Re:After 15 Years, the Pirate Bay Still Can’t Be Killed
by brokenmachine on Thursday May 23, 2019 @09:22PM
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I think the argument is that for every latest Avengers movie, there are 10 movies that didn't make any money.
Re:After 15 Years, the Pirate Bay Still Can’t Be Killed
by sgift on Friday May 24, 2019 @02:51AM
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With Hollywood accounting there is no way to proof this and well .. with all the shady things the movie industry and their cronies did over the years they kind of lost the "but you should trust us on this" position.
Maybe if we fixed it we could have a real discussion about what makes money and what doesn't.
Re:After 15 Years, the Pirate Bay Still Can’t Be Killed
by brokenmachine on Sunday May 26, 2019 @07:29PM
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100% agree, I'm just saying the argument.
Honestly I couldn't care less if Hollywood goes away with it's predictable formulaic cookie cutter focus-group movies.
It would be nice to see more movies where a director has an actual artistic vision and sees it through.
You don't need a billion dollars to make a movie with a good story, developed characters and good acting.
Very very rarely does a movie not make money. Even flops make money years after release. The latest avengers movie cost 356m to make, including everyone's salary on the film. It made the studios 2.63 billion. There is no investment in the world that can give you that kind of return. Was that 2.3b in profit split among the cast and crew? Absolutely not. It was feasted upon by the executives of walt disney, those poor deserving souls.