I disagree. We're talking Lionsgate here - they hit a homerun with
Tyler Perry ( who is his own marketing engine) but they keep
stumbling around with stuff like "Crank" and "Spy Next Door". I
don't think they've found their stride in action movies yet.
But WOW are you ever right about Eli coming out at Christmas. It
never would have survived.
On Feb 17, 2010, at 9:51 AM, Kelwyn wrote:
I disagree with "Paris" being a summer movie. If it was a summer
movie, it would have played in the summer. It was dumped in
February for a reason - a good reason as it turns out. Case in
point, "The Book of Eli" with its religious theme, should have been
a Christmas movie. But it would have gotten crushed on Christmas
Day. It's studio strategically placed it in the perfect window to
be successful.
~rave!
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "Mr. Worf" <hellomahog...@...>
wrote:
>
> I agree about From Paris being a summer time movie. The Jackie
Chan movie
> too.
>
> Ford's movie is just a loose rip off of Lorenzo's oil which from
what I'm
> hearing is a better film. It does however bring to light the
serious issue
> of research not being done of rare diseases because it isn't "good
> business."
>
> Edge of darkness seems more like a rip off of Taken (Liam Neeson).
>
> On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 6:13 PM, Daryle Lockhart
> <dar...@...>wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > This is a good point I think, especially where "From Paris" is
concerned.
> > Put that same movie out between some summer pictures and it
plays just fine.
> > February was a horrible time for it, plus, let's be honest, until
> > Travolta is totally OK, NONE of these pictures are going to do
well.
> > He's not promoting them, and folks want to hear from John.
> >
> > You could add "The Spy Next Door" to this list, but then you
have The
> > Shinjuku Incident, Jackie Chan's "first" dramatic role, a movie
that just
> > came out, which was in hella limited release. It's clear to me
that
> > Jackie is doing the family movies because he keeps getting
hired. his
> > passion seems to be elsewhere. Maybe it's the same with these
other
> > actors.
> >
> > Extraordinary Measures could star Will Smith, it would still be
a movie
> > made for TV, and as such, would not have done as well.
> >
> > "Edge Of Darkness" was a bad idea, and I'm afraid it's going to
be the
> > first of many bad ideas to come out in 2010 that will fail. NO
argument
> > that it died - it should have.
> >
> > Also, it's not that these actors are old, because remember
"Jennifer's
> > Body"? That was supposed to be a slam dunk. Who was more
popular than
> > Megan Fox? But the movie was horrible and was mismarketed. A
good poster
> > does not a marketing campaign make!
> >
> > Give the old guys a break.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Feb 16, 2010, at 8:56 PM, Mr. Worf wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > I think the timing was wrong for all three films. In the case
of Ford's
> > film they should have waited for the interviews about the movie
to happen
> > before the movie was released. Better still timed it with
another medical
> > movie. It doesn't help if the movie is mediocre as well.
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 12:54 PM, Kelwyn <ravena...@...> wrote:
> >
> >> Harrison Ford's "Extraordinary Measures" grosses $12 million
(budget:$31
> >> million)
> >>
> >> John Travolta's "From Paris with Love" grosses $17.9 million
(budget:$52
> >> million)
> >>
> >> Mel Gibson's "Edge of Darkness" grosses $37 million (budget:
$80 million)
> >>
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