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[CaptainJackSparrow]

Isn't Captain Marvel supposed to be very sci fi? If so, count me in as very hyped!

[YM!]

Said this numerous times but Black Panther can do $350M domestic potentially.

[CJohn]

Has @WrathOfHan finish AoE? Did he died trying?

[Ethan Hunt]

17 minutes ago, PPZVGOS said:

 

It's quite funny actually. 

 

The more people predict "superhero fatigue" the more money these movies make. 

To be fair part of why Wonder Woman is doing son well is because it doesn't exactly feel like a superhero movie which makes it stand out.

[PPZVGOS]

9 minutes ago, Rman823 said:

If it weren't for them this summer would be pretty boring BO wise. 

 

I have said this before, but I think it merits repeating. There are only 4 types of movies that can make money right now (especially in the North American box-office) 

 

1) Family films (Beauty & the Beast, Finding Dory, Inside Out, Minions, Pets etc etc)

 

2) Comic-Book-inspired films (MCU, DCEU, Deadpool etc etc) 

 

3) Star Wars films (one per year) 

 

4) Cleverly marketed, gimmicky, small-budget horror-films. 

 

 

The first two categories have been the mainstay of the domestic box-office for a few years now, while category number 3 is just a cinematic one-off that applies almost entirely to the Anglophone countries. Category number 4 is the most volatile by far, but it can be astonishingly lucrative. 

[CoolioD1]

Just now, Ethan Hunt said:

To be fair part of why Wonder Woman is doing son well is because it doesn't exactly feel like a superhero movie which makes it stand out.

eh not really. it feels like a thor/captain america mash up, it's just better than both of them.

[WrathOfHan]

4 minutes ago, CJohn said:

Has @WrathOfHan finish AoE? Did he died trying?

 happened about 5 minutes ago and I fucking died at the aftermath  

[Jonwo]

Just now, PPZVGOS said:

 

I have said this before, but I think it merits repeating. There are only 4 types of movies that can make money right now (especially in the North American box-office) 

 

1) Family films (Beauty & the Beast, Finding Dory, Inside Out, Minions, Pets etc etc)

 

2) Comic-Book-inspired films (MCU, DCEU, Deadpool etc etc) 

 

3) Star Wars films (one per year) 

 

4) Cleverly marketed, gimmicky, small-budget horror-films. 

 

 

The first two categories have been the mainstay of the domestic box-office for a few years now, while category number 3 is just a cinematic one-off that applies almost entirely to the Anglophone countries. Category number 4 is the most volatile by far, but it can be astonishingly lucrative. 

 

I think It will buck the trend of number 4 since it's based on a novel and it's higher budget for a horror at $32m. 

 

Mid budget films can make money, look at Hidden Figures or Sully which did fantastic in the dead months. 

[WrathOfHan]

This third act is a fucking mess with so many things happening. There's even a melodramatic song sprinkled in here and there

[Dementeleus]

3 minutes ago, PPZVGOS said:

 

I have said this before, but I think it merits repeating. There are only 4 types of movies that can make money right now (especially in the North American box-office) 

 

1) Family films (Beauty & the Beast, Finding Dory, Inside Out, Minions, Pets etc etc)

 

2) Comic-Book-inspired films (MCU, DCEU, Deadpool etc etc) 

 

3) Star Wars films (one per year) 

 

4) Cleverly marketed, gimmicky, small-budget horror-films. 

 

 

The first two categories have been the mainstay of the domestic box-office for a few years now, while category number 3 is just a cinematic one-off that applies almost entirely to the Anglophone countries. Category number 4 is the most volatile by far, but it can be astonishingly lucrative. 

 

5) High-caliber (or reasonably high-caliber) movies that appeal to attention-starved adults (especially in the fall/winter). 

[The Futurist]

Wonder Woman is an american centric, irrational phenomenon.

In the land of free, people have convinced themselves the movie is the second coming.

Outside of the US o A, the movie was met with a polite : "I guess that was ok/good."

Isn't it strange this jarring difference ?

Edited June 18, 2017 by The Futurist

[Ethan Hunt]

3 minutes ago, CoolioD1 said:

eh not really. it feels like a thor/captain america mash up, it's just better than both of them.

It game similarities do both for sure. But it doesn't feel like either at all. WW is a war movie first superhero movie second as opposed to TFA being a superhero movie that just happens to take place during WW2

[CoolioD1]

Just now, Ethan Hunt said:

It game similarities do both for sure. But it doesn't feel like either at all. WW is a war movie first superhero movie second as opposed to TFA being a superhero movie that just happens to take place during WW2

eehhhhhhhhhh.

[WrathOfHan]

Wait, that's it? That's how the movie ends? Jesus, it ends so abruptly, and it has an Imagine Dragons song to boot!

 

 

[WrathOfHan]

WW is a CBM first and foremost. It follows the cookie cutter formula too much not to be.

[Dementeleus]

Just now, WrathOfHan said:

WW is a CBM first and foremost. It follows the cookie cutter formula too much not to be.

 

So much salt. 

[WrathOfHan]

Just now, Telemachos said:

 

So much salt. 

You can like the movie all you want, but it doesn't stray far from the standard origin formula.

[Ethan Hunt]

Just now, WrathOfHan said:

WW is a CBM first and foremost. It follows the cookie cutter formula too much not to be.

But it doesn't at all 

[The Futurist]

Saying a movie has a formula is lazy criticism, it is barely an argument.

[Dementeleus]

Just now, WrathOfHan said:

You can like the movie all you want, but it doesn't stray far from the standard origin formula.

 

Sure, it follows the basic hero's journey model of basically every action/adventure movie ever.