Director of (currently) 4th highest grossing film ever now set to direct Aquaman

MetalDog · June 11, 2015, 07:30:57 PM

^ + Infinity

JasonPratt · July 23, 2018, 12:40:55 PM

Reasonably legit! (Keeping in mind the weird southern trucker version of Maine's Arthur Curry.)

jamus34 · July 23, 2018, 01:11:29 PM

Meh. I was more impressed with the Shazam trailer.

Sir Slash · July 23, 2018, 01:46:13 PM

Black Panther-Fish. Still, I got nothing better to do.

JasonPratt · July 23, 2018, 03:39:21 PM

Quote from: jamus34 on July 23, 2018, 01:11:29 PM
Meh. I was more impressed with the Shazam trailer.

Saw that, too, but wasn't sure where to post it. A very different take on the character (of Batson/Marvel), not sure I like it. I mean, I understand it, just not sure I like it. Was that the Rock as the wizard, too? (Seems clearly not the Rock as the bald villain who can take a punch, not sure who it was supposed to be from DC's roster. Presumably not Black Adam revealed yet.)

Pretty happy, however, with Freddie... uh, last name, mind went blank, the best friend who will pick up Cap's powers as a sidekick eventually.

JasonPratt · January 08, 2019, 01:19:45 PM

BEHOLD! -- we now live in an alternate universe where Aquaman is not only the highest grossing DCEU film (and on the way to be the highest grossing DC film so far), but which looks on track to beat out the most recent main Star Wars entry.

I wish to thank whoever squandered their monkey's paw finger on this, because as a fan of Peter David's Aquaman revanch from the 90s, this is just about the best we could have hoped for (though Aquaman was never a backwoods dude-bro. :hide: Still, that leaves room for character growth I guess. It's basically a Conan story after all.)

Sir Slash · January 08, 2019, 02:38:37 PM

My Son-In-Law and step-Daughter went Ga-Ga crazy over it. I haven't seen it but the reviews have been good, the ones I've seen anyway. I kind of discounted it as there was nobody talking about it here. :o Maybe I can talk the wife into a 3-D matinee.

acctingman · January 08, 2019, 03:17:50 PM

Saw it yesterday. For a DC movie it was mediocre. Too many one liners and while I know it's a comic book movie it was way over the top. Crammed way too much in 2+ hours.

Saw the new Spider-Man animated movie. A work of genius. Most of the time I forgot it was an animated movie. Top 5 Comic book movie for me and it's geared toward kids/families, but it was so well done.

DC needs to get out of the movie business. They keep shitting themselves. Wonder Woman is the only decent things they've sharted out in the last 5 years.

DoctorQuest · January 08, 2019, 04:30:36 PM

It was fun but I agree it was way too over the top.

Also agree on Spider-verse. That was a great movie. Go see it. Now.

Sir Slash · January 08, 2019, 07:40:16 PM

Interesting, just by look, I would have reversed the rankings. I think Aquaman might appeal to a younger viewing group. Thanks for the input. O0