Posted on 12/15/2019 11:54:30 AM PST by GrandJediMasterYoda
They should have waited until January to open it in theaters. JMO.
Two of the theater chains were in less than “exciting” areas (one in very hispanic shopping area - Home Depot runs “blue light specials in Spanish!) other in area Travon Martin might like to hang out!
Really want to see this film, but we’ve just been too busy. Maybe after Christmas...
Remember, this is a movie about an over weight white guy that was wrongly accused. I doubt anyone under 30 remembers the case. There’s no sex, violence, or comedy. Its a good movie but will not attract a broad audience, it will also not get positive media attention for obvious reasons.
Eastwood made this movie and it's out there now. It will be seen. Maybe not by everyone all at once or even a fraction of that. But it's been released in the wild and people will be watching it sooner or later. And it will stoke them to thought. And they will be talking about it.
It will make them consider and reconsider the role that the media and the government have in our lives.
The box office pull is almost inconsequential. I have a friend who worked on Unplanned. It was never going to be a blockbuster like Avengers: Endgame. No doubt in my mind which has already made the most real difference in the world.
Yeah, and the whole system is archaic anyway. Hollywood still uses the yardstick of theatrical sales as a determination of whether a movie is a success or not. That worked in the 1930s through the 1970s but now that movie rentals, pretty cheap DVDs for sale, and streaming provide alternate means of seeing the movie, the old Hollywood system is just outdated. There’s plenty of great movies that appeared to be a bit of a dud opening weekend, theater attendance was just alright, and the movie really took off and made its money on video.
For major awards consideration like the Oscars it had to be released before the end of the calendar year.
This.
And the audience interested in it doesn't really care for theaters. They'll wait for RedBox or streaming services to pick it up (which is where it should've went first to begin with).
I want to see it, but it’s such a pita to get to a decent theatre and expensive too. I buy all these services on tv, so I always wait till one of them pick it up in the end. For Eastwood I might make an exception, but we’ll see. It should be shown in all the schools. Instead they feed them Al Gore crap.
Yeah! Theatres are prehistoric at best;BUT, trying to watch a flik at home is a real pita w/all the crap ya gotta go through and still nothing works right!
That’s It!
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“There’s plenty of great movies that appeared to be a bit of a dud opening weekend, theater attendance was just alright, and the movie really took off and made its money on video.”
The film only cost $45 million to make. They are well on their way to make a profit.
There is much more more money to be made in streaming, video rentals, overseas release and merchandising.
I enjoyed every Clint Eastwood directed movie I’ve seen, but I’m in no hurry to see this one. I already know how it ends.
We honestly don’t take age into consideration here.
The vast majority of moviegoers are under 30 and are not interested in a movie made by or starring a 90 year old man.
I doubt that a whole lot of them even know who he is.
He is great. But this happens to a lot of old actors
Probably to qualify for 2019 Oscars
Millennials are the primary theater going audience, and they can’t identify with this film. If Jewell were female or black, they would have showed more interest. Also, it’s just not the kind of movie to draw large crowds to the big screen. I only go to the theater for highly cinematic features, where the huge screen envelops you into the action and scenery, and a small screen doesn’t do the film justice. My home theater is more than adequate for this pic. I will stream it when it’s available.
“Poor Richard Jewell lived a fated life. I hope he is in heaven now.”
He died of Type 2 diabetes at age 44. Pretty nasty disease...even worse than I thought.
It’s not a big action blockbuster. It’s a docudrama. A niche market offering. Expecting it to have numbers like “Frozen 2” or even that “get off my lawn” movie is unrealistic.
It’s a very niche film at a time when people are going to see Christmas blockbusters with the kids.
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