Alli Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 6 minutes ago, Europe is my playground said: Am I the only one who thinks Fantasy Island will overperform ? I too think it will do well. It looks intriguing. Hopefully reviews won't be too bad 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyK Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 3 hours ago, FunkMiller said: Doesn’t he mean the Reddit leaks from late last year from people claiming to have been at test screenings of the film? I think ViewerAnon verified that they took place, from what I recall. 1 person on Reddit. The same thing happened before the first movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyxx Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 18 hours ago, iHeartJames said: an R rated Gotham City Sirens with Harley Quinn & Poison Ivy eating each other out would have been epic Based and dare I say, redpilled Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GambitPool Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 How much of it is the marketing itself, instead of the film not leaving enough for the marketing? I think it's the film's portrayal of these characters causing the issues. It takes these interesting characters (with potential marketing power) and strips them down to realistic, gritty versions of themselves. Aside from Harley, what's the difference between Canary, Huntress, and Renee Montoya? Two are badass women in leather and the other is a badass woman with a leather jacket. And Cassandra Cain is a little kid in an R-Rated film. Kind of a far cry from Guardians and Suicide Squad. Guardians had a wise-cracking Solo type, a badass woman in leather (but in green), an unhinged muscular alien, and a talking raccoon and tree. Suicide Squad had Will Smith as an assassin with a white mask and scope eye-patch, a human crocodile hybrid, a witch, a Mexican tatted up gangster with flamethrower hands, an iconic crazy clown couple, a wise-cracking Australian, and the straight man to balance everything out. Marketing team for both films had a field day. BoP takes a platinum blonde in fishnets and strips that away (Canary). A detective in a fedora and faceless mask and strips that away (Montoya). The silent, ninja-assassin adopted daughter of Batman and, you guessed it, strips that away (Cassandra Cain). Only Huntress resembles her comic counter-part, but she never visually stood out anyway. I'm not arguing that comic accuracy would've put butts in seats, but the film chooses to change everything iconic and marketable about these characters. Imagine if Wonder Woman wore her 90's leather jacket look instead of her iconic armor? Or Captain Marvel wore her Air Force outfit instead? Yeah you gotta make sure the characters are good in the film, but you also have to give people a reason to show up to said film. From a marketing standpoint, this film suffers by going the Marvel Netflix route. 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyxx Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 18 hours ago, TheDarkKnightOfSteel said: Man of Steel is the best comic book movie of modern cinema, Joker aside. Snyder's law - every weekend thread eventually will discuss the works of one Zachary Edward Snyder. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtis1986 Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 7 minutes ago, Alli said: I too think it will do well. It looks intriguing. Hopefully reviews won't be too bad I will be shocked if it gets above a 25 on RT 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyK Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 5 hours ago, telcontar said: He didn't write it. It was mostly Allan Heinberg with Patty Jenkins and Geoff Johns adding finishing touches. Also, Patty Jenkins said that Snyder's work was mostly about "arranging things" in the early stages. Story by Zach Snyder, screenplay by Alan Heinberg. It's right there in the credits. I'm not a ZS fan but it's bloody obvious he came up with the story, the photograph scene is right there in BvS before they even filmed WW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyxx Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 15 hours ago, marveldcfox said: I hate to say this, but so far this year all female led movies seem to be flopping. In my country India, two local films starring A list female actors flopped at box office even after getting good reviews. The rhythm section and now BOP in Hollywood seem to be the new casualties. Makes you wonder... Umm...Black Widow and Wonder Woman 84 are gonna be the highest grossing films of the year domestic and worldwide. Take your pick on which takes what crown. I think BW for WW and WW84 for domestic. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DlAMONDZ Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 18 minutes ago, Valonqar said: Morbius gonna flop. Who the fuck knows about this character and Leto isn't likable like Hardy. Do people outside the internet even know who Tom Hardy is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valonqar Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 6 minutes ago, DlAMONDZ said: Do people outside the internet even know who Tom Hardy is? and then he became a household name. So yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babz06 Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 1 hour ago, Madhuvan said: Could Sony become the #1 Studio Domestic in 2020? Everything is favouring them right now. If morbius and ghostbusters both over-perform than maybe. Because we know that Venom will probably do well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedast Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, Harley said: My guess is WB thought Robbie is a big enough of a name to put butts in the seats and she isn’t. They probably should have cast some other big names to draw viewers. Casting unknowns sometimes backfires. I believe this movie was always seen as a Harley/Robbie vehicle, but WB/Robbie added the BOP to get some extra points (some of her stans made it out like she was doing them a favor by sharing her spotlight), and it showed in the Harley-centered marketing. This is unappealing, if you're like me, and can't handle that character for long periods of time. The R-rating also locked out a lot of young female fans. Still, the numbers are decent. Edited February 8, 2020 by thedast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolioD1 Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 saw birds of prey. thought the trailers were annoying so i thought i was gonna be sitting there the whole time with a face but it's pretty enjoyable. the action was a lot better than i expected. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legion Again Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 So we’re gonna have 4 big CBMs this year: BW WW84 Venom 2 Eternals and 4 small ones: BoP Bloodshot New Mutants Morbius Did I miss any? Was pretty amused to find 8 in what I’d been thinking of as a CBM light year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdsacken Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 50 minutes ago, Valonqar said: Morbius gonna flop. Who the fuck knows about this character and Leto isn't likable like Hardy. Way less known than Venom but you never know. Venom screamed flop city but killed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpiderByte Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 People actually know who Venom is though. Morbius? Not nearly as much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdsacken Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 7 minutes ago, SpiderByte said: People actually know who Venom is though. Morbius? Not nearly as much. Oh I agree it will never break out lie that. I still think Venom 2 does less than the first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Tran Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 I was waiting for all the "DC is dying!" Posts. Never change BOT. Did DC die after WW or Aquaman or Shazam or Joker? Was anyone saying that? Maybe this has something to do with SS but even then these trailers were horrible and they really should have done a red band trailer to show some of what's different about this. DC is fine, The Batman and WW84 on the way. This is a blip on the radar. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HouseOfTheSun Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 Well...I don’t know what to think now. Didn’t think of enjoy this very much but it was pretty good. Unfortunate performance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keysersoze123 Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 Good news is Birds of Prey is looking at 30% increase going by how ticket sales at MTC are. Iet us see where things stand this evening. That said even a better than norm previews to OW or OW to dom multi will not change the narrative. Its overall BO is well below expectations and I was not that optimistic(60/150 kind of run). That said the BOP run has no bearing on Wondy 2. That has the hype necessary for a big OW(to me favorite to have the biggest OW for the year). Batman next year will be Huge as well and as well Aquaman 2. Only question is Suicide Squad 2. We have to wait and watch how the hype is close to release. 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
