HE commenter Michael Degregorio: “It’s pathetic that Fly Me To The Moon is another ORIGINAL film, not a franchise or a sequel or a superhero flick, and people can’t stay away from it fast enough.
“People who keep saying that there needs to be more original films made…these people need to put it where the moon don’t shine.
“Every time an original film is released in theaters, people stay home and watch it on streaming, and if it went STRAIGHT to streaming they would bitch that it should have gone to a theater, but they wouldn’t have seen it there anyway.
“It’s like when the pageant question is ‘what would you like to see?’ And the answer is always ‘world peace’ because that’s expected.
“Same idea here — wish there were original films made! Sure you do, but you’ll only watch the franchise shit with your own money.”
HE commenter brenkilco: “Yeah, nobody can really open a movie anymore. The package or franchise or genre is what’s sold. Cruise can open an MI movie, but you probably couldn’t give him away in a drama. Leo and Margot and Emma, et al. — they’re never going to open anything.
“And the fact that Channing Tatum and Glen Powell are being slotted into the charming leading man niche shows how thin the bench is.”
HE commenter Regular Joe: “Cruise does open movies worldwide, but I think even that appears to be coming to an end for him.”
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