Krissykins Posted August 15 Share Posted August 15 I’m excited to see this. Still one of the worst posters of the year though, which I’m now seeing outdoors on bus stop ads and billboards and it’s not any nicer lol 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Litio Posted August 18 Share Posted August 18 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harry713 Posted August 21 Share Posted August 21 Still 80% after 40 reviews now, and an extremely solid 7.2/10 average. I'm really looking forward to seeing this one Friday. I hope the good critical reception can translate into anything decent for this. I wonder what it's theater count will be... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
efialtes76 Posted August 21 Share Posted August 21 (edited) 4 hours ago, harry713 said: Still 80% after 40 reviews now, and an extremely solid 7.2/10 average. I'm really looking forward to seeing this one Friday. I hope the good critical reception can translate into anything decent for this. I wonder what it's theater count will be... 3k+. Edited August 21 by efialtes76 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harry713 Posted August 21 Share Posted August 21 30 minutes ago, efialtes76 said: 3k+. Really hope it can do 9-10m. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmlover Posted August 22 Share Posted August 22 Can't recall a major movie putting out something like this before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cinema pal Posted August 22 Share Posted August 22 Oh dear, we realy live in times when R-rated movie needs a warning like this. Why not eleborate further and tell us what lessons we should learn after watching this? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krissykins Posted August 22 Share Posted August 22 Yeh we don’t need trigger warnings for films that have already been through the rating system. Lame! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmlover Posted August 22 Share Posted August 22 I wonder if this is also going to appear before the movie. That's gonna be awkward after someone already gave up $12 for a movie ticket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandatory Posted August 22 Share Posted August 22 Trigger warnings are useless. They don't accomplish what they're meant to (according to various studies on the subject), and oftentimes end up inspiring the same negative feelings/thoughts trying to be pre-addressed. Some people are perhaps too sensitive to live in public if so much hand-holding is required for simple things, like seeing a mystery/thriller in theaters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vale9001 Posted August 23 Share Posted August 23 Taylor Swift made an Instagram story about It with a direct link to buy the tickets. 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krissykins Posted August 23 Share Posted August 23 Loved this! What a debut. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmlover Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 On 8/22/2024 at 9:19 AM, filmlover said: I wonder if this is also going to appear before the movie. That's gonna be awkward after someone already gave up $12 for a movie ticket. Saw it this morning and yes, this warning does appear right before the movie begins. The other people in the theater laughed at the disclaimer, which I don't think was their intention. Not one to get up in arms over trigger warnings before stuff, but this is just ridiculous. Not only could one research what the movie is about beforehand, but it also basically acts as a spoiler for those who just paid the ticket price to watch it. Really just speaks to how much of a lack of faith there is in people to do their homework these days. Especially when, let's be real, a number of folks out there who claim to have been "triggered" who are really just looking to squeeze a free movie out of the theater using whatever excuse will work (if you don't believe there are people out there who are cheap as hell and looking to save as much cash as possible, I have a giant sphere located in Bay Lake to sell you). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasNicole Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 33 minutes ago, filmlover said: Saw it this morning and yes, this warning does appear right before the movie begins. The other people in the theater laughed at the disclaimer, which I don't think was their intention. Not one to get up in arms over trigger warnings before stuff, but this is just ridiculous. Not only could one research what the movie is about beforehand, but it also basically acts as a spoiler for those who just paid the ticket price to watch it. Really just speaks to how much of a lack of faith there is in people to do their homework these days. Especially when, let's be real, a number of folks out there who claim to have been "triggered" who are really just looking to squeeze a free movie out of the theater using whatever excuse will work (if you don't believe there are people out there who are cheap as hell and looking to save as much cash as possible, I have a giant sphere located in Bay Lake to sell you). I do think trigger warnings are funny, but not in this case. There’s a lot of stupid warnings, but i don’t think Spoiler sexual assault counts as one of the irrelevant ones. If you read a synopsis of the movie, you obviously won’t know specific details about it in the movie, just the basic storyline which is “something will go wrong”. There’s too many woman that deals with Spoiler rape everyday. It’s a very recurrent violence, the movie clearly targets female audience, and not every woman wants to deal with this subject considering so many of them have their own stories to suffer about it. It’s fair for them to know this subject will appear heavily in the movie so they can skip it if they don’t feel it’ll be good for them to remember it. Knowing it doesn’t necessarily destroy the movie to be that annoying. It’s not exactly a mystery that something in this vein are happening when the movie opens with the character Spoiler apologizing for being abusive. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmlover Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 5 minutes ago, ThomasNicole said: I do think trigger warnings are funny, but not in this case. There’s a lot of stupid warnings, but i don’t think Reveal hidden contents sexual assault counts as one of the irrelevant ones. If you read a synopsis of the movie, you obviously won’t know specific details about it in the movie, just the basic storyline which is “something will go wrong”. There’s too many woman that deals with Reveal hidden contents rape everyday. It’s a very recurrent violence, the movie clearly targets female audience, and not every woman wants to deal with this subject considering so many of them have their own stories to suffer about it. It’s fair for them to know this subject will appear heavily in the movie so they can skip it if they don’t feel it’ll be good for them to remember it. Knowing it doesn’t necessarily destroy the movie to be that annoying. It’s not exactly a mystery that something in this vein are happening when the movie opens with the character Reveal hidden contents apologizing for being abusive. I'm not disagreeing with you on any of this. I just don't think it should be right before the movie. At most, it should be a disclaimer sign right at the box office window or a warning next to the movie on websites where you can buy tickets (movies that feature strobe lighting sequences that might induce seizures do this all the time now). Sticking it right before the movie itself feels tacky, and also like a bit of a con, considering by that point a person likely will have already spent money on concessions in addition to the ticket price. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoxOfficeFangrl Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 (edited) 1 hour ago, ThomasNicole said: I do think trigger warnings are funny, but not in this case. There’s a lot of stupid warnings, but i don’t think Reveal hidden contents sexual assault counts as one of the irrelevant ones. If you read a synopsis of the movie, you obviously won’t know specific details about it in the movie, just the basic storyline which is “something will go wrong”. There’s too many woman that deals with Reveal hidden contents rape everyday. It’s a very recurrent violence, the movie clearly targets female audience, and not every woman wants to deal with this subject considering so many of them have their own stories to suffer about it. It’s fair for them to know this subject will appear heavily in the movie so they can skip it if they don’t feel it’ll be good for them to remember it. Knowing it doesn’t necessarily destroy the movie to be that annoying. It’s not exactly a mystery that something in this vein are happening when the movie opens with the character Reveal hidden contents apologizing for being abusive. It was already in the MPA info: Rated R for strong violent content, sexual assault, drug use and language throughout, and some sexual references. People don't always see that ahead of time, especially if the warning only briefly flashes by in small print in an ad/trailer. Plus, younger audiences are used to streaming, where every show puts the ratings reasons onscreen right as the show starts: "TV-MA: nudity, language, smoking". HBO started using brief content warnings decades ago on movies/shows and no one really considered them massive spoilers. Or maybe people just got used to them. Of course with TV, a person can just turn it off and watch something else if they're too uncomfortable. Not as easy at the multiplex. Edited August 25 by BoxOfficeFangrl 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krissykins Posted August 27 Share Posted August 27 The trigger warning showed up before the film at my showing too, but it was the next slide after the rating and content warning anyway, so again my audience giggled. They’re unnecessary. Hopefully this is a one off and studios realise it’s daft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmlover Posted August 27 Share Posted August 27 Not enough people will see this in theaters for there to be any sort of backlash, if it was before IEWU it would likely be a different story (that movie can't be accused of false advertising when its themes were right there in the trailers). I feel like those who were claiming Beware the TV-ication of Movies were actually trying to warn us about something like this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoxOfficeFangrl Posted August 27 Share Posted August 27 11 hours ago, Krissykins said: The trigger warning showed up before the film at my showing too, but it was the next slide after the rating and content warning anyway, so again my audience giggled. They’re unnecessary. Hopefully this is a one off and studios realise it’s daft. You get a slide with a film's rating and a content warning right before it starts? That's not standard here in US movie theaters. Movies have ratings info available online and the trailers might briefly list why the movie is PG-13 vs R, but in smallish letters. But you don't get the movie's trailer before the film itself. So often I hear of moviegoers who say they didn't see the trailers, but got drawn in by 15 second ads or viral clips on social media that can be less detailed about the film's content, and give off a different vibe than the reality. People should do basic research into the films they go to see, but some don't because of spoiler fears, then get upset that nobody warned them! I think that's part of what happened to It Ends With Us and the Blink Twice team wanted to avoid similar complaints. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krissykins Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 16 hours ago, BoxOfficeFangrl said: You get a slide with a film's rating and a content warning right before it starts? That's not standard here in US movie theaters. Movies have ratings info available online and the trailers might briefly list why the movie is PG-13 vs R, but in smallish letters. But you don't get the movie's trailer before the film itself. So often I hear of moviegoers who say they didn't see the trailers, but got drawn in by 15 second ads or viral clips on social media that can be less detailed about the film's content, and give off a different vibe than the reality. People should do basic research into the films they go to see, but some don't because of spoiler fears, then get upset that nobody warned them! I think that's part of what happened to It Ends With Us and the Blink Twice team wanted to avoid similar complaints. That’s on the people though. If they know they’re sensitive to certain topics, it’s their responsibility to check before. I would be checking content for every film if I had epilepsy, for example. Yes, here in the UK the rating comes up before every film and it has the “for moderate horror, violence, drug misuse” etc in big writing. Has been like that for at least 40 years. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
