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Pretty funny the one Sandberg movie I didn't end up caring much for is the one I watched sitting right behind him. He still feels fully aware of what he's doing and hasn't let any success get to his head, which is a really admirable thing. I did congratulate him afterwards, despite not really getting much out of the movie personally. I wish him the best and especially that he gets to make what he wants to make because he is a very competent audience-friendly filmmaker. He's the last guy who deserves any kind of dunking on the internet so I hope people stay the fuck calm about this one.

 

What I liked about the first film is either a diet-version here or not here at all, it feels like one of the old Disney direct-to-video sequels rather than a "real" sequel. It doesn't really justify itself as necessary compared to how quaint and charming the first movie was. The first film has a very solid thematic core that it could hang everything else on, but the few things the characters have in this one feel undercooked. A lot of them are reduced to bullet points and whatever arcs are set up early on don't really progress until a payoff appears at the end.

 

I can't be too negative because I admire all the good old fashioned superheroics that feel so bizarrely rare in these movies today. It's often pretty funny, the actors are putting in solid work, and nowadays these effects are above what I expect (this is a much better movie than Quantumania lol). At the very least it doesn't feel like I have to carry a whole bunch of baggage into the theater to see it, and my brain isn't going haywire thinking about how every little stupid thing in the movie might affect the entire damn industry. It is about as substantial as a saturday morning cartoon show (not derogatory), it doesn't feel like the deciding factor in what an entire corperation is going to do next.

 

Compared to 2020s superhero movies, it's by no means the worst one. Had it come out last year I'd put it straight in the middle, and even higher the year before that. But as a big fan of the original film, this isn't really what I was looking for. It's pretty funny at times, but never particularly interesting, the general plotting is mediocre and the characters don't do much to overcome it this time around.

 

Now because I'm an adult I can move on with my life, though if anyone has any questions you can ask away lol.

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Alex SciChannel Box Office Gold

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14 minutes ago, Lucas said:

Pretty funny the one Sandberg movie I didn't end up caring much for is the one I watched sitting right behind him. He still feels fully aware of what he's doing and hasn't let any success get to his head, which is a really admirable thing. I did congratulate him afterwards, despite not really getting much out of the movie personally. I wish him the best and especially that he gets to make what he wants to make because he is a very competent audience-friendly filmmaker. He's the last guy who deserves any kind of dunking on the internet so I hope people stay the fuck calm about this one.

 

What I liked about the first film is either a diet-version here or not here at all, it feels like one of the old Disney direct-to-video sequels rather than a "real" sequel. It doesn't really justify itself as necessary compared to how quaint and charming the first movie was. The first film has a very solid thematic core that it could hang everything else on, but the few things the characters have in this one feel undercooked. A lot of them are reduced to bullet points and whatever arcs are set up early on don't really progress until a payoff appears at the end.

 

I can't be too negative because I admire all the good old fashioned superheroics that feel so bizarrely rare in these movies today. It's often pretty funny, the actors are putting in solid work, and nowadays these effects are above what I expect (this is a much better movie than Quantumania lol). At the very least it doesn't feel like I have to carry a whole bunch of baggage into the theater to see it, and my brain isn't going haywire thinking about how every little stupid thing in the movie might affect the entire damn industry. It is about as substantial as a saturday morning cartoon show (not derogatory), it doesn't feel like the deciding factor in what an entire corperation is going to do next.

 

Compared to 2020s superhero movies, it's by no means the worst one. Had it come out last year I'd put it straight in the middle, and even higher the year before that. But as a big fan of the original film, this isn't really what I was looking for. It's pretty funny at times, but never particularly interesting, the general plotting is mediocre and the characters don't do much to overcome it this time around.

 

Now because I'm an adult I can move on with my life, though if anyone has any questions you can ask away lol.

Which type of people do you recommend see this movie? 

 

Me for example was a big fan of the first film and found it as a breath of fresh air for superhero flicks. I liked the charm and themes of family coming from the people who care about you and not necessarily your blood relation. The friendship of Freddy and Billy was one of my favorite aspects of the previous film

 

I also am a David F. Sandberg's horror work and wish him support in the film industry. It helps that he's good person as well from what I could gather from no promotional interviews and anecdotes.

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16 minutes ago, Lucas said:

Pretty funny the one Sandberg movie I didn't end up caring much for is the one I watched sitting right behind him. He still feels fully aware of what he's doing and hasn't let any success get to his head, which is a really admirable thing. I did congratulate him afterwards, despite not really getting much out of the movie personally. I wish him the best and especially that he gets to make what he wants to make because he is a very competent audience-friendly filmmaker. He's the last guy who deserves any kind of dunking on the internet so I hope people stay the fuck calm about this one.

 

What I liked about the first film is either a diet-version here or not here at all, it feels like one of the old Disney direct-to-video sequels rather than a "real" sequel. It doesn't really justify itself as necessary compared to how quaint and charming the first movie was. The first film has a very solid thematic core that it could hang everything else on, but the few things the characters have in this one feel undercooked. A lot of them are reduced to bullet points and whatever arcs are set up early on don't really progress until a payoff appears at the end.

 

I can't be too negative because I admire all the good old fashioned superheroics that feel so bizarrely rare in these movies today. It's often pretty funny, the actors are putting in solid work, and nowadays these effects are above what I expect (this is a much better movie than Quantumania lol). At the very least it doesn't feel like I have to carry a whole bunch of baggage into the theater to see it, and my brain isn't going haywire thinking about how every little stupid thing in the movie might affect the entire damn industry. It is about as substantial as a saturday morning cartoon show (not derogatory), it doesn't feel like the deciding factor in what an entire corperation is going to do next.

 

Compared to 2020s superhero movies, it's by no means the worst one. Had it come out last year I'd put it straight in the middle, and even higher the year before that. But as a big fan of the original film, this isn't really what I was looking for. It's pretty funny at times, but never particularly interesting, the general plotting is mediocre and the characters don't do much to overcome it this time around.

 

Now because I'm an adult I can move on with my life, though if anyone has any questions you can ask away lol.

Ok:

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Does the rumored Wonder Woman cameo happen?  And, if not, is she at least referenced/

Seems almost mandatory one of those, or both, is done ina DCU movie centered around Greek Mythlogy.

 

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45 minutes ago, Lucas said:

Pretty funny the one Sandberg movie I didn't end up caring much for is the one I watched sitting right behind him. He still feels fully aware of what he's doing and hasn't let any success get to his head, which is a really admirable thing. I did congratulate him afterwards, despite not really getting much out of the movie personally. I wish him the best and especially that he gets to make what he wants to make because he is a very competent audience-friendly filmmaker. He's the last guy who deserves any kind of dunking on the internet so I hope people stay the fuck calm about this one.

 

What I liked about the first film is either a diet-version here or not here at all, it feels like one of the old Disney direct-to-video sequels rather than a "real" sequel. It doesn't really justify itself as necessary compared to how quaint and charming the first movie was. The first film has a very solid thematic core that it could hang everything else on, but the few things the characters have in this one feel undercooked. A lot of them are reduced to bullet points and whatever arcs are set up early on don't really progress until a payoff appears at the end.

 

I can't be too negative because I admire all the good old fashioned superheroics that feel so bizarrely rare in these movies today. It's often pretty funny, the actors are putting in solid work, and nowadays these effects are above what I expect (this is a much better movie than Quantumania lol). At the very least it doesn't feel like I have to carry a whole bunch of baggage into the theater to see it, and my brain isn't going haywire thinking about how every little stupid thing in the movie might affect the entire damn industry. It is about as substantial as a saturday morning cartoon show (not derogatory), it doesn't feel like the deciding factor in what an entire corperation is going to do next.

 

Compared to 2020s superhero movies, it's by no means the worst one. Had it come out last year I'd put it straight in the middle, and even higher the year before that. But as a big fan of the original film, this isn't really what I was looking for. It's pretty funny at times, but never particularly interesting, the general plotting is mediocre and the characters don't do much to overcome it this time around.

 

Now because I'm an adult I can move on with my life, though if anyone has any questions you can ask away lol.

Spoiler

Does WW have action scenes or she just shows up in the end? Actions scenes were not mentioned in any screening but a few media outlets said that she would have one so I wonder if they were lying or not

 

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Lucas Box Office Gold

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5 hours ago, Alex SciChannel said:

Which type of people do you recommend see this movie? 

 

Me for example was a big fan of the first film and found it as a breath of fresh air for superhero flicks. I liked the charm and themes of family coming from the people who care about you and not necessarily your blood relation. The friendship of Freddy and Billy was one of my favorite aspects of the previous film

 

I also am a David F. Sandberg's horror work and wish him support in the film industry. It helps that he's good person as well from what I could gather from no promotional interviews and anecdotes.

I do think families would enjoy it, it is the kind of harmless fun that should play pretty well, but I don't think there's anything in the movie to motivate many to go out of their way to see it. For comic book movie fans I'd recommend it over Quantumania, Black Adam, Love & Thunder and Morbius. If they go see those movies then why not see this one.

 

I agree with you on the first movie, it was a quaint breath of fresh air where it felt like the superhero movie I was watching was actually about being a hero. I also really loved the found family theme, and while elements of that definitely continue here, it's not very developed and feels more like a footnote overall. Freddy and Billy's friendship does not get a lot of focus this time. Sandberg is indeed a delight (and now happy to say the same about him in-person) and you can tell he has a lot of fun making these. I do hope he gets another horror movie off the ground soon, and not necessarily because Shazam 2 didn't really work for me but because I just want to see what he'd like to do. Also because I'd hope it cuts down on the time between movies.

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42 minutes ago, dudalb said:

Ok:

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I assume the rumored cameo is whether or not Gal Gadot actually appears as Wonder Woman, and she does. The god/greek mythology angle is why.

 

 

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Does WW have action scenes or she just shows up in the end? Actions scenes were not mentioned in any screening but a few media outlets said that she would have one so I wonder if they were lying or not

 

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WW is not in any action scene (good imo), she only shows up at the very end. Theme music and all.

 

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TheFlatLannister Box Office Gold

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2 hours ago, Lighthouse said:

I don't remember a bigger flop of social media reactions than this. Like only 10 people said something, and no one relevant.

People (critics) really have no interest in this, or it's some weird WB strategy for the inevitable coming...

I still think the general consensus on social media probably means it doesn't go rotten. But yeah lots of the early reactions were mostly comic book bloggers 

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