Captain America - Civil War coming in 2016 to include Iron Man, Black Panther, Scarlet Witch, Falcon

"Captain America: Well, Let's Define Our Terms, Gentleman ... Are We Talking About Redistricting Or Are We Talking About Reapportionment?"

--Geoff

 

Where's that "wrist-slashing" emoticon...

 

I think they kinda established his existence in "Ant-Man," if I recall correctly.

 

I too watch The Simpsons.

I thought Captain America: Civil War was pretty good. Funny how I find Daredevil on Netflix more riveting though. The real action is on "TV" these days.

Also, Robert Downey, Jr. remains a way too talented actor for Marvel movies. They are lucky to still have him as Iron Man. Well, it's not all luck--they drive the money truck up to his doorstep every few years.

 

"Wha,wa,wa.... HE'S NOT MADE OF STONE!!"

 

Spoiler: Spoiler

Apparently that is the correct physics, but here is the real interesting physics bit. Ant-mans ability keeps him at the same mass, but the molecules go closer together. That is why he is still strong when tiny. But if you blow him up, he would still weigh 150 lbs and float away like a Macy's balloon. The same for the toy train in Ant-Man.

 

I think that longer Spidey intro will allow them to not have to cover very much when they launch the stand-alone Spidey film. They basically got the the "origin story" out of the way in that sequence, so they can quickly recap and then move into the meat of the film.

But still, I think that entire part felt shoe-horned because it was...the script was done for Civil War when the rights to Spider-Man fell into their laps, so Marvel had them insert it into Civil War. I understand the corporate synergy aspect, but it's damn depressing because I thought the story of Civil War was one of the best and didn't need any outside intervention.

 

The Russo brothers in interviews have said they built Spidey in and were relieved when the rights cleared. I am not sure how it went down.

 

I'll be seeing this on Sunday along with X-Men Apocolpyse.
Which should I view first ?

 

There's some rumbling that X-Men may not be all it's cracked up to be. I'd watch that first and then if you're disappointed, then you have Civil War to boost you afterwards.

 

Even without the "rumbling", I would've bet that Cap would be better than the new X-Men.

Just not a big fan of Singer's take on the X-Men. I loved "First Class" but haven't been especially excited about any of Singer's X-flicks...

 

I agree... it's too bad Matthew Vaughn didn't continue directing....

 

I can't recall what happened there - not sure if Vaughn bowed out on his own or if Singer pushed him out.

I think it's the latter, but I might be wrong...

 

Captain America: Civil War – how I was bludgeoned by a blockbuster »

 

I can't recall the last time I've read an article that more strongly required the reaction "actually maybe that's just YOUR problem".

 

In other words...

 

Has it hit 1B yet?

 

"Worldwide: $981,945,889 "

 

Looks like it will never make it to a billion, bummer I enjoyed it and hoped it would be a hit. Oh well...

 

It helped that the last Sony Pictures Spiderman film was "disappointing," and also that producer Amy Pascal was fired from her job as the head of the studio. She picked up the phone and negotiated the deal with Disney to bring Spiderman in for a trial run as a "guest star" in Captain America, with Sony getting a hefty fee. I think Sony figured, "if we can't find a way to make money with Spiderman, then we'll let Disney do it and give us a percentage of the deal."

BTW, note that Captain America: Civil War is poised to hit one BILLION dollars worldwide this week, making it the biggest film of the year (so far):

'Captain America: Civil War' Set to Pass $1 Billion Worldwide on Friday »

You know the guys at WB's DC superhero film division are going nuts about this.

Oh, that's such B.S. You want bludgeoning, try to sit through Batman vs. Superman again. Now that's bludgeoning.

 

Yes, but they sure got lucky and dodged a bullet with BVS making as much money as it did. I think they should look at Civil War and learn from it. Just as Spider-man is seen by many as the best part of Civil War, so too could Flash recast as the actor from the TV show with his lighter take on the Scarlet Speedster be seen as the best part of the overly grim DCU in film.

 

Bet it does after this weekend.

 

Spoiler: Bet it doesn't!

Just kidding, of course it will! I'm just messing with you folks!

Spoiler: Whatever you do, do not look under here!!!

Ha, made you look! Man, I have one sophisticated wit... or not.

 

I think the problem is when you spend $250M on a film (plus $150M on marketing), then you wind up counting on making at least $1 billion. When you come up $150M short from that, it's a big problem. Batman vs. Superman was not a bomb by any means, but a "disappointment" has a lot of definitions; in this case, it's made a profit, but not much of one.

They're predicting in the trades today that Captain America will make $1.3B by the end of its run, and that's more like the numbers WB expects for its own superhero franchises. Their execs have given interviews this week saying that they plan to release as many as 3 or 4 comic book movies a year for the next five years, which is potentially risky. Not all of them will cost $200M+, but I bet some will.