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Great big budget movies never flop in theaters
Posted By aronisred
PTA movies are inconsequential. They don't have...

PTA movies are inconsequential. They don't have broad appeal. The people who like his movies think of themselves as sophisticated moviegoers and are insecure about their own tastes that they have to...
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Great big budget movies never flop in theaters
Posted By aronisred
You think phantom thread or there will be blood...

You think phantom thread or there will be blood is seen by more people than blockbusters ? more people might have seen those crappy stallone action movies from 80s than these two.

You are again...
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Great big budget movies never flop in theaters
Posted By aronisred
Neither dark knight nor inception is any less...

Neither dark knight nor inception is any less than any of the paul thomas anderson movies or any best picture winner in the last 2 decades. In fact in some cases the inverse is true. You can't expect...
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Great big budget movies never flop in theaters
Posted By aronisred
but you dont know that inflation is the only...

but you dont know that inflation is the only reason the movie budget is 90-100 million $. Thats an assumption.
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Great big budget movies never flop in theaters
Posted By aronisred
No...great movies are not the movies made in a...

No...great movies are not the movies made in a vacuum that the filmmaker and 10 other critics love and put it on their top 10 lists. Paul thomas anderson more than any other director is guilty of...
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Great big budget movies never flop in theaters
Posted By aronisred
there are so many unwarranted assumptions in your...

there are so many unwarranted assumptions in your rebuttal as well...you assume that inflation played a role. You assume that will smith took a lot of that money when in fact in an instagram video he...
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Great big budget movies never flop in theaters
Posted By aronisred
I know that...you have to be a new kind of crazy...

I know that...you have to be a new kind of crazy to think that I would assume that i have more knowledge or information as to which movies to greenlit than people whose job is to do that. But that...
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Great big budget movies never flop in theaters
Posted By aronisred
The Lack of understanding of the notion of...

The Lack of understanding of the notion of greatness is also a big problem not just by studios but also by non-casual audience. Greatness is not just in having a good movie with strong emotional...
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Great big budget movies never flop in theaters
Posted By aronisred
how were they able to make raging bull for a lot...

how were they able to make raging bull for a lot less money back in the day ? there is always a way...you are saying like there has never been a sports biopic made ever in the history until...
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Great big budget movies never flop in theaters
Posted By aronisred
The only take away from this topic is that...

The only take away from this topic is that studios don't know which big budget prestige films to greenlit. They should look at the director and his track record and see if he can make something much...
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Great big budget movies never flop in theaters
Posted By aronisred
For me polar express is not a good movie but...

For me polar express is not a good movie but speaking of Ali...yes its a giant bomb but it is also an incredibly irresponsible movie. Thats a movie that shouldnt even take 40 million to make but...
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Great big budget movies never flop in theaters
Posted By aronisred
last airbender is neither a good movie nor was it...

last airbender is neither a good movie nor was it a giant hit. So it doesn't apply
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Great big budget movies never flop in theaters
Posted By aronisred
so according to you we should just accept that BR...

so according to you we should just accept that BR 2049 bombing at the theaters is a travesty and original movies made for 100+ million can bomb no matter how good they are?
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Great big budget movies never flop in theaters
Posted By aronisred
thats for me to decide

thats for me to decide
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Great big budget movies never flop in theaters
Posted By aronisred
The counter example to blade runner 2049 is 1917....

The counter example to blade runner 2049 is 1917. It is a movie that is well aware of the stakes. Its budget is 100 million and it has no stars. So the movie relied on oscar buzz and technical...
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Great big budget movies never flop in theaters
Posted By aronisred
If this is your philosophy then this thread is...

If this is your philosophy then this thread is not for you. Which is okay.
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Great big budget movies never flop in theaters
Posted By aronisred
are you really asking me to compare transformers...

are you really asking me to compare transformers 4 with master and commander or blade runner 2049 ? Transformers or many of the garbage pre existing IP movies are made solely to make money with no...
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Great big budget movies never flop in theaters
Posted By aronisred
now that you have visited this thread..you can...

now that you have visited this thread..you can suggest a name that resembles clarity.

Reg. your question, It's common sense knowledge that blade runner 1 flopped hard. How can you expect to make a...
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Great big budget movies never flop in theaters
Posted By aronisred
Pacific rim should have asked a simple question...

Pacific rim should have asked a simple question before being greenlit - "Is the monsters in this movie too similar to godzilla". If they knew the answer to that question then either they would have...
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Great big budget movies never flop in theaters
Posted By aronisred
what I am saying is something of rule to look...

what I am saying is something of rule to look into any big budget movie that flops. People often say, blade runner 2049 was too good to flop. But that's not true. I didn't deserve to be a hit. We are...
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Great big budget movies never flop in theaters
Posted By aronisred
no..what i meant was...if someone truly makes a...

no..what i meant was...if someone truly makes a great big budget movie then it will be a hit. So people can't complain that certain big budget movie flopped because those movies aren't good enough to...
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Great big budget movies never flop in theaters
Posted By aronisred
Great big budget movies never flop in theaters

Never have I seen a great big budget movie flop in the theaters. All the so-called good big budget movies that flopped in theaters have a similar problem. They are either poorly paced or their level...