>>214993897whats it even about?
LIttybros...
but it got a 20 minute standing ovation or some shit
>>214993897it's a film about a pretty niche topic in a fairly niche sport, no shit
>>214993897Most financially successful A24 film
>>214993897You realize these oscar bait movies are just to give your studio prestige right? they don't care about making a profit
if /tv/ existed in the 80s they'd go>lmao The Thing is flopping LOL what a shit flick!
The Steroids Machine
>>214993897Anyone who would be interested already watched the original documentary. The Rock also flopped with UFC fans when they tried to shoehorn him into Diaz vs Masvidal
>>214993933>fairly niche sport>responsible for half of the top ppv's of all time>white house event next year>poster child sport of this administrationyou lost chud
>>214994023Powerful
>>214993910Big man, punches things, feels the Bern
>>214993897he looks ridiculous. i don't want to look at the greased up naked ugly man try to act dramatic for 2 hours.
>>214993897Guess he ain't smashing that box office brother
>>214994416>>top ppvlmao, you're living in the 90s like every other prog retard.
>>214993926I came to say the same>>214994001because of this>>214994023Imagine /tv-pol/ posting about Taxi Driver. It would have become another Joker-2 filmCAM is already up tho>>214994461>people what UFC>people watch box>people watch wrestling
>>214993897I had my hopes up until that Jeremy Jahns review and now I realize littykino is not on the menu fuck.Why did they have to ruin it with stupid relationship drama from a perspective of dealing with a total harpy bitch? Dammit Saftti.
is it as contrived and melodramatic as The Warrior?
>>214994565Yes.
>>214994530>UFC>boxingactual fighting with no pretend drama>wrestlinghas been absolute shit for years, ever since attitude left and Cena's lame ass showed up. Vince wrote the best storylines of all time, they can't write for shit now and their top stars are talentless cringelord nepos like Cody Rhodes.
>>214994594bullshit, no way a sophisticated Cannes audience will give a 10 min standing ovation for something as low brow as thatyou're lying
>>214994565I can't tell I am not that interested in watching the CAM. Unironically, I am not interested in watching people fighting at this moment. I mean, war and protests news everyday..
>>214994530Yeah and all that shit's kinda gay. Like, half named men grappling each other gay.
>>214994619>actual fighting with no pretend dramalelthere's cheap and low IQ drama and watching people actually kicking (putting their lives in danger) the shit out of their opponent is the second to lowest iq trait in the world
>>214994622https://variety.com/2024/film/festivals/francis-ford-coppola-megalopolis-cannes-standing-ovation-1235999834/
>>214994622It's more like The Wrestler with Rourke. Aging star who has seemingly had it all decides to punish himself with a "gritty realistic" role and impress for an oscar. Rourke is 1000x the actor Dwayne will ever be though, his only character that ever worked was The Rock.
>>214994693plenty of high iq people enjoy sports. it's one of the last realms of objectivity we have in this psy-op modern world. you just sound like a sissy.
>>214993933It's not a niche sport but the people who care about MMA don't watch A24 movies
>>214994703I want a scathing but slightly empathetic biopic of the Rock's life a la Citizen Kane. Basically this guy who grew up in a privileged wrestling household but establishes this fake persona as some kind self-made man, secretly loathes the wrestling industry and his fans and sees them as a stepping stone into hollywood, and is closeted and fucking his wife's brother in law (there should be a scene where his wife catches them in the act). And then when he's old and everybody hates him he suffers from a stroke and the movie ends on him crawling on the ground trying to touch his wrestlemania belt one last time because that was one time in his life he felt genuine happiness. Rocky chants come in and screen fades to black
>>214994844*his brother in law
>>214994735>guy enjoy people harming each other>he think his iq is high everyone else is a sissy>last realms of objectivitysure buddy
>>214994658>Ayy this nigga got no surname, this gay as hell!
>>214994416the average person knows far less about MMA then they do almost any other sport
>>214994740compared to soccer, basketball, and football it absolutely is. it's maybe at a hockey level
>>214993897go chud go broke
>>214994693What's the first lowest? Niggery?
>>214993897instead of doing a film about the gracies, jon jones, gsp, anderson silva or whatever fighter everyone is familiar with, they decided to do a biopic on a literal who even mma fans don't know about
>>214993926What's with these long ovations? Are they just a marketing stunt?
>>214994023>if /tv/ existed in the 80s they'd go>>lmao The Thing is flopping LOL what a shit flick!it is shit
>>214995671Except I didn't say The Thing retard. Good job exposing yourself.
>>214993897What exactly is A24's business model? Making unappealing movies nobody wants to see and then writing them off?
>>214993897I just think that "The Smashing Machine" is really shitty name for the film which only speaks to those who know Kerr. They also decided to make The Rock unrecognizable so most people will just gloss over the film.
MMA isn’t as cinematic at boxing. Nobody likes the ground and pound shit. Why you don’t see any amateur welting movies
>>214993910It's about a midcarder in a pre-UFC fighting league in Japan that was notorious for bizarre matchups and yakuza interference Tons of interesting characters in Pride FC and he went with the most generic roid monster guy
>>214995705The Thing (1982) is shit. Body horror is a reddit genre.
>>214995771foxcatcher
>>214995756Government tax incentives, grants and write offs.
>>214993897/tv/ first you told me this was kino and now you're saying it's a pointless movie. Tell me right now if I should go see it or not.
>>214993897Only jews care about profits. Why are there so many threads like this?It's either a good film or it isn't. The number of fuckwits that go to see it means nothing.
>>214995849I love the documentary it's based on so I'm gonna see it either way, love Safdie too
I keep hearing very mid things about this film. Any anon care to confirm?
>>214995457Who ever stops first is sent to Siberia.
>>214993897Shame.
>>214994001For major studios, yes. But not A24. They don't have the cushion of franchises.
>>214996302How the fuck has A24 not gone bankrupt yet, the vast majority of their films are artsy flicks that barely anyone would watch
>>214996353their horrorslop makes bank and mostly they just distribute, not produce
>>214996353A24 was started by hedge fund guys with lots of access to capital. It will probably be bought up by one of the big streamers for like $5 billion
>>214993897at least emily blunt looked hot
>>214994023the thing is shit, critics and audiences were right
>>214995780It's because he already got a made for tv documentary about him so they could just rip it off wholesale, it's practically a remake. Here Comes the Boom is still the best mma movie.
Safdie tried to be Scorsese and FAILED
>>214993897Good, a24 tricked me into thinking they make good movies because of the lighthouse. Had to watch several slop fests to realize I was wrong.
>>214993897Should've played Antonio Inoki biopic instead, just needs that 'chin.'>>214994844>fucking his brother-in-lawhol up? CHAT IS THIS REAL?! The Rock giving c*ck to a Sock? Next you're gonna tell me Macho Man and Hogan were spitroasting Andre the Giant!
>>214995671>>214995791One of the greatest movies of all time regardless of genre
>>214996843No, but they did spitroast Steph
>>214996911nah. The Thing is a horror movie classic but on a list of all time of any genre of movies its not up there
>>214997002It's a perfect film
>>214996409If it gets bought up it'll likely be HBO. So far most A24 go there anyway
I thought for weeks leading up to this movies release it was about andre the giant because I thought the pictures were similar.
>>214993897>single-digits openinghello saar
>>214997106There wasnt any hot nude women in it
>>214993926So did Joker 2 LMAOAOAO
is there a rip out? i want to watch it this weekend and i dont want to go to the kinoplex. apple lists it as available https://tv.apple.com/us/movie/the-smashing-machine/umc.cmc.71wzerdj91fo8ep11rcbu3tei but all outlets report its theatre only for a month.
>>214993897Idk what this article is all about, but I was pissing myself laughing watching this movie, it was litty
>>214993926"Serious" film critics are the concept of contrarianism materialized.
>>214997139No women is why it's in a higher echelon
>>214994892>using all that ink when you could've juste drawn a linewhat is this picture meant to represent, methaphorically?
>>214996353Most of those films don't cost much, they also don't always produce them, a lot of the time it's only a distribution deal and they only have to make back the money they spend to buy out the film for distribution and then market it.Also, theatrical release is not the only way movies make money. Awards, streaming, physical releases.
>>214993897>>214993926>>214994228>>214994703In a few years’ time, people will admit that the Safdie brothers are hacks who are only considered “good” because they pose as non-commercial in the era of Marvel.Dwayne Johnson can’t act. He just can’t. He sounds the same and has the same body language in every role. All the credit goes to the makeup department.
>>214996353A24 is one of the few studious left that doesnt spend hundreds of millions on movies. so even if something they make "flops" it losses like 1 or 2 million only
>>214993910Times are hard? The Rock flops every time he goes auteur arthouse? Benny's "sincerity" smell fake/condescending compared to Sean Durkins' (or Holiday Legs carry it anyway)? Rock looks too uncanny?
>>214994023TRVKE
>>214995876/tv/ is in an imaginary war with Hollywood (as in, any relatively big film studio) because of woke, and they believe that either they all will go bankrupt in two more weeks if every other movie flops or that these companies staying afloat despite some flops will make normalfaggots wake up or something and raze the studios and kill the kikes that rule Hollywood or some shit like that.See people tell me I'm schizophrenic and tell me to take meds, but it's true.
Litty more like shitty
>>214996539>>214997314you ok there buddy?
>>214997371Me personally, I hate people like Dwayne Johnsons, Ryan Reynolds and Chris Pratt. Hacks, with zero talent, who can't even act. Just read the quips.
>>214997371Its not like theres anything in place to replace hollywood either. If hollyood completely collapsed then their just wouldnt be new movies made anymore basically. other then shit from India and china
>>214995798try telling me that to my face, faggot
>>214993910Machines
>>214997439kek. Americans truly believe this because all they ever watch is Hollywood slop.The most insular, backwards country on the planet.
>>214997518European movies, the ones people actually want to see are funded by hollywood too, genius. Its not like thats a completely separate industry
>>214997570Abso delulu
>>214993897good looks like trash staring an athlete. fucking joke, fuck the safdie jews
>>214997518Negro, all the European directors dream about Hollywood. The most successful work exclusively with American Studios
>>214997626>staring an athleteHe's a wrestler.
>>214993897The smashing career
>>214997707It hasn't been that good.
>>214995780>midcarderKerr won multiple early UFC heavyweight tournaments and headlined several Pride fight cards
>>214994416then why didn't Trump have an invite only viewing at the WH?
I wonder if he's feeling like he could use a little Felliniesque direction again
What will Dwayne's corporate copium for flopping be this time around? Did we ever find out what Red One's verticals were?
>>214993926I hope he gets an oscar just to make Batista seethe
>>214997260Given sapiens gets extremely wide I assume population number.
>>214993933I knew the family that made the documentary about this movie. I was really into BJJ/MMA culture back then when it was really fringe. Desperately trying to find a torrent or place I can stream the original documentary. It’s practically lost media
>>214994248Dwayne is a piece of shit but it was Masvidal who asked for that shit
>>214998164it's one of my favorite sports documentaries
>>214995457retards at cannes are like trained seals, they feel compelled to give standing ovations because it's the thing you do when you're there.
>>214995791I feel so bad for zoomers. They can’t like anything. Just joyless people poisoned by the world.
>>214994547I knew some of the folks who made the documentary. It started out with them following this successful mma fighter but it spiraled into something much bigger with Kerr’s implosion with PEDs, drugs, and his absolutely toxic relationship with Dawn. It’s dope they got Bas Rutten to play himself. Emily looks hot af as dawn
>>214994703>his only character that ever worked was The Rock.
>>214995457It's literally just a tradition, there's an ovation at almost any film. Journalists pretend it's some quality signifier, even invented some shit where there's quality gradation depending on the length of the ovations. None of that is true.
>>214993910Mike Kerr, the most roided early UFC fighter, who kinda faded from memory even though he was basically unstoppable at the time. He then became addicted to meds.
>>214998479>Mike KerrI know his brother, Nick.
body looks spot on but the head even with prosthetics is really off, the rock is way too old and the shape of his head is distinctly his own
>>214993897I realized this movie was guaranteed to lame when I found out Mark Kerr is still alive
>>214993897Good, tired of these faggot brothers being astroturfed with their pretentious sleazecore slop.
>>214993897>The Flop Machinethe rock was never a big movie star. whenever they tried to big a movie around him it has always flopped. was baywatch the last movie he had out? i dont even remember. he just got added to the fast & furious franchise but its not like it mattered. the dude tanks everything hes in
>>214998164>It’s practically lost mediaWhy are zoomers like this?Have some spoonfeeding.https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x95d8bi
>>214999230They're technically solid. But the energy, scenesters of NYC was done by Jonez with Beastie Boys. There is no youth movement behind Safdies, just critics/PR pushed.
>>214998341Michael Bay understood The Rock the best
>>214993910I know nothing about it and it and itLooks like The Rock's Oscar bait to me
>>214995457Absolutely everything gets at least a 10 minute standing ovation these days. It means nothing.
>>214995760Making The Rock unrecognizable is one of the few things they did right. Nobody wants to see that faggot.
>>214993897Literally just watch the documentary instead of this pointless blatant puff piece for dwayne johnson
>>214997766No one remembers because of the Sakuraba vs Gracie rivalry
not litty
>>214993926>but people clapped!!!!!If only claps replaced the box office...
>>214993910it's a biographical movie about Bert Kreischer
>>214997371Normies have noticed and movies have almost zero cultural relevance these days. Outside of sports, the average person under 50 doesn't watch any television anymore and very few films.
>>214999260Praise the lord. Thank the audience. Rock has no personal star power. The people are not as retarded as some cricise.
>>214993897Not even MMA fans are interested in Kerr's story, I could've told you this was a bad idea before they even greenlit this
>>214997439The Chinese/Saudis/Qataris will just buy them and fire/murder all the people who made them suck.EA is where the Western entertainment industry is headed.
>>214993897>>214996353Good thing for A24 that Materialists made nearly $105 million WW against a 20 million budget. Helps defray the costs of the Flop Machine and Eddington this year.Dakota Johnson/Celine Song carrying a studio this year probably wasn't the expectation going in.
>>214995780>>214993897>>214993910>whats it even about?i thought it was about The RocksTM dad who i assumed was a WWE wrestler or whatever. did they spend even a dollar on actual marketing to explain what its fucking about or did they blow that whole budget on meme shit like the standing ovation?
It's a good movie but not the type people go to see anymore. It felt like something straight to streaming.
>>215001329This is it, no the other stupid shit they are posting
>>214993897the rock is box office poison. he even poisoned br 2049, one of the best films ever made.
>>215000859Is this some case of movie makes money , gets forgotten ,meanwhile edge town and Beat machine gets cult following ?
>>214993897I'm seeing it tomorrow before work
>>214993910The documentary is worth watchinghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7DO5c7gWNw
Nobody seems to want to watch boring shit, but the intention behind this movie was likely to serve as Oscar bait for Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. However, if straight men like The Rock are serious about stepping out of their comfort zones and aiming for an Oscar, they might need to take on roles in gay-themed movies and portray explicit LGBTQ+ characters in the media. Imagine a film where The Rock has a Black NFL boyfriend, and they share intimate moments, with The Rock playing a character who is openly gay, perhaps even as the "bottom" in an explicit scene with The Rock being fucked in the ass to get Oscar.That would show real dedication to the craft, rather than continuing to play the same straightforward, masculine roles he’s always known for.Additionally, many people are starting to experience "The Rock fatigue." While he still has fans who enjoy his typical movies, centered around him playing a strong, fun, military or action hero, there’s been some backlash on social media.Whether from bots or real users, critics have pointed out his contract to never lose a fight in his films, his perceived egocentricity, and the fact that he often plays characters who never face real consequences.In this context, the movie is like his attempt to shift into the "arthouse" actor category and get positive critics back for him.This follows the example of other wrestlers-turned-actors like Dave Bautista, who tried for a more serious role in Blade Runner 2049, and John Cena, who explored more complex roles like his bisexual character in Peacemaker Season 2, written by James Gunn who have even a sissy orgy scene. But James Gunn is a joke and make pedophile jokes with kids and is gross, the reality is John Cena will never have real prestige if works for James Gunn.The current Oscar season is full of biopics, many of which feel like fanfiction, focusing on the lives of people whose stories are either glorified or distorted to fit a certain narrative.
>>214997766that's a based card
>>214993910Nanomachines, son
>>214993897he betrayed familiaand familia never forgets
>>215001501That was Batista, dumbass.
>>214993897>im sure to win because my speed is superior
>>215001763yeah, this is why i predict John Xina will be the first ex-wrestling oscar winnerhe's so to say a "good sport" and can put up with all sorts of humiliation rituals
>>214993910nfithis thread is literally the first time I hear about it
>>214995780who won? the gorilla or the rice farmer?
>>214993897Its the exact same shit as Sweeneys boxing movie. Who wants to see fake combat sports. No body. Unless its a fictional giga badass fun movie like Rocky. If its a real story about a real guy just make a fuggin documentary and show all the old footage you got. Fuckin retards. Of course this was going to fail
>>214993897lmao Rocky ruined Cena's farewell tour over THIS.
it will earn a lot of money during the Oscar season... r-right littybros?
>>215002491It's not getting nominated other than maybe for makeup
Lesbian muscle kino bros - we won
>>215001528I dunno if cult followings can develop financially now the way they used to in the prior era of video stores/physical media.
>>214997181only russian cam is outwait till tomorrow and check again for another source
>>214993910>what if the Rock wasn't bald?
>>214995916It's a very weird film so if you're into subversive or gonzo filmmaking then you might get something out of it. The story is very thin. It is atmospheric and the editing, sound design, score, and cinematography are all very dissonant for the kind of story it is trying to tell.
>>214993897isnt Mark Kerr supposed to be white? Is the Rock doing (bad) whiteface?
lmao a literally who pajeet movie released in 1/5th of the theaters made the same money as this
>>214993897Never heard of it.
>>215004971He's white compared to the rock. Compared to other whites you start thinking the rock casting isn't that bad
