Ben Affleck
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When I was a kid and we went out, there was three channels of nothing on TV. And if you didn't go see the movie in the theater, you had to wait a year for it to come out on VHS or DVD or whatever it was or cable. Or rumor. You just had to wait for it to come out in a diorama. It was bad. The cave painting and shit. How long is it going to take you to paint this on my cave?
When I was a kid and we went out, there was three channels of nothing on TV. And if you didn't go see the movie in the theater, you had to wait a year for it to come out on VHS or DVD or whatever it was or cable. Or rumor. You just had to wait for it to come out in a diorama. It was bad. The cave painting and shit. How long is it going to take you to paint this on my cave?
When I was a kid and we went out, there was three channels of nothing on TV. And if you didn't go see the movie in the theater, you had to wait a year for it to come out on VHS or DVD or whatever it was or cable. Or rumor. You just had to wait for it to come out in a diorama. It was bad. The cave painting and shit. How long is it going to take you to paint this on my cave?
The whole thing, yeah.
The whole thing, yeah.
The whole thing, yeah.
If you want to get people to go to the theaters, movies have got to be really good. Like, you can't just – you used to be like, okay, let's go to three movies in the theater every weekend. People are going to go to one of them. Now you've got to have a reason to – want to go out and see it.
If you want to get people to go to the theaters, movies have got to be really good. Like, you can't just – you used to be like, okay, let's go to three movies in the theater every weekend. People are going to go to one of them. Now you've got to have a reason to – want to go out and see it.
If you want to get people to go to the theaters, movies have got to be really good. Like, you can't just – you used to be like, okay, let's go to three movies in the theater every weekend. People are going to go to one of them. Now you've got to have a reason to – want to go out and see it.
And I'm lucky because the reason why I'm really confident about this movie, The Accountant 2, is it actually plays great. It's a really good movie. People love it. But I was the one where I was like, let's test this movie. Let's take it out there. And I'm like, OK, this movie belongs out there theatrically. And it's still more difficult. In the old days, this movie would end up
And I'm lucky because the reason why I'm really confident about this movie, The Accountant 2, is it actually plays great. It's a really good movie. People love it. But I was the one where I was like, let's test this movie. Let's take it out there. And I'm like, OK, this movie belongs out there theatrically. And it's still more difficult. In the old days, this movie would end up
And I'm lucky because the reason why I'm really confident about this movie, The Accountant 2, is it actually plays great. It's a really good movie. People love it. But I was the one where I was like, let's test this movie. Let's take it out there. And I'm like, OK, this movie belongs out there theatrically. And it's still more difficult. In the old days, this movie would end up
home run easy obviously i'm like the movie's great it works great it's a big smash hit now you have to like okay work hard to get it out because because ahead of time you screen it for people you see what they say and the reaction is pretty consistent interestingly so but now it's like you know i think your point about uh what you have to do like the minecraft movie or barbie or you know it almost has to become like a cultural event like where people are going acting the scenes out like there's a whole reason to go do it kind of you know or else it's really really good and that's
home run easy obviously i'm like the movie's great it works great it's a big smash hit now you have to like okay work hard to get it out because because ahead of time you screen it for people you see what they say and the reaction is pretty consistent interestingly so but now it's like you know i think your point about uh what you have to do like the minecraft movie or barbie or you know it almost has to become like a cultural event like where people are going acting the scenes out like there's a whole reason to go do it kind of you know or else it's really really good and that's
home run easy obviously i'm like the movie's great it works great it's a big smash hit now you have to like okay work hard to get it out because because ahead of time you screen it for people you see what they say and the reaction is pretty consistent interestingly so but now it's like you know i think your point about uh what you have to do like the minecraft movie or barbie or you know it almost has to become like a cultural event like where people are going acting the scenes out like there's a whole reason to go do it kind of you know or else it's really really good and that's
This movie is, listen, absolutely.
This movie is, listen, absolutely.
This movie is, listen, absolutely.
Not like that. I would sort of talk around it or talk about, well, there's some things I like about it. But now I wouldn't even want a movie to go out theatrically. I didn't think it was going to work theatrically because I think, well, you know, there's people that will watch this on streaming because I do think the bar is lower.
Not like that. I would sort of talk around it or talk about, well, there's some things I like about it. But now I wouldn't even want a movie to go out theatrically. I didn't think it was going to work theatrically because I think, well, you know, there's people that will watch this on streaming because I do think the bar is lower.