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Ridley Scott Pins ‘The Last Duel’ Bombing on Apathetic Millennials

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The money quote from the article:

Scott’s explanation for the horrible box office performance? Apathetic millennials.

“I think what it boils down to — what we’ve got today [are] the audiences who were brought up on these fucking cellphones. The millennian [sic] do not ever want to be taught anything unless you’re told it on a cellphone,” Scott said.

“This is a broad stroke, but I think we’re dealing with it right now with Facebook,” Scott added. “This is a misdirection that has happened where it’s given the wrong kind of confidence to this latest generation, I think.”

I think this might be an inflection point for movie theaters post-Covid.

Although the biggest blockbuster this year was "The Battle at Lake Changjin" in China.

https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr3283177989/

https://www.slashfilm.com/626583/a-chinese-film-beat-no-time...

Millennials brought up on cellphones? People really should at least get their stupid stereotypes dated correctly if they insist on them.

So then, isn't he actually thinking of Generation Z?

Probably. Or Millennials that have adopted devices by now (they have, the majority just wasn't brought up with them)

All in all, it seems fairly obvious though that it just was a failed bet that people would flock back into movie theaters again. And stupid consumers don't want to play ball and actually like streaming, the horror. And didn't care enough about the movie.

I have been looking for a name for people not understanding which is the millennial generation - maybe “Ridleys Law”?

Saw this movie at the theater. It was _WAY_ better than I was expecting. One of the best movie's I've seen in the past year. Sad to see it didn't do well.

I've enjoyed a lot of Ridley's movies and I've never heard of this, that's not going to help.

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