Not at all. But the larger question is why we have to reduce this thread to a myopic concern with the film’s financial success. Imagine going to a book club to discuss something you’d read only to find the discussion dominated by a bunch of angry men who had no interest in the book and only wanted to talk about how few copies it sold. Because that’s basically what this thread has become.
There’s nothing about this thread that would encourage people to contribute or stick around (except for a few of us who are gluttons for punishment). To reuse a term from my earlier post, it’s totally joyless in here.
And those posters want to consider the film’s success in complete isolation, devoid of any context regarding the rest of the entertainment industry and the fortunes of other studios, all while reveling in complete ignorance of how the industry works. In fact, context and knowledge are derided as deception. It’s a sad microcosm of what has happened to American discourse.
That’s only because you aren’t filled with glee anytime Disney underperforms.
Exactly, so why still post? Go to the spoiler thread that was supposed to be for the discussion of the film for those who have watched it. That was the thread for you to talk about the movie and the artistic merit of the film. But it seems all of the people who wanted to talk about that stuff keep coming here to argue. There was another thread, it's just not being used anymore.
Because I’m one of the gluttons for punishment I mentioned. On principle, I’m not willing to abandon this thread to those who are intent on coopting it for ideological reasons.
The idea that one has to go to a secondary spoiler thread to discuss the film is an absurd overextension of the concept of a spoiler. Again, I’m not prepared to let those who would dominate this main thread with their negativity have their way unopposed.
I have no problem with discussion. On the contrary, I welcome it. But relentlessly and repeatedly posting the same talking points, all with the intention of tendentiously painting the film as an abject failure, is not discussion.
There's been plenty of dumping on DC and the others for poor performance. But we are on a Disney discussion site, in a Disney films section. So it's really no wonder it leans the majority to the side of Disney.
Yes, it very much is a big story. I had no desire to see it but I defended it saying it would end up around 800mil. So yea, why can't that be talked about.
You can discuss it here if you want. The problem I'm trying to point out is no one else seems to want to. The spoiler thread was where those types of discussions were happening. Like I said, all the "trolls" from this thread weren't posting there. But that thread got abandoned.
Of course…there is no doubt of this.
The truth…tends to hurt?
A big part of yet another “brilliant” strategy of the last ten years has been to make easy coin off live action remakes. If that is waning…it’s just as big of a problem for Disney as Marvel losing steam or LFL/Pixar postings duds…
With PVOD at 19.99 I say there is a definite it will make a profit… renting a movie has never been so expensive as of right now… it is actually cheaper for my wife and I to go to the theater locally
That’s because there is a spoiler thread for the discussion of the film.
The marketing budget has long been assumed to be about 50% of the production budget and part of honest box office performance discussions. It’s not something new or different.
