Hollywood’s box office failures go beyond Rotten Tomatoes ratings

Market Watch ^ | October 20, 2017 | Trey Williams

[EdnaMode]

"Blade Runner 2049” was supposed to be a hit.

The film, one of the most anticipated of the year, seemed to have all the necessary ingredients with two popular leading men and an original that has gained cult status since its release in 1982. But it has not been the box office hit the industry hoped for, despite being showered with rave reviews.

Studios blamed the dismal box office performance of a number of big-budget blockbuster films this summer on negative reviews from critics and Rotten Tomatoes.

The film review aggregator, owned by Comcast Corp.-owned CMCSA, +0.87% Fandango, has been in the spotlight ever since. Last week legendary director Martin Scorsese wrote a guest column in the Hollywood Reporter criticizing Rotten Tomatoes and its impact.

But if well-reviewed films are also struggling commercially, can Rotten Tomatoes really be to blame?

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Why would I watch something with Global Warmunist Harrison Ford in it?

Furthermore, Hollywood is a cesspool of bad morals and perverts. #Harveywood

[Gideon7]

“Every civilization was build on the back of a disposable work force.”

If I want to be preached at I will go to a DNC rally or watch the NFL.

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Uh, that was the bad guy speaking.

The film itself is about freedom, which is the *opposite* of what he said.

Please don’t pontificate on a film you clearly know nothing about.

[GailA]

Plus you can’t hit pause and go to the RR, which is a problem for Seniors, and people with small children.

Then you have all those cell phones going off. Lack of floor lighting is a HAZARD to Seniors. So is the to loud volume.

When they do remakes of well known films, and screw them up word gets out.

I’d not been to a movie in over 10 yrs, went to see the new Tarzan movie, story line was from another Planet, not what Burroughs wrote. Graphics had improved. I’ve the whole collection of those books stored in my attic, I read them as a teen. So knew the story was from another galaxy.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Uh, that was the bad guy speaking.

Uh, you think the antagonist can not vocalize the theme of a story?

The film itself is about freedom, which is the *opposite* of what he said.

No. The film is about parting people who never saw the first film from their cash.

Because the "disposable workforce" was the theme of the first movie too.

Please don’t pontificate on a film you clearly know nothing about.

Ditto.