Captain Kronos Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 10 minutes ago, Niners Fan in CT said: But to keep this about the MCU Yeah, I didn't mean to go that far OT. The discussion just got me to thinking, and I surprised myself. Evans is my guy in the MCU. RDJ has been mailing it in for awhile now. Either that, or the character has just gotten stale for me. Sadly, there's not a lot more for Cap to do apart from sacrifice himself facing down Thanos. If they go that route, I hope we get something like this: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 All that said, Infinity War is something I've wanted to see on screen for a very long time, since I was a kid. I wish they had kept it two parts. I'm very excited. I think that will be the peak of the MCU. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.T. Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 15 hours ago, Niners Fan in CT said: All that said, Infinity War is something I've wanted to see on screen for a very long time, since I was a kid. I wish they had kept it two parts. I'm very excited. I think that will be the peak of the MCU. The "official line" is that the movies were always supposed to be two distinct projects but since they shared so many common elements, it felt appropriate at the time to subtitle them as such. Feige pushed back later on and suggested that the movies be retitled, because he did not want there to be a misconception that the movies telling the IW story were one metaplot that was cut in half. Personally I think that is bullshit and Marvel wanted to get away from the trend in most YA franchises like Hunger Games and Twilight of stretching a trilogy into four films and naming the last two movies, Part 1 and Part 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 I'm guessing it ends on somewhat of a cliffhanger but we'll see.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbarrie Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 On 7/27/2017 at 9:08 AM, J.T. said: Personally I think that is bullshit and Marvel wanted to get away from the trend in most YA franchises like Hunger Games and Twilight of stretching a trilogy into four films and naming the last two movies, Part 1 and Part 2. A good idea in my opinion. I don't know how well they did at the box office, but personally my interest in seeing the final chapter of the Hunger Games was completely killed when I heard they were splitting it into two movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 Dropped a ton from Mockingjay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kronos Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 16 minutes ago, Brian Fowler said: Dropped a ton from Mockingjay Those films were inferior to the first two*, IMO, as was the book. I was big into JLaw at the time, and I didn't go see Mockingjay 2 at the cinema. My point being that if Infinity 1 is good, then people will see part 2. But if it's not great, then part 2 will likely suffer. *Not that the first two films were great, but it's all relative. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 Shit, I meant the box office dropped a ton from Catching Fire. Other than Deathly Hallows part 2, I think movie splitting has led to lower box office per film on all of them. And even it probably had lower ticket sales, but was the first HP movie to get the 3D bump. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxB Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 Well, Hunger Games, Harry Potter and Twilight were all basically aimed at more or less the same people (maybe Hunger Games slightly younger). And the fool me once, shame on you thing happened there..., but the way Divergent died pretty much killed the Final Chapter Part One phenomena right there. Mockingjay 2 is the only one I saw on the big screen though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 Oh God I forgot all about that disaster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 What were box offices like for Hobbit movies? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 Domestic the first did a bit over $300, the other two around $250. Box office mojo is currently updating so I can't grab worldwide right now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 On 7/24/2017 at 0:48 PM, Horton Hears a Wooo!!! said: Am I the only one more excited for Thor: Ragnarok than Infinity War? Granted, I saw Thor I and II, so I'm expecting to be one of those fools parted from his money. Why does Natalie Portman refuse to come back? Not that I blame her. Her role in the first two movies was pretty badly underwritten. I'd mark for a Thor movie based on Aaron's run with a female Thor, but I'd guess they'd recast the role if they ran with that (probably with whoever was the second choice for Wonder Woman). She wasn't happy with the first one, and the firing of Patty Jenkins soured her on The Dark World. Apparently She doesn't outright refuse, but she's of the opinion and the belief that she's done. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Unholy Dragon Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 You gotta wonder if Marvel is regretting the firing of Jenkins from The Dark World post-Wonder Woman Box Office. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVA Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 1 hour ago, odessasteps said: What were box offices like for Hobbit movies? All 3 of the Hobbitt movies made around $1B worldwide. The latter 2 movies performed almost identically, and most of the dropoff between those two and the first came on the domestic side of things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 Here in the states we get tired of shit a lot quicker than many of the overseas territories. See: Transformers, Pirates, etc. Many of these franchises are dying off in the states but still doing big business overseas. The Hunger Games was part of that. I'm a culprit myself. I have yet to watch the final Hunger Games movie. I think after Mockingjay Part 1 something clicked in my brain where I just said "wait a minute, I don't care how this ends". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 I don't think the Hunger Games did particularly well overseas, actually. I mean they didn't do terribly, but I don't think any did much more than 50% foreign. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 Got a really nice looking Thanos print from D23 on eBay, just came in the mail today. I'm not too thrilled with how Thanos looks (armor wise), but in this print, he's a fuckin' badass. Spoiler 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 Home from Spider-Man: Homecoming. Right enjoyed it. Tom Holland is so Peter Parker/Spider-Man. I thought he stole the show in Captain America: Civil War and he nailed it in his solo movie. Great MCU villain too in Adrian Toomes/the Vulture by Michael Keaton. Funny film and time flew by though my Dad disagreed there. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Captain Kronos Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 <--- still angry at Natasha for going against Cap. I have to maintain that she is infiltrating the other side on his behalf. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.T. Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 Team Thanos. Fine. I'll do it myself. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 I thought I remember Black Widow letting him escape? I was fine with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kronos Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 6 minutes ago, Niners Fan in CT said: I thought I remember Black Widow letting him escape? I was fine with that. You may be right. It's been a bit since I have watched it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted August 2, 2017 Share Posted August 2, 2017 He convinced her mid fight and she turned on Tony, but somehow didn't end up getting arrested with the rest of them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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