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re: Minions: The Rise of Gru set to break July 4th box office records
Posted on 7/4/22 at 11:44 am to Froman
Posted on 7/4/22 at 11:44 am to Froman
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No you weren’t. It bombed because it wasn’t good and didn’t have any hype going in. Nobody wanted a Toy Story movie with no toys and it went up against Jurassic World.
I didn't see either; my understanding is that neither was a particularly good movie. That alone steered me away from the theaters to catch either.
I hold no opinion on why Lightyear bombed. It's possible everything played a part in it - some avoided it because of a message (perceived or otherwise), some avoided it because they held no interest in an origin story of a character who later was the basis for a toy, some avoided the theater altogether, and some probably from negative word of mouth. I doubt it was a "one issue" type of problem that derailed it though. For example, I doubt if they removed the kiss it suddenly becomes a top 5 2022 movie.
That being said, this thread was more about the surprise of a Minions movie breaking box office records than a critique of Lightyear.
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Posted on 7/4/22 at 11:45 am to Crimson K
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Not to derail the political aside
I encourage derailing the political aside
Posted on 7/4/22 at 11:47 am to Froman
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didn’t have any hype going in. Nobody wanted a Toy Story movie with no toys and it went up against Jurassic World.
It had all the hype. No one “wanted” a 5th minions movie either but it’s about to break a summer record. Minions is up against top gun with hardly dropped week over week and JW which didn’t have a big drop either. You’re a fricking retard. Those narratives have been destroyed.
Posted on 7/4/22 at 11:48 am to Froman
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It bombed because it wasn’t good and didn’t have any hype going in
Did this Minion movie have a ton of hype going in?
Posted on 7/4/22 at 11:51 am to ell_13
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This is still true. But parents were way more comfortable with mindless fun and humor for their kids. And they’ve been craving it since they’ve had almost no options for years. This is proof more than anything.
Correct. I mean Lightyear is going to lose to Sing 2 for God’s sake. Those Sing movies take just a weekend to write and are lazy as all frick. It’s truly stunning how they’ve managed to frick it up to this degree.
Posted on 7/4/22 at 12:13 pm to OMLandshark
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Those Sing movies take just a weekend to write and are lazy as all frick
Maybe I'm in the minority, but I enjoyed the first Sing movie.
Haven't seen the second one though.
Posted on 7/4/22 at 12:23 pm to skrayper
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Maybe I'm in the minority, but I enjoyed the first Sing movie.
I just think it’s so fricking lazy. All it is is American Idol but with animals. Like with Zootopia and Bojack Horseman they get really creative with the animals in those worlds and it’s very important to the plot that they are animals, but here it wouldn’t change literally anything about the plot if they were humans instead.
This post was edited on 7/4/22 at 12:24 pm
Posted on 7/4/22 at 12:25 pm to OMLandshark
Somebody will have to explain to me why high schoolers are dressing up in suits to see this movie.
Posted on 7/4/22 at 12:36 pm to DiamondDog
Lightyear absolutely sucked. Honestly one of the worst animated movies I have ever seen. Politics aside that movie was horrific
Time travel for a kids movie? Are you kidding?
Minions was awesome
Time travel for a kids movie? Are you kidding?
Minions was awesome
This post was edited on 7/4/22 at 12:37 pm
Posted on 7/4/22 at 12:41 pm to lsupride87
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Time travel for a kids movie? Are you kidding?
I don’t see that base concept being a bad idea at all for a kids movie. I can think of several kids shows and movies that have pulled it off.
Posted on 7/4/22 at 12:43 pm to Fewer Kilometers
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Fewer Kilometers
I never saw you respond about your quote after seeing the lightyear trailer
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Kids are gonna' eat this up.
Immediately after seeing the numbers you said kids and families didn’t want it.
Which is it?
Posted on 7/4/22 at 12:47 pm to Adam Banks
Posted on 7/4/22 at 12:48 pm to OMLandshark
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I just think it’s so fricking lazy. All it is is American Idol but with animals. Like with Zootopia and Bojack Horseman they get really creative with the animals in those worlds and it’s very important to the plot that they are animals, but here it wouldn’t change literally anything about the plot if they were humans instead.
That's fair; I just presumed the animals were there to make it cuter for little kids. Adults enjoy the music, kids get to see a koala talking to an elephant and a mouse.
Posted on 7/4/22 at 12:48 pm to OMLandshark
The movie had two Buzz’s, because Buzz travel through time to a different dimension into a parallax universe…..
Yeh, a little heavy for a kids movie
Yeh, a little heavy for a kids movie
Posted on 7/4/22 at 12:49 pm to lsupride87
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Time travel for a kids movie? Are you kidding?
This seems to be an odd complaint compared to the others.
I think kids have been exposed to it enough to grasp it pretty easily - my little brother wore out our old copy of Back to the Future and he was around 6 or 7, maybe younger?
Posted on 7/4/22 at 12:53 pm to skrayper
Back to the future is a pretty simple concept. Whatever the frick happened in Buzz wasnt
Buzz is actually Zerg. It’s ridiculous
Buzz is actually Zerg. It’s ridiculous
This post was edited on 7/4/22 at 12:54 pm
Posted on 7/4/22 at 1:25 pm to skrayper
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That being said, this thread was more about the surprise of a Minions movie breaking box office records than a critique of Lightyear
Minions broke records because millions of Gen Z boys wanted to get TikTok likes. Nothing more nothing less.
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No you weren’t. It bombed because it wasn’t good and didn’t have any hype going in. Nobody wanted a Toy Story movie with no toys and it went up against Jurassic World.
This post was edited on 7/4/22 at 1:26 pm
Posted on 7/4/22 at 1:32 pm to OMLandshark
My kids love the Sing movies. I love the effect those two movies have had with my kids. It is Trojan horse to better music than the kids bop crap.
My 7 yo is hooked on U2 Spotify’ playlist as an example because of Sing 2.
I took my kids to the new Minions movie yesterday. It was mediocre.
My 7 yo is hooked on U2 Spotify’ playlist as an example because of Sing 2.
I took my kids to the new Minions movie yesterday. It was mediocre.
Posted on 7/4/22 at 1:37 pm to Linoge
Yeah it certainly isn’t the shite marketing and a film that never really established what it was or being a movie nobody asked for. But sure your dumb little narrative about dem gays is what caused it to bomb. Kids movies have had gay characters in it before and they didn’t bomb damn must be something else
Posted on 7/4/22 at 1:54 pm to CunningLinguist
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My 7 yo is hooked on U2 Spotify’ playlist as an example because of Sing 2.
I could make the argument that kids bop is better music than U2
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