Why did it make TWICE as much money as The Last Duel?
The casting isn't that different and both are historical/period films
Why did it make TWICE as much money as The Last Duel?
The casting isn't that different and both are historical/period films
Because Ridley Scott is spent and everyone knows it.
>more stars in the cast
>more popular setting (vikangs vs knights)
>better casting (Matt Damon and Ben Affleck don't belong in medieval France)
Eggers has a schizophrenic but small fanbase that inflates his box office numbers. It will still lose around 40 million dollars tho
>Number one movie on iTunes
Maybe not quite that much
What? Ridley Scott has a great resume. You can't expect all his films to be perfect but he's not a hack by any means
Last Duel's marketing focussed on Matt Damon fighting in a suit of knight armor. none of his fans turned out to want to watch him do that in a medieval legal drama, it's not compatible with his existing persona.
Northman's marketing focused on vague bare-chested warrior action and misrepresented the story as escapist. people showed up expecting Conan.
obviously Last Duel is the far superior film, and probably had a much higher ratio of satisfied viewers (not online reviewers who didn't really see it), but marketing is much more important to grosses.
>Last Duel is the far superior film
Quality bait my friend
>obviously Last Duel is the far superior film
Yes
More shilling
the last deul was a bad knockoff of rashamon with a medieval metoo angle.
Last Duel is a great example of how to NOT make a film about history
Isn't the Last Duel about some guy getting cucked? I haven't seen it but from the marketing I got the impression it was a drama for women, thus alienating men, but set in the gritty Dark Ages, thus alienating women.
In Norfman Cinematography was top notch also had a cuter waifu. Also this
The Norfman is a misogynistic flick glorifying paganism. I had hoped we moved past this in 2022. Trump lost btw
It's a trillion times better than The Last Duel.
try to be more subtle next time.
For ESLs: Ridley Scott will never make another good movie.
What about Napoleon?
I have serious doubts about it