• TheTechnician27@lemmy.world
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    9 hours ago

    Any 5th any movie is going to be a rehash.

    Have you seen it, or do you even know anything about it? This one’s getting solid reviews from critics and audiences. And I say this as someone who’s never gotten into the franchise and didn’t even watch 4 or 5; I have nothing to personally defend here. The Schafrillas review (also on Nebula) was quite positive, and he went in with the same expectations you’re talking about here.

    If you’re going to be a pretentious, overgeneralizing jackass, maybe don’t pick on the movie with a 93%/7.8 on Rotten Tomatoes.

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      7 hours ago

      I think people forget a lot of the people who work on it are still super passionate people so it’s still gonna be good.

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      7 hours ago

      Have you seen it, or do you even know anything about it?

      My kids did, said to wait til it’s on streaming.

      This one’s getting solid reviews from critics and audiences. And I say this as someone who’s never gotten into the franchise and didn’t even watch 4 or 5; I have nothing to personally defend here.

      Reviews don’t mean much anymore. Too many reviews today are bought and paid for. Box office returns are about the only truth you’ll find now a days and the truth is: The general public is getting tired of ‘Toy Story’.

      https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Toy-Story

      When you convert the numbers to account for inflation, then tie them directly to a chart you quite literally see a downward trend in people going. The entire theme has become banal to some and that number has grown exponentially since Lightyear was released (which was a financial loss btw).

      If you’re going to be a pretentious, overgeneralizing jackass, maybe don’t pick on the movie with a 93%/7.8 on Rotten Tomatoes.

      If you don’t have anything to personally defend here, then why make direct attacks like this? Doesn’t add up.

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        6 hours ago

        Are box office returns actually a good indicator or is that just proportional to advertising spend?

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            6 hours ago

            Yeah I guess I was just thinking that a movie like Toy Story 5 might have a massive advertising budget and so lots of people might know about it and go and see it. A movie with a smaller advertising budget might be objectively better but sell a lot fewer tickets. So ticket sales might not be much better than reviews to indicate how good a movie is.