I was incredibly grateful for that fact. They can kindly go their separate way from STAR WARS.
They shouldn't announce movies until they're sure those movies are coming out.
In no other time period would it be considered okay for official movie announcements to be considered like a hypothetical wishlist instead of an actual intent to release those movies.
In most cases I'd balance critic scores higher, just because the audience score is never based on a representative sample group. If audience scores mattered, Starfleet Academy would be as bad as the incel assholes who rated it before watching it said it was. An audience score based on a real representative sample group of the show/movie's target audience would matter. But there's no website where you actually see that.
Even the skinny ones?
All Gamorreans need to just be the Gone-more-eans.
Okay, having seen the movie (grade: C-, pretty bad), I can confirm that, yes, Din still wearing his helmet all the damn time is indeed a problem, and, yes, it's obviously a bigger problem in a two-hour big-screen movie than a thirty-minute TV episode. It makes him even more boring and unlikable than he already is.
The critic scores are based on 275 responses compared to a verified 5000 plus for the audience. I'd say thats more than enough.
I dont see why a professional critic should be seen as more important that a regular ticket buyer. The only difference between the two is who gets paid for their opinion.
It really was that bad. IMO that show was pure garbage and the low scores across all sites are warranted. If you disagree, fine, but having a different opinion on a show doesn't cancel out an entire majority of reviewers. SNW was also given that "woke" label by the incels, yet it routinely rates high with audiences.
Rottentomatoes audience score is done by people who actually purchased a ticket. Its not like metacritic where all you need is an email.
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The friend i was with made a remark that she's happy that the Mando stunt performers got named in the opening credits because they do all the heavy lifting.
I don't want to diss Pedro Pascal as i love his acting but Mandalorian has got to be the easiest job he ever had and this movie in particular. Just one scene where we see his face and some dialogue which is basically a couple of short sentences, no prolonged monologue or long conversation ( given that they have to modify his voice too he could have done the recording at home with a 50$ microphone). if he were an ass he'd laugh all the way to the bank at how stupid Disney actually is.
Had to check - he got 10 million for his Fantastic Four role that had him front and center, the number for Mando has not been released ( Disney is probably embarrased to release it but i figure at least 5 million) but for the show he got 350.000 per episode for the first two seasons and 600.000 for the third ( and he couldn't have been on set for more than a week).
So yeah, given the effort/reward ratio Mando was and is Jackpot for Pedro. Good for him.
Do you need to provide proof that you have seen the movie/show as in provide a picture of the ticket or something?
On the contrary, this is the way it's always worked. There has always been information available about projects in development (such as the annual "Black List" of good scripts that didn't get made for one reason or other), and of course any movie that makes it into production is going to be announced and covered by the media, because filmmaking is a semi-public process that involves many people, and people in the industry need to know what's going on, and of course filmmakers hope to generate advance buzz for future projects.
All you have to do as a reader of the news is be smart enough to understand that life is unpredictable and nobody -- nobody -- can ever guarantee that their plans for the future will play out unchanged. Especially with a process as complex as filmmaking, with so many different people and factors involved that all have to align for things to work out.
I don't think that would have happened. See Leia would have had a big part in Colin Trevorrow's version of Episode IX, but she passed away like a couple of weeks after he handed the first draft in. And after he was kicked out the new script was written by JJ and Chris Terrio, which would have been written with Carrie's death in mind.
You have to have purchased the ticket thru fandago in order for the system to count you as a "verified" reviewer.
Eh, I'm not a fan but it really wasn't that bad. Much like everything else on the internet, things are seldom as good or as bad as people want you to believe.
To each his own. Ive made my feelings on that show known in the SFA thread. No need to regurgitate it. My main point was that just because you like something doesn't discount the numerous people who disagree. That seems to be a common theme around here.
I've found the "why someone dislikes something" is far more insightful than simple up-or-down voting.
Just like the movie this thread is about. I'm sure its "fine", but if I'm going to go to the theater I want more than just "fine", I want to be blown away by the experience or else I can just watch it at home.
The movie was fun. I went with a friend on the way home from a convention on Monday. Stayed through the credits because I want to hear the music. We sat in separate rows as there wasn't any seats left together except in the front rows (I don't care for front row seating for movies). The first thing my friend said was, "That was very fun".
It is a basic adventure film, but Star Wars was a basic adventure film back in 1977. The difference was that in 1977 the special effects were ground breaking and people needed a high energy film that year and watched it over and over again. In 2026, there are many, many ways to fulfill the people's needs part of the tale, and ILM's gotten to the point where the special effects are so good that they blend into the films like it's just caught on camera without the mind thinking about it. There are a lot of really awesome special effects, but the effort has been made to make you not even think of it as a special effect, but something real. Grogu is probably the best example of that. You mostly just forget he's a puppet for the film and treat him like he's there as a character.
This is not some epic or a ground breaking film, but it also is clearly not supposed to be much more than a basic adventure film. Four or so episodes of a Streaming show made into a movie, but instead of the usually Mandalorian season where there is a quest goal and Mando does a bunch of side quests to get from quest information goal to another, this one is more a clear plot with goals that have consequences and are all connected, one leading into the other for a full arc of related stories.
It is a basic adventure film, but Star Wars was a basic adventure film back in 1977. The difference was that in 1977 the special effects were ground breaking and people needed a high energy film that year and watched it over and over again. In 2026, there are many, many ways to fulfill the people's needs part of the tale, and ILM's gotten to the point where the special effects are so good that they blend into the films like it's just caught on camera without the mind thinking about it. There are a lot of really awesome special effects, but the effort has been made to make you not even think of it as a special effect, but something real. Grogu is probably the best example of that. You mostly just forget he's a puppet for the film and treat him like he's there as a character.
This is not some epic or a ground breaking film, but it also is clearly not supposed to be much more than a basic adventure film. Four or so episodes of a Streaming show made into a movie, but instead of the usually Mandalorian season where there is a quest goal and Mando does a bunch of side quests to get from quest information goal to another, this one is more a clear plot with goals that have consequences and are all connected, one leading into the other for a full arc of related stories.
Correct. There is this need for black and white thinking rather than nuance over what works and what doesn't.
Mandalorian and Grogu works because it is a large movie of adventure while centered on a very sweet relationship. It's big and loud at times but soft and gentle too. Very much recommend the experience in theaters for the sound alone.
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