Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 | May 5, 2023 | The 9th most profitable film of 2023

[BadOlCatSylvester]

Some of the stuff I've read about the violence leads me to believe we're in for yet another nasty high-60s drop with this one. If audiences had issues with Wakanda Forever's dour tone then they might recoil at this. I'll leave it at that.

[JohnnyGossamer]

6 minutes ago, Firepower said:

So reviews are not as good as early reactions and scoops suggested. What a shocker.

Highest rated superhero movies on Metacritic post shutdowns are...

 

The Suicide Squad 72

Shang-Chi 71

No Way Home 71

The Batman 72

Wakanda Forever 67

Guardians Vol. 3 69

 

...considering that, reviews are actually pretty good. Unless, I guess, you don't consider the critical receptions of those movies as all that great? Which, is possible. None of them received widespread acclaim but all well were pretty well received I'd say.

Edited April 28, 2023 by JohnnyGossamer

[Krissykins]

5 minutes ago, JohnnyGossamer said:

Highest rated superhero movies on Metacritic post shutdowns are...

 

The Suicide Squad 72

Shang-Chi 71

No Way Home 71

The Batman 72

Wakanda Forever 67

Guardians Vol. 3 69

 

...considering that, reviews are actually pretty good. Unless, I guess, you don't consider the critical receptions of those movies as all that great? Which, is possible. None of them received widespread acclaim but all well were pretty well received I'd say.

I don’t check Metacritic, but surely GOTG3 has several more reviews still to be added? 

[JohnnyGossamer]

Just now, Krissykins said:

I don’t check Metacritic, but surely GOTG3 has several more reviews still to be added? 

Probably about 20 more to add. It does have 35 reviews already. That's a sizeable chunk. Movies there tend to get somewhere between 45 and 60 reviews counted on average. So, for that site, 35 is actually a pretty nice sample size to start. 2/3 of the total number it'll get.

[cooldude97]

So don't expect a major post-review increase in tickets? Got it

[MyMovieCanBeatUpYourMovie]

I do sort of wonder if "superhero fatigue" is not only hitting audiences, but reviewers as well, and there's just a certain number of reviewers who would have given some of the more recent superhero films a pass (a positive on RT), but just won't anymore. 

 

So, something that would have scored high to mid 80s 5 years ago, ends up in the high 60s or low 70s now.  

 

Like, I didn't really like either of these films, but I don't think there's really *that* much of a quality difference between Ant-Man 2 and 3 (87% vs. 47%, a whopping 40-point difference in positive reviews), and I think 3 would have gotten much better reviews 5 years ago, and 2 would have done much better if it had been released now.

Edited April 28, 2023 by MyMovieCanBeatUpYourMovie

[JohnnyGossamer]

My favorite MCU on Metacritic...

 

First Avenger 66/100

Iron Man 3 62/100

Vol. 2 67/100

 

...so personally just hoping I like this one a lot myself.

[Firepower]

22 minutes ago, JohnnyGossamer said:

Highest rated superhero movies on Metacritic post shutdowns are...

 

The Suicide Squad 72

Shang-Chi 71

No Way Home 71

The Batman 72

Wakanda Forever 67

Guardians Vol. 3 69

 

...considering that, reviews are actually pretty good. Unless, I guess, you don't consider the critical receptions of those movies as all that great? Which, is possible. None of them received widespread acclaim but all well were pretty well received I'd say.

70s is good, but I assume it'll drop to low 60s in the end, with RT below 80 which is not great, definitely not raves I expected.

[Sckathian]

5 minutes ago, MyMovieCanBeatUpYourMovie said:

I do sort of wonder if "superhero fatigue" is not only hitting audiences, but reviewers as well, and there's just a certain number of reviewers who would have given some of the more recent superhero films a pass (a positive on RT), but just won't anymore. 

This is 100% the case; end of the day reviewers will look for something a bit different. Its also possible Marvel staff are fatigues/out of some of the ideas that were popular. I still think NEW Gamora was a mistake, we are basically getting a third film about their relation - thats not great when we should be seeing character growth.

 

Reviews seem in the OK range which for me if people were holding out for a review bump to tracking thats not coming but I still hope fans of the films run it up a bit late but thats only a hope.

[JohnnyGossamer]

4 minutes ago, MyMovieCanBeatUpYourMovie said:

I do sort of wonder if "superhero fatigue" is not only hitting audiences, but reviewers as well, and there's just a certain number of reviewers who would have given some of the more recent superhero films a pass (a positive on RT), but just won't anymore. 

 

So, something that would have scored high to mid 80s 5 years ago, ends up in the high 60s or low 70s now.  

 

Like, I didn't really like either of these films, but I don't think there's really *that* much of a quality difference between Ant-Man 2 and 3 (87% vs. 47%, a whopping 40-point difference in positive reviews), and I think 3 would have gotten much better reviews 5 years ago, and 2 would have done much if it had been released now.

I actually think AM2 is considerably better than AM3 but that said 87% is super high. I didn't realize the % was that high. I do think that there's something to this... There's definitely fatigue with everyone for supes stuff. I'm sure some will still get glowing reviews but we haven't seen literally any get anything higher than like 72/100 on MC since Endgame. None. And, there's been a ton since Endgame. Not just MCU ones but DC has released 4 too. Of course, Venom 2 and Morbius came out too. I'm sure there are others I'm forgetting too. There's been what since Endgame? Well over a dozen right? Maybe 16 or so? And, again, none higher than a 72 on MC since it released.

[Sckathian]

Wait. The Special is a need to watch? Just heard it in a review. I thought that was Christmas fun? Marvel needs to stop doing this. 

[ThomasNicole]

79% now despite good average score 

 

oh well, should get the fresh thing, but that´s it 

 

[Firepower]

Maybe my 600-700 mln prediction will be right on the money.

[AMC Theaters Enjoyer]

Just got out of Are You There God? and seeing all this. Tbh I tend to gravitate more towards divisive movies so this might be up my alley. We will see at tonight’s showing.

[JohnnyGossamer]

17 minutes ago, Sckathian said:

Wait. The Special is a need to watch? Just heard it in a review. I thought that was Christmas fun? Marvel needs to stop doing this. 

There's no way that's a need to watch. There's one small thing revealed in it that if you paid attention to Vol. 2 at all pretty much anyone probably already assumed. Special is complete fluff.

[elzorro]

16 minutes ago, Sckathian said:

Wait. The Special is a need to watch? Just heard it in a review. I thought that was Christmas fun? Marvel needs to stop doing this. 

Haven't seen the movie but I have seen the special and it is one of the worst pieces of media I've ever watched. So I highly doubt it's a "need to watch". Nothing happened in the special.

[Warmaster506]

Many critics are just meh to comic films now. So fuck them. 

[elzorro]

3 minutes ago, Warmaster506 said:

Many critics are just meh to comic films now. So fuck them. 

Not sure if you're being serious or mocking those fans who flip flop on the critics.

[PrinceRico]

4 minutes ago, Warmaster506 said:

Many critics are just meh to comic films now. So fuck them. 

To be fair audiences, haven’t been that high on comic book films as well. 

Edited April 28, 2023 by PrinceRico

[TMP]

Gunn peaked with Peacemaker, by far his best project both in terms of character work and thematic work. Feel like nothing he does is gonna match that