I try very hard to avoid the whole seasonal movie thing that's taken hold since the '70s. I'm a strong believer that good films should be released when they are released. I reject that "blockbusters" don't just belong in the summer or Thanksgiving/Christmas, that serious fare shouldn't just be lumped into the end of the year so idiotic Oscar voters can remember it for voting, that crap films should always be dumped in August or February. I think we've gotten so programmed into thinking a certain type of film only works during a certain time, we hurt ourselves. I'd have seen "Book of Eli" any time of year, as its themes don't fit into any season for me. I get frustrated every year now because studios are so overloading the summer months with the big budget/FX stuff like Transformers, that some films get delayed a whole year. Of course there are holiday-specific films that are logically released next to the holiday they're showcasing, most notably Christmas. But in the main I feel you just put out a good product, get some marketing around it, and then let people appreciate it.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Kelwyn" <ravena...@yahoo.com> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 9:51:49 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: Hollywood Extinction: Old Dinosaurs die at Box Office 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) > >> > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------------ > >> > >> Post your SciFiNoir Profile at > >> > >> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/app/peoplemap2/entry/add?fmvn=mapYahoo > >> ! > >> Groups Links > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > -- > > Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! > > Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! > Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ >
