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[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 78 points 11 months ago (1 children)

They so badly want their own version of Hollywood.

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 71 points 11 months ago (4 children)

The problem is that so many of their movies are bad.

[–] Bob_Robertson_IX@discuss.tchncs.de 40 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Yet they'll still do incredibly well because the movie makers can launder money through churches, tax free, to buy all available tickets to give out for free to the church congregations. This then makes the movie appear to be better and more popular than it really is.

[–] ummthatguy@lemmy.world 24 points 11 months ago

2 consultant producers

[–] ElcaineVolta@kbin.social 11 points 11 months ago

they do similarly with book sales

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 29 points 11 months ago (2 children)

You can’t criticize the movie without criticizing the message. If you criticize the message you’re not on their team. Not conforming to the team is a bannable offense.

[–] Not_Alec_Baldwin@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago

But you can oh, so easily criticize the movie without mentioning the message. Because they are awful.

[–] ElBarto@sh.itjust.works 6 points 11 months ago

It's easy, when script writing is worse than a high school play, they're either over filtered to look cinematic or feel like they just filmed it and cut it together. I've seen better acting in b grade porn than anything I've seen in one of those movies, the sounds terrible like they've used the in camera mics on scenes.

See I criticized the movie without criticizing the message.