Due to criticism of BvS - WB/DC makes changes to Suicide Squad

[karadinart]

Warner Bros. is aware of fan discontent with BvS’ moody tone: the fanboy blogs lit up like pinball machines two days ago with buzz of reshoots on Suicide Squad (due out on August 5): Apparently the studio is lightening the mood for a more fun Suicide. BvS has a big drop of -69% it's second weekend out, with no competition from new releases. The word strong is an understatement when talking about the fifth weekend hold for Disney’s Zootopia which is at amazing -14% for a projected FSS of $20.7M. Domestic by Sunday will be at $276.6M. Still in the top 10, Deadpool.

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[kinkthatwinked.livejournal.com]

Marvel get crap comics and good films and DC get the opposite. That's a pretty good summary of the whole situation. :)

It REALLY doesn't deserve the ultra-low critics ratings though, the new Fantastic Four and The last Nolan Bat sucked much worse. SO true! I thought Nolan could have just stopped after the film with Heath Ledger as soon as I saw it in the theaters, it was a perfect place to leave the Batman story. Where's the law saying it always has to be a trilogy?

Congrats on the raffle win!

[koshien.livejournal.com]

Thank you! it's my bff's birthday on April 29th so it looks like perfect timing.

[karadin.livejournal.com]

I gotta agree the ultra-low is strange, but only I think, when you see how hyped up the film was for 3 years and it was supposed to be this big deal. But only time will tell how the film is truly regarded, I mean remember how people were so desperate to like the star wars prequel, oh it's okay, it's not so bad and after a little while it was ... no, no, Lucas this is CRAP.

[kinkthatwinked.livejournal.com]

I understand that all too well. Heck, I just did a post on how all this has made me reevaluate the quality of MoS. I realize now there are some things I really didn't like about the movie, but I was so caught up in the excitement when MoS first came out that I couldn't even give voice to them then.

Yeah, having your hopes stoked for years (or decades, in Star Wars's case) and then getting a movie that's anything less than universally mind-blowing will piss a fan off. Still, that combined with the comics rivalry has left an overall unpleasant taste in my mouth. Hopefully that too will die down as time passes.