THE UNMARVELOUS WEEKEND THREAD | FEATURING MELTDOWNS, ARMCHAIR ANALYSIS, AND SEXISM

[DInky]

The Batman is a very good movie but it also felt a little tired because we're just doing grounded and realistic Batman, again. I also think it lacked the theatricality of Nolan's Batman movies.

[Blaze Heatnix]

So, any guess on the CinemaScore for The Marvels?

 

I guess B+ / B

[Zakiyyah6]

I'm guessing B+ for The Marvels. It screams B+ to me. If it gets a B then it has no chance of legs and even with a B+ I still think it only gets a 2.4 multi at best. 

[John Marston]

17 minutes ago, ringedmortality said:

 

This is wild reasoning. Imagine saying this after Batman Begins.

 

Batman Begins feels like it generated more enthusiasm

[Zakiyyah6]

Looking at these early numbers, I can't imagine them selling a new Avengers movie off the back of Captain Marvel. She's supposed to be a replacement for Captain America but nobody likes her as much as Captain America. She was the least interesting thing ever in her own 1.1 billion dollar film. 

[Mulder]

Of the superhero stuff in the future, I think only The Batman 2 and whenever Beyond The Spider-Verse comes out are guaranteed hits. They're the only things with people actively invested in and interested in them. I think Deadpool 3 and Superman: Legacy have potential but the jury's still out on those until we get closer (Especially in Superman: Legacy's case). Everything else I very much doubt will make a splash honestly.

[RichWS]

My local multiplex has two more shows tonight at 9/9:30 with only two tickets sold. For a Marvel movie, that is absolutely bonkers.

[TheFlatLannister]

1 hour ago, Maggie said:

I think the flop is more than about the quality of the movie. Plenty of bad movies make bank. As i've said, this is complete rejection.

It 100% has nothing to do with quality. It was tracking way below $10M previews which is a big red flag for any MCU sequel

[TheFlatLannister]

29 minutes ago, Maggie said:

I think The Bat 2 will drop pretty big. The freshness of RPatz casting is no more and the first one even before the release had an aura of quality to it brought by the director Matt Reeves. I don't know what they can do in the sequel to bring in a new angle to excite viewers. Plus, it will release a long time after the first one. Idk, to me the first one was respected more than beloved

I'm not sold on the Batman dropping off tbh. The first one was really well received and its formed a bit of a cult following online. Good faith will defintely help OW which in turn will help its overall gross. Not expecting $1B or anything, but $800Ms is not unreasonable 

[Mulder]

1 minute ago, TheFlatLannister said:

I'm not sold on the Batman dropping off tbh. The first one was really well received and its formed a bit of a cult following online. Good faith will defintely help OW which in turn will help its overall gross. Not expecting $1B or anything, but $800Ms is not unreasonable 

Yeah this is the thing exactly. The Batman's kept its relevance online. It's still being discussed heavily and it was very well received. 

[MovieMan89]

12 minutes ago, Zakiyyah6 said:

I'm guessing B+ for The Marvels. It screams B+ to me. If it gets a B then it has no chance of legs and even with a B+ I still think it only gets a 2.4 multi at best. 

Every CBM that bombs this bad on OW pretty much misses 2x, except Blue Beetle. And that did seem to get some tiny semblance of WOM, bolstered by movie day when it had a huge boost. 

[ringedmortality]

7 minutes ago, Mulder said:

Of the superhero stuff in the future, I think only The Batman 2 and whenever Beyond The Spider-Verse comes out are guaranteed hits. They're the only things with people actively invested in and interested in them. I think Deadpool 3 and Superman: Legacy have potential but the jury's still out on those until we get closer (Especially in Superman: Legacy's case). Everything else I very much doubt will make a splash honestly.

 

I think Joker 2 is a guaranteed hit.

 

[Mulder]

2 minutes ago, ringedmortality said:

 

I think Joker 2 is a guaranteed hit.

 

I really don't think so but we'll see as we get closer.

[Firepower]

9 hours ago, Issac Newton said:

About what good WOM is he talking about? Does he have mental issues?

[WorkingonaName]

Either Joker or Wicked is gonna be the biggest grosser next year.  

[Claire of Themyscira]

 

The EATERY. Wish I was seeing them again in Mexico.

My Latinx SISTERS.

[ringedmortality]

Neta?

[Blaze Heatnix]

3 minutes ago, Firepower said:

About what good WOM is he talking about? Does he have mental issues?

 

I think he's talking about hypothetical scenarios, like conditions.

[Firepower]

15 minutes ago, Mulder said:

Yeah this is the thing exactly. The Batman's kept its relevance online. It's still being discussed heavily and it was very well received. 

Where? It was forgotten pretty quickly. It came out, did well enough, but not outstanding, and that's kinda it, it didn't touch Nolan.

Edited November 11, 2023 by Firepower

[John Marston]

 even if it has Elemental legs it will end up being one of the biggest bombs of all time