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THR: F9 falls 85% in China amid weak reviews, John Cena controversy
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Not really, the headline is just stating 'here are three things that are objectively true: China's mad at Cena, the movie got weak reviews, and the movie is making less money.'
The article is clarifying that it's tricky to know EXACTLY how much the first two are causing the last thing, and which one is more impactful. The article title is 3 headlines in one and the body of the article is being careful not to make early assumptions. They're PROBABLY related, but without reading the audience's minds it's impossible to know definitively.
It's one of the biggest franchises because no one takes it seriously because they're not supposed to. It's a cartoon, and that's what people enjoy about it.
Some reviews are:
F9 The Fast Saga
Vin Diesel's Dom Toretto is leading a quiet life off the grid with Letty and his son, little Brian, but they know that danger always lurks just over their peaceful horizon. This time, that threat will force Dom to confront the sins of his past if he's going to save those he loves most. His crew...
www.rottentomatoes.com
maybe they need to bump it up to anime, you know in anime people die and cuss.
Because they're mostly dumb fun films that don't take themselves seriously.
You didn't watch the last 5 year or so of his WWE run, I take it. Dude was taking Ls on a pretty regular basis.
Fast and Furious is one of my favourite blockbuster franchises to watch in theatre. It's just so over the top and fun to watch lol. Hopefully F9 does well elsewhere.
This is the usual tactics when it comes to news involving China. Put in elements that are technically true but in reality are just there to click-bait and incite panic.
Everyday people probably could not care less about what John Cena said. It's far more likely the bad reviews affected the enthusiasm. But gotta put that shit in the title though!
No, no you're still not getting it. Like, have you ever been in a Star Wars thread on Era?
It depends on a lot of things. This Cena thing is 'minor offence'. It helps that Cena isn't really a star in China, because wrestling is very niche here. If he is Tom Cruise tier actor then things could be far worse. All in all China's official media wasn't push this 'contronversty' hard and not that many people knowledged it.
Put Donnie Yen or Jet Li or whoever in the next one and It'll skyrocket back to those numbers again. The movies are stale at this point, Cena is just an excuse if he even is one.
5 is the peak of the franchise. It's been pretty downhill from there
For sure five is the last one that didn't feel like a video game the audience couldn't play.
Speaking personally, I could not get over the amount of damage that safe inflicted on the streets, and the sequence itself was just completely unbelievable, how in sync the characters were without any communication, it just broke my suspension of disbelief. It was big and impressive and set a standard for the rest of the franchise, but it completely took me out of the film because it seemed to be all about the spectacle. All the spectacle in F1 and F3 works for the plot. Fast Five had spectacle for the sake of spectacle, where nothing had consequences or needed to make sense. That sequence wouldn't belong in a film that's well-told.
Which is weird since Justin Lin did the grounded Tokyo Drift and 4 and then 5-6 just said fuck it.
Yeah
We really can't rule out that China reacted to the Cena controversy and just went "Welp, I guess we can't see him"
There is also a grand total of 23 reviews on RT
Not sure where the "tepid response" claims are coming from
Putting his pathetic apology aside, is Cena merely calling Taiwan a country in passing enough to destroy a film's chances in China?
It was tanking before the Cena thing. I'm surprised they weren't able to keep up the quality of these films.
I personally know 3 people pissed they gotta wait a month and bootleg a copy so idk what universal was thinking, they did it because they didn't want to get spoiled
Should've been a week or two max difference
Should've been a week or two max difference
What's with the emoji? That's literally in line with the othersSome reviews are:
65% at RT š¬
F9 The Fast Saga
Vin Diesel's Dom Toretto is leading a quiet life off the grid with Letty and his son, little Brian, but they know that danger always lurks just over their peaceful horizon. This time, that threat will force Dom to confront the sins of his past if he's going to save those he loves most. His crew...
Idc if the movie trash I'm still watching cuz I enjoy the stupidity. Yeah 5 was the high of the franchise and every subsequent film has gotten worse but whatevs. I know what I'm going into and I'm happy.
maybe the fresh reviews themselves are actually middling too, dunno, don't care to dig into it.
