Posted on 09/25/2018 11:52:23 AM PDT by EdnaMode
[Snip] Captain Marvel could be another $1 billion+ worldwide grosser. However, that’s not remotely a guarantee at this premature juncture. It may not even match the domestic ($413 million) and worldwide ($821m) totals of Wonder Woman. Unless Marvel and Walt Disney went uncharacteristically over budget, it won’t have to. Should Captain Marvel find itself on the defensive when it “only” earns about what Ant-Man and the Wasp ($621m) pulled in?
Wonder Woman benefited from rave reviews and a narrative of Gal Gadot’s female superhero “saving” the DCEU after the critically-slammed Batman v Superman and Suicide Squad. It offered a solo female director (Patty Jenkins) showing that women could make mega-budget action blockbusters that were at least as good as the male-directed competition. It had the good fortune to open after the relatively underwhelming King Arthur, Alien: Covenant and Pirates of the Caribbean 5 and before the relatively underwhelming The Mummy, Cars 3 and Transformers: The Last Knight. It slew all relevant competition right up until Illumination’s Despicable Me 3 and Marvel and Sony’s Spider-Man: Homecoming.
Captain Marvel will have to contend with potentially heavier competition. No, I don’t think The LEGO Movie 2 or X-Men: Dark Phoenix will pull a Black Panther and steamroll the competition well into April. The Brie Larson superhero flick opens right between DreamWorks Animation’s How to Train Your Dragon 3 and Jordan Peele’s Us while having just three weeks before Walt Disney’s own Tim Burton-directed Dumbo movie. It has a month before DC Films’ Shazam, but a month should be enough time to foretell the film’s fate. Point being, if the February and March flicks are good then Captain Marvel becomes less of an event.
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It’s campy and quirky but entertainment.
The OTR shows aren’t bad at all.
Funny the first time I watched Suicide Squad didn’t like. But then watched on Netflix, and I don’t know if they had the extended version or something, because I actually really liked it. Nothing could save Justice League.
I hope Captain Marvel is good. I like the character and the writing behind it.
It's this PC BS that will exact a toll on the young women who Hollywood is trying to brainwash. A 115 pound woman cannot take down a 250 pound man...99% of the time.
We've seen it already. Guy knocks girl out. Girls are being lied to and think they can hit or throw a drink at any guy without consequences because they're drunk, offended or "disrespected". They must realize that they are not always going to be dealing with a gentleman.
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