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It was such a fucked up mix of genres. Half the movie people are getting their face ripped off by monsters and the other half is watching a fuckin teletubbies episode?????
we 👏🏻 don't 👏🏻 have 👏🏻 money 👏🏻 for 👏🏻 movies
True and If I do have money to spend on a movie I want something new and good not more milking of starwars witch has become slop.
The cost to go with a movie with one friend is around $30-35 where I live. This assumes buying no concessions.
The cost to buy that movie on a physical format (assuming it releases on one) is $20-30 depending on whether that format is DVD or Blu-Ray.
A lot of folks right now could not afford either option. But even for those who can, the math doesn't math on movie theaters.
I wonder why people are still watching this stuff. Maybe it is the crowd that wants to be able to say "I've seen all Star Wars movies" as the sole motivation.
Star Wars stopped being interesting a long time ago.
With the exception of Andor, which is one of the best shows of the last decade.
I'll second this. Andor is incredible.
I was irrationally angry when George sold his IP to the Mouse. The original trilogy and expanded universe from my childhood is still my Star Wars.
Disney was the wrong choice.
As a massive long time fan, I'd say the issue is Star Wars was originally a post-war film, and it's been deliberately held back from evolving to keep it recognizable. As a result, it doesn't resonate with audiences the way it used to. It's just not relevant any more. Andor was a great example of what they can do within the Star Wars galaxy to be relevant.
There's a new Star Wars movie?
Bros, you killed the franchise with all the mediocre shit you pumped out. You bought an IP, you drove it into the ground by shoveling out a bunch of cash-grab trash, and now you wonder why people aren't lining up for your new movie?
Are you kidding? There is literally no industry in which this strategy works. walmart might as well put out a special new "locally made" brand on their shelves, and marvel at why people aren't falling over themselves to buy it.
The sequels were garbage. I dont think I ever need to watch them again.
This is the movie equivalent of "this meeting could have been an email".
it wasn't bad. but felt like it should have been a whole 5 episode season than a movie.
The Mandalorian was initially meant to be a side series for fans. It was lower budget, practical effects, and little to no core characters from the main franchise. Unfortunately, basically every other Star Wars IP fell flat on its face since then, so by default, The Mandalorian is now the flagship Star Wars storyline. The movie was good as a nice side story for fans, it was bad as a franchise-running blockbuster. It's really amazing how many bad decisions Disney had to make to end up here.
The way the Boba Fett series flopped and tried, repeatedly, to draft on the Mandalorian's success within 1 session...ooofda.
Looks like Disney's ability to keep milking their latest cute plush toy is coming to an end.
To be completely honest, I didn't even hear about this movie at all until like 2 weeks ago and I just assumed they'd release it as a Disney+ exclusive or something. I even went to a movie theater like a month ago and I heard absolutely nothing about it. Anecdotally, this tells me their marketing team had no faith in their product, so why should anyone else?
Good. No money for fascists.
Stop going to their parks (Disney's main profit source) and stop watching their slop; and I trust Disney will burn its way to irrelevancy within a decade. Their TCG performs miserably and their cruises aren't a profit source AFAIK; so it's just their streaming service, movies, and the parks keeping them afloat.
Andor is the only star wars property that was in any good, and that's also because they ended it in 2 seasons. The rest are milked into mediocrity.
I just assumed it was a streaming movie. Basically just a long episode.
I saw it with my son. I even got an expensive popcorn bucket too. For me it was an event. I don’t see many movies in theaters anymore. It has been almost a year since my last movie. So for me to have that experience with my son I thought the expense was worth it
The movie was mid. It was fun at some points. It did not get me angry like previous sequel movies. However there was nothing that made me think this belongs in theaters. It did feel like an extended Mando episode. Sadly I have that theme song stuck in my head even a day after.
If it comes out on blu-ray I’ll get it. It will make a fine addition to my collection.
I went and saw it in theaters. It was pretty good. Not earth shattering, but it just basically felt like a really long episode of the show.
Also, Zeb from Rebels was pretty prominent and I'm a sucker for Rebels characters.
Shame. It was fine, mid-range Star Wars. On par with the show, which tracks because they condensed season 4 to make this instead.
You could do "best parts" versions of seasons 1-3 and make movies out of them too!
Didn’t know this was a thing. I thought this trick ended a while ago?