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    2 days ago

    It’s easy to joke about, but I feel like this is a microcosm of the problems plaguing Hollywood. The notion that a franchise routinely closing in on $2B a movie at the box office is somehow not profitable speaks to how absolutely unhinged the budgets are going in.

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      Everything about movies is just stupid. Napoleon dynamite cost 400k to make. Half of that money went into the jamiroquai song. Marketing for a movie costs more than a movie used to cost. A movie made 10 million dollars? Absolute failure. People like the rock get paid 50million per movie to just be there. I really hope Hollywood just collapses

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    3 days ago

    Avatar, one of the most profitable film franchises in history, needs to cut costs?

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      If there’s a single dollar giant corporations and billionaires don’t have, they’ll destroy your life to get it. That’s why their limitless greed is so dangerous to everyone, it’s quite literally never enough…

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    I have an idea: cut the film length in half, remove the warfare and turn it into a nature documentary.

    My mom really likes the movies, so I went with her to the cinema. I like the progress in CGI and have read their papers on water rendering a bunch of times, and I can feel myself getting immersed when things start off. They are beautiful worlds with so much creativity!

    And then the warfare starts and it all turns into a CGI mess with no story value. Such a disappointment.

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    Or, hear me out, you could use your impressive creativity to make other non-Avatar movies that are beloved classics like you were making before Avatar.

    The indiginous species have been oppressed by the shitty humans for 3 movies now. WE GET IT.

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    Would making the movies cheaper translate into cheaper ticket prices? My local is $26 a ticket now. It’s ridiculous! I’m not going to see everything that comes out when it costs that much, and we’ve got access to streaming now.