I didn’t find the CGI distracting; it’s far from the worst offenders. Not the same amount of practical effects or action as Fury Road but still exciting and excelled in other aspects.

But the box office has been rebounding. The proof is in box office revenue.

also, like, where are the movies for older teenagers and 20'somethings? i don’t think ‘anyone but you’ was a fluke. if you build it they will come. challengers was healthy. i’ll be curious how bikeriders does.

I guess that a low-effort garbage movie made to distract kids for a bit DIDN’T get the families out enough to beat Furiosa is in itself a story. Heads will roll at Illumination tonight.

Nobody has any money to spare because we spend it all on rent and maybe groceries if we’ve anything left over. And nobody has any free time, because we’re spending it all working to pay for rent and maybe some groceries, and maybe getting four or five hours sleep if we’re lucky.

Anya Taylor-Joy was miscast as Garfield.

Last year, it was Barbenheimer. The year before, it was Top Gun: Maverick. And I’m sure this summer will see a big breakout hit or two. But for movie theaters, it matters less whether the public can be convinced to see movies they’re really, really excited about (they can) and more whether people see moviegoing as…

Yup. I get to read medical studies of all stripes almost once a week for work, and nothing bugs me more than people who magically expect that same amount of rigor from a pop culture moment.

The son is presumably also an ice hippo, so probably pretty wide

oh it bet! i’m talking about the freaks who put out self-published guides to the parks and have multiple youtube channels about it.

I’m sure Disney is so glad to have such loyal customers like you defending them, great work! Yes, I’m sure the theme park and Star Wars enthusiast that goes out of her way to do obscure themed experiences was secretly hoping that her experience at the Star Wars LARP hotel would be bad so she could write a scathing hit…

I love her videos! It was such a treat to get content again on YouTube instead of Patreon.

The thing is, they don’t really cater to upper class either. The current Disney fast-pass system requires you to basically get up at 6 AM to buy it for the day, and then spend the whole day on your phone scheduling things so that you can truck back and forth across the parks to stand in somewhat shorter lines than the…

Watch the video. She’s not the only one who had the experience of being assigned to a faction that had nothing to do with her interactions.

they also cater to the most insane disney fans, who have a whole cottage industry based around being insane disney fans.

i think a lot about how my first ipod came with a wired remote, a charging stand AND a wall socket charger, a cable, headphones and a cd with the software on it and now my iphone costs 4x as much and only comes with a cable now.

1. Too expensive. Even McDonald’s is considering re-doing some version of a value meal because things are just too much. If they were cars, Galactic Starcruiser would be a Maserati - cool and expensive, but most people aren’t getting them. Maserati stays in business by selling top-end cars to certain clientele, but…

Nicholson: My sister doesn’t like you.

I’m at about hour 3 of this video since I can only take Jenny in small doses. But it’s a very thorough analysis of what made this hotel fail.

At the end of the day it cost thousands of dollars for a themed stay but you’re just in a windowless building (minus the atrium). The interactivity and attention to detail were…

I balked at the four hour run time but I watched the video throughout the day on Sunday as I cleaned my house, and it really is worth sticking it out til the end.