[bmwcyle]

Stop the liberal political stance and crap movies would solve most of their problems.

[KellyAdmirer]

The worst is when they make crap movies ("Charlies Angels: Full Throttle") and the stars themselves admit they are crap (Cameron Diaz). I'm sure she cashed her check, though.

[mabelkitty]

aint-it-cool-news.com

[xzins]

Give me plot, give me action, give me adventure, and give me purpose, direction or meaning.

Roll those into a film, and I'll probably watch it. (Rob Roy, Braveheart, Mohicans, etc.)

Put any politicized actor in it and I'll be thinking more about how much I hate the dude's politics than what's happening on the screen. I just can't suspend belief when I see these people.

[Chancellor Palpatine]

Lets look at the list, and figure out why they're less than well attended, shall we?

"The Hulk" - The trailer was obviously CGI, and made him too big and too strong. I loved Hulk comics and the Bixby Hulk series, but will not see this until it hits cable, because it looks too stupid to pay for.

"Hollywood Homicide" - Harrison Ford is getting a little old to be playing a cop, even a mature one. He is a great "big picture stress" guy, and needs to stick to that.

"The In-Laws" - Peter Falk and Alan Arkin define this movie. Redoing it was something akin to redoing "Jaws".

The sequel to "Legally Blonde" - It was cute in the original, but that character should have changed.

The sequel to "Dumb and Dumber" - The original appealed to a very specific taste in humor, and was really over the top.

The sequel to "Charlie's Angels" - Camp is fun through a couple of titles. Otherwise, it gets old.

[Nick5]

The article is faulty in in its facts. Bend it Like Beckham and 28 Days Later are distributed by 20th Century Fox, owned by Rupert Murdoch/Newscorp and are very much "touted by the Hollywood hype machine." All the movies mentioned in the article that are suffering from bad internet buzz were also lambasted in the mainstream press, and there's certainly nothing new about that. To paraphrase the Bible "The failed blockbuster you will always have with you."

[tm22721]

Yeah I noticed that Yahoo recently watered down their users' movie ratings and comments to letter grades only (no comments) probably in response to pressure from the studios who heavily advertise on their site.

Well, it doesn't work. There are many movie discussion boards on the net and they can't kill them all.

BUMP

[gnarledmaw]

Beyond anything else Ive ever read, this proves, beyond any reasonable doubt, that the Hollywood machines are driven almost exclusively by agenda.

I know that if I were CEO of a corporation (read: a machine that produces money) and my product was regularly rejected over a competitors product line which was always overwhelmingly successful (Mel Gibson), then I would try to figure out what made the other product better in the eyes of the public. I would make some kind of effort to make a similar or better product...

But then again, what do I know? No one pays me tens of millions a year to oversee movie production...

[gnarledmaw]

Beyond anything else Ive ever read, this proves, beyond any reasonable doubt, that the Hollywood machines are driven almost exclusively by agenda.

I know that if I were CEO of a corporation (read: a machine that produces money) and my product was regularly rejected over a competitors product line which was always overwhelmingly successful (Mel Gibson), then I would try to figure out what made the other product better in the eyes of the public. I would make some kind of effort to make a similar or better product...

But then again, what do I know? No one pays me tens of millions a year to oversee movie production...

[AD from SpringBay]

"Hollywood is pulling its hair out trying to figure out how to market its movies amidst the new world of Internet buzz," said Anthony Kusich, analyst for Reel Source Inc., a box-office tracking company.

Here's a start: scrap the formula plots, tell the stars to shut the hell up because their opinions do not matter, hire some writers that can do dialog, quit being communist sympathizers, spend more time on story and less on special effects, recognize that real life does not revolve around Hollywood and being queer, deal with it.

[VOA]

while "Seabiscuit," based on Laura Hillenbrand's outstanding best seller, is generating positive buzz.

That's probably the one movie I'll actually spend money on this summer (would see
"Nemo" if I had little ones).

I highly recommend PBS's episode on Seabiscuit on "The American Experience".
It was low-key, well-narrated by actor Scott Glenn, and I think captured the
"up-tick" the story of a dark-horse and his tough luck rider gave the country.

[kevkrom]

"Hollywood is pulling its hair out trying to figure out how to market its movies amidst the new world of Internet buzz," said Anthony Kusich, analyst for Reel Source Inc., a box-office tracking company.

I dunno, maybe they should make better movies rather than hyping flops. They've ruined whatever credibility they ever had by continuing to trumpet awful, high-budget movies.

[Sunshine Sister]

What refreshing news! I'm having an effect afterall!

[CaptRon]

"Hollywood is pulling its hair out trying to figure out how to market its movies amidst the new world of Internet buzz," said Anthony Kusich, analyst for Reel Source Inc., a box-office tracking company.

How 'bout just making better movies?

[The Louiswu]

Saw a sneak preview of the new Lara Croft (Tomb Raider) flick last night. A BIG dud. Slow, and poorly written. Another summer stinker.

[Sloth]

If things keep going this way, I'm afraid Hollywood may be forced to start producing a quality product.

[cubreporter]

Tough! What does Hollywood do for the rest of the world? All their big salaries that they demand run up the price of the ticket so do they care about the little guy and his family? Hell no! This is just another way Hollywood shows how selfish and shallow they are and that they care about no one but themselves and their bank accounts. I couldn't be sad for them if I tried. Why would I or anyone else. They all showed their true colors and there's no way they'll get sympathy from me. Bring on the virtuals. Maybe the worm has turned finally!

[rockfish59]

One that I really liked was 'Runaway Train'

Of course the actors are the idiots we're talking about.
Eric Roberts is the brother of Julia (Brokovich) Roberts.

The last movie I actually paid to see was 'We Were Soldiers'

His new film and 'crown of thorns' will really be a thorn in the side of the H'wood freaks! Hardy har har!

[jordan8]

The answer is obvious. Clearly these bad amateur internet reviews are costing Hollywood money, so let's drop a few nickels in Orrin Hatch's collection cup and outlaw them. We can call it economic cyber-terrorism and sabotage. Maybe we'll get to blow up a few hundred thousand of their computers.

[GSWarrior]

You mean people don't want to see a Charlies Angels sequel!!!

The horror....the horror.