Posted on 07/24/2005 10:40:27 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
A candy man and a couple of randy men handily squelched a weak attack of the clones, though overall business suffered. The year-to-year down trend returned as the top 12 pictures generated an estimated $128.9 million, down seven percent from the comparable frame last year.
Intended as a summer tent-pole, DreamWorks' The Island transplanted a meager estimated $12.1 million from 3,122 theaters. Director Michael Bay's $122 million clone thriller, co-produced by DreamWorks and Warner Bros., earned a fraction of such similar summer science fiction events as I, Robot and Minority Report and stands as a massive misfire along the lines of XXX: State of the Union or Rollerball.
"Clearly, this is a disappointing opening," said DreamWorks' head of distribution Jim Tharp. "The tracking had indicated that we were looking at this kind of opening, but it is still disappointing. I liked the movie. We can only hope the film finds an audience down the road." According the studio's exit polling, 51 percent of the audience was male and 52 percent was over the age of 25.
The Island marked Michael Bay's first movie away from mega-producer Jerry Bruckheimer and his first outright financial failure. Guided by Bruckheimer's slick, crowd-pleasing aesthetic, Bay's track record was five for five with the hits Bad Boys, The Rock, Armageddon, Pearl Harbor and Bad Boys II. The Island looked like Bay's past movies superficially, replete with cacophonous pyrotechnics and choppy editing, and it carried over the Bruckheimer tradition of off-beat casting with leads Ewan McGregor and Scarlett Johansson.
Gone from the equation were an appealing premise and savvy marketing. The Island had a genre identity crisis, crudely mixing futuristic sci-fi with present-day action in what looked like a cross between Logan's Run and The 6th Day.
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It's not so much a remake of the 1953 version as another crack at the novel. It's much more faithful to the spirit of the Wells text then the earlier film which was good in its own right.
Well BR is not an action movie it is a artistic scifi, noir, detective drama.
It's a good movie for it's type, you just have to watch it a very times to understand it.
Also, the music from the music is great, Blade Runner Blues is one my all time favorite pieces of music.
The Greek composer Vangelis did 'Chariots of Fire' and 'Blade Runner' in two consecutive years. Good peak.
Like I said I got that whole thing.... and you know who being an android.... and having more human charictaristics than others....Yada yada, I think the film was held together with hype and a six inch piece of string. The music I recall as interesting but even with the removal of the irritating naration I still walked out thinking of the kings new clothes. Glad you enjoyed it, it was not my experience.
I agree, those are some good pieces of music.
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