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Well if you know what he was talking about fill me in. The last 3 posters didn't indicate anyone.Yeah sure, of course he was.......
Well if you know what he was talking about fill me in. The last 3 posters didn't indicate anyone.Yeah sure, of course he was.......
Well if you know what he was talking about fill me in. The last 3 posters didn't indicate anyone.
I don't know.He didn't mention any names, but if Apocalypse is the only bloated big budget CBM ever produced then maybe you are right.......
He didn't mention any particular franchise or film, so I'm not really sure what the problem is. And he's not wrong about some blockbusters being bloated either. I liked Spectre more than most, but that film did not need its $250-300 million budget.
I do like my fair share of bloat lol. I want Justice League and Infinity wars to be bloated. They just have to be.
So he makes a non "bloated" movie that costs $127 million and has 3 main characters.
I hate when they can't plug their movie without taking a shot at someone else.
Actually the budget was 97 million, per Variety. And I'm pretty sure Mangold was just talking about big budget blockbusters in general, which is a pretty fair point. A lot of them are overproduced.
A budget of $97 million is pretty bloated for a film like Logan. The budget for X-Men was only $75 million, with more characters and effects. Where did all that money go? Catering?![]()
Inflation, I guessA budget of $97 million is pretty bloated for a film like Logan. The budget for X-Men was only $75 million![]()
Inflation, I guess
I remember Berry being a huge name in 1998, then again, I'm old and it was long ago, so I might be misremembering.Plus X-Men didn't have any real big stars at the time. A handful of known actors, but nothing like Hugh Jackman is today.
He was likely talking about Apocalypse.
Hmmmmm......I couldn't care less what a movie costs and "bloated" is relative to box office (and other) receipts. If I like a movie, I probably want it to make money because I'd probably like to see something along the same lines. If they spend too much on a movie, that's their problem and not mine. I don't use overspending as a criticism because they aren't using MY money.
Yeah, either the film works or it doesn't, that's the bottom line. Ideally you wouldn't want an X-Men, Avengers or JL film for less then 200 m. Optimally you'd want the budget 250 million plus, which is what we're getting from Warner and Marvel.![]()
Bloated budgets are definitely something to reconsider at this point given how saturated the genre has become. Movies like Infinity War and the Justice League require that insane budget, but Deadpool and Logan have been a breathe of fresh air due in no small part to the smaller scale.
I'd really like Marvel to spend less than 100 million on a movie at some point and just try something new.
Exactly what I've been saying for quite some time.Definitely. Where do you go beyond IW/Untitled? You can't really get any bigger then that from what we've learned. The logical answer is to strip it down and go the other direction, smaller and more personal.