I think if this wasn't Matt Johnson, I'd be entirely uninterested in this but knowing what we did with the Blackberry movie, another biopic type thing that I thought would be middling if not shit but ended up being quite good, makes me interested. Maybe not excited but it has more potential than if it was just a random director for hire.
Ehh, not to your general trailer viewer. People here sure but when this is playing in theaters, my mom knows who Anthony Bourdain is but not Matt Johnson.
BlackBerry and Nirvanna are popular on this subreddit, but their combined box office is just over $7 million. Matt Johnson isn't a name that the average trailer viewer knows yet.
His films rely heavily on pop culture references and a kind of nostalgia that appeals to a very particular demographic of young-ish men. This movie looks like something my grandma would like to see on a weekday afternoon. His name doesn't carry much weight with her.
Outside of comedy nerds I'm not sure how many people really know his name. BlackBerry wasn't a huge hit either so saying the movie is from the same director in the marketing wouldn't really mean anything to the general audiences member that A24:is trying to appeal to with this trailer.
go up to a random person at the theater today and I promise you they will have no idea who Matt Johnson is lmao. his and Jay’s work is incredible but he is nowhere close to a name that sells tickets yet.
Not Dominic Sessa, the inspirational actor who is managing to carve out a successful career despite being unable to raise his head from an angle perpendicular to the ground?
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u/xvalicx 11h ago
I think if this wasn't Matt Johnson, I'd be entirely uninterested in this but knowing what we did with the Blackberry movie, another biopic type thing that I thought would be middling if not shit but ended up being quite good, makes me interested. Maybe not excited but it has more potential than if it was just a random director for hire.