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Wondering how much SOF is going to make this weekend in general. Will it's legs be cut by Barbenheimer? Will it even matter? Could this be the first $200M domestic grosser to make a total of $10 overseas? Time will tell. Other then that these are actually pretty good numbers for MI7 who is going to struggle come this weekend. My only hope is that the drop isn't too bad. Great movie too, sucks to see it having issues. And then of course #ElementalSweep. It continues!

Jesus, these reviews are insane. Pretty sure this is Nolan's best incoming, gonna be starting my Nolan rewatches tonight though I'm not watching all of them. Prestige and Interstellar are top of the list considering I need to revisit them as I saw them and was mixed on both but they've lived rent free in my head more then other Nolan pictures. Probably will start with Dunkirk tonight though as that's a Top 3 Nolan for me, I think it's brilliant.

This is how John Magaro wins for Past Lives leaving both RDJ and Gosling in the dust-

Ghost Protocol is still my second favourite behind Fallout. It's a delight! And I love how the gadgets in the film just never, ever work correctly, it's both very funny but adds a level of tension that makes the high stakes of this one really stand out.

I still remember that crowd trying to twist themselves into trying to pretend Captain Marvel was some kind of huge flop for Marvel. Like sure Jan, the highest grossing origin film the MCU has ever done (not counting Black Panther as an origin film) both domestically and worldwide is a flop. Lol. Lmao even. Not ready for The Marvels discourse in November that's for sure. I already know Barbie is going to be hell and I don't want that twice in the same year.

I think there will be some weirdos that think that but I think Barbie will be the target by these morons more then Oppenheimer cause a lot of the time they can't actually understand media properly. Barbie is also easier cause it's colorful, pink, and aimed mainly at women (though I suspect the demos for opening weekend to have a higher male ratio then we expect, think 60% female, 40% male).

I don't know how people expected anything else out of Nolan tbh. The dude has openly said he thinks atomic weapons are the worst thing ever invented and this was something he said long before Oppenheimer was even being made so the fact this was ever in doubt is bizarre to me.

That's exactly what happened, albeit not entirely the creative teams fault. Lots of fighting between Lee and Buck vs. the Disney execs as well as a looming deadline and several other factors made that production hell. If you haven't, I definitely think people should check out the BTS doc Into the Unknown on Disney+. Not only is it really interesting that Disney even allowed that to go on their service considering how much it shows (it even goes into details about the executive meddling and the disagreements going on behind the scenes) but it's just a great doc in general. I don't even hate Frozen 2 all that much (it's solid) but the doc really gave me some answers to why I had my nagging issues with it and what caused them.

Fear of spoilers leaking out early, which I know it's weird to say for a movie like Oppenheimer which is based on actual history which you can quickly look up on a Wikipedia article but that's 100% what it is.

Very funny how this brand of hate video (which are all so, so very dumb) somehow think feminism = ugly, which is just bizarre as hell.

I'm definitely interested in reading it though. I don't always agree with Ehrlich but he's one of the more interesting critics out there in terms of writing and articulating his opinions. If he thinks something like this then I'm very curious as to why, and I know for a fact it's not being "desperate for attention" tbh.

His entire performance seems to be in the black and white segments which are good chunk of the film that appear to be left out. My guess is that they Universal felt marketing it in black and white wasn't appealing for some reason.

Gerwig does it again, ya love to see it.

Agreed. That being said, the Disney films are very, very solid so I would rather them focus on starting by adapting novels/material that hasn't really been touched yet by those versions.

I feel like Gerwig, if she gets to that point, would probably really explore that. She's a smart filmmaker and I trust her judgment in handling the more problematic stuff like that. Personally, I'm hoping she handles The Magician's Nephew first.

It's doing very well with specific audiences which is sometimes all you need.

Yeah M:I is getting hurt real bad from it's bad placement this summer. Just a whole ass mess going on with it.

Everything about The Marvels continues to look really great. Vellani is the big reason I'm excited (she's a genuine talent and star in the making) but also it's great to see Larson adding more dimension to Carol. I enjoy the first CM quite a bit - I think it's much better then people say even if it does have that admittedly really weak first act - but while I liked Larson's performance a lot it was clear that they were saving her bigger, more expressive stuff for a sequel on purpose as that film was literally about her trying to be stone cold and emotionless to no avail. The little bit we've seen in the trailers indicates we are finally getting a Carol closer to the comics, aka one who is constantly having the time of her life using her powers, is uber confident about herself (to a fault), and cares deeply about the people she protects (also to a fault). She's a stellar character in the comics and if they are able to translate that fully we are golden.

At least from what I can gather, it's a mix of good timing - not a lot of kids movies out and in terms of animated fare Spider-Verse is too violent for some of the really younger ones - and also it seems to just be genuinely resonating with people. When I saw it opening weekend, theater was only about 60% full but the kids in the theater were LOVING it, big reactions across the board, lots of buzzing from them which makes me think parents caught wind and probably were spreading the word about it being good for kids. Also there was a grown man sobbing in the last 10 minutes of the film next to me so clearly it's working on adults too to an extent. The more obvious one though is overseas where it's theme of immigration and race really seem to be hitting a strong chord, particularly in South Korea. The director is a first generation Korean immigrant himself and Elemental's story is not just hitting a chord over there, it's absolutely INSANE in terms of audience scores (9.9/10 on their version of CinemaScore which I think maybe the highest a Pixar movie has received there in a very long time).

Him liking Shazam makes sense once you realize he really enjoys pulpier, more classic style superhero stories like Captain America The First Avenger and the Donner Superman, it's very much in that vein

Yeah though it's interesting to see the ones he DOES really like. -Shazam (4/5) -Into the Spider-Verse (4/5) -Across the Spider-Verse (4.5/5) -Guardians Vol. 2 (3.5/5) -The Suicide Squad (3.5/5) -Avengers: Endgame (4/5)

At least $5

Dude is somehow convinced the general public still gives a shit about the MCU shows lmfao most regular people I know just wait to see them when they want to, like mom just now got around to watching Loki S1 (she really liked it!) so I sincerely doubt it will do literally anything

Insane numbers. So this thing is hitting $160M domestic right?

Idk man, I'd shocked if it wasn't. Gareth Edwards has historically been pretty good with budgets (Godzilla was $160 million which is much less then you would think) and he's been working with heavy VFX since the start of his career, I wouldn't be shocked if this is lower then $100M.