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Post by sgev1977 on Oct 10, 2017 2:16:47 GMT
I think the best thing for everyone involved is if they buried the Current War permanently. It will be impossible for it to not get caught up in the Weinstein sex abuse hoopla and put the cast in an extremely difficult position with the media. , TBF this thing is growing so fast that maybe next month it will be old news. I mean huge female stars including Meryl Streep, Judi Dench, Kate Winslet, Glen Close and others were practically forced to give public statements about it. I just read that The Guardian directly asked a good number of Weinstein’s movies male stars and directors what they think about it and are judging them because no one answered them (they gave some names from Scorsese to Colin Firth and Ewan McGregor but not BC’s, by the way). The press are asking actors at Festivals and Premieres. They surely will ask him and the rest of the cast/crew members but by then it seems they would have asked everyone else before! Who knows? Maybe they will ask BC or he would say something much sooner!
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Post by queenzod on Oct 10, 2017 2:22:57 GMT
If they can salvage anything from this movie I’m sure they’ll try. However many millions it cost, they’ll try to recoup some of it. The bottom line, after all, is money for any company. Not artistry, good deeds, or message. Money.
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Post by onebluestocking on Oct 10, 2017 2:24:25 GMT
I agree, as far as the general audience goes. The vast majority won't care about one of the producers, and won't remember by then anyway. Certainly any award chances (very slim to start with) are shot, though.
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Post by coolclearwaters on Oct 10, 2017 2:33:26 GMT
I don’t think it will be old news in the film industry. Plus, the AFF is also a conference for screenwriters with lots of industry big wigs attending and panels about how to break into the business. I can’t Imagine that this won’t be a major topic of conversation.
I’ve been thinking about it, and, when the time is right, it might be a good idea for the cast and filmmakers to make some kind of joint statement rather than leave it to each individual artist.
I think it’s fascinating that HW’s last film may be the story of a brilliant, but unscrupulous entrepreneur so competitive that he is willing to do almost anything to come out on top.
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Post by sgev1977 on Oct 10, 2017 2:38:23 GMT
This kind of movies need good reviews and probably it won’t get them. Sometimes reviews get better with non-festival goers critics but I can see the scandal moving the balance toward “not good” considering the original reception wasn’t good enough to have defenders against external factors. In that aspect it would be better if it’s moved to another date.
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Post by sgev1977 on Oct 10, 2017 2:46:21 GMT
I don’t think it will be old news in the film industry. Plus, the AFF is also a conference for screenwriters with lots of industry big wigs attending and panels about how to break into the business. I can’t Imagine that this won’t be a major topic of conversation. I’ve been thinking about it, and, when the time is right, it might be a good idea for the cast and filmmakers to make some kind of joint statement rather than leave it to each individual artist. I think it’s fascinating that HW’s last film may be the story of a brilliant, but unscrupulous entrepreneur so competitive that he is willing to do almost anything to come out on top. I’m sure they will ask them! The thing is they weren’t the first ones because they were in the most immediate film as we thought they would. They are asking everyone and their mothers and by then, if they don’t give a statement before, then their opinion will be old news or at least repetitive. I totally predicted on the IMDb forums, not that the long rumored sexual scandal would be public before this movie but that Edison sounded a lot like Weinstein, without the harassment accusations, of course! Edison wasn’t a pervert! Also I was criticizing that the media and people in general were focusing on actresses but that The Guardian piece is very manipulative. They asked to representatives of a lot of male actors and directors, they publicly named them and said they didn’t responded. Now people on Twitter are accusing them of being cowards or probably also abusers!
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Post by mllemass on Oct 10, 2017 6:47:34 GMT
No matter what people think of the movie, Benedict is still the star and is still wonderful in it, so he certainly deserves at least a shot at being nominated for awards. And the visuals are stunning, so the movie might have been up for technical awards.
I agree about the audience probably not caring about this scandal. I was telling my sister about this yesterday, saying that TCW might not be released, and she said she doubted anyone but me would even know about it. She said that even though I just told her all about what HW has done, there's no way she'd remember any of when it comes time to go see a movie.
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Post by coolclearwaters on Oct 11, 2017 22:06:50 GMT
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Post by sgev1977 on Oct 11, 2017 23:26:20 GMT
I hope they do. It’s the best! Anyway it’s good they put BC’s statement there although it wasn’t released on Wednesday. It’s out there since yesterday.
I still feel bad for Alfonso Gómez-Rejón.
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Post by mllemass on Oct 12, 2017 0:45:59 GMT
It probably would be for the best to delay the release until next year. I was so looking forward to talk-show appearances and magazine covers, but it's true that interviews would likely focus on HW instead of on the movie.
Doesn't Benedict also have other movies coming out next year? It might be nice to have another year where he's "everywhere" - lots of movie releases, interviews, talk shows. And people will have time to forget that HW was ever associated with The Current War.
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