12681425, I'd said in reply #45 that the film being terrible and/or getting
Posted by b.Touch, Sat Dec-20-14 05:24 PM
terrible reviews doesn't necessarily mean people won't go see it.
That being said, however, a $17 mil opening weekend for a film that cost $65 mil to make (+ God only knows how much in marketing since they've been running ads since March) is not good. That's not even "black movie" good (which is $20 mil opening weekend and a sharp drop off afterwards).
Also, I would strongly argue that Black kids ought to be able to see themselves in quality pictures, and we as a "people" need not be so desperate to blindly support a studio picture I haven't heard a single good thing about (not even from Black people) when there are far more effective things we can do to help Black kids and their self-esteem.
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