Posted on 12/07/2004 3:05:06 AM PST by Jon Alvarez
I do...when they bad mouth my country, esp. in a time of war.
agree, it's hard to watch some of my former fav movies b/c of people like Ed Harris, Tim Robbins, etc.
I always figured Meryl Streep paid some publicity firm a ton of money to keep her name out front. I cannot watch her movies and all the critics rave about her performance.
Really? How much money have they lost on Oliver Stone over the years. Never seems to stop him from producing bomb after bomb with OPM.
I was bored with it too. I saw the original with Sinatra years ago and thought it was better.
Just a friendly reminder...let's see this one tank!
Send Clooney and Roberts into retirement.
Funny, my family has the opposite reaction. We liked the remake, and then tried to watch the Frank Sinatra version. Everyone except my grandmother, the Sinatra fan, fell asleep. Everyone.
But I have a soft spot for "heist" movies. I'm gonna see this one. All right, I'll go during a matinee so they don't make as much money off me, ok?
They seem to do fine without me buying any tickets to their movies or renting the DVD's or purchasing the pay-per-views. Apparently there aren't enough of us staying away from their movies. Ever since I saw Julia Roberts in "Pretty Woman", I've stayed away from her movies. What a no-talent. Same goes for Clooney.
Don't bother unless you really, really love Frank Sinatra.
(Notice who started this thread?)
Doubtful a boycott will be needed, the reviews on this movie indicate that it is a terminal bore.
Don't forget Brad Pitt is in Oceans 12 too.
Now why am I getting the feeling that I'm closer to your grandmother's age than your age? ;-)
But I have a soft spot for "heist" movies. I'm gonna see this one. All right, I'll go during a matinee so they don't make as much money off me, ok?
OK...Just because you seem like such a sweetie, I'll give you this one exemption. Remember though...All other such trips must be cleared first through me. ;-)
All right then!
Yes, I have the feeling that it's something of a generational gap. We don't like Clooney, except for in "Oh Brother Where Art Thou", and Julia Roberts gives me nightmares, but it's still a fun movie.
Frank Sinatra just does nothing for me, and I guess the timing of the movie, or something, just didn't work for us..
BTW the best scene was Dean Martin trying to deal with a drunk Shirley Maclaine.
I get the feeling that making the original was one huge party.
When my daughter got married in June, we had the DJ play Sinatra and Dean Martin songs during the cocktail hour. It was a lot of fun.
not true at all...we are making a dent in their wallets. Producers will think twice about who they hire and for how much if profits shrink...(see Alexander, for ex.)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1287334/posts
Lights! Camera! Agita!
Despite monster hits like "The Incredibles" and "Shark Tale," Hollywood is hurting this season, with overall box-office earnings down well below the take in the same period for the previous two years.
In the 10 weeks from Labor Day to just before Thanksgiving, the film industry grossed $1.39 billion, down 14 percent from last year's record of $1.63 billion and off 12 percent from $1.59 billion in 2002.
Fall ticket sales were a bust as well, dropping 18 percent from last year's figure, from 268.3 million ducats to 219.9 million. This year's sales also were below the 222.8 million reported in 1998.
Analysts lamented that the first part of the post-summer season was, to put it in movie terms, a colossal bomb.
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The Hollywood Reporter blames a shorter-than-usual season for some of the drop in income. This year's fall season was one of the more frequently occurring 10-week periods, while the previous two years were both 11-week seasons.
But the industry mag concluded the dramatic decline was caused by a combination of bad movies and bad buzz about them.
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