Benny Safdie doesn’t make box-office-numbers kinds of movies.
Besides, Johnson’s producing it. It’s his money. He wanted Oscar bait and got Oscar bait.
Yeah, from what I’ve seen it looks great, it’s just not a blockbuster or even trying to be one.
If Dewayne gets an Oscar then the whole thing is a sham.
Hollywood running its own rewards shows has always been the Obama putting a medal on Obama meme…
In fact, rewards ceremonies for most things are nothing but BS. Very, very few are actual rewards that seriously considered all applicable content, and even fewer serve a purpose beyond ego inflation.
I think it’s more about increasing perceived value. I’ve definitely seen professionals literally just paying for awards.
Oh, perceived value… I guess that would be the outward side of ego for individuals like celebs. lol Only so many careers where those two can go hand in hand. (although under very much NOT meritocratic capitalism, ego goes a lot further than it should…)
lol, that’s your line? The whole thing has been a sham from the beginning.
Havent seen it. But I’ve heard good things. Like its obvious Oscar bait, but one of the better performances by him.
Think of the niche market that an MMA sports movie is appealing to
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The rest of that franchise damaged that franchises stability…
almost anything johnson have been in damaged that franchise.
What are these comments? This is a comm for people who like movies? It’s a Safdie movie that by all accounts is at least decent, even if it flirts with “Oscar bait”. Weird to almost revel in its box office failure.
I think a lot of people here just don’t like The Rock.
Personally, I’m indifferent to him.
no, you’re just not a good actor, and many other people had problems with you, cavil, vin disesal. plus you try to strongarm the DCU by trying to hijack it.
As someone who is a fan of pro wrestling it’s kinda funny and a bit weird how quickly The Rock allowed his mask to slip.
for years and years he was seen as a nice guy, giving people homes and trucks and what have you, even in the wrestling biz he was considered a nice guy. then the failures started happening and his demeanor and personality started to change or maybe his true nature started coming to light.
Ends up he’s not a good person. Ends up he’s more like Hulk Hogan.
Wait, a person looking for fame and fortune via glorifying themselves turned out to be a bad person?!
… Holy shit celebrity culture has cooked peoples’ brains… cannot even finish my mock surprise.
I do think this kind of tendency is fairly common. Most humans find it easier to be kind and giving when everything is going well for them. And conversely most humans, when their life starts going to shit, really find it difficult to care about other people’s problems.
Of course there are examples of people who are going through the worst time ever and still manage to muster up empathy and patience for others. I think people like that are remarkable because they are not the usual.
(Not to defend Dwayne Johnson, I have no feelings at all about him or knowledge about what he has and has not done. Just a side note thought)
John Cena seems to be a genuinely good dude. And he’s a good actor and funny
Two things that I just don’t give a shit about are The Rock and MMA. I may check this out when it gets to the streaming platforms, but that won’t. Be until football season is over.
Dwayne “The Scorpion King” Johnson complaining about the box office opening of his latest movie?
Oooh that smashing machine, what did I watch
You can’t controll box office results and believe me, we tried.
