Sean’s movie thoughts

If there is a big budget movie with King Arthur fighting Robin Hood in the next few years, I had that idea in December 2018.  https://seansmoviethoughts.blogspot.com/2018/12/movie-thoughts-12-9-2018.html  I am just saying. I am not sure why they’d be fighting though. Maybe there won’t be another big budget King Arthur or Robin Hood movie in the next 7 years. Maybe the characters just don’t connect with movie going audiences anymore. Superheroes seemingly have replaced King Arthur and Robin Hood in the movie goers’ hearts and imaginations. There could be a modestly budgeted back to basics Robin Hood or King Arthur movie in the next 7 years that finds an audience. Maybe the problem with the last few movies with King Arthur or Robin Hood is the movies have tried too hard to reinvent the story or modernize it. Reviews of the Hustle suggest it is bad but not terrible. A couple of critics said Anne Hathaway and Rebel Wilson seemed to be acting in different movies. (I wonder who ...

Last year King Arthur Legend of the Sword bombed in America but might have broken even due to international markets. (This was the start of a planned franchise.) In 2003 King Arthur bombed. The last hit King Arthur movie might be Excalibur from 1983. This year Robin Hood bombed, it might be one of the biggest bombs of the year. Unless I am mistaken the last hit Robin Hood movie was Robin Hood Prince of Thieves. That was in 1991. Russell Crowe’s Robin Hood in 2010 was not a hit but it might have broken even. So why hasn’t there been a hit Robin Hood or King Arthur movie in so long? Maybe people just aren’t interested in these characters any more. I am not sure that is true. Maybe people look at the new King Arthur or Robin Hood movies and just don’t feel interested in the new spin on the legend the movies are offering. (Almost all the recent movies featuring these characters feature new spins on the characters. It would almost be interesting to go back to basics.) Maybe some of thes...

Robin Hood bombed and it might be the biggest bomb of the year. King Arthur bombed last year. (The last King Arthur movie in 2003 bombed, so it has been a while since there was a hit King Arthur movie. The last one might be Excalibur from the 1980s.) Isn’t there a way for studios to know that there won’t be an audience (or enough of an audience to make the film profitable)for a movie before they make it? I guess there is not one or else studios would not produce these bombs. I wonder if a movie version at Salem’s Lot would work. I like both of the TV mini-series of the novel but wonder if the success of It might bring Salem’s Lot to be the big screen. I would like to see the story on the big screen but could the story be told well in 2 1/2 hours or less? This story needs a slow burn.