Michael Fassbender
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“Next Goal Wins” now has a whiff of “Snowman” about it; long release delay, multiple editors, zero buzz. The pandemic and the Armie replacement shoots don’t account for a delay this long.
I’ve pretty much given up on NGW and Kung Fury as decent screen returns for Michael - I’m pinning my hopes on The Killer.
I’ve pretty much given up on NGW and Kung Fury as decent screen returns for Michael - I’m pinning my hopes on The Killer.
The Armie Hammer replacement explains a lot of the delays. The info coming out from test screenings has been very positive, which was not the case with The Snowman.
Bringing an editor on board after a test screening is never a good sign; I’m not saying that another editor can’t fix whatever the problem is, but there must BE a problem, otherwise why bring in further delay and expense?
Ridley Scott reshot and re-edited Kevin Spacey’s scenes for “All the Money in the World” in a fraction of the time it’s taken to get to the same point for NGW, even taking COVID into account. Hammer had a mere cameo, and yet Will Arnett came on board to replace him in a reportedly expanded role; why not just shoot like-for-like, instead of spending money on more scenes and re-writes for Arnett?
As for positive feedback coming out of test screenings - I have seen nothing apart from the one or two lame mentions on Letterboxd that we have probably all seen. I follow a couple of individuals that I know were at Monday’s test screening; I realise NDAs are in place, but they usually manage to give some sort of obscure positive indication if they have seen a screening of a movie they have liked, and there has been zero from them. Nobody who has seen it, or is in the know, seems to be talking about this movie.
As I said, I hope I am wrong, but the whole thing is screaming ‘disaster’ from where I’m standing.
Ridley Scott reshot and re-edited Kevin Spacey’s scenes for “All the Money in the World” in a fraction of the time it’s taken to get to the same point for NGW, even taking COVID into account. Hammer had a mere cameo, and yet Will Arnett came on board to replace him in a reportedly expanded role; why not just shoot like-for-like, instead of spending money on more scenes and re-writes for Arnett?
As for positive feedback coming out of test screenings - I have seen nothing apart from the one or two lame mentions on Letterboxd that we have probably all seen. I follow a couple of individuals that I know were at Monday’s test screening; I realise NDAs are in place, but they usually manage to give some sort of obscure positive indication if they have seen a screening of a movie they have liked, and there has been zero from them. Nobody who has seen it, or is in the know, seems to be talking about this movie.
As I said, I hope I am wrong, but the whole thing is screaming ‘disaster’ from where I’m standing.
We'll see. I see no reason to argue about a movie that we have not seen based on nothing but imagination. I do know that Taika Waititi is very hands on in his work - and has been involved in several projects. So I'm not sure that comparing his timing to the timing of other directors who take a different approach to their work (Ridley Scott can at times be sort of like Thomas Kincaid attaching his name to things done by others because of the respect that associating with his name brings) truly gives a lot of clues. But again, no one is going to change your imagination but you!