AQUAMAN (James Wan, 2018)

[bomaz]

Well, it depends on his contract ... Randal Park (playing the "scientist" defending an Atlantis therory in the movie) is also in the MCU (in Ant Man 2). I wouldn't mind DOlph staying away from big super heroes movies for a while, and maybe focusing on "big budget" horror movies (let's say some movie produced by James Wan or Blumhouse) or comedies, it would suit him best (but that's only my opinion).

[Jox]

Anyway, can he play in an AVENGER, since he is at DCEU now ?

AVENGERS is from Marvel, but even if they did another JUSTICE LEAGUE (DC) I don't see them bringing Nereus into it, and I don't think he has any obligation to be in an AQUAMAN sequel but that's a more likely possibility.

[Jox]

Dive Into Exclusive Art from ‘The Art and Making of Aquaman’
https://www.slashfilm.com/dive-into-exc ... f-aquaman/










EDIT:

James Wan

Hiya folks. Umm, so my little movie I’ve been working on for the last 3 years is finally out — tonight. Been a long journey, but here we are. The underdog superhero that many didn’t think was possible — gets his own movie! Made with love and passion, sweat and tears, from everyone involved. So yeah, see it on the largest screen possible, and have an amazing time!! Thank you

‘Aquaman’ Hauls $332 Million at International Box Office
https://variety.com/2018/film/news/aqua ... 203094864/

“Aquaman” hauled $332 million from 58 international markets through Thursday, as the superhero tentpole launches in North America.

Nearly two thirds of that international total — $209.5 million — has come from China. The Jason Momoa vehicle is the highest grosser of all time for Warner Bros. in China.

Other top performers are Brazil with $13.2 million, Mexico with $12.3 million, Russia with $10.2 million, Indonesia with $9.9 million, the U.K. with $9.8 million, Taiwan with $6.6 million, and India with $6.3 million.

The film debuted in France on Wednesday with $1.3 million on 607 screens. It generated $2.4 million in South Korea in its first two days and opened with $1.1 million on Thursday in Germany. It hits Spain and 11 other foreign markets on Friday.

“Aquaman” earned an impressive $9 million from Thursday night showings in North America — and another $4.7 million from two days of special previews.


The pic carries a hefty $200 million production price tag. It follows DC’s “Wonder Woman,” which launched to a massive $103 million on its way to a $412 million domestic gross. “Wonder Woman” also took in $409 million from international markets, led by China with $90 million.

James Wan directed “Aquaman,” which also stars Amber Heard, Willem Dafoe, Patrick Wilson, Dolph Lundgren, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, and Nicole Kidman.

[Jox]

The LA's Chinese Theatre with 3D projection mapping show







Aquaman Has No Business Being This Good
https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainme ... re/578722/

Wait, does this all sound like a bizarrely complicated piece of high fantasy rather than a goofy comic-book film? I have great news for you, reader: It’s both.

Aquaman serves as further evidence that the DC Universe can thrive if it embraces the grander sincerity of its godlike heroes rather than trying to ground them in the real world. Yes, Momoa knows how to have a good time amid all the underwater special effects and encyclopedic world-building. There’s plenty of humor and fun to be found in a film where Dolph Lundgren rides a giant seahorse into battle. But Aquaman works because it isn’t laughing at itself—it’s both joyously whimsical and confident in its own seaworthiness.

[Jox]

WARNER BROS "FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION" 2018
http://www.warnerbros2018.com/screening ... lm=aquaman

BEST PICTURE
PETER SAFRAN, p.g.a.

BEST DIRECTOR
JAMES WAN

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Screenplay by
DAVID LESLIE JOHNSON-McGOLDRICK
and WILL BEALL
Story by
GEOFF JOHNS & JAMES WAN
and WILL BEALL
BEST ACTOR
JASON MOMOA

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
WILLEM DAFOE

PATRICK WILSON

DOLPH LUNDGREN

YAHYA ABDUL-MATEEN II

LUDI LIN

TEMUERA MORRISON

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
AMBER HEARD

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST
JASON MOMOA

AMBER HEARD

WILLEM DAFOE

PATRICK WILSON

DOLPH LUNDGREN

YAHYA ABDUL-MATEEN II

LUDI LIN

TEMUERA MORRISON

NICOLE KIDMAN

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
DON BURGESS, ASC

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Production Designer
BILL BRZESKI
Set Decorator
BEV DUNN
BEST FILM EDITING
KIRK MORRI

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
KYM BARRETT

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Visual Effects Supervisors
KELVIN McILWAIN
JEFF WHITE
BRYAN HIROTA
Visual Effects Producer
KIMBERLY NELSON LOCASCIO
BEST SOUND EDITING
Supervising Sound Editors / Sound Designers
PETER BROWN
JOE DZUBAN

BEST SOUND MIXING
Production Sound Mixer
GUNTIS SICS
Re-Recording Mixers
JOE DZUBAN
TIM LEBLANC
BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
Make Up & Hair Designer
LESLEY VANDERWALT

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
RUPERT GREGSON-WILLIAMS

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
“EVERYTHING I NEED”
Written by
SKYLAR GREY
and ELLIOTT TAYLOR
Performed by
SKYLAR GREY

While I don't see it getting any "above the line" (cast, writers, director, producers) nominations, it will no doubt get listed to run for below the line "technical" categories such as SFX & VFX, costumes, production design, sound etc...

[Moltisanti]

Fun film. Effects were incredible. I tend to get tired about midway through a lot of these CGI heavy flicks but I was into this one. Had enough weird stuff going on to keep it lively.

Cool seeing Dolph in this kind of movie. Not quite like anything else he's done before.

Guy that played Black Manta was the standout in the cast. He had an edge to him that set him apart from the goofier aspects of the movie.

[Jox]

‘Aquaman’ Easily Swims to No. 1 at Holiday Box Office
https://www.thewrap.com/aquaman-tops-ho ... der-verse/

Released on 4,125 screens, the James Wan blockbuster made $28 million on Friday and is currently projected for an opening weekend of $70-75 million, though that estimate could increase to $80 million.

The Art and Making of Aquaman
Author Mike Avila interviewed here: www.newsarama.com/43246-new-book-goes-b ... uaman.html

[Mosquito]

Roger Ebert review (by Matt Zoller Seitz)
https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/aquaman-2018

The most remarkable aspect, though, is the way "Aquaman" pushes against the idea that every problem can be solved by violence. There are plenty of bruising fights on land and sea, plus laser shootouts and aquatic infantry clashes, but some of the most important showdowns are resolved peacefully, through conversation, negotiation, and forgiveness. Men as well as women cry in this movie, and the sight is treated not as a shameful loss of dignity, but as the normal byproduct of pain or joy. For all its wild spectacle and cartoon cleverness, this is a quietly subversive movie, and an evolutionary step forward for the genre.

Oh, I like that very much. I'll probably watch it tomorrow. Unfortunately the very first German review I've picked is negative for Dolph (and all actors other than the two main characters). Here's what they say:

"Rosamunde Pilcher trifft H.P. Lovecraft"
(...)
Von den anderen Darstellern kann sich hingegen keiner nachhaltig in den Vordergrund spielen. Während Willem Dafoe („Spider-Man“) und Patrick Wilson („Watchmen“) souverän ihren Stiefel runterspielen, ist der in „Creed 2“ triumphierende Dolph Lundgren als Xebelianer-König ein offensichtlicher Fremdkörper, der einen immer wieder aus dem Geschehen reißt und dafür im Gegenzug noch nicht mal auf trashige Weise Spaß macht.

Which translates to

"Rosamunde Pilcher meets H.P. Lovecraft"
(...)
None of the other actors on the other hand can play their way into the foreground. While Willem Dafoe ("Spider-Man") and Patrick Wilson ("Watchmen") play down their boots sovereignly, Dolph Lundgren, who triumphs in "Creed 2" as Xebelian king, is an obvious foreign body that tears you out of the action again and again and in return doesn't even make fun in a trashy way.

Source: http://www.filmstarts.de/kritiken/208692/kritik.html

[savagesketch]

Fun film. Effects were incredible. I tend to get tired about midway through a lot of these CGI heavy flicks but I was into this one. Had enough weird stuff going on to keep it lively.

Cool seeing Dolph in this kind of movie. Not quite like anything else he's done before.

Guy that played Black Manta was the standout in the cast. He had an edge to him that set him apart from the goofier aspects of the movie.

Agree with Molt here. Extremely fun flick. Gets a little too CGI-heavy, especially in the last 30 minutes, but where I typically tend to lose track of what’s going on, this still maintained my interest.

Dolph is great, and his entrance in the film is amazing to see. Technically, you can take him out of the film, and the story would still work narratively, but he still brings it. He adds a similar presence and weight as Sean Connery did when he showed up in ROBIN HOOD: PRINCE OF THIEVES, not necessary to the film, but pure fan servicing.

Looking forward discussing this one more at greater length on the podcast!

[Jox]

Fun film. Effects were incredible. I tend to get tired about midway through a lot of these CGI heavy flicks but I was into this one. Had enough weird stuff going on to keep it lively.

Cool seeing Dolph in this kind of movie. Not quite like anything else he's done before.

Guy that played Black Manta was the standout in the cast. He had an edge to him that set him apart from the goofier aspects of the movie.

Sorry I had missed your comment, Molt.

For some reason the Black Manta took me out of the movie each time he appears but I know he's a canon character from the comics.

Not that I like very long movies, but the movie would have worked better on me with a 3-hour cut for full story- and action-telling. It's like if you cut out 1 hour from the theatrical cuts of the LORD OF THE RINGS movies and it would be really non-sensical, and even so it was still kinda jump-cutting from thing to the other and the extended 4-hour cuts fixed that.



Entourage's Version of the Aquaman Movie Hype Was Surprisingly On Point
https://io9.gizmodo.com/entourages-vers ... 1828973196





Exclusive Interview with Fight Coordinator: Jon Valera
https://kungfukingdom.com/aquaman-exclu ... on-valera/

[harry]

Roger Ebert review (by Matt Zoller Seitz)
https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/aquaman-2018

The most remarkable aspect, though, is the way "Aquaman" pushes against the idea that every problem can be solved by violence. There are plenty of bruising fights on land and sea, plus laser shootouts and aquatic infantry clashes, but some of the most important showdowns are resolved peacefully, through conversation, negotiation, and forgiveness. Men as well as women cry in this movie, and the sight is treated not as a shameful loss of dignity, but as the normal byproduct of pain or joy. For all its wild spectacle and cartoon cleverness, this is a quietly subversive movie, and an evolutionary step forward for the genre.

Oh, I like that very much. I'll probably watch it tomorrow. Unfortunately the very first German review I've picked is negative for Dolph (and all actors other than the two main characters). Here's what they say:

"Rosamunde Pilcher trifft H.P. Lovecraft"
(...)
Von den anderen Darstellern kann sich hingegen keiner nachhaltig in den Vordergrund spielen. Während Willem Dafoe („Spider-Man“) und Patrick Wilson („Watchmen“) souverän ihren Stiefel runterspielen, ist der in „Creed 2“ triumphierende Dolph Lundgren als Xebelianer-König ein offensichtlicher Fremdkörper, der einen immer wieder aus dem Geschehen reißt und dafür im Gegenzug noch nicht mal auf trashige Weise Spaß macht.

Which translates to

"Rosamunde Pilcher meets H.P. Lovecraft"
(...)
None of the other actors on the other hand can play their way into the foreground. While Willem Dafoe ("Spider-Man") and Patrick Wilson ("Watchmen") play down their boots sovereignly, Dolph Lundgren, who triumphs in "Creed 2" as Xebelian king, is an obvious foreign body that tears you out of the action again and again and in return doesn't even make fun in a trashy way.

Source: http://www.filmstarts.de/kritiken/208692/kritik.html

"filmstarts.de" is something like the German version of "allocine.fr".

One page back is another more serious German review from ofdb.de

Or this one (but the guy didn't name Dolph ):

https://ssl.ofdb.de/review/314686,770578,Aquaman

Translation of the last line:

Aquaman is pure fun and the very best movie of DC. A must see!!

[Jox]

"filmstarts.de" is something like the German version of "allocine.fr".

Allociné is the lowbrow movie website here, but most people use it...


Week-end box-office in the US:
$67.4 million making a $72.1 million gross with previews.
Worldwide: $482,800,000
https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=dcfilm0617.htm

[harry]

"Allociné is the lowbrow movie website here, but most people use it..."

You describe "filmstarts.de"

and

https://www.moviejones.de/kritiken/alle/1/

https://www.kino.de/

https://www.moviepilot.de/

https://www.stroeermediabrands.de/kino- ... filmseite/ The worst of them all. The bought Forums like cinefacts and others and made them to mainstream commercials. They bought also T-online but use the name any longer. Only the Log-In for the customers of Telekom are the same, the rest is gossip.

Joyeux Noel !
Merrry Christmas
Fröhliche Weihnachten
Sretan Bòzic

[dude hallenbeck]

One thing is that the movie should have been 3 hours (and an extended 4-hour cut) like the LORD OF THE RINGS movies to work with all that's happening in the film and often gets skipped too quickly.

There are almost no transitions or no flow, too many ellipses between sequences, and within scenes and actions themselves. I'm sure ton of exposition scenes and more dialogue deepening the dramatic stakes have been cut and is lacking to be fully involved in the conflicts and characters. If I see it again, and I don't think my brain, ears and physiological sensibility can on a giant screen again, I'd love to see it at a 70-80% slower speed.

My friend in WB seems to think there's been about 20 minutes cut from the film we might see on home video.

[Jox]

I'm not surprised, dude hallenbeck


Box Office: 'Aquaman' Rules Christmas Eve, Crosses $500M Globally
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ ... ly-1171617

Warner Bros.' Aquaman continued to rule the holiday box office Christmas Eve, earning $11.2 million from 4,125 theaters in North America and swimming past the $500 million mark globally.

The DC superhero pic, starring Jason Momoa in the titular role, debuted domestically over the weekend to $67.4 million, easily enough to beat Christmas competitors Mary Poppins Returns and Bumblebee. Aquaman began opening mid-December overseas, where it has earned north of $420 million to date. Its domestic total through Monday is $79 million, including sneaks.

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