RIP Morbius

[Snarf Zagyg]

There was a time when Lucasfilm lawyers would have crashed through your window the moment you posted that.

Wait...I just realized it still isn't on Disney+.

Look out!!

Oh, I'm not worried. Disney is known for being warm and cuddly and not being overly protective of their IP!

 

[Grendel_Khan]

Oh, I'm not worried. Disney is known for being warm and cuddly and not being overly protective of their IP!

Tell me about it. And I love that mouse-shaped laser-dot inching toward your forehead! Very fetch.

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

Tell me about it. And I love that mouse-shaped laser-dot inching toward your forehead! Very fetch.

There can be only one IP in charge at Disney. And he lets you know.

 

[payn]

I wish I agreed, because that would mean box office numbers (or ratings, or whatever else indicates financial success) are the result of a meritocracy, and that word of mouth is as powerful as we'd like it to be. But in the same year that Blade Runner 2049 flopped, the live-action Beauty and the Beast made half a billion dollars in the U.S. alone. Whatever one thinks about BR2049, at least it still gets discussed, and audiences are still reevaluating it. Meanwhile, the live action Beauty and the Beast was a cultural fart in the wind. I keep forgetting it ever happened.

That same year there was a massive word-of-mouth success story: Get Out. But that movie was lightning in a bottle, that no one predicted, and its $176M made it a smash success no matter how low its budget was. Meanwhile, word of mouth and critical acclaim didn't pull Atomic Blonde or Lady Bird or tons of other well-received movies to anywhere near the same dizzying heights as Get Out. Are those movies worse than the better-performing Sully or Daddy's Home 2, or even less-talked-about at the time?

I don't think so, but it's all subjective, if you want it to be.

There are a lot of dimensions at play when evaluating a film. Financial success, cultural success, artistic success, etc... You may not think much of Get Out, but it hit more of these dimensions than Atomic Blonde did.

 

[Ryujin]

There are a lot of dimensions at play when evaluating a film. Financial success, cultural success, artistic success, etc... You may not think much of Get Out, but it hit more of these dimensions than Atomic Blonde did.

"Get Out" was a racial and cultural touchstone.
"Atomic Blonde" was another in a long line of hot woman action movies.

 

[James Gasik]

What's wrong with hot women action movies again?

 

[payn]

What's wrong with hot women action movies again?

Nothing. They rarely if ever push the critical boundaries of film, impact our culture, and make beau coup bucks though. (Same with beefcake men action movies)

 

[ART!]

Objectively terrible if you're a "true fan". Entertaining if you're a "normal fan". Very entertaining if you're a "mild fan" or "someone who went to see it because it's part 7-9 so it must be good".

[assumes this is a joke and moves on]

 

[LongTimeLurker]

Well, I agree Morbius is DOA. But I think it's because it's an awful movie as opposed to it being buried by Sonic or whatever.

Edit: Also, it wouldn't surprise me that when this movie is finished bombing, that's IT for the Shared Spiderman Universe or whatever Sony's calling their MCU adjacent ripoff.

 

[LongTimeLurker]

Willem Dafoe is ALWAYS excellent!

A movie without Dafoe is like John Wick without a high fatality count. What's the point?

Throw Momma From the Train begs to disagree