Michael B. Jordan Did the Impossible — In an era of mounting crises, the "Sinners" star got people off their couches and into cinemas for an original film

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• themeatbridge@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  It’s weird how people act like star power is bringing viewers to theaters. I haven’t seen the movie, but I will, and I’m sure he’s good in it. But I’ll see it because it looks like a great movie, not because I want to see the latest Michael B. Jordan film. I’m old enough to remember a time when an actor’s name would sell tickets, but that was ages ago.

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  • tane6@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    You’re right but also this is just his agent/PR team marketing him

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    • BroBot9000@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yup this isn’t even news or anything worthwhile to read. It’s just advertisement.

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• whotookkarl@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Phrasing it like movies are losing audiences due to laziness and not a bad value proposition is nuts to me

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• Son_of_Macha@lemmy.cafe ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  It’s amazing to this save sucker posted on Reddit where the bots descend to make a massively toxic pile where nobody liked the movie even though it was a massive success. It’s a great movie too with great music

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  • Rodneyck@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It was a really well done movie, interweaving a main story with interesting characters, interweaving time periods, an homage to blues and some blue’s heroes, and at the heart lies a classic horror genre made fresh. This one took me by surprise. I plan on watching it again soon, just to recapture that its essence again.

    Now with that said, did it really rescue the film industry? I say no. One great one amongst a flow of mediocre movies you would wait and see at home, does not save the day or the movie theaters.

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    • Ilandar@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Now with that said, did it really rescue the film industry? I say no. One great one amongst a flow of mediocre movies you would wait and see at home, does not save the day or the movie theaters.

      It’s supporting evidence for the argument that spending money on a quality original concept vs a lazy sequel/prequel/reboot is a worthwhile investment that gets people back in cinemas. No single film is going to save the entire industry, but when films like this do well it gives filmmakers something to point to when they are pitching ideas.

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• Jimmycakes@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Don’t care who’s in it if it’s told well and acted half decent

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  • BroBot9000@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Parasocial relationships are fucked up. The amount of people that think celebrities are their friends or good influences are astronomically high.

    People aren’t better just because you hear more about them. Like wtf is wrong with people forming entire cults around these personality disordered individuals.

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• lordnikon@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  It’s almost like if you have a director and star that have a had a string of good movies. People will show up to the next one regardless if it’s a franchise or not.

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• DrSteveBrule@mander.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I’m currently waiting through the trailers for my second watch in theaters lol

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• theotherbelow@lemmynsfw.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Sure he did.

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  • Psythik@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I’ve never even heard of him nor this film.

    The only Michael Jordan I know was this rich prick of a basketball player.

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