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Last post by Trevor - Today at 10:42:46 PMQuote from: indianasmith on Today at 07:00:44 PMI heard it was so bad that Texas governor Greg Abbot stood up and walked out. . .
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Last post by bob - Today at 10:37:09 PM
Where did you plant the tree?
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Good Movies / Re: Recent Viewings, Part 2
Last post by FatFreddysCat - Today at 08:40:00 PM"PCU" (1994)
Tom, a nerdy high school senior, schedules an overnight campus visit to Port Chester University. His host is "Droz" (Jeremy Piven), who leads the group of misfits who live in "The Pit," the dingiest, loudest house on campus. During his visit, Tom manages to tick off virtually every special interest group on campus (feminists, gays, vegans, hippies, etc.) and the only way to restore harmony is to bring all the factions together for an epic house parry!
This silly campus comedy clearly wants to be "Animal House" for the grunge rock era, and it gleefully pokes fun at the "Politically Correct" craze that was prevalent at the time. "PCU" is a fun 90s time capsule and has become a minor cult classic.
Tom, a nerdy high school senior, schedules an overnight campus visit to Port Chester University. His host is "Droz" (Jeremy Piven), who leads the group of misfits who live in "The Pit," the dingiest, loudest house on campus. During his visit, Tom manages to tick off virtually every special interest group on campus (feminists, gays, vegans, hippies, etc.) and the only way to restore harmony is to bring all the factions together for an epic house parry!
This silly campus comedy clearly wants to be "Animal House" for the grunge rock era, and it gleefully pokes fun at the "Politically Correct" craze that was prevalent at the time. "PCU" is a fun 90s time capsule and has become a minor cult classic.
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Bad Movies / Re: Some sort of noteworthy Ev...
Last post by M.10rda - Today at 07:03:43 PM
Imagine when airlines start playing it as their in-flight movie...
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Bad Movies / Re: Some sort of noteworthy Ev...
Last post by indianasmith - Today at 07:00:44 PMI heard it was so bad that Texas governor Greg Abbot stood up and walked out. . .
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Last post by bob - Today at 06:00:51 PMthis sounds like it has the making a Razzie Award winner
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Last post by LilCerberus - Today at 04:16:19 PMI heard a rumor that some theater in Arizona was printing out Utopia tickets instead of Melania tickets, but I can't find any info on that...
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Bad Movies / Re: Some sort of noteworthy Ev...
Last post by Trevor - Today at 04:04:17 PMQuote from: M.10rda on Today at 02:25:42 PMI haven't seen anyone mention MELANIA yet, and that seems like an oversight given our purview...
https://cdn.prod.dailykos.com/images/1520122/large/20260122edshe-b.jpg?1769106308
As early as Friday morning, some very enthusiastic coverage was coming in regarding the errr underwhelming attendance in other countries. For example, the first scheduled screening in London had sold only 1 ticket. I dunno how that is for a Friday afternoon opening in 2026, but 25 years ago when I ran movie theaters it would have portented a rather... slow opening weekend. Similar stats were plentiful across Europe:
https://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/melania-movie-internationally
In Australia, something like 20 tickets were sold all weekend - yes, in the entire country. Apparently the film is being pulled from Australian theaters altogether.
More anecdotes:
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/1/30/2366287/-Melania-doc-already-a-flop-overseas
Domestically and globally, the story of MELANIA's performance is a bit more... complex. Weekend grosses seem to be approximated at the $5-$7 million neighborhood. For a documentary, this is actually very very good!
However, keep in mind that the reported budget for MELANIA was $75 million dollars, though the actual cost is somewhere north of that. Amazon spent a reported $35 million on advertising and promo, on top of $40 million to Melania. Surely the actual production and post-production costs weren't zero... although sources who served on the crew have talked about 12-18 hour shoots with no catering
So, Amazon is losing money on MELANIA, but some people are seeing it. How many people? The United States' dear President initially commented on social media about "tickets selling fast" and later boasted that MELANIA is "sold out everywhere". That later claim is easily defeated with light research. There have been reports of (large) half-filled theaters in places like Texas and Arkansas - so its legit possible that hundreds of people watched this movie together during its opening weekend.
However, there is also coverage about posts on Craigslist and elsewhere, offering $50 to anyone who would attend domestic screenings of MELANIA for free and endure through the closing credits...it's worth mentioning that conservative organizations have been known to purchase large blocks of movie tickets and then give them away for free just to get audiences in seats and exposed to propaganda. Paying someone 4Xs an American movie ticket just to sit through a movie is rather more unheard of! And in any case, large-scale "underwriting" of tickets to conservative propaganda has certainly paid off in the past - THE SOUND OF FREEDOM grossed well over a hundred million or something, with occasionally similar reports of "sold out" theaters with a handful of audience members actually watching the movie. So in the case of MELANIA, a meager $5-7million gross is again intriguing. The conservative action orgs don't think there's anything persuasive or educational about this documentary???
Whatever one may a priori think about Melania or her husband, it is worth mentioning that MELANIA's director is a notorious sex pest/serial creepster:
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/01/melania-trump-documentary-brett-ratner-metoo/
...Which I guess made him an ideal candidate for the gig!
Finally, most apropos to this website, some fantasizing via TV's Frank:
https://cdn.prod.dailykos.com/images/1522703/large/MST3kMelania.png?1769809422
Ster Kinekor, South Africa's oldest cinema chain pulled the release of MELANIA before it had even opened. Not sure what happened there 😬