This all depends on a definition of “movie star” not just as “celebrity who stars in movies” but “megastar celebrity whose presence in a movie single-handedly ensures its box office success.” Personally, I think there’s a good argument that the second category is smaller than it used to be. And anyway, even the…

“Quentin Tarantino, acclaimed filmmaker” is getting movies made circa 2021, because he’s a franchise at this point. Does Pulp Fiction get made today by someone whose only credit is a low-budget, single-location crime movie? Probably not. (I will let the “shit ass” pass without comment except to defend Jackie Brown,…

The irony of you using Mr. Pink to make your point... You do realize that he was being an asshole, right?

Okay, but YOU are not in a position to try to get movies made. Whereas QT IS. Scorsese IS.

Look at the James Bond franchise. Are people going because it’s Pierce Brosnan or Daniel Craig? No, they’re going because it’s James Bond.

I mean... Uncharted was just dumped into theaters in the February dead zone, and it also had Wahlberg, who whatever you think of him still has a good deal of box office draw. Of all the MCU people, I wouldn’t really hold Tom Holland up as a guy to break out of the MCU mold.

his point is that people go to see the characters, not the actors, and the fame the actors get from being those characters doesn’t translate to help other movies they may do.

It’s a problem for people who want to see movies that require “star-power” to get greenlit. Most Hollywood movies about adults sell on star power. Romantic comedies, comedies, dramas, period dramas—these movies sell on star power. If you’d rather watch Marvel, cool, but don’t act like people who enjoy movies about…

also just ‘during the 11 year period he played tony stark in 10 movies he was able to take advantage of that juice and get 2 whole movies made’ is such a funny point.

it’s 100% the point and you can even chart this as recently as people being mad they didn’t just recast t’challa when boseman died.

“My only axe to grind against them is they’re the only things that seem to be made,” is less a criticism of the work itself than the studio system giving rise to it.

He kinda’ isn’t. Since the first Iron Man he’s branched off and headlined a few movie star vehicles here and there but really hasn’t had anything hit the pop culture zeitgeist in the same way, well, Iron Man did. Doolittle, for example, relied heavily on his movie stardom and died on arrival. He reminds me a lot of…

I think people’s main problem with it is that the superhero movies are being made instead of other types of movies

You’re quoting iPlayer figures, which are UK only and ignores that it also had millions of people watch it broadcast live in BBC. It was BBCs biggest streaming hit, doing almost twice the numbers of its second biggest hit. It’s the biggest streaming show ever in Ireland also been on Hulu, etc.

Chadwick Boseman was a man of dignity and charisma, like Sidney Poitier and Denzel Washington. Those are gifts you’re born with, natural qualities, not things you can teach. There’s a reason he was cast to play Jackie Robinson, Thurgood Marshall, James Brown, T’Challa.

Saying “Chadwick Boseman isn’t a good actor” is like saying “Harrison Ford isn’t a good actor.” No doubt a person could make a sound argument to support that assertion, but while they were making their argument I’d be busy wishing that Chadwick Boseman or Harrison Ford were making it, because it’s entertaining to…

I remember seeing Civil War in the theater, and the very first time he turns to face the camera the audience reacted. Boseman had an uncommon on screen presence.

People involved said that they didn’t *want* to do that. I can understand Coogler and the other people who worked with him for a long time not wanting to. And honestly, from a chemistry standpoint, it could have an impact if the cast wasn’t happy with that choice.

I can understand why actual human beings who knew the guy didn’t want to recast him. The PR issues that may have existed aside, the casting director even said that they had a hard time imagining going through that process again so soon after they lost someone that most didn’t even know were sick. I don’t think Coogler…

Have you actually seen his other movies like Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom? Marshall? Get on Up? Sounds like you’re just judging him based off of MCU movies than everything else he did where he was phenomenal.