Originally posted by juggernaut74
Suicide Squad went from a B+ to an A- on Cinemascore, what ever that is but I think it's good.They are predicting a 51-54 million second weekend. We'll see.
Also set a record for a Monday in August.
if true, that is over a 60 % drop which is bad...
Originally posted by Inhuman
It makes more sense to get actual people that have a chance to stop a supernatural Global threats then too regular bumbling criminals with mental disabilities that fight with knives and bats
Yeah let's leave the world safety into it team we're not even sure will even follow orders or have even worked together in the past before
That's what the SS has always been about. Would be boring of they did what you wanted.
Just came from watching it. My inner Jeffrey 'The Dude' Lebowski kept hollering inside my mind, throughout the screening: YOU ****ED IT UP!! YOU ****ED IT UP!!
I don't think I've seen a movie murdered in the editing room like this since...oh, Green Lantern in 2011. (I've avoided seeing last year's Fantastic Four thus far.)
Slapdash as hell at 100 minutes. But then, Batman v. Superman was 2 1/2 hours and still couldn't totally pull it together. But it was still better than this. Nothing is worse than a mangled narrative.
Those scenes that looked quirky and funny in the trailers just sat there like turds in the feature. It's just like what Grace Randolph said - it's like they made a feature length trailer for Suicide Squad, rather than a real movie.
After this huge opening weekend, I predict it drops like a stone.
Originally posted by Kazenji
John Ostrander's review of the movie & Says Critics 'Came Prepared to Hate It'
I respect his work and his opinion. But it's one thing to say online trolls come prepared to hate something that doesn't fit their preconceived notions (Female Ghostbusters, Black Deadshot etc.) and to say critics do the same thing. It's the old conspiracy, that the critics are biased towards Marvel and are against DC. If critics are indeed tired of tentpole franchises, why did they shower Captain America: Civil War with praise?
Because it's an awesome movie, that's why.
Suicide Squad is an awesome misfire, by comparison. That's why the bad reviews. Simple as that.
Maybe John Ostrander is just giddy, seeing his name all over the main building in the climax.
Originally posted by roughrider
I respect his work and his opinion. But it's one thing to say online trolls come prepared to hate something that doesn't fit their preconceived notions (Female Ghostbusters, Black Deadshot etc.) and to say critics do the same thing. It's the old conspiracy, that the critics are biased towards Marvel and are against DC. If critics are indeed tired of tentpole franchises, why did they shower Captain America: Civil War with praise?Because it's an awesome movie, that's why.
Suicide Squad is an awesome misfire, by comparison. That's why the bad reviews. Simple as that.
Maybe John Ostrander is just giddy, seeing his name all over the main building in the climax.
So why did RT give Spider-Man 3 a score of 60%+. That's a score BvS and SS would die for. You really think Spider-Man 3 was a better film that BvS or SS? I can bring up other examples as well.
So It's not a conspiracy theory, or even a MCU vs DCEU thing. But there's clearly a bias there towards franchises critics have already decided they like, and ones which haven't won them over yet. You can argue it's the DCEU's own fault for not winning over critics for their franchise, but critics are supposed to be bias free and go into each film giving it an equal chance.
And I don't believe critics are going into each film completely objective, and I do believe SS would have a much higher score on RT if the exact same film was made by Marvel studios.
Originally posted by Zack M
If John liked it, that's all that matters. 😖hifty: SS was seriously a fun movie.
Yeah, well Frank Herbert was also a fan of David Lynch's adaption of his book Dune in 1984 (still considered one of cinema's biggest turkeys, and completely disowned by Lynch.) His recommendation, plus $10, gets you coffee at Starbucks. That's what it's worth.