filmlover Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 Billy has approximately zero self-awareness, does he? Because good lord calm down dude, this nonsense isn't going to endear him to anyone (and is only giving those who find him an obnoxious personality plenty of ammunition). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yankeesfan2021 Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 Has there ever been worse marketing for a movie? --Trailer features blow-jobs and talking about being a "bottom" --Eichner repeatedly tells conservatives "do not see this movie," pretty much eliminating a sizable portion of the possible audience --The studio push for the movie is "you need to see this, it's good for the cause" like it's a spoonful of awful tasting cough syrup. --Eichner doubles down after movie has terrible opening and accuses anyone who didn't see the movie of being a "homophobic weirdo." Funniest thing about Billy Eichner is that he cowardly limits who can respond to his tweets. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legion Again Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 On 9/1/2022 at 6:06 AM, filmlover said: I hope this gets good reviews and does well but Eichner's quote from that interview that's making the rounds where he basically says "my movie was too good for streaming" is pretty damn yikes (not to mention a major slight to all the LGBTQ projects that helped this movie become a reality). How about waiting until you've actually released your work to the world before labeling yourself an important figure and putting yourself in the position of becoming a new addition to the "Aged Like Milk" meme, dude. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Atreides Posted October 4, 2022 Author Share Posted October 4, 2022 18 minutes ago, yankeesfan2021 said: Has there ever been worse marketing for a movie? --Trailer features blow-jobs and talking about being a "bottom" --Eichner repeatedly tells conservatives "do not see this movie," pretty much eliminating a sizable portion of the possible audience --The studio push for the movie is "you need to see this, it's good for the cause" like it's a spoonful of awful tasting cough syrup. --Eichner doubles down after movie has terrible opening and accuses anyone who didn't see the movie of being a "homophobic weirdo." Funniest thing about Billy Eichner is that he cowardly limits who can respond to his tweets. Dude, why would conservatives ever show up for this? They threw a fit over two seconds of a gay couple in Lightyear, so they were never going to watch an aggressively gay-themed movie in the first place. Do you seriously believe people whose politics are anti-gay were going to show up all excited, but then didn't because the star said conservative asswipes suck? That makes zero sense. Also the whole "OMG THEY MADE A BOTTOM JOKE" is just ridiculous. This kind of stuff is no different from any other R-rated sex comedies, but apparently the icky gays suddenly make it worse. Did people throw a fit when American Pie had a whole joke about a teenage boy putting his dick in an apple pie? Or if we're talking recent, did people throw a fit when Good Boys made jokes about tampons and dildos with a bunch of 12-year-olds? Last I checked, that wasn't the case. But no, apparently the mention of the term "bottom" is apparently too prude and horrible for people's minds. Give me a fucking break. 🙄 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noctis Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 Maybe pick better leads? Change the title? Make it more inclusive? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAJK Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 30 minutes ago, yankeesfan2021 said: Has there ever been worse marketing for a movie? --Trailer features blow-jobs and talking about being a "bottom" --Eichner repeatedly tells conservatives "do not see this movie," pretty much eliminating a sizable portion of the possible audience --The studio push for the movie is "you need to see this, it's good for the cause" like it's a spoonful of awful tasting cough syrup. --Eichner doubles down after movie has terrible opening and accuses anyone who didn't see the movie of being a "homophobic weirdo." Funniest thing about Billy Eichner is that he cowardly limits who can respond to his tweets. Troll 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoxOfficeFangrl Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 10 hours ago, JustLurking said: Not sure how much I buy the month part, ticket to paradise has been doing quite well internationally and I assume will probably do well domestically as well. I can think of more January romcoms than October ones, but Ticket to Paradise should be fine. Still, maybe the "groundbreaking" gay movie this time of year could have been a thriller? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ringedmortality Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 So I didn't know everyone was dog-piling on both Bros and Eichner. I didn't know Eichner was that hated to begin with. This is kind of the opposite of the internet response to Ghostbusters bombing or even Charlie's Angels (at the time anyway since now people have changed their opinions on those movies as well). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BestPicturePlutoNash Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 Some of you all are really exposing yourselves here 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legion Again Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 27 minutes ago, BestPicturePlutoNash said: Some of you all are really exposing yourselves here Not sure what you imagine is being “exposed” here. If I was to take a guess though, I’d say you’re off the mark — vultures flock to any carcass, but what makes this one somewhat more rubbernecked is the unforced error of star/director engaging with it so hard. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BestPicturePlutoNash Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 33 minutes ago, Legion By Night said: Not sure what you imagine is being “exposed” here. If I was to take a guess though, I’d say you’re off the mark — vultures flock to any carcass, but what makes this one somewhat more rubbernecked is the unforced error of star/director engaging with it so hard. Ok buddy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozymandias Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 Billy Eichner should just blame millennials on their phones and move on 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldenhour36 Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 I feel like Universal made plenty on mistakes this year with their comedy movies. Marry Me would have open to at least 12M+ and broke even if it was not Day and Date. Easter Sunday should not had moved from April 1 even if it was an Marvel movie there, where it could have made way more money. While for this movie, It should have been Day and Date, where more people could have watched and probably get a decent boost on subscribers from the LGBTQ+ Community for Peacock. But, I think this curse year for Universal Comedy Movies will turn around with Ticket to Paradise. Also Billy Eichner needs to move on as his reputation is getting destroyed with all of these negative press. He should go to therapy but I'm not him. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Last Man Standing Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 16 hours ago, Eric the Crocodile said: Or if we're talking recent, did people throw a fit when Good Boys made jokes about tampons and dildos with a bunch of 12-year-olds? They did actually, pizzagate type people were complaining about Hollywood sexualising children or whatever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lorddemaxus Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 Just realized I got 4 people to watch the movie (I recommended the movie and was supposed to go watch it with them but I gave a excuse to dip cuz movie looked mid). I did more marketing than Billy Eichner himself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legion Again Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 16 hours ago, Ozymandias said: Billy Eichner should just blame millennials on their phones and move on A well proven strategy 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmlover Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 17 hours ago, Ozymandias said: Billy Eichner should just blame millennials on their phones and move on lmao I forgot about Ridley's meltdown after The Last Duel flopped. Does this mean Bros will be mentioned at this year's Oscars as a lame attempt at shade like that movie? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
interiorgatordecorator Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 (edited) One thing that I dont see mentioned as one of the many reasons for the flopping is the extreme tonal shift between the first and second trailer, the first trailer presented the characters as "degenerates" for lack of a better word, in a way that seemed to reinforace many of the negative stereotypes of gay deviancy, meanwhile the second trailer made a big effort to present it as a sweet vainilla pg-13 romance. I was never going to watch the movie, but while the first trailer weirded me out, the 2nd trailer made me a maybe, but then I remember the first trailer, and I wont see the movie. Cant imagine such extreme tonal shifts being good for marketing. Edited October 5, 2022 by interiorgatordecorator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torontofan Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 (edited) On 10/4/2022 at 11:13 AM, Eric the Crocodile said: Dude, why would conservatives ever show up for this? They threw a fit over two seconds of a gay couple in Lightyear, so they were never going to watch an aggressively gay-themed movie in the first place. Do you seriously believe people whose politics are anti-gay were going to show up all excited, but then didn't because the star said conservative asswipes suck? That makes zero sense. Also the whole "OMG THEY MADE A BOTTOM JOKE" is just ridiculous. This kind of stuff is no different from any other R-rated sex comedies, but apparently the icky gays suddenly make it worse. Did people throw a fit when American Pie had a whole joke about a teenage boy putting his dick in an apple pie? Or if we're talking recent, did people throw a fit when Good Boys made jokes about tampons and dildos with a bunch of 12-year-olds? Last I checked, that wasn't the case. But no, apparently the mention of the term "bottom" is apparently too prude and horrible for people's minds. Give me a fucking break. 🙄 I think there are a lot of people who are a bit moderate or conservative but not like anti-gay who would watch a funny movie with gay characters. (However, you have a habit of seeing people as one dimensional) But when a director says "if you are not a liberal who is a gay ally, don't watch this" Well, a lot of people be like...I just wanted to watch a movie not get lectured So i find a lot of creators in Hollywood are shooting themselves in the foot saying if you don't watch their movie you racist, homophobe...It just turns even more people turned off from watching their film. Edited October 5, 2022 by Torontofan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChipDerby Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 Homophobia definitely had an effect on the low opening. But so did it being a romcom, being starred by billy eichner, and having no big star opposite him. Trainwreck is the other half of this coin. ALSO had a non-star as its lead, BUT it had a known star comedian opposite, had a huge costar in Lebron, and it was for straight people. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...