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    The Flash | June 16 2023 | Ezra Miller, Michael Keaton | We’re stoping the count at a Nice 69% RT (it’s 72% For Real) | Please Remember that Your Enjoyment Of The Film is Not Based On Others Opinions And To Be Nice To Each Other

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    25 minutes ago, AMC Theaters Enjoyer said:

    You never see a movie, even a big blockbuster like this, get a whole article in a major trade like THR about how the biggest movie star on the planet loved it so much. Between this, the year of claims about how the movie is "so good guys for real" from insiders and execs (Gunn and Zaslav hyping it up while the other DC films this year are barely acknowledged), WB returning to the Super Bowl just for it and none of their other movies, there's just something weird about how this movie is being pushed. Particularly given WB's current state and their lack of consistent hits over the past few years.

     

    It'll be funny if (most likely when), after all this, the movie just gets meh reviews and barely grosses more than Quantumania.

     

    Or... maybe it's really good and WBD is working double time to get people hyped?

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    Shazam! Fury of the Gods | March 17 2023 | Sandberg returns to direct. Will Sinbad return? | Get vaccinated!

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    28 minutes ago, SpiderByte said:

    If reviews keep trending this way the odds of over performing it's tracking are very slim.

     

    I don't get how this couldn't pull together when the first one was so great and was received much, much better.

     

     

    Because:

     

    1. The DCEU never fully recovered from the damage done by BvS, SS, and JL.

     

    2. It's been four years since the first film came out and the Iron is no longer hot.

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    Elemental | Disney/Pixar | June 16, 2023 | What if elements have feelings?????? 😱😱😱😱 | Surprise sleeper hit with the biggest 2023 premiere on Disney+

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    3 minutes ago, YM! said:

    With Gillman on the 30th, Disney should really consider moving this to July as June seems too much for Elemental to handle.

     

    Won't be a factor. Elemental will have have been out for 2 weeks by the time Ruby Gillman is out. If it's good, it they can coexist. If word of mouth is poor, it'll have collapsed by June 30.

    The Warner Bros. Thread | Will NOT merge with Paramount...capitalism is still terrible

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    4 hours ago, dudalb said:

    Seems to me Gunn is spreading himself pretty thin. He is going to have to, at least temporarily, give some of his studip boss functions to somebody else while he is making this movie.

     

    Is he, though? Seems like this is just to get the ball rolling on the DCU. It's no different than a showrunner directing the first episode of their TV show. 

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    Shazam! Fury of the Gods | March 17 2023 | Sandberg returns to direct. Will Sinbad return? | Get vaccinated!

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    25 minutes ago, Porthos said:

    Lackluster promotion.

    James Gunn Reboot Fallout.

    One Was Enough.

    The élan of the first film wasn't apparent in marketing.

    Lots of buzzy films released bang-bang-bang.

    Big Kids Film on the horizon.

     

    Mix and match as they're all intertwined, and that's before getting to more esoteric and fuzzy concepts like alleged CBM fatigue/wait for streaming.  The one thing we don't know yet is the WOM for this film.  All of the above factors really just discuss lack of interest in seeing it upfront.  What people actually think of it when they do see it?  A whole different subject.  

     

    (as is having enough people to see it in the first place to get any sort of WOM going)

     

    Yeah, a lot of people are jumping the gun a bit (as usual).

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    Scream VI (March 10, 2023)

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    16 hours ago, ddddeeee said:

    This was Scream 2 all over again: lots of excellent set pieces overcompensating for quite a lame plot. Like with Scream 2, you have lots of padding with the main characters, which is great because they all have chemistry; unlike Scream 2, you don't have Laurie Metcalf working overtime to sell a really rushed and underdeveloped motive. The killer reveal in this is by far the lamest in the series.

     

    I have really mixed views to be honest. I hope I like it more on repeat viewings.

     

    Scream 2 is my favorite in the series. So it sounds like I'll end up really liking this one.

    Elemental | Disney/Pixar | June 16, 2023 | What if elements have feelings?????? 😱😱😱😱 | Surprise sleeper hit with the biggest 2023 premiere on Disney+

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    15 minutes ago, Mojoguy said:

    They really need to push this back to June 23 just to get some breathing space from The Flash and Spiderverse 2 (June 2), along with getting some PLF screens.

     

    June 23 weekend right now is completely dead.

     

    The only downside is that it'll be opening a week before Indy 5.

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