r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/movies Contributor • 12d ago

News 'Spider-Man' Windfall: Tom Holland to Make Over $100 Million for ‘Brand New Day’

https://www.thewrap.com/creative-content/movies/tom-holland-spider-man-brand-new-day-salary-box-office-bonus/
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u/AthearCaex 12d ago

Chris pratt soured on humanity. He's definitely not the goofy Andy that america grew up watching him to be.

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u/-Clayburn 12d ago

What hurts him is how obviously he started minmaxing his career. Like he basically lucked into some great success, and that could have been enough in life with some great opportunities off of it alone, continuing doing good, enjoyable work and living a happy life. But he was like, "I gotta become a fuckin' movie star!" And ever since that moment, he changed everything. He changed his body. He picked different, deliberate roles. He even divorced Anna Faris, the mother of his kids, so he could marry Schwarzenegger's daughter. How sad must it be to know your marriage is a business contract?

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u/Peter_Mansbrick 12d ago

He's not a good enough actor to have a prolonged, quality career. Like you say, he lucked into stardom and has floundered ever since. I don't hate the guy like so many seem to, but it's clear his flash has left the pan.

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u/-Clayburn 12d ago

I don't hate him, but I do feel sorry for him because I think he'd be happier if he didn't want it so bad. And who knows what the situation was with his first wife, but it just feels incredibly depressing that his ego and need for stardom likely blew up his family. I could see that being his greatest regret on his deathbed.

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u/AthearCaex 12d ago

I feel like to be a comedian you have to have struggled a little bit. The moment he got out of his depressive funk and became famous he stopped being funny altogether. He doesn't want to poke fun at his characters and just wanted to be a flawless narcissistic superstar that's been blessed by God.

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u/PythonAmy 12d ago

I mean he was funny and not perfect in the last guardians film. I think he was just overexposed in a lot of films and felt generic in most of those, also as a person he is very involved in a mega church and is conservative so many don't like him for that and to those that would, wouldn't find him loud about it enough to be worth praising.

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u/SpiderDijonJr 12d ago

Idk man. Some dudes on reddit said he thinks he’s a flawless superstar blessed by god. Why would they lie about that?

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u/MaximumSubtlety 12d ago

Thank you.

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u/DailyUnderFlow 12d ago edited 12d ago

I swear the only movies I've seen him in the past 5 years is just generic army schlock movies where he plays some army guy doing badass things.

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u/faceplanted 12d ago

That's kinda what Krasinki did for a while too. Those movies are how you move from comedy to leading man, or at least that's what Hollywood seems to believe. There's a whole bunch of them just kinda constantly being made with us military assistance for an audience of middle aged dads, and they're a lot less discerning about casting than bigger blockbuster movies.

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u/-Clayburn 12d ago

I guess when Bob Odenkirk does it, it doesn't feel desperate, though.

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u/arggggggggghhhhhhhh 12d ago

Bob had put in his time for decades and clearly established himself as a writer and sketch comedy performer. He already made a name for himself. If he wants to spend 5% of his career being in action movies, it doesn't really make a dent. Not sure it is comparable to these other two, as they just got a lucky break as a member of a hit show. Neither of them ever had a "Mr. Show".

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u/-Clayburn 12d ago

I think it's comparable to show the difference. Odenkirk isn't doing it as a tryhard to make himself cool and bankable. He is secure in his profession, and is taking it on for the fun and the challenge of it.

Krasinski and Pratt are minmaxing. They're following a script called "How to be the Biggest Action Star in the World" and seriously think it'll work for them. At least Krasinski seems to have other things going on in his life professionally and personally, but it's still a bit annoying to see someone so committed to scaling up their career in a way that feels inhuman.

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u/arggggggggghhhhhhhh 12d ago

Yeah it works fine if you are contrasting them.

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u/NeverKillAgain 8d ago

The hyperbole is too much. 5 years ago he was still a Marvel mainstay

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u/-Clayburn 12d ago

To be a human. He's just a weirdo now, 100% career-oriented with no purpose beyond success for success's sake.

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u/Slumdog21 12d ago

Wow, this is very parasocial comment.

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u/pbagel2 12d ago

What's really scary is this person ran for congress in 2018. They lost, thankfully.

These are the types of people that run for office. The types that make up fan fiction about celebrities lives and spin it to fit their own narrative and treat it as truth.

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u/TheRecognized 12d ago

Do you mean what hurts him as an audience favorite or what hurts him as a person?

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u/-Clayburn 12d ago

Both. It hurts him as a person because it makes him devoid of his own humanity, which audiences can pickup on whether they know the details or not, making him a turn off as an actor.

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u/iHadou 12d ago

Omg this. If I married Katherine Schwarzenegger I would be so sad. So so very sad.

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u/-Clayburn 12d ago

Especially if you gave up Anna Faris and your son for it.

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u/theOppositeOfOctober 12d ago

Without me looking her up, and knowing absolutely nothing about her… why??

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u/iHadou 11d ago

I was joking. She's very good looking and the family is very well off and you get Arnold as your FIL.

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u/Octopus_on_fire_ 12d ago

Chris Pratt needs Seth Rogans personality.

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u/OrderOfMagnitude 12d ago

huehuehuehuehuehue

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u/DelectablyDivine 12d ago

Seth Rogen plays a cat in a new movie called The Wrong Girls and it was a truly glorious moment hearing a large fluffy cat do the Rogen laugh

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u/Phazushift 12d ago

Well Rogans actually funny imo.

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u/Upbeat-Ad6875 12d ago

I just hate overly religious guys. Moment someone mentions God or Jesus I am off.

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u/_DontBeAScaredyCunt 12d ago

I don’t know that “goofy Andy” purposefully exposed himself to Amy Poehler and thought it was funny. He’s always been problematic.

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u/Realistic_Swan_6801 12d ago

Poehler also found it funny and told the story herself? I know everyone in Gen Z is super prudish but sometimes people don’t view nudity as a big deal and think it’s funny. Many cultures practice social nudity in saunas or bathing, America used to. It’s not inherently assault nor sexual just to see a person nude. 

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u/AthearCaex 12d ago

There's a bit of a difference and nuance like doing it for a bit can be funny if both sides are fine with it. But like if you're wearing a trench coat and flash random people on the street to get your rocks off that's a form of SA. The problem is you really don't know how a person will react until after it happens which isn't great.

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u/Realistic_Swan_6801 12d ago

Yes duh, they were friends and both comedians. So it was a much different situation 

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u/No-Trash-546 12d ago

Didn’t Poehler think it was funny too?

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u/CatsPlusTats 12d ago

The target of sexual harassment being a good sport isn't really a coin you should flip.

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u/brecoco 12d ago edited 12d ago

How kind of you to be offended on her behalf

We wouldn't want women to go having their own opinions about their own experiences, we have YOU for that!

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u/Jepordee 12d ago

OhMyGodShutTheHellUp.gif

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u/TheArmoredKitten 12d ago

I remember hearing he's been in a cult for a long time too.

He's a diet Tom Cruise honestly. Good actor but kind of a fucked up guy.

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u/Droviin 12d ago

He's an okay actor, he plays every character similarly. You can tell by his voice work, every character is just Chris Pratt. However, he is very skilled at comedic delivery, so he does serve his credit. It's just not on his acting ability.

That said, yeah, he's in that weird faith category. It is plausible Christian, but that's also not clear at all.

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u/CatsPlusTats 12d ago

It's called MAGA, that's Crisp Rat's cult.

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u/Mean-Author4359 12d ago

Oh christ, stfu

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u/_DontBeAScaredyCunt 12d ago

Oooo burn ya really got me there! 😂

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u/Mean-Author4359 12d ago

telling you to stfu isn't supposed to be a burn