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Originally Posted by pscates2.0
We've talked here before about how with movies like this there simply aren't enough geeks and diehards to float it 100%. There has to be regular joe, mainstream appeal beyond the midnight premiere/costumed/neckbeard/Con crowds. And if those viewers aren't lured in by Avengers (the first one) or The Force Awakens-level praise and positive word-of-mouth, there aren't enough fast-food tie-ins or Kimmel/Fallon appearances in the world that will sustain it.
I do expect a decent opening weekend (Thursday and Friday, for sure), simply from the diehard/hardcore fans and the random, curious heathens not doing Easter-related stuff  But come Sunday, the word - the real word, not WB marketing/hype - will be out. And then we'll see.
These days, movies - especially ones like this - make or break on opening weekend. There is no longer a "slow burn" or "naturally building" phase as there was 30-40 years ago. These things open wide, they open big and they open everywhere. So the response, positive or negative, is immediate and charts the path, immediately out of the gate. |
Well I wasn't wrong.
Good grief...if you can't pull off Batman(!) and Superman(!!), together for the first time(!!!), any better than this, I assure you
nobody on the planet gives two swinging damns about Aqua-Man
and whatever other second-tier character standalone movies they've got planned.
The Wonder Woman is currently being filmed and I suspect all involved must have that horrible feeling of "we're working hard on a turd nobody is going to care about". That would suck.
