also, like, where are the movies for older teenagers and 20'somethings? i don’t think ‘anyone but you’ was a fluke. if you build it they will come. challengers was healthy. i’ll be curious how bikeriders does.

Well, places like the AV Club keep insisting it’s just changing tastes and pretending it’s not a massive trend so I’m sure the corporations are also lying to themselves.

Wolverine and Deadpool is probably going to make bank regardless of how people feel about the MCU. It was moved from Memorial Day Weekend to July because of the strikes, which are a factor.

Nobody has any money to spare because we spend it all on rent and maybe groceries if we’ve anything left over. And nobody has any free time, because we’re spending it all working to pay for rent and maybe some groceries, and maybe getting four or five hours sleep if we’re lucky.

Last year, it was Barbenheimer. The year before, it was Top Gun: Maverick. And I’m sure this summer will see a big breakout hit or two. But for movie theaters, it matters less whether the public can be convinced to see movies they’re really, really excited about (they can) and more whether people see moviegoing as…

“actually okay”

I have a little more faith in The Guardian’s review:

Because they are still peddling the narrative that audiences who cheered knowingly at the “I KNEW IT!” line from Thor in Endgame are now too stupid to remember that Monica Rambeau appeared in WandaVision.

I’m honestly surprised this film didn’t get a good review here on the AV Club. Everywhere else it’s been getting glowing reviews, calling it one of the best Multiverse Saga projects and a huge step up from Captain Marvel.

You’re 100% correct — the other ridiculous thing about the criticism also being that

Like what?

I still remember The Hollywood Reporter inventing a conspiracy that Keirsey Clemmons was removed from Justice League by Zack Snyder, and when Keirsey Clemmons pointed out that she was removed from the Joss Whedon version of the film and asked them to addend their story they proceeded to ignore her completely.

Isn't it DaCosta with Da and not De?

Sometimes we can wait until a movie is out before we determine things like:

The way this industry treats Black people, especially Black women, is shameful.

Yes, exactly.

I didn’t say they’re more responsible, I said they’re part of the problem that he claims to have. Of course he’s not going to call them out because they’re the only ones who still pay for his movies. But if he claims he cares about the culture of Cinema then he should, because they’re not giving $200 million dollars…

It’s that, and the fact that he named his dog Oscar, and there’s a nonzero chance he was named after the awards, based on his love of everything cinema.

It’s really shitty. Weren’t the Russos established TV directors before Marvel, on critically adored shows like ‘Arrested Development’ and ‘Community’? It may be a big jump from there to blockbuster movies, but it’s hardly “plucked ... from obscurity”.

The average 18-25 year old doesn’t know who Billy Wilder, Sidney Lumet, and John Ford are or what they did. They might know Hitchcock, but only because his name was turned into an adjective. If we’re focusing on the interests and memories of 18-25 year olds, then it’s not looking good for Scorsese after he dies.…

“Whether you agree or disagree with Scorsese’s criticism of Marvel, it’s undeniable that big blockbuster filmmaking has suppressed smaller, independent movies”