The FFINO ZONE - Part 1

[Krystal]

Generl rule of thumb for Marvel movies.....
The run time should be higher that Stan Lee's age.
These bums had to do 3 reshoots to get over the hump.

 

[Mr. Youtube]

If the movie is dreadful, I agree they are not going to give it a pass and they will enjoy lambasting it as they are known to do. But, if it is simply mediocre--I can see where they might give it a boost for being different from what Marvel does. We all know Marvel would make it huge and epic and maybe a general movie critic might be getting tired of epic.
Dam old farts.

That's ageist.

Generl rule of thumb for Marvel movies.....
The run time should be higher that Stan Lee's age.
These bums had to do 3 reshoots to get over the hump.

That's ageist.

 

[Marvel]

I still have a sick feeling that a lot of critics will give it a good rating based on the fact that diehard CBM fans DON'T like this version of the FF. That they will praise it for being different--not for actually being good. Brrrr, it's gives me chills

If critics were spiteful teenagers, maybe.

It's the 21st century... the Internet has made most "critics" act like teenagers to get hits and views. Gone are the days of Ebert and most thoughtful critics.

Some of those loud d-bags will give FF a pass just for being different.

 

[Sony23]

I'm alittle concerned that critics will give this positive reviews based soley on how it stands as just a film without taking into account whether or not it's a good Fantastic Four film. I understand it's their job to critique films based on story, characters, plot etc but saying it's good and giving it positive reviews will give the general public the wrong impression of how badly it misrepresents the FF.

 

[Whiskey Tango]

I would be more concerned about that if I hadn't just recently watched a bunch of critics ding Ant-Man because it wasn't the film Edgar Wright might have made.

 

[Eddie]

Apparently Michael B. Jordan wants Namor in the sequel. Throw in Kebbell's comments about wanting to fight Thor and this cast must really want to be in the MCU.

 

[Chip Chipperson]

Already talking sequel huh?

Let's just see if this doesn't completely bomb first.

 

[Eddie]

The boxoffice.com site is currently predicting that it will make a lower percentage of its budget back domestically than Ghost Rider Spirit of Vengeance, so...

 

[Marvolo]

The boxoffice.com site is currently predicting that it will make a lower percentage of its budget back domestically than Ghost Rider Spirit of Vengeance, so...

 

[TheVileOne]

Box office predictions rarely if ever accurate.

 

[marvelmadness13]

Box office predictions rarely if ever accurate.

True, the vast majority of the time the actual gross has been lower than the prediction, especially this year other than Jurassic World.

 

[Orba]

From what I'm reading it is 1 hour 34minutes to the start of the end credits.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

True, the vast majority of the time the actual gross has been lower than the prediction, especially this year other than Jurassic World.

Pitch Perfect 2 and San Andreas beat estimates as well and Mad Max was on target.

 

[ThePhantasm]

Box office predictions rarely if ever accurate.

Well duh, they aren't mean to be accurate to the dot. They just track the apparent popularity of the film based on certain data. Its a really educated guess, in other words... no one is claiming it is infallible.

 

[ThePhantasm]

From what I'm reading it is 1 hour 34minutes to the start of the end credits.

Damn. Why can't the FF ever get a two hour movie?

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Damn. Why can't the FF ever get a two hour movie?

The story should dictate the length. We don't know if the movie is too short yet.

 

[ThePhantasm]

So my question still stands... why can't the FF get a story that requires a two-hour movie? They have tons of epic stories in the comics but each of their films is the length of an animated feature film.

 

[ThePhantasm]

And don't tell me you have to condense / combine Doom's origin into the FF origin to save time if your movie is 90 minutes long.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

So my question still stands... why can't the FF get a story that requires a two-hour movie? They have tons of epic stories in the comics but each of their films is the length of an animated feature film.

This is the origin. Perhaps the origin didn't require 2 hours? I haven't seen the film and I didn't write the script, so I don't know yet. And to be fair, neither do you.

 

[Snow Queen]

This is the origin. Perhaps the origin didn't require 2 hours? I haven't seen the film and I didn't write the script, so I don't know yet. And to be fair, neither do you.

Well, it did take 130 minutes before reshoots, didn't it?

 

[ThePhantasm]

The origin + FF v Doom could easily be a two hour film, with the right script. As for the "you haven't seen the film yet" argument, meh and double meh. I'm not going to see the film. The marketing has shown me all I need to know.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

The origin + FF v Doom could easily be a two hour film, with the right script. As for the "you haven't seen the film yet" argument, meh and double meh. I'm not going to see the film. The marketing has shown me all I need to know.

And it could easily be a 90min movie. We don't know. Plenty of my favorite superhero movies are the DC animated ones, and the vast majority come in under 90mins. Most of the time, under 80mins.

 

[wobbly]

And it could easily be a 90min movie. We don't know. Plenty of my favorite superhero movies are the DC animated ones, and the vast majority come in under 90mins. Most of the time, under 80mins.

Packing Doom's origin with the FF (again...) is a time saver, but I would look at the list Krystal made (Thanks to Willie for quoting it):

Interesting bit of trivia. Based on Krystal's list of shortest superhero films:

Elektra------------96 minutes
FF: RotSS--------91 min
Jonah Hex--------81 min
Catwoman-------104 min
Daredevil---------103 min--------theatrical
X-Men: LS--------104 min
Spirit--------------103 min
Ghost Rider 2-----95 min
X-Men-------------104 min
Punisher 2--------103 min

The highest RT score for a superhero film with a running time under 100 minutes is 37% (ROTSS). Second highest is 17% for Ghost Rider 2.

Can FF beat that mark?

This flick comes in among the running times of the above, and under the 100mins Willie notes there. Could it be an exception to the rule? Stranger things have happened...But based on the trailers and other things we know I can't say I'm confident of that.

 

[Zarex]

Apparently Michael B. Jordan wants Namor in the sequel. Throw in Kebbell's comments about wanting to fight Thor and this cast must really want to be in the MCU.

"We felt that reimagining Namor as a milquetoast candle shop proprietor suffering from hydrophobia made for a more interesting character" - Simon Kinberg

 

[regwec]

I think all Fox movie villains should be bloggers on different topics.