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Gosling: It's not the audience's job to save theaters, we have to make better movies
Posted on 3/25/26 at 5:24 am
Posted on 3/25/26 at 5:24 am
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He said it plainly, standing in front of an audience that had already proven his point.
“Six years ago, I got the manuscript,” Gosling said, referring to his new smash hit film Project Hail Mary. “The most ambitious thing I’ll ever make, it seemed impossible. It was too good not to give it a shot. Six years later, we did it. Here we are, we’re all back in theaters. It’s not your job to keep them open, it’s our job to make things that make it worth you coming out.”
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Hopefully with Project Hail Mary's success, Hollywood gets this message.
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Posted on 3/25/26 at 6:23 am to Kinderman
quote:Blockbusters died with COVID. Last movie I was excited to see in a theater, was the second Top Gun movie. Whole lot of garbage has been made, and no one wants to spend a small fortune to see shite in an overpriced theater.
Hopefully with Project Hail Mary's success, Hollywood gets this message.
Posted on 3/25/26 at 6:49 am to Kinderman
I genuinely enjoyed Project Hail Mary because it was good, old-fashioned story telling about two bros trying to save the people they loved back home.
Posted on 3/25/26 at 7:12 am to Kinderman
Kinda like that Gosling fellow. Seems like he has a decent head on his shoulders.
Posted on 3/25/26 at 7:26 am to greygoose
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Blockbusters died with COVID. Last movie I was excited to see in a theater, was the second Top Gun movie. Whole lot of garbage has been made, and no one wants to spend a small fortune to see shite in an overpriced theater.
Barbie did well
Oppenheimer did well
F1 did well
Top Gun 2 did well
Project Hail Mary is doing well
Minecraft did well
Super Mario Brothers is about to crush it again
When studios focus on making a half decent movie with well known actors or exploring new popular IP blockbusters still exist.
I don’t get the desire to bury movies so badly.
Posted on 3/25/26 at 7:33 am to Kinderman
Based.
Posted on 3/25/26 at 7:37 am to udtiger
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Seems like he has a decent head on his shoulders.
I think so, too, though I try not to put celebrities on a pedestal because they are human just like the rest of us and have a very bad habit of letting you down. That being said, I think it very interesting that he's married to Eva Mendes and that she retired from acting so she could raise their kids. He also seems guarded and private.
Posted on 3/25/26 at 7:48 am to Kinderman
While a nice sentiment, don’t think it really captures the issue
Worked out great for PHM, but the insanely overbloated budgets and home run swings for every movie they make is a big part of the issue. Studios put in 300 mil of cash into a mediocre project and then lament that the theater is dead when they don’t make that money back.
Not only should studios give audiences better movies to bring people to the theaters, they should also give them more opportunities to go to the theaters without a massive watermark needed to be considered a success. Diversity budgets, diversify the genres that get a decent budget, and build up a combination of small and big wins to counter act smaller losses rather than the go big or go home mentality
Worked out great for PHM, but the insanely overbloated budgets and home run swings for every movie they make is a big part of the issue. Studios put in 300 mil of cash into a mediocre project and then lament that the theater is dead when they don’t make that money back.
Not only should studios give audiences better movies to bring people to the theaters, they should also give them more opportunities to go to the theaters without a massive watermark needed to be considered a success. Diversity budgets, diversify the genres that get a decent budget, and build up a combination of small and big wins to counter act smaller losses rather than the go big or go home mentality
Posted on 3/25/26 at 8:01 am to Kinderman
Sorry I dont go to the movies because I dont like being around stupid people. Some people dont want to hear people chatting see phones lit up around them or smacking mouths
Posted on 3/25/26 at 8:05 am to Nado Jenkins83
Different movies attract different types of fans. And movie goers. At least early on , you’ll get the Minecraft crowd, which would be totally inappropriate if they were viewing Oppenheimer.
Posted on 3/25/26 at 8:14 am to Kinderman
quote:
Hopefully with Project Hail Mary's success, Hollywood gets this message.
They won't. Until there are real consequences (terminated writers and executives) for making the message rather than quality movies the motivation, it will remain the same.
Posted on 3/25/26 at 8:19 am to greygoose
quote:
Blockbusters died with COVID. Last movie I was excited to see in a theater, was the second Top Gun movie. Whole lot of garbage has been made, and no one wants to spend a small fortune to see shite in an overpriced theater.
Part of the problem
Back in the day boomers got movies like top gun where the young boomer beats up the old bad guys
Nowadays all they make is movies like top gun 2 where a boomer beats up the young millenials and their participation trophies
Posted on 3/25/26 at 9:49 am to Kinderman
I took 5 of us to see Project Hail Mary on Sunday
$100+ for tickets
$100+ for concessions
AC was broken in the theater. Hot as balls.
Making good movies will put asses in seats, yeah, but goddamn, something's gotta give with these prices.
$100+ for tickets
$100+ for concessions
AC was broken in the theater. Hot as balls.
Making good movies will put asses in seats, yeah, but goddamn, something's gotta give with these prices.
Posted on 3/25/26 at 10:15 am to St Augustine
quote:Because it's easier to feel better about yourself through the failure of others than to get off your arse and do something with your life.
I don’t get the desire to bury movies so badly.
Posted on 3/25/26 at 10:29 am to St Augustine
Top Gun Maverick saved many theaters. It was the first smash blockbuster after covid. . I saw it three times in theaters.
The odd thing was I thought it was going to suck when I first heard about it. It's the definition of exceeding expectations.
The odd thing was I thought it was going to suck when I first heard about it. It's the definition of exceeding expectations.
Posted on 3/25/26 at 10:32 am to Kinderman
Good. Maybe this will stop celluloid abortions like the reboot of 13 Going on 30.
Posted on 3/25/26 at 10:37 am to wildtigercat93
quote:
While a nice sentiment, don’t think it really captures the issue
Worked out great for PHM, but the insanely overbloated budgets and home run swings for every movie they make is a big part of the issue. Studios put in 300 mil of cash into a mediocre project and then lament that the theater is dead when they don’t make that money back.
Not only should studios give audiences better movies to bring people to the theaters, they should also give them more opportunities to go to the theaters without a massive watermark needed to be considered a success. Diversity budgets, diversify the genres that get a decent budget, and build up a combination of small and big wins to counter act smaller losses rather than the go big or go home mentality
All of this. There are a lot of great stories to tell that don't require even $100M to make. Can make em for half that, or even lower, and have a great movie/great story.
Posted on 3/25/26 at 1:38 pm to Kinderman
Need more like 12 Angry Men. Lock 12 great actors in a room with a good script and let them do their thing. No explosions, robots, or massive sets needed.
Posted on 3/25/26 at 4:07 pm to boxcarbarney
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5 of us to see Project Hail Mary on Sunday
$100+ for tickets
$100+ for concessions
You have to be smarter than that, man. My ticket to Hail Mary was $10. Since it was an Alamo rebranded to FlixBrewhouse, I thought about eating there, but as no prices were listed, I ate at home. Good thing, because a Philly was $17.
IMO, the rebrand was a colossal waste of money, but that's for another thread.
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