ASIB Reviews | RT: 90% | MC: 88

[Madam Margolyes 7,783]

7 minutes ago, RudzXinc said:

I'm just afraid that I'll dislike the movie, just like I feel bored by La La Land, which critically acclaimed

One of the backlashes against LLL last year was, for some people it felt cold. Seeing all these reactions, ASIB seems to be anything but that. In fact, it seems very emotionally involving. Hopefully it's as involving with the audience as it is with these critics.

[Jenina 15,083]

2 hours ago, Adarsh Soni said:

Can someone please have a look at Madonna nation and post some juicy stories here? 

"Original song's probably the one category she has a legitimate (i use that term very loosely) shot at,  why you think she recorded 30+ songs ?? Now for acting, IDK about winning but something tells me a nom was negotiated, bought and paid for the moment she was signed up to do this film. Hope I'm wrong. "

"Their internet games and manipulations are so annoying and must take a lot of time from them doing anything productive."

"Half of their own forum is now calling them out for parking in this thread and then running off to ATRL every time they read something that triggers them."

"Saw the ASIB teaser on television.
It looks horrible. Doesn't even try to present itself as something that we haven't already seen a thousand times before.
It focuses on the line where she mentions not being noticed because of her looks. Oh the irony (with that clearly pull-and-tugged face that just screams bad plastic surgery).
Other than her own deranged cult base and a gaggle of tacky, out-of-touch gays...I just can't see America going for a film like this right now.
Good luck."

"The way they talk  about it in the reviews you’d think it was Citizen Kane 2: Bigger and Better."

"Literally everything this cretin does is built off the legacy somebody else earned from Barbara to Tony to Madonna to Cher to Bowie and on.  All she knows how to do is desperately attach herself to things that already exist.

it should also be painfully obvious at this point that fibromyalgia was another of her lies to cover for reshoots."

"It's funny how she doesn't have fibromyalgia when it's "important"... curious she didn't have any symptoms in Venice."

"They are trying to normalize her ugliness, it will be a sob story on how we should not care about her turd face and embrace her for her "talent, struggle and kind heart". "

"Plus the story gives the movie an audience, especially with her target audience: the outcasts, the fat, the ugly, the losers... It sells them the false idea that they can succeed and will be accepted how they are, instead of working hard on their shortcomings, exercising, eating properly, etc..."

"And so I was looking for The Nun's box office numbers today and then I saw that BoxOffice Pro is predicting a 44 million debut and a total of 150 million dollars in the US only for A Star is Born. That's huge, more than what Mamma Mia 2 did."

"Well if venom is opening the same weekend, they will get all the female audience, and run offs."

"They’ll get the most worthless gays and their hags"

"The only people getting to see it are people on the payroll. It's not out for another four weeks. Then the real reviews will come in."

"It’s time to face that the movie likely  isn’t a turkey, but it’s also not this Kubrick revelation they so desperately want us to believe. It was also made from the ground up for no other reason than winning awards for closet cooper and gunt. So great for them. It’s reasons like this no one cares about awards shows anymore."

[Saint Laurent 4,862]

May I also say that literally nobody apart from stans and film fanatics sit at home and say to each other 'did you hear? ASIB tanked at the box office. Gaga is over'.

IT DOESN'T MATTER

The only reason I can think of for anyone to be dying for this to do well at the box office is to shove in other stans' faces, which is just such a strange way to live 

Who cares? Enjoy the movie and the music. She will have the choice of any role she wants after these reviews.

[Miracle 14,068]

3 minutes ago, Wigless said:

So at you not caring if it makes only $12 at the box office. I’m not a huge movie buff at all yet I always hear whether a movie did well at the office or not, more than whether it’s good. The box office matters. Who the hell cares? Again, literally everyone lol 

Not when it comes to award season contenders. Huge box office hits are usually not meant to be huge at the box office, as they get released late in the year, are -relatively- difficult to digest by the GP and don't include 2 hours of explosions and CGI effects.

[gag 22,449]

12 minutes ago, Miracle said:

All those movies were critical darlings, despite some backlash.

Yes that’s what I’m trying to say, any Oscar buzzy movie will garner backlash. La La Land had HUGE backlash around award season, many critics think it cost them the Best Picture win. People think Stone’s win is the worst of the century because of the pre-ceremony backlash, even when she had raves among critics up until that point.

Anyway, I just personally think there’s more potential for backlash against ASIB because there are more elements working against it than the films aforementioned. And that we should be privy to that.

[crisTEAne 21,059]

26 minutes ago, gag said:

IMO this is so important. Though it's expected for every award-y film to face backlash at some stage, the backlash for this is going to be so big. I'm lowkey dreading it already. Whether it's from exposure (La La Land), claims of it not being 'important' enough among other releases (The Shape of Water), or just critics overhype (Three Billboards), it's coming. 

imagine a best actress oscar mixup 

 

[DrewPa 3,762]

3 minutes ago, Saint Laurent said:

How and why? 

well, maybe not ALL that matters... My point is that if despite all this critical praise, people start going home and writing all around the net things like "This movie bored the Sh*t out of me" that could be a huge problem... more than the "Mild/cold reviews, strong public reaction" option.

Look at Titanic: at the start critics were like "Yes the second part is great, but the first 1 hour and a half Love Story is lame"... It turned out that movie earned billions of dollars BECAUSE OF the Lame Love Story part (some teenagers went to watch the movie on theaters like 50 TIMES because of Leonardo Di Caprio!)

ultimately, it's the audience that decides if a Movie is a cult and/or a classic, and why. that doesn't mean critics opinion does not count (I am a cinephile myself, and I studied history of cinema), but it's not the same thing, especially for a Hollywood movie that does not want to be an "Arthouse" feature.  

[Saint Laurent 4,862]

1 minute ago, DrewPa said:

well, maybe not ALL that matters... My point is that if despite all this critical praise, people start going home and writing all around the net things like "This movie bored the Sh*t out of me" that could be a huge problem... more than the "Mild/cold reviews, strong public reaction" option.

Look at Titanic: at the start critics were like "Yes the second part is great, but the first 1 hour and a half Love Story is lame"... It turned out that movie earned billions of dollars BECAUSE OF the Lame Love Story part (some teenagers went to watch the movie on theaters like 50 TIMES because of Leonardo Di Caprio!)

ultimately, it's the audience that decides if a Movie is a cult and/or a classic, and why. that doesn't mean critics opinion does not count (I am a cinephile myself, and I studied history of cinema), but it's not the same thing, especially for a Hollywood movie that does not want to be an "Arthouse" feature.  

But why does grossing x amount/being a cult film matter? I really just don't get it at all.

[StarstruckIllusion 52,790]

12 minutes ago, Saint Laurent said:

ASIB tanking at the box office will have literally 0 impact on her gaining future roles so I really don't see why anybody would or should care 

If that’s your goal then fine, you’re right. I’m more focused about the movie itself, bc I know you know how the media will act if this highly praised thing mysteriously flops. Don’t make extreme comments like nobody cares about box office scores as if they’re completely irrelevant, it’s just not realistic 

[gag 22,449]

22 minutes ago, That J said:

I was responding to someone who said "this is important" regarding a backlash thing. Lol.  I dont give two monkeys if it's a hit or not.  It's already a critical fave and I know we will love it. 

I still stand by my initial prediction of $100-$125 mil north American box office.  Just for fun. Lol

Oh no, I’m talking about award season backlash. Not general backlash. My bad y’all . I’m talking about how all critically acclaimed movies go through a ‘backlash’ phase and how ASIB’s could potentially be massive, nothing to do with box office.

[Saint Laurent 4,862]

1 minute ago, Wigless said:

If that’s your goal then fine, you’re right. I’m more focused about the movie itself, bc I know you know how the media will act if this highly praised thing mysteriously flops. Don’t make extreme comments like nobody cares about box office scores as if they’re completely irrelevant, it’s just not realistic 

But why do you care if the media bitch about it? What impact will that have?

You just keep rephrasing the same thing.

[DrewPa 3,762]

Just now, Saint Laurent said:

But why does grossing x amount/being a cult film matter? I really just don't get it at all.

because it would be great for her career, she would be untouchable as a singer and an actress. 

that is just my guess, of course. 

[Red 98,021]

I'm having "does it count for MC?" flashbacks

[StarstruckIllusion 52,790]

3 minutes ago, Saint Laurent said:

But why do you care if the media bitch about it? What impact will that have?

You just keep rephrasing the same thing.

The same reason you care what the media says about ASIB rn. You know we’re all our own people right? These reviews are fun, but they don’t really matter at the end of the day. Some of us will hate the movie despite all the praise it’s getting, and that’s fine. 

[Saint Laurent 4,862]

Just now, Wigless said:

The same reason you care what the media says about ASIB rn. You know we’re all our own people right? These reviews are fun, but they don’t really matter at the end of the day. Some of us will hate the movie despite all the praise it’s getting, and that’s fine. 

No that's where you've got it completely wrong though. These people review movies for a living and they love her performance, which means that she's likely going to be considered a great actress and by consequence gain future roles etc, which means that I will be able to experience even more of her. Whether or not 6 billion people see the film has absolutely no impact on that.