AndyDursin wrote: ↑Tue Nov 21, 2023 10:20 am
Everything about the way Disney makes movies is so wrong, prioritizing release dates and socio-political agenda above things like, you know, completed screenplays, stories that make sense, and characters audiences like.
The reason why Disney movies cost so damn much is the endless tinkering and reshoots, which would not be necessary if they commissioned GOOD screenplays right off the bat, and actually left the filmmakers alone to realize them. The fact that an Indiana Jones movie cost almost $300 million (not including marketing!) is obscene. They wouldn't have needed to tack an additional $100 million onto the price tag had they not went with that awful "Replace Harrison Ford with Fleabag" idea in the first place.
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Hell, they would have been better off had they released
that version, because the film still would have bombed, but at least would have cost $100 million less.
It's funny that
Elemental had a "disastrous" $29 million opening weekend, yet legged out to just under $500 million (one of Disney's few quasi-successes this year) due to good word of mouth, yet
The Marvels won't even get to $200 million. Worldwide.
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