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Indiana Jones and Flash flopped hard. Could this be the beginning of the end for franchise films? (lemmy.film)

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For the last few years franchise movies like star wars, marvel, etc. made money regardless of quality. However now it seems like audiences are being choosier when it comes to these kinds of tentpole releases. I've seen some people online say that the movie/theater industry is losing people in general but I don't think that's the case.

Super Mario and spiderverse made a lot of money. And Oppenheimer, Barbie, and Dune seem to be tracking well. I think the problem is that people are getting sick of the same old stuff and need more than just a brand name to go to the theater. What do you you think?

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

There are only two good indy movies and that's raiders and the last crusade.

Anything else was crap and crap Indiana Jones movies are nothing new.

Dune and so on are objectively good movies even though they play the hobbit tactic with dune releasing only half the book.

Why people like avengers and marvel and these movies I have no idea. Only a select few of these movies are watchable.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I felt compelled to reply, don't really know why but here it goes:

"There are only two good indy movies and that's raiders and the last crusade."

Temple of Doom also has it's charm, many of the most iconic Indy moments, beautiful cinematography and boldness to do things differently. It's the weakest of the original trilogy but also the most interesting one to watch.

"Anything else was crap and crap Indiana Jones movies are nothing new."

Yeah the two new ones are kinda crap. It's an interesting duo as the Dial of Destiny is technically a better movie of the two but at the same time it's the most indifferent and forgettable. Crystal Skull was crap but at least it had some original ideas and fit the original concept of rejuvenating the style of pulp/adventure literature of the era it's set in. DoD was mostly a collection of recycled cliches and unnecessary cameos with few interesting ideas that were forgotten after being presented.

"Dune and so on are objectively good movies even though they play the hobbit tactic with dune releasing only half the book."

True, Dune was great. But knowing the source material I am happy they chose to film it in parts. I actually think it could have been a trilogy.as there is so much going on in the original book.

"Why people like avengers and marvel and these movies I have no idea. Only a select few of these movies are watchable."

That's one of the great mysteries of life. Although it probably helps that they were a pop culture phenomenon even before the movies 🙂