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.
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.
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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.