Superman: Legacy
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Superman Returns vibes…
In 2025 dollars, that movie grossed over $600 million and is considered a disappointment.
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That's insane. Clearly they need to cut back on craft services.
If I recall right, there was a lot of money wasted on false starts, which they tacked onto it's production costs, including that terrifying Nick Cage version Superman Lives . I don't think that was fair but what can be done, Cage got paid anyways like 20 million.
That happened to the first Star Trek movie in 1979.
IIRC the project started life as a TV series reboot in the mid-1970s. Then Star Wars came out and the Trek project was upgraded & fast-tracked into a theater movie. But the existing TV pre-production spending had to come out of the movie's profits.
I knew TMP was not a big hit but that explains a lot, and why TWOK got a cheap budget. Just not fair to do it that way, financially short sighted. The actual products cost should be judged against profit made going forward deciding if the next one could do well. The second one won't have those tacked on costs. Oh well. Will never understand studio logic.
The studios have a weird stupid blindness when it comes to factors like that.
Something tells me this may be a good movie, after all…
(I’m not being sarcastic)
(I’m not being sarcastic)
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I've seen a lot of good reviews praising the film too. I think it comes down to expectations.
If you're looking for Zach Snyder dialed up to 11, you've got the wrong film. If you're looking for Guardians of the Galaxy or Peacemaker, you've got the wrong film.
Those who are beating it up are saying it's too earnest, trying to hard, too bright, too colorful, too anti-Snyder, too corny, too much like comics.
Sounds right up my alley.
If you're looking for Zach Snyder dialed up to 11, you've got the wrong film. If you're looking for Guardians of the Galaxy or Peacemaker, you've got the wrong film.
Those who are beating it up are saying it's too earnest, trying to hard, too bright, too colorful, too anti-Snyder, too corny, too much like comics.
Sounds right up my alley.
Empire are my trusted source for honest reviews and they weren't impressed.
I'm still not convinced after the problems I noticed in the trailer.
Still not one I'm interested in seeing but I hope others enjoy it if they go and see it.
A couple of reviews including the Empire one.
Empire Review
Guardian Review
And then a different take from the Independent:
Independent's Review
I'm still not convinced after the problems I noticed in the trailer.
Still not one I'm interested in seeing but I hope others enjoy it if they go and see it.
A couple of reviews including the Empire one.
Empire Review
Guardian Review
And then a different take from the Independent:
Independent's Review
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I tend to align to Robert’s reviews. Here is an interesting take:
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A lot of the reviews seem to mention being "dropped into the middle of the story"
I'm glad they didn't go the whole origin route again, but sounds like they might have need bit more lead up beyond intertitles to start off
All in all though, it seems a definite improvement over the Snyder-verse
I'm glad they didn't go the whole origin route again, but sounds like they might have need bit more lead up beyond intertitles to start off
All in all though, it seems a definite improvement over the Snyder-verse
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