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kindred_asura t1_iwb690z wrote

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The first one is still my favorite.

The two next especially the third one went too far into weird shit and "rules", and "adjudicators" and crap. The 4th one looks even worse.

I wish they can go back to their roots for the 5th one, just a simple story.

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dc456 t1_iwbd835 wrote

This chart has just starkly illustrated to me why movies that I like are increasingly hard to find. The wider public clearly significantly prefer the type of movie that I really don’t like, or at least are willing to spend more money to see them.

I’m not saying that they or I have better taste, just that the studios are obviously going to cater to the group that brings in more money, and unfortunately I’m not part of it.

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AdlPadl970 t1_iwbte16 wrote

Possibly. Another way to look at it is the first movie drew in attention and more people to watch the second one. Then by the time the 3rd one came out there are all those people that have seen or heard about the first 2 movies.

Like I bet in 1983, a few months before Return of the Jedi came out, there was a lot more hype for star wars then a few months before A new Hope in 1977.

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dc456 t1_iwc4i0u wrote

But Return of the Jedi did worse at the box office.

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