I get that they obviously had to change a lot during shooting due to covid, but jeez, someone should have polished the script better. Hodge and Brosnan were amazing together, Rock was good as were the other 2 superheroes. But all the normal human characters, especially the kid, were just not good at all
Because it's better than great, it's a masterpiece. The hierarchy of power would never have been the same without the man in black. If James Gunn decides to throw away this character, The Rock's magnum opus, I'm gonna cry.
I think he's just gonna start making more and more movies on streaming. He already has two Red Notice sequels coming up on Netflix and a new Christmas movie with Chris Evans coming out on Amazon that is supposed to be a franchise. The only theatrical franchises he is in that are guaranteed to make a profit are Jumanji and Hobbs and Shaw. Black Adam was his last shot at proving to everybody that he was a big box office draw and it failed.
Yeah I just went and looked and there's all of two tweets about it. Having a meltdown isn't what I would call his feed when he literally has a dozen tweets just for the new uniforms to the xfl.
Black adam is one of those weird heros, everyone who reads comics loves him but outside of that nobody knows who he is. This film was based on star power, and the reviews put people off.
I thought brosnan was great as Fate but it bothered me so much that he spent half his screen time without his helmet on. Dr. Fate's helmet is one of my favorite comic costumes and they gave him the boba Fett treatment of just carrying it around.
Because they're contractually obligated to by the studios. You either show the film on the number of screens the studio wants or the studio doesn't send you films.
A Black Adam movie wasn’t the right call. If they wanted to do a movie about a villain and tease the return of Superman then they should have done a new Lex Luther movie. The Rock could’ve played him. He would’ve looked like the animated series Lex. It’s time to see kryptonite mech suit lex vs the man of steel
Using your theory why not have used Black Adam in "oh, I don't know" - The SHAZAM sequel?! That would have worked. His own film not so much, but egos are funny.
The Rock has no acting range. He can smile, and frown. Like transformers, there's no fucking point to have average humans running around like they're important...
I find it interesting how The Rock is considered a leading movie star but the only movies he has been in that have done well have been ensemble casts. Like he doesn't really have a movie where it's his movie and it's a blockbuster. He doesn't have his Rambo, Predator, Mission Impossible or Die Hard. For someone that has been billed as a megastar for like two decades now that's really strange in my opinion.
Probably has something to do with the fact that his lifetime box office worldwide is twelve billion dollars. Why would anyone care if he's good at ensemble movies if he has so many hits?
IGN should probably be added to the banned links along with IMDB, Rotten Tomatoes, Slashfilm and Collider. This isn't news. It's not even their update. They're just linking back to Variety.
The film need to make $600M to break even // Good thing they are getting that $90M tax right off from shelving Batwoman, cos they are going to need every cent to dig themselves out of this whole
They pumped the living hell out of this movie even as people who saw it said it was vanilla they doubled down. One thing mentioned was this was the safest genre with the safest of actors, leading to being anti-entertaining
I haven’t seen it yet but I want to. As soon as the rental price drops (currently $24 to rent $30 to own) to a more reasonable cost somewhere around $4-$7 I’ll rent it.
Sometimes great movies lose money.
I get that they obviously had to change a lot during shooting due to covid, but jeez, someone should have polished the script better. Hodge and Brosnan were amazing together, Rock was good as were the other 2 superheroes. But all the normal human characters, especially the kid, were just not good at all
Because it's better than great, it's a masterpiece. The hierarchy of power would never have been the same without the man in black. If James Gunn decides to throw away this character, The Rock's magnum opus, I'm gonna cry.
😂😂
How could this not be one of those times when the movie lost mo—ohhhh…
holup
So much for The Rock talking shit about being the center of the new DC Universe
He rounded up his box office by 20 to $400 million and compared it to Captain America, ignoring that in 2022 dollars Cap would have made $500 million.
I wish it would humble the guy and he’d go back to trying some more interesting things again..
The character Black Adam has never even been the center of DC in the comics.
So are we done with The Rock being in every movie now?
Not a chance, that train is gonna keep on rollin'
Finally...
I think he's just gonna start making more and more movies on streaming. He already has two Red Notice sequels coming up on Netflix and a new Christmas movie with Chris Evans coming out on Amazon that is supposed to be a franchise. The only theatrical franchises he is in that are guaranteed to make a profit are Jumanji and Hobbs and Shaw. Black Adam was his last shot at proving to everybody that he was a big box office draw and it failed.
But he's the franchise Viagra!
I hope studios stop giving The Rock so many movies, I'm really tired
The Rock having a meltdown on Twitter about this is so funny
He's a pro westler. He's got to build the storyline and pump people up.
Yeah I just went and looked and there's all of two tweets about it. Having a meltdown isn't what I would call his feed when he literally has a dozen tweets just for the new uniforms to the xfl.
Can you link to his meltdown because I ain't seeing it
Black adam is one of those weird heros, everyone who reads comics loves him but outside of that nobody knows who he is. This film was based on star power, and the reviews put people off.
I thought brosnan was great as Fate but it bothered me so much that he spent half his screen time without his helmet on. Dr. Fate's helmet is one of my favorite comic costumes and they gave him the boba Fett treatment of just carrying it around.
Deadline reported the opposite yesterday. Who to trust…
My local Ipic had half it's screens showing this turd, all empty. Why would they do this? There was better movies released at that time.
Because they're contractually obligated to by the studios. You either show the film on the number of screens the studio wants or the studio doesn't send you films.
A Black Adam movie wasn’t the right call. If they wanted to do a movie about a villain and tease the return of Superman then they should have done a new Lex Luther movie. The Rock could’ve played him. He would’ve looked like the animated series Lex. It’s time to see kryptonite mech suit lex vs the man of steel
My issue with him is that I'm not sure he could pull off Lex as an actor.
Using your theory why not have used Black Adam in "oh, I don't know" - The SHAZAM sequel?! That would have worked. His own film not so much, but egos are funny.
They wanted to originally introduce Black Adam in Shazam and then build from that. The Rock refused that and demanded his own movie.
The Rock could barely pass as Solomon Grundy - his wooden acting would be horrible for Lex.
Black Adam was the worst part of his own movie. All of the other super hero’s were more interesting and likable.
Hawkman and Dr Fate were awesome.
How do you make 50 mill profit and lose 100 mill ? I'm bad at math
The Rock has no acting range. He can smile, and frown. Like transformers, there's no fucking point to have average humans running around like they're important...
His role in central intelligence and Jumanji are very funny and far removed from his normal roles.
This movie was awful like justice league levels of bad lol not the Snyder cut version though the theatrical version
Yep they did that good guys fighting other good guys to the death for no damn reason shit again.
It just shows that people are getting tired of Duane / The Rock...
I find it interesting how The Rock is considered a leading movie star but the only movies he has been in that have done well have been ensemble casts. Like he doesn't really have a movie where it's his movie and it's a blockbuster. He doesn't have his Rambo, Predator, Mission Impossible or Die Hard. For someone that has been billed as a megastar for like two decades now that's really strange in my opinion.
Probably has something to do with the fact that his lifetime box office worldwide is twelve billion dollars. Why would anyone care if he's good at ensemble movies if he has so many hits?
IGN should probably be added to the banned links along with IMDB, Rotten Tomatoes, Slashfilm and Collider. This isn't news. It's not even their update. They're just linking back to Variety.
It wasn't a good movie yet weirdly enough I still enjoyed it more than Wakanda Forever, it was fairly entertaining in a very messy way.
Yeah the movie sucked and I didnt even see it yet
So...less superhero movies please?
i'm waiting for streaming
December 16 I think I saw.
oof
The film need to make $600M to break even // Good thing they are getting that $90M tax right off from shelving Batwoman, cos they are going to need every cent to dig themselves out of this whole
Not looking forward to the the day we get a low effort reboot of The Rock starring The Rock
They pumped the living hell out of this movie even as people who saw it said it was vanilla they doubled down. One thing mentioned was this was the safest genre with the safest of actors, leading to being anti-entertaining
But the biased critics! And the fans! The HIERARCHY!
I respect the studio and studio executives for taking a risk. But I mean, c’mon…
It was like a bad arrow (or flash one of those cw superhero shows) episodes.
It felt like the script was written by ChatGPT.
It was in theatres for like four fuckin months. How did it lose money
I haven’t seen it yet but I want to. As soon as the rental price drops (currently $24 to rent $30 to own) to a more reasonable cost somewhere around $4-$7 I’ll rent it.
In before someone blamed it on "Wokeness"
Bro, we get it already, Black Adam sucked and lost money. We don't need new articles about this every other day.
This movie made Adamillion dollars which is enough
Superhero saturation please god please