“Red One,” the Christmas flick starring Dwayne Johnson and Chris Evans, attracted 50 million worldwide viewers in its opening weekend on Prime Video.

  • @[email protected]
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    231 month ago

    My brother in law almost made me watch this movie the other day. He was excited. The social media era is really lowering standards across the board.

    Honestly, why would you invest in a good script, good FX… If people are going to spend 90% of your movie scrolling through reels? Better just have famous people and a clickbait trailer and you look like a respectable company that’s worth all that subscription money.

  • @MeekerThanBeaker
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    181 month ago

    Wife and I watched about ten minutes. I don’t think it’s for us. Kinda tired of Dwayne.

    In other news, “Carry On” on Netflix was decent. Not great, but for a streaming movie, it was watchable. The leads definitely helped that one.

    • @[email protected]
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      131 month ago

      Agreed. I like Dwayne but it feels like he’s playing the same role in the same way in every movie at this point.

      I wouldn’t have said that a few years ago, but I think Bautista is trying a lot harder to be an actual actor instead of just a big name for marketing. And seeing the roles he’s had recently, I think it’s working.

      • @MeekerThanBeaker
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        131 month ago

        Bautista is definitely the better actor and seems like the better human being as well.

      • @Zahille7
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        61 month ago

        I remember reading a bit of an interview with Bautista that said he didn’t want to be typecast as the big gorilla-sized henchmen or strongman in every movie. He has a great range imo. I loved his small part in Bladerunner 2049 at the beginning of the movie

  • @B0NK3RS
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    121 month ago

    IMDB has it listed with a budget of approx $350,000,000 which is insane!

    • burgersc12
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      81 month ago

      A huge amount of the budget is the fucking cast. I hear the rock got $50m by himself ffs.

  • @jordanlund
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    21 month ago

    Is it free for Prime subscribers? I’m curious, but not enough to PAY for it. ;) My wife pays for Prime.

      • @jordanlund
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        01 month ago

        Caught it today, TWICE, it’s unexpectedly delightful!

      • @njm1314
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        01 month ago

        Subscription Services you pay for aren’t free

        • @[email protected]
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          01 month ago

          Yeah but there’s also shit you have to pay for on top of that with prime. Basically it’s on-demand rental, not really part of the offer.