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in terms of Coke, yeah.
Ticket prices may be $10 where you are but most places are a lot more. I think a HUGE difference between now and 20-30 years ago is you worked an average work week, got paid on Friday, and almost had to go to the movie at or near the mall to spend some of your disposable income.
Nowadays? people are working longer, harder, for way less pay. The mall is dead, the movies showing at the theater are usually disappointing and we positively know Hollywood is run by talentless, low quality people.
Therefore, the appeal of going to see a movie is gone. Instead of going to a theater to see magic we stay away from the theater to avoid the bad smell. It stinks. It stinks BAD.
Miller said if Furiosa did well he'd go ahead and make The Wasteland. Now that ain't gonna happen.
yes it's a shame especially how great the stuntwork was in the first 2 Mad Max movies.
It's simple. The movie theater experience is dying.
They still have a bunch of people fooled into thinking they have to go spend hundreds of dollars to see their favorite dumb summer movie 4-5 times but that is fading fast.
Most people know better, they don't bother going to the movie theater ONCE, let alone 2x or more.
Many years ago there were a dozen or so episodes up on YouTube. They were short but outstanding. I don't know if these are new episodes or what but the ones on Freddie Prinze, Sam Kinison, John Belushi, etc were very enlightening with insider interviews of friends, co-comedians, family, producers, etc. I need to torrent these to see if they're the same!
Furiosa had a much bigger drop off over the weekend:
Fri: 10.3M
Sat: 8.3M -20%
Sun: 7M -15%
Garfield had a much smaller drop off:
Fri: 8.5M
Sat: 8.2M
Sun: 8.2M
I agree with you Toomer. Even famed writer David Mamet says Hollywood is dead, full of liars and thieves. When he says he's done by god I'm done.
I can find good stuff to watch at home and it's far cheaper than a $20 ticket for Furiosa.
if it truly is a good movie it will find an audience, but right now it looks like a very weak opening which is kind of heartbreaking because George Miller has had to go through this type of ordeal ever since 1985's Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome.
Yep, more bullshit from Hollywood! but we have to remember they would not know a good movie if they saw one.
AND, if they think a movie is truly bad they don't have the f cking guts so say anything about it!
Yes the ticket price is a little high but the popcorn is insane!
Back in the day I used to carry all sorts of goodies inside my jacket.
Heck, my senior year in high school my friends and I snuck in a 5th of Jack Daniels on a Sat night viewing of Tootsie(Dec, 1982). The place was packed and after we poured the Jack into our big cups of Soda the bottle slipped and clanged on the floor..LOUD! Then it slowly rolled down the floor all the way to the 1st row my friends and I got some dirty looks and a few chuckles from the crowd too. What a memorable night!
5 pounds that's only 6 USD and I love old theaters.
It's funny Hollywood pay tons of money to get great critic reviews and still can't win.
I know, the number of single American's in their 20's/30's has skyrocketed. Can't blame them one bit.
I've visited many of my friends house and often they tell me their 20 something kid is living with them, in the bedroom on the internet only coming out to raid the kitchen.
This is a great question. Hollywood has always pandered to the sign of the times. Right now we're in an era where the once mighty U.S. middle class has been knocked down to overworked lower middle class/poor. The only people in America who can somewhat comfortably keep their heads above water are white women(and, to a lesser extent, Black women. They're the ones working, making money, loads of dispensable income.
Hollywood panders to the ones who have dispensable income.
Plus, we have to factor in that American's have been really dumbed down, movies have to cater to them as well. So, what do we get? Stupid, cartoonish, cheap CGI, white girl/Asian girl/black girl boss movies.
My best answer as to whether or not a male led Mad Max movie would bomb is; probably..because there's not enough men who can afford for the expensive tickets and if they could they've been conditioned to see another Marvel movie.
Now you, the reader, probably have enough money to see a Mad Max movie several times over. But you're in the minority. Most cannot.
True, I just skip over that part but it does piss people off.
Yep, he knows if he tells the truth(which is that most movies suck) then his viewership drops drastically.
I just think the writing got better and better, didn't matter if Diane was around or not because the other characters were always hilarious. But, I will say Rebecca did have some great moments that I don't think Diane could have pulled off. SO yes, Rebecca(occasionally) > Diane.
"The Execution" the doomed psychopath is perfectly played by Albert Salmi.
Great typecasting as he ended up shooting his wife in real life, then turning the gun on himself.