By Drew Dietsch | publishing
Hello everyone, Dietsch is once again attracted to Dietsch in the historic film “Failure”.
And that’s a little unique because it should be considered a success, but in the right situation (or in the wrong situation), even hundreds of millions of dollars at the box office won’t protect you from what ends up being perceived lapses rather than blows.
Break your Marlon Brando crystals because it’s time to explain why Superman returns Failed.
Boo these men
Before conducting a practical investigation, I feel we must admit Superman returns.
Its two main players, Bryan Singer and Lex Luthor actor Kevin Spacey, are known in Hollywood for their legal reasons, rather than good.
However, this is not public Superman returns The theater was released in 2006, so their involvement in the film and its ultimate success or failure were not affected by its good allegations.
*Sigh*OK, with this unpleasant way, let’s set the stage.
Superman’s long-awaited return
Superman returns is the crystallization of the long-term capture of the return of all superheroes.
Since the embarrassing final work of the series was shopping in the 1987 Schlockmeisters Cannon film, Warner Bros. and other participants such as producer Jon Peters have tried to figure out how to bring Iron Man back to the big screen.
Through many unfinished projects, including the infamous Superman life! This brings Tim Burton and Kevin Smith, which seems to be the last son of K Krypton will be a hard nut to break.
Ultimately, things do work with Bryan Singer X-Men and X2: X-Men Winghelps develop a story that will directly connect to the first two Richard Donner movies.
The singer has always been a key figure in the superhero Renaissance, and it has brought us into today’s MCU. He is also an enthusiastic fan of Donner’s original movies and characters, which could lead to the main reasons Superman returns It is ultimately considered a failure.
Nearly twenty years Superman returns The last movie, for new audiences, is somewhat alienated in the quality of this movie. It tries to exude a full reboot atmosphere, but it wants to put the cake and eat it too when it becomes the legal sequel to Richard Donner’s classic.
Later, we will dig into this aspect as we talk about the actual release of the film.
Too dark to tell whether it is a bird or an airplane
At present, it is worth noting that Superman returns It’s a surprisingly monotony and dark for a story and character, often portrayed as unusually bright.
Until Zack Snyder went further to that little monotonous darkness. Leave a comment, Snyder Bros.
But in fact, it’s strange to look at a Superman costume, whose bright red cape is now in a dirty maroon. There are Superman’s cloak or boots in the movie that look brown or even black.
Here are a lot of visual palettes Superman returns: Cold, muddy and dark. While this doesn’t seem like a huge problem for the audience, I do think it helps the chances of success for the film.
Superman Return and Box Office Fantasy
But this is not a video series, I just made a personal review of the movie and pointed out the problems I think I’m having. You’re here to learn some about why Superman returns Deemed to be a failure.
As far as box office is concerned Superman returns On the surface it looks like success. It made $200 million at the domestic box office and $191 million in international markets.
So, how to turn $391 million into failure?
According to the magic of the box office, Superman returns The budget is reportedly $270 million, equivalent to $430 million today. Lower numbers are listed elsewhere, but all numbers are above $200 million.
The key is Superman returns is a huge work aimed at launching a superhero franchise potential.
Although the key response to the film remains positive, the audience’s overall gain does not seem to indicate the desire to see more from the version of this character.
Opening weekend Cinemascore Superman returns It’s B+, it’s not scary, but if you’re spending more than any of us, it’s not encouraging to imagine in a movie about the guys in tights.
so, Superman returns There is no recovery of budgets through domestic box office, but that is not really what makes the film a failure. International box office is doomed to fail Superman returns.
The Kryptonite of the True Superman Reward
With the development of the 2000s, international markets such as China and Latin America have become increasingly important for the super success of sensational films. The 2010s movies became so domineering, Iron Man 3 Including the entire scene, these scenes are only in the Chinese version of the movie.
It’s about going home, and how important the international market is to the life of these Tentpole releases. when Superman returns It is impossible to even match its international votes with domestic dollars, written on the wall.
Why are international audiences not as large as possible?
There are always multiple factors to see when the movie succeeds or fails greatly, but in this case, I think it is obvious that the key factor in the movie that does not connect with global audiences is the dual nature of the restart and the sequel.
We Americans tend to assume that our popular media is the same as our own coasts globally. Obviously there is an idea Superman returns Those people would yell back to the Richard Donner version of the character and the world, even recreating the film’s opening title and using the impossible John Williams theme for the film (James Gunn can’t let it go).
But as the movie’s relevance to his pop culture has diminished for decades, the view of Superman has not revitalized audiences around the world. It feels strange that a new unknown actor embarks on one of the most beloved and memorable performances in film history.
There is no shadow of Brandon Routh, I think he made the demands on him in the movie, and it’s great that his DC Comics star on TV got another shot.
But these international markets are enough to make Warner Bros declare the film a net negative. The plan for the sequel is abandoned – the ultimate franchise failed – the next time Kal-El will enter the big screen, it will be in a full restart seven years later, eventually earning $291 million at the domestic box office and $379 million in the international market.
That got the sequel, OK!
What happened to people tomorrow?
Superman returns Today, it’s a weird movie that is firmly stuck between the past and the future of blockbuster movies. It’s more of a strange footnote to Superman’s film history than one of his biggest ever.
Thanks to Zack Snyder for his exaggerated and positive fanaticism about the character’s explanation, Superman returns Being shouted out of relevance and discussion, often seen as something forgotten.
Although some aspects of the movie should be absolutely irrelevant, Superman returns It should not be completely abandoned. I’m no longer a big fan of the movie, but its failure is much more interesting than both versions of Hell Justice League yes.
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