Superbitch Posted January 11 Posted January 11 2 minutes ago, period sis said: There was literally singing and dancing in the trailer If you didn't know it was a musical that's your fault lol Sis plz that was literally a second. Some movies have dancing scenes and are not musicals. Some of us know it is because we’ve followed it since it was announced(and disappointed). The average movie goer will not. And those trailers HID IT. 2 seconds in a 2 min trailer?? There was an article that came out weeks ago saying studios have been hiding musicals from the marketing cuz they know it’ll scare people. They did the same with wonkabut that worked out for them. they did this on purpose. I don’t blame them. 7
glitch Posted January 11 Posted January 11 36 minutes ago, HEAVYONIT said: But on the real, they did a terrible job advertising that this was based off the musical version. Like there's no singing in any of the trailers 1
Superbitch Posted January 11 Posted January 11 2 minutes ago, glitch said: Like there's no singing in any of the trailers At all. It’s like one second only. The only clue was a note music note in the poster
Katamari Posted January 11 Posted January 11 44 minutes ago, HEAVYONIT said: But on the real, they did a terrible job advertising that this was based off the musical version. Yeah every trailer I see has zero music numbers or dance scenes 1
The Man Who Posted January 11 Posted January 11 (edited) 20 minutes ago, Space Cowboy said: Tell that to hollywood I remember Spielberg’s West Side Story had a lot of promo. They really wanted it to be the “the greatest showman” of that year. I legit never saw a single trailer for it, so either it wasn’t promoted as much in Europe or I just happened to never come across it. You couldn’t escape The Greatest Showman here. Also, regarding what you said earlier about the way Wonka was promoted, it has a 91% audience score on RT and it received an A- on Cinemascore, so audiences obviously still enjoyed it. Plus, the original Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory from 1971 was a musical, so I don’t think anybody was shocked that the 2023 movie also was. Mean Girls is completely different as the original movie wasn’t a musical and I don’t think the fact it became a Broadway show was that obvious amongst the GP. My sister (who loves the movie) had no idea it was adapted for stage. Edited January 11 by The Man Who
Aaron Posted January 11 Posted January 11 22 minutes ago, Happylittlepunk said: I can’t believe Tina Fay said yes to this instead of og casted mean girls 2. Just like that Walmart commercial. This. Kinda annoying that she was more than happy to cast herself in this new film yet won’t bother considering a legitimate sequel, although I’m sure she knows it could never actually match up the OG.
Apolonio ₃₄ Posted January 11 Posted January 11 What the hell? They need to leave this movie alone. It’s just not meant to be expanded or touched. 1
Magdalene Posted January 11 Posted January 11 to be honest i think right now mean girls 04> mean girls 24 >>>>> mean girls 2>>>> mean girls on broadway the cast of this version does so much heavy lifting in comparison to how tacky the og broadway production is, minus some key songs missing
Space Cowboy Posted January 11 Posted January 11 (edited) 10 minutes ago, The Man Who said: I legit never saw a single trailer for it so either it wasn’t promoted as much in Europe or I just happened to never come across it. You couldn’t escape The Greatest Showman here. Also, regarding what you said earlier about the way Wonka was promoted, it has a 91% audience score on RT and it received an A- on Cinemascore, so audiences obviously still enjoyed it. Plus, the original Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory from 1971 was a musical, so I don’t think anybody was shocked that the 2023 movie also was. Mean Girls is completely different as the original movie wasn’t a musical and I don’t think the fact it became a Broadway show was that obvious amongst the GP. My sister (who loves the movie) had no idea it was adapted for stage. West Side Story got an A on CS and %93 audience score in RT. In the Heights got an A on CS and 94% on RT. Yet both flopped. Wonka is a success indeed, but let’s not pretend they didn’t hid the fact it was musical. And manye people were indeed surprised it was a musical, just search in twitter “Wonka is a musical?” Edited January 11 by Space Cowboy 1
I Am Music Posted January 11 Posted January 11 Deceptive marketing isn’t new but the product better be damn good where it doesn’t get backlash for it. My main gripe is studios using well known IPs like Paranormal Activity and slapping the name on something not even related to it to gain money.
vale9001 Posted January 11 Author Posted January 11 (edited) I mean Wonka first two movies were musicals too. What was shocking for some people? 🤣 Edited January 11 by vale9001
Khal Posted January 11 Posted January 11 It’s never that serious, I legit don’t get the intense dislike some people have for musicals 3
MusicLoverDude Posted January 11 Posted January 11 I mean, my birthday is on Saturday so I'm seeing this regardless
nostalgic Posted January 11 Posted January 11 Deceptive advertising or not, IMDb and Wikipedia are right there - do people really not look up the movie they're about to see?
vale9001 Posted January 11 Author Posted January 11 (edited) 3 minutes ago, nostalgic said: Deceptive advertising or not, IMDb and Wikipedia are right there - do people really not look up the movie they're about to see? If you Watch a trailer, a spot, a poster you're not forced to search Wikipedia to know everything about actors, production etc.. most people go to the movies just to spend 2 hours so yeah they don't make that much of a research outside of the promotional material somehow they see. Edited January 11 by vale9001
The Man Who Posted January 11 Posted January 11 36 minutes ago, Space Cowboy said: West Side Story got an A on CS and %93 audience score in RT. In the Heights got an A on CS and 94% on RT. Yet both flopped. Wonka is a success indeed, but let’s not pretend they didn’t hid the fact it was musical. And manye people were indeed surprised it was a musical, just search in twitter “Wonka is a musical?” You’re missing the point of what I’m saying. You said that Hollywood has a new marketing strategy which is to hide the fact a movie is a musical, which implies it’s a way to trick the audience into seeing a film they otherwise wouldn’t see. The reason I shared the audience score was to show that clearly people do still like musicals, because if they somehow felt tricked into watching Wonka, why would they rate it so high? Also, I wouldn’t use those profiles in any type of conversation unless you’re being ironic. Have you SEEN them? I don’t expect one of those Twitter tryhards who are normally under the age of 20 to know that the original Wonka movie was a musical. They are so uneducated and ignorant on pop culture it’s offensive.
samsclubPRESENTSavam Posted January 11 Posted January 11 As a millennial, the marketing on this movie has been very suspicious. Just the vagueness surrounding what the movie is supposed to be. I wouldn't be mad to know it's a musical but you know it's bad if they have to hide it.
Asparagus Spears Posted January 11 Posted January 11 There’s a correct way to do a musical and this ain’t it. These numbers are shoehorned in and makes the musical numbers annoying as you watch and go along with the film. Hope it bombs so it scares other classic movies from turning into a musical. Literally no one but Tina Fey asked for this…
Gossip_Boy Posted January 11 Posted January 11 The collective groaning is sending me On one hand Hollywood is annoying trying to deceive people with marketing of certain movies but on the other hand google is literally right there. You have so much info at your disposal so like…
Cain Posted January 11 Posted January 11 Wait… I thought it was an actual musical, as in with live actors and stuff jdfke 😭
UnusualBoy Posted January 11 Posted January 11 That's why I stay away from it like a plague, hate musicals, same reason why I didn't see Wonka (Well that and because I don't like Timothee Charmander) 1
TaylorNation Posted January 11 Posted January 11 1 hour ago, Superbitch said: Sis plz that was literally a second. Some movies have dancing scenes and are not musicals. Some of us know it is because we’ve followed it since it was announced(and disappointed). The average movie goer will not. And those trailers HID IT. 2 seconds in a 2 min trailer?? There was an article that came out weeks ago saying studios have been hiding musicals from the marketing cuz they know it’ll scare people. They did the same with wonkabut that worked out for them. they did this on purpose. I don’t blame them. they would have advertised it was a musical if it was, you know, a good musical
Lost In Paradise Posted January 11 Posted January 11 it's all Jeff Richmond's fault (Tina's husband) he wrote a few campy songs for 30 Rock and decided he was capable of writing a musical theatre score for one of the most beloved comedies of all time it barely works on stage because people expect a musical and some of the songs do have catchy moments, but it was never going to work on screen
nadiamendell Posted January 11 Posted January 11 50 minutes ago, samsclubPRESENTSavam said: As a millennial, the marketing on this movie has been very suspicious. Just the vagueness surrounding what the movie is supposed to be. I wouldn't be mad to know it's a musical but you know it's bad if they have to hide it. This. I thought it was legit just a remake of the original.
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