Originally Posted By dagobert So tomorrow starts Marvel's new blockbuster over here, but many cincemas in Germany are going to boykott the movie. Disney is raising the leasing rates by 6% from 47% zu 53% in rural areas. All other distributors still collect 47% in cities with less than 50000 inhabitatnts. Well done Disney! And people wonder why Disney has such a bad reputation over here.
Originally Posted By dagobert Yesterday we have finally seen the new Avengers movie and I liked it a lot. It's a typical Marvel movie with manny great action scenes. I'm not yet sure if it was better than the first Avengers movie, but it was definitely not worse than the first film.
Originally Posted By leemac <<So tomorrow starts Marvel's new blockbuster over here, but many cincemas in Germany are going to boykott the movie. Disney is raising the leasing rates by 6% from 47% zu 53% in rural areas. All other distributors still collect 47% in cities with less than 50000 inhabitatnts. Well done Disney! And people wonder why Disney has such a bad reputation over here.>> Film rental costs are negotiated on a per exhibitor and per movie basis. You can argue that Disney pushed a big increase through at the last minute but exhibitors (or their negotiating agency if they are too small) could have also pushed harder for a resolution. I've seen rates worse than 53% before. They are cutting off their nose to spite their face too as they are the ones that lose out.
Originally Posted By leemac <<Yesterday we have finally seen the new Avengers movie and I liked it a lot.>> That was my take - I liked it a lot. It was entertaining although I think that is down to the fact that it has been cast to perfection. Scarlett Johansson and Mark Ruffalo were particularly exceptional. I've never got the fanboi love for Whedon. I don't find him a particularly strong screenwriter or director. I thought The Winter Soldier is still the strongest in the MCU and I'm glad that the same writing team and directors are now being deployed on the three episode Civil War arc. I did find some of the action in IMAX to be difficult to follow. A steadier hand was needed for some of the action scenes.
Originally Posted By leemac <<'m not yet sure if it was better than the first Avengers movie, but it was definitely not worse than the first film.>> As much as I enjoyed Spader's take on Ultron he could never compare to Tom Hiddleston's Loki as a primary villain. That end sequence in NYC on the first movie was significantly more engaging than anything from Age of Ultron.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 <I've never got the fanboi love for Whedon. I don't find him a particularly strong screenwriter or director.> His type of movie is not really my thing, although I did quite like The Cabin in the Woods, which played with the whole genre in an enjoyable way.
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb <--- Whedon fangirl here! It's the dialog and banter between strong, interesting characters. I have never not been entertained by his work. But then again I never got the love for Stanley Kubrick. His stuff is just unwatchable to me. So, to each his own. As for Age of Ultron... LOVED it! Both my son and I found the FX in the opening sequence to be bafflingly bad, but fortunately that didn't carry over into the rest of the film and I was soon lost in the movie and not noticing the FX at all anymore.
Originally Posted By dagobert @ leemac Thank you for clarifying the contracts between Disney and the cinemas.
