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Then we’ll keep waiting and be patient like adults.
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@DaltonCraig007 I would really suggest reading this re: the staggering release thing. A lot of people in the international exhibition industry have pushed this for Tenet and no doubt will push that narrative once more for Bond (as long as cinemas are open) https://www.screendaily.com/news/screendaily-talks-uk-exhibitors-urge-us-studios-to-release-their-films-in-worlds-open-cinemas/5151464.article You might not agree that's the right approach to "save cinemas" but there is a valid argument for it.
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This. EoN made a huge gamble, hoping for UE markets to keep stay open. Imagine if the pandemic spread in key markets will lead to theaters closing like one week before release, or even worse, one or two weeks after the film release. Catastrophic. Still, that’s a possibility. Governments doesn’t care about NTTD, obviously.
That's not likely gonna be a factor in play, this deal has only been struck specifically with AMC in the US (whether they've reached the same agreement with their international chains eg Odeon here in the UK is still unknown) and remember that MGM is the one releasing NTTD Stateside, not Universal.
But if the UK goes offline last minute (after tickets go on sale October 5).... I think they'll just plough on and pivot to PVOD where cinemas are closed in all honesty. Now is the time to delay, before tickets go on sale again, if they of course are planning to delay. But past that point the optics at the very least don't look good.
Can they? They may be handling the international distribution of the film, but it’s not really their film like FAST & FURIOUS 9 is.
If the deal was reached for international territories with AMC, and more crucially the other major chains were on board (Cineworld has publicly decried the deal), then it's absolutely an option that they will likely take - though they aren't allowed to announce until week 2 of release.
The first film reported to go down this route is coming out in the US this weekend - Kajillionaire. A smaller speciality release like this can get away with the current deal effectively saying only AMC (out of the big chains who insist on the traditional theatrical window) can show it if they want to exercise the PVOD option. If it performs well, they drop the PVOD plan and expand to the other major chain cjnemas.
Personally, I'm all for seeing it in the cinema and was planning to, but with the current resurgence if they insist on releasing it in November I'll be avoiding it until it goes on bluray. There's too much for me to risk with underlying health conditions and living with those that would potentially be hospitalised. Couple that with being a glasses wearer having to sit there with a mask and fogged up glasses for a couple of hours sounds like a miserable experience.
At this point I really don't care about waiting. I have other things in life to occupy myself with.
Agreed, enough with the gatekeeping. If someone says they're not interested in watching a Bond movie if it comes out straight on PVOD/streaming/Blu Ray it's totally up to them.
Regardless of whether NTTD opens in November or not, for me the cinema experience has diminished because of the behavior of some cinemagoers. Talking, rustling, fidgeting, eating, checking phones, come in with a pint of beer....surprise, surprise off to the toilet before the movie ends.
I still have some positive experiences at the cinema but increasingly one or more of the above issues reduces the enjoyment.
I saw Tenet but it was sad to see how empty the cinema was. If I were EoN or MGM I would not risk it to be honest. The only encouraging factor really is that everything else was moves out of the way for NTTD have a long run and - if cinemas are open like currently they are here - many screens (more than usual) to show the movie.
I don‘t envy them at all having to make that decision.
There's barely 5 other cinemagoers at whatever film I've seen. So the popcorn munching & loud talkers have completely deserted theaters; from my personal experience.
This summer I've been able to see Silence of the Lambs, Se7en, Mississippi Burning, No Country for Old Men, Django Unchained, Deadpool, The Avengers, Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, Guardians of the Galaxy, La Haine, Memento, The Prestige, Dunkirk, Inception, Moonrise Kingdom, Akira and BlackKklansman. And each time I was basically alone, apart from a few other spectators.
I wonder how long EON can financially afford to postpone it
Now that Tenet appears to have failed to bring in the huge audiences that people were hoping for, cinemas are even more desperate for ticket sales to keep them afloat.
Was Tenet's BO disappointment due to the pandemic, or the fact that it's too complicated? or has poor word of mouth?
I would rather watch NTTD in cinemas. But if they want to release it on time via streaming. I'd watch it.
Probably all those factors and more.
Tenet’s disappointing box office means that cinemas do not have as much money in the bank as they had hoped. Which means (a) the bankruptcy of some chains is ever so slightly closer, and (b) forthcoming movie releases have to be even more successful than anticipated, in order to make up for the shortfall caused by Tenet.
Let’s say I’m in a business where I make widgets. I have to make a set amount of income from sales of widgets or I go bust. My hopes are riding on two new blockbuster widget products. I release widget A, hoping for success, but the market gives a resounding ‘meh.’ What does that mean?
Well it means widget B now has to be an even bigger success than I had planned, in order to make up for widget A’s failure, or I go bust.
This is the situation that I think many cinemas are in. Tenet hasn’t saved them so they are desperate now. Cinemas need NTTD and they need it now
Im a glasses wearer too but i avoided that problem by wearing my contact lenses the night i went to see Tenet.As it happens i didnt really need to as masks off were allowed during the show ( Masks were worn entering and leaving the theater ).