Posted on 11/15/2004 6:20:46 PM PST by wagglebee
Anyone with any sense knows the makers of the unpleasant children's movie "Polar Express" were foolish to unload it just days after the release of the excellent, can't-miss animated hit "The Incredibles." But some in Tinseltown seem eager to lose money.
The good news about the failure of "Polar Express," already being nicknamed "Polar Distress," is that it's hurting Bush-bashing fat cat Steve Bing, one of those left-wing tycoons who tried to buy the presidential election for John Kerry. Bing put up half the money for "Polar Distress" (the rest came from the Democrat media leviathan Time Warner) and squandered $14 million to try to defeat the president.
The movie cost $170 million to make and $125 million to distribute and market, the Wall Street Journal reported today. It has brought in only $31 million so far, compared with $144 million for the deserving "Incredibles."
More fun facts about ding-a-ling Bing: Fellow Bush-hating leftist Sean Penn is suing him. Penn claims producer Bing blacklisted him after that little photo op in Baghdad to support genocidal maniac Saddam Hussein.
Note to "Polar Distress" star Tom Hanks, reeling from flop No. 3 this year and scheduled to appear in the Catholic-bashing "Da Vinci Code": Audiences prefer you when you speak your lines and do not like you when you shout your lines.
The movie is bombing in the cinemas because it sucks.
Tom Hanks is a lefty - avoid his films.
Imagine the movie with real actors and scenery. Could it be that movies trying to strike an emotional chord would do better to use more realism? Maybe animation can only go so far on this track. Just wondering.
I didn't say it was boring, but from the trailers and previews it simply looks boring to me. A movie can have a lot of great special effects and a great storyline, but if the timing drags or the look is too dark and staid, it will have an uphill battle to fill the seats. Meanwhile, the previews and commercials for The Incredibles are great.
Thank you for the synopsis. I couldn't tell by the ads what the whole thing was about.
Hanks is a lefty and Spielberg is a major Castro bootlicker.
Spielberg got rich on making violent films for children.
Polar Express is a HUGE flop. They spent $290 million in total and it has grossed $23 million and will be pulled from the cinemas soon.
The cinemas kill turkeys fast. They need to keep those seats filled.
hanks will be in the anti-Christian Dav Vinci Code.
The Left are eating their own.
For great animation, catch "Spirited Away".
I hate it when that happens./sarcasm off
Sean better be careful. Bing reportedly has mob connections back in NYC. He is well connected with a member of the Gambino or Genovese family.
Bing is scum and any freeper is a moron to spend a nickel on this crappy movie or any Hanks or Spielberg crap including Private Ryan. They just made movie of veterans.
I'm telling you, nothing about your assessment could be further from the truth. You should see it. It's awesome.
In this movie, animation works good because it allows the story line to develop much better.
"The Incredibles" rules! Never waste your money on a movie made from a kid's picture book. Picture books do not have a plot worthy of a movie. They are appreciated for their artistic appeal and are ruined by computer-generated special effects. "Jumanji" was another dark turkey that should have never been made into the poor movie it became.
In my collection as well as Kiki's Delivery Service and Castle in Sky. I know what you're saying about the trailer. There is a sense of woodeness to the characters but you get beyond that. This movie is a masterpiece in it's own sense.
Mmmm...turkey...
warly = early (turkey-induced drool on keyboard)
You are very angry person that transcends Tom Hanks and politics.
Ok...let's review.
Everyone who has actually SEEN the film on the thread thinks it's great.
Everyone who hasn't actually seen the film thinks it's terrible.
That was the exact pattern of all the "Alamo" threads. Interesting.
(I haven't seen it and don't plan to, mainly because I'm not interested in the subject and don't have kids.)
Hey....I worked on the film for 2 years. It's good and has nothing to do with politics. There are conservatives who worked on the film too you know! That's how we feed our families...so go see the film!
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.