MARY POPPINS RETURNS | Disney | 12.19.18 | Rob Marshall directing | Emily Blunt, Lin Manuel Miranda

[DMan7]

8 minutes ago, WrathOfHan said:

TFW Bumblebee has a higher RT score than the Oscar contender  

 

Looks like this kid knows what he wants for Christmas, but is he getting it? Stay tuned to find out! 

[Hades]

2 minutes ago, MrFanaticGuy34 said:

You know, i’m starting to get really tired of ”Mr. Anti-Disney” Hades there. Hating Disney for no other reason, despite the Disney villain name.

......I am the actual Hades ....I was played by James Woods in the Disney flick...That was cool actually.

[DeeCee]

@WrathOfHan Please avoid random gifs of random people in unrelated threads. 

[WrathOfHan]

Just now, DeeCee said:

@WrathOfHan Please avoid random gifs of random people in unrelated threads. 

[MrFanaticGuy34]

2 minutes ago, Hades said:

......I am the actual Hades ....I was played by James Woods in the Disney flick...That was cool actually.

Ok. Good. That makes sense.

 

Then how about at least respecting some of the other’s enjoyments for this film instead of constantly trashing the studio with new films they release?

[Rebeccas]

Suddenly Disney isn't paying critics anymore huh!

[Curtis1986]

 I'm happy the reviews are decent but dang  Marshall killed another musical so messed up another film.

[Nova]

38 minutes ago, SnokesLegs said:

Purely anecdotal, but I don’t know a single person who’s interested in seeing this. Ever since the first teaser trailer dropped I’ve questioned who exactly this is aimed at, because it sure as hell isnt catching on with children. Singing nannies might have been all the rage back when the original came out, but I think the only people who will be guaranteed to turn out for this are people over 50 who grew up with the original. Kids will be dragging their parents to see Aquaman, Spider-Man and Bumblebee, and I think the latter two will be the leggier of the 4 films over the festive period despite lower openings.

 

I don’t think this is going to be as big as many have been predicting.

Yes. All those tickets being bought on Fandango Pulse are being bought by the singing nannies that have taken over the USA.

[filmlover]

This is probably not gonna get nominated for Best Picture but will make a boatload of money regardless. Good Christmas for tentpole titles this year.

[JGAR4LIFE]

9 minutes ago, Nova said:

Yes. All those tickets being bought on Fandango Pulse are being bought by the singing nannies that have taken over the USA.

Solo was beating Black Panther in presales, yet it never even opened above $90M on OW. I’m very curious to see how this fares overseas, Europe and Australia might eat this film up but elsewhere such as Latin America, I’m not so sure.

[TMP]

1 hour ago, KJsooner said:

Bumblebee best reviewed of the three big time Christmas movies. Who saw that one coming?

Chilly Tee

[Nova]

9 minutes ago, JGAR4LIFE said:

Solo was beating Black Panther in presales, yet it never even opened above $90M on OW. I’m very curious to see how this fares overseas, Europe and Australia might eat this film up but elsewhere such as Latin America, I’m not so sure.

Because Star Wars is a presales franchise whereas Black Panther was more walk up driven. 

 

My point was that Mary Poppins sales on Fandango have been consistently high so someone is buying tickets. Whether it’s presales driven or has some walk up friendliness to it is yet to be seen but its doing very well in sales thus far. And personally I expect this to make a killing in predominantly English speaking countries and do average in other countries. 

[sabrecmc]

I'm excited for this one and so is my 12 year old.  We both loved the original.  I don't really have any interest in Bumblebee or Aquaman. Wish them well, but not my kind of movie.  I'd love to see Spiderman, but the animation style in the trailer really bothered my eyes.  I don't think I could take a whole movie like that. 

 

We'll be seeing this one Christmas Day.

Edited December 12, 2018 by sabrecmc

[Heat Vision]

Seems like this film is bad but critics are scared to go against Disney.

[WrathOfHan]

Just now, Heat Vision said:

Seems like this film is bad but critics are scared to go against Disney.

Ok, then why is the industry going nuts for this with talk of Emily Blunt winning an Oscar? Are they scared to go against Disney?

[DAR]

3 minutes ago, Heat Vision said:

Seems like this film is bad but critics are scared to go against Disney.

A Wrinkle in Time says hi

[WrathOfHan]

Just now, DAR said:

A Wrinkle in Time says hi

[DAR]

Just now, WrathOfHan said:

That too

[MrGamer]

4 minutes ago, Heat Vision said:

Seems like this film is bad but critics are scared to go against Disney.

A Wrinkle in Time and Nutcracker didn’t happen?

[Eric Duncan]

3 minutes ago, Heat Vision said:

Seems like this film is bad but critics are scared to go against Disney.

Funny. Several reviews, both positive and negative, I've read for this have a bit of anti-Disney stigma to them. The AV Club review in particular seems like the dude has an issue with Disney rather than the film itself. We also just had not one but two major Disney tentpoles come out this year and earn negative reviews as well. Almost as if critics are their own independent hive mind and don't care about the evil Mouse overlords.