AQUAMAN - a film by James Wan

[Powerboy]

Exactly. He didn't even say AM would fail.

And anyone that's retroactively trying to say they believed that Aquaman would get to anywhere near a billion let alone make more than it is just being disingenuous.

No one thought the movie would make this much, even WB would be surprised at how successful it was.

True. Most of us were sure Aquaman would do so-so and that they needed to reboot the whole franchise except for Wonder Woman.

[AJBopp]

SHAZAM! seems like good counter-programming. People will be tired of all this seriousness about the Marvel movies and might want something that's not so weighted down by its own importance.

I thought the big knock on these boards was that Marvel was all quippy and jokey.

[Jim Kelly]

I thought the big knock on these boards was that Marvel was all quippy and jokey.

Well, I haven't seen that many Marvel movies (not from Disney anyway) and I don't comment on movies I haven't seen. I might comment on trailers before the movies come out, but I can't recall ever saying that the Marvel movies were all quippy and jokey--that doesn't sound like me.

[CliffHanger2]

So turns out Julie Andrews the old Mary Poppins voiced the Kraken in AM...Loooooollll. Dirty deeds..

[stargazer01]

Um, what? He loves Man of Steel and likes both BvS and Justice League. He's a big DC fan.

This. And he always says that Man of Steel is a great film and his #1 DCEU movie. Wonder Woman the second.

Not from any videos by Campea that I have watched. He craps all over the CW shows. Especially Supergirl and their Superman. He did a huge rant against the Elseworlds crossover and Superman.
And he was predicting Aquaman would fail. Until it didn't.

I've seen a few of his videos and Campea is a DC fan, and Man of Steel is his fave DCEU film. He's a big Superman fan, and yes he hates the CW Superman and the Supergirl show.

Also, he said Aquaman wouldn't be a big hit, but he hoped it still did well. He accepted he was wrong. He talks about the DC films.

[AJBopp]

Well, I haven't seen that many Marvel movies (not from Disney anyway) and I don't comment on movies I haven't seen. I might comment on trailers before the movies come out, but I can't recall ever saying that the Marvel movies were all quippy and jokey--that doesn't sound like me.

That's why I said "these boards" and not "Jim Kelly"

[Jeramas]

Huh? DCs movies have always made money. Critical acclaim or not.

The social media generation is just trying to validate what they like or love by sighting box office or RT.

After Justice League was released, the franchise got a death sentence.

If you love DCs films then go for it, same with Marvel, same with Fox and Sony. Expecting critics to love what we love and to criticize them when we don't is infantile.

The problem is not what we love, the problem is the lack of a level plainfield for what we all love from critics and the media.

Why is it no one was expecting Aquaman to do so well, its the subconscious mind revealing what they truly wanted. the movie crashing and burning.

[Osiris-Rex]

So turns out Julie Andrews the old Mary Poppins voiced the Kraken in AM...Loooooollll. Dirty deeds..

In the AM movie she was Karathen.

[Username taken]

After Justice League was released, the franchise got a death sentence.



The problem is not what we love, the problem is the lack of a level plainfield for what we all love from critics and the media.

Why is it no one was expecting Aquaman to do so well, its the subconscious mind revealing what they truly wanted. the movie crashing and burning.

The bolded part will never, ever happen nor should it happen. There are certain critics that I follow and listen to and trust their opinions, I certainly don't want these guys to fall in line with others just because something is popular or not.

At the end of the day, most good movies will find a way. Aquaman got good but not great reviews and the general audience saw it and loved it..which is ultimately what matters.

The whole "critics vs audience" debate will never end because there's never been a time when both critics and audiences agreed 100%. Personally, my tastes generally fall in line with the critics, there are very few movies that were panned by critics that I absolutely adore to be honest and conversely, there aren't many movies that critics praise that I absolutely hate.

[daBronzeBomma]

So turns out Julie Andrews the old Mary Poppins voiced the Kraken in AM...Loooooollll. Dirty deeds..

Actually, Julie Andrews had a simple but solid reason not to voice The Karathen Monster in AQUAMAN rather than cameoing in MARY POPPINS RETURNS.

Basically, according to Julie, Emily Blunt IS Mary now, and Julie isn't. She apparently felt her presence in the film, however minor, would only undermine Emily's legitimacy in the role.

And how sweet was Jason Momoa's Aquaman riding Julie Andrews' Karathen???



Badass!

[CliffHanger2]

In the AM movie she was Karathen.

She did a good job.

[CliffHanger2]

Actually, Julie Andrews had a simple but solid reason not to voice The Karathen Monster in AQUAMAN rather than cameoing in MARY POPPINS RETURNS.

Basically, according to Julie, Emily Blunt IS Mary now, and Julie isn't. She apparently felt her presence in the film, however minor, would only undermine Emily's legitimacy in the role.

And how sweet was Jason Momoa's Aquaman riding Julie Andrews' Karathen???



Badass!

I suspect Julie was playing for direct competition to MP for more sinister reasons lol. But yeah that Karathen was crazy.

[Colossus1980]

After Justice League was released, the franchise got a death sentence.

So what was difference between Transformers the Last Knight and JL? The talk of the JL causing such harm to the DCEU has been overblown.

[Jeramas]

So what was difference between Transformers the Last Knight and JL? The talk of the JL causing such harm to the DCEU has been overblown.

It was only overblown by people that wanted aquaman to fail.

[Scott Taylor]

Now I understand why the Karathen sounded so snarky.