Definitely in the millions. I can't remember the last movie I saw in a theater, and I'm sure I only did so to enjoy the company of a friend (ya know on the way over and after and stuff)
were lockdowns happening in around February of last year
Mid March is when they went from a few places on the West Coast to the entire country. So Sonic was one of the last big name movies to come out.
I get the feeling there'll be a lot more retarded takes about how Knuckles is 'coded black' in the near-future
Knuckles has been the "black dude" of the Sonic Team for a long time. So much so they got a black dude to make raps for every stage of his on Sonic Adventure 2 over 20 years ago. Of all characters to make black, that's probably the least problematic.
They will probably write extra retarded articles about it, but literally everything about Sonic (except the movie by some magic) has been retarded for a long time anyway.
I wasn't big into Sonic until the Adventure games to know where the fandom was then, but even if it just started with Adventure that was fucking '99. But that's still 20 years of association from the top down.
I wouldn't call it out if they went with a white guy for him, but of nearly any character getting voiced by a black dude Knuckles is the most fitting if not even more so.
Is the movie really as good as I keep hearing it is?
90% of the movie is carried by Jim Carrey, though not because the rest is bad he just completely dominates with every line. Its hard to actually even fathom how genuinely funny the movie is, despite having seen it numerous times.
But Carrey is also a complete fuckwit, so I understand if you have issues with those involved and don't want to support.
Sonic came out February, lockdowns didn’t really begin until mid-late March, so it got its full box office potential just in time.
It was not until the NBA announced it was postponing games that the world was like “wtf?” soon after Vegas shut down, and from there is was dominoes for everyone else.
I had a Seattle then Vegas trip planned from March 19th which I was still planning on going to until a few days prior. Shit closed suddenly and fast.
The big problem right now is movies are just throwing themselves out into the wild and forgetting people aren't plugged in like before to be paying attention.
I hate to sound like a hipster, but European cinema is still pretty dope, my dude... As is Latin American stuff.
If you can parse the subtitles, Del Toro, Inarritu and Cuaron make some pretty interesting shit. Especially Del Toro, pre-Hollywoodisation, would be my recommendation!!
I’m sure this is unpopular here, but this movie was actually pretty entertaining. You can watch it for free on Flixtor (my favorite pirate streaming site)
It actually has set ups and call backs, the bad guys do bad guy things (one scene they revel in the murder they get to commit with a funny result, another scene Harley reacts to a trigger comment like a psychotic murderer would) plus you get to see many annoying people die glorious gory deaths. Also the main enemy makes much more sense, instead of fighting a god who has supernatural powers with a hammer or punching like in the first one. Also Harley is way toned down and not in every scene.
It’s not a great film by any means, still plot issues as with many modern, including Power Ranger Syndrome (Eg if this person can do that why didn’t they do it from the very beginning instead of building up to it?) there was very little woke bullshit and was just a plain enjoyable film. Except maybe at the end of the day when (spoiler) the two most consequential people to stop the main guy are the women, I couldn’t see anything woke really. And even that wasn’t done in an eye roll way, because one of them had a proper set up.
TLDR; Hollywood sucks, but this movie a good popcorn flick.
As one of the few people who genuinely liked it, the entire post SS ruined it for me. I really didn't like their Harley Quinn, and she was the only part they kept bringing back and focusing on.
Fuck Birds of Prey. Give me Croc and Boomerang's misadventures to find Diablo.
Harley was the main reason I was hesitating to watch this film. The Margot Robbie version has been insufferable, and I didn’t even bother to watch Birds of Prey at all. Heard it’s garbage vomit trash.
But I heard some better things about this one so I checked it out, and while it’s still the same Harley, she is at least toned down and not the main focus of everything. Plus the Dictator/Bird scene was legitimately fitting for her character. Wasn’t terrible!
I didn't go see it because Hollywood hates me and I've decided to return the favor.
How many people are like me? A thousand? Ten thousand?
A million?
Apparently enough that the numbers show it did poorly on streaming too.
Definitely in the millions. I can't remember the last movie I saw in a theater, and I'm sure I only did so to enjoy the company of a friend (ya know on the way over and after and stuff)
This is that Pedo James Gunn right?
Yes, this is the very same faggot who was fired by disney for all his creepy tweets When the dust settled disney re-hired this deucher. Cool company.
It failed at the box office because it was also on HBO Max. Fuck. Sake.
And for free all over the web lol
HBO Max, coming in 4th in a three horse race.
It’s a sleeper for sure. I got it to rewatch the sopranos and their catalog of older series is amazing to this day.
Later I discovered they also do same day releases as theaters so I watched the new mortal Kombat which was fun if you’re into that game.
Their rotating movie catalog is good as well. It’s the only streaming service other than YouTube that I can stomach and enjoy.
The pedophile cries as he blames you.
Movie was okay, and no one is going out to sit in a theater when it's free on demand.
I just hope they know the way
By the mighty ebola they shall find et
We must find de qwen.
Though Imp will probably not be happy with that.
Mid March is when they went from a few places on the West Coast to the entire country. So Sonic was one of the last big name movies to come out.
Knuckles has been the "black dude" of the Sonic Team for a long time. So much so they got a black dude to make raps for every stage of his on Sonic Adventure 2 over 20 years ago. Of all characters to make black, that's probably the least problematic.
They will probably write extra retarded articles about it, but literally everything about Sonic (except the movie by some magic) has been retarded for a long time anyway.
Pumpkin Hill song slaps
THE GHOSTS GOT LARRY
I wasn't big into Sonic until the Adventure games to know where the fandom was then, but even if it just started with Adventure that was fucking '99. But that's still 20 years of association from the top down.
I wouldn't call it out if they went with a white guy for him, but of nearly any character getting voiced by a black dude Knuckles is the most fitting if not even more so.
90% of the movie is carried by Jim Carrey, though not because the rest is bad he just completely dominates with every line. Its hard to actually even fathom how genuinely funny the movie is, despite having seen it numerous times.
But Carrey is also a complete fuckwit, so I understand if you have issues with those involved and don't want to support.
Sonic came out February, lockdowns didn’t really begin until mid-late March, so it got its full box office potential just in time.
It was not until the NBA announced it was postponing games that the world was like “wtf?” soon after Vegas shut down, and from there is was dominoes for everyone else.
I had a Seattle then Vegas trip planned from March 19th which I was still planning on going to until a few days prior. Shit closed suddenly and fast.
We've always been in lockdown, comrade.
Or you know, nobody knew it fucking came out.
The big problem right now is movies are just throwing themselves out into the wild and forgetting people aren't plugged in like before to be paying attention.
having 3/4 of the cinemas closed and the rest at severely reduced capacity had nothing to do with it ? Lockdowns killed it's box office takings.
I used to be an avid movie goer, now a days, I just don't care... Hollywood's bullshit has turned me off from movies and even regular tv.
They can take their propaganda and shove it
I hate to sound like a hipster, but European cinema is still pretty dope, my dude... As is Latin American stuff.
If you can parse the subtitles, Del Toro, Inarritu and Cuaron make some pretty interesting shit. Especially Del Toro, pre-Hollywoodisation, would be my recommendation!!
I’m sure this is unpopular here, but this movie was actually pretty entertaining. You can watch it for free on Flixtor (my favorite pirate streaming site)
It actually has set ups and call backs, the bad guys do bad guy things (one scene they revel in the murder they get to commit with a funny result, another scene Harley reacts to a trigger comment like a psychotic murderer would) plus you get to see many annoying people die glorious gory deaths. Also the main enemy makes much more sense, instead of fighting a god who has supernatural powers with a hammer or punching like in the first one. Also Harley is way toned down and not in every scene.
It’s not a great film by any means, still plot issues as with many modern, including Power Ranger Syndrome (Eg if this person can do that why didn’t they do it from the very beginning instead of building up to it?) there was very little woke bullshit and was just a plain enjoyable film. Except maybe at the end of the day when (spoiler) the two most consequential people to stop the main guy are the women, I couldn’t see anything woke really. And even that wasn’t done in an eye roll way, because one of them had a proper set up.
TLDR; Hollywood sucks, but this movie a good popcorn flick.
This
The first one is actually a big reason why I didn't care about it. Specifically.
The first one wasn't even political, just shitty
Tbqh, an insane murdering psychopath parading around in clown makeup is quite the fitting image for a biden voter.
Honkler has entered the chat
Don't let her near any baseball fields.
This is why Joker triggered the left so much. The Joker's followers were portrayed as Antifa members.
As one of the few people who genuinely liked it, the entire post SS ruined it for me. I really didn't like their Harley Quinn, and she was the only part they kept bringing back and focusing on.
Fuck Birds of Prey. Give me Croc and Boomerang's misadventures to find Diablo.
Saddest thing to realize is we will never get true Harley. Now we're stuck with the tatted up drug slut version.
They rolled that back for the new SS. BoP showed them that nobody actually wants Trailer Park Twinky Harley.
Funny, because Margot Robbie was one of two Aussies in it, and even I think she was a shitty miscasting...
Then again, aside from some weird "patriotic loyalty", I've never been a fan, really...
She was decent in "Focus", but fucking awful as Queen Elizabeth I, so eh, I guess it almost balances out, hey!
Harley was the main reason I was hesitating to watch this film. The Margot Robbie version has been insufferable, and I didn’t even bother to watch Birds of Prey at all. Heard it’s garbage vomit trash.
But I heard some better things about this one so I checked it out, and while it’s still the same Harley, she is at least toned down and not the main focus of everything. Plus the Dictator/Bird scene was legitimately fitting for her character. Wasn’t terrible!
It's the same fucking movie. Even gave it the same name.
It's legitimately offensive that the sequel to a movie is taking that movie's title and adding "The" to it.
Fast and Furious "franchise", anyone??
Then again, if DisneyWars decided to call itself "The Star Wars"?
Pain. Much pain. And suffering. Lol...
It is technically a "reboot." Well a sequel/soft reboot.
Wait, there's a second one?
Years ago? It was 18 months ago!