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#IStandwithKong

Kaycee7:
Omeaux! Which kind weed the writer smoke?

abduleez1:
Lmfao....... I don dey plan to share this thing since December but always forgot.

The plot stupid AF...... Anyday I remember to post it here we usually have another embattled argument, so I just wait.

Lmaoo..Pastor, Dinosaur, Prostitute, ninjas...just one movie... absolute bonkers

Achilles100:
Prison Break?

Didn't Prison Break go pear shaped after S2? GOT had at least 5 very good seasons and BB had at least 3 very good seasons. Even "24" is clear of Prison Break if we are keeping it a buck.

The plot of this movie is so chaotic that it's doing my head in and the fact that it's an actual movie makes it more funnier

abduleez1:
Another Legacies in the making.

lmaoo you no get chill at all ..

Well shows like these have their target demographic which are teens and it's a hit with them.

Kaycee7:
You don't need to sway my views. You just need to help me understand your perspective. A few points is ok, no need for the essay. Though I would also appreciate that, as well.

Here is a screenshot of the reply i made to Gmajor about some of my critic of the movie.

abduleez1:
Universal and MGM dey waste their Time. They're actually following the Movie's Title to the letter:
NO TIME TO DIE

Dem no wan lose on hundreds of millions of revenue. Universal is too scared of taking big Losses unlike WB. Besides the movie is solely MGM's, Universal is distributing/partner. Maybe MGM is holding them on an exclusive theatrical release, who knows.
Same way Legendary Pictures of China is holding WB ransom on a theatrical release for Dune and Kong Vs Godzilla.

The thing is these filmmakers and actors are too greedy, you know they lose in on some bonuses tied to movie BO performance. That's why most of them are vehemently against Streaming release. Cos it can only be monitored and getting stats and performance of movie by Studio/Streaming Service. No bonuses for streaming.

And Studios with their very own Streamer can take all the profits/revenue they make to themselves without the need to share any to anyone or Cinemas.
That's how Streaming Services gives studios profitability and edge over Cinematic release.
Theaters are choking and they won't like that idea too. I always knew they would push back that release date. It's too close to call and they're scaredy cats.

It's a tale of survival.

Lmao...Gbam..you totally hit the nail on the head.

Any big studio still holding on to a movie for thearitcal beacuse it's expecting a bumper pay day fit dey wait till 2030.

Kaycee7:
What did you find abysmal about the writing and screenplay?

Really? I could write an essay on this, but clearly nothing more i can say that would sway your views and it's very okay.

Kaycee7:
Fam, I never disputed your statement about the general conclusion. I simply pointed out that the general conclusion is the same here, as it is on reddit, so I don't really understand why you were acting like the majority here were praising WW84.

Not sure that was me. Haven't done a review in quite a while.

My genuine take on the movie is that it's a decent watch. I never recommend anything off the top of my head, at least, since I discovered that dissenting opinions exist. Lol!

This wasn't a review or "take"? Well i took it as a review. I think we are at an impasse here. It's a classic case of agree to disagree.

abduleez1:
Patty ain't really the writer, But Geoff Johns IS.

you say wentin? She was part of a team of 3 that wrote the move, singled her out for criticism cuz she was also the director.

Kaycee7:
She'll be back. You can stay away. No be all of us want the kind of fight scenes you're looking for. Other CBMs are there to satisfy your needs.

The problem is larger than the "weak fight scene". A decent writing and screenplay would have covered all this but Patty Jenkins can't write to save her life.

Kaycee7:
It's also a general conclusion that it's terrible here. There's only a handful of us defending it. I don't really think saying a movie is just decent amounts to praise. I'm sure you read similar points from the few redditors that defended the movie, as well.

Yeah, a handful of redditors defended the movie but those bashing it were more and that is saying something.. hypothetically speaking if 100 people saw the movie, 80 said it was terrible, and 20 said it was decent, what will be the general conclusion?

At the bolded. I know you gave a review on here about it pages ago, but i have forgotten your verdict, so i ask for all intent and purpose, what's your genuine take on #WW84? One of the best superhero movie you have seen? Decent enough to recommend to someone off the top of your head? I would really like to know.

The release date for this has been pushed more times than i can actually count. These people think Rona will magically just "disappear", China which is one of movie's biggest market has had another outbreak in recent days so i think is actually time to learn and do things "within" the virus. Heck, these people might actually be running at a loss running promo alone for a movie that was supposed to be released as far back as 2019. The model adopted by Warner Bros of making theatrical release were possible and SVOD is the best bet for now of making any decent money of movies, might not break even but it's the sign of the times and there won't be a total loss. To think this model was heavily criticised last year.

Beorn:
My grouse with WW84 wasn't that the director failed with her attempt at adding "soul" to the movie; I mean Endgame had a lot of soul in it, but culminated in a wonderful fight scene.

My grouse with WW84 was that the final fight scene was yawn-inducing. After all the unnecessary elonagated storyline, the fight scene was just bleh. One of the worst fight scenes I've watched in a superhero movie in recent times.

I was too hyped for it hence my disappointment. I expected a lot more after the initial progress of its prequel.

I have tried to look at it different ways and everytime i come to conclusion #WW84 was a hot mess and the ratings unilateral agree, even on popular forums like Reddit, it is a general conclusion that it was terrible, it's only here i keep seeing praise for it...well different strokes for different folks i guess.

abdurrazaq:
Wonder Woman 1984 (2020; Hollywood)

This is a good sequel to the first installment. The display of emotions, weakness, vulnerability, strength, helplessness and fear in Wonder woman was fantastic. I could not have asked for a different seque.

8.5/10

Don't even know if this is sarcasm but i for one could have asked for a better sequel.

abduleez1:
She's really Reeling in the Numbers....



Cc oyaskii

Good one...i will actually like to see her in more flicks because i think she has the range...

Make e no come be like say na only fine face we know her for

johnsmith5:
The Sound of Metal - 8/10

Riz Ahmed as a drummer who goes deaf.
Enjoyed it. Sound editing was superb.

since the movie was about "deafness", they really had to make a kill in sound editing and I think they nailed it 10/10 and Riz Ahmed was amazing, picked up some awards already for the role.

TheKingIsHere:
okay, i get what you're saying wrt Raised by wolves, however, it did extremely well with the fact that HBOmax was wasn't even on Roku and Firestick.


It is obvious you are talking out of your own preference and not based on any facts.

HBOmax had 3 tv shows on top 20 contents watched in the US in Dec 2020, and they achieved this without even being on Roku (the largest streaming platform in the US). See evidence in the attched.

2 out of 3 of these shows aren't HBOmax originals "His Dark Materials" is produced for the BBC, HBO Max handles the distribution in the US, "Young Sheldon" is owned by CBS

Weak line up? Yet they have 3 shows in top 20 and one in top 3 despite not being on Roku? You obviously, don't know what you are saying.



Check the attached I just posted, you will noticed that Netflix didnt even have a single show in the top 10.



Of course they are ahead, they launched before HBOmax.



Disney+ only A-cards are classic cartoons, Marvel and star wars...Apart from that, they don't have anything. That's why they are launching Disney + starz cos not everyone is into Marvel, SW or cartoons.

Yes Disney+ "only" A-cards are classic cartoons, marvel and star wars, pray tell what are HBO Max's "A-cards" to rival this.

TheKingIsHere:
One thing you have to understand is that the mandalorian is from a popular franchise "star wars". So far, HBOmax has yet to release series from it's famous franchise but when done, the mandalorian will be under some. For example, another new GOT is coming to HBOmax by next year.

And despite what people say about the season 8 of GOT, it was still voted as the most beloved TV series "ever" in a conducted poll in 2020.

It is also amongst the most watched show ever, the most pirated show ever and the show with the highest emmy awards (with the exception of SNL).

HBOmax is also working on bringing the wizardry world in Harry potter series to it's service.

And did you say that raised by wolves is below par? Na wa o

Raised by wolves outperformed despite the fact that HBOmax wasn't even on firestire and Roku in the US, that's why it was greenlit for a season 2 immediately.

Also, saying that disney + has more beloved originals than HBOmax is laughable.

HBO is known as the king of originals, a title it held for 50 years. You can google it out. One thing that disney lacks, is originals. Netflix has far more originals than Disney

First off, I said the HBO max originals since it's lunch has been below par bar "Raised by the Wolves" meaning it "Raised by the Wolves" did fairly ok. I tried another original on their line up "Love life" by Anna Kendrick and it was sappy as hell, the few ones i have enjoyed like "Frayed", "Pure" , "Trigonometry" etc were done by smaller production companies, HBO Max just sneaked up to get rights to them.

Like i was telling abduleez1 yesterday, it's not even a fair comparism atm because HBO Max hasn't even lunched outside the US, watching it outside the US will most likely require a paid VPN , who wants to go thru that stress with their "current" weak line up?.

You and abduleez1 are gauging HBO max on shows to come, as of today, do they have the shows to compete with Netflix and Disney+ or even Hulu ( Disney owns part of this too)? The answer is simply No.

So it's best to better wait for these shows to lunch on HBO max before we bring up this argument again for now...Disney+ and Netflix are clear ahead.

HBO max has some "heavy weight" coming up ngl, even Warner Bros releasing their future big buck movies on there is massive but Disney sabi sell entertainment die so let's wait and see.

Gmajor:
2007

it's the animation.

abduleez1:
Yep....how do you want to rate it before. Since HBOMax isn't available worldwide.

That's why it can't be a proper comprism with those available elsewhere cuz it wouldn't be fair...Those two are above it for now.

abduleez1:
Yea well since we're passing stats, here's mine.



Cc oyaskii Abdulsleeky

in United states, and "Wonder Woman 84" been top of "SVOD" proves my point. Warner Bros releasing their Big buck movies exclusively on HBO max to push it's agenda...go to reddit...most people copped HBO Max in December to see #WW84.

abduleez1:
Bros no dey Blaspheme. How will you rate HBOMAX with Apple TV+?? Lol, so you mean to tell me WB don't have a catalogue of movies/series dating back 80+yrs??

Incase y'all don't know HBOMax arguably has the richest list of content amongst the Streamers..It's got the best blend of everything. closely followed by Disney+. Netflix can't hold a candle amongst these two in terms of Quality of Content. Lol, HBO's unique power Ain't about churning out Quantities of content but it's Quality. Asides that HBOMax is ramping up its Max Originals production rate nonetheless.
That's the main reason WB has the balls to price HBOMax far higher than the rest even tho it's new.

HBOMax is not with any of their Major or big Titles at present but things is looking promising since December.



@TheKingIsHere pls come and let's educate these peeps...and do thy Lord's Work. I no just get strength to dey post stats now cos we've expended that for the past 2 days arguing Streaming with Phil in the DC thread.

lol me comparing it to Appletv cuz Netflix and Disney+ are above for now.. Netflix have a worldwide tentacles now, popping up everywhere, e.g i entered Netflix Turkey one day and i was impressed, HBO Max doesn't have this reach yet.

For a large catalogue, Disney+ will still outpace HBO Max cuz if you do a poll on which originals from yester years between these two people want to see, i am 90% sure people will choose Disney+. Netflix obviously can't be in this talk cuz it doesn't have a big entertainment brand spanning many number of years backing it.

The originals HBO max has been pushing out since it's lunch have been below par bar "Raised by the Wolves", that's why they quickly buy rights to shows made by smaller production companies.
I stand to be corrected "The Mandalorian" topples any original HBO Max has to offer since it's lunch.

DandeNumeruno:
Disney+ looks poised to overtake Netflix in 2/3 years.

Netflix just announced they are releasing an original movie each week for the next 12 months so they are investing serious money but they keep increasing their sub prices, Disney+ on the other hand launched as a premium service and they have quite a number of originals planned for the next five year plus they have a large catalogue spanning more than 40 years, so these two are going to be the "Giants" going forward... Don't even think HBO Max have enough originals to match these two, expect movies exclusively release to them once in a while by Warner Bros... their mate is Appletv for now i think.

abduleez1:
Easily.

DandeNumeruno:
Parent Directory would like to have a word.

lol yeah, I forgot about that, some servers can be frustratingly slow but that's a viable option for those looking for direct download without ads.

Bigredmachine:
please are they free, i forgot to mention i wanted where i can watch movies for free... and i also noticed that not all movies are on netflix...

Then you are planning to eat your cake and have it. There's absolutely no site that will give you movies for free without any form of ads. Ads is worth pays for and keeps the sites up and running..your best bet is to find ad bypassers or use Telegram.

Bigredmachine:
please am serious... i need a clear site i can go to direct and watch a movie... not some site that will keep telling me to click here and there and at the end i see nothing... thereby wasting my time

Netflix, Amazon Prime, or HBO Max...Make your pick.

DandeNumeruno:
Sad. If I were the man, I'd move away with my family, because the inevitable is going to happen one day... someone is going to take a potshot at him, and this time, won't miss.

That's the plain truth man...the dangers of been falsely accused. Liked how they didn't "sugarcoat" the ending.

"The Hunt aka Jagten" (2012).

Don't think i have seen a bad Mads Mikkelsen movie and this didn't disappoint, after seeing "Another Round" (2020) last week, i remembered i had this in the archive.

It tells a story of a kindergarten teacher in a closely knit Danish community accused of sexual abuse, it gets even more complicated and believeble because the allegation was made by a child, and there's a notion that "children don't lie", Mads Mikkelsen character was swiftly ostracized and stripped of everything he holds dear, even when he was absolved of the crime, the final act shows that you're never really "absolved" or "free" after an accusation of sexual abuse, false or not...that stain lasts forever.

A masterpiece 9/10.

"Pieces of a Woman" 2020

Wow..This expertly told the story of how a woman tried to deal with one of the most devastating "loss" ever and Vanessa Kirby delivered. The movie was an emotional chore and it ticked the right boxes for me ...good dialogue, excellent secenry and a small cast that actually know what the were doing and the final act of the movie was most satisfying to say the least, the only blemish I had was how they dealt with Shia Labeouf's character.

8/10.