The Big Picture: The Numbers
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Actually, I'd argue that it's a perfect example of capitalism working, just working in a very negative way. Capitalism is about making that which makes the most money for the least effort (a lazy man's economic system really) and so movies that are lazy but make tons of money succeed like mad. Perhaps movie studios need to try and find a line between atrocious money grabs (looking at you, Pirates 4) and movies that are mass appeal.LawlessSquirrel said:
Intentional misspelling of Expendables?MacNille said:
There are worse movies out there, but it seems that they share their bad traits. Predictable plot, bad action, bad acting, poorly written script, awkward character dynamics, etc, etc, etc. Having not seen Expendables, these criticisms are based solely on Twilight which is a fan pandering mess if I've ever seen one.
It's kinda sad how such a great movie like Scott Pilgrim did so badly at the box office, but even worse that it got crushed by the utter garbage that was the expendables. The thing is though, I didn't see Scott pilgrim when it was out at the cinema either. The first time I watched it was when I bought it on DVD. Makes me feel kinda guilty about it now.
I still refused to watch a crappy cash-in movie like Fast and Furious 5 though so I guess that makes it a little better.
Good episode bob, I'm not going to lie, I like your episodes like this more than I do the ones about comics and superheroes.
I still refused to watch a crappy cash-in movie like Fast and Furious 5 though so I guess that makes it a little better.
Good episode bob, I'm not going to lie, I like your episodes like this more than I do the ones about comics and superheroes.
You'll have to excuse me, I have to go beat me head against a wall for several hours.
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Damn. any Lovecraft movie at all would be good enough for me. the only time I wouldn't pay 20 bucks to see one in threaters would be if Michael Bay directed Call of Cthulhu. which is a reaccuring nightmare for me.
To everyone claiming this is proof of capitalism favoring the stupid and mentally diminished, I have one word:
Inception.
Original and thought provoking movies make money, but $85 million movies targeted to a exclusive, niche audience with an uncharismatic lead will never make their money back.
Inception.
Original and thought provoking movies make money, but $85 million movies targeted to a exclusive, niche audience with an uncharismatic lead will never make their money back.
Wow, that was plain, simple, brutal truth. So awesome and painful at the same time! Kudos for you Bob.
Truth is: money, for the most part, does not come from the hands of intelligent people, but their kids. And in the kids category I'm including teenager and young or immature adults.
I think that's a bad example. Inception is brilhant from a business point of view. It achieves the same things The Matrix did. It's clever and tought provoking, but at the same time have a lot of shiny lights, things blowing or falling apart! It pleases greeks and trojans.DearFilm said:
Truth is: money, for the most part, does not come from the hands of intelligent people, but their kids. And in the kids category I'm including teenager and young or immature adults.
Oh yes.shadowmagus said:
Still wish for a Mirrors Edge Sequel.
But yeah, sad that Universal has finally given up on pleasing the geek crowd. After all, they not only took the respectable risk of greenlighting the Scott Pilgrim Movie, they also took the astronomical risk of doing Serenity, wich, may i remind you, is a multi million dollar sequel to a failed tv series that still belongs to another big Movie/TV powerhouse and was destined to fail from the get go.
Problem is, for any change to happen, not only do movie studios finally need to look beyond the opening weekend incomes, but viewers also need to get tired of "safe" movies.
And the latter thing won't happen because most people don't take movies THAT seriously. Not that this is an entirely awful thing, it's least its better than being bitchy like self proclaimed "core-gamers", but it's still kinda said since those moviegoers adopt the same "safe" stance as the studios that produce the movies for them, even though many wouldn't probably feel too uncomfortable outside of thier "safe zone"
It's very sad to see stuff like this happening 
We have to sit though so much stuff thats familiar and safe rather then seeing where the imagination can take us
Let's hope that this doesn't last forever
We have to sit though so much stuff thats familiar and safe rather then seeing where the imagination can take us
Let's hope that this doesn't last forever
As much as Scott Pilgrim bored me, and as much as I hated the fact that you just wouldn't let it go, hearing the news about Del Toro's project going south makes me sad...
At the very least, this time, you didn't insult the people that enjoy those other movies.
At the very least, this time, you didn't insult the people that enjoy those other movies.
they were making a lovecraft movie! and the pan's labyrinth guy was going to make it! and now they FUCKING CANCELLED IT!!
I guess the key is making good movies inside they money-maker mold. Still, as true as it is, I have noticed that random artsy movies do much better when based around morality and religion (mainly Christianity due to the demographic in the States). Take movies like Fireproof or To Save a Life. Both those movies are completely outside the cookie-cutter logic of a successful movie, but they stunned the movie community with how well they did. Fireproof stayed on the top ten box office list for four weeks despite a limited release, which is pretty much unheard of, especially for some random "indy" movie put out by some Church in the south. Meanwhile, To Save a Life has become the movie poster child for suicide prevention, being shown in schools nation wide, despite the fact that it is a "Christian" movie. Anyway, I'm not saying all movies should be Christian, but it is something to think about.
Well, at least he got this out of the way here and we can actually hear an in-depth review on Escape to the Movies.