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Wkd Box Office - 11•29-12•1•19 - Rian Johnson Continues Streak of Critical and Commercial Success with Knives Out. Oh, and Frozen is still #1.
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Except for the singing and dancing, which was all true. Wherever P.T. Barnum went people would spontaneously burst into musical numbers.
Awesome to see Melina Matsoukas' debut film Queen and Slim doing so well! Remember her directing credits from Insecure.
Wait Angry Joe was rooting for Knives Out to fail? Source? I don't watch his stuff.
In one of his videos (I am not going to find it or the tweet with the relevant part of the video) where he said we should wait til Knives Out is on Netflix since Rian killed Star Wars.
That was painful to watch. What a dumbass. Both Angry Joe and this @frankthepanzer.
He seems to act like part of the toxic fandom menace, there was a great video by Maj0r Lee about these losers.
He... he still gives Knives Out a 8/10 and a heavy recommendation.
He's hardly alone in liking Knives Out and disliking TLJ.
he did the best he could
There were people in the OT for that movie arguing that the movie's story had nothing to do with race and it would have been better if the
Latina nurse really was the killer
Yeah, I think that's a fair assessment. At least the surface-level stuff (arguing about Trump, the alt-right grandson and feminist studies granddaughter) can't be dismissed out of hand.
It's kind of worse that they like the film but still cling to a childish tantrum in wishing for the financial failure of Kinves Out because of their minority opinion on an unrelated sci-fi fantasy film.
Really glad that Knives Out is doing well, great movie! My one problem with it is I wish they wouldn't have given so much screen time to right wing talking points about illegal immigration. Obviously the movie as a whole largely condemns racism and exclusion, but I guarantee there was a portion of the audience nodding along with Don Johnson's character's whole spiel.
Eh, that's a case where I feel it's on the audience if they don't draw the connection. We learn early on how horrible of a person Don Johnson's character is, which I think colors his political spiel later on (along with the casual racism he throws in there). "We need an asshole in office!" are hollow words coming from the mouth of an asshole. I do see your point, though, there will absolutely be people who don't get it.
Can I just say though how great of an actor Johnson is? I know he's been in a ton of stuff, but the first thing I recognized him in was the Netflix Lemony Snicket series, and he was fantastic in that, but he was even better in this.
We've talked about this issue with both of you in the past and you should already know that I don't doubt TLJ's commercial or critical success, therefore that kind of snark is misplaced. I believe I have expressed my personal opinion on Rian Johnson's Star Wars work in a way that doesn't offend those who enjoy it.
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Saying it's "obvious that Johnson works a lot better as a creator of original works instead of someone continuing an established franchise" is the exact opposite of that though lol. As it's not obvious, at all.
Each post is the opinion of the person who writes it. To me it is very obvious as the original material he has written is way more enjoyable to me than his franchise work. I enjoyed Looper, I didn't enjoy TLJ, I like everything I've seen of Knives out and I'm excited to watch it. I have expressed interest in watching RJ's new Star Wars trilogy if it ever happens because that will be something he will create from scratch, which I feel plays to his strengths.You obviously feel otherwise about TLJ but your difference of opinion does not upset me, I don't feel any need to lash out at you for something as trivial and subjective as film criticism.
I actually want to go see Frozen 2 again, and I don't even have kids.
This isn't how I expected this to go. 😆😆
This isn't how I expected this to go. 😆😆
waiting for a multimillion dollar deal to close before supporting his product
thatll show him
Huh. The RT score is actually going up.
Also 100% top critics.. never seen that before.
Those Disney shills stanning a Lionsgate movie to own the real Star Stars fans
On that, I noticed Frozen 2 nudged up a few points as well. Was at 75% recently, now it's at 77.
I need to rewatch Knives Out because I apparently wasn't as blown away as everyone else was.
That said, y'all. I watched A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood and I got in my feels. A lot.
I think it's that, Ford v. Ferrari or the Irishman for best picture of the year for me. Will reserve the right to change if Little Women is as good as the reviews say.
That said, y'all. I watched A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood and I got in my feels. A lot.
I think it's that, Ford v. Ferrari or the Irishman for best picture of the year for me. Will reserve the right to change if Little Women is as good as the reviews say.
Just ordered tickets for a third watch of Frozen 2
First time I've ever seen something in theaters more than twice, and it might not even be the last time I see it
I'm so happy they knocked it out of the park and made a sequel better than the original
First time I've ever seen something in theaters more than twice, and it might not even be the last time I see it
I'm so happy they knocked it out of the park and made a sequel better than the original
I'll probably go see it at least a second time. I wasn't expecting that going in.
You ever wonder about the other end of the spectrum from China's hard cap on import theatrical runs?
Frozen II is worth seeing multiple times for "Show Yourself" alone.
How the hell is Grace Randolph allowed to affect anyone's RT score? Her review is just "it's political so it's bad".
All that pandering to the SJWs.7 out of 9 Disney releases in 2019 will gross over 1 billion dollars...
I love that her review site is called "beyond the trailer" and the blurb for Knives Out also argues the film is bad because it's not what the trailer promised. So stupid.
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