thismeintiel said:
That speaks more about how big the franchise is, not this film. When half, maybe more, are devoted to talking about how bad, or just disappointing the film is, while also not going out to watch it more than once, that's not the kind of attention you want. It would be one thing if the film had still performed as expected after the initial drop ($1.6B), and merch sales were still about the same when compared to TFA, or even just above RO, then you could just ignore it as just a fringe part of the fanbase. But, when you see this continued disappointing performance in the BO (the spinoff RO has now started outperforming it on a normal basis), plus a drop in merch sales from even RO, it isn't just a small fringe group hating on the film. |
In fairness, say what you want about the film but it has generated more discussion about Star Wars than anything in ages. Part of me can respect them for having the balls to try that instead of making a safe paint-by-the-numbers film.
