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Darth Indiana Bond
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Joined: Wed Jul 20, 2005 11:43 pm Posts: 11057 Location: Wouldn't you like to know
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Aquaman:What Went Right?
I mean for real? I am confused as I did not find it any good
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stuffp
Keeping it Light
Joined: Wed Apr 08, 2015 8:06 am Posts: 11240 Location: Bright Falls
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Re: Aquaman:What Went Right?
Release date
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zwackerm
Hold the door!
Joined: Sun Jun 01, 2014 10:26 pm Posts: 20415 Location: Where they shot Knock at the Cabin
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Re: Aquaman:What Went Right?
I think it would have still opened big but the legs would have been weak and it would have done 200-225m total. So yeah, release date.
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Fri Jan 11, 2019 11:19 pm |
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Darth Indiana Bond
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Joined: Wed Jul 20, 2005 11:43 pm Posts: 11057 Location: Wouldn't you like to know
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Re: Aquaman:What Went Right?
Yeah, must be
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Rev
Romosexual!
Joined: Tue Oct 19, 2004 3:06 am Posts: 32125 Location: the last free city
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Re: Aquaman:What Went Right?
China....release date....Jason Momoa....Female audiences James Wan getting his 2nd billion dollars movie
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Proud Ryu
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Joined: Thu Sep 27, 2007 3:36 pm Posts: 5322 Location: The Interstice
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Re: Aquaman:What Went Right?
I really enjoyed it - I expected very little from it going in and for me it was the most refreshing surprise of the year. I had not seen Justice League.
Obviously the release date helped immensely, coupled with the fact that the holiday competition was super uninspiring. Even though it's more a summer movie than winter, it had the kind of fantastical vibe that made it the go-to Xmas for all demos.
Also, it had a romance, strong female characters, and Mamoa, which is a lot more than any other movie had to offer younger women (including Mary Poppins, which I felt from day one would skew very old and young but not so much for the core 13-49 range). I completely failed to consider this when predicting it.
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Fri Jan 11, 2019 11:55 pm |
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nghtvsn
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Joined: Fri Mar 11, 2005 7:13 pm Posts: 11015 Location: Warren Theatre Oklahoma
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Re: Aquaman:What Went Right?
Trailers The big December release you had to see on the big screen Audience reaction
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Sat Jan 12, 2019 12:37 am |
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lilmac
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Re: Aquaman:What Went Right?
I also think Mamoa is a boxoffice draw. The audience seemed to react favorably to him. Reminiscent of Dwayne Johnson.
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Sun Jan 13, 2019 12:22 am |
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publicenemy#1
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Joined: Tue Oct 12, 2004 12:25 am Posts: 18931 Location: San Diego
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Re: Aquaman:What Went Right?
No Star Wars. That pretty much made this the must see film of winter, despite everyone thinking it would be Poppins.
Also it's just a really enjoyable film. I'm very surprised that it seems like more than half of the users here are pretty blase about it.
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Sun Jan 13, 2019 12:26 am |
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stuffp
Keeping it Light
Joined: Wed Apr 08, 2015 8:06 am Posts: 11240 Location: Bright Falls
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Re: Aquaman:What Went Right?
Pretty small sample size for that I think, being this is just his first hit. I don't expect him to become a bo star aside from this role.
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Sun Jan 13, 2019 12:28 am |
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Shack
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Joined: Sun Jul 31, 2005 2:30 am Posts: 38234
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Re: Aquaman:What Went Right?
By being underwater Aquaman is a unique superhero
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Skyblade
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Joined: Sat Jan 07, 2006 6:07 am Posts: 874
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Re: Aquaman:What Went Right?
I do wonder if Amber Heard's Mera got some butts in seats. Aside from the X-Men movies, the genre really doesn't give us female characters with "powers", as in flying, zapping, shooting webs. That is, something visually spectacular and unique, which is a big part of the wish fulfillment inherent in the genre.
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Sun Jan 13, 2019 5:30 pm |
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Jedi Master Carr
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Re: Aquaman:What Went Right?
I think the film seemed more fun compared to the dark and brooding like the preivous DC films minus Wonder Woman. Hopefully WB learns from this and Wonder Woman. Only Batman should be dark and brooding.
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Sun Jan 13, 2019 5:59 pm |
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Barrabás
llegó a la casa vía marítima
Joined: Sun Aug 05, 2007 4:53 pm Posts: 6160 Location: la gran casa de la esquina
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Re: Aquaman:What Went Right?
An iconic hero that had never been adapted to the big screen + a hot, sexy, cool actor that could take him into the current zeitgeist
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