It was a decent movie. It really was.
The junk stuff that happens with Hollywood accounting is horribly unethical. That happens on every movie. The producers screw the crew. The distributors screw the producers. The chains screw the audience.
I'll eventually watch it, but not in the theater. I've liked the other Marvel Comics movies, so I would be surprised if I don't like this one, but I really really hate to be preached at by people who are paid to be entertainers.
The junk stuff that happens with Hollywood accounting is horribly unethical. That happens on every movie. The producers screw the crew. The distributors screw the producers. The chains screw the audience.
I've long said that we should stick a proctoscope up Hollywood accounting's @$$ and burn a few people for pulling some of that crap they pull. Since Hollywood makes a point to be our enemy, I think we should show it some reciprocal treatment when we get our hands on the power of government. As Glenn Reynolds says quite often: "Repeal the Hollywood tax cuts."
I think teaching Hollywood to stay out of politics would be good for the country.
And you have to add an additional 20-25% advertising and promotion budget on top of the original 88 million “actual production” costs, right?