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Ditto. I'll check it out on DVD. Nothing I need to see in the theater.
My kids have informed me they will kick me out of the house if we don't go see CAP 3. So I guess I'm going to that one.
I might also get talked in to SUICIDE SQUAD, depending on how initial reactions are upon release.
Keanu looks to be a John Wick parody. I may catch it but not opening weekend so that makes it hard as often when you miss a film, it is hard to catch up in a busy summer season.
Civil War looks epic partially due to the Russos being behind the camera again after their snagging work on Winter Soldier.
Suicide Squad looks like Expendables with comic book villains and Batman so I'm in.
Civil War looks epic partially due to the Russos being behind the camera again after their snagging work on Winter Soldier.
I loved the first two Captain America movies. But honestly I'm getting kind of tired of all super hero movies being nothing more than the Good Guys punching the Bad Guys till one side stops punching. If there is more to this movie than that, I'm not seeing it in the trailers. I'm ready for super hero movies to break formula a bit. Maybe aim a little higher than guys punching.
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Suicide Squad looks like Expendables with comic book villains and Batman so I'm in.
I hope it'll be great. Jury is still out. Harley looks great. Joker looks like he could be amazing or horrible. The rest of the cast ... I dunno. It does remind me a lot of The Expendables, which I didn't like at all. Very dumb movie with boring action scenes. So this could be another Guardians of the Galaxy (big dumb fun) or it could be another Batman Forever (just dumb). The studio being in panic mode and ordering last minute reshoots does not bode well. Any time the suits start monkeying with the movie, it never ends well.
I loved the first two Captain America movies. But honestly I'm getting kind of tired of all super hero movies being nothing more than the Good Guys punching the Bad Guys till one side stops punching. If there is more to this movie than that, I'm not seeing it in the trailers. I'm ready for super hero movies to break formula a bit. Maybe aim a little higher than guys punching.
That is a limitation for many "super" heroes. For instance unless you have powers like Cyclops, Jean Grey, Storm, Superman, Doctor Strange, Spider-man, etc. you can't really have them not do the punch fights. Captain America has to do it, Batman has to do it, Flash does it but in a different way, Wonder Woman has to do it, Wolverine has to if he can't use adamantium on his foe, Deadpool has to when he can't use guns and swords. I can go on. I must say that I stand behind the 1990's Spider-Man animated tv show for being a great series due to the limitations of no punching imposed in the wake of Ninja Turtles and similar shows on at the time.
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I hope it'll be great. Jury is still out. Harley looks great. Joker looks like he could be amazing or horrible. The rest of the cast ... I dunno. It does remind me a lot of The Expendables, which I didn't like at all. Very dumb movie with boring action scenes. So this could be another Guardians of the Galaxy (big dumb fun) or it could be another Batman Forever (just dumb). The studio being in panic mode and ordering last minute reshoots does not bode well. Any time the suits start monkeying with the movie, it never ends well.
Suicide Squad works with that concept. With the name "suicide squad," we know someone on the team will perish at some point. The Expendables was really good in the first and OK in the second (Chuck Norris needing guns, please) and I never saw the third but I own it (Black Friday deal.) I think it could be another Guardians but in a different way but it don't seem as funny as it was, even in the trailers. Suicide Squad is much more serious and action heavy in its trailer.
I still rather seeing Batman Forever than Batnipples & Robin...
About reshoots, many films do reshoots today.
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It looks to be an extremely weak Summer movie line up with lots of disasters and disappointments.
Well it will be the last year that isn't overloaded with comic book movies. I believe next year is four with Guardians of the Galaxy 2, Wonder Woman, Kingsman 2 and Spider-Man and that is not including if Fox adds an X-Men film (hey, Deadpool 2 is getting fast-tracked and both X-Force and The New Mutants are in various development (though it wont be Gambit now...)) You will also see Wolverine III, Thor: Ragnarok and Justice League though none of those are summer movies. And FYI, I am a comic book movie fan. By comparison, this year you only have three (Civil War, X-Men: Apocalypse and Suicide Squad.)
I think it is a better year on paper than past years. No Transformers but some sequels and we also see a lot of fresh ideas like Secret Life of Pets, Warcraft, The BFG, Suicide Squad (despite being a comic book movie) Spectral and Kubo and the Two Strings.
I loved the first two Captain America movies. But honestly I'm getting kind of tired of all super hero movies being nothing more than the Good Guys punching the Bad Guys till one side stops punching. If there is more to this movie than that, I'm not seeing it in the trailers. I'm ready for super hero movies to break formula a bit. Maybe aim a little higher than guys punching.
It's based on the Civil War storyline, so yeah, it will be.
Besides, many of the newer comic book films are deeper and more than just "good guys punching bad guys". Watchmen sure was and that came out in '09.
None of those, and I'm kind of horrified at how many are sequels/franchises.
It's easy money because franchises typically increase ticket sales from movie to movie with limited promotion. A movie like Hardcore Henry cost $10m to make and likely another $10m for promotion (easy.) That movie needs to make about $40m to be profitable after you take out the theater's cut of about half. HH made 5.1m in the opening weekend and is likely at 5.6-7m today. It isn't going to make it because of the risk of the film in concept, lack of branding, lack of stars (Tim Roth is the biggest in the movie) and being in between Batman V. Superman and The Jungle Book before the summer season kicks in. The good news, is it isn't a huge hit on the balance sheet as it is still a relative low cost film (The Boss was double its budget for crying out loud.)
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