X-Men: Apocalypse - May 27, 2016
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far from it no doubt
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Has anyone checked in on Nova? I think he may be on suicide watch since the reviews started pouring in.
He's fine.
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Reviews are definitely coming in mixed. Won't deter me from going to see it though. However if things hold and RT lingers around 40% the movie won't be giving Marvel any sleepless nights. I'd guess it will still make $600-$700M worldwide, which is nothing to sneeze at, but would likely represent the ceiling for the franchise since that was roughly what DoFP made. Figure that Marvel's main tentpoles are closing in on $1B per release worldwide plus licensing and merchandising, and new entrants like GotG are outperforming X-Men, and Dis-Mar has a pretty comfortable lead. However, Fox might be perfectly fine with those numbers. I would think they can certainly build an X-connected universe pretty solidly on films that will range from $300M for smaller X-releases to $600-$700M for the event X-Men movies. Deadpool was able to shake up the world, and Wolverine 3 could come in somewhere in the same range. I don't think Gambit is going to happen any time soon, at least not with Tatum. I've never been a fan of the idea with CT as the lead, so that would be a good thing IMO. I could see something like "Gambit & Rogue" done as a romance/heist/sting type movie with superpowers done for a smaller budget, far fewer CGI effects and different lead actors. Plus Fox can still produce X-Force and New Mutants with smaller budgets to try to launch more franchises. Unlike DC with BvS there doesn't seem to be the make or break pressure that X-Men Apocalypse has to make $1B minimum or it will be considered a flop and jeopardize the entire cinematic universe. Really the only odd man out these days continues to be Fantastic Four. The movies have underperformed and FF does not really fit in an X-Men/Mutant universe. I can't imagine Fox trying to reboot the franchise yet again unless they just want to keep it from Marvel. Maybe Fox is figuring if X-Men overperforms to the tune of $800M to $1B+ they can use some of the money to prop up FF as a reboot or TV series (provided they can do that), although it would seem more likely they would want to invest in more X movies and TV series. Or they might think a strong X-Men showing at the box office will give them a stronger negotiating chip. If sharing or selling back the FF license is in the works it is the most delayed announcement ever. Anyway while not on the same anticipation level as CW I am looking forward to seeing this.
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One reviewers says Civil War was good, Batman vs Superman was bad, and Age of Apocalypse is ok.
Yeah, the overall consensus on RT so far doesn't seem to be that it's bad. Just that it isn't great. Rests on its laurels a bit, maybe shoves too many references to prior films in, and is overstuffed. Makes it sound a bit like Age of Ultron to me. But I'll go in with an open mind and hope for the best. Just because the critics crap on something doesn't mean I won't really dig it. Blade 2 had a 57%, and I thought it was fantastic.
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Blade 2 had one thing going for it and that was it had the scariest freaking vampire I've ever seen. Other than that it was a pretty forgettable movie.
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the blade movies are pretty bad, but that doesn't mean I can't enjoy them.
There are worse things out tonight then vampires 
blade is awesome...
Sorry back to 40% on RT - meh I'll still watch the XMen movie
blade is awesome...Sorry back to 40% on RT - meh I'll still watch the XMen movie
It has been at 45% for me for awhile.
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I still want to see. I'm a comic book fan no matter what.
You guys are oddly fixated on this RT nonsense.
tell me what other movie that has a team of vampires joining forces with a Vampire hunter in order to kill scary zombie-like vampires in the sewers?
seems to me blade 2 is pretty freaking unique, cant think of any other movie like it
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It's probably going to be very comparable to AOU. Villains don't live up to hype, too much going on in one movie.
I just hope it's good. I love the cast. It definitely needed more star power I think. Mystique isn't really a big draw. The villains just seem to be too much for the heroes in this.
I just hope it's good. I love the cast. It definitely needed more star power I think. Mystique isn't really a big draw. The villains just seem to be too much for the heroes in this.
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Well you got me on the uniqueness factor. Ranks right up there with Killer Klowns From Outer Space.
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