The FFINO ZONE - Part 3

[MahvelBaby!]

Have you guys read Harry Knowel's review of the film? He of course liked it enough to want to see it a second time. The best part is when he claims that if you disliked this film by no means should you have liked any of the live action Batman films.

I suppose that’s a viable way to look at this film. It isn’t your FANTASTIC FOUR that you read in the comic. And by that standard, every BATMAN movie sucks.

*facepalm*

 

[Boom]

Devin, El Maybe, and Knowles all liked it.

To the surprise of nobody.

 

[Eddie]

El Mayimbe follows (and has openly tweeted to) that little kid that plays young Reed.

Of course he's going to support his best friend's film.

 

[Black Narcissus]

Dredd was recently on tv the other day and it shows up with only one star. This film won't have a description at all, huh? Dredd was cool tho.

 

[Tony Stark]

Not at all. Including me and my buddy, there were four people in the theatre. Never seen it so empty before on opening night, and I see a lot of movies.

Yeah, I saw this at the same theater I saw Ant-man for, both on preview nights. Ant-man was about 90% capacity for this I'd say barely 5%. Looks like the preview numbers are 2.7M which is less than half of what Ant-man got. So even with 3D boost and IMAX FF has a lower ticket sales.

Funnyiest part, right after the movie ended a guy walking out said very loudly, "that was the worst Marvel film I've ever seen", and the 15-20 people that were there burst out in laughter.

 

[Raiden]

I heard that too on the way to work and I was in my car screaming NO IT"S NOT!!!!!!!

There was a FFINO commercial on the radi station I listen to in the morning today, and the ad mentioned that they're Marvel's first superheroes. No mention of Fox or Trank. They're trying to sell this movie to the clueless masses that it's a MCU movie.

 

[Web-Head]

2.7 million last night for Fantastic 4

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

There was a FFINO commercial on the radi station I listen to in the morning today, and the ad mentioned that they're Marvel's first superheroes. No mention of Fox or Trank. They're trying to sell this movie to the clueless masses that it's a MCU movie.

I really think that's it's a rotten thing for Fox to do.

 

[Tony Stark]

People on the Box office forums are predicting about a 30M weekend. Which would put it at about 70-75M at most for a domestic run.

Say it folks:

FLOP!

 

[Tony Stark]

There was a FFINO commercial on the radi station I listen to in the morning today, and the ad mentioned that they're Marvel's first superheroes. No mention of Fox or Trank. They're trying to sell this movie to the clueless masses that it's a MCU movie.

Yeah, if they keep doing that, they are inviting a lawsuit. Marvel is a registered trade mark, they cannot just willy nilly use the name. They are allowed to use the banner, because that was contractually agreed upon. But they cannot call this "Marvel's Fantastic Four". That would be a TM infringement.

 

[Chip Chipperson]

People on the Box office forums are predicting about a 30M weekend. Which would put it at about 70-75M at most for a domestic run.

Say it folks:

FLOP!

hope it does less

 

[Raiden]

I really think that's it's a rotten thing for Fox to do.

They also hired one of the personalities from the morning crew to "plain speak" to the listeners right after the ad (pre recorded), and he said that watching all the trailers made him excited to see the movie. The tactic is obviously trying to persuade the listeners to believe this guy they've been listening to for years to go see the movie. It's a marketing ploy I've never seen before. I tweeted to that guy about it but he just ignored me.

 

[wobbly]

Anyone using social media just politely inform your friends or tweet etc that this is NOT an MCU film. Nothing to do with Marvel, no connection to Avengers, IM, Cap, Thor, Hulk etc, it's a standalone alone 20th Century Fox effort not even connected to the X-Films either.

Also link to Rotten Tomatoes so they can see the reviews for themselves.

Seen another 2 spots today absent the Fox logo and flashing the Marvel one only. People are gonna be suckered by this bull.

 

[Eddie]

Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance made just shy of 91% of its production budget in domestic ticket sales. This new Fantastic Four would have to do about 110,000,000 to get that percentage of its production budget in domestic ticket sales.

This film is going to make a lower percentage of its production budget back domestically than Spirit of Vengeance did.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

They also hired one of the personalities from the morning crew to "plain speak" to the listeners right after the ad (pre recorded), and he said that watching all the trailers made him excited to see the movie. The tactic is obviously trying to persuade the listeners to believe this guy they've been listening to for years to go see the movie. It's a marketing ploy I've never seen before. I tweeted to that guy about it but he just ignored me.

I've honestly gotten to the point where I might not even support the X-Men movies anymore, I haven't decided yet.

 

[Tony Stark]

Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance made just shy of 91% of its production budget in domestic ticket sales. This new Fantastic Four would have to do about 110,000,000 to get that percentage of its production budget in domestic ticket sales.

This film is going to make a lower percentage of its production budget back domestically than Spirit of Vengeance did.

And there's no way it gets to 110 now. If it opened to 45M and had Story's FF1 multiplier it would get to 110M, and barely at that.

75M is the ceiling for this, in all likelihood lower.

 

[Willie Lumpkin]

People on the Box office forums are predicting about a 30M weekend. Which would put it at about 70-75M at most for a domestic run.

Say it folks:

FLOP!

I'm not going to get my hopes up yet, but 30M would be a beautiful thing. Even 40M would be low enough to ensure Fox is done, but 30M would be great.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

I don't want 40mil, that's all I know.

 

[Chip Chipperson]

I've honestly gotten to the point where I might not even support the X-Men movies anymore, I haven't decided yet.

honestly I feel the same way. They won me over with First Class and DOFP but the way they've treated this franchise is abominable.

 

[Ragnaroknroll]

Anyone using social media just politely inform your friends or tweet etc that this is NOT an MCU film. Nothing to do with Marvel, no connection to Avengers, IM, Cap, Thor, Hulk etc, it's a standalone alone 20th Century Fox effort not even connected to the X-Films either.

Also link to Rotten Tomatoes so they can see the reviews for themselves.

Seen another 2 spots today absent the Fox logo and flashing the Marvel one only. People are gonna be suckered by this bull.

Not holding back now are they? Disney better lawyer up. Fox is really hurting the Marvel brand right now. Maybe that's their intention?

 

[Ragnaroknroll]

I've honestly gotten to the point where I might not even support the X-Men movies anymore, I haven't decided yet.

I'm already there. I'll watch 'em if they're well reviewed. But not in the theater. Not now.

Fox is a disgrace.

 

[Dark Raven]

http://io9.com/fantastic-four-is-the-most-self-loathing-superhero-movi-1722651722

Fantastic Four is The Most Self-Loathing Superhero Movie I’ve Ever Seen

We’ve seen darker, grimmer versions of Superman and other heroes—but the new Fantastic Four reboot goes beyond darkness, into actual self-loathing. It’s kind of bizarre.

Fantastic Four seems honestly mortified to exist. This movie’s central storyline is less a plot, and more a shame spiral.

So when I say that Fantastic Four is a “self-loathing” movie, I mean two different things: First of all, this movie delivers all of its superhero elements in an apologetic fashion, as if it honestly doesn’t know how it could have foisted something so idiotic onto you, the discerning consumer. There’s a certain “farted in public” aura clinging to anything comic-booky, to the extent that I can only imagine how the makers of this film would have handled the Fantasticar if they’d made a sequel.

And second of all, the characters themselves seem to have a high degree of revulsion, which goes beyond the standard superhero-movie angst. In most versions of the Fantastic Four storyline, Ben Grimm (Jamie Bell) struggles with his appearance and feels like a monster, and this is sort of a sad undertone against which the comic notes are played—it’s a tough balance to strike. But in this film, all of the characters seem resentful and depressed, even before they are afflicted with superpowers. Even Johnny Storm (Michael B. Jordan) seems more angry than happy-go-lucky. (There are a lot of daddy issues in this film, too. Which, you know, is a welcome change from all the daddy issues we’ve been having lately in pop culture.)

Even as we go through all the motions of a normal plot, the film’s undercurrent of nihilism suggests that with great power comes moderate ennui. After a while, you wonder why these people aren’t forming a shoe-gazer band instead of exploring the Negative Zone. (Although it’s not called the Negative Zone for some reason—here, it’s called Planet Zero, as if it’s the place where Coke Zero comes from.)

 

[Endeavor]

2 and a half mil is more than I wanted for last night, but at least it's less than what was projected.

Please make this crap under-perform beyond anyone's expectations, please please please!

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

Of course FF is a self-loathing superhero movie, the X-Men movies are as well, it's just that some of them are good so people don't pay attention to that fact.

 

[MahvelBaby!]

I want this to make under 10 million...including thursday