Pixels is probably gonna make it’s money back, which is honestly the worst thing ever
Tell everyone about your Adam Sandler racketeering theory
That’s not a theory, that is absolutely what he is fucking doing
Okay Dean, I need you tell me about your Adam Sandler racketeering theory.
Okay so Sandler movies get lots of viewers (for some reason) right so he can go to a big fucking studio like Sony Pictures (Pixels) and say “yo gimme $88 million dollars to make a movie” and since thats always worked before and his films have always made a return no matter how fucking awful they are (Mall Cop 2 made over 3x budget, Zohan made over 2x, Jack & Jill just barely missed out on 2x budget) they say “yeah go on then”
So now Sandler has $80 million to make a film with, and a bunch of friends who need paychecks to live on, right? So he just pays them for whatever half-assed performance they give (Kevin James, David Spade, Rob Schneider, etc) and they make a fucking movie. and its awful, but get this right
Product placement. In Gilmore, Happy gets sponsored by Subway to play golf, and in Jack & Jill, the plot of the movie basically revolves around advertising, specifically for Dunkin Donuts. You’ve got Gatorade in Waterboy, McDonalds and Hooters in Big Daddy, Popeyes Chicken in Little Nicky, Wendys in Mr Deeds, Bed Bath & Beyond in Click, MySpace in Funny People, KFC in Grown Ups (Kevin James is a fat man), and a bottle or can of Budweiser is in nearly every scene of That’s My Boy,
So basically, Sandler gets paid ridiculous amounts of money to make a film, gets paid even more money for product placement, then just pays his friends, and throws together an absolutely god awful film. And apparently because “Happy Gilmore/Billy Madison was funny!” (hint: they weren’t), people still go see his films twenty years later. And since he’s part producer on some of these films, he makes even more when stupid people go to see his films!
You know, it’s absolutely amazing. Under the right circumstances, a filmmaker could make more money with a flop then he could with a hit!
I’m a bit annoyed that this guy suggests that people only go to see Adam Sandler movies because at the very least 2 of his movies were “Good”. I mean, really? You think the man has made a career on producing all bad movies with a few hits? I mean this isn’t M. Night Shyamalan we’re talking about here. This is Adam Sandler. A man who’s only still relevant because people find him enjoyable to watch.
You think if people were actually disappointed with his newer movies, they’d go to see even newer ones? If you don’t like his movies then..why do you pay to see his new stuff and then complain about it? I mean I’m not that deep into Seth McFarlanes’ humor and I sure am not sitting down watching any of his newer shows. But to suggest that people don’t actually enjoy Cleveland Show, they only watch it because they liked Family Guy is super flawed.
I get Pixels was probably terrible but to imply that there aren’t people that genuinely find enjoyment in his works is so far out there. Dude knows how to make the movies he wants and keeps his friends employed and you guys are painting him as a scheming psychopath because he found a way to do it? He’s making FUCKING COMEDY MOVIES. Not killing people for power. Calm the fuck down.
