Manchester By The Sea | Kenneth Lonergan | Casey Affleck, Michelle Williams | November 2016

[Plain Old Tele]

1 hour ago, The Stingray said:

Time to steer clear of this thread. Even mods are posting spoilers now.
 

 

Erm.... the movie's been out for quite awhile. We can keep using tags out of politeness but it's fair to post without them too.

 

I know that doesn't really help in terms of slow tiered releases, especially overseas.  

[The Stingray]

20 minutes ago, Telemachos said:

 

Erm.... the movie's been out for quite awhile. We can keep using tags out of politeness but it's fair to post without them too.

 

I know that doesn't really help in terms of slow tiered releases, especially overseas.  

 

Fair enough. What's the protocol for spoilers anyway? 3 months after US release?

 

ps: it's actually out here in Sweden but not playing anywhere near me. 

[baumer]

As far as I remember it's two weeks after release...maybe three.

[The Stingray]

Oh. My bad then.

[The Panda]

I've seen this movie twice now and it's really stuck with me.  Originally I gave it a B+ but it's probably a solid A-/A now.

 

Give it another week and it probably makes my BOFFY ballot, replacing Rogue One.

[AniNate]

I play the spoiler policy by ear, but I think it should be based on a movie's progression at the box office, not a fixed timeframe. Say, once a movie's worldwide total for the last weekend is <100th of its total gross. That's usually when movies start to wind down for good.

Edited January 7, 2017 by tribefan695

[The Panda]

6 minutes ago, tribefan695 said:

I play the spoiler policy by ear, but I think it should be based on a movie's progression at the box office, not a fixed timeframe. Say, once a movie's worldwide total for the last weekend is <100th of its total gross. That's usually when movies start to wind down for good.

 

I think that's too complicated really.  But I understand the purpose for something that's a limited release deal.

[AniNate]

Just now, La La Panda said:

 

I think that's too complicated really.  But I understand the purpose for something that's a limited release deal.

 

Well, ideally we'd just respect spoilers by default and that would only be something we'd consult retroactively.

[The Futurist]

[CJohn]

An incredibly powerful movie experience. 

[Plain Old Tele]

4 hours ago, The Stingray said:

 

Fair enough. What's the protocol for spoilers anyway? 3 months after US release?

 

ps: it's actually out here in Sweden but not playing anywhere near me. 

 

Our general rule of thumb is two weeks for the movie's specific thread and four weeks for other threads. 

 

I suppose we could revise to two/four weeks after wide release. That doesn't entire solve the OS problem but it probably makes it better. 

[Goffe]

I think widening the window for small releases while keeping the 2 weeks policy for studio movies would be the way to go.

Edited January 8, 2017 by Goffe

[AniNate]

Where do you draw that line, though? Whether a movie's big or small if it's building an audience after the fact I think it should be respected.

 

I like my idea, even if you have to do a little basic math to enforce it.

Edited January 8, 2017 by tribefan695

[AniNate]

Will finish with about $50 million. Ultimately this movie was kind of overshadowed by the LLL/Moonlight wars, but still a career definer for Kenneth Lonergan and Casey Affleck.

[filmlover]

6 minutes ago, tribefan695 said:

Will finish with about $50 million. Ultimately this movie was kind of overshadowed by the LLL/Moonlight wars, but still a career definer for Kenneth Lonergan and Casey Affleck.

It's only a few hundred K away from passing Precious to become the biggest movie to premiere at Sundance since...Little Miss Sunshine. Woah.

[Jonwo]

1 hour ago, tribefan695 said:

Will finish with about $50 million. Ultimately this movie was kind of overshadowed by the LLL/Moonlight wars, but still a career definer for Kenneth Lonergan and Casey Affleck.

 

It's made a healthy profit for all involved and for Amazon Studios, it's a real win for them with two Oscar wins.