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The 93 rating is a point in Avengers' favor, but perhaps a misleading one. The reviewer in Pittsburgh, for example, wrote this:
"Marvel's The Avengers" is not a masterpiece of filmmaking. It is full of narrative holes and irritating plot inconsistencies -- especially those involving Banner/the Hulk that would have doomed a less competent filmmaker. Still, its problems don't amount to much more than stylistic speed bumps on the road to scoring the kind of box office knockout summer movies are, unfortunately, all about.
and then gave it three and one-half stars (of four). Roger Ebert mildly mocked it for paragraph after paragraph, then gave it three stars. It seems reasonable to infer that The Avengers is being graded on a forgiving scale.
The Avengers could delist higher than adjustment. People are obviously willing to pay -- and pay premium prices -- for the Avengers, so far in record-breaking numbers. The record, however, indicates no basis for arguing that it would be "brave" to hold Avengers short after its extraordinary adjust. To the contrary, most movies with huge midnight numbers and most movies with Avengers-like attributes seem to have been better adjusters than delisters. The Avengers seem to be covering (or making) new box office ground, though, so nothing is certain. Part of what makes investing $H interesting.
There are still 90M shorts on AVNGR. It's gone up. Some brave souls. {nm} May 07, 07:43
Have you noticed that The Avengers has been understimated at every turn? {nm} May 07, 07:51
Yeah, the Best Picture Oscar is probably in the bag. {nm} May 07, 07:53
Oh, I'm sorry, I thought we were talking box office figures and not nominoptions. Please carry on then. {nm} May 07, 07:54
Would you consider Dark Knight to be a shallow, spectacle-laden film? {nm} May 07, 08:04
No. I believe it transcended its genre to substantial degree, thanks in large part to Heath Ledger. {nm} May 07, 08:16
You do realize Joss Whedon didn't direct Buffy the Vampire Slayer, don't you? Not that it matters. {nm} May 07, 08:43
The difference here is that The Avengers is quite entertaining good action/comedy movie likely to have good legs. {nm} May 07, 08:08
Though I don't think using its quality as an argument here, I'm in flippers' team. At least in short tearm. {nm} May 07, 08:09
Which Transformers should I see? The one with 57% fresh, 35%, or 20% fresh on RT? Avengers holding at a paltry 93% fresh, BTW. May 07, 08:13
Oh, I didn't bother with the viewwer's %, just the critics. Fanboys & fangirls skew things too much. May 07, 08:35
The 93 rating is a point in Avengers' favor, but perhaps a misleading one. The reviewer in Pittsburgh, for example, wrote this: May 07, 10:01
Ooh! A cherry-picked bad review, one that coincides with your opinion. Most critics (and viewers) disagree with you. May 07, 10:30
His comment is about how huge openers do post adjust historically...and the lack of research done by the poster May 07, 08:17
Really?! Do you think that any research could have predicted the AVNGR performance? May 07, 08:36
Once again....made NO CALL either way of how its going to do...just giving perspective with actual facts May 07, 08:39
Only $8M for TLKAM. {nm} May 07, 08:47
Yes...and that's 33-60% higher than your EMPHATIC prediction May 07, 08:54
I said $5M-$6M, so it's more like 25%-36% better. Still won't make the $90M delist that it was at last week. ;-) {nm} May 07, 09:15
DRKSH seems like a descent enough movie, but there's AVNGR has too much momentum. May 07, 08:10
Especially Fund Managers, wouldn't you say :) ? Three funds I found long on AVNGR yesterday have all flipped. {nm} May 07, 08:03
I don't find it unreasonable to think that it won't make the 2.7 multiplier with such a big opening. {nm} May 07, 08:06
Given the competition this week, it's not unreasonable to think that it would have another > $100M weekend. May 07, 08:16
yeah, I personally would give it 50/50 on making the multiplier, no conviction either way... {nm} May 07, 08:21
Delists: BATM2 $430/Avatar $430/HPOT8 $343/LRDL3 $312/Titanic $42. {nm} May 07, 08:39
Again, AVNGR has been underestimated, even for the adjust. The total domestic gross is $207.1M May 07, 08:52
You can't even compare Avengers to HGAME? May 07, 09:08
That's post flip. During halt, there were only about 13.918 (you know, just "about") million shares shorted. {nm} May 07, 10:45
