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[–] jumjummy@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Anytime I hear anything about this movie I remember the hissy fit the lead actress made over the fan edit of the poster. “How dare they erase my face! Racism!”

[–] koberulz@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 week ago
[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)
[–] TheImpressiveX@lemm.ee 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Grease (1978): $328 million

Wicked (2024): $634.3 million

Unadjusted for inflation, of course.

[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Adjusting for inflation shows this Wicked claim to be marketing bullshit.

https://www.in2013dollars.com/us/inflation/1978?amount=1000000

[–] TheImpressiveX@lemm.ee 14 points 1 week ago

When talking about box office grosses, Hollywood never adjusts for inflation unless specified otherwise.

[–] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

I enjoyed the movie overall, but casting Jeff Goldblum as the wizard was not a good choice.

[–] Eyck_of_denesle@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The amount of marketing for this movie makes me not want to watch it. Tbh I was never going to watch it in a theatre anyway. Would you guys recommend it to a non Disney fan? I've been watching all major 2024 releases digitally, so I was wondering.

[–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago

It was fine but not exceptional in my opinion.

[–] brutallyhonestcritic@lemmy.world -2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

As others have mentioned, this movie looked like

dogshit.

This is what happens when you give an inexperienced, low-budget DoP a 100 million project because of little more than gender.

Listen to her squirm: https://youtu.be/ZRL8NSOgOj8

[–] triptrapper@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

We have TONS of examples of "inexperienced, low-budget" male DPs shooting blockbusters. Sometimes they look great, sometimes they look terrible. Women deserve those opportunities too. That's how they become experienced.

[–] spujb@lemmy.cafe 2 points 1 week ago

interesting case you stumbled upon here 😭 they disappear from comments for ten months then return to exclusively trash on Alice Brooks, stating without evidence that she is a meritless recipient of DEI benefit. all their recent comments (that don’t get banned straight away) have no less than 8 immediate upvotes with their interlocutors often getting mirror downvote treatment—which just screams vote abuse to me*. very unique character here.

*this is speculation and i could be wrong