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The New Mutants
did this happen?
Shazam!
this seems to have gotten about equal responses of "so great to see a happy kid-friendly superhero film from DC!" and "holy shit it's appalling how grimdark they made Captain Marvel"
Kingsman: The Great Game
this didn't happen, did it? do its votes roll over to next year if it's still on the list?
what is this shit
Angel Has Fallen
The Secret Life of Pets 2
A Dog's Journey
47 Meters Down: Uncaged
Grudge
Untitled Annabelle film
idk if any of these happened
don't give a shit
Avengers: Endgame
Captain Marvel
ended up seeing these as a double bill at a drive-in. a solid half-hour of entertaining, parseable filmmaking across the combined five hours of screen time
What Men Want
this didn't happen, right?
hyped
John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum
- fuck yeah
fuck yeah!
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
- a F&F by the same writers room (?) with Chris Morgan's name on it, from one of the directors of John Wick, starring Statham but not wasting any time on Vin Diesel walking around finding his light and saying "fambly" 992x? fuck yeah
this wasn't good
moderately hyped
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
- this is not Lord & Miller on script I think, I know Rob Schrab got fired or walked as director, no idea who's involved at all, Lego Batman was dope and maybe better than Lego Movie 1, but had Chris McKenna writing iirc? anyway I assume there's some moderate quality control
this was okay, no Lego 1 or Lego Batman. probably great for ppl with enormous TVs and small children that they let watch things over and over again, bcz of zillions of details chicken-fatted into frame.
loosies
The Addams Family
- wtf? anyway I just saw Addams Family Values for the first time two months ago and I'm down if Ricci is in it and Sonnenfeld's directing
I know this came out and is now on off-brand free streaming channels so presumably nobody saw it
Happy Death Day 2U
- tonight a friend told me about Happy Death Day and her plans to see this on Valentine's Day and I'm now keen to catch #1
dug #1, so far warned off #2
Joker
- literally everything about this sounds like a bad idea on its own, imagine how bad it might turn out all multiplied together. I'd watch 20 minutes of it on TV to catch the Maron / DeNiro scene though
make that 3 minutes, maybe
Jumanji 3
- haven't seen Jumanj1, totally enjoyed 2manji on moviepass last year
after 11 months constant reflection, am prepared to take in JumanjIII
Men in Black: International
- solid positive memories of the Ed Solomon / Barry Sonnenfeld #1, can't remember anything about #2, will never see #3, but obviously can turn into a series with different actors, just off the premise. I miss Sonnenfeld generally though, often when watching Coen Bros comedies
did this end up being the biggest actual flop of the list?
Toy Story 4
- #3 was ludicrously good for how late it came, but another 9 years on and the likely plots are eeeesh
this one also seemed to have a split between "omg cried so hard" and "idk did we need another one, w/e" reactions
Zombieland (*Double Tap)
- super-enjoyed the first one, just checked and it's the same writers and Ruben Fleischer directing again, so the benefit of the doubt is open
dud reviews and kinda-half-rewatching the first one closed that benefit
― insecurity bear (sic), Monday, 9 December 2019 21:07 (four years ago) link
to address your "did this happen" and "i assume this flopped" notes:
PUSHED TO NEXT YEAR: Kingsman prequel, The Grudge reboot, New Mutants (probably never actually coming out - it was filmed in 2017 for a 2018 release!).
CAME OUT ALREADY: Angel Has Fallen, Secret Life of Pets 2, A Dog's Journey, 47 Meters Down: Uncaged, Untitled Annabelle film ("Annabelle Comes Home"), What Men Want.
the hideous addams family cartoon was #2 at the box office in its opening weekend and grossed $180 million on a shockingly cheap $24 million budget. so get ready for a bunch more of those or at least of this sketchy studio cranking out shitty adaptations of old properties with scab labor or whatever it is they're doing.
biggest actual flop is Terminator I think - $250 million on a $200 million budget. MiB4 made $254 million on a $110 million budget which is also very bad given the likely marketing and distribution costs at this scale. Charlie's Angels is a worse flop in raw terms but it didn't actually cost that much to make.
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 9 December 2019 21:36 (four years ago) link