm almosts mildly disappointed if saturday is "just" 109. I was hoping for at least 110+... my own fault for raising my expectations too absurdly high I guess. But at least it now has increased chances to go for that 357 for the perfect balance .

Yesterday I was speculating by myself about $350m weekend but didn't dare to say anything because I thought that all the more experienced people here would just drag me. Obviously I need to start to trust myself more, I called Solo and JL flopping and BP getting $200m ow too before almost everyone.. I have obviously been blessed with extremely narrow and impractical prophetic gift. Let's go, $140m saturday, $100m+ sunday, $400m ow! I will speak it into existence (I'm joking!(mostly...))

So I wake up and you're telling me that even the most optimistic, out-there projections are coming true and The Force Awakens may be in danger?!

I should be studying for exams and I'm already behind my schedule but I phydically can't concentrate with all this... If I don't pass I'm going to demand personal compensation from Feige and co.

I'm very interested to see what the numbers for my country will look like. All the showings for my local theater are fully sold out through the weekend and partially for monday and tuesday too. Even TFA wasn't like this in my town, you can almost always get the tickets on the spot and just walk in. Yesterday was absolute insanity and the staff was totally unprepared. We fortunately had preordained tickets but there was a line like literal blockbuster outside the building and they had to turn so many people away. Maybe my town is an outlier but if the rest of the country is anything like this jesus

After coming from the theater yesterday I went almost straight to bed but was so anxious and overwhelmed I couldn't really sleep... I have slept maybe 3 and half hours last night. I didn't even need to wake up early today but eventually gave up trying to force myself to sleep by holding my eyes closed. There's so much going on sleeping feels like waste of time lmao

Hi everyone! I've been lurking here since Black Panther (and before that on r/boxoffice because I thought there wasn't a better platform for box office discussion lol) and now finally decided to make an account since we're gearing up for a truly historic weekend and I want to be part of it even though I don't have much to contribute besides incoherent excited screeching. I'm one of those much talked about kids who grew up with MCU. I was 10 when Iron Man came out and these movies have been important part of my life for past decade. I'm currently feeling incredibly hyped but also kind of genuinely sad because while I know MCU world will go on it still feels almost like final end for my childhood. Endgame is opening in my country tonight already but the super villain owners of the only theater in my town apparently realized this is a good opportunity to squeeze extra coins from the fanboys and decided to show 3d version (there are only 2 screens in the theater and only 1 showing per movie in the day) and I can't watch 3d because it gives me migraine😑. They pulled this shit with IW too... So I will be seeing it tomorrow with my brother. I will probably cry and he will laugh at me. He is actually good example of how marvel has been lately expanding here and reaching people who don't usually care about cbms. Captain Marvel was a first marvel movie he saw and while he has not quite become a fan he's still interested in seeing what will happen in endgame. I think there's gonna be lot of people like that who are getting caught up in hype. Hype has in general been insane here (Finland) for a comic book movie. Endgame broke TLJ's first day presales recoed here too which is super impressive especially considering that we finns, like many other european countries, are very much a star wars nation and outside of fanboys fairly indifferent to superheroes. I don't know how exactly big Endgame will be here but definitely even bigger than infinity war and hopefully less frontloaded. Anyways even all the europeans are jumping on board and nothing will stop this train.