"Fed up" ... Blockbuster fans react to postponements

The postponement of many blockbusters is blowing a wind of depression over the coming film season.

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In recent days, an avalanche of blockbuster postponements has hit the film industry.

After James Bond

(a film that has never been so well named), postponed an umpteenth time, to next spring (if all goes well), it is

turn

, initially planned for Christmas, to see its release postponed to fall 2021. And that was without counting on the snowball effect which is already shaking up next year's calendars: 

will not be released in summer 2021, but in summer 2022;

Ditto for

, shifted from fall 2021 to winter 2022. To name a few.

Long live the wind, long live the wind, long live the wind of depression which blows on big budget films… And on the spectators?

This black series is strongly starting to scare the fans of big Hollywood productions, who still clung to these releases to drown their spleen.

took the temperature on the side of its readers via a call for contributions, and the verdict is clear: blockbuster fans are already fed up.

Fed up with fatalism

“I find that dismal.

Only silly French comedies or animated films remain on the bill.

So I no longer go to the cinema, ”frankly assumes Marie-Françoise, 65 years old.

In an equally pessimistic register, Amina, 27, admits to having trouble taking the blow.

“Difficult, I go to the cinema every week, and the lack of blockbusters makes you less want to go.

Already the news is bad, there is nothing more to hang on to, ”she said fatally.

On the side of Claire-Agnès, the feeling is a bit more moderate.

If the fifty-something had trouble digesting the absence of

this summer (relegated directly to Disney +), she now claims to feel a real "fed up with having waited".

"I was happy to finally have films to put in my mouth, but I'm tired of seeing that all those I wanted to see are postponed until Greek calendars including James Bond and 

 ", she says , adding no longer having recourse to cine subscriptions.

Same decision for Micky, 46, who terminated his UGC card.

“I understand the interest of the majors but I am also thinking of exhibitors who see the attendance drop because of this lack of blockbusters, he writes.

I'm also afraid that this will play tricks on the majors.

Because people will turn away from the cinema.

And will they return there once the pandemic has passed?

“For the moment, we must admit that this is a disaster for operators.

Since the beginning of the year, 56.15 million admissions have been recorded in France, against 150.6 last year, reports the CNC.

Or a drop of 62.7% ...

The water drop

Florent, a thirty-something who still has a lot of hope for the release of

end of November, is just beginning to doubt: “I have been a Gaumont subscriber for over a year, and so far I had decided to keep my subscription, as a kind of support, because even if I go to the cinema less (I only go when I see that there are not many people in the theater), I wanted to continue supporting the sector.

I admit that this new James Bond postponement makes me think, because it gives me the impression of being the start of a second wave of postponements.

More than a fear, for Chrissou, 50, the postponement of the next James Bond is a massive blow.

“I don't live with the postponement of 007 very well, I haven't missed any since

in 1979 when I was 10 years old,” he says.

It must be said that this was the last chance given by Chrissou to the franchise, which believes that since

, it has become "anything".

“It is no longer current, it must be released on VOD directly.

007 it's over for me, ”he says.

For his part, Bernard no longer believes in it.

“I think that by delaying the release of such films they will end up coming out directly on DVD or on demand,” he analyzes.

In life, there are those who see the glass as half empty, and those who see the glass as half full, like Jennifer, 37.

James Bond's release postponed?

"So much the better," she replies, "in front of

anyway

, he had no chance."

Fortunately, we have a few die-hard optimistic moviegoers left.

"Cinema is not just blockbusters"

Because if Marie-Françoise, Claire-Agnès or even Chrissou rather take a dim view of these postponements, Yoann for his part accepts these decisions wisely.

"Going to the cinema these days being far from recommended, it is rather good news in itself", judges the young man of 34 years.

A point of view shared by Philippe, 55, for another reason: “I prefer that these films come out when we have the right to go to the cinema once the wearing of the mask is no longer compulsory.

I don't go there anymore because it is out of the question for me to put on a mask for the duration of the film ”.

Finally, at the dawn of his thirties, Frédéric reminds us that the 7th art is not just about James Bond and

.

“As I live in Paris and I have an unlimited UGC card, I am lucky to be able to have access to cinemas showing heritage films such as Champo, the Latin Quarter film library and even the Brady.

So I will continue to go to the cinema to see these films while going to see the recent films that interest me.

Cinema is not just blockbusters, ”he believes.

And on the French side, there is no shortage of French films, including

by Valérie Lemercier as well as the eagerly awaited (by our readers in any case),

by Alexandre Astier.

For the others, two hopes are still allowed on the side of big American productions: 

by Pixar (November 25) and 

1984 (December 25).

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