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| Spider-Mind, to my mind, has been the second greatest superhero for roughly 60 years, topped only by Superman, who had a nearly 25 year head start on him. That said, obviously Superman doesn't translate as well to movie adaptations as does Spider-Man. The result for Supes on the big screen have been a lot more hit and miss, or more accurately, miss and hit. Spider-Man has had only the Garfield misfires and even those two have plenty of fans. Superman's power level makes him a lot harder to sympathize with than Spider-Man, and because he is so powerful, the only way to "threaten" Superman tends to be to threaten the entire planet, galaxy, or even universe. One of Spidey's biggest problems in the comics over the years have concerned him being simply unable to pay his bills.
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| quote: Originally posted by chesspieceface:
One of Spidey's biggest problems in the comics over the years have concerned him being simply unable to pay his bills.
I don't know. The Parker family home is 20 Ingram Street in Forest Hills, NY. That's one of the better Queens neighborhoods. Some private streets and expensive condos in parts of Forest Hills. He can't have been all that broke. That address is actually a real location, and the current owner gets lots of Spider-Man fan mail. He says he likes it, but I don't think I would. |
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| SPIDER-MAN just passed BLACK PANTHER and is now up to # 6 on the all-time list.
It will pass TOP GUN: MAVERICK and AVATAR this weekend. |
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| Spider-Man is up to 786 M domestically, passing Avatar to become # 4 on the all time list. |
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| THE ODYSSEY has passed 500 M domestically, making it the # 2 film of the year.
TOY STORY 5 is # 3. |
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| Spider Man is about to pass Avengers Endgame to become the # 2 film of all time domestically. Will happen within a day or so. Can it catch Star Wars the Force Awakens to become # 1 ? |
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| Went to "Mutiny" yesterday. That's Jason Statham's new actioner. I enjoyed it, but I wouldn't recommend it to anyone other than those who see all his solo films. They are all predictable plots with unbelievable fight scenes and that's his brand.
The interesting thing about this movie is that it got leaked online before its short lived theatrical release. By mistake a clean copy was on Prime for a brief period. My friend told me he saw it somehow on another platform the night before I went to the movies. I think its already being pulled out of some theatres, so don't look for any big box office numbers on this one.
Somebody is going to have to investigate how this happened before one of the year end blockbusters turns up on YouTube first. |
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| Spider Man is # 1 for the fifth week in a row. Up to about 890 M domestically. Not sure if it can pass Star Wars the Force Awakens which is still # 1 all time, having earned 936 M in 2015. |
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| Ridley Scott should just pack it in. He had his hits, but now he is making bomb after bomb. His latest film "The Dog Stars" just opened with an 8M weekend take on a budget that could top off at around 110M. It came in #5 behind "Coyote vs. Acme" and Insidious: Out of the Further", with "Spider-Man: Brand New Day" and "The Odyssey" still holding the weakening top slots.
Scott used to make good movies, but not recently. Since pretty much screwing up the "Alien" franchise by going off on some quasi-spiritual journey that lost me, he has done "The Last Duel". "House of Gucci", "Napoleon", "Gladiator II, and now this one, which may turn out to rank the worst despite its hot star Jacob Elordi.
I'm not sure why anyone thought another post-apocalyptic flu movie was something anybody needed to see again, it was a bestselling book, but that is different. I can tell you a big mistake that they made and this a SPOILER, so don't read further if you are seeing this film.
I almost never agree with anything that Anne Hathaway has to say, but she was correct about one thing when promoting 'The End of Oak Street". In short, she said you can never kill the dog.
So right there, book or no book, Ridley Scott was in trouble. |
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| quote: Originally posted by Raven:
Ridley Scott should just pack it in. He had his hits, but now he is making bomb after bomb. His latest film "The Dog Stars" just opened with an 8M weekend take on a budget that could top off at around 110M. It came in #5 behind "Coyote vs. Acme" and Insidious: Out of the Further", with "Spider-Man: Brand New Day" and "The Odyssey" still holding the weakening top slots.
Scott used to make good movies, but not recently. Since pretty much screwing up the "Alien" franchise by going off on some quasi-spiritual journey that lost me, he has done "The Last Duel". "House of Gucci", "Napoleon", "Gladiator II, and now this one, which may turn out to rank the worst despite its hot star Jacob Elordi.
Didn't he also make some "Get off my lawn" comments complaining about young moviegoers to justify his poor box office, similar to Scorsese? |
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