Maybe... But letting less people see it early is what you do when you think your movie is going to suck. Alternately, when you think "The people won't understand your art".
No, influencer screenings preempting professional reviewers are what you do when you want to artificially generate hype from undiscriminating fans. The article I don't think you read even points this out almost immediately:
The move bucks the trend of studios getting ahead of professional reviews by inviting fan-site bloggers and influencers to see major releases in advance and then letting them post (often highly enthusiastic) mini reviews on social media.
That's a fair take, he may be doing it for the wrong reasons... but I'm just on a "fuck all influencers" bandwagon and always have been, so stopped clock and all that.
Influencers are unlikely to pass harsh judgment in cases like this because they think that heir fancy business trips are a reward and they don’t want to miss on the next ones. Their opinions are worthless.
From what I recall the in-cinema viewings were all nicely calibrated, and my home theater setup similarly performs well enough. Maybe I've got rose tinted glasses. Time to rewatch a few.
he is known for being terrible at sound balancing and being an elitist douche about it. whether you can say that it makes an otherwise good movie bad, well thats hard to say.
The movie could be great but Nolan is trending towards pretentious plots and scores that drown out dialogue. I personally expect it will be a mediocre experience.
At least we have his earlier films where they were convoluted but fun and you could hear what was happening.
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SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 71 pts · 61d
Nolan's kind of a dick for a lot of reasons but this is the right fucking move.
BarbecueCowboy@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 61d
Maybe... But letting less people see it early is what you do when you think your movie is going to suck. Alternately, when you think "The people won't understand your art".
TheTechnician27@lemmy.world · 55 pts · 61d
No, influencer screenings preempting professional reviewers are what you do when you want to artificially generate hype from undiscriminating fans. The article I don't think you read even points this out almost immediately:
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 29 pts · 61d
That's a fair take, he may be doing it for the wrong reasons... but I'm just on a "fuck all influencers" bandwagon and always have been, so stopped clock and all that.
misk@piefed.social · 8 pts · 61d
Influencers are unlikely to pass harsh judgment in cases like this because they think that heir fancy business trips are a reward and they don’t want to miss on the next ones. Their opinions are worthless.
Ilandar@lemmy.today · 35 pts · 61d
I can't wait to watch this and have no idea what is happening thanks to another terrible sound mix.
LodeMike@lemmy.today · -2 pts · 61d
And because Christopher Nolan assumes everyone knows what he knew about the events. He sucks at nonfiction.
gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 17 pts · 61d
You know it's not based in actual events right?
The Odyssey is a fiction novel.
LodeMike@lemmy.today · -7 pts · 61d
Oh?
gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 16 pts · 61d
Unsure if joking, yeah, it's a fiction.
It's the famous one with the witch that turns people into animals, and the Cyclops that Oddyseus tells his name is "Nobody"
Grimtuck@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 60d
Watch Ulysses 31 for background
gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 60d
Also it has excellent theme music
melsaskca@lemmy.ca · 26 pts · 61d
Good. Those freeloading social media influencers can just go away already. Buy Pepsi.
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 61d
Do they know you can buy Pepsi in aluminum or glass?
SapphironZA@sh.itjust.works · 21 pts · 61d
I am sure there will be some great writing and acting in the movie, but we will never know because it will be drowned out by the "score"
I am sure the cinematography will be great, but I will be too busy reading the subtitles.
ieGod@lemmy.zip · 7 pts · 61d
🤣
From what I recall the in-cinema viewings were all nicely calibrated, and my home theater setup similarly performs well enough. Maybe I've got rose tinted glasses. Time to rewatch a few.
SapphironZA@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 61d
Its also the nature of the background noise he uses. It has no subtlety at all.
triptrapper@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 61d
Valid point about the score - most of his movies have music playing constantly - but I've watched all his movies and the writing is always pretty bad.
SapphironZA@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 61d
I would not know 😂
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 61d
His brother wrote the iconic line from his second Batman movie
"You either die a hero or live long enough to become a villain"
Word has it that Christopher Nolan didn't even really understand the line. Which doesn't shock me since his writing is so bad.
qwestjest78@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 61d
I hope it's not like Tenet. I like his movies, but that one was very rough. Even Robert Pattinson had no idea what was going on.
harrison_fnord@reddthat.com · 0 pts · 61d
I mean tenet is great. If you watch it repeatedly on a big screen with toned down audio.
One of my favorites. I hated it in cinema.
_lilith@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 60d
You see Armand? No one can replace you.
Eternal192@anarchist.nexus · -13 pts · 61d
Don't really care it's going to be shit one way or another.
buddascrayon@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 61d
Yes because Christopher Nolan is known for being a terrible director who never makes good movies at all. 😂
I swear to god you edge cases are so goddamn stupid it's not even funny.
applebusch@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 61d
he is known for being terrible at sound balancing and being an elitist douche about it. whether you can say that it makes an otherwise good movie bad, well thats hard to say.
Eternal192@anarchist.nexus · -15 pts · 61d
sidebro@lemmy.zip · 9 pts · 61d
There's no way for you to know that.
Watch before deciding, always.
snooggums@piefed.world · 0 pts · 61d
The next Asylum film could be a masterpiece!
The movie could be great but Nolan is trending towards pretentious plots and scores that drown out dialogue. I personally expect it will be a mediocre experience.
At least we have his earlier films where they were convoluted but fun and you could hear what was happening.
MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 61d
STFU