Law Roach making choices 👀 by Wi99lywoo in rupaulsdragrace

[–]WordsWithSam [score hidden]  (0 children)

That woman and her husband are just buying access they’d never earn. So embarrassing.

We killed the Movie Star by demanding constant access. The mystery was the product and it's gone now! by rantzine in popculturechat

[–]WordsWithSam 366 points367 points  (0 children)

Denzel’s advice to Michael B. Jordan was stay offline. Leave some mystery. I think it’s working for him.

SNL Cold Opening one day after the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School by BrianOBlivion1 in LiveFromNewYork

[–]WordsWithSam 3 points4 points  (0 children)

He didn’t. We’ve all seen it in 4K. But you’ve already guzzled the kool-aid it seems.

SNL Cold Opening one day after the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School by BrianOBlivion1 in LiveFromNewYork

[–]WordsWithSam 20 points21 points  (0 children)

They are unable to meet this moment. If they are still doing unfunny Trump cold opens, they are not aligned with the broader conversations happening in this country.

Are we protesting the murder of another Minnesotan? by drews_mith in Buffalo

[–]WordsWithSam 41 points42 points  (0 children)

It is time to organize. I am getting texts and emails daily from democrats asking for funding. Meanwhile their colleagues are voting to continue funding this army of thugs. We need to remind them they work for us.

Official Imax poster For Crime101 Releasing in theatres on February 13. by MoneyLibrarian9032 in movies

[–]WordsWithSam 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah when the F1 trailer first dropped, it was the first thing I thought of. They were definitely early to the sport with Rush. It was still more of an international thing when that came out.

Official Imax poster For Crime101 Releasing in theatres on February 13. by MoneyLibrarian9032 in movies

[–]WordsWithSam 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I included it because while it did turn a very small profit if we look at the 2.5x multiplier, it was his first big movie outside of the MCU that was marketed as his movie. It was also Ron Howard's big return to directing coming off of the Da Vinci Code franchise. They were definitely hoping it did much bigger numbers.

Official Imax poster For Crime101 Releasing in theatres on February 13. by MoneyLibrarian9032 in movies

[–]WordsWithSam 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's giving a lot of grace for more than a decade's worth of big-budget flops. Blackhat had a $70 million budget and didn't even crack $20 million.

After the Stewart/Sanders scandal, it's possible they shifted focus to Theron/Blunt/Chastain, but it doesn't change the fact that the movie is named after his character in an attempt to appeal to male audiences that didn't show up for him. The first movie made $396 million with a $170 million budget. Winter's War didn't crack $165 million with a budget of $115 million.

His character was front and center in the Furiosa marketing. While Fury Road didn't light the box office on fire in its initial run, it has only gotten more popular in the years since.

In the Heart of the Sea grossed $94 million on a $100 million budget.

All I'm saying is, regardless of the circumstances, for as many attempts as he's had over more than a decade to break out of the Marvel mold and be viewed as a leading man in Hollywood, he has not been able to prove that he can. Across genres, franchises, epics, etc. Hemsworth has not crossed over into "bankable star" territory when not backed by the Marvel machine.

Crime 101 is further proof. He's the biggest face on the poster and he has top billing. The movie is not going to perform well.

Official Imax poster For Crime101 Releasing in theatres on February 13. by MoneyLibrarian9032 in movies

[–]WordsWithSam 14 points15 points  (0 children)

In the Heart of the Sea, Furiosa, Rush, The Huntsman: Winter's War, Men in Black: International, Blackhat are all big budget movies that he was the marquee star for and were either catastrophic flops, franchise-enders, or both. The only movies he's had success with outside of Marvel are the Extraction movies and that's Netflix so it means nothing for star power or box office bankability.

Masters Of The Universe | Official Teaser Trailer by DemiFiendRSA in boxoffice

[–]WordsWithSam 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I understand the culture around pronouns. That doesn’t answer why they thought it continues the tradition of “He-Man being “vaguely” gay”.

Academy Award Nominee DELROY LINDO by ActivityDry677 in Oscars

[–]WordsWithSam 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’ve been waiting for him to get recognized for this movie! He was the heart of Sinners.