Netflix
I admit theaters do get fucked over by the big distributors... they don't make anything playing a movie for the first couple weeks, and only make money from concessions, and most movies suck and are gone after 2 weeks. So why would they ignore Netflix? Is Netflix gouging them as well? I bet a dollar theaters got pressure from the people with whom Netflix are starting to compete. "Would be a shame if we stopped delivering movies to you."
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
It's probably something they've decided themselves. "What's the point of having it on the screen if people can watch it on Netflix at home instead? No one will come see it." After all, for the price of a movie ticket you can get a whole month of Netflix.
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Sandler’s films have grossed about $3.9 billion worldwide at the box office.
Sandler's place on the list of box office draws.
Kind of a misleading list considering many of the actors above him are there because of whatever franchise film they were in and not based on their merits.
Still, it's a pretty high ranking and this is a guy without a single franchise movie.
Give credit where credit is due.
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
Samuel L. Jackson is #3 on the list and he's the same character in every movie he's ever made.
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
Leisher wrote:Samuel L. Jackson is #3 on the list and he's the same character in every movie he's ever made.
Yeah, but at least the movies are different. Also, he's done mostly action flicks. Bad non-comedy movies can usually work well as comedies (laughing "at" and not "with"), think MST3K. Like in Deep Blue Sea when Sam makes his speech about man being the deadliest animal of all. Laughed my ass off.
A bad comedy is just truly bad, though. Like 50 First Dates, Jack and Jill or anything else Adam's gotten near in the past twenty years.
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Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Fuck that movie. His one and only decent film was Airheads. Parts of Happy Gilmore, Big Daddy, Billy Madison were tolerable. Three of the same movie. Fuck Mr. Deeds, too. Four of the same movie.
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Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Airheads was good. Big Daddy and Billy Madison were 100% worthless, but Happy Gilmore was okay. He had a decent run from 50 First Dates through Spanglish to The Longest Yard remake. Click had some parts that didn't completely suck.
Everything else he's touched has been awful.
Everything else he's touched has been awful.
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Movies and shows leaving Netflix as of Jan 1st 2015.
This is part of the reason streaming sucks and why I have kept my DVD collection.
This is part of the reason streaming sucks and why I have kept my DVD collection.
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
Why? Is there a HDD timeshare going on? Do they have bizarre agreements stipulating they have to pull some shows or movies every so often?GORDON wrote:This happens all the time. New stuff arrives, old stuff goes away for a while.
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Yes to the second question. They sign contracts with whomever to show their content for X number of days. Contracts either get extended, or not. Maybe Netflix doesn't want to pay as much any more, maybe the content producers want a pay raise, whatever.
If nobody is watching Movie A and studio wants more money for Netflix to make it available for another year, Netflix is going to say no thanks.
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If nobody is watching Movie A and studio wants more money for Netflix to make it available for another year, Netflix is going to say no thanks.
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"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."