OperationNumbNutts
Superstar
They need to give Tyler Perry a call. It probably would have cost him $5 million. 
$200m Hollywood blockbuster Argylle only made $6.5m at the box office opening day
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Read that it will take 500 million just to break even
Most of these films of today's times won't.The trailer didn't entice me.
Almost all are female action leads and it's just not convincing. People aren't buying it.
I think they actually want men to dig these films.
Scustin Bieburr
Baby baybee baybee UUUGH
Those were movies that were actually marketed consistently and correctly.
Argyle's marketing was just plain bad. It wasn't clear who that movie was even trying to appeal to. It screams 'cash grab'. People fukk with movies with passion behind them. This movie didn't have it.
Batsute
The Lion Choker
Been seeing ads for that damn cat in that backpack since 2023. Finally watched the trailer and that premise is dumb as hell.
Some scripts get bought and not made for reason, this is one of them.
Some scripts get bought and not made for reason, this is one of them.
Silver Surfer
Veteran
The trailer was the trailer...no adjusted "marketing" would have helped it. It was a akward looking trailer and if you been to the theater regularly....you seen the trailer a dozen times
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not for those that read the comics.
esp. the classic claremomt, byrne runs.
the x-men were not just a version of the avengers, ff or defenders. there were themes and extra-dimensions to their stories that first class totally missed.
singer did a better job of understanding those themes. esp. in x-men 2.
first class is an abomination.
banshee a young x-man
the guy was an irish interpol agent.x-men a bunch of yanks. the x-men were drawn from all parts of the globe.
shaw's powers
.that helfire club
.the prologue and epilogue speeches to singer's x-men alone had more x-man spirit than the entirety of first class.
X-Men - Wikipedia
The conflict between mutants and normal humans is often compared to real-world conflicts experienced by minority groups in America such as African Americans, various religious or non-religious groups, (ethnic minorities, autistic individuals, the LGBTQ community, etc.)[49][50] It has been remarked that attitudes towards mutants do not make sense in the context of the Marvel Universe, since non-mutants with similar powers are rarely regarded with fear; X-Men editor Ann Nocenti remarked that "I think that's literary, really – because there is no difference between Colossus and the Torch. If a guy comes into my office in flames, or a guy comes into my office and turns to steel, I'm going to have the same reaction. It doesn't really matter that I know their origins. ... as a book, The X-Men has always represented something different – their powers arrive at puberty, making them analogous to the changes you go through at adolescence – whether they're special, or out of control, or setting you apart – the misfit identity theme."[51] Also on an individual level, a number of X-Men serve a metaphorical function as their powers illustrate points about the nature of the outsider.
Ideological differences[edit]
Characters in the X-Men franchise espouse a variety of political ideologies, and these differences are a frequent catalyst for conflict. The most prominent ideological clash in the X-Men franchise is that between Xavier and Magneto; despite later interpretations of the two as analogues for Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X, writer Chris Claremont (who originated Magneto's backstory and history with Xavier) saw them as more comparable to David Ben-Gurion and Menachem Begin.[85] Xavier's ideology has drawn comparisons to assimilationism and model minority politics, while Magneto, originally depicted as a mutant supremacist, is later portrayed as a liberationist advocating self-determination through mutually assured destruction. Callisto is a separatist, who seeks to protect the Morlocks through isolationism. Emma Frost is portrayed as rejecting social movements, opting to use the capitalist system for her personal benefit, or for that of individual mutants in her care. Apocalypse is characterized as a social darwinist who believes that mutants can only survive through the rule of might. The Mutant Liberation Front commits acts of terrorism to liberate mutants wrongly incarcerated by the government. Even when individual characters expressing conflicting ideologies are portrayed as either misguided or villainous, their motives and beliefs are often treated by the X-Men with nuance, sympathy, and respect; for example, during Secret Wars, when The Avengers take issue with Magneto's placement among the heroic team by The Beyonder, the X-Men defend him as an ally, despite disagreeing with his methods.[86] Pulitzer-winning national security journalist Spencer Ackerman has stated that "the importance of the X-Men as a universe of stories, as a mythos, is that we should always be debating who is right."[87]singer wasn't brilliant but he got the right ingredients - politics, ideology, humans vs. homo-superior, chess, class, spiritual aspects, fate, personal growth, racism, evolution.
first class failed on too many aspects of what made the x-men special.
stuff like this was done for a reason ..
when frozen the normal humans become like the cavemen/dino exhibits ...
Bryan Danielson
Jmare007 x Bryan Danielson x JLova = King Ghidorah
I saw it last night….. it was not what I expected 
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Matthew Vaughn is writing and producing the next 3 Kick-Ass movies. Something tells me he’s gonna be alright.
Cloutius Maximus
with the aid of the Funk...
Films like Poor Things and Past Lives doing well in cinemaswhoever greenlighted this hot garbage should be fired
We are likely entering another New Hollywood era that is driven more by creators than actors or even franchises. Outside of maybe Chalamet & Zendaya actors aren't really the draw anymore and the audience can see whether a movie is good or not before it even drops. If your shyt doesn't look well written/acted/shot or doesn't effectively draw on nostalgia (can't wait for Beetlejuice 2) people will just wait for streaming.
Especially considering we are seeing smaller theaters close in lieu of an Alamo Draft House model with a whole ass food menu/bar where u can easily drop >100 in one outing.
Clayton Endicott
Superstar
That shyt looked like straight garbage in the trailers 
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RennisDeynolds
I am untethered and my rage knows no bounds!
Apple got money to waste on shyt like this