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RE: Martin Scorsese: "The Irishman would't have been made without Netflix"
I can actually relate with Scorses on his point. Movies don't particularly pique my interest these days because they're all the same.
Take Hobbs and Shaw for example; it was just another big budget movie with a good guy better than bad guy in the end theme with no particular need for acting prowess or surprise plot that a purist like Scorses would accept.
With most big grossing/mainstream movies about superheroes, you just know the end from the beggining and though I enjoy watching explosions, fight scenes and whatnot, I'd also like to see something extra
well maybe i am starting to sound like a broken record but especially in Asia, the movies that aren't just explosions and robot or superheros rarely come to the cinemas here at all and if they do, it is just for one weekend or so. You gotta stay on your toes because Once upon a time in Hollywood was in theaters here for like 4 days and I'm pretty sure Avengers is still playing. I speak in jest of course but that is pretty much how it works here.
I think thats the case here too. The Irish man barely sold tickets when it came out but people flocked to watch Hobbs and Shaw because it had a giant gym junky and the british Jackie Chan. The only time non-action movies trend here, is when they're made locally.
Aladin and Charlie's angels trended too but thats because they were children movies, besides, I'd rather watch paint dry to go through the torture of seeing Will Smith dressed like a whatever the hell he was or another pointless unrealistic action movie.