Escape to the Movies: Ouija - Just A Lame Cash-In

[K12]

I'm surprised that they can make a film called Ouija. I was under the impression that the game's name was still under copywright.

 

[Arfreid]

So, this means that I must give up hope that Bob will review "The book of life" ?

I know this isn't a terror movie, but it's about the "Dia de Muertos" which is the equivalent of Mexican halloween.

That is at least an interesting concept... right?!

 

[vid87]

Considering this was supposedly made for around $5 million it becomes less a matter of if it gets a sequel and more about the real horror: how many sequels and will it break the Saw/Paranormal Activity franchise streaks?

 

[Steve the Pocket]

I'm surprised that they can make a film called Ouija. I was under the impression that the game's name was still under copywright.

Trademark, and it is. Hasbro are the ones who made the damn movie. Surprised?

 

[Rabidkitten]

Why do you keep on video reviewing the ones no one cares about. Why didn't you cover NightCrawler?

 

[Cranyx]

"Legitimate spiritualists and mediums"

You may have a bit of a contradiction there, Bob.

 

[K12]

I'm surprised that they can make a film called Ouija. I was under the impression that the game's name was still under copyright.

Trademark, and it is. Hasbro are the ones who made the damn movie. Surprised?

Slightly embarrassed I didn't think of that and apparently don't understand the difference between copyright and trademark.

It's not exactly the Lego Movie is it?

 

[Lvl 64 Klutz]

Bah, I really enjoy Moviebob's content, but I can never truly like a person who makes sure every year that everyone understands how much they despise the holiday season.

I get that there's a lot of nasty stuff associated with the holiday season, but it takes the smallest amount of effort to ignore all that awful stuff and embrace the good parts of the season.

 

[Entitled]

Slightly embarrassed I didn't think of that and apparently don't understand the difference between copyright and trademark.

For future reference, copyrights mean a control right over the copying one's creative output, while trademarks are about the exclusive use of a mark that has been associated with one's trade.

A book's text, or a video game's content, are copyrighted. A word like "Windows", or a shape like the golden arches, are trademarked.

Copyrights require original creation, and last for a fix timeframe based on the author's death. Trademarks require brand identification, and last as long as the brand is in use and the trademarked label is associated with it.

Copyright is the one that gets our let's play videos, and youtube remix videos taken down, fanfic writers censored, and abandonware unpublishable.

Trademarks are the ones that get Scrolls and Banner Saga sued, Battleship and Ouija produced, and make Adobe insisting that the proper phrase is "edited with Adobe Photoshop software". (if "photoshopped" would be said separately from the brand often enough, they could lose it).

 

[Moeez]

I'm not sure why Moviebob didn't review Nightwalker instead which is creepier about the real world (news culture) and is already regarded as one of the best films of the year with a career-defining performance from Jake Gyllenhaal. It's happened for a year now, picking easy targets to slam rather than more interesting movies that are given the briefest of mentions.

 

[Johnson McGee]

My grocery store had the Christmas crap up two weeks ago. No carols yet at least.

 

[Lalo Lomeli]

So, this means that I must give up hope that Bob will review "The book of life" ?

I know this isn't a terror movie, but it's about the "Dia de Muertos" which is the equivalent of Mexican halloween.

That is at least an interesting concept... right?!

I was also hoping for "The Book of Life" review, especially with Guillermo del Toro as a producer. And how it has some similarities with Paranorman.

My review of the movie, it's a good movie, you should see it, tell your friends.

 

[Toilet]

I was hoping Bob would tear into Annabelle which would be far more entertaining considering how laughably bad awful it is.

 

[Ashley Blalock]

I don't think we can be shocked it's bad. Hasbro desperately wants to be a media company like Marvel but they are still in the phase of approving just about anything just to get their brands out there. Perhaps one day Hasbro Studios will decide hey quality is important, but making any money off of crap has them in the crap phase of studio evolution.

 

[altdoom]

Had no interest in this one and now I know for sure thank you Movie Bob.

 

[FriendlyFyre]

I'm not sure why Moviebob didn't review Nightwalker instead which is creepier about the real world (news culture) and is already regarded as one of the best films of the year with a career-defining performance from Jake Gyllenhaal. It's happened for a year now, picking easy targets to slam rather than more interesting movies that are given the briefest of mentions.

I saw Nightcrawler on Halloween night and it was a disturbing portrait of socipathy, marred only by pacing issues, but with great music and some pretty thrilling scenes. There's a lot of commentary going on with how Jake Gyllenhal's character is so amoral, but cloaks it in a kind of American "Can-do" attitude, but one of his lines really stuck out to me as being wholy indicative of a character like him.

He says: "A friend is a GIFT you give YOURSELF"

In the context it has some very unnerving implications.


Also, death by pool cover? How is that even possible?

 

[Something Amyss]

I'm surprised that they can make a film called Ouija. I was under the impression that the game's name was still under copywright.

Trademark. And while this is a Hasbro property, I'm surprised Ouija hasn't become sufficiently genericised to lose trademark status.

 

[Mahorfeus]

Surprise, surprise.

The trailers looked like absolute garbage. At least Battleship was able to provide braindead entertainment, which is something I can tolerate.

 

[Not G. Ivingname]

I know it wasn't intentional, but Bob's dull voice this week really showed how boring and by the numbers this film is. Does anyone really use Ouija boards anymore?

 

[Moeez]

I'm not sure why Moviebob didn't review Nightwalker instead which is creepier about the real world (news culture) and is already regarded as one of the best films of the year with a career-defining performance from Jake Gyllenhaal. It's happened for a year now, picking easy targets to slam rather than more interesting movies that are given the briefest of mentions.

I saw Nightcrawler on Halloween night and it was a disturbing portrait of socipathy, marred only by pacing issues, but with great music and some pretty thrilling scenes. There's a lot of commentary going on with how Jake Gyllenhal's character is so amoral, but cloaks it in a kind of American "Can-do" attitude, but one of his lines really stuck out to me as being wholy indicative of a character like him.

He says: "A friend is a GIFT you give YOURSELF"

In the context it has some very unnerving implications.


Also, death by pool cover? How is that even possible?

There is also the line he says about a fellow nightcrawler

Spoiler

when Bill Paxton dies from the car crash by his partner on not to take footage of him:

"We are professionals. He's a sale."

Shivers.