Mickey 17 || Warner || January 31, 2025 || Directed by Bong Joon Ho - Starring Robert Pattinson

[ThomasNicole]

2 minutes ago, Speedorito said:

I’m sorry but now it’s incredibly clear why they gave it the January release date. Argyle 2.0, but based on a book this time.

There’s no resemble of Argyle in this at all other than both being comedies…

[lorddemaxus]

7 minutes ago, Speedorito said:

I’m sorry but now it’s incredibly clear why they gave it the January release date. Argyle 2.0, but based on a book this time.

I don’t think this is doing that bad. Joon-ho has a lot of fans who are pretty much the reason why Parasite sustained enough momentum for over half a year and won that Oscar. If this is good, they’ll get the word out. I’d say 15 mil is the floor here. I’m thinking it does 20-ish mil OW.

[filmlover]

Pattinson's voice in this is absolutely sending me.

 

This obviously isn't an awards contender but I don't care, it looks like the kind of wild and wacky trip that I'm here for.

[wattage]

I already have my movie of the year posts queued up for when this comes out. I wasn't expecting what looks like a bizarre black comedy but I'm certainly happy we're getting it. 

[Speedorito]

32 minutes ago, ThomasNicole said:

There’s no resemble of Argyle in this at all other than both being comedies…

Expensive bombs dumped in late January…

[ThomasNicole]

42 minutes ago, Speedorito said:

Expensive bombs dumped in late January…

Oh i see. I think it will do a lot better than Argyle but still bomb for sure. 
 

WB is probably pissed, it doesn’t looked like a hit at all neither a bag for awards which is probably what they wanted. 

[AniNate]

It kinda reminds me of Starship Troopers. Bong does sort of have that Verhoeven energy to his work now that I think about it.

[vale9001]

Say what you want about Warner but it's the only major still risks and gives every year blockbusters try new things or are different or unexpected.

 

Saying that if the budget is so high it's probably another case of a movie with increased cost because of pandemic. With a 100M budget i don't think it's Crazy to make a movie like this as the first "next" movie of parasite director. Don't forget he has for obvious reasons an impressive market weight in Asia. Plus this kind of movie works very Better in digital- streaming etc...

 

 

[KeepItU25071906]

Book was fine, but I expected more from the plot itself. I was much more excited for this movie before reading.

 

Trailer looks great btw. 

[Alexander]

This will bomb hard and something like C/C+ CinemaScore wouldn't surprise me.

[Hatebox]

I haven’t followed this at all, had no idea what to expect, but even then “Moon, the comedy version” took me by surprise.

 

Dint think it’ll make much money but could be fun. 
 

 

Edited yesterday at 09:40 AM by Hatebox

[Maggie]

Why is it so silly? Majorly disappointed in this trailer. I didn't expect that comedic tone

[Taylor89]

I liked the trailer..lol

[JonathanMB]

Looks exactly like a sci-fi flick from the director of The Host, Snowpiercer, and Okja. Not sure what WB was expecting, lol. It probably won't make back whatever nine-figure budget it has, but I could see it having a solid opening simply because the trailer does a good job pitching the novel premise, and Pattinson is an actor that almost everyone is familiar with thanks to Twilight and Batman, and from there it depends on how the movie itself is. I do think that there's a wider audience for Bong's style than people realize (I wanna say Snowpiercer was a solid hit on Netflix, which is why they financed his next movie?), it might just not be enough to break even on a blockbuster budget. But maybe the Asia n markets can save it?

[cinema pal]

2 hours ago, Maggie said:

Why is it so silly? Majorly disappointed in this trailer. I didn't expect that comedic tone

Today I went to Wikipedia to read about the book and saw this: 

https://variety.com/2022/film/news/bong-joon-ho-movie-robert-pattinson-warner-bros-1235157577/

 “a unique blend of thought-provoking sci-fi concepts, farcical relationship drama and exotic body humor.”

Edited yesterday at 12:32 PM by cinema pal

[AniNate]

Bong at least is already on to his next project (which honestly sounds even riskier than this). So his career shouldn't suffer much in a worst case scenario. Might not make its budget back but does already seem destined for cult interest.

[titanic2187]

Why is this look like Poor Things in space??

[Joel M]

Looks great and it's pretty obvious why WB got cold feet after they saw it. Feels way too silly for either awards or what people expect from a big sci-fi movie.

 

It's interesting how it'll perform considering the other 2 english speaking Bong didn't have a proper wide release for different reasons. I don't think they really have a chance to make back their money, but whether it 'll be a mega flop or does decent but not enough for a 100m+ budget remains to be seen.

[Grebacio]

28 minutes ago, Joel M said:

. I don't think they really have a chance to make back their money, but whether it 'll be a mega flop or does decent but not enough for a 100m+ budget remains to be seen.

Yeah, I'm thinking it can at least do something like 65M DOM / 90 OS, which won't make ot profitable but at the same time not a disaster.

[Morieris]

I'm another person who didn't expect silliness, but I'm open to seeing it in theaters.