hertamaniac
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I think discussing religion is against the board's list of guidelines regardless if I agree with you.
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Please tell me why you would hope that I am .
A movie is not going to continue its record breaking success week after week. You also had new competition with Jurassic World.
The profanity claim is ridiculous as well. That’s not even close to an issue.
True...but it was a steeper drop than most in the industry were expecting. Animated films tend to have greater % holds than standard blockbusters.
Incredibles 2 is in uncharted territory for an animated film. It opened $50 million bigger than the previous biggest opening. Smaller opening unexpected hit animated films hold better than the bigger ones. Word of mouth helps hold the second weekend. When the film makes $280 million in the first week, there is not going to be the big word of mouth since everyone already saw it.
Incredibles 2 is in uncharted territory for an animated film. It opened $50 million bigger than the previous biggest opening. Smaller opening unexpected hit animated films hold better than the bigger ones. Word of mouth helps hold the second weekend. When the film makes $280 million in the first week, there is not going to be the big word of mouth since everyone already saw it.
And to add to that I see a lot of opinions of the film similar to mine in that it was a really good/fun film but not something I need to see more than once in the theater - so you had sooooo many people see it the first weekend who were waiting for t and now that they have many don’t feel the need to see it again so I am not surprise to see a fairly steep drop.
This!!
And it has to be harder and harder to get people to see a movie more than once in the theatre when we all know it will be available for home viewing in 3-4 months.
I2 was a known commodity. If you were interested in it before it came out, you've probably seen it by now. And if you weren't interested before, there really has been nothing to change your mind. Whereas a film like Coco probably benefitted from reviews and word of mouth about heart, story, emotion that drew in people down the road who don't usually go to "cartoons."
I2 was enjoyable but I wouldn't recommend it to anyone who isn't already a Pixar/animation/ superhero movies fan. Whereas I will recommend Coco to everyone.
I have to think that the opening weekend was out-of-the-norm high due to Jurassic World's release the following week, so it probably caused many to make it a point to go see I2 on the first weekend. And following that same logic, it also contributes to the side-effect of the sharper drop on the following week.
Even with the large drop, it still had the largest second weekend for any animated film. And if not for Jurassic World it likely would have been higher, since they have a bit of an overlap in filmgoers.
Well... took the family to see it today. Not really my choice, but my wife and kids were gung ho. My wife and I, our three kids, twin 6 year old boys and an 8 year old daughter, and my wife's 14 year old male nephew. I think we all enjoyed it to various degrees, but we also all, and I mean all of us, got very restless and almost bored in the middle. Something happened to the pacing that just didn't work very well for us. I also found it very transparent. Even my 8 year old daughter named the villain within 30 seconds of the character's first appearance.
It's fine to pass the time, but I won't really recommend people see it in theaters. At home would be fine. There were some very cute moments, some good points made by the characters, some moments where it kind of bludgeoned you over the head. A mixed bag for us. Not quite sure why it is doing so well, but I'm not disappointed I spent the money on it either.
Right .. I mean Disney markets pre-buying the DVD the same weekend it opens in theatres. We all know we can buy/rent the movie (for a fraction of the cost of taking the family to the theater) probably by September.This!!
And it has to be harder and harder to get people to see a movie more than once in the theatre when we all know it will be available for home viewing in 3-4 months.
I2 was a known commodity. If you were interested in it before it came out, you've probably seen it by now. And if you weren't interested before, there really has been nothing to change your mind. Whereas a film like Coco probably benefitted from reviews and word of mouth about heart, story, emotion that drew in people down the road who don't usually go to "cartoons."
I2 was enjoyable but I wouldn't recommend it to anyone who isn't already a Pixar/animation/ superhero movies fan. Whereas I will recommend Coco to everyone.
I think this pretty much sums up how I feel, too. I'm really surprised to see articles saying it's on track to be the biggest animated movie of all time. Really?It's fine to pass the time, but I won't really recommend people see it in theaters. At home would be fine. There were some very cute moments, some good points made by the characters, some moments where it kind of bludgeoned you over the head. A mixed bag for us. Not quite sure why it is doing so well, but I'm not disappointed I spent the money on it either.
^^^ This. Also, didn’t care for the oddness of the metaphor, son/personified food...huh???None of us liked the short. The kids ranged from confused to mildly disturbed by it. Husband thought it was just weird. I hate the theme of guilt tripping kids for growing up and getting their own life.