SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME Swings Past $1 Billion A Little Later Than Expected As MATRIX RESURRECTIONS Bombs

@AmazingFILMporg - could’ve sworn that’s what I just said

@Cap1 - The article completely ignores the fact that multiple countries currently have tight restrictions based on the omicron variant of Covid. I can't go to the movies until at least the 14 of January next year.

@TheHumanSpider2 - should have end with trilogy same can be said about avatar only made sequel to make money off name

@dragon316 - The ideal scenario would've been only the first movie, but you can make the case Reloaded expended the lore, and Revolutions was a messy closure to the story...but this? what was the point?

@Cap1 - I'm a big fan of the franchise, abd I know a lot of fans...so far I only saw one fan who liked this movie.
I think on twitter you have a lot of people supporting the movie just for its "politics", while you also have a lot of people hating the movie for the same reason...I read a lot of people saying that this movie is bad because it is "woke", which is a clear indication they never saw any of the original movies, all of them as "woke" as this one...
I think you said it, the movie is boring, and if you are a fan, its worse, because it is both boring, and hurts the original movies

@grif - Nick has them...

@kylo0607 - I totally agree on both points. Matrix was an hour too long, I'm glad I watched it at home where I could take a break. I'm astounded at NWH's performance. Making 1B DURING COVID. WOW.

@BobGarlen - theaters where always hanging on once streaming was invented

@RokoVII - in fairness, this article also clarifies that it didn't pass 1 billion when the other article was out.

@kylo0607 - A CW show, sans Riverdale, puts more effort today in their development than this obvious cash-in revival tried to be.

@dracula - In regards to May, people have done unbelievable things when the adrenaline kicks in.

@dracula - fair. What would you rate it as? I gave it a fun and solid 7/10. It wasn't perfect and I took issue with a lot, but it was fun and competent enough from start to finish. I say it's the 4th best Spiderman movie, only behind Into The Spiderverse and the first 2 Raimi films (which to me are much closer to the heart and tone of Spiderman I prefer. If in 2 his existential crisis permanently blocked his organic web shooters and that inspired him to make the mechanical web shooters, Spiderman 2 would be a perfect Spiderman film to me).

I had fun at No Way Home.

But I watched The Dark Knight last night, and I still think it's the most technically sound comic book film made to date. The craft and artistry that went into every frame of TDK.... Just the opening scene alone of the bank robbery and Joker introduction has more skill and pathos and nuance and artistry and attention to detail... I felt more compelled by that bank robbery than the whole of No Way Home. Hearths performance is still magnetic and God tier, completely dwarfing with great distance the performances of No Way Homes campy villains. The film making techniques, the writing, the details...the emotion of Harvey and Bruce losing Rachel, the creativity of the Jokers plans every step of the way (like nothing we've ever seen in movies before, dressing the hostages as the bad guys, forcing 2 boats to morally decide to blow each other up, kidnapping Batman imposters and torturing them on live tv and swinging one of their corpses at the D.A. window for the gnarliest jump scare in any CBM, getting caught on purpose and setting up Batman to rescue the wrong hostage so Racheal dies.... so many new and unique and unpredictable writing choices)

It was clear to me The Dark Knight is still artistically, in my opinion, the best comic book movie made to date and the only comic book movie to date I'd say should have been a contender and winner of multiple Oscar's. 100% Heaths Oscar, but also Best Picture, because it wasn't crafted like a regular Comic Book Movie. They took everything seriously and realistically and took no short cuts and nothing felt off.

After watching TDK, my views on No Way Home are even more affirmed. NWH is fun, and im happy it's such a success and that so many loved it, but I just wish people had a more reasonable reaction like you and I had, because this "perfect film" and "best picture Oscar buzz" talk seems very... off... to me.

@SauronthePower - yes if you make a lot you lose a lot, here are numbers for the 100 million losers club aside from NWH:

Avengers: Endgame – $209.7 million drop
Star Wars: The Last Jedi - $148.4 million drop
Avengers: Infinity War - $142.9 million drop
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 – $121.8 million drop
The Lion King - $115.2 million drop
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice – $114.7 million
Avengers: Age of Ultron – $113.6 million drop
Captain America: Civil War – $106.5 million drop
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker – $105 million drop
The Avengers – $104.3 million drop
Incredibles 2 – $102.4 million drop
Jurassic World – $102.2 million drop
Iron Man 3 – $101.6 million drop

It’s not bad company to be in. Percentagewise it’s closer to last Jedi than force awakens, so Does that bode ill for the way home or does it bode well for last Jedi? A little of both. It shows that on one hand last Jedi was not as badly received as one might think. And yet the other side of that coin is that no way home has legs on the lower end for marvel. In fact the bottom three are the movies of this year except ShangChi. That tells me we can blame Covid. Therefore, Spiderman is doing just fine. Percentage, legs, none of that changes the actual numbers which are very high LOL

@MCUKnight11 - not a fan of the movies but love Transformers Animated, probably my favorite Transformers series

Havent checked out Omniverse, really only watched the original ben 10. Maybe ill check it out