Elemental just doesn't look like a Pixar movie to me. It looks kinda like a lower budget animated movie. I've heard that the movie looks nice when you actually watch it, but I don't think it shows well in trailers. I'm guessing that could be a reason for the low box office results.

Makes sense. Neither of those films looked great and Ezra Miller being themselves sunk the flash before the previews even showed

I can't blame people for staying away from The Flash, the moment they decided not to ditch Ezra Miller I knew I wasn't gonna pay a dime to go see that movie despite Keaton and the role it plays in resetting the DC Cinematic Universe. Which isn't to mention that the trailers didn't do much to pitch more than a fairly mid-superhero movie coasting on crossovers, which sooo many people are burnt out on these days.

I'm definitely going to take the family to see Elemental next week. I'm also waiting for a couple other folks to come back from vacation to go see The Flash next week also. From everything I've read, The Flash is actually great. And Elemental is getting 98% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes.

I also really want to see Asteroid City.

I think The Flash will have success on international markets. I live in France, and many scandals don't reach the ears of the average citizen. Tabloid stuff doesn't cross their radar. I'm generalising here, of course, because there are people who are in the know, but then there is another chunk of the population who don't know.

Another example I could cite is Johnny Depp. I teach at different schools and in one class of 20 students, aged 20+, I mentioned that it wasn't a good idea to roll out the red carpet for him at Cannes and they were like, "why not? He didn't do anything wrong, it was his ex!"

I then asked what her name is and what movies she appears in.

They didn't know.

Sorry, I digress.

I'm going to see the new animated Spider-Man film instead of the Flash. I'm not a fan of Ezra Miller nor many of the dceu movies tbh.

I wonder if audiences have given up on DC (bar Batman/Joker) and what that might mean for Gunn’s reboot. At the very least they should wait a few years before releasing the rebooted franchise and it should look drastically different so that when audiences see any promo they understand right away that this is not old DC.

Man, a B CinemaScore?

That's pretty rough.