Paul Thomas Anderson Defends 2025 Movies and Shares His Favorites
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Paul Thomas Anderson isn’t losing sleep over people calling 2025 a weak year for movies. He’s heard the doom talk,
    • J-Bone@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      1 hour ago

      Saw it in the cinema, it was really good.

      Was fun to see DiCaprio in a slightly different role than he usually plays.

  • danc4498@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    5 hours ago

    I’m hoping that the success of the original movies this year will lead to more.

    Also, crazy how people have already forgotten about Sinners. That’s how great this year has been.

  • MyBrainHurts@piefed.caEnglish
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    4 hours ago

    Hollywood greenlights some original stuff but, judging by box office returns, the audiences don’t go to see them.

    I think Zootopia 2 will have beaten all the films he listed, plus Sinners and maybe One Battle After Another combined in it’s first week or so.

    So, assuming you’re a producer, would you put your money into a safe bet like Jurrassic Park 12 or some indie project that hopefully makes its money back and maybe goes on a bit of a run?

    • krashmo@lemmy.world
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      43 minutes ago

      I see tons of movies they have no idea I’ve seen. That’s the natural result of making going to the theater a shitty experience. I’ll still watch what I want to, you just won’t get any benefit from it.

      I would like it if there was a way to pay a studio / director / production company directly for their work on a film. The old ways of monetizing films don’t really mesh with the way I engage with them.

    • kaki@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      2 hours ago

      I think Zootopia 2 will have beaten all the films he listed, plus Sinners and maybe One Battle After Another combined in it’s first week or so.

      I just checked, and you only need to combine Sinners and Weapons to beat Zootopia 2’s first week ($620M), for a lower combined budget.

      • MyBrainHurts@piefed.caEnglish
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        20 minutes ago

        Oof, you’re totally right, I was looking domestic for Weapons.

        But, I mean, I think the point still stands. That’s one weekend of one sequel which itself is unlikely to be the highest grossing movie of the year.

        People don’t really watch the original and interesting stuff.