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Cannes: ‘Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny’ debuts to six-minute standing ovation

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  1. [10]
    JXM
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    For those who don’t know, it’s not uncommon for a movie to debut at a festival to a long standing ovation like this. It also means absolutely nothing in terms of quality. Plenty of awful movies...

    For those who don’t know, it’s not uncommon for a movie to debut at a festival to a long standing ovation like this.

    It also means absolutely nothing in terms of quality. Plenty of awful movies have gotten long standing ovations at Cannes only to come out and be awful.

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    1. [2]
      cloud_loud
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      It’s not uncommon but Top Gun got a similar standing ovation and there’s a level of pedigree here that I think means good things. Edit: Nevermind

      It’s not uncommon but Top Gun got a similar standing ovation and there’s a level of pedigree here that I think means good things.

      Edit: Nevermind

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      1. rish
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        Best I remember is BvS getting standing ovation.

        Best I remember is BvS getting standing ovation.

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    2. [7]
      lou
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      I've been to plenty of festivals in my time. I've seen lots of applause, but never both 5 minutes and lukewarm at the same time. Maybe it's an European thing.

      I've been to plenty of festivals in my time. I've seen lots of applause, but never both 5 minutes and lukewarm at the same time. Maybe it's an European thing.

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      1. [5]
        cloud_loud
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        Heres a list of long standing ovations at Cannes notably The Paperboy got a 15 minute standing ovation and went on to become critically derided.

        Heres a list of long standing ovations at Cannes notably The Paperboy got a 15 minute standing ovation and went on to become critically derided.

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        1. [4]
          lou
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          So it's a Cannes thing, a French thing, an European thing, or an every top festival thing? I'm just trying to imagine how an entire audience can be consistently lukewarm for 5 minutes straight lol...

          So it's a Cannes thing, a French thing, an European thing, or an every top festival thing?

          I'm just trying to imagine how an entire audience can be consistently lukewarm for 5 minutes straight lol

          In any case, maybe they shouldn't put the ovation runtime in the headline? Sounds misleading.

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            cloud_loud
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            Venice is the only other festival with these long ovations, but it’s definitely more of a Cannes thing. 5 minutes is actually kind of the minimum. It’s a courtesy of “congrats you made a movie.”

            Venice is the only other festival with these long ovations, but it’s definitely more of a Cannes thing.

            5 minutes is actually kind of the minimum. It’s a courtesy of “congrats you made a movie.”

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            1. lou
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              Learned that today! I mean I'm familiar with the "congrats you made something", but it's usually much much shorter!

              5 minutes is actually kind of the minimum. It’s a courtesy of “congrats you made a movie"

              Learned that today!

              I mean I'm familiar with the "congrats you made something", but it's usually much much shorter!

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          2. FishFingus
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            Allegedly they also traditionally moo bad films at Cannes instead of booing them.

            Allegedly they also traditionally moo bad films at Cannes instead of booing them.

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      2. JXM
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        It's not that the applause after the screening were lukewarm, it's that the broader critical world gave the movie lesser reviews after they are released widely.

        It's not that the applause after the screening were lukewarm, it's that the broader critical world gave the movie lesser reviews after they are released widely.

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  2. Bonooru
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    For anyone else who was unclear about the order of operations from just the title, the standing ovation was after the credits ran, not before the movie was shown.

    For anyone else who was unclear about the order of operations from just the title, the standing ovation was after the credits ran, not before the movie was shown.

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  3. lou
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    It must have been a very interesting moment. I never heard of a lukewarm 5 minute ovation before. Leave it to the French, I guess?

    It must have been a very interesting moment. I never heard of a lukewarm 5 minute ovation before. Leave it to the French, I guess?

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