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Did any of the people involved realize the oxymoron they were dealing with? Imminent doom of a business model if there ever was one. The idea that studios could fashion themselves after juggernaut independent features was, is and always will be the height of arrogance on their part. I suppose they thought (hoped?) they could always market the hell out of anything that was obvious crap pre-release and still turn a profit. Problem is there isn't any profit when your "indie" has a budget of $10-million-plus. The best part of seeing a good indie is knowing that the makers have hit movie lotto by investing more sweat equity and heart than cash into their film.
If they're looking for ideas, they should go no further than hacking down the price tags of their "blockbusters," because the audience just isn't fooled by hundreds of millions spent on CGI without a story anymore, and finance multiple smaller movies--law of averages they will turn a profit on a few of them and make up for their stinkers. They'll also put a lot more people to work on endeavors that are actually worth being a part of.
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Yes, they so are: Transformers 2.
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It was by far the highest grossing movie of the year in the US (the second highest was Harry Potter, which was behind by a hundred millions). So, basically, a lot of people enjoy crap, and that's a fact. And maybe the mkt budget was very high, but with a grossing of more than 400'000'000 (in the US alone!) I think it's pretty safe to say the studio made a big buck with it.
Disclaimer: I haven't even seen it, so I'm not actually defending it, but those numbers don't lie.
10/03/09
Saw the latest trailer before Zombieland last night in a packed theater and the crowed was just cheering for it.
Big budget disaseter movies tend to be a hit.
Not to mention there is a large part of the population that is convinced something is going to happen on 2012 so they will go see the movie.
10/03/09
They ploy the public into thinking they're missing something, when in actuality the public is just going to miss the price of admission after they plunk their hard-earned dollars down for these shitty movies.
Since Superman Returns I haven't given any credence to box office in my movie going decisions, except for maybe 300 and that had nekkid Gerard Butler goin' for it.
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There's no logic behind making a big budget movie, difficult to produce, time consuming, and costly to market, if it didn't bring them the BIG bucks.
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It took seeing EXTRACT this weekend for this eureka.
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@Foster Kamer:
Maybe if I repost it here, people will see it while you fix.
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That's a bitchin' tank he's got. It's like "Art Tank."
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Footnote: Whom I voted for, kthxbai.
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It's always a younger and hotter female causing havoc for Maniston.
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Also, Same with parties in the New York Literati scene...? I guess you can balance your white wine and cheese on the status galley, spine facing out, of course.
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