@agmine570:
Critics tend to give low scores to films based on predictability. They also score low on plots which in many cases these movies follow plots from the comics that I've already thoroughly enjoyed. These are things I expect going into every superhero or action movie. Especially when they follow source material I already enjoy and know well. Its not something that brings a movie down for me (quite the opposite. it's what I want in such a movie).
Audience scores on the other hand are usually (or a large percentage of are) from fans of the source material who have a similar perspective to me and are therefore more aligned with how I would see it.
In my own review of Aquaman 2 RT (which I gave 4 1/2 stars) I was clear they tried too many jokes and several missed the mark but the action and effects were brilliant. The story flowed well for me and followed the path I expected (which is what I want in a Superhero movie). It had a few surprises to keep me intrigued but not enough to diverge from the overall line of the story I expected. Personally I enjoyed it more than the first one. That's me, everyone's different but I suspect fans of the source material aren't and that is probably where about 70% of the audience score comes from
It released here on the 26th, we (my 4 kids and I) arrived half an hour b4 our showing. The cinema screening of it before us was 75% full (there's a screen that shows available seats left of the showing film) ours was around 60% (20 seats still available out of 60 when the theatre opened). Australian box office figures still aren't showing in the figures on the Numbers $126m for opening weekend (potentially they might add another $3-$4m maybe 5). Neither are figures for Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Chile, Czech rep, Japan, Netherlands, NZ, Paraguay, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Rumania, Russia, Slovakia or South Africa. Those regions not reported with box office figures yet added over $80m to the $1.9b international box office of endgame (Aust $24m, Russia $15.6m, Japan $13m Argentina $6.8m, Poland $4.7m just to name a few). Some of the others didn't report figures for endgame either (and usually don't) like NZ and Philippines.
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