With Elemental’s marketing, it makes me legitimately mad that Disney, given a movie about the directors personal experience with immigration and interracial relationships, decided to make the stupid XD quirky character that only has max 4-5 minutes of screen time (and even that’s generous) the star of the marketing. And that’s saying something as I’m not the films biggest defender, it’s a perfectly average time but a sweet one nonetheless. On top of limited advertising for films this summer, some studios were racing to put their films on streaming services killing any forward momentum for anyone to want to pay the money to see it on the big screen. Happened with Ruby Gillman, saw its gonna happen with Mutant Mayhem. As for Barbenheimer, it’s effects can already be seen already. Studios are shoving together unrelated releases when like, look me with a straight face and tell me if anyone’s seeing Paw Patrol and Saw or a Taylor Swift concert film and a Exorcist movie on the same day. No, of course not. You’d be out of your bloody mind. Barbenheimer worked because like you said, it was made by the people, not executives. Outside of Barbie being based of a major IP, people were HEAVILY anticipating the two films for one. They were returns of popular, well regarded filmmakers like Christopher Nolan and Greta Gerwig. Plus, Barbie was released on the day that Nolan’s film was originally going to release by his then rival studio since he had jumped to Universal to make Oppenheimer. That last one’s a bit of stretch for it being a motivator for general audience but it’s interesting tidbit nonetheless. It was never, “cutesy film paired with a darker, serious film” like how Doom and Animal Crossing back in 2020 were unlike what executives got out of it. Such a interesting topic in general and I really enjoyed the video! Your videos in general lately have been scratching a itch in my movie theater watcher brain and I appreciate it immensely!
I feel that the attention span aspect from social media is also ruining movies. Things like tik tok and yt shorts are decreasing the will to sit down and watch something for a long period of time, because why watch the whole 2hr film when somebody can explain the whole plot in 30 seconds right? Short form content seems to be taking it's toll on long form content like movies.
My life had no meaning. I lost my job as a writer on Family Guy season 69, my family disowned me and I lived under an abandoned pier and fed on the dirt and rocks that I also slept on, with nothing but the crabs, spiders and whoever just happens to show up to keep me company. I was broke, alone and miserable. Until I heard one person talk about how wonderful Clod was, and I realized that there was still hope for me. So I dug around and did odd jobs to scrape out whatever spare change I could get until I had enough money for Disney and Pixar's Elemental, in theaters June 16, 2023. The moment Clod first came onto the screen, my life was changed forever. I was called to Washington, DC after the movie to act as a servant to the President of the United States, Cory Baxter. Now I live in the lap of luxury. I can eat steamed hams whenever I want, I have a personal butler who can play all my favorite songs like All Star, Never Gonna Give You Up and Peaches at my beck and call, I don't have to worry about Jack Horner, Spamton G. Spamton, what the canon is or anything else, and I've finally been welcomed back into my family. It's a dream life unlike any other, and it's all thanks to the little dirt child, Clod.
With Elemental’s marketing, it makes me legitimately mad that Disney, given a movie about the directors personal experience with immigration and interracial relationships, decided to make the stupid XD quirky character that only has max 4-5 minutes of screen time (and even that’s generous) the star of the marketing. And that’s saying something as I’m not the films biggest defender, it’s a perfectly average time but a sweet one nonetheless.
On top of limited advertising for films this summer, some studios were racing to put their films on streaming services killing any forward momentum for anyone to want to pay the money to see it on the big screen. Happened with Ruby Gillman, saw its gonna happen with Mutant Mayhem.
As for Barbenheimer, it’s effects can already be seen already. Studios are shoving together unrelated releases when like, look me with a straight face and tell me if anyone’s seeing Paw Patrol and Saw or a Taylor Swift concert film and a Exorcist movie on the same day. No, of course not. You’d be out of your bloody mind.
Barbenheimer worked because like you said, it was made by the people, not executives. Outside of Barbie being based of a major IP, people were HEAVILY anticipating the two films for one. They were returns of popular, well regarded filmmakers like Christopher Nolan and Greta Gerwig. Plus, Barbie was released on the day that Nolan’s film was originally going to release by his then rival studio since he had jumped to Universal to make Oppenheimer. That last one’s a bit of stretch for it being a motivator for general audience but it’s interesting tidbit nonetheless. It was never, “cutesy film paired with a darker, serious film” like how Doom and Animal Crossing back in 2020 were unlike what executives got out of it.
Such a interesting topic in general and I really enjoyed the video! Your videos in general lately have been scratching a itch in my movie theater watcher brain and I appreciate it immensely!
I feel that the attention span aspect from social media is also ruining movies. Things like tik tok and yt shorts are decreasing the will to sit down and watch something for a long period of time, because why watch the whole 2hr film when somebody can explain the whole plot in 30 seconds right? Short form content seems to be taking it's toll on long form content like movies.
My life had no meaning. I lost my job as a writer on Family Guy season 69, my family disowned me and I lived under an abandoned pier and fed on the dirt and rocks that I also slept on, with nothing but the crabs, spiders and whoever just happens to show up to keep me company. I was broke, alone and miserable. Until I heard one person talk about how wonderful Clod was, and I realized that there was still hope for me. So I dug around and did odd jobs to scrape out whatever spare change I could get until I had enough money for Disney and Pixar's Elemental, in theaters June 16, 2023. The moment Clod first came onto the screen, my life was changed forever. I was called to Washington, DC after the movie to act as a servant to the President of the United States, Cory Baxter. Now I live in the lap of luxury. I can eat steamed hams whenever I want, I have a personal butler who can play all my favorite songs like All Star, Never Gonna Give You Up and Peaches at my beck and call, I don't have to worry about Jack Horner, Spamton G. Spamton, what the canon is or anything else, and I've finally been welcomed back into my family. It's a dream life unlike any other, and it's all thanks to the little dirt child, Clod.
But can it help-ruin movies?
I think you’re on to something.