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can Bond save cinema?

posted 4 years ago by bozo_500 (13119)
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https://uk.style.yahoo.com/bond-bust-why-cinemas-banking-083404272.html

“If we don’t do this there will be nothing left to save,” declares Daniel Craig’s James Bond in the most recent trailer for No Time To Die.

Bond is holding a machine gun and wearing a rather scruffy looking vest as he says this. And he appears to be referring to a complicated plot involving new nemesis Safin (Rami Malek under layers of prosthetic acne) and the death of “millions”.

But the line has taken on double-edged meaning as the countdown to Bond 25’s belated arrival at multiplexes intensifies. If No Time To Die doesn’t fulfil its November 12 UK release date – November 20 in the US – there really may be no cinema industry left to save.

Tenet, the Christopher Nolan brain-bender that was supposed to administer to cinemas a pandemic pick-me up, has essentially crashed and burned (and sent us all away confused and wondering why we couldn’t make out the dialogue). So it truly is starting to look like Bond or bust at the British box office

lol poor Tenet

[–] blue1981 (7758) 4 years ago

I'm hoping COVID will kill off "Woke" movies for good. If the new Bond movie is released on time it's poor performance at the box office will try and be blamed on COVID. It bombing will actually be because of it trying to be forced to become PC and jamming feminism into a masculine franchise. It's really a no win situation for the studio and theater owners.

[–] TandyMan (11097) 4 years ago

That's why I think they're going to go ahead and dump it. They're gonna get a pass on their foolishness and be able to write this mistake off as circumstances beyond their control.

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

So you're a misogynist? Good to know.

[–] MovieChatUser497 (18943) 4 years ago

He's not a misogynist, it's just that we go to movies to be entertained, not to have woke political propaganda shoved in our faces to remind us how horrible we are for the race and gender we were born with.

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

Nothing wrong with dudes wanting to become women or people being gay. More straight folk left for us!
However, denying women a leading role in traditional masculine movies is straight up misogynist.

[–] MovieChatUser497 (18943) 4 years ago

Ummmm the second billed character in like every Bond movie has been a woman. It wouldn't make sense though to have a woman be the lead character because it's the JAMES BOND series, James Bond is a male. That makes about as much sense as having a male lead character in the Wonder Woman sequel. You need to get off your pedestal, you're not that smart or a champion of women's rights as you seem to think you are.

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

Who's talking about a female James Bond? The girl is her own person and a spin-off is unlikely but not unthinkable.

[–] MovieChatUser497 (18943) 4 years ago

So what's your problem then?

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

Blue1981's misogynist ramblings.

[–] MovieChatUser497 (18943) 4 years ago

He didn't say anything misogynistic, the James Bond series is not the right place for inserting feminist propaganda, it's not consistent with the source material. That's like having a save the whales message in a movie about the sinking of the Titanic. (that literally happened by the way)

[–] TandyMan (11097) 4 years ago

I don't think hitting up the theaters in a pandemic and then going to Thanksgiving dinners with all your older loved ones is gonna fly so well here in the States. There's also nothing about this marketing which screams "needs to be experienced on the big screen." People will happily wait for this. Only die hard Daniel Craig Bond enthusiasts will be going to see this.

[–] FootOfDavros (8173) 4 years ago

In all probability this film is on a hiding to nothing.

A sizeable chunk of real Bond fans have already had enough of the Craig reign (with the blame firmly being attributed to Purvis & Wade rather than the beefy Sid James himself).

Then you've got a sizeable chunk of multiplex product consumers who would previously have lapped up the Craig "Bond" films, whilst scoffing their extra large popcorns, put off by the trailer woke virtual signaling.

Then finally you've got another large chunk of that consumer base who won't be going near a multiplex for some time due to fear of covid death.

All in all not too much hope for a film which in itself is coming out about five years too late and with a "Bond" who's got nowhere else to go.

Doesn't look too good.

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

Oh I agree it will fail badly. Should've streamed this summer.

[–] ivankyazze (182) 4 years ago

They can't release the film on streaming cos they'll lose a lot of money. The film MUST be released theatrically

[–] TandyMan (11097) 4 years ago

For sure. It's the only chance they have of making their money back and breaking even on the whole mess.

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

Ah, I understand. They want to lose their money in a familiar way.