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To the apologists of this movie: You really think "haters" are a "vocal minority"?

posted 7 years ago by dteam6 (5073)
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Really? Seriously? Is that the defense you're going with?

This is the first time a Star Wars movie was released where many people I've encountered in public have said bad things about it.

People I don't even know in cash register lines, coworkers at my workplace, friends, family--many of them having the same complaints about Luke and the movie as a whole.

My wife just told me today that one of her coworkers who saw the movie stated: "you're not missing anything" and a few of her coworkers have already decided not to watch it based on the leaked info.

The other day a store cashier asked me about it in the self-checkout line and I stated I hadn't seen it. He said: "Yeah, it was OK. I didn't like it as much as The Force Awakens".

Oh, and then there's the "tiny matter" of the 57% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes but I guess that score only counts when it's in favor of your movie, right?

And I guess this "vocal minority" is vocal enough that Disney itself addressed it, right?

Yep, all a minority.

And the only explanations I've seen for why the apologists feel this way is the box office. Really? That's all you have? No $hit the box office was huge--it's STAR WARS and most people didn't go to the theater knowing what happens in advance. Even those who DID go there went out of sheer morbid curiosity.

But if we must talk box office here--it's not hitting as highly as The Force Awakens and many were expecting a LARGER box office for this film months ago.

If you like the film that's fine--there's nothing wrong with liking it--but stop pretending that this isn't a divisive Star Wars film that has MANY fans p!ssed off.

[–] Otter (24464) 7 years ago

The "haters" are the people who devote a lot of energy to making negative comments about the movie, and they are indeed a small minority of viewers. Being a hater is not the same thing as just not liking a film, millions or billions can be disappointed or put off by a Star Wars film and go on with their lives, and forget it exists until the next one comes out. Making critical comments doesn't make one a hater, but IMHO being thrilled to hear such comments does.

The genuine haters, the ones who are still complaining about TFA two years later, are indeed small in number and easily ignored by Disney. Millions or billions of people like these movies enough to keep paying to see them, and that's the real measure of success here.