presumably after they realized the movie fucking sucked anyway and they weren't gonna complete the trilogy ever
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Replying to @SaddestRobots
imagine if it was a runaway success and they had to do it anyway, though "uhh… remember this happy ending? OKAY NOW CHILD MURDER"
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Replying to @SaddestRobots
Thing is the movie probably failed because of the thematics, not because of any qualities it had
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I mean, they didn't advertise it that much and the CG and editing were both subpar for their day.
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Replying to @SaddestRobots @BootlegGirl
iirc, every preview we saw of it had Narnia Stink about it (obviously recognizable as a quickie cash-in on the LOTR/HP phenomenon).
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Replying to @SaddestRobots @BootlegGirl
I guess I just have a lot of confidence in Hollywood's ability to chop something up in a way that functionally removes its Big Themes.
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Replying to @SaddestRobots
I dunno. I really liked James Bond Guy as Lord Asriel
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Replying to @BootlegGirl @SaddestRobots
Even though his best performance will always be remembered as half-hearted bondage stormtrooper
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it's kinda fun to look for the one person in an otherwise meh movie that either really liked their part or was cast perfectly
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Replying to @SaddestRobots
Well, I like seeing Daniel Craig as anyone not James Bond because of how clear it is that he finds playing Bond soul crushing
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It works for movies where the point is that being Bond is soul crushing
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Replying to @arthur_affect @SaddestRobots
Yeah but we're kind of past the Suave Spy Returns AKA Skyfall. At some point they're going to have to get back to basics
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