CA2: $10.2m Thursday Night (beats Thor2's $7.1m) | $100m+ coming?

[Ozymandias]

Sorry to bring up RedLetterMedia again, but this recent video of theirs seems pertinent:

 

 

hahaha I saw that yesterday, fucking awesome  ...and so sad.

Edited April 4, 2014 by Ozymandias

[Fancyarcher]

In DC's head it was, so instead of wisening up, they stupidly came to the egregious conclusion that fun = fail. I blame hacks like Goyer for enabling that stupidity. 

 

WB not DC, still Green Lantern's failure shouldn't have discouraged them. They just needed to make a movie with a lot less studio input (not that it will ever happen, still).

Edited April 4, 2014 by Fancyarcher

[Captain Craig]

Why am I blindly biased? I don't like some Marvel movies, think others are mediocre, and thought some were very good. Same with DC or any of the Sony or Fox CBMs.

That's not how your initial statement read. Just now you are adding qualifiers.

Your initial statement was all inclusive: "And yet their movies are pretty generic, overall"

 

Now, when called out, you want to add qualifiers and be all, "what?"

That's fine, play it that way if that's the truth. 

[Lordmandeep]

Easily marvels best film since im1...Well done CA 2 A-Need to watch it again...This film just adds so much to the world of the avengers.

[redfirebird2008]

That's an awesome start for old Cap.

[grey ghost]

I'll put it this way.

 

Sony kicked ass in 2012. They were the top studio.

 

But it was because of franchise films (MIB, Spider-man, Bond).

 

They can't win the year without major franchises. No studio can.

[Lordmandeep]

One must admire the old schoolness of the captains character

[Shawn Robbins]

But franchises increase a studios chances at success.The worst performing studios lack major franchises.Is that a coincidence?

 

Yes and no. I don't think franchises are inherently negative, but Hollywood has the ability to "live off" original and standalone films. They choose not to because audiences want to see more of their favorite characters (nothing wrong with that), which ultimately leads to overexposing the majority of said franchises and running them into the ground.

 

That's why the Spielbergs, Nolans, Camerons, Cuarons, Scorseses, etc. are so important. Even when they dabble in franchises, they typically get to do it their way--and a filmmaker's vision, more often than not, will endure longer than a corporate studio's.

[Spidey Freak]

Tele admires Marvel's business acumen even as his soul laments their "artistic soullessness that needs some 1960s new-wave French and Soviet bloc creative juice" 

 

Ironic that the 1960s gave birth to Marvel as we now know and adore it then.  

[grey ghost]

Sorry to bring up RedLetterMedia again, but this recent video of theirs seems pertinent:

 

 

 

If sequels were made illegal Hollywood wouldn't invest billions into new movies.

 

Say goodbye to Harry Potter, LOTR, Batman, Star Wars, Captain America, Frozen and every other visually impressive movie series.

[Dementeleus]

Your initial statement was all inclusive: "And yet their movies are pretty generic, overall"

 

They are. Ask anyone who watches anything beyond CBMs and big tentpoles and they'll agree.

[Dragon]

im goin tonight. hope its not sold out

[Spidey Freak]

WB not DC, still Green Lantern's failure shouldn't have discouraged them. They just needed to make a movie with a lot less studio input (not that it will ever happen, still).

 

DC too. Even the comics have consciously been trying to be overtly dark, gritty, depressing, brooding, emo etc. ever since Frank Miller happened to them in the 80's. And that mentality has just gotten progressively worse over time. The New 52 is such dour, soulless dreck.

Edited April 4, 2014 by Spidey Freak

[Lordmandeep]

They are. Ask anyone who watches anything beyond CBMs and big tentpoles and they'll agree.

Lol hipsters..

[tommycruise]

So it looks like Cap is guaranteed to break the April OW record, although Fast 7 will probably reclaim it next year

[Spidey Freak]

Oh ok I mis understood your post 

 

Totally fine. I'm sleep deprived and that post was clunky and grammatically imperfect so can't really blame you for misunderstanding.

[ecstasy]

So it looks like Cap is guaranteed to break the April OW record, although Fast 7 will probably reclaim it next year

 

Well it depends on how much Cap opens with.

[Lordmandeep]

I think CA2 is getting a good reaction because its a comic book that fully delivered or exceeded expectations.2013 had many hit comic book films but all three did not meet expectations from a qaulitu point of view.

[Spidey Freak]

2013 had many hit comic book films but all three did not meet expectations from a qaulitu point of view.

 

I think IM3 did meet/exceed expectations for most of GA and critics.  

[Kvikk Lunsj]

Fun fact about the comic book moves.  Only three comic book movies have ever won any type of Oscar.