Sony has to be worried about real life villains

[MIB41]

Sony has suspended all filming due to hackers. I think it's safe to say this was the last thing their fragile finances needed. Other studios have to be greatly concerned with this development.

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/technology/internet/article4295826.ece

[Random Axe]

I would never profess or claim to be an entertainment expert nor do I have the knowledge of the movie studios inner workings. However, I know business and I can do math. Sony is going to have to sell off some properties to remain intact. This development will make a very heavy, very shiny bargaining chip at the next Marvel studios negotiation session.

[Mr.Marion]

I'm still scratching my head as to how ASM 2 grossed $700 mil. Thats a 100 mil people who went to movies to see that piece of crap.

[kingdom warrior]

I'm still scratching my head as to how ASM 2 grossed $700 mil. Thats a 100 mil people who went to movies to see that piece of crap.

That's because most movie goers are NOT comic book guys, and thank Sony's marketing department for that. They sold that movie to Grandma's to take their grand kids to see it. All execs care about is profit. Spiderman is a cash cow and an easy sell to the public. It was my least fav Marvel movie this year.....

[Hedji]

I could show my 11 year old the Toby McGuire Spidey films... She loved them. I wouldn't bother trying to subject her to those Andrew Garfield ones. They're just... Not fun.

[hedrap]

I'm still scratching my head as to how ASM 2 grossed $700 mil. Thats a 100 mil people who went to movies to see that piece of crap.

Opening weekend was 90 million. Average US ticket price is 8, but IMAX/3D totally changes that. For example, Imax/3D in NY is 22/adult.

International is now about 50% of gross and it had done 250mil before it even opened in the US. Ticket prices in countries like Japan are nuts.

So I would say it's much closer to 50million worldwide.

[thunderbolt]

Now they have a big budget movie on the shelf thanks to the hack and threats to the theatre chains about showing The Interview. Given the plot of the movie, its a really irresponsible bit of film making all the way up and down the ladder at Sony. Nothing like poking a bear. I wonder if Team America got any sort of backlash from North Korea like this film did.

[enyawd72]

Now they have a big budget movie on the shelf thanks to the hack and threats to the theatre chains about showing The Interview. Given the plot of the movie, its a really irresponsible bit of film making all the way up and down the ladder at Sony. Nothing like poking a bear. I wonder if Team America got any sort of backlash from North Korea like this film did.

Couldn't disagree more Tbolt...what's next? No more SNL skits? No jokes on the Daily Show or Colbert? Instead of letting that fat little wannabe dictator threaten us, we should just bomb him back to the stone age and make an example of him for the next jerk that wants to try something like this.

We didn't care what Hitler thought of all his deaths/humiliation in films during WWII...he was the bad guy.
Today we're more worried about offending our enemies than standing up to them.

[thunderbolt]

Yeah, did SNL ever depict a foreign leader's head getting blown up? There's satire and then there's poor taste and bad judgment.

[enyawd72]

^Well, I for one will be happily awaiting the South Park episode that is now inevitably coming. I hope it's ten times worse.

[MIB41]

I couldn't help myself...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NvgLkuEtkA

[huedell]

I'm still scratching my head as to how ASM 2 grossed $700 mil. Thats a 100 mil people who went to movies to see that piece of crap.

And I don't understand the high amount of polarized bile coming from what is mostly Spider-Man comicbook fans and (what appears to be) knee-jerk critics.

The visuals and acting in the movie are universally appreciated as top-notch.

I don't buy that Rhino was anything except perfectly utilized.

Goblin was a bit jarring...as far as being introduced suddenly... but, I gave that a pass.

Agreed, it's a very dark movie.... but the "death" themes and the "time" themes in the movie had me enraptured.

I thought the FIRST Garfield flick was "crap"---a ripoff of what I thought was an underwhelming movie to begin with (Batman Begins).... but ASM2, I gave a solid B grade. I'm not surprised it made some dough---no matter WHO it was who bought the tickets. That said: The wiki page says it's the worst selling Spidey movie of all-time---so, there's THAT to celebrate, if thoust are looking