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- Yrtree.me - it’s still early days for me in the Fediverse, so bear with me
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- The Brutalist director Brady Corbet says he has made ‘zero dollars’ from the filmwww.theguardian.com ↗Submitted 1 day ago to movies@lemm.ee | 27 comments
- Comment on Will Mission: Impossible, Jurassic World, Superman Save the Box Office? 2 days ago:
Superman should do well.
However, rather than “saving the box office” how about we save cinema first and the box office will follow.
JP7 cost $265M and MI8 cost c. $400M. The latter is one of the most expensive films ever made but they are both deep down the franchise mines trying to make some pretty thin seams pay out (I’d genuinely need to check which of these franchise outings I’ve seen as they all merge into one). MI7 cost $291M and took $571M. Unless the sheer amount of money they threw at MI8 somehow translates into more interest, they’ll be lucky to break even and it may even kill the franchise. JP7 has a better chance as JP6 cost a similar amount and brought in a billion bucks, with the combination of Gareth Edwards and Scarjo possibly helping get the interest up but breaking a billion is still less than making four times the amount back. Cap 4 cost $180M and is currently sitting at $198M with some pretty poor word-of-mouth suggesting it won’t have great longevity and rightly so - it is not a complete film in its own right, just a bridge from the previous chunk of the franchise to the next and on and on until RJD returns as the real Marvel Jesus, so they can at least turn a profit from this phase.
What we really need is cheaper films that can make a bigger return on their money.
Companion (2025), which I saw on Monday and was really good, cost $10M and has already taken $33M. Longlegs cost less than $10M and took $126M with Osgood Perkins’ next film, The Monkey having a similar budget and great buzz, so should do similar numbers. Terrifier 3 cost $2M and made $90M. EEAAO cost $14-15M and made $143M.
Unfortunately, backing winners that can make a double figure return on the investment requires someone at the top to have good taste and the ability to spot a good script. Which turns out to be a bit of a stumbling block, so studios throw piles of money at a franchise in the hope that the momentum of good feelings towards the earlier films will carry them to modest success. As bad as it turned out, the Weinsteins seemed to have a good eye, now A24 and Neon are doing a great job. On the blockbuster front, I have a lot of hope for the Gunniverse - he has a great eye for good material and is clearly unprepared to make DC Studios just a production line banging out franchise fodder to order, but we’ll see what it looks like a decade from now as Marvel started so well.
- Comment on ‘Freaky Tales’ Trailer – Gory Violence and Music Collide in ’80s Genre Mixtape Anthology 2 days ago:
They didn’t say that wasn’t A Good Thing.
- Comment on ‘Freaky Tales’ Trailer – Gory Violence and Music Collide in ’80s Genre Mixtape Anthology 2 days ago:
And that has potential to be in my top 10 of the year.
- Comment on ‘Freaky Tales’ Trailer – Gory Violence and Music Collide in ’80s Genre Mixtape Anthology 2 days ago:
Site is down, here is the trailer.
- 'The Substance' Director Coralie Fargeat Releases Her 1993 'Star Wars' Fan Film - Star Wars News Netwww.starwarsnewsnet.com ↗Submitted 3 days ago to movies@lemm.ee | 0 comments
- Comment on To save the superhero movie, we need to bring back themes 3 days ago:
the Age Of Aimless Intersecting Content
Having films serve the franchise, instead of doing the world-building on the side is definitely the problem. Cap 4 feels incomplete because it is - it’s merely a bridge between one piece of content and the next, which in turn will be a bridge to the next one and on and on. It’s done because it’s easier to do than come up with original ideas, especially when the studio demands a conveyor belt of content.
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- Comment on Batman Ninja vs Yakuza League | Official Trailer | Warner Bros. Entertainment 3 days ago:
That looks suitably wild.
- The Birthday review – cult Corey Feldman movie arrives after 20 years in film wildernesswww.theguardian.com ↗Submitted 3 days ago to movies@lemm.ee | 1 comment
- Comment on Warner Bros. will be releasing "COMPANION" on 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray on April 1. 3 days ago:
Saw it last night and really enjoyed it. Don’t sleep on this.
- Comment on Mickey 17 is an absurdist, anti-capitalist, Trump-mocking masterpiece – review 5 days ago:
Sold!
- Mickey 17 is an absurdist, anti-capitalist, Trump-mocking masterpiece – reviewwww.independent.co.uk ↗Submitted 5 days ago to movies@lemm.ee | 6 comments
- Comment on What would you consider the 3 greatest movies ever made? 1 week ago:
It’s cheating if you just pick the top two from IMDb’s Top 100 and another one.
- Comment on [Movie discussion] Captain America: Brave New World 1 week ago:
I’m going to a screening in 5 hours. I’ll report back.
- Comment on Man who lost bitcoin fortune in Welsh tip explores purchase of entire landfill 1 week ago:
You jest, but that has potential.
- Comment on Constantine 2 | Sequel "closer than ever" says director Francis Lawrence 1 week ago:
Yeah, I read the comics and it isn’t really that he wasn’t blonde and the Liverpool thing is more background, he probably has a more London a influenced accent, it was just the whole shooting match. And I am a Keanu fan, but… No.
- Comment on "Reach" news websites 1 week ago:
As you can imagine, I frequent a lot of similar news sites (or ad delivery sites that use news to space the ads out) and that makes it bearable.
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- Comment on Man who lost bitcoin fortune in Welsh tip explores purchase of entire landfill 1 week ago:
Buried cost fallacy
- Comment on Man who lost bitcoin fortune in Welsh tip explores purchase of entire landfill 1 week ago:
Just imagine how his missus must feel!
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- Comment on 'Captain America: Brave New World' Draws Mixed First Reactions 1 week ago:
Well that and it’s an anticipated British film in a UK cinema. Screenings are similar on Saturday.
- Comment on 'Captain America: Brave New World' Draws Mixed First Reactions 1 week ago:
I’m booked in on Friday (yes it’s Valentine’s Day) and I was surprised by my local multiplex shunting it off to smaller screens (one I joke is the toilet as it has almost the same number of seats) and the only iSense screening is early. Instead Bridget Jones is grabbing all the Big screens. I suspect this mixed reaction has something to do with it.
- Comment on Are people around you still excited about MCU movies? 1 week ago:
Although I mutter about the Thunderbolts line-up, it does look like it could work well if the story goes the way I hope it does.
I’ll be seeing Cap 4 in the next week but I can’t say I am looking forward to it.
RJD returning as Doom seems desperate.
However, the Fantastic Four trailer has me excited for it.
- Comment on Are there still good movies review personal blogs? Which ones do you read? Looking for some content that would be more review and discussion oriented than industry news 1 week ago:
Paging @UKFilmNerd@feddit.uk
- Comment on Danny Boyle’s ‘28 Years Later: Part 3’ starts production in March 1 week ago:
That was always the plan but the speed they’ve made them has surprised everyone.
- Comment on Danny Boyle’s ‘28 Years Later: Part 3’ starts production in March 1 week ago:
Good call - they were surefire hits and a big production, so, if you have the team together you may as well keep rolling.