I second that. Sent from my iPhone
On Jun 13, 2011, at 4:29 PM, [email protected] wrote: > So, it opens this weekend. > > I've been very confused by the last few weeks. Some films I thought would > make a lot of money (X-Men, Super 8) made only a little bit (relative to, say > Fast Five or Thor). > > But, GL has got to be the most-advertised film of the last three years. > Unavoidable commercials, posters, etc. They've easily spent half the film's > budget on the marketing. > > Will that have an effect? Will it's being in 3D boost the numbers? > > People are starting to shun 3D, so....probably not. There's lots of > marketing, but it looks terrible (to me. Beyond the costume, the flying > characters appear not to engage properly with the background). I know > massive CGI is the "visual language of film now" (or whatever phrase Luke > used), but it looks good in, say, Transformers, and bad in GL. People can > tell the difference. > > Also, the lantern looks like a hard candy. > > But! There's nothing going up against it except Mr. Popper's Penguins. > But! There was nothing going against Super 8 and it only made $38 million. > > So.... > > I predict....for opening weekend domestic box office.... > > $45 million American Dollars. Less than X-Men: First Class and much less > than a hit. I say, they've thrown good money after bad over-promoting it and > "fixing" the graphics. > > So.... > > Ravenface: $45 million > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Unique Geek" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en.
