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JIm Carrey King of Memorial Day Weekend Box Office -Almost Doubles 'Matrix Reloaded'
Box Office Mojo.com ^ | May 23, 2003 | Brandon Grey

Posted on 05/24/2003 12:39:31 PM PDT by ewing

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67% drop for the Matrix in the second week, not good.
1 posted on 05/24/2003 12:39:31 PM PDT by ewing
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To: ewing
67% drop for the Matrix in the second week, not good.

Depends on your perspective. I have yet to hear anyone that likes the movie outside of the fight sequences. And for the cheap shots the movie takes at Bush, it is nice to see it start to flop.

2 posted on 05/24/2003 12:43:37 PM PDT by Always Right
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To: ewing; .45MAN; AKA Elena; al_c; american colleen; Angelus Errare; Antoninus; aposiopetic; ...
Since the critics hate it, I think I'll go see it:

“BRUCE ALMIGHTY” OFFENDS MOVIE CRITICS

Catholic League president William Donohue commented today on the way movie critics are reacting to “Bruce Almighty”:

“Louis Giovino, the Catholic League’s director of communications, came to work today expecting to see “Bruce Almighty”; the film has comedian Jim Carrey playing God. But then I noticed that so many movie critics were upset with the religious-laden ending to the flick. This made me very happy. Indeed, it made my day. Consider the following:

· Miami Herald: It “lacks the insane, anything-goes energy this premise deserved” and that’s because the director wants “to protect the feel-good fuzzies awaiting the final reel.” It also has an “insufferably schmaltzy, marshmallow ending.”

· New York Times: It has a “preachy, goody-goody conclusion.”

· Pitch Weekly (Kansas City): “By the time this comedy hits the top of its arc, Bruce has to pay the piper.” Which means that regrettably the film closes with “a surge of spiritual uplift.”

· Salon.com: “Given America’s religious climate” the director “didn’t want to risk offending anybody.”

· Saint Paul Pioneer Press: The movie was fine until it “switches, getting all ‘Patch Adams’ on us with an uplifting sermon on the importance of praying every day.”

· Rocky Mountain News: It ends with “a purifying third-act plunge into a font of sentiment.” It is unfortunate that “a reasonably funny comedy genuflects at the altar of director Frank Capra.”

· Newsday: “Unfortunately, religious fervor moves in and sinks the last 20 minutes.” Also, “You don’t have to be an atheist or an ACLU attorney to be creeped out by the movie’s lip-service spirituality, which panders to the common denominator….”

· AP: “The tone turns from wacky to preachy,” so much so that the movie “couldn’t keep this lapsed Catholic from praying that the film would end.”

“Isn’t it nice to know what offends movie critics these days?”
3 posted on 05/24/2003 12:43:59 PM PDT by Polycarp (You're a fool if you don't believe it. -- CKCA'ers, UNITE!!!)
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To: ewing
I'd rather put a gun in my mouth than watch Jim Carrey do anything, except put a gun in HIS mouth!
4 posted on 05/24/2003 12:48:38 PM PDT by sinkspur
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To: ewing
Hmmm. Taken in an estimated $175 Million so far. They need another $25 Million to break even. The earliest showing in Glasgow is something like 10:30 in the morning and it goes right on into the night. They're showing it on two screens.

At any rate, I don't think they'll have any problems making a profit.

5 posted on 05/24/2003 12:49:02 PM PDT by Prodigal Son
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To: Polycarp
A Hmmm-Let's-Think-About-This-One-Somemore Bump.
6 posted on 05/24/2003 12:49:31 PM PDT by JoeSchem (Okay, now it works: Knight's Quest, at http://geocities.com/engineerzero)
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To: sinkspur
I saw 'Bruce Almighty' last night..it wasn't very good at all-only young kids were laughing
7 posted on 05/24/2003 12:51:36 PM PDT by ewing
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To: Prodigal Son
Reloaded will go good business worldwide..
8 posted on 05/24/2003 12:53:13 PM PDT by ewing
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To: Polycarp
Bruce Almighty is horrible. I saw it last night. Jim Carrey is no longer funny. Do yourself a favor and skip it.
9 posted on 05/24/2003 12:53:34 PM PDT by jd777
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To: JoeSchem; Polycarp
After reading those reviews, I may have to rethink possibly going to watch this movie. The way the commercial plays, all I figured it was going to be was another kick on Christianity and God

on us with an uplifting sermon on the importance of praying every day.”

But that makes me question I may have been wrong on the first look. Probably will still wait for it to come out on DVD though

10 posted on 05/24/2003 12:53:35 PM PDT by billbears (Deo Vindice)
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To: Polycarp
In the movie, its like the director is holding Jim Crry back allowing to not use his funniest stuff.
11 posted on 05/24/2003 12:54:42 PM PDT by ewing
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To: Always Right
I have yet to hear anyone that likes the movie outside of the fight sequences. And for the cheap shots the movie takes at Bush, it is nice to see it start to flop.

I liked it outside of the fight scenes. I didn't note any cheap shot on Bush although I did witness the "alleged" shot at Bush. It was a quarter of a second while an evil man- make that an evil machine-(who may or may not be trying to deceive Neo) is talking. You have to remember, the machines find humans repellent. Remember in the first film how Agent Smith refers to the human world as a "zoo" and complained about the "smell". "It's repulsive". The machines look on humans as a virus, as disease. So, although I didn't think there was a dig at Bush at all, if there was it was a dig at humans in general from a non-human perspective.

I don't know how much I'd want to read into the movie. A lot of people scoff and say there's no deep meanings in the movie. Maybe/maybe not. But then many of the same people turn right around and find this underlying meaning in the movie where the Wachowski Brothers are trying to subliminaly poke at Bush. Seems ironic, that's all. Something to smile about. Amazing what people get worked up about.

12 posted on 05/24/2003 12:56:45 PM PDT by Prodigal Son
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To: ewing
Jim Carrey has had a remarkable career for someone so utterly free of talent.
13 posted on 05/24/2003 12:57:05 PM PDT by shred
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To: jd777
Yep, sadly Jim Carrey is becoming an older version of Adam Sandler (post Happy GIlmore) think 'Mr. Deeds' and 'Little Niki'
14 posted on 05/24/2003 12:57:17 PM PDT by ewing
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To: billbears
I don't think there has ever been a more superficial trite take on the importance of prayer than Bruce Almighty. JMHO.
15 posted on 05/24/2003 12:57:19 PM PDT by jd777
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To: ewing
Just got back from seeing "A Mighty Wind". If you like the crew in "Best in Show" go see it.
16 posted on 05/24/2003 12:59:17 PM PDT by Lacey
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To: Prodigal Son
Clinton and Bush Sr. are both in the Matrix scene you are talking about..(the Toon is in the upper right hand corner)
17 posted on 05/24/2003 12:59:23 PM PDT by ewing
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I will never understand the appeal that Jim Carrey seems to have for so many people. We were over at my hubby's cousin's home a while ago, and he put on "Me, Myself, and Irene". What file piece of filth. He was letting his children, ages 14, 11, and 7 watch it. I was appalled. We left before it was over. Ugh. Needless to say, we won't be seeing this new one.
18 posted on 05/24/2003 1:00:23 PM PDT by .38sw
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To: Prodigal Son
At any rate, I don't think they'll have any problems making a profit.

Be that as it may, that's a pretty big drop-off. The movie will of course make a profit, but the studio is probably banking on it to cover the losses from other projects.

19 posted on 05/24/2003 1:00:34 PM PDT by PMCarey
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To: Lacey
I've got to go see that one, it looks just as funny as 'Spinal Tap' (one of my all time favorites)
20 posted on 05/24/2003 1:00:45 PM PDT by ewing
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