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Post by bartlesby on May 29, 2024 7:30:13 GMT
Dune and Godzilla are major franchises. Mad Max has always been niche. Even then, they didn't exactly set the world on fire. You didn't specify franchises you generalized saying people don't go to theaters anymore when they did for Dune 2 and the Godzilla Kong sequel this year. They just didn't care about Furiosa. You're right, Lux. I take it back. I just assumed that people don't go to theaters as much. But Furiosa did not get a media push like the others. I didn't even know it was coming out until about a week before it did. And I'm the target audience.
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Post by abbey1227 on May 29, 2024 7:33:38 GMT
The real issue is because people just don't like going to theaters as much as they used to.
that's a tough one to figure out
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Post by Lux on May 29, 2024 7:37:42 GMT
You didn't specify franchises you generalized saying people don't go to theaters anymore when they did for Dune 2 and the Godzilla Kong sequel this year. They just didn't care about Furiosa. You're right, Lux. I take it back. I just assumed that people don't go to theaters as much. But Furiosa did not get a media push like the others. I didn't even know it was coming out until about a week before it did. And I'm the target audience. Saw trailers for Furiosa as far back as January and some posters posted off topic threads about the movie on the board.
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Post by bartlesby on May 29, 2024 7:39:23 GMT
The real issue is because people just don't like going to theaters as much as they used to.
that's a tough one to figure out
That reminds me of my theater experiences. Feet stuck in place and distracting lights and sounds everywhere around me.
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Post by bartlesby on May 29, 2024 7:40:22 GMT
You're right, Lux. I take it back. I just assumed that people don't go to theaters as much. But Furiosa did not get a media push like the others. I didn't even know it was coming out until about a week before it did. And I'm the target audience. Saw trailers for Furiosa as far back as January and some posters posted off topic threads about the movie on the board. Good for you. I didn't see any hype.
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Post by abbey1227 on May 29, 2024 7:46:32 GMT
That reminds me of my theater experiences. Feet stuck in place and distracting lights and sounds everywhere around me.
I stopped going before smart phones became ubiquitous.
I can kinda see WHY theater shooters exist
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Post by Mahoney on May 29, 2024 7:58:37 GMT
If the image in the thumbnail is anything to go by then that's pathetic. "Girl boss" is a BS category like Mary Sue. It exists to be sexist. Men are never called male bosses or man-bosses; just bosses, but the idea that a comparable female onscreen is a girl boss is lame. Under no circumstances will anybody ever do anything like what Bruce Willis did in Die Hard. Your average male cop or agent more likely looks like Bruce Willis than Arnold, and trained male agents can't do what he did in Die Hard either.
"Girl-boss" as a criticism holds onto the idea that women just don't fit into these roles, which is BS because movies are movies. They're not real. It's not like Arnold could really fight the Predator. He'd be dead in two seconds if he tried.
But they’re not comparable, that’s part of the definition. Girl bosses are better than the men, almost infallible and appear in poorly written films often from previously successful franchises. And if you don’t believe me, why was Gina Carano not designated a girl boss when she was in The Mandalorian? She was well received by the masses even before she rebelled against the social engineering of social media.
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Post by phludowin on May 29, 2024 8:32:12 GMT
The glorious "Ninth" by Ludwig van? Beethoven is one of my favourite composers of classical music. The Ninth Symphony is a great piece of music, and it's not even my favourite piece by him.
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Post by phludowin on May 29, 2024 8:38:06 GMT
That last part just isn't true when you see how successful Dune 2 and the Godzilla Kong sequel did at the box office this year. People go to the theaters but they won't for Furiosa. Dune and Godzilla are major franchises. Mad Max has always been niche. Even then, they didn't exactly set the world on fire. Maybe people are finally getting tired of endless prequels, sequels and spinoffs to long franchises. I don't know how well Dune 2 and Godzilla did compared to previous movies from that franchises; but superhero movies are struggling as well. Last year we had Barbenheimer. Both are stand-alone movies. The year before, Top Gun Maverick and Avatar 2 were successful; both sequels to decade-old movies. Maybe Hollywood simply needs to make interesting movies in order to attract an audience.
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Post by bartlesby on May 29, 2024 8:45:03 GMT
Dune and Godzilla are major franchises. Mad Max has always been niche. Even then, they didn't exactly set the world on fire. Maybe people are finally getting tired of endless prequels, sequels and spinoffs to long franchises. I don't know how well Dune 2 and Godzilla did compared to previous movies from that franchises; but superhero movies are struggling as well. Last year we had Barbenheimer. Both are stand-alone movies. The year before, Top Gun Maverick and Avatar 2 were successful; both sequels to decade-old movies. Maybe Hollywood simply needs to make interesting movies in order to attract an audience. Interesting movies still get made. It's just that they're a risk and most of them don't do well. We're not back in the days where people had a few channels of television. Now we're inundated with media at every waking second. The problem is the environment.
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Post by SixOfTheRichest on May 29, 2024 8:51:45 GMT
Furiosa was portrayed by one of the best female actresses working today. Those that stay away due to the notion that she is a Mary Sue character in what they feel should be a male dominated role are going to miss out on something spectacular and epic. It will be hard beat to find a better action film this year. One of the best in ages. You thought Dune was a snoozefest yet Anya Taylor Joy the action hero isn't? She's a beautiful woman but she's no action hero. I haven't implied that Taylor Joy is an action hero, what I implied is that it is a terrific action movie and her character was well played with what she was required she worked with. Furiosa had already been established in Mad Max: Fury Road. I found her character and presence compelling, as I did the entire film. It also had Hemsworth and Burke to balance out the female focus on Furiosa, not to mention the abundance of male antagonists in the film. Furiosa, is not the self-important, hollow philosophical rumination that Dune is. I found it an exciting film. Have you seen?
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Post by SixOfTheRichest on May 29, 2024 8:53:19 GMT
Furiosa didn't flop. It underperformed according to some expectations. And other movies without girl bosses also underperformed this year. No need to watch the video linked in the OP. That said: I never watched a Mad Max movie and have no intention to do so.L O S E R
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Post by phludowin on May 29, 2024 8:55:03 GMT
Maybe people are finally getting tired of endless prequels, sequels and spinoffs to long franchises. I don't know how well Dune 2 and Godzilla did compared to previous movies from that franchises; but superhero movies are struggling as well. Last year we had Barbenheimer. Both are stand-alone movies. The year before, Top Gun Maverick and Avatar 2 were successful; both sequels to decade-old movies. Maybe Hollywood simply needs to make interesting movies in order to attract an audience. Interesting movies still get made. It's just that they're a risk and most of them don't do well. We're not back in the days where people had a few channels of television. Now we're inundated with media at every waking second. The problem is the environment. Movie studios have one goal: Making money. For decades, one almost fail-proof recipe for that was: Sequels, spinoffs or prequels to successful movies. But maybe this has run its course. Just like turning successful Young Adult novel series into movie franchises. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. Harry Potter, Twilight, Hunger Games: License to print money. Eragon, City of Bones, Vampire Academy: Not so much. I believe if movies offer good entertainment, they will find an audience.
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Post by bartlesby on May 29, 2024 8:56:17 GMT
Interesting movies still get made. It's just that they're a risk and most of them don't do well. We're not back in the days where people had a few channels of television. Now we're inundated with media at every waking second. The problem is the environment. Movie studios have one goal: Making money. For decades, one almost fail-proof recipe for that was: Sequels, spinoffs or prequels to successful movies. But maybe this has run its course. Just like turning successful Young Adult novel series into movie franchises. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. Harry Potter, Twilight, Hunger Games: License to print money. Eragon, City of Bones, Vampire Academy: Not so much. I believe if movies offer good entertainment, they will find an audience. Finding an audience and offering good entertainment doesn't mean making money. A lot of great and beloved films were flops.
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Post by phludowin on May 29, 2024 8:57:58 GMT
Movie studios have one goal: Making money. For decades, one almost fail-proof recipe for that was: Sequels, spinoffs or prequels to successful movies. But maybe this has run its course. Just like turning successful Young Adult novel series into movie franchises. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. Harry Potter, Twilight, Hunger Games: License to print money. Eragon, City of Bones, Vampire Academy: Not so much. I believe if movies offer good entertainment, they will find an audience. Finding an audience doesn't mean making money. It does mean making money, unless movie theaters are offering free screenings.
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