Whenever I see that these movies are successful I’m always wondering who’s seeing them? Myself and a few friends all attend movies regularly and none of us even know anyone who saw the second one in theaters. Like I’m sure people are going, it’s just weird.
There are 6 billion people in the world.
Ok… you do get how relatively tiny your circle of friends is. Everyone you times 1000 is fractional amount compared just to the population of your country.
The movie made 340 million because the franchise is beloved. I know that shocks the Reddit/Lemmy hive mind that is convinced the movies have no cultural significance.
I went to go see it. Wicked and this are the only movies I saw in the theater. It was great fun.
Yes, I understand my sample group is small. That’s why I said I’m sure people were seeing them, I was just sharing an observation.
I’m seeing this one next weekend when I go visit my gf. I enjoy the series for them just being fun movies. Not amazing by any means, but enjoyable times out at the theater. My gf even saw the second one twice in theaters.
I went to see the second one purely because I wanted to see the pretty CGI world, I didn’t expect too much from the plot. No disappointment there.
I may yet do the same with the third one. I’m also not expecting too much from the plot there. I just want to see cool CGI and fancy world-building. It’s entertaining in its own way and best seen on the big screen.
These won’t be great movies, but they are a fun spectacle.
3rd was better than 2nd IMO, a pleasant surprise.
It’s not Dune or Blade Runner, but not everything can or has to be.
