IMDb list this film has 1.9 aspect ratio for IMAX ver and 2.39 for other theaters, anyone can confirm this?
(lost some faith in IMDb since they said MI7 has some IMAX scenes in 1.9 then a few days before release they changed the info to 2.39 the whole film)
IMDb list this film has 1.9 aspect ratio for IMAX ver and 2.39 for other theaters, anyone can confirm this?
(lost some faith in IMDb since they said MI7 has some IMAX scenes in 1.9 then a few days before release they changed the info to 2.39 the whole film)
I think “filmed for IMAX” means expanded ratio. Don’t trust IMDB’s info pre-release, as it’s all fan submitted (you can notice MI never had the “filmed for IMAX” claim).
And as said, they switched from Max to theaters and increased the budget to $120 million before filming began.
I think “filmed for IMAX” means expanded ratio. Don’t trust IMDB’s info pre-release, as it’s all fan submitted (you can notice MI never had the “filmed for IMAX” claim).
I have to check IMAX channel to be sure, and yeah, it shoud be right, every film with expanded ratio they called it "filmed for IMAX", while others "experience it in IMAX"
even though, I think Nope and Eternals had expanded scenes but they still use "Experience" http://www.youtube.com/@imaxmovies/videos
it's tracking to becoming a huge bomb. Calling Batman a fascist is going to cost them.
The line isn't the problem, the issue was the Director acting like a petulant child running his mouth at people who complained when he should have just ignored them but instead made the situation worse and escalated it which is what YouTube grifters wanted. Same thing with James Mangold and Indiana Jones.
Doubt the 5 snowflakes who were offended by a joke will make or break the movie lol
While I'm not offended by it and it isn't what is driving my decision not to watch this until it is on physical media at a cheap price, there are more than 5 people in the world who might find this offensive and it can be a part of what breaks a movie.
While I'm not offended by it and it isn't what is driving my decision not to watch this until it is on physical media at a cheap price, there are more than 5 people in the world who might find this offensive and it can be a part of what breaks a movie.
Seriously? Because a character called Batman fascist? Are people that brain dead?
The line isn't the problem, the issue was the Director acting like a petulant child running his mouth at people who complained when he should have just ignored them but instead made the situation worse and escalated it which is what YouTube grifters wanted. Same thing with James Mangold and Indiana Jones.
I don't think youtube reviewers are "grifters", the director is more of a grifter than anyone using Batman to get woke commie points. Everyone hated that line.
Just because a character says something doesn’t mean that’s the position of the film or filmmakers. This is like basic movie 101. Does that really need to be pointed out? And it’s pretty obvious that the character is the wacky relative that says dumb stuff.
I highly doubt any of the online "conversations" being brought up here will have anything to do with a low box office. It'll likely not do well because most people think it looks like a run-of-the-mill superhero movie that they've seen a dozen times already, and the summer is winding down and they got school to worry about around the corner.
“Blue Beetle” director Ángel Manuel Soto is an eternal optimist.
It was January 2020 when Soto’s coming-of-age story “Charm City Kings” debuted at the Sundance Film Festival, winning the U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Prize for ensemble acting. Sony Pictures Classics planned to release the film on April 10, which would have come after its intended bow at South by Southwest on March 15. Yet, as for so many movies, a global pandemic changed those plans. It eventually ended up in the hands of HBO Max ahead of its rebrand, but if anyone visits Max, it’s not available, as it was one of the movies that was quietly removed from the platform.
And here Soto is again, sitting in a hotel room on Zoom amid his travels without his actors and writers to promote the film, which opens Aug. 18. He’s going at it alone due to the ongoing Hollywood strikes, hoping to get moviegoers to come out and see his latest vision. “I think it’s just the way it goes with me,” he says. “If anything, let it be a testament to my resilience. It’s part of my Puerto Rican DNA.”
In addition to being the first film produced under the guidance of new DC Studios heads James Gunn and Peter Safran, “Blue Beetle” marks the first Latino superhero character for Warner Bros. Amid the difficult climate in Hollywood, Soto might be echoing a line spoken by his lead character Jaime Reyes (played charismatically by Xolo Maridueña) in a scene in “Blue Beetle” where he yells in despair: “This shit doesn’t get better for us!”
Soto can see the obstacles stacked against him, but he’s determined to emerge victorious. “I think about it constantly and how this could have been our moment,” he tells Variety. “But no, it’s not could. It’s still our moment.”
“Blue Beetle” follows Jaime Reyes as he returns to his hometown after college graduation, where his family struggles to make ends meet. Soon after, he is chosen to become a symbiotic host to the Scarab, an ancient alien biotechnological relic that grants him a powerful exoskeleton armor, turning him into the titular superhero. The film also stars Latino talent like Oscar nominee Adriana Barraza (“Babel”), George Lopez, Damián Alcázar, Bruna Marquezine, Belissa Escobedo and Raoul Max Trujillo, along with Susan Sarandon.
Soto, 40, didn’t attend film school like many of his colleagues in the industry. A native of Santurce, Puerto Rico, one of the most densely populated areas on the island, he attended university on a soccer scholarship studying architecture. Despite being a die-hard cinephile and wanting to make movies, film school had too high a pricetag. Instead, he shelved his passion for later in life. “I had to spend a lot of money to create a network where I would learn by doing, not by going to school,” he says.
That natural talent is what executives like Peter Safran, co-chairperson, and CEO of DC Studios, saw in Soto’s “Charm City Kings,” which convinced him Soto was the right person for the job. “It was a coming-of-age story that had similar elements that were translatable to ‘Blue Beetle’ on a larger scale,” Safran says. “When you look at some of the great superhero movies, they’ve come from filmmakers not known for that particular genre.” Safran points to blockbuster and critical hits such as “Iron Man” from Jon Favreau, “Shazam,” directed by David Sanberg, or his co-CEO Gunn with “Guardians of the Galaxy.”
Soto began his career in entertainment as a TV producer, later focusing on art direction at an advertising agency. He made his directorial debut with “La Granja,” a film looking at the harsh realities of his native island, something Soto knows too well. Soto’s father was a lifelong Teamster and union advocate and one of the many protestors to remove Ricardo A. Rosselló, the corrupt Puerto Rico governor, in 2019.
You see Soto’s cinematic inspirations in every frame, referencing classic tentpole franchises like “Mission: Impossible” and “Indiana Jones.” He utilizes this nostalgic energy to portray the first superhero that does not want his superpowers. In fact, Soto knew what he wanted for Jaime’s transformation into the blue exoskeleton. “How can we do [David] Cronenberg for kids?” he says. “I wanted the energy to be fun but also tell the story about the movies that made me love movies.”
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