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33 minutes ago, YourMother said:
Imagine being ignorant enough to miss the point on what Eric is saying.
He's saying capitalism will kill us faster than Covid, i have to laugh at the ignorance of that comment alone. Capitalism gave us the cure to covid lol
You kids are funny
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21 hours ago, Eric Atreides said:
Studios don’t care about fairness or respect towards their employees. Those capitalist executive pigs who work at the top would gladly let the little people work themselves to death while they rake in all the profits. Why else would I parrot that capitalism will kill us faster than Corona will?
Catpitalism has given you the tools to rant your opinion on this very platform.
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19 hours ago, Mojoguy said:
I can't believe how much shady stuff happens behind the scenes. I thought meal breaks were already a given. Social media really has opened all our eyes to this mistreatment.
Social media is the home of exaggerated complaints of people who love to paint themselves as victims. 80% of what people post on social media is manipulative bullshit.
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8 hours ago, RobrtmanAStarWarsReference said:
Ooga booga capitalism is bad ooga booga!
There something embarrassingly ironic about people on a movie forum complaining about capatalism isnt there.
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2 hours ago, karlleng said:
Watch Dwayney in Fast Five and compare it to his lazy performance in F8 for example, dude is on autopilot in this franchise.
Probably because of all the off-screen tension. I loved Fast Five but I've only seen the rest once and can't really tell them apart to remember
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1 hour ago, Macleod said:
If you care more about 9th Spider-Man movie than people's working conditions...you have a problem.
I care about Cineworld's share price 😂.
That being said my Thatcher comment was tongue in cheek, I think people working behind the scenes deserve more pay than many actors out there who take up a huge chunk of a films budget. I think that needs to be looked at more than anything.
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On 9/25/2021 at 8:04 PM, grim22 said:
What are other examples of one single casting decision ruining an entire movie? Feels like this has to be very high on that list.
Here are my likely not so popular opinions.
Hayden Christian in Star Wars
The two leads in Valerian.
Keane Reeves in anything that requires good acting (though i love this guy)
Brie Larson for CM (she wasn't bad but her performance wasnt as fun as other MCU actors)
Ben Affleck in any superhero movie ever (seriously how did they not learn from Daredevil)
Quentin Tarintino every time he casts himself
Jared Leto in Suicide Squad (he was one of many factors but his performance seemed unfinished and lazy)
Brad Pitt in Troy (he's serviceable until he has to share screen time with Eric Banner, he looked the part though)
The kids in the narnia movies
Nuff said
These are all hyperbole as few of them actually ruined their movies (if any) but Tarintino came close in Django. That Auzzie accent was just hilarious
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I couldn't even make it through the trailer of this
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You lot need a Margaret Thatcher
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17 minutes ago, CoolioD1 said:
wasn't there something where sam mendes tried to drag sean connery out of retirement for the albert finney role in skyfall? would've been fun.
That would have been brilliant. Wish i never read this, now that scene will always disappoint me
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18 hours ago, Eric Atreides said:
It seems to me Vin and co didnt like the fact that The Rock joining the franchise made it more relevant at the box office.
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21 minutes ago, karlleng said:
They both are so trash lmao
The Rock is the best at what he does. Vin Diesel is pretty trash though
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8 hours ago, CoolioD1 said:
the new james bond and the new doctor who should just be the same guy. get it all covered in one announcement.
James Who?
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37 minutes ago, TalismanRing said:
They're saying the target audience came out - older adults - 25% of whom hadn't been to a film since Covid
36% over 45 v 9% over 45 for Venom or about $19.872m v $8.1m in B.O. from 45 and up
It's the younger ones that didn't show up in numbers.
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5 hours ago, BoxOfficeFangrl said:
But will they be back for anything other than the biggest events?
So the underperomance is less to do with a lack of interest in Bond and more to do with america's poor handling of Covid keeping its target audience at home?
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On 10/7/2021 at 4:59 AM, cdsacken said:
I get it, people are excited but the pandemic does exist. It's not going away and case counts will rise probably 40 to 50% in late fall. It will keep people out. Hell thanks to Evan Hansen sucking I've been to ZERO movies since jan 2020.
No Pandemic, 99% RT score and it nails it sure 275m OW is possible. However, pandemic and Sony always screws up every movie a little bit. It won't be perfect just like FFH wasn't. Perhaps I will be wrong but 225 OW is projecting what 500 million domestic in 14 days? No way.
That's just Christmas legs for you. No-one expected TFA to make 930m despite a huge opening guaranteed to take place even though that's what holiday legs are famous for. Spiderman being released at Christmas is going to make them far more than it would have during a summer period.
Though yes there is still a pandemic and a worrying rise in cases and deaths could mute its performance, but if that doesn't happen (yes a big but) then I think it does the 500m in 14 days for about a 650-700m Dom finish. This actually puts it slightly lower than films like TDK and Spider-Man 2001 for tickets sold. We cant ignore those trailer views and the power of nostalgia so we already know this will open big
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2 hours ago, John Marston said:
it’s still a 250m with a mediocre opening and will be one of the lowest attended Bond film despite a huge marketing push
if they didn’t want to deal with the pandemic effects they should have delayed the release again
Delaying the release for too long means added spending on marketing and forces them to sit on potential money which could be spent on other projects generating more income
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2 hours ago, Menor said:
Nothing at all, lol. It was kinda strange though seeing people take random shots at SW across several threads.
Honestly I didn't plan that, I like Star Wars 😂
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I just want them to make a Bond film smart and good enough that I don't mind watching the leads sitting for half the movie playing cards.
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10 minutes ago, Ipickthiswhiterose said:
Reread. I was making a whimsical joke based on your typo, not proffering an actual commentary on any Bond movies.
For what it's worth I am not a fan of Bond simply because I'm not a fan of action movies in general, but I find any and all popular long running franchises interesting and worth of study regardless of whether I enjoy them, whether that's the MCU or the Carry On films.
Also for what it's worth I find the only truly 'problematic' moment in terms of gender dynamics in a Bond movie is the scene with Honor Blackman in Goldfinger. I find that genuinely uncomfortable and unwatchable and wouldn't want it to be repeated. I wouldn't want the movie blacklisted in someway, but its the only one where I think my perception of the movie itself is tainted by something within it. Bond can have as many women as he wants per film, but the one thing you don't mess around with is consent. Other than that while there's stuff that isn't to my taste and I might personally find simplistic/populist for myself, it's not something I'd ever want to take away from others who enjoy that sort of thing.
I've not seen many of the older Bond movies but some of the ones I saw there was a lack of consent and more an assumption of 'sleep with me now'. These were generally problematic scenes in these older movies that have rightfully been called out since.
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13 minutes ago, Eric Safin said:
So...just to clarify, obviously the Brosnan/Craig films aren't that bad here. However, that doesn't mean there aren't weird, problematic elements that take me out of it nor am I not allowed to complain about them.
Skyfall has a moment where Bond discovers Severnine used to be a sex slave, yet still tried to seduce her after the fact, they go on to have sex, and then just gets killed off by the bad guy 10 minutes later. It's all just gross and dumb and bad.
And the Brosnan films all try to position themselves as a more forward-thinking Bond, even getting spelled out at one point by Goldeneye. But despite all the deconstruction, the film still...basically plays out with a lot of the sexist aspects of the character and series.
I understand it's not as bad, I know some people will disagree with what I'm saying, and I know I'm a whiny SJW cuck, but that's just how I feel, and I think I'm able to still call this stuff out while still enjoying/appreciating what these movies do right.
But that's what villians do, they do villainy like things to make us hate them. I also don't see why Bond can't consesntially sleep with someone because she used to be a sex slave, if anything that's treating her like damaged goods
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10 minutes ago, Ipickthiswhiterose said:
To be fair, I think a Bronson themed Bond era would be pretty risqué, even for Bond.
It depends on the audience. In the UK people don't talk about being offended by a James bond movie. I can get behind the old Sean Connery movies being problematic by the way he pretty much forced women into bed with him but the Brosnan movies were just him having hamless fun after saving the day. And you'd really have to be nit picking to pick a bone with the Craig Era movies,
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27 minutes ago, Eric Safin said:
Wow, that sounds awesome. Way better than the boring, sexist, largely offensive dreck the series has been plagued with for decades, even into the Brosnan and Craig era.
Imagine finding offence in the Craig or Bronson era movies lol.
Fortunately we don't make Bond movies for pussies Eric
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5 minutes ago, YourMother said:
I mean the last 4 out 5 Star Wars films have grossed more than the last 4 out of 5 Bond films. The last 4 out 5 Star Wars films also did more than the last 4 out of 5 Potter films. I’m not saying NTTD is doing bad, it’s doing quite good but to say that Star Wars is a dead franchise is laughable.
Okay that's hyperbole but the fact they managed to turn a 2b initial grosser into the state it is now shows they fucked up. SW is the grand daddy of franchises which made them 2b from a trailer alone. The built in fanbase and hype gave them their highest grossing movie but it's gone massively down hill since then. Disney knew how to sell the product but unfortunately didn't know how to make them. It may not be dead but it's clear the disappointing results they've had lately has forced them to rethink all those films in the pipeline. The fact the trilogy endee only ended up doing a bit better than the Hobbits finale just shows the drop in audience they had
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'Said on his computer build through capitalism.'
I love how when someone puts everything in perspective for some of you, you resort to anger and insults. Pretty much sums up your intelligence
Also if it helps mods, please dont ban him for his comment as I really dont mind