Matt D Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 (edited) They lucked out on timing. Things are shutting down. I think two weeks later it might have been different. Edited December 19, 2021 by Matt D 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mario Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 (edited) 11 minutes ago, Matt D said: They lucked out on timing. Things are shutting down. I think two weeks later it might have been different. Dunno. Things don’t seem to be shutting down in my part of the country. College volleyball game I went to last night had around 18,000 fans and set an attendance record, so…. Edited December 19, 2021 by Mario Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 Yeah - I don't think anything is shutting down again. (There are reasons for this based on articles I have seen and things officials have said but this thread isn't the place for them). Regarding the box office - it again seems as folks are willing to go to the theaters for very specific types of movies and they are the things you can bring the kids too. Nightmare Alley bombed while opening against Spiderman. And West Side Story is a dud. I mean this isn't a kind paragraph Quote To date, the musical remake of the 1961 classic has earned just $17.98million, placing it alongside the likes of Jon M. Chu’s In the Heights, Ridley Scott’s The Last Duel, and Disney’s Encanto as one of the more disappointing box office earners of the year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonnyLaw Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 I think Encanto’s box office was probably hurt by the fact it’s already debuting on Disney+ this Friday. We considered taking our daughter as a “Hey, you’re now fully vaccinated!” surprise, but we figured why risk it when we can just wait like two or three weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 (edited) 20 hours ago, Zimbra said: I believe there are both mid- and post-credits scenes. @Zimbra's right. I watched Spider-Man: No Way Home yesterday. @Matt D's right about the timing of Spider-Man: No Way Home's release. I think things are going to shut down again. Edited December 20, 2021 by The Natural Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 I meant to make this post sooner. 2021 means two Marvel Studios movies turned ten years old while two turned five. I'll do them by release date: Thor (2011) was the fourth Marvel Studios film, the first in 3D I believe and coming out of the cinema, I had it as the best Marvel Studios film for a short period of time until I rewatched Iron Man. Thor is still really good for the familial relationship between Odin/Thor/Loki and what that meant for other characters, the performances and direction by Sir. Kenneth Branagh. The Warriors 3: Volstagg, Fandral and Hogun get their best showing here as does Sif. Ive always liked Jaimie Alexanders Lady Sif. This film acted as an intro to Thor's world as the only thing I knew was Mjolnir, his enchanted hammer and he's the God of Thunder. Thor is another(!) underrated film in the Marvel Studios Marvel Cinematic Universe series. The best things about Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) is Chris Evans in the title role, Hayley Atwell, the period setting in World War II, how Steve Rogers becomes Captain America and the ending. The time period and the ending are unique to comic book films as Captain America sacrifices himself crashing the plane to save lives to wake up seventy years later after getting frozen finding out things have changed. Star Spangled Man with a Plan is one of the best pieces of music in the MCU. I love the line spoken by Skinny Steve: "I don't like bullies, I don't care where they're from." The post-credits scene gave us our first teaser for Avengers Assemble too. I remember it leaking and seeing it before it was taken down. Opinion on this film is that you really like it or you really dont. I do. I really liked it at the time and more since then. Captain America: Civil War (2016) brings Marvel Phase Three and the Accords, a legal document which will control the actions of the signees. This causes divisions for and against. Captain America: Civil War is a top three MCU film, it uses the previous films well. The airport battle sequence between Team Captain America and Team Iron Man is so memorable. I've watched that so many times. Peter Parker/Spider-Man makes his long awaited MCU appearance and steals the show, welcome home Spidey. I sat right up when the word Queens came up on the screen knowing what it meant. Ant-Man is a very funny highlight. Black Panther's entry played by the late, great Chadwick Boseman needs a mention. The three way fight at the end between Tony, Steve and Bucky is personal. Baron Zemo doesnt have powers but damaged the Avengers like few have. Captain America: Civil War is an Avengers film in all but name. People call it Avengers 2.5. This is a better Avengers sequel than the one we got in Avengers: Age of Ultron one year earlier. I felt positive vibes about Doctor Strange (2016) before its release from the trailers especially, costumes, and posters. I enjoyed Doctor Strange. Origin comic book stories and films are a favourite of mine seeing the start of them. I'm also a fan of magic since a boy. Doctor Strange ticked those boxes. I liked the task of the sorcerers to guard against mystic threats from different dimensions, the theme of time especially how Strange used it to stop Dormammu/his zealots to the usual way comic book films resolve things. That made the film standout. The ending is also a favourite part with Doctor Stephen Strange looking out of his own Sanctum Sanctorum with the accompanying music as he wears his broken watch and opens his scarred hand out. This was a 3D film worth seeing in the format. Dredd, Gravity and Mad Max: Fury Road the others. Shame it's taken so long to get a sequel, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness out next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 Hollywood Reporter says that all the Dr Strange 2 "reshoots were done in order to add more big cameos and character introductions" According to the outlet’s source, the studio decided to have “more fun with the multiverse" I will leave you to decide if that is a good or bad thing. I will just say that for a movie that is constantly pimped as the MCU's "first horror movie" the choice of saying "have more fun" is eyebrow raising Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 Hopefully not just dark versions of the characters. Leave that to DC. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Cincinnati Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 Theme parks can be both scary and fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonnyLaw Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 Have they been playing up the horror movie angle as much since Derrickson left? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eivion Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 Educated guesses and based off leaks: Spoiler Rachel McAdams is Clea, Mordo with dreads is from the multiverse, and they’re both probably in the Illuminati. Wanda looks fucking badass. Crazy we’re getting America Chavez before Kamala Khan, but here we are. Also, the “dark” Strange - a previous timeline version of Supreme Strange from What If? A swerve? A different Strange all together? This movie might end up being more crazy than No Way Home, honestly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 It would make sense if it was the What If Strange, if they are continuing to integrate them like Captain Carter in Marvel/MCU. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coletti Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 2 hours ago, Eivion said: Now people who've yet to see No Way Home can leave after the mid credits scene... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eivion Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 I'm just happy we get to see Spoiler Shuma Gorath. Kind of hope we get a Cancerverse reference. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted December 24, 2021 Share Posted December 24, 2021 This made me laugh. Screw Scorsese. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Cincinnati Posted December 24, 2021 Share Posted December 24, 2021 Two years later and people (including Tom Holland in new quotes that came out today) are still salty about Marty not respecting their stuff. King. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.T. Posted December 24, 2021 Share Posted December 24, 2021 On 12/23/2021 at 2:50 AM, Eivion said: I'm just happy we get to see Hide contents Shuma Gorath. Kind of hope we get a Cancerverse reference. I was stoked! Spoiler My daughter thought he was Cthulu. WHERE DID I FAIL HER~?? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 (edited) 9 hours ago, The Natural said: This made me laugh. Screw Scorsese. Your millennial response: "Who was he? The guy that directed The Godfather?" (Seriously. I talked to a 23 year old today who didn't know what a Sega Genesis was.) Edited December 25, 2021 by Curt McGirt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 And that’s understandable, since like two years after that dude was born, the PS2 came out. Ya’ll just be old as dirt 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 I am 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.T. Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 So, I have found out rather late that Matt Smith will be playing the bad guy in Morbius. I may have to watch that fucking movie after all. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 1 hour ago, J.T. said: So, I have found out rather late that Matt Smith will be playing the bad guy in Morbius. I may have to watch that fucking movie after all. I'm not sure if Matt Smith or Michael Keaton gets me to watch Morbius. Michael Keaton is in The Flash movie and the title character played by Ezra Miller is the thing I want to see the least. Hoping for a ReleasethenoEzraMiller cut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts