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re: 'The Fall Guy’ Kicks Off Summer Movie Season With Disappointing $28 Million Debut
Posted on 5/6/24 at 10:28 am to dallastigers
Posted on 5/6/24 at 10:28 am to dallastigers
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Barbie aside I am also not sure Gosling is a consistent big box office draw
Who is? Tom Cruise, maybe Leo? That's about it. I think it's time to drop that argument.
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Posted on 5/6/24 at 10:29 am to BuckyCheese
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I'm old enough to remember when The Fall Guy was on TV.
Same here.
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Which makes me old enough to say "Who the frick thought it was a good idea to make a movie based on it?"
Hollywood has been doing movie re-treads of old tv shows for over a decade now, it's the ultimate form of saying "we have so few new ideas and aren't really concerned about developing them".
That said, the movie was related to the show only by the name of the movie, the main character's name and his profession. Everything else was either an easter egg (the truck, the theme song at the end, etc) or typical rom-com fare.
Posted on 5/6/24 at 11:37 am to RLDSC FAN
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Give us original films, they like to say
ummmmm
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The Fall Guy poster proves that '80s design is back with a bang
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The Fall Guy (2024) is a film based on an 80s TV Show
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Why Is The Fall Guy Rebooting a TV Show
Nothing original about that, sport
Posted on 5/6/24 at 11:45 am to RLDSC FAN
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“Film doesn’t occupy the pinnacle in the social, cultural hierarchy that it did for most of our lives. When a movie came out, if it was good, we all went to see it. We all discussed it. We quoted lines and scenes we liked. Now we’re walking through a fire hose of water, just trying to see.” - Jerry Seinfeld
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Most people outside the bubble of the Left already know why movies are bombing. Not only has Hollywood alienated them in almost every way imaginable, from the “woke” content to their hatred of Trump, but the stories just aren’t that good anymore. TikTok and YouTube are far more entertaining because they rely on algorithms to give users what they want and the free market. What goes viral is what’s popular—end of story.
Posted on 5/6/24 at 11:49 am to Dairy Sanders
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What is very annoying is when people see a sequel coming for a wildly successful movie that drew a great box office and was loved by the overwhelming majority of audience and idiotically wonder aloud “who asked for this?”
The reason for this is complicated. But the story goes something like this. Right around 2003, with the Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings franchise movies, Big Hollywood cracked the code on how to make lots and lots of money not just here but internationally.
For the next twenty years, there would be two Hollywoods. One that pushed out franchise movies—Marvel, Star Wars, animated films—mostly aimed at one reliable demographic: 13-year-old boys. Movies catered to that base, and they were rewarded handsomely for it—all over the world. Why? Because human beings, for whatever reason, respond to a central male protagonist. Women like men, and men like men.
They modeled the movies after fast food: fewer choices, familiar brands, and expectations met.
This post was edited on 5/6/24 at 11:51 am
Posted on 5/6/24 at 12:23 pm to dgnx6
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The reason for this is complicated. But the story goes something like this. Right around 2003, with the Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings franchise movies, Big Hollywood cracked the code on how to make lots and lots of money not just here but internationally.
For the next twenty years, there would be two Hollywoods. One that pushed out franchise movies—Marvel, Star Wars, animated films—mostly aimed at one reliable demographic: 13-year-old boys. Movies catered to that base, and they were rewarded handsomely for it—all over the world. Why? Because human beings, for whatever reason, respond to a central male protagonist. Women like men, and men like men.
They modeled the movies after fast food: fewer choices, familiar brands, and expectations met.
I think the franchise movie model you described existed well before 2003. James Bond probably kicked it off and then starting in the late 60's franchise films were totally embraced and you have
Planet of the Apes
Jaws
Star Wars
Rocky
Alien
Indiana Jones
National Lampoon's Vacation
The Karate Kid
Rambo
Back to the Future
Die Hard
Terminator
Jurassic Park
Mission Impossible
I probably missed a lot but Hollywood has been cranking out teen friendly and teen targeted sequels for decades.
Posted on 5/6/24 at 12:31 pm to VoxDawg
Idk if it matters but it felt like they’ve been promoting this movie non stop everywhere for 3+ months. Wonder if people just got fatigued and didn’t care about it anymore
Posted on 5/6/24 at 1:00 pm to JoeHackett
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think the franchise movie model you described existed well before 2003. James Bond probably kicked it off and then starting in the late 60's franchise films were totally embraced and you have
The model has existed for decades but it wasn’t until about 2012 that it became the only studio focus
Studios would take 1-2 big swings in a year, with a lot more low and mid tier budgets to protect themselves against the big swings. And if you hit a big swing that money went down hill to more of the mid level projects
The issues isn’t really that there’s 20 blockbusters movies a year, it’s that there’s only those movies and they hog the entire market of budget and theater run time, which leaves zero air for anything else to consistently thrive besides Horror (because it’s extremely cheap and easy to make profit on)
Fall Guy should not have a bigger production budget than Oppenheimer. Studios have lost all sense of business reality because all they care about is a good number to fudge to ensure a good quarter for the shareholders
Posted on 5/6/24 at 1:06 pm to RLDSC FAN
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Give us original films, they like to say
I like Gosling, and going to the theatres, especially to support an original films. But man this trailer just looked bad.
Posted on 5/6/24 at 6:09 pm to wildtigercat93
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The issues isn’t really that there’s 20 blockbusters movies a year, it’s that there’s only those movies and they hog the entire market of budget and theater run time, which leaves zero air for anything else to consistently thrive besides Horror (because it’s extremely cheap and easy to make profit on)
This could not be more false, but I’m not surprised you believe it.
Posted on 5/6/24 at 6:16 pm to RLDSC FAN
I don't even really know what the movie is about, marketing seemed awful.
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