• ImminentOrbit@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    That they hid it was a musical is my issue. Did no one learn from the Mean Girls musical? If people get to the show and are surprised with a genre they aren’t expecting, of course the film will suffer. Additionally, people who like musicals aren’t going to attend since they aren’t being advertised to

    • Fredselfish@lemmy.world
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      1 month ago

      That explains why all the scenes in the trailer were of people singing and dancing. Welp I dont care for most musicals. Especially The Sound of Music. Hate that film.

      • TheRealKuni@lemmy.world
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        1 month ago

        Especially The Sound of Music. Hate that film.

        Everyone is entitled to their own (wrong) opinions.

    • VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world
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      1 month ago

      Unexpected genre also killed Brutal Legend. The commercials advertised it as an action-adventure game, but it’s actually an RTS. Action-adventure fans hated it, and RTS fans had no idea it was an RTS until it showed up on Steam four years later.

      • Blackmist@feddit.uk
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        1 month ago

        I don’t like old style musicals, but things like I Brother Where Art Thou are great.