RED SPARROW | 03.02.18 | Fox | Jennifer Lawrence

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[ChrisTelclear]

This just in from AwardsWatch.  This would fit with what Francis Lawrence has been saying about the hard R. 

 

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A friend of mine who works at Fox saw this the other night and described it as "one of the most gory, graphic movies I've ever seen." He really liked it, but said it's very intense and the sex scenes go there. 

He's not a huge movie guy, actually, so his opinion shouldn't quite be taken as gospel, but I figured it was worth contributing.

 

[WrathOfHan]

I can see WOM being terrible for seniors  

[filmlover]

2 minutes ago, WrathOfHan said:

I can see WOM being terrible for seniors  

God help you when you see this, then.

[WrathOfHan]

Just now, filmlover said:

God help you when you see this, then.

If there's anyone like that woman who went "oh my god" when there were drugs or swearing in American Made...........  

[filmlover]

2 minutes ago, WrathOfHan said:

If there's anyone like that woman who went "oh my god" when there were drugs or swearing in American Made...........  

I'd hate to see this woman at a Fifty Shades movie.

[That One Girl]

2 hours ago, ChrisTelclear said:

This just in from AwardsWatch.  This would fit with what Francis Lawrence has been saying about the hard R. 

 

 

 

Damnnnn

[Valonqar]

4 hours ago, ChrisTelclear said:

This just in from AwardsWatch.  This would fit with what Francis Lawrence has been saying about the hard R. 

 

 

So hairbrush scene is likely in. Since he says that sex scenes "go there". 

[Alli]

On 1/28/2018 at 8:30 PM, ChrisTelclear said:

This just in from AwardsWatch.  This would fit with what Francis Lawrence has been saying about the hard R. 

 

 

I seriously doubt its that gory. They want to make money in the end

 

Anyway this may save march

 

 

[sunworshipper]

Edited January 31, 2018 by sunworshipper

[WrathOfHan]

Noice

[DAJK]

Hope this is 18A in BC. I don't want this movie to pull any punches

Edited January 31, 2018 by DAJK

[MovieMan89]

A hard R spy film with a 2 and a half hour runtime? Yeah, really not seeing the box office potential now. Who is the audience for this exactly? I mean maybe if it were a Tarantino film or something it could work, but otherwise I don't know what demo this is going for. 

[That One Girl]

God fucking damn it I wish this was a summer release so I could see this by myself since I turn 17 in April.  Maybe it'll still be at a dollar theater by then?

[WrathOfHan]

1 minute ago, MovieMan89 said:

A hard R spy film with a 2 and a half hour runtime? Yeah, really not seeing the box office potential now. Who is the audience for this exactly? I mean maybe if it were a Tarantino film or something it could work, but otherwise I don't know what demo this is going for. 

It's clearly going for the adult crowd  I'm not sure how old this is going to skew with the amount of sex and violemce though. The trailer sometimes gets interest from seniors in my audiences, but WOM could be shit among them.

[Alli]

This is saving march

[Barnack]

1 minute ago, MovieMan89 said:

A hard R spy film with a 2 and a half hour runtime? Yeah, really not seeing the box office potential now. Who is the audience for this exactly? I mean maybe if it were a Tarantino film or something it could work, but otherwise I don't know what demo this is going for. 

I was going to say The girl with the Dragoon Tattoo/Fincher audience, but Tattoo had sold like 80m books and was one of the biggest cultural phenomenon of the 2000s, yet it made only 232m WW with an over 110m net nice Fincher production and a 100m marketing budget with 5 Oscar nominations and a win released during the award window. Possibly indicating that there is still a market for those story, but more in the book format were violence/sex tend to be easier to "play well with audience".

 

Other recent possible relevant comparable, Atomic Blonde did 100m WW with a really nice reception and Universal strong push, The Americans was an acclaimed tv series playing on FOX and it never got to a 2m average ratings and went below 0.8m at the last season.

[WrathOfHan]

1 minute ago, Barnack said:

I was going to say The girl with the Dragoon Tattoo/Fincher audience, but Tattoo had sold like 80m books and was one of the biggest cultural phenomenon of the 2000s, yet it made only 232m WW with an over 110m net nice Fincher production and a 100m marketing budget with 5 Oscar nominations and a win released during the award window. Possibly indicating that there is still a market for those story, but more in the book format were violence/sex tend to be easier to "play well with audience".

 

Other recent possible relevant comparable, Atomic Blonde did 100m WW with a really nice reception and Universal strong push, The Americans was an acclaimed tv series playing on FOX and it never got to a 2m average ratings and went below 0.8m at the last season.

The Americans isn't over quite yet  

[MovieMan89]

Just now, WrathOfHan said:

It's clearly going for the adult crowd  I'm not sure how old this is going to skew with the amount of sex and violemce though. The trailer sometimes gets interest from seniors in my audiences, but WOM could be shit among them.

The only really similar release in terms of genre, tone, and content I can think of that did really well at the box office would be Gone Girl. Though that had awards buzz and being based on a popular book working for it. 

[WrathOfHan]

Just now, MovieMan89 said:

The only really similar release in terms of genre, tone, and content I can think of that did really well at the box office would be Gone Girl. Though that had awards buzz and being based on a popular book working for it. 

Dragon Tattoo as well as mentioned above