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Where is this coming from?
Possible but i wouldn't say sure thing. It is going to lose a huge number of theaters this and next weekend with spiderman and then planet of the apes.
Good to hear!
I feel you 100%. Spider-Man 2 is still up there as one of the best superhero films for me, but I don't see why there can't be a Spider-Man movie that's as good or better.
In fact, that more or less says a lot about storytelling in Hollywood if they can't top movies from 13 years ago.
I think making that claim is like saying (if Reeves' Batman movie is great) that all previous Batman movies are irrelevant. No matter how good the movie is, I don't know if that's possible.
OrangeAtlas
Member
In a few years time The Amazing Spider-Man movies are going to be such a strange anomaly among ththe r franchise.
There's the beloved Raimi films, then the interconnected MCU films, and for a couple of years in between there was an odd attempt that didn't go anywhere.
There's the beloved Raimi films, then the interconnected MCU films, and for a couple of years in between there was an odd attempt that didn't go anywhere.
Seems off/too low...but then again it's deadline so I expect a $47-50m update later tonight.
Quality-wise, the Spider-Man movies mirror the Batman movies at this point.
Raimi's Spider-Man = Burton's Batman
ASM = Schumacher's Batman
MCU Spidey = NolanBats
Yup.
I didn't think X2 would ever be topped as an Xmen movie, then Logan happened.
I didn't like Homecoming more than Spidey 1 or 2, but I'm totally hoping it happens and 100% open to telling everyone that the new movie > the old classic.
It just needs to happen
PhoncipleBone
Banned
They also said $10m based on trends yesterday, but as other time zones came in they ramped it up.
That's "ridiculous".
Homecoming is missing a lot of important Spider-Man notes - the melodrama, the seriousness of Peter's struggles, the weight of his responsibility as Spider-Man.
bananafactory
Banned
Yep these type of big estimate revisions are often a sign a movie might blow up. This one could be big
WhiteRabbitEXE
Member
I feel like I saw all of that in there though.
bananafactory
Banned
It's preview numbers are right around Iron Man 3 which made 174m, although I don't understand what happened with that movie and how it took off so much. Looking at other films with similar Thursdays none of them are close to IM3
It's not melodramatic at all, doesn't go into 'why' he has to be Spider-Man and make all these sacrifices, doesn't treat the sacrifices very seriously. It's too light and comedic to convey the fullness of the character.
Like the rest of the MCU, save for Captain America (and Stark in Civil War).
QuantumZebra
Member
Couldn't have done it better myself
Well...
TPM: D-
AotC: Z-
RotS: F
Guardians of the Galaxy is the 6th best SW film
This is strangely on-point
BronsonLee
Member
Star Wars Grades:
1: F
2: F
3: F
4: F
5: F
6: F
7: D-
Rogue One: B+!
T O N Y
S T A R K
1: F
2: F
3: F
4: F
5: F
6: F
7: D-
Rogue One: B+!
T O N Y
S T A R K
Avengers happened.
We going to forget him trying to balance being Spidey vs being Peter and what happened when the streams crossed?
bananafactory
Banned
I mean the Thursday through Sunday trend for it's opening weekend. It doesn't have the drop that almost every other movie with a similar preview has. And I don't even feel like it had amazing word of mouth going for it.
Beauty and the Beast made 18m for a preview and STILL came in more than 20 million under IM3, which should have been way more heavily frontloaded than a Disney film.
BronsonLee
Member
Iron Man 3 made people SUPER salty though, still does to this day
It's gestured to but not explored in any kind of depth
because the movie doesn't really care about Liz
Ignatz Mouse
Banned
I have no trouble ranking SW movies relative to themselves. But when I compare them to movies as a whole-- well, there are quality issues. But they are also iconic as hell.
No way any SW movie is top tier for me, though, even among action/adventure films.
No way any SW movie is top tier for me, though, even among action/adventure films.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
More from Deadline, they of "accurate" predictions.
The objectively correct Star Wars ranking.
I think the general public was fine with it. Only caused salt on forums
Huh? Storytelling isn't something that just naturally improves at a linear rate.
Expecting that a newer film should be better than older films just because it's newer is really weird.
bananafactory
Banned
There's a few rules:
Star Wars rankings
Iron Man rankings
Thor 2 Dark World
Slayven complaining about Carol Danvers
Like I said, time is a flat circle in here.
LordOfLore
Banned
We could always rank Indiana Jones, Mission Impossible or James Bond instead.
Never underestimate the Amazing One
Biggest-Geek-Ever
Member
We could always rank the Saw films.
bananafactory
Banned
Those are easy though because the only correct ranking is
1. Raiders
2. Temple
3. Crusade
1. Rogue Nation
2. Ghost Protocol
3. MI3
4. MI
5. MI2
Bond well let's not open that can of worms
Yup, amazing month. It's been a long time since there's been back to back top quality movies like this.
Baby Driver
Spider-Man
A Ghost Story
Apes 3
Dunkirk
If Valerian and Atomic Blonde are good too, I'm going to have to look back and check if there's been a more loaded month.
CaviarMeths
Member
Wonder Woman is now only $2m behind Spider-Man at the same point in its release.
Road to $400m here we go.
As for actually memorable MCU themes, I definitely get Silvestri's Avengers theme stuck in my head from time to time as well as Tyler's Iron Man 3 theme (and Can You Dig It, the ending theme), and Giacchino's Doctor Strange theme.
Road to $400m here we go.
As for actually memorable MCU themes, I definitely get Silvestri's Avengers theme stuck in my head from time to time as well as Tyler's Iron Man 3 theme (and Can You Dig It, the ending theme), and Giacchino's Doctor Strange theme.
broncobuster
Banned
Speaking as someone who got into Star Wars relatively late in his life (teens) and mostly from video games, Empire Strikes Back is the one exceptionally great entry imo. Star Wars and A Force Awakens are good and find. Return of the Jedi has a handful of great scenes but mostly sloppy. Prequels, including the Clone Wars movie and Rogue One, are all sloppy.
I have faith in Rian Johnson to do something interesting with TLJ.
I have faith in Rian Johnson to do something interesting with TLJ.
OrangeAtlas
Member
Affeinvasion
Member
I think my biggest surprise from seeing Spider-Man today was that the new jumanji movie actually looks kinda funny.