saw it liked it especially.. Spoiler Seeing Christopher Reeves as Superman. That was the first movie I remember seeing in the theater as a kid and it got me a little emotional seeing him in the suit. RIP. George Reeves was a cool add and the Nicholas Cage was super-funny. Adam West made me chuckle too, but not as much as Cage. I loved Barrys disgusted reaction to George Clooney as Bruce Wayne at the end.
Spoiler in the mid to late 90's, Kevin Smith had written a draft for Superman Lives and it was supposed to star Nicholas Cage. Cage was on board, but the movie got stuck in development hell and never got off the ground. Comic book fans were clamoring for it to get made, so that cameo was for them
Andy Muschietti's The Flash is currently projected to become Warner Bros.' biggest flop in studio history. Following an overwhelmingly positive word-of-mouth marketing campaign, fueled by comments from actor Tom Cruise, author Stephen King, and DC Studios co-CEO James Gunn, The Flash is bombing at the domestic and global box office. Starring Ezra Miller, Michael Keaton, and Sasha Calle, Warner Bros.' (WB) latest DC film earned less than $100 million at the domestic box office to date. Stumbling into its third weekend, The Flash is losing 1,538 North American movie theaters, making the chance for a miraculous recovery even lower. Box office analyst Luiz Fernando recently observed that if The Flash's poor performance keeps up, it will lead the film to lose Warner Bros. more than $200 million. Fernando mentioned that The Flash's hefty $150 promotional budget may not even be recouped by box office earnings, and WB would've "lost less money releasing it on Max or not releasing it at all." So where would this stack up against other massive Warner Bros. flops of the past? Due to the global pandemic and WB's decision to release all of its films day-and-date in theaters and on HBO Max, several recent films have been big losers for the studio. Directly impacted by COVID-19, Wonder Woman 1984 lost an estimated $137 million while its DC counterpart, The Suicide Squad (which was met with great critical reception), lost $120 million. Two other recent flops (day-and-date releases) were The Matrix Resurrections, starring Keanu Reeves, and LeBron James' Space Jam: A New Legacy remake. The former lost $130 million while the latter vanished $111 million for WB. Warner Bros. also suffered a couple of pre-pandemic flops during the 2010s. 2017's King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, starring Charlie Hunnam, lost the studio approximately $153.2 million after earning less than $149 million worldwide. The epic space failure starring Channing Tatum and Mila Kunis, Jupiter Ascending,lost WB roughly $120 million, earning a bleak $47.4 million domestically ($183.9 million total worldwide). For comparison's sake, The Flash would be a crushing loss for WB, a historic failure (even when adjusted for inflation) akin to Disney's John Carter catastrophe.
Damn... Folks like politicizing Diz failures but box office cinema has rock bottom vibes all over. Streaming might've killed mid budget experimental flix, but this is gonna get uglier for studios and theater chains for the near term. I'm at a point where instead of asking "where xmen?" to... "Who cares? Oh 2030... How quaint. Comic book movies are still a big deal?"
Good. **** Zazlav. I hope he gets shitcanned so WB/HBO can start making quality movies and shows again. His vision of reality tv+ is not interesting to me in the least. And he canceled Raised By Wolves so he can eat my dick. What did they expect? The old DCEU is a lame duck, like a sports team leaving town. Even if this movie is great people know the story isn’t going anywhere because they’re rebooting everything. I expect Aquaman 2 to be much the same, although it does have a big draw overseas so it might break even or even profit if they focus marketing there. **** Zaslav.
you’re right that this was a lame duck movie, but I genuinely don’t have much hope for the future of the DCU it still astonishes me how Marvel completely blew them out the water…if u asked me as a kid who tf Iron Man, Captain America, Black Widow, and most of these other Marvel characters are, I would’ve had no clue…I knew of Spiderman and Hulk, but I didn’t know they were Marvel heroes I knew and loved a lot of these DC heroes tho Batman, Superman, Green Lantern, Flash, Martian Manhunter, etc plus all the villains yet they struggle so much to make something decent…How?
They refuse to lean on the source material they get these directors that think they can reinvent the wheel and they make crappy stories.
@Jontro Mission impossible will make a billion dollars cause Tom Cruise doesn’t use bad CGI or have Kathleen Kennedy produce his films
I watched maybe 4-5 DC animated movies the past few weeks because I've always heard great things about them from the internet, but they were just ok. The characters that jumped out as most interesting to me for DC that maybe could be big screen people are Constantine and Raven (and Trigon). They're at least something different.
DC tried to have their own No Way Home nostalgia fest, freaked out, and spoiled their surprises and then it gave casual fans the excuse to wait till it comes on Max… which is exactly what I’m doing. Looks like a perfectly good time, but why do I need to see it right now?
Its entertaining and I am no expert but based on the source material there are a couple things I would have done different. You will probably notice them right away if you know the source material once you see the movie.
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It wasn't that bad. Should've raked in 600M if this was pre pandemic. Cons: too much Ezra a bad thing CG for faces wasn't even a deep fake... More like cheap fake That opening act was too cartoony and cheapened the yellow tinge bullet time Geoff Johns can write a good comic book arc back in the day but his movie influence as a creative producer is a curse. Spoiler It was a nice origin story without being an origin story. It would've generated more buzz if Ezra wasn't a shitshow in real life. I liked the phasing part. Michael Keaton stole the show with a nice send off Supergirl held her own but the Snyderverse set piece wasn't new or groundbreaking. They made us expect something like back to the future or infinity war
Watched it. I would say... it was almost a good movie. There are parts of the movie that are super cool.... but.... the cons outweigh the pros. Cons: The movie doesn't know when to be funny and when to be serious. There are parts of the movie where they're injecting humor while I'm thinking, "Wait - this is a serious moment. They shouldn't be adding comedy here." The movie needed to be (and could have been) more bad-ass and, instead, it felt like it had been intentionally sugar-coated to appeal to a juvenile audience. The movie is too long. There are parts of the movie where it seems to drag on and I'm thinking, "Yeah, we get it. Let's move along" The in-your-face diversity statement is way too in-your face. It's distractingly bad. It's predictable and cliché. From the beginning of the movie, I could've told you how the plot was going to develop and how it was going to end. The soundtrack was overwhelming and distracting. The injection of rock songs just didn't work for me. Some parts of the movie didn't make sense and really only felt like they were added for filler (which doesn't make sense for such a long movie). While much of the CGI was good, some of it wasn't, and it kinda ruins it.
I saw it last night and was amazed Amazed this piece of crap with Ezra miller in it didn’t get scrapped. all the hype and it was a weak ass interpretation of the source material. Ezra is not remarkable in his portrayal at all - outside his 4th wall breaking recognition that he’s annoying. this movie was only interesting because of Michael Keaton and long haired Superman Nick Cage. CGI is expensive- I get it - but the cgi in this movie fails
