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

submitted 1 year ago by chickenwing@lemmy.film to c/moviesandtv@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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[–] echoplex21@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I had the same reaction with Marvel. I would watch almost every single movie the week it came out. They did extremely well with their Infinity Saga and capped it with an incredible conclusion. Infinity War/Endgame is a master stroke to what could’ve been an absolute disaster. Now that it’s over, the only MCU movies I’ve watched in theaters (let alone the first week) were No Way Home, Wakanda Forever, and GOTG3. The others I watched eventually at home (if at all).

[–] QuillDriven@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

@echoplex21 After Endgame, the only Marvel movie that interested me was GotG3. Now that I've seen it I'm done.

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[–] pjhenry1216@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Marvel is mostly fatigue with some laziness. It's not that I don't actually dislike any of it. I just don't have the energy and desire to keep up all the time. A franchise shouldn't be like a product. They're trying to get more and more mindshare by putting out more and more in a shorter time. It's clear it's losing some quality in the writing (though even the "bad" ones still have redeeming qualities in my opinion, like I'm still glad I saw the Eternals, but it clearly is also flawed) due to not having the cohesiveness in story any longer. Look at the big hit video games that are trilogies. Horizon Zero Dawn and Forbidden West had like 5 years between them (though a DLC was released a year after ZD). Sure it's a different medium, but it still shows that sometimes you need to ensure you put the work in and the effort, plus leave the audience wanting for a bit. Having something new all the time just makes it less interesting to begin with.