Megalopolis l September 27, 2024 | Lionsgate | Francis Ford Coppola's future magnum opus l CINEMA HAS BEEN SAVED

[WittyUsername]

1 minute ago, Avatree said:

Wtf were they thinking? They honestly thought critics wouldn't notice made up quotes?

My only explanation is that they were deliberately trying to stoke controversy to get people’s attention. “No such thing as bad publicity” and all that jazz.  

[dudalb]

3 minutes ago, Avatree said:

Wtf were they thinking? They honestly thought critics wouldn't notice made up quotes?

With Borderlands bombing big time, this fiasco, and "The Crow" not looking very promising, this has not been a good month for Lionsgate.

 I guess it was  a really badly though out attempt to be clever.

Edited August 21 by dudalb

[Eric the Marxist]

This is like an episode of Nathan for You. Would love to know what the goal was using fake review quotes when you could just…find actual negative reviews at the time.

[dudalb]

I am sure a few heads will roll at the Lionsgate Marketing Department over this.

[JimmyB]

Lionsgate been on an all time run this year....Imaginary, Arthur the King, Ministry of Ungentlemanly Welfare, Unsung Hero, Ordinary Angles, Borderlands, Megalopolis, The Crow, 1992, The Killers Game, Never Let Go, Bagman, White Bird, Flight Risk, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever.

 

Strangers looks like the only movie that will do well and they quietly pulled the sequel from releasing this year.

[SpiderByte]

20 minutes ago, Avatree said:

Wtf were they thinking? They honestly thought critics wouldn't notice made up quotes?

I remember way way way back Spider-Man 2 got in trouble for using fake quotes in review promos. Which is super weird because that was very well reviewed 

[Skim Beeble]

truly remarkable...

Edited August 21 by Skim Beeble

[Skim Beeble]

it insists upon itself lois...

[filmlover]

They couldn't have just resurrected David Manning?

[SpiderByte]

 

[dudalb]

13 minutes ago, SpiderByte said:

 

I don;t think there is a film in history , no matter how well received, that did not get some critical reviews whenit opened.

With Coppola, I think part of it with Godfather was some critics though he had "Sold out" to the Hollywood establishment by making the Godfather; before that Coppola was considered one of the most promising American Avant Garde directors. It was OK for him to sell his skills a screenwriter for a commerical project like he did with writing Patton (and winning an Oscar for it) but directing a commerical film like the Godfather was beyond the pale for some of the critics. Film snobbery and contempt toward popular cinema was still a big thing among the :intellecutual critics at the time.

And John Simon and Rex Reed both had reputations of being "Contrarians" anyway; that shitick was around a long time before Armand WHite came along.

Edited August 21 by dudalb

[OncomingStorm93]

[Blaze Heatnix]

One of the bad reviews was actually a review for a Batman movie, lol. That's hilarious! XD

[thajdikt]

I don’t understand what were they trying to achieve with the quotes? 

[WorkingonaName]

Actually might see this for the Lols.

[Belakor]

For sure it was intended for both, making a huge scandal which is just free publicity and to mock the critics who will rate this low.

This looks like a snooze fest, the type of movie you have to walk out because of the boredom. 

I hope I'm wrong because Coppola is one the greatest but we will see.

[vale9001]

19 hours ago, WittyUsername said:

My only explanation is that they were deliberately trying to stoke controversy to get people’s attention. “No such thing as bad publicity” and all that jazz.  

 

yeah of course is that and i think it will be a successfull strategy and could double the global box office from 10M to 20M. 

[Eric the Marxist]

 

[WittyUsername]

43 minutes ago, Eric Ripley said:

 

So I guess it wasn’t intentional then. That just makes it even stupider. 

[Krissykins]

10 minutes ago, WittyUsername said:

So I guess it wasn’t intentional then. That just makes it even stupider. 

Even stupider stupider:

 

they were AI too