Audiences Punch Bully Robert De Niro in the Nose
Robert De Niro has been barking about Donald Trump more than your average Daily Kos blogger.
The Oscar winner said he’d like to punch Trump in the nose late last year. On Friday, he doubled down on his Trump rhetoric. He told the ladies of “The View” that “punch” quote was symbolic, but he meant it all the same.
“…sometimes when people are bullies like that, that’s what you have to do to shut them up….Bully them back.”
This weekend audiences did just that to the screen legend. How? They ignored his newest film, “The Comedian.”
Big league.
Deadline.com reports “The Comedian” won’t even make $1 million during its first wide release weekend (848 theaters). The initial estimate for the film stands at $767,000. That’s a “bomb,” to use the left-leaning site’s own adjective.
The film is loaded with name actors. The cast, heavily featured in the trailer, including Leslie Mann, Harvey Keitel and Danny DeVito. It’s De Niro’s film all the way, though. He’s the most bankable star, and his performance carries the film.
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Are there other factors behind “The Comedian’s” awful numbers? Of course. Critics haven’t been kind to the film. Any Oscar buzz the movie hoped to generate late last year evaporated once those critics caught a glimpse of it.
De Niro’s name above the title doesn’t mean much these days, either. His 2016 boxing drama “Hands of Stone” tanked with a $4.7 million haul. The critically reviled “Dirty Grandpa” fared better, but with $35 million for a mainstream comedy it was hardly a hit.
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Even “Joy,” his reunion with “Silver Linings Playbook” director David O. Russell, disappointed given the high expectations ($56 million).
The actor continues to work at a feverish pace, particularly for a 70-something star. And he often reminds us of his still-formidable skills. His work in “Hands of Stone” proved that artistic fire still burns within him.
The reservoir of good will he’s generated over the years may be fading. For starters, he keeps appearing in dreck like “The Big Wedding” and “Dirty Grandpa,” projects miles beneath his talent level. And then there’s his political rants.
They aren’t meant to change hearts and minds. They don’t support a particular cause. They’re ugly and mean. Yes, Trump himself can be just that, too.
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So could Nancy Pelosi. She recently said rural Americans “pray on Sunday and prey on people the rest of the week.” That’s as ugly as anything Trump has said.
When stars attack politicians, and by default their supporters, they risk trashing the bond they’ve forged with fans. And when an icon like De Niro tries to bully the Commander in Chief, more than a few movie patrons are happy to bully him right back in the only way they can.
I’m filling an imaginary dung barrel. I got George Clooney, Robert DeNero, Jennifer Lawrence, Meryl Streep, Ashley Judd, Sean Pean, Ashton Kutcher and Maddona in it now. Couple more and I will slam the lid on it and toss it in the dump.
And pour used motor oil on the lot of them before closing the lid.
U GOT IT!!WELL SAID!!
He made another movie?
Huh.
ha ha ha ha ha
I have a schadenboner! Karma is so sweet.
“For starters, he keeps appearing in dreck like “The Big Wedding” and “Dirty Grandpa,” projects miles beneath his talent level.”
Miles beneath his former talent level. Completely even with his current talent level.
Boycott !
Once great actor turned libturd…so flush him already.
What a piece of garbage Nancy Pelosi is. A pure lying liberal. I bet she a big fan of DeNiro and vise versa.
Maybe DeNiro and George Clooney et al. should shut up and just be entertainers. Only the hipsters care about what Hollywood celebs think about real issues. What makes them think that their opinion is worth more than the local plumber’s?
De Zero thinks hes still playing a tough guy like he did in the 70’s! Well, Bobby, you aint living on those Mean Streets, you certainly arent The Don, and Travis Bickle wouldnt waste his time with you! Youre a craggly, skinny, old man who couldnt knock down a paper wall! Jake La Motta could blow on you and youd topple! AND you being a HUGE lib isnt helping your long ago tough guy image! Retire already!
That piece of cinematic trash of set box office records in Vichy Town, where Bobby de Zero Jr. is also known as the son of the best damn finger painter that two-bit tank town ever produced.
Didnt his dad become gay?
Yes. His old unlamented man was another notable contributor from Pyongyang On-The-Hudson to the demise of America.
Yes, what a contributor-finger painter to finger-er mmmm!
love the name”DEPLORABLE~ We should have The Reality Deplorable Show!!! instead of the Trumps AP SHOW!! BETthe ratings would b great!!
Yes, excellent idea, Brandon Tartikoff!
Yeah yeah, Im hip, Im hip!
Nah, nah… nah, nah, nah,nah… hey,hey….GOODBYE. Sh*t for brains.
The headline of this article will be repeated often following newly released and upcoming movies. Middle America has lost interest in watching entertainers who have taken to slamming their elitist political views down our throats; lecturing us for exercising our right to vote for a president of our choosing instead of their choice. They will continue to look down their noses at us, continue to denigrate us, until the reality of their declining finances snaps them back into reality. Too late, Hollywood will realize Middle America doesn’t need them, but they sure need Middle America. Meanwhile, we will find something else to fill our time; anything will be preferable to watching, and indirectly supporting, those who have forgotten their place.
My name is Joey Liver Lips and that Bobby de Zero Jr. is one smokin’ hottie.
I got those, Lammby!
DeNiro has played so many so called “tough guys” in the movies that he thinks he is one.
Ed Asner fell for his role as a crusading editor and tried to be that guy in real life. Did a metaphorical face plant.
Maybe Joe Pesci needs to give him a talking to. “You’re making a BIG (bleeping) spectacle of yourself!”
He already did:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4eE4PyxmFY
Sounding young in his old age!
Boo Hoo Who Cares !!!!!
So many in Hollywood are making it difficult to enjoy watching them. The RIAA tested the waters for hating on your customers and nearly destroyed the music industry. The Dixie Chicks attempted self immolation as well. Hate is ugly. No one wants to pay money to see people who hate in general and hate them specifically. As easy as it is to look at Jennifer Lawrence, I will not pay to watch her again.
Very well put. I used to like DeNiro. No longer. Same goes for Jennifer Lawrence. If I ever want to see any of their movies, I’ll wait for them to be available free on Netflix, Amazon or Hulu.
MAGA, baby.
or the dollar table at Menards
well after that turkey passengers you may not have to. lol