oyaskii:
Re-echoing this point: A movie can be "great" depending on the context and the bar isn't at "great acting".

Your reference "Terminator 2". Arnold Schwarzenegger was a basically a cyborg sent back in time to save a person, ain't much acting he could have done than what he delivered. The movie ticked the box in other areas and it's rightly one of the greatest movie of all time.

My reference "Silence of the Lamb". Anthony Hopkins was on screen for just 16mins and he got an oscar because he "acted" the hell out of those 16mins.

Point being...A movie can be great outside the context of "great acting".

ibkayee:

Have you watched the 2nd film?

GloriousGbola:


I feel a great movie is being mixed with great acting.

Terminator 2 is for me one the greatest movies of all time and definitely Arnold's best. But did Arnold act in that movie?

abduleez1:


Well for me, a movie can be great and still have great acting. It can be shite and still have great acting. And it can also be great movie but decent acting.

Black Panther doesn't fall into the category of great acting for me. Although it's a nice film.

NaijaMemes:
So black panther doesn't have good acting?

Yet Chadwick Bozeman is respected for the very role of black panther? Respected as a king?

I need the weed that Abduleez1 and GloriousGbola are smoking.

NaijaMemes:
So black panther doesn't have good acting?

Yet Chadwick Bozeman is respected for the very role of black panther? Respected as a king?

I need the weed that Abduleez..1 and GloriousGbola are smoking.

GloriousGbola:


Arnold schwarznegger is celebrated as the terminator

Robert Downey junior practically played himself as iron man

You can say same for bendict wong as wong and

And cumberbatch as Dr strange

Liam as Thor

Some of them were were literally playing themselves

Octopusssy:

'83

GloriousGbola:


Arnold schwarznegger is celebrated as the terminator

Robert Downey junior practically played himself as iron man

You can say same for bendict wong as wong and

And cumberbatch as Dr strange

Liam as Thor

Some of them were were literally playing themselves

abduleez1:


Leave JackBizzle make him dey blow him pipe.

Black Panther was that great in acting na en Academy no nominate any one of the actors despite their efforts in promoting the film as the best thing after slice bread that year. Mtchew......

abduleez1:


Leave JackBizzle make him dey blow him pipe.

Black Panther was that great in acting na en Academy no nominate any one of the actors despite their efforts in promoting the film as the best thing after slice bread that year. Mtchew......

oyaskii:
Lmaooo... I don't think Cinema still has that "juice" to make $1bn on one flick let alone $2bn.

oyaskii:
Lmaooo... I don't think Cinema still has that "juice" to make $1bn on one flick let alone $2bn.

oyaskii:
Lmaooo... I don't think Cinema still has that "juice" to make $1bn on one flick let alone $2bn.

They gotta be kidding or trolling

gameboy727:
Two billion dollars to break even? Was the film made for one billion dollars? Which kind misyarning be that?

Nickshrapnel:
Way of the water alongside its 3 sequel were shot back to back with a budget of around $1b. So they may need up to that when marketing has been factored in.

pu7pl3:


They gotta be kidding or trolling

abduleez1:


I swear I just see the Variety article now I shock.
Wahala for Disney.

hopefulLandlord:


How did a movie with 250,000,000 budget need almost ten times that to "Break even"? this matter no clear at all

oyaskii:
James Cameron admitted that tho the official budget was $250m, but there is some "undeclared" cost and the other sequels where shot together with this side by side.

hopefulLandlord:


Damn! thats some huge risk

oyaskii:
Yeah...Huge.

Avatar (2009) was a big deal and made big bucks because of the magnificent CGI that seemed ahead of it's time back then. Tho not the first 3D movie, but it brought an immersive cinematic experience with 3D and James Cameron is such a big deal in filmmaking, his last flick before "Avatar" was the hugely successful "Titanic" so people wanted to see his next movie.

Fast forward to 2022
-Movie tech, VFX and CGI has come a long way so I don't think anything "groundbreaking" will be in Avatar: The way of the water to push it above $1Bn at the BO.

-The plot of the first one wasn't all that, and there's not enough story in it to warrant this sequel or the other sequels planned, so clearly most people ain't seeing this for any coherent plot.

-The most telling factor that is seriously against it making huge bucks is simply put that the "cinema culture is a dying breed". COVID 19 lockdown changed the game. After then, movies struggle to even cross $500m let alone $1bn. wokist and political agendas are on one side.

I might be wrong but I don't see anything yet in God's green earth that will make this movie gross $2bn.