the boy who cried wolf comes to mind...
Posted on 09/05/2007 1:14:22 PM PDT by Stoat
That should be a DECENT movie! Those 6 "people" couldn't have been wrong!
Turns out it was shown at Fayteeteville's Cameo Art House theater with a main screen of just 85 some odd seats. Some sell out there Mister Moore.
Would these be the same six people who listened to Air(head) America in it’s heyday?
OMG is that What eating Gilbert Grape that movie GOD I remember that movie back in the 1980s
the boy who cried wolf comes to mind...
Where can I purchase one?
No gloating, but is knowing smile allowed?
Here's a picture of one of the reviewers. Does this look like a person that would listen to Airhead America?
Michael Jackson, is that YOU? Looks like you’ve had more ‘work’ done.....
Not even arguing that. I’m arguing that nobody thought the movie was going to make money in the first place so it’s not terribly exciting or proof of which side of the global warming battle is winning the hearts and minds of the people that a movie that opened in 4 theaters isn’t making a lot of money. There have been plenty of movies that opened in 4 theaters that wish they’d made 400 grand 18 days later, movies that open in 4 theaters aren’t expected to make a bunch of money, and 400 grand is not underperforming in that set. Bad movie, crummy movie, stupid movie doesn’t matter, given how they’re releasing it it’s not bombing.
I believe you about the movie business and the math but the bottom line is, virtually nobody has heard boo! about this film and nobody has gone to see it.Nor are they likely to.
Talk about your imagery...I just got a flashback of a pre-Farrah Fawcett wood inducing device.
Which is the case for over half of movies made, the art house movie business is actually larger by volume than the block buster business. Of course the entire art house business combines in a year to not even come close to the revenue of one block buster, but it’s out there, movies whose makers will consider themselves very fortunate if the final gross of their movie actually winds up with 7 digits before the period. As long as they pay for themselves they really aren’t bombs, in the end it’s always all about profitability, if you spend 100 grand making a movie that brings in 400 grand you had yourself a good day.
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LMAO! That's about what I expected for the 'reviewers' there :-) Let me guess....she's about 14 years old, hates America but doesn't know why, only because all of her "friends" do....she's a vegan but again only because her "friends" think it's cool....she's had lots of sex with any and all genders, and doesn't remember any of her partners' names, parents are heroin addicts who never married, her father whom she has only met a couple of times is a reporter for The Nation, She goes to "Raves" for the drugs and casual encounters......yeah, that's your prime Airhead America listener demographic :-)
Once again, my neural landscape has been assaulted by some really awful imagery here, and so I again feel the need to cleanse the thread:
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There! that should just about do it....I feel much better now and the neural pathways are pretty much cleaned of the horrible imagery :-)
I prefer to compare them to the realm of what they are dealing with vs every movie released for the year. Compared to other ‘well known’ documentaries and other DiCaprio movies, this is a total bomb thus far. You can look at it any way you want but I guarantee the distributor & producer are very disappointed.
... and now the DVD's will go straight into the public schools.
If the goal was to make a work of art or a movie for a specific audience, then yes the numbers don’t matter.
If the goal was to alert the populace regarding the dangers of global warming and the need to take action now, then the numbers do matter.
I believe the movie was made for the latter purpose and your point about comparing the movie to others with an artistic intent or for a specific limited audience is not relevant. The movie is a failure if the purpose was to appeal to the masses.
Mmmmmm..... thank you for cleansing the thread - that other image was enough to give me nightmares, but now you have replaced it with some images more suitable for sweet dreams.....
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