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Osgood Perkins' "The Monkey" opens to $14.2 million, second best ever for Neon

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[-] EnderLaw@lemmy.world 18 points 3 months ago

Lost interest after Endgame.

[-] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago

I enjoyed some of the shows like Wandavision and Loki but I’ve pretty much fallen off watching any of this stuff entirely now.

[-] TheGiantKorean@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

The only thing I've been looking forward to recently is the new Daredevil series. Wandavision was decent. Moon Knight was good. She-Hulk had lots of potential but just dropped the ball IMHO. We never finished Loki season 2 (just lost insterest). We ended up canceling Disney+ because the Marvel shows were a dud for the most part.

[-] p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 months ago

Loki Season 2 ended really well.

[-] Zahille7@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Loki was the only one I really liked.

[-] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

I enjoyed Agatha as well, but didn't watch it until just recently.

[-] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I wouldn't say I lost interest, but rather that Endgame was a great ending for the MCU. Why would I want to watch past the end?

[-] 5in1k@lemm.ee 6 points 3 months ago

Endgame was a clipshow which was a let down for me. That was my step off as well.

[-] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 months ago

Same. I enjoyed Infinity War a decent amount, but Endgame didn't quite sit right with me for some reason; maybe because it felt like the pulling of strings to make the narrative fit certain things was more apparent. Lost all steam after that

[-] TwanHE@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

I still enjoyed the latest Spiderman but the rest seems quite uninspired.

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[-] ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org 16 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Could it be that after milking that sorry Marvel franchise for all it was worth for years, Disney fails to excite people with their nth ultra-samey, ultra-low-originality rehash?

[-] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 14 points 3 months ago

They're just not willing to take the risks they were talking when marvel was still going solo before it's Disney acquisition. Disney isn't big on risks.

[-] reddig33@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Some of the TV shows have been more creative. The current movies are just rehashes though.

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[-] kameecoding@lemmy.world 16 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I don't mean to shit on what's his name that took over the Captain America role, but dude has just no fucking screen presence, charisma what so ever, Joel Kinnaman fucking killed it on altered carbon season 1, then this dude, Mackie?, took over in season 2, and god damn it was a hard watch.

He reminds of that dude that played the Boomerang guy in suicide squad, then he was kyle in Terminator: Genisys, that fucker is the same, 0 screen presence, no charisma.

[-] roofuskit@lemmy.world 19 points 3 months ago

Altered carbon season 2 also had been cut to the bone budget wise. The entire production paled in comparison to the first season.

[-] warmaster@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

100% AC was dead for me as soon as this guy took over. Same with Cap.

[-] billwashere@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

Yeah I tried the second season after loving the first. Lasted about 15 min. Nope.

[-] falidorn@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago
[-] 474D@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

I heard Clarence's parents have a real good marriage

[-] CaptPretentious@lemmy.world 15 points 3 months ago

It wasn't a bad movie, but it had problems.

The big problem, and this is pretty common with Marvel, was a weak villain. The Leader just wasn't a big threat. He spent most of his time in the shadows. He got very little screen time. And his motivation was also really weak. He wanted a pardon... But he was also completely capable of starting world war 3, like that doesn't make sense. Like an iron Man 3, The Mandarin started off the movie as an epic threat... Only to be revealed to be an actor and the actual bad guy was Killian... Who was an awful villain. But you don't even have to have a villain that's super strong or even has great motivation as long as they're well written, like Mysterio. Red Hulk ends up being wasted on this movie, because they had no faith they could write something people would want to see, because post Thanos they've kind of been fumbling the ball. But I think they seem to forget is Thanos wasn't there from the beginning they eventually led into him.

They either needed to really lean into The Leader, or Red Hulk. Not waste both on a 2 decade late Hulk sequel that doesn't have Bruce or the Hulk.

[-] Raiderkev@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago

I stopped watching marvel movies a long time ago. I didn't even know Cap was a black dude now.

[-] Delphia@lemmy.world 20 points 3 months ago

My favorite joke about marvel movies is that when Thanos snapped his fingers, he killed half my enthusiasm for Marvel movies.

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[-] Syntha@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 months ago

Well, you would've needed to watch one of the tv shows for that lol

[-] Eyck_of_denesle@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 months ago
[-] Raiderkev@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Don't even know who that is lol. I got bored around avengers 2

[-] EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

He was introduced in The Winter Soldier, a few movies before Avengers 2.

[-] Raiderkev@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Right on. My son is around the age where he should enjoy them, and I figured I'd eventually have to marathon them with him, but so far, he's not into it. I'm sure eventually I'll get around to watching them.

[-] EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

You only have to watch up to Endgame. After that they’ve been hard watches.

[-] graff@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago

I hope you at least enjoy watching them together with your son :)

[-] weew@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 months ago

I would consider myself an MCU fan so I stuck around longer than most I think, but Quantumania just bored the hell outta me and I haven't watched one since.

[-] riodoro1@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago

People are getting tired of spending money on the 50th installment of bangy bang bang computer generated special effects? Did the trailer have enough ominous bass? Was there enough stars and stripes? Did they defend the status quo hard enough?

[-] mPony@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

maybe the trailer needed some Taiko drums?
or an ominously orchestral version of a beloved 1980's/1990's pop song?

[-] riodoro1@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Shit! That’s what they forgot!

[-] 3aqn5k6ryk@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

Should have stop after endgame. But no, gotta keep milking it.

[-] MammyWhammy@lemmy.ml 8 points 3 months ago

Or at least a pause while they figured out what was next

[-] Ankkuli@lemdro.id 5 points 3 months ago

These comments are depressing.

[-] SharpieThunderflare@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 months ago

I for one enjoyed the movie a lot. Had fun with it.

[-] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 months ago

Yeah it wasn't bad, fun little time waster

[-] Lawnman23@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

Marvel is depressing.

[-] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 months ago

is 68% a normal dropoff for 2nd week?

[-] MisterCurtis@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

The marketing for this movie and been atrocious. The Cross advertising spots I've seen are terrible cash grabs. Marvel is done.

[-] Pregnenolone@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

Mackie is a really B/C-grade actor. The movie was an absolute forgettable and pointless one. No character growth, no links to other movies, to continuing plot for the MCU.

[-] MimicJar@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

no links to other movies

Except that giant Celestial in the ocean.

to continuing plot for the MCU.

And whatever that Celestial is made of...

I do hope The Leader & Ross make a return in future films. Sidewinder (Giancarlo) was also wasted, so hopefully he returns.

I wouldn't call it forgettable, there are some fun action scenes in the film, both at the Celestial and The White House/surrounding area.

However just action with a rushed story does make it a weaker film overall.

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