Most of the ticket sales would have probably come from Asia. They love blockbuster movies that let them just turn their minds off and enjoy the spectacles to make them forget the tough and hectic everyday life. Despite the rising income of Asians (which is why Hollywood patronise Asian audiences because the latter is a huge customer base), they are overworked and both the standard and cost of living is still bad. We don’t really realise how good we have it in the West with better social and labour protections and we are not socially expected to work extra time. My Indian colleagues said they don’t celebrate Fridays the way we do, because many of them are expected to work on the weekend unpaid.
Someone in Asia is probably typing a similar comment about how westerners only like mindless kung fu movies.
I think the reason why people like the more “mindless” movies that have more action and little talking has more to do with the language barrier. If it’s dubbed, it seems silly. If it’s subtitled it means missing some part of the performance because you’re constantly alternating between looking at faces and looking at text. Cool action scenes are cool action scenes no matter the culture and language.
You may be shocked to learn the Mr. Bean is a very popular comedy in a lot of Asia. Do you think that it’s only Mr. Bean that can make them forget the tough and hectic everyday life? Or maybe it’s just because Mr. Bean doesn’t have a lot of dialog?
Most of the ticket sales would have probably come from Asia. They love blockbuster movies that let them just turn their minds off and enjoy the spectacles to make them forget the tough and hectic everyday life. Despite the rising income of Asians (which is why Hollywood patronise Asian audiences because the latter is a huge customer base), they are overworked and both the standard and cost of living is still bad. We don’t really realise how good we have it in the West with better social and labour protections and we are not socially expected to work extra time. My Indian colleagues said they don’t celebrate Fridays the way we do, because many of them are expected to work on the weekend unpaid.
Someone in Asia is probably typing a similar comment about how westerners only like mindless kung fu movies.
I think the reason why people like the more “mindless” movies that have more action and little talking has more to do with the language barrier. If it’s dubbed, it seems silly. If it’s subtitled it means missing some part of the performance because you’re constantly alternating between looking at faces and looking at text. Cool action scenes are cool action scenes no matter the culture and language.
You may be shocked to learn the Mr. Bean is a very popular comedy in a lot of Asia. Do you think that it’s only Mr. Bean that can make them forget the tough and hectic everyday life? Or maybe it’s just because Mr. Bean doesn’t have a lot of dialog?