It's kind of like, "Hey,
I had dinner with Anna,
but missed Maria . . ."
Posted on 05/10/2006 7:36:59 AM PDT by Blueflag
The real "failure to launch" of Mission: Impossible III at the box office has caused an immediate problem at Paramount Pictures.
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He doesn't do too many profile shots either...he's got a whopping honker.
I'm not a big Tom Cruise fan - but is this a case of 'pile on because Cruise is a what job'? I mean, the money's not great, but it doesn't seem to be a crash - it's just mediocre. They'll make it up in the weeks to come and DVD sales? And by now, Hollywood marketers have got to realize the DVD sales are where they make their (razor thin) margins anyway.
Dead on. You know, Hollywood hated the cold war. There were commies in the State Department. The Soviets were plotting against us. Jim Phelps was the perfect example of a smart man who gave his all for a country he knew was right. Of course, when the wall fell and the Cold War was over, no cred went to Regan, and Phelps the character is portrayed as some kind of dinosaur.
RIP, Tom's Career. This should teach you not to let your Evil Thatens make you jump on Oprah's couch where people can see them.
I think he met one of them and had a conversation. He told her their actions (speaking against the President overseas) were wrong and ill-advised.
Good News continues from Hollywierd.
I could care less about that nutjob Cruise and the M:I movies. But, I do hope the original tv-series makes it out on dvd, in season-sets. THAT I will purchase. The first-season with Steven Hill, and the remaining seasons with Peter Graves.
King Kong ended up doing great once it went to DVD. I haven't been to a movie theater since the 20th century.
Spending 200 million on second sequel based on a moderately successful sixties televison series starring a cad juiced on scientology is a business model the studio might want to re-examine.
It's kind of like, "Hey,
I had dinner with Anna,
but missed Maria . . ."
Compared to budget, forecast and "star power" -- yes.
The real story is NOT the opening, it's the crash of the drop off.
Made a lot of money, didn't it? The TV show was great, but this has nothing to do with that. Nowadays, it's all about branding. MI is a brand name, nothing more. Something to be bought and used.
Correct.
{sigh}
Oooh my maria :-PPPP
I don't think it will "fail". But I do think they have manipulated expectations. Look at the headlines: "$48M opening is a failure". Doesn't that strike you as odd?
Cruise has a sweet-heart deal in Hollywood and he does need to re-negotiate this. The Wall Street Journal has covered this.
The studio wants to make money, and it wants to have more power than the actors. The publicity for MI:3, as I see it, will allow the movie to be profitable, but decrease Cruise's power. That's a win-win (but not for Tom).
I think I figured it out. Did they cut the scene where Maverick and Snowman break out the volleyball and get sweaty on the beach. I mean that was central to the plot.
Recording studios would often pull that kind of stunt to drive down a recording artists bargaining position.
NO, Tom's BS scientology turned off a lot of people and his attack on Brook Shields pissed off a lot of women.
"...he's got a whopping honker."
Probably the reason he's a chick magnet?....
So Fox has us, FR, down to a one line excerpt now? D'ya really think that I'll 'leave' FR ta go read some loser crAP? Cruz is a cannibal. DC is a freekin' novel.
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