discussion 'Bros' FLOPS | WEEK 2: -56% | Still hasn't even grossed $9M in NA!

[Redstreak]

21 minutes ago, Mrguilbeaux said:

I hope you learn to love yourself someday. Maybe you think everyones just jumping on you to be woke but i feel like someday you’ll reread posts like this and realize just how sad they were…

 

internalized homophobia is so sick. You’re literally happy that the only way queer movies can do well is by assimilating and playing to the most vanilla, palatable queer characters?  No one thinks that way if they aren’t also picking themselves apart in the same way. I promise you you were worth loving even when you were extra girlie and people made you feel about it. I hope you can find that again someday and not shut it out to yourself

Easy to turn that around, you don’t have to be afraid of your masculinity my guy. It’s not dangerous

 

OT: honestly not surprised, Brokeback Mountain and CMBYN stay the better movies

Edited October 2, 2022 by Redstreak

[enchanted0]

A gay movie about literally anything else would be more interesting than this movie  I mean maybe I don’t get it because it’s targeted for straights?

 

As much as Love Simon was basic af it has this clear plotline that “there ‘s another closeted ghey in the same school, who could it be?”

[Domination]

43 minutes ago, mystery said:

Shitting all over other gay media and alienating the core audience with obnoxious marketing will do that to a movie.

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The marketing was obnoxious and although Fire Island’s marketing was also obnoxious, at least that movie’s streaming release made the tone more appropriate.

[touch]

I'll be watching it once it's released here in Spain. Gotta support Luke Macfarlane 

[Smarticle]

Yall need to support this so they don't keep producing gay stories with tragic endings just for awards 

[Mitsouko]

So you’re telling me that you can’t guilt non-SJW straights into seeing a movie by shoving down their throats the fact that it’s the first major Hollywood gay-oriented romcom? Not to mention the fact that that’s a whole ass lie (see: The Birdcage)? I’m shocked. I would have thought such a strategy would spin gold at the North American box office! Maybe next time.

[infrared]

30 minutes ago, MrLovett said:

I can't really say I'm surprised. There's a lot of internalised homophobia and you can see it seeping out all over this thread, and the film thread. It's a shame. I'm looking forward to seeing it when it's released in a few weeks here in the UK.

It’s the same copy paste love story we’ve seeing million times whether straight or gay. By all means enjoy it - doesn’t mean we have to. 

[Raver]

SMH. Disappointing numbers 

[Antonini]

1 hour ago, mystery said:

Shitting all over other gay media and alienating the core audience with obnoxious marketing will do that to a movie.

Yeah thats the kind of word of mouth I kept hearing. That the marketing is annoying and they think they're being groundbreaking for no reason. That's a major turn off tbh and then to hear the Movie isn't even that great. Maybe it SHOULD have released on streaming. 

[Bloodflowers.]

6 minutes ago, Mitsouko said:

So you’re telling me you can’t guilt non-SJW straights into seeing a movie by shoving down their throats the fact that it’s the first major Hollywood gay-oriented romcom? Not to mention the fact that that’s a whole lie (see: The Birdcage)? I’m shocked. I would have thought that strategy would spin gold at the North American box office! Maybe next time.

 

The gays here have no self-love. They will literally praise this turd of a film because of awful marketing painting this literal garbage as important and history making, and use that minority identity for capitalistic purposes. No thanks. If the marketing was about good story, good acting and good plot instead of "here is uninspired gay romcom and being gay romcom and the reason you should see it is because it's a gay rom" like...

 

 

 

[McNulty]

the way Billy made so many celebs promote that movie and still flopped

[wren]

Movie was way better than the trailer - also the movie is rated R - it's not gonna have the same box office numbers as if it was rated PG-13.

[DanyelP23]

The way this should've never been released beyond streaming.

The trailer seemed very basic and cringeworthy to me.

I hope this doesn't set back the possibility of lgbt related movies being released in the future, but it kinda will

[Reverse Warholian]

1 hour ago, feelslikeadream said:

 This facile argument is already boring. Can y'all ever acknowledge there's no right/wrong way to be queer or represent queerness in media? This movie surely represents a lot of gay men's experiences, and films like CMBYN and Love Simon aren't "better" by default for engaging more directly with homonormativity.

 

(And the NERVE to congratulate Love Victor for anything when the writing, acting, plotting were all awful )

 

59 minutes ago, rta1913 said:

Being normal? The homophobia jumped out. 
 

That’s actually the point of the movie, gay and straight relationships are NOT the same. And not you shouting out an almost pedophilia storyline and a series so bland that was made for straights. 

BEWP! 

[_Fey]

3 minutes ago, wren said:

Movie was way better than the trailer - also the movie is rated R - it's not gonna have the same box office numbers as if it was rated PG-13.

The #1 movie of the weekend is rated R and made 5x the money. 

Edited October 2, 2022 by _Fey

[Melquiades]

 

 

Good!

[anti-bitch]

1 minute ago, wren said:

Movie was way better than the trailer - also the movie is rated R - it's not gonna have the same box office numbers as if it was rated PG-13.

Yeah, I mean, I suggest that people actually watch the movie before judging it based on the trailer or hearsay. It's getting 91% on Rotten Tomatoes. I hope they put it on streaming soon for a wider audience

[wren]

1 minute ago, _Fey said:

The #1 movie of the weekend is rated R and made over 5x the money. 

Completely different genre - a rated R horror movie has a different effect than a Rated R rom com.

 

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Also I love how half the people in here are trashing the movie without even seeing - seems right on track for this site 

[D_Man3379]

Lmao the self loathing in here. Y’all are miserable. 

 

Also gagging at someone suggesting Call Me By Your Name the epitome for queer films to follow.  

[orange22]

So it’s self-hate to not like Billy Eichner’s “Bros” now? 

[touch]

I don't get the replies in here saying like it's a good thing a LGBT+ movie flopped...? 

[The Next Day]

I thought the trailer was cute at first, I don't like romcoms at all so that means sth. But since then I've been bombarded with this hideous poster.

 

Now I'm over it. Not because it's a gay romcom but because I don't like watching movies where the only plot is two attractive people falling in love.

[anti-bitch]

I don't think any other demographic group tears each other down quite like gay people do. It's sad to see.

[anti-bitch]

3 minutes ago, The Next Day said:

I thought the trailer was cute at first, I don't like romcoms at all so that means sth. But since then I've been bombarded with this hideous poster.

 

Now I'm over it. Not because it's a gay romcom but because I don't like watching movies where the only plot is two attractive people falling in love.

But that's literally most romantic films ever!! You can't really hold that against them. And idk if Billy is that attractive anyway. At least that's not his claim to fame

[_Fey]

4 minutes ago, wren said:

Completely different genre - a rated R horror movie has a different effect than a Rated R rom com.

 

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Also I love how half the people in here are trashing the movie without even seeing - seems right on track for this site 

While that's true, this being a rated R rom com still doesn't make these numbers any better. It cost more to make than Smile did and made a fifth of what Smile made (and that's just in NA). No one is going to be happy with these numbers even with reduced expectations with it being a R rated rom com.