You'd think after "Van Helsing" and "Scorpion King" Stephen Sommers couldn't find work...
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Guess they don’t want bad critiques to turn off film goers.
When a film maker is scared to show a movie to the critics, it is usually a signal that the movie is a turd.
Not a vote of confidence
Paramount sunk a TON of money into this movie. They don’t want screeners out before the release, as they tend to get released on Hulu and on BitTorrent sites.
This is brilliant, if you ask me.
“Go see it with the rest of the public.”
I’m betting it’s Pro-American... something the MSM likes to lambaste in today’s movies.
From what most here say about this movie, sounds like good marketing. Let the people that actually want to see the movie make the decision instead of someone that gets paid to see it. I know I always like to make up my own mind about movies, as lots of critics and I see things differently about movies we’ve seen.
that means it probably stinks on ice. I thought it did my own self the minute I heard it was changed to be a UN team instead of an American one.
I’ll just go see inglorious bastards and watch them kill Nazis.
I’m with rarestia on this one. The movie’s rah-rah patriotic and they don’t want it to be savaged by the usual PC, Amerikka-hating reviewers.
Paramount HAS shown it to an assortment of Fanboy internet reviewers AND shown it to a military audience at Andrews AFB.
Those audiences liked it and are setting the internet abuzz with word-of-mouth.
Sounds clever, if you ask me.
You'd think after "Van Helsing" and "Scorpion King" Stephen Sommers couldn't find work...
What's missing from that website...?
Stick a fork in this one.
Ducking critics is only done with the absolute worst films.
Awesome schadenfreude though.
Translation:
We have a $300 Million TURD on our hands and we know it.
When the movie critics love a movie, it’s either a real dud or just flat out insulting to most Americans. When they hate the flick, it sells like hell. Easy guide to determine if it is worth the 10 bucks.
There are several signs that this movie is a dog.
1. The release date. If the studio thought it was a bonafide hit, they would have released it in the May-July/Christmas timeframe with the other blockbusters.
2. Sienna Miller, one of the stars, has publicly been negative about the movie.
3. There are several articles about the troubles they have had editing this movie together to create a cohesive and clear plot.
4. It has TERRIBLE buzz from the industry.
Not a good sign for the quality of the pic
And here I thought it was the next Ben-Hur
All I know is the trailer looked like crap.
Don’t blame me I voted for Cobra Commander.