discussion Box Office Discussion | Moana 2, Wicked and Gladiator II - who's winning?

[Gorjesspazze9]

7 hours ago, ImpressMeMuch said:

Those Moana numbers are so embarrassing 

 

I hope everyone seeing it looks forward to a future of AI slop because they clearly have no standards (or are being duped) 

 

go wicked!

It's a movie for 5 year olds relax 

call it A.I. slop is a insult to the hundreds of artist and creatives that made it. I'd get this if it was like some Adult Drama smashing… but it's a Disney kids movie. The over dramatics… way better then Light year and the flops Disney and Pixar made in the last 2 years 

[FlyOnTheWall]

9 minutes ago, Gorjesspazze9 said:

It's a movie for 5 year olds relax 

call it A.I. slop is a insult to the hundreds of artist and creatives that made it. I'd get this if it was like some Adult Drama smashing… but it's a Disney kids movie. The over dramatics… way better then Light year and the flops Disney and Pixar made in the last 2 years 

Agreed with this part but calling it a "movie for 5 years old" is almost as insulting to those very people as if their effort and artistic merit mainly targets and satisfies people without developed frontal lobes  there's a way to defend animated media and art without having to resort to the tired "it's a kids movie anyway" narrative.

 

Anyway, didn't really care for the movie but I LOVE seeing Disney win, it never fails to make the most annoying collection of people online comprised of anti-woke right wingers, tankies, cartoon and anime virgins and cinephiles heat up in anger

[Gorjesspazze9]

4 minutes ago, FlyOnTheWall said:

Agreed with this part but calling it a "movie for 5 years old" is almost as insulting to those very people as if their effort and artistic merit mainly targets and satisfies people without developed frontal lobes  there's a way to defend animated media and art without having to resort to the tired "it's a kids movie anyway" narrative.

 

Anyway, didn't really care for the movie but I LOVE seeing Disney win, it never fails to make the most annoying collection of people online comprised of anti-woke right wingers, tankies, cartoon and anime virgins and cinephiles heat up in anger

There is nothing insulting about calling it movie for 5 year olds cuz that's literally its main demographic🤷‍♀️ 

[ImpressMeMuch]

1 hour ago, Gorjesspazze9 said:

It's a movie for 5 year olds relax 

call it A.I. slop is a insult to the hundreds of artist and creatives that made it. I'd get this if it was like some Adult Drama smashing… but it's a Disney kids movie. The over dramatics… way better then Light year and the flops Disney and Pixar made in the last 2 years 

I didn't call it AI slop. I said that's what's in our future because disneys standard slipped here as they turned an outsourced cheapened Disney+ show into a sequel for shareholders. Corners were cut and they were rewarded, so they will continue to cut them.

 

The hundreds of artists and creatives you speak of were also hurt by this, as the outsourcing and shift of plans means they were underpaid, crunched, and lack any usual long term financial incentives for the film. 

[Gorjesspazze9]

Moana expected to hit a Billion in 2 weekends too 

Disney really made 2 Frozen sized Phenomenon this year. 

Edited December 2 by Gorjesspazze9

[Mr. Duff]

Gladiator doing good numbers, although I expected more. I guess it got overshadowed by Wicked and Moana.

 

Moana is insane  

 

Wicked is doing great too, absolutely deserved.

[family.guy123]

13 hours ago, ImpressMeMuch said:

Those Moana numbers are so embarrassing 

 

I hope everyone seeing it looks forward to a future of AI slop because they clearly have no standards (or are being duped) 

 

go wicked!

Avengers: Endgame was once the highest grossing movie of all time. Deadpool 3 made over a billion dollars just this year. AI slop is exactly what audiences have been telling studios they want, since forever. Remember lion king 2019?
 

You can be a fan of Wicked without pretending that a movie you happen to dislike is the end of cinema. (Maybe not?) Give me a break. 

Edited December 2 by family.guy123

[ImpressMeMuch]

2 minutes ago, family.guy123 said:

Avengers: Endgame was once the highest grossing movie of all time. Deadpool 3 made over a billion dollars just this year. 
 

You can be a fan of Wicked without pretending that a movie you happen to dislike is the end of cinema. (Maybe not?) Give me a break. 

It's bad news for animation fans and lowers the bar for Disney. I didn't say it's the end of cinema lol.

 

i also only mentioned wicked because it's half of the focus of OP, my opinion on Moana has nothing to do with it???

Edited December 2 by ImpressMeMuch

[ImpressMeMuch]

@family.guy123 good point with the edit tho, this isn't new for Disney and the live action remakes are equally terrible but don't spell the end of original content. 

[Popboi.]

Wicked's hold is very impressive, means word of mouth is really, really good  should be on track of beating Wonka by a good margin now despite bigger competition.

 

[Gorjesspazze9]

 

[Lovett]

 

[Poxy]

I liked War of the Rohirrim !