TMP Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 3 minutes ago, Krissykins said: Ooh I haven’t seen any official numbers yet, source? AT&T is not releasing any official numbers, but the app only got 90k new downloads when it launched Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lorddemaxus Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 42 minutes ago, Eric Atreides said: And while I'm sure there are some MAGAs who want to "own the libs" by getting Gone with the Wind on digital, I sincerely doubt it's t to that large a demographic to push Gone with the Wind into #2 on iTunes. I get some of y'all are younger, but it seems that maybe, just maybe, the people buying/renting the movie are doing this...because they like the movie? They want to check it out? It being in the news made them want to check it out? Restrictions are still in place so there's nothing else to do? I still feel like most of the fans of the movie (who are still alive) are much older and probably don't even know what HBO Max or even use VOD to buy/rent movies and aren't the reason the movie shot up to number 1. Looking at the movies that make into these top 10 charts (like Megan is Missing made was 6th once), I don't even think it's that hard to reach number 1 for a day or two and even a small number of "anti-woke" people can push it up to that spot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RealLyre Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 HBO taking it away prolly gave the film free publicity https://letterboxd.com/film/gone-with-the-wind/reviews/by/added/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barnack Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 (edited) 11 hours ago, lorddemaxus said: I doubt a 4 hour long 1939 movie has many fans. I'm betting it's conservative twitter buying it on Amazon probably thinking their money goes to Amazon rather than WB. It is possibly the movie with the most fans in the USA and very popular worldwide, it aged incredibly well unlike say a Citizen Kane more like Casablanca/it's a wonderful life/Titanic, it is often the old release that make the most in theater: https://theharrispoll.com/it-may-have-premiered-75-years-ago-but-it-would-appear-that-wind-has-still-got-legs-when-asked-to-name-their-favorite-movie-of-all-time-the-septuagenarian-civil-war-epic-gone-with-the-wind-is-ameri/ What is your favorite movie of all time? Unprompted responses Base: All adults 2008 2014 Gone with the Wind 1 1 Star Wars 2 2 Titanic 3 The Godfather 9 4 Lord of the Rings 4 5 The Sound of Music 5 6 Dirty Dancing 7 Wizard of Oz 6 8 It’s a Wonderful Life 9 E.T. 10 Edited June 11, 2020 by Barnack 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatebox Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, RealLyre said: I watched Gone With The Wind a couple of months ago and the most annoying part was the submissive slave trope. You think it's bad in the movie, try reading the original book. I forget the exact wording but when she meets her (now free) ex-slave after returning home she instantly begins ordering him about and "his eyes shone at the relief of finally being told what to do again." Edited June 11, 2020 by Hatebox 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barnack Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 31 minutes ago, lorddemaxus said: I still feel like most of the fans of the movie (who are still alive) are much older and probably don't even know what HBO Max or even use VOD to buy/rent movies and aren't the reason the movie shot up to number 1 I feel VOD/HBO target audience is a bit older/richer than other more popular affair like SVOD, it was the favorite movie of the 50-68 in 2014. In 2014, http://d25d2506sfb94s.cloudfront.net/cumulus_uploads/document/5bh4hvl9d5/econTabReport.pdf, A giant 30% of american aged 18-29 remember having seen the movie, 47% for the 30-44, 76% for the 45-64. Among those who remember seeing it those who find if good, very good or one of the best movie of all time vs percentage of those who said it was not very good or worst: 18-29: 61% / 16% 30-44: 87% / 0% 45-64: 83% / 3% 65+: 95% / 1% Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmandeep Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, RealLyre said: I watched Gone With The Wind a couple of months ago and the most annoying part was the submissive slave trope. (idk how common it was for slaves back then to be cool with being slaves but seeing it on screen was discomfort), and there was also a scene where a character gets raped and the movie was trying to portray it as a romantic scene so that was gross. besides that the movie had a very high production value and could've ended an hour earlier than it did. Its a very controversial topic but... There is a famous Malcom X Speech about it that explains the dynamics quite well. However even he said he found that character quite unnerving to watch, Edited June 11, 2020 by Lordmandeep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cax16 Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 (edited) .. Edited June 11, 2020 by cax16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WittyUsername Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 Is anyone else inclined to think that taking GWTY off HBO Max was a publicity stunt? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barnack Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 7 minutes ago, WittyUsername said: Is anyone else inclined to think that taking GWTY off HBO Max was a publicity stunt? I imagine you can find some but not many, it was simply by far the path of least resistance to a demand that was not engineered by the studio/right owner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krissykins Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 3 hours ago, TMP said: AT&T is not releasing any official numbers, but the app only got 90k new downloads when it launched Hmm, app for mobile phones? Or across all devices? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMP Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 1 hour ago, Krissykins said: Hmm, app for mobile phones? Or across all devices? Mobile Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmandeep Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 2 hours ago, WittyUsername said: Is anyone else inclined to think that taking GWTY off HBO Max was a publicity stunt? Companies usually do things to please the Twitter mobs before they go after another target as Twitter has the memory of a goldfish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric the Clown Posted June 11, 2020 Author Share Posted June 11, 2020 Moderation Not the Gone with the Wind thread nor the HBO Max thread 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOVIEGUY Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 5 hours ago, Hatebox said: You think it's bad in the movie, try reading the original book. I forget the exact wording but when she meets her (now free) ex-slave after returning home she instantly begins ordering him about and "his eyes shone at the relief of finally being told what to do again." This is why fuck that movie forever. I've never seen a non-white person gushing about what a "beautiful" love story it is. Makes you wonder. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric the Clown Posted June 12, 2020 Author Share Posted June 12, 2020 On 6/11/2020 at 12:26 AM, Eric Atreides said: Apple 1. The Hunt 2. Gone with the Wind 3. Birds of Prey 4. Bad Boys for Life 5. Gemini Man 6. The Invisible Man 7. Judy 8. Sonic the Hedgehog 9. Scoob! 10. Batman Amazon 1. Trolls World Tour 2. Scoob! 3. Knives Out 4. Bloodshot 5. The Greatest Showman 6. Sonic the Hedgehog 7. Jumanji: The Next Level 8. Bad Boys for Life 9. The Gentlemen 10. Game Night Apple 1. Gone with the Wind 2. The Hunt 3. Gemini Man 4. Birds of Prey 5. The Invisible Man 6. Bad Boys for Life 7. Judy 8. Sonic the Hedgehog 9. Spies in Disguise 10. Scoob! Amazon 1. Trolls World Tour 2. Scoob! 3. Knives Out 4. Bloodshot 5. The Greatest Showman 6. Sonic the Hedgehog 7. Jumanji: The Next Level 8. Bad Boys for Life 9. The Gentlemen 10. Grown Ups 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RealLyre Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 wonder how long gone with the wind will stay at number 1, my guess few more days and it will be out of the top 10 in 10-14 days? also that movie is nowhere to be seen on the amazon top 10, is the movie cheaper on Apple? or is this just another arbitrary difference between the two VOD services Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barnack Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 8 hours ago, MOVIEGUY said: This is why fuck that movie forever. I've never seen a non-white person gushing about what a "beautiful" love story it is. Makes you wonder. It is considered to be one of the best movie ever made by a large amount of non white people, notably by 12% of adult african american that has seen it: I would imagine in big part for the leads love story. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lorddemaxus Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 (edited) 39 minutes ago, RealLyre said: wonder how long gone with the wind will stay at number 1, my guess few more days and it will be out of the top 10 in 10-14 days? also that movie is nowhere to be seen on the amazon top 10, is the movie cheaper on Apple? or is this just another arbitrary difference between the two VOD services I have a feeling @Eric Atreides's source might be wrong. This website has a different list of films that's much closer to the films on Amazon: https://www.google.com/amp/www.popvortex.com/amp/movies/top-movies.php And this was an image of the top 1-8 (the film above The Hunt is GWTW) taken yesterday from the app itself: Something always seemed off about the Apple list posted here and I guess I now know why. Makes sense why BoP, The Invisible Man, and The Hunt never made it onto the Apple list and why Bloodshot is always on it. Edited June 12, 2020 by lorddemaxus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krissykins Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 12 hours ago, TMP said: Mobile Ah that doesn’t tell us much then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...