Margot Robbie Baffled Over ‘Babylon’ Flop and ‘Still Can’t Figure Out Why People Hated It’: ‘I Wonder If in 20 Years People’ Will Be Shocked It Bombed

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• procrastitron@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  This is literally the first I’ve ever heard of it.

  I doubt I’m the only one and I’m sure that at least contributed to the problem.

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• finitebanjo@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  It flopped for the same reason any box office movie flops:

  1. Never even heard of it before it hit theatres

  2. Niche genre oversaturation

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• njm1314@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  This is the first I’ve ever heard of it, so that might be a factor.

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• Blaze@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I didn’t watch it, was it good?

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  • Steve@communick.news ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It is quite good.
    I never saw it as a wide audience kind of movie. It’s absolutely for movie lovers. More than a little inside baseball, history. If your into movies and old Hollywood. It’s absolutely for you.

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    • Blaze@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Thanks!

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    • m4xie@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I’m so sick of Hollywood jerking itself off and expecting us to lap it up.

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    • M137@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      You’re*

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• danekrae@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I just watched the trailer, and I don’t want to watch the movie.

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  • keyez@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I felt the same seeing the trailers in theaters, the trailer does the actual movie and story no justice. I’d say give it a shot even so, I thoroughly enjoyed the movie

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• ICastFist@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  the Hollywood epic centered on silent movie stars in the 1920s as they struggle to adapt during the industry’s transition to talkies.

  Not a premise I’m even slightly interested in. Then again, I’m not even close to an average moviegoer.

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  • njm1314@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    That was basically the premise for Singing in the Rain and that movie was absolutely excellent.

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    • fireweed@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Something tells me audiences in 1952 had slightly different tastes

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• rauls4@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  It wasn’t half as good as it thought it was. That’s the problem.

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  • shutz@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It insists upon itself?

    (I haven’t seen it)

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    • rauls4@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It really tries too hard to be shocking, outrageous and the end all love letter to movie making, but it’s just trying to do way too much. It’s worth seeing, just for the visuals and the effort.

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• Grimy@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I enjoyed it. It did drag on a bit and the ending was feel good to the point of being nauseating, but there’s some great scenes and some of the dialogues I absolutely loved.

  I also liked how the underlining society in the movie just felt drab. Part of me wanted more debauchery to push the envelope but at the same time I think it was better as is.

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• realcaseyrollins@thelemmy.club ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I never saw it but I can’t figure that out either. Hollywood needs more epics in its style.

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• Mobiuthuselah@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I loved it! Was so glad it came to the small theater in my little mountain town. Saw it on the big screen and later watched it at home. I’m sure I’ll watch it again.

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