And it was a bit disturbing seeing Superman destroy the last remaining Kryptonians. Were we supposed to be happy about that?
With the exception of killing Zod, again, totally by accident during the pressure of the battle, as Zod was about to kill a family right in front of Superman's eyes, and Superman feeling very bad about it (which everyone seems to glaze over) he sent the last of the Kryptonians to the Phantom Zone. Originally, Zod was to also have been sent to the same Phantom Zone, but the writers felt it was anti-climactic. Plus, positive side here... no revenge plot for the sequel lets Lex Luthor get a nice antagonist role.
I still don't see why everyone's so upset about killing off the villains. The original Burton Batman films killed off every villain... and only The Riddler survived Forever in a mental ward.
Neill Blomkamp's
Elysium opened at number 1 with $30.5 million at the box office last weekend, which is less than
District 9 despite having more Hollywood star power. This was followed by
We're the Millers ($26.6 mil),
Planes ($22.5 mil),
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters ($14.6 mil), and
2 Guns ($11.1 million).
http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/08/11/elysium-debuts-atop-the-weekend-box-office
We can all breathe a little easier now that
Planes isn't doing so hot even in the month
August is a crap month for movies. Especially since this August seems to be very active with releases. July was kinda weak, mainly due to so many movies coming out a week. Nothing really gets the big box office top that they should. Despicable Me 2 was the last film with a respectable opening. I worry for next year's Guardians of the Galaxy.
Planes may not be doing great, but somehow, I think Disney didn't care about the theatrical release anyway. That's why it was last minute and in August. They just want the brand out there for DVD releases and selling toys. I see it becoming a series of DTV projects after this film, much like the Tinkerbell series... unfortunately.
Still... I can't believe some company even bothered to make a Mockbuster version of it. Honestly, had Jon Cryer still been cast as Dusty, I would have at least given it a shot. Dane Cook is just keeping me from even being curious about it, even though John Cleese and Carlos Wazzisname that was the voice of Rocko are in it. Heck, Carlos's plane sounds and acts an
awful lot like Carlos's character Juandissimo from Fairly Oddparents.
The plot just doesn't sound intriguing, it comes across like.. well, as an SAT would say, "Cars is to Scooby-Doo as Planes is to Jabberjaw." An inferior clone made by the same company (even though Disney's intent is expanded universe).