From World of Reel we get the following. ‘Captain America: Brave New World' Bombs at Test Screening
Two different cuts of the film test screened last week, and plot details for one of the cuts have leaked online. The person who attended didn’t seem to like the movie all that much.
Based on the folks I’ve spoken to, those who attended were either given a red or green bracelet and were split up into two different theaters. The reactions I’ve heard have not been very kind to this movie, which is being described as “inessential” and “flat.”
Given what the trailer showed us earlier in the year, this is not too surprising.
Sam Wilson, formerly The Hawk, should not have been given the mantle of Captain America. The Hawk is a perfectly good story, and they could have promoted him with a SOLO movie.
But the Disney/Marvel no longer do solo movies. The stakes have to be stupidly enlarged.
Of course they can't be bothered to actually write a story, or hire people who respect the legacy of Marvel, so it is hardly surprising that none of the stuff they are producing is working.
But even watching Disney set fire to a couple of hundred million dollars of cash a few times a year isn't really that entertaining any longer.
Dave Cullen gets the the hat tip with his video This Looks Meh…
The budget for this film is currently listed at $350 million. If they spend $100 million on marketing, which would be low by Marvel standards, they would need to make $950 million at the box office to break even. And the budget will turn out to be larger, if we ever get final numbers, and they will spend at least $150 million on marketing. Counting on making a billion dollars just to break even is a foolish choice.
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