BoxOfficeFangrl Posted November 15, 2023 Share Posted November 15, 2023 Big profile in Variety: Fantasia Returns: The ‘American Idol’ Winner on Turning Down Oprah, Surviving an Overdose and Acting Her Heart Out in ‘The Color Purple’ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrinceRico Posted November 17, 2023 Share Posted November 17, 2023 Holy shit at the reactions frommlast night premiere. This will be big. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joselowe Posted November 18, 2023 Share Posted November 18, 2023 On 11/17/2023 at 9:04 AM, PrinceRico said: Holy shit at the reactions frommlast night premiere. This will be big. Where are the reactions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Cine Posted November 18, 2023 Share Posted November 18, 2023 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Cine Posted November 18, 2023 Share Posted November 18, 2023 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scubasteve716 Posted November 18, 2023 Share Posted November 18, 2023 Anecdotal but for being over a month out this has way more than average tickets sold at my local theater 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Lucas Posted November 19, 2023 Share Posted November 19, 2023 Forgot to post my thoughts after I saw it on Thursday. I'm a bit more muted than the other reactions, it's good but I'm far from loving it. I found most of the musical sequences to be a letdown, visually I rarely felt pulled in and excited by them (doesn't help that Spielberg's West Side Story was on my mind since he has a producer credit on this lol). There are some more fantastical visual choices for certain moments but they are so few and far between I started to wonder why they're even there. It also does feel like a bit of a clash having all this artificial happy singing and dancing mixed between the really dark domestic abuse drama, I didn't feel the impact of The Color Purple as a story in this one nearly as much as the book or the original adaptation. That said though, damn can these people sing and a lot of them give great performances as well (especially Taraji and Danielle who are better served by the script and directing than Fantasia). The color palette is often gorgeous to look at and it's entertaining to watch. I never got the feeling that I was seeing a modern classic in the movie musical genre, or even a great film, but it's good and I enjoyed it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Cine Posted November 20, 2023 Share Posted November 20, 2023 He had special screening in London and some actresses make promotion , the social reaction continue to be really good 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrinceRico Posted November 20, 2023 Share Posted November 20, 2023 Would not be shocked if this outgrosed Aquaman and Wonka based on ticket sells for all 3 movies 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joselowe Posted November 22, 2023 Share Posted November 22, 2023 I hope Oprah and WB go all out with the promo for this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scubasteve716 Posted November 30, 2023 Share Posted November 30, 2023 THR is saying $7-9 mil opening day - that would be very impressive. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joselowe Posted December 9, 2023 Share Posted December 9, 2023 Anyone have opening weekend predictions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoxOfficeFangrl Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 New trailer, dances around the Golden Globes underperformance: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MovieMan89 Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 (edited) I’m so happy for Fantasia. Remember voting for her on Idol way back. She has always had such an infectious personality and huge talent. Would be great to see her become the awards front runner, I haven’t seen either yet but Stone already swept for LLL not that long ago. But yeah Globes snub outside acting isn’t great for BP chances. Then again, I’ve always felt this would be an acting accolades movie more than the movie itself. Edited December 12, 2023 by MovieMan89 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nguyenkhoi282 Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 Sorry I'm a bit out of the loop on this one. What is this movie again and why it seems so popular? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joselowe Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 48 minutes ago, nguyenkhoi282 said: Sorry I'm a bit out of the loop on this one. What is this movie again and why it seems so popular? The Color Purple is a Pulitzer Prize winning book by Alice Walker Steven Spielberg directed a film in 1985 for the book which was Whoopi Goldberg’s first film role and was Oprah’s first film role before she had a successful talk show. The film got 11 Oscars nominations and was the 4th highest grossing movie of 1985. Oprah created a broadway musical version of the book which grossed a lot at the box office and won Cynthia Eviro from the new Wicked movie her first Tony Award for best actress. This new film is the film adaptation of the broadway musical and the movie is produced by Steven Spielberg who directed the first film and by Oprah who starred in the first film. It has an all star cast. The film has a huge following in the African American community in the United States. 2 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmlover Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJohn Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 When does the embargo on this ends? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudalb Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 17 hours ago, nguyenkhoi282 said: Sorry I'm a bit out of the loop on this one. What is this movie again and why it seems so popular? This is what happens when you only pay attention to "geek" movies and geek actors...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...