Aquaman's Critical Reception Thread (Rotten Tomato and Metacritic)

Do you think Critics are being too harsh on Aquaman? Do you agree with some?

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Where is this 300 million dollar number coming from tho? There are countless of articles stating the budget is 160 mill due to shooting australia.
 
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OroroGambitFan said:
This is the same kind of reply that reeks of 'you knowing more others' just in the sense that if someone genuinely likes the majority of the Marvel movies not based on the things you suggest, but on various other kinds of reasons you relegated that entire group of people as w/weak minded and "conditioned" to like movies. Whether you realize it or not those kinds of comments are very dismissive in the way that you suggest there are other reasons affecting people's true feelings. That's the kind of thing I deplore to no end! It kind of feels elists of you to say that. I actually don't find Marvel films that familiar to one another (Infinity War, Black Panther, Ragnarok, Civil War, Winter Soldier, and Dr. Strange have all distinct feels and themes and to me those set of movies are nothing alike). Sure, after Marvel has put out good movie after good movie you do start to feel safe w/the brand and go in expecting a great movie--- but that doesn't mean that people can't still recognize a good Marvel movie from a bad one. And just because someone likes Marvel movies doesn't mean that don't leave room for other movies, that's ridiculous (at least for the general public at large it's a ridiculous notion IMO).
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Calmn down tiger, Im not doing any of the overly written nonsense you typed. Its not elitist to point out that it may be after 10 years of the mcu building onto itself and telling stories and exploring there characters in interesting ways that audiences and critics have Possibly grown accustom to like that approach to comicbook movies with the exceptional chances like a deadpool or venom. Its no different then coke or pepsi and which brand you prefer based on the taste and different options each offer.

Or how most prefer to go visit disney world as opposed to other theme parks because they know the type of experience there going to get everytime.


DC needs aquaman, shazam, joker and wonder woman films all to be good to solid films with interesting ideas that both critics and fans overall like and want more of period. Make good films and the critics will come.
 
It does seem like people want Marvel Superhero films and nothing else. A couple weeks ago I came across two "blue ticks" on Twitter who both said the same thing. One said that we don't need DC films just because we have Marvel ones and the other wanted DC movies to stop being a "thing" because Marvel films are enough.
 
brandeezy89 said:
It does seem like people want Marvel Superhero films and nothing else. A couple weeks ago I came across two "blue ticks" on Twitter who both said the same thing. One said that we don't need DC films just because we have Marvel ones and the other wanted DC movies to stop being a "thing" because Marvel films are enough.
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SONY just made Into The Spider Verse which may just be the best reviewed CBM of all time at the end of it’s run. I don’t think it’s the MCU people obsess over, but rather its style.
 
$160 is the production budget. Normally movies spend about 50% of their production budget on marketing.

I'd say that the true costs is around $250m...but maybe if WB thought it had potential as a huge hit they might have spent an extra $50m on marketing.
 
brandeezy89 said:
It does seem like people want Marvel Superhero films and nothing else. A couple weeks ago I came across two "blue ticks" on Twitter who both said the same thing. One said that we don't need DC films just because we have Marvel ones and the other wanted DC movies to stop being a "thing" because Marvel films are enough.
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DC has the characters and story to compete easily with marvel and then some, just need solid filmmakers to lead it..
 
TheScarecrow said:
$160 is the production budget. Normally movies spend about 50% of their production budget on marketing.

I'd say that the true costs is around $250m...but maybe if WB thought it had potential as a huge hit they might have spent an extra $50m on marketing.
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250m all together sounds right, but gonna need more receipts before the 300mill figure becomes a bible verse around here. lol
 
Prettyricky said:
DC has the characters and story to compete easily with marvel and then some, just need solid filmmakers to lead it..
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I wish they didn’t try to compete with Marvel in terms of creating a shared universe. Wonder Woman and Aquaman seem to be doing just fine on their own critically and in the box office (given AM’s early OS numbers). Really looking forward to Shazam, I think that’s going to be a great hit.
 
All this discussion and so far the movie is doing pretty well critically and (where it has opened) beyond all expectations at the box office.
 
JOE said:
I wish they didn’t try to compete with Marvel in terms of creating a shared universe. Wonder Woman and Aquaman seem to be doing just fine on their own critically and in the box office (given AM’s early OS numbers). Really looking forward to Shazam, I think that’s going to be a great hit.
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I should clarify, i meant also not a shared universe or atleast for 4–5 years before trying again. They can mention each other and have little winks here and there but thats it.
 
Black Narcissus said:
250m all together sounds right, but gonna need more receipts before the 300mill figure becomes a bible verse around here. lol
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‘Aquaman’ Is Already a Box Office Titan

The upshot: “Aquaman,” starring Jason Momoa as the DC Comics superhero and directed by James Wan, could have easily flopped in China, which would have left a stink on the movie ahead of its global rollout. “Aquaman,” which cost an estimated $350 million to make and market worldwide, will arrive in 40 more countries on Friday. Audiences in North America will have the chance to see it starting on Dec. 21.
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I see it at 74% right now on my phone...is that current?
 
No way after JL's debacle WB is spending that kind of money of this. That would be absurd.
 
And Batman Begins has 84% overall and 64% from top critics, but no one calls it average.

Justice league has 40% overall and 26% from top critics.

X-Men: First Class has 86% overall and 69% from top critics.

The reviews for this so far are good.

No way after JL's debacle WB is spending that kind of money of this. That would be absurd.
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This is how much movies cost. The reported budgets are just for production. They don't cover marketing or film distribution.

When you see that Batman v Superman cost $250m, it would have actually cost about $400m in total.

This would have cost about $240m in total off of a $160m production budget.
 
TheScarecrow said:
And Batman Begins has 84% overall and 64% from top critics, but no one calls it average.

The reviews for this so far are good.
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That's because both meters are red tomatoes. There's no such thing as "average" on RT :oldrazz:
 
So I am seeing 75% on 61 reviews...
 
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