He's in the bar.
Posted on 11/19/2017 10:17:46 AM PST by drewh
So just how bad is this $93 million opening? We will start by comparing some apples to some other apples.
To begin with, Justice League is supposed to be DC’s Avengers movie, the one moviegoers are supposed to be breathlessly anticipating, the payoff where the superheroes and the universe finally all come together. With that and Justice League’s $93 million opening in mind, Marvel’s Avengers opened to $207 million. The second Avengers movie, Age of Ultron, opened to $193 million. The most recent Thor chapter, Marvel’s Thor: Ragnarok, opened to $122 million.
Worse still, Justice League’s opening is the lowest of the entire DC franchise: Suicide Squad ($133 million), Wonder Woman ($103 million), Man of Steel ($116 million), Batman v. Superman ($166 million).
From a dollars and cents point of view, the reported budget for Justice League is $300 million. The Avengers cost just $220 million.
DC made four vital errors with Justice League. The first three of these errors are called Batman v. Superman, Suicide Squad, and Man of Steel, three titles that, by various degrees, disappointed the fans. Once the public loses faith in a brand to deliver, that toothpaste cannot be put back in the tube. In other words, we have no faith in DC to make a decent movie, and there are just too many other options for a freeborn American on a Friday night.
The fourth mistake was toying with the presence of Superman, who is the head of the Justice League. Advertising a Justice League movie without Superman is as dumb as advertising an Avengers movie without Iron Man. Who the hell wants to see that?
Other than the Bright Star of Gal Godot’s Wonder Woman, this franchise has hit the rocks.
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“Justice League is supposed to be DC’s Avengers movie”
Are we supposed to know what that means?
Die, Hollywood, Die.
I wish the same would happen with the upcoming Star Wars film, but I’m not getting my hopes up.
By all accounts, “Justice League” is a terrible movie. Christopher Nolan’s “Batman” movies aside, DC just can’t figure out how to adapt its content to the big screen. Marvel’s properties are still ruling Hollywood these days.
Summing up more succinctly: People are finally waking up to the fact that Hollywood is out of ideas.
What???
So Superman doesn’t come back to life in this movie????
Someone please confirm he is not in this.
He's in the bar.
Doesn't matter. Millennials don't watch films with ideas.
“Justice League is supposed to be DC’s Avengers movie”
Are we supposed to know what that means?
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It’s written in Comicbookheadese. They have their own language.
So when can we expect Gilligan’s Island as a musical?
More explosions! Less plot!
every other ad on tv is star wars during the football games, I think they are bulletproof. People are saving money for the Last Jedi
every other ad on tv is star wars during the football games, I think they are bulletproof. People are saving money for the Last Jedi
The fact they are spending so much on advertising for it shows how scared they are, it should be a slam dunk, but obviously they can’t afford to take chances.
Only because they can’t understand them.
Star Wars does have the gimmick of the original characters having kids. Coming back older. Star Wars has a lot of casual fans as well. I expect the major episodes to do well. They are also better than most of what Hollywood puts out, which is both happy and sad at the same time.
I understand that to mean that DC comics intended for the “Justice League” movie to be similar to and just as big as Marvel’s “Avengers” movie.
Other than Batman, most of the members of the Justice League are optimistic; modern writers aren’t capable of portraying heroes unless they’re “flawed”.
Backlash is actually because it is not a very good movie. Had to have a lot of reshooting, script doctor. Afflect has outlived his Batman persona.
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