BrikoX

Have strong opinions, but I welcome any civil fact-based discussion.

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Cake day: July 9th, 2023

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  • When you write books, plural, do you just want to read them all while not having them influence your own imagination? which i could totally understand. Because otherwise from a spoiler perspective the two movies just adapt the first novel.

    I don’t particularly like adaptations in general since most of them are only made to cash in on the popular name. But when something not completely shit is made I like to go into it with having consumed original medium and then be able to compare and speculate the different reasons for the decisions made in the adaptation.

    I was under the impression that many large blockbuster productions nowadays have similar sized marketing budgets. Maybe $150m is a bit on the high side for Wicked, but from a quick search Dune Part II also seems like it had a roughly $100m one.

    It used to be rare. But with Barbie’s gamble paying off, everyone thinks it’s the winning strategy now. I’m just proving them wrong. :)



  • I skipped 2 on purpose. Dune: Part Two (not watching until I finish the books) and Wicked (too overhyped, if you need $150 millions to spend on marketing something, it’s not worth watching in my mind).

    I heard of Nosferatu, Inside Out 2 and Gladiator II, but many of the other entries didn’t even catch my eye throughout the year.

    Looking at my stats, It has been a light year on movies for me. Only 9 movies I saw were released in 2024.

    My standout was Hounds of War (2024), not worth any nominations, but it really surprised me.