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Post by Word™ on Aug 8, 2016 0:18:04 GMT -5
Suicide Squad opened to 267 million dollars worldwide I'm waiting on this 2nd week drop though. I'm willing to bet Sausage Party beats it next weekend without contest..
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Post by TheLastDude on Aug 8, 2016 0:29:23 GMT -5
Yeah it does!
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Post by LtD73 on Aug 8, 2016 5:30:40 GMT -5
Anyone else wonder where Batman was during the whole second half of the movie?
I know the movie wasn't about him etc but surely he's at least know what was going on
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Post by MacReady on Aug 8, 2016 9:00:34 GMT -5
Anyone else wonder where Batman was during the whole second half of the movie? I know the movie wasn't about him etc but surely he's at least know what was going on I guess he just sat it out, or was off trying to assemble the Justice League? Plus, maybe he just doesn't give a damn about Midway City?
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Post by cordless2016 on Aug 8, 2016 12:15:32 GMT -5
Anyone else wonder where Batman was during the whole second half of the movie? I know the movie wasn't about him etc but surely he's at least know what was going on I guess he just sat it out, or was off trying to assemble the Justice League? Plus, maybe he just doesn't give a damn about Midway City? This is what I was thinking. The movie also took place in one night. Assuming by the time Bruce realized how dire the situation was and got suited up and flew there the situation was probably over. Same with Diana. Flash is the only one who could have realistically gotten there quick enough to help out.
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Post by punksnotdead on Aug 8, 2016 12:56:45 GMT -5
Suicide Squad opened to 267 million dollars worldwide I'm waiting on this 2nd week drop though. I'm willing to bet Sausage Party beats it next weekend without contest..What are you basing that opinion on? R-rated animated film usually does really poorly at the box office. Even a 60% decline on SS would put them somewhere around the $50m mark. I can't see Sausage Party making anywhere near $50m next weekend. Maybe they catch lightning in a bottle, ala Ted, but that was a live action universe. Rogen's popularity is on a steady decline as well. I just don't see that movie knocking off Suicide Squad, despite the quality of either film.
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Post by bababooey on Aug 8, 2016 13:32:09 GMT -5
Saw Suicide Squad on Saturday. I enjoyed it. I'm a little torn on how I feel about critics blasting it. I know I liked it as a fan of Suicide Squad and already having familiarity with the characters. For someone coming into it cold and not knowing what to expect maybe the flaws stand out more.
Specifically I thought this was a breakout movie for Margot Robbie. I saw an article titled "Margot Robbie deserves better than this" which makes no sense. She was excellent in this movie. Basically played the character perfect.
Will Smith brought the good in this as well. I was a little worried given how talentless and crazy his kids are. I was thinking maybe he went off the deep end and projected that nuttiness onto his kids. But he delivered in a big was in my opinion.
Boomerang didn't do much but I find myself not being bothered by that. I feel like he can be used for more depth in a future Flash movie so we hopefully don't get the 1,000th version of Reverse Flash.
The rest of the cast was serviceable. They did a good job of making me kinda care about Diablo who I honestly couldn't give a crap about going in. Waller was also another stellar performance in the movie.
Leto did a great job and had a real unique take on Joker. However his usage was my biggest complaint about the movie. I feel like the advertising sold me on Joker basically being the centerpiece of the movie. Instead, he was kind of just a weird side piece that didn't really fit in. They should have either gone all in with him or limited him to the same kind of usage Batman and Flash got. The present day stuff with him was totally unneeded and kind of took me out of the movie.
My other major complaint was the main villain Enchantress. It felt like a Ghostbusters ripoff. It was a story that really had no point and she was pretty easily defeated. The main conflict seemed to be whether or not they'd bother trying to beat her.
Overall, I did like it though. I'd give it a 7/10.
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Post by TheLastDude on Aug 8, 2016 15:07:03 GMT -5
I'm waiting on this 2nd week drop though. I'm willing to bet Sausage Party beats it next weekend without contest..What are you basing that opinion on? R-rated animated film usually does really poorly at the box office. Even a 60% decline on SS would put them somewhere around the $50m mark. I can't see Sausage Party making anywhere near $50m next weekend. Maybe they catch lightning in a bottle, ala Ted, but that was a live action universe. Rogen's popularity is on a steady decline as well. I just don't see that movie knocking off Suicide Squad, despite the quality of either film. Normally, I'd agree with you outright just based on history...but that trailer is hilarious. I've heard a ton of people talking about this movie. It could always still fail of course...but I think Sausage Party could wind up being another Deadpool.
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Post by punksnotdead on Aug 8, 2016 15:12:43 GMT -5
What are you basing that opinion on? R-rated animated film usually does really poorly at the box office. Even a 60% decline on SS would put them somewhere around the $50m mark. I can't see Sausage Party making anywhere near $50m next weekend. Maybe they catch lightning in a bottle, ala Ted, but that was a live action universe. Rogen's popularity is on a steady decline as well. I just don't see that movie knocking off Suicide Squad, despite the quality of either film. Normally, I'd agree with you outright just based on history...but that trailer is hilarious. I've heard a ton of people talking about this movie. It could always still fail of course...but I think Sausage Party could wind up being another Deadpool. Fair enough. I've heard a few people talk about it but it wasn't positive. The only place I've seen advertising for it, outside of social media, is on AMC. They played the trailer every 10 minutes during the last few episodes of Preacher. I just have zero expectation for something like that to do well. Once upon a time, in the heart of the Family Guy/South Park runs, sure, but not now. Hey, I'm always up for being pleasantly surprised though, especially if it's by quality comedy.
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Post by TheLastDude on Aug 8, 2016 15:17:24 GMT -5
Normally, I'd agree with you outright just based on history...but that trailer is hilarious. I've heard a ton of people talking about this movie. It could always still fail of course...but I think Sausage Party could wind up being another Deadpool. Fair enough. I've heard a few people talk about it but it wasn't positive. The only place I've seen advertising for it, outside of social media, is on AMC. They played the trailer every 10 minutes during the last few episodes of Preacher. I just have zero expectation for something like that to do well. Once upon a time, in the heart of the Family Guy/South Park runs, sure, but not now. Hey, I'm always up for being pleasantly surprised though, especially if it's by quality comedy. I'm not really expecting it to be fantastic or anything, but I would put my money on one "laugh so hard you tear up" gag, a few belly laughs, and a good handful of chuckles...and I'm not usually one for dick and fart jokes...but I'll admit I laughed at the trailer. If the movie holds it together, it could be a winner. Hey, I've been wrong before though. I really though Suicide Squad was going to be MCU level good.
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Post by punksnotdead on Aug 8, 2016 15:26:36 GMT -5
Fair enough. I've heard a few people talk about it but it wasn't positive. The only place I've seen advertising for it, outside of social media, is on AMC. They played the trailer every 10 minutes during the last few episodes of Preacher. I just have zero expectation for something like that to do well. Once upon a time, in the heart of the Family Guy/South Park runs, sure, but not now. Hey, I'm always up for being pleasantly surprised though, especially if it's by quality comedy. I'm not really expecting it to be fantastic or anything, but I would put my money on one "laugh so hard you tear up" gag, a few belly laughs, and a good handful of chuckles...and I'm not usually one for dick and fart jokes...but I'll admit I laughed at the trailer. If the movie holds it together, it could be a winner. Hey, I've been wrong before though. I really though Suicide Squad was going to be MCU level good.You're not alone. I don't know if it was thinking it would be good, or just desperately hoping it would be after the bitter taste of BvS, but I think a lot of people really wanted something special out of it.
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Post by Nivro™ on Aug 8, 2016 17:07:31 GMT -5
Looks like WB is starting work on Man of Steel 2....which personally, Im stoked for. The more DC Movies I get the better. Run this crapinto the ground with every character there is. Ill go to the theater and watch them all and buy the blurays!
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Post by Mox on Aug 8, 2016 17:31:00 GMT -5
Looks like WB is starting work on Man of Steel 2....which personally, Im stoked for. The more DC Movies I get the better. Run this crap into the ground with every character there is. Ill go to the theater and watch them all and buy the blurays!
Give it to Singer! #saveussinger
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Post by JokerFC on Aug 8, 2016 17:38:16 GMT -5
I still feel MOS 2 should have arrived before BvS......that way the death of Superman could have meant something to the audience. But we all know why we didn't get MOS2 first. WB doesn't like to do ANYTHING without Batman.
Its a pity Johns wasn't in charge from the start.....you can already feel the positive changes he has made IMO.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 8, 2016 19:17:05 GMT -5
Okay this could take a while. And this is coming from someone who doesn't own a single comic book so there's no bias here I'm basing it purely on the film.
After seeing batman vs superman I didn't have great hopes for this movie and went into the cinema thinking I'd enjoy it enough but not hate it. I was wrong. There was so many times I sat shaking my head at just how bad the script was and how lines were just thrown in to get Harley quinn to say her one liners even tho we has seen the vast majority in the trailers.
Jared leto as the joker wasn't my cup of tea at all. He seemed like a kind of sexually confused gangster who was hardly even in the movie and when he was his scenes were largely forgettable.
Will Smith played will Smith perfectly. Deadshot had some of the worst lines in the film. And tbh did anyone even care about his relationship with his daughter? Then the bit at the end with him killing batman was just Meh. We never got that impression from him once through the film that that's what he wanted to do.
The music as well was so forced upon us it was a mess. Why was the real slim shady playing while they got dressed? Why? What was 7 national my doing playing? It was like they seen what GOTG did and copied it but that only worked cos the songs meant something to star lord.
Anyway I could go on all night about how bad this is.
They should have made man of steel 2, then a batman movie with Harley and joker, then possibly they could have made a deadshot, then batman superman, then suicide squad, then Wonder woman. The fact we are close to getting a justice league is just farcical.
Slow down DC. Before you completely ruin it and have to start again. (Which wouldn't be the worst idea)
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Post by Word™ on Aug 8, 2016 20:42:05 GMT -5
I'm waiting on this 2nd week drop though. I'm willing to bet Sausage Party beats it next weekend without contest.. What are you basing that opinion on? R-rated animated film usually does really poorly at the box office. Even a 60% decline on SS would put them somewhere around the $50m mark. I can't see Sausage Party making anywhere near $50m next weekend. Maybe they catch lightning in a bottle, ala Ted, but that was a live action universe. Rogen's popularity is on a steady decline as well. I just don't see that movie knocking off Suicide Squad, despite the quality of either film. Basing it on Suicide Squad being terrible and having poor word of mouth.
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Post by JokerFC on Aug 9, 2016 5:36:42 GMT -5
What are you basing that opinion on? R-rated animated film usually does really poorly at the box office. Even a 60% decline on SS would put them somewhere around the $50m mark. I can't see Sausage Party making anywhere near $50m next weekend. Maybe they catch lightning in a bottle, ala Ted, but that was a live action universe. Rogen's popularity is on a steady decline as well. I just don't see that movie knocking off Suicide Squad, despite the quality of either film. Basing it on Suicide Squad being terrible and having poor word of mouth. Box Office Mojo (who are never too far out on these matters in my experience) are predicting a 65% plus drop for Suicide Squad next weekend based on its terrible word of mouth. The hardwired DC/WB defenders will tell you this wont matter because it beat Marvels august opening record and its still massively profitable etc etc but it does. It will mean for the second time this year audiences turned out in record numbers for a DC movie, ignored the critics & then agreed with them spreading poisonous word of mouth......eventually this trust will expire....... Next Monday will tell the "tale of the tape".
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Post by punksnotdead on Aug 9, 2016 8:39:34 GMT -5
What are you basing that opinion on? R-rated animated film usually does really poorly at the box office. Even a 60% decline on SS would put them somewhere around the $50m mark. I can't see Sausage Party making anywhere near $50m next weekend. Maybe they catch lightning in a bottle, ala Ted, but that was a live action universe. Rogen's popularity is on a steady decline as well. I just don't see that movie knocking off Suicide Squad, despite the quality of either film. Basing it on Suicide Squad being terrible and having poor word of mouth. Which I agree with and SS will see a fairly big drop, but I was wondering why you thought Sausage Party was picking up that slack? I just think people won't go to the movies. Maybe they'll get around to seeing Bourne or Bad Moms finally, or take their kid(s) to see Pete's Dragon, but I don't see Sausage Party jumping to all kinds of success because Suicide Squad sucked, was my point. Box Office Mojo (who are never too far out on these matters in my experience) are predicting a 65% plus drop for Suicide Squad next weekend based on its terrible word of mouth. The hardwired DC/WB defenders will tell you this wont matter because it beat Marvels august opening record and its still massively profitable etc etc but it does. It will mean for the second time this year audiences turned out in record numbers for a DC movie, ignored the critics & then agreed with them spreading poisonous word of mouth......eventually this trust will expire....... Next Monday will tell the "tale of the tape". This is kind of that disconnect that I was talking to theLastDude about. People want these DC films to be good so badly that they're surpassing reason because of those hopes. I definitely did this for BvS. I heard it sucked, I saw it and thought it sucked, and then I saw it again, just to make sure it really sucked. AND THEN, I watched a longer version of the film to see if that made it suck less, which really did nothing for me either. That's how much we love characters like Batman and Superman. That's how much we love the Joker and Harley when it comes to SS. Everyone wants them to get it right, and that hope, despite critic reviews and even word of mouth is driving people to the theater.
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Post by punksnotdead on Aug 9, 2016 10:51:34 GMT -5
Saw this on Facebook... I laughed haha.
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Post by Word™ on Aug 9, 2016 11:30:30 GMT -5
Someone has filed a lawsuit against Warner Bros for falsely advertising The Joker's role in Suicide Squad.
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