For my part, I consider GotG to be the first MCU film that crossed over successfully to the comic-ignorant. You needed to know absolutely zippo to appreciate the humor and the characters, and understand the plot. It probably doubled the audience for the MCU movies are least. Then when Black Panther hit, another side franchise in the same vein as Guardians or Eternals, I bet that audience doubled again because it was another crossover hit.
Eternals might have that kind of effect, too. We shall see.
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This is really close to being the first “rotten” MCU film. I have nothing against Marvel Studios, but I’m looking forward to it! Only because it means that MCU shills will stop using that site to bash other superhero franchises.
Last edited by Gnostic; 10-29-2021 at 12:33 AM.
I honestly think people put too much faith into that site. A lot of the reviews they post are from bloggers and YouTubers who don’t know how to make a proper critique, they just have a lot of followers.
Metacritic listed it at a 55, with 15 positive, 15 mixed, and 2 negative reviews.
I think what will be telling might be how this film gets rated by cinemascore. Although keep in mind that cinemascore tends to rate well since it only gets people who actually paid to see the movie - the only F rated films tend to be those that were advertised as a different genre than what they were.
Dark does not mean deep.
Sadly I think Chloe won"t be back for the sequel.
Someone whose whole bit is trolling DC fans is hardly representative of the Marvel fandom reaction.
As far as I can tell most fans are disappointed by the reviews, some expected it base on the trailer a lot a taking a wait and see approach and holding out judgement until they see it themselves because they find the reviews contradictory.
The people who seem to be having a strong reaction to these reviews are the usual anti-Marvel/anti-SJW folks, who suddenly think RT is no longer rigged but still need to review bomb IMDB to prove some point.