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Post by ArArArchStanton on Oct 30, 2017 3:12:58 GMT
Yeah I know I've made a few posts, but believe it or not I still haven't read anything on this site in the past few weeks to avoid spoilers. But I have been keeping track of some Ragnarok news and I'm excited as hell to see Thor on either Thursday or Saturday, or both hopefully. Did anybody catch Joss praising the fuck out of it? The word masterpiece is way overused, but he actually used it himself, which kinda says a lot. Waiti deserves all the cred coming his way.
But one thing I found very interesting today that I had to get your thoughts on is that Thor is now up to the 120-125 opening weekend range in terms of domestic tracking (and yes I get it's not the most accurate predictor), but that JL is down to 110-120. I've been very curious if JL's release date would do more to cut off Thor's legs, or if Thor's release date would do more to cut off JL's hype, and that's going to be really interesting to see play out 3 weeks from now.
But take a step back for a second, take a deep breath, and honestly think about the now very realistic outcome that Thor of all franchises might beat JL's opening weekend. Just mull that over for a second. I mean what does that say? I'm actually a big fan of the first two Thor films but I get the general consensus is that it's the weakest series so far in the MCU, and for that series to stand eye to eye with DC's crown jewel in the most direct head to head face off there has been, even with the amazing reviews Ragnarok is getting, says everything about where Marvel is, and where DC still isn't. And if Thor does beat JL's opening weekend, or even if it's close, Thor has an overwhelming positive buzz that JL can't possibly match, and I think it has to be said out loud, that gives it more than a fighting chance of winning not only the audience and critic reception, but also the overall box office.
Just sit back and take that in for a moment. You are living in a world where in 2 months you might actually be saying this,,, "Thor beat JL head to head both critically and financially." I mean,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, what? |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2017 3:14:46 GMT
Yeah, there might not be much difference between the final grosses of a Thor movie and a Justice League movie. Hope you're happy with yourselves, WB executives.
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Post by merh on Oct 30, 2017 5:27:23 GMT
Box Office Mojo.
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Post by scabab on Oct 30, 2017 13:06:12 GMT
That's real good for Thor, it'd be an higher opening than even Spider-man.
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Post by Lord Death Man on Oct 30, 2017 14:31:00 GMT
Yeah I know I've made a few posts, but believe it or not I still haven't read anything on this site in the past few weeks to avoid spoilers. But I have been keeping track of some Ragnarok news and I'm excited as hell to see Thor on either Thursday or Saturday, or both hopefully. Did anybody catch Joss praising the fuck out of it? The word masterpiece is way overused, but he actually used it himself, which kinda says a lot. Waiti deserves all the cred coming his way.
But one thing I found very interesting today that I had to get your thoughts on is that Thor is now up to the 120-125 opening weekend range in terms of domestic tracking (and yes I get it's not the most accurate predictor), but that JL is down to 110-120. I've been very curious if JL's release date would do more to cut off Thor's legs, or if Thor's release date would do more to cut off JL's hype, and that's going to be really interesting to see play out 3 weeks from now.
But take a step back for a second, take a deep breath, and honestly think about the now very realistic outcome that Thor of all franchises might beat JL's opening weekend. Just mull that over for a second. I mean what does that say? I'm actually a big fan of the first two Thor films but I get the general consensus is that it's the weakest series so far in the MCU, and for that series to stand eye to eye with DC's crown jewel in the most direct head to head face off there has been, even with the amazing reviews Ragnarok is getting, says everything about where Marvel is, and where DC still isn't. And if Thor does beat JL's opening weekend, or even if it's close, Thor has an overwhelming positive buzz that JL can't possibly match, and I think it has to be said out loud, that gives it more than a fighting chance of winning not only the audience and critic reception, but also the overall box office.
Just sit back and take that in for a moment. You are living in a world where in 2 months you might actually be saying this,,, "Thor beat JL head to head both critically and financially." I mean,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, what? This situation is temporary - Thor has to frontload his money, spin his hammer (whoops) and fly away as quickly as he can. JL is going to open much larger than the current projections, and it will have legs like a mastodon. No self-respecting DC fan will see this film any less than ten times - regardless of its level of quality. It's not just happenstance that Whedon saw and commented - favorably - on Thor Ragnarok. He needed the competitive insight with his film being mere weeks behind it in the release queue. The fact that he declared TR a modern masterpiece might indicate that he feels super confident about JL. There is no scenario in which JL fails or underperforms; bad RTS, low opening, heavy-handed retconning, you name it, and JL will overcome it. You could dress pit bulls up in JL cosplay and film them singing the phone-book at the same frequency of a humpback whale's mating call for three hours, and this movie will still be a hit. JL is bulletproof. |
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Post by formersamhmd on Oct 30, 2017 14:43:37 GMT
We're living in a time where a Thor movie will either equal or surpass the Justice League's first flick.
Hell of a thing, huh?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2017 16:09:19 GMT
We're living in a time where a Thor movie will either equal or surpass the Justice League's first flick. Hell of a thing, huh? Yeah, its almost like having a movie about Captain America, Bucky, and Ironman kick the crap out of a movie about Batman and Superman with a side of Wonder Woman. The odds are just unpossible, man! |
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Post by justanaveragejoe on Oct 30, 2017 16:14:54 GMT
We're living in a time where a Thor movie will either equal or surpass the Justice League's first flick. Hell of a thing, huh? Yeah, its almost like having a movie about Captain America, Bucky, and Ironman kick the crap out of a movie about Batman and Superman with a side of Wonder Woman. The odds are just unpossible, man! You can thank Zack Snyder for putting stink and his touch of death in the DCEU. |
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