One of the greatest film directors of all time has somehow managed to adapt his long-awaited new work into a movie. movie release Never mind that it was an embarrassing box office bomb, backed by the power of Apple and boasting a cast of heavy hitters like Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro. This is the only time Apple enjoyed a windfall from a Martin Scorsese film Murderers of the Flower Moona boring three-and-a-half hour movie whose weekend domestic box office sales plummeted 61% compared to its first week in theaters.
Interestingly, those people teeth When I go to see it, the opinions (critics and fans alike) seem to be generally positive. This is based on the film’s strong critics and audience scores on Rotten Tomatoes; Murderers of the Flower Moon It also boasts a solid score of 8.1/10 on IMDb (based on 57,000 ratings). On the Tomato site, at the time of writing, the film has a critic score of 93% based on 378 reviews and an audience score of 85% based on over 1,000 verified ratings.
Obvious questions: What does it give? Why isn’t it a box office success? I think the easiest thing to point out (at least one of them) is the film’s endless running time. Murderers of the Flower Moon It was measured at 3.5 hours and it seems like this could be the cause…until I remember. oppenheimerwas only 30 minutes shorter, but it was still a big hit at this year’s box office. 2019 runtime avengers/endgame Its running time was extended to three hours, making it the second-biggest box office success in history (no doubt to the chagrin of anti-Marvel director Scorsese).
So if the long running time wasn’t an issue, wouldn’t viewers have decided to wait until the movie was available to stream? Again, this sounds logical. Stop and remember that only a small portion of the total streaming audience subscribes to Apple TV+. Murderers of the Flower Moon It’s over. So, again, I go back to…what gives?
I don’t think my opinion here matters that much in the grand scheme of things. But according to others who have already weighed in, I think the answer has more to do with the lack of clarity about who Scorsese was making this movie for. For example, the director told a reporter He said he realized while making the film that it was “about all white people.” He then revised the script.
You can guess what happened next. Breitbart senior the writer resented it Murderers of the Flower Moon “It smells like being woke… It smells like a three-and-a-half hour history class where we Americans are being told to be ashamed of ourselves.” But importantly, the criticism isn’t just coming from the right. is.indigenous actors deberry jacobsFX and Hulu series reserved dogI feel like this movie… (checks notes)… focuses too much on white men.
She criticized the movie on X (formerly Twitter), calling it “a hellfire to watch.” “Imagine the worst atrocities committed against (your) ancestors. Then you have to sit down and watch a movie that clearly features that atrocity, and your only respite is a murderous It’s just 30 minutes of white guys talking and planning murders.”
For those who haven’t seen it yet or don’t know what it’s about, Murderers of the Flower Moon This work is based on the 2017 book of the same name by David Grann. The story focuses on the Osage tribe who discovered oil on their land. As a result, white settlers sacrifice them in pursuit of wealth. Meanwhile, Apple reportedly spent $200 million on the film, not including marketing costs. Of course, whether or not the movie ultimately makes it back and turns a profit, the iPhone maker will definitely be more than good enough.
