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No happy ending in '05 for Hollywood, as ticket sales drop again
Christian Science Monitor ^ | December 24, 2005 | Daniel B. Wood

Posted on 12/24/2005 4:09:09 PM PST by Daralundy

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To: Daralundy

All true. But where else can ya get a large soda for only $6.50?


61 posted on 12/24/2005 5:15:43 PM PST by AndrewB
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To: CindyDawg

Just read your about page........its a great story.


62 posted on 12/24/2005 5:17:10 PM PST by ThreePuttinDude ()......Politically incorrect by Design........()
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To: Daralundy

I bet they are looking at it as testing a new business model.

Maybe they'll find that they can cut out the middleman (the theaters) and still make money.


63 posted on 12/24/2005 5:19:18 PM PST by El Sordo
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To: Thebaddog

I found Hitch delightful.


64 posted on 12/24/2005 5:19:31 PM PST by marajade (Yes, I'm a SW freak!)
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To: zkbeta51

Don't know if White Chicks was this year or last but it was absolutely hilarious.


65 posted on 12/24/2005 5:20:24 PM PST by marajade (Yes, I'm a SW freak!)
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To: Ninian Dryhope

Leo DiCaprio has made some fine movies: Titanic; Romeo and Juliet; Catch Me If You Can; The Aviator.


66 posted on 12/24/2005 5:22:18 PM PST by marajade (Yes, I'm a SW freak!)
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To: softwarecreator

I'm gonna go see Memoirs of a Geisha and Munich.


67 posted on 12/24/2005 5:23:51 PM PST by marajade (Yes, I'm a SW freak!)
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To: djwright

"The girl is not nearly hot enough to explain why the supposedly smooth Will Smith gets so flustered around her."

Eva Mendes not hot?


68 posted on 12/24/2005 5:24:33 PM PST by marajade (Yes, I'm a SW freak!)
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To: Daralundy

'What's wrong with the movies?'>>

1. They suck.

2. They're too gay friendly. Nobody wants to see Bareback Mountain outside of NY, LA and Frisco.

3. They're generally hostile to Christianity. Exceptions are the moneymakers (LOTR, Narnia, Passion of the Christ).

4. Did I mention they suck?

5. Too many remakes.

6. They laugh at their potential audience. Don't laugh at red staters and then expect the red staters to pay for your product.

7. Too many "stars" who are extremely annoying and who babble about politics too much. Shut up and act already.

8. Too few stars who are really good people in spite of their fame.

9. Too many retread ideas that are really remakes that pretend they aren't.

10. Did I mention they suck?


69 posted on 12/24/2005 5:27:33 PM PST by Appalled but Not Surprised
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To: marajade

I agree that it was a nice small movie, but the ending was lame with the other man morphing into a brother-in-law, and you have to envision the movie with someone like Steve Martin in the title role. And there are better than him from other eras. Think about Sexy Rexy doing Pygmalion.


70 posted on 12/24/2005 5:27:38 PM PST by Thebaddog (K9 4ever)
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To: Brad from Tennessee

Merry Christmas :')


71 posted on 12/24/2005 5:29:23 PM PST by CindyDawg (Merry Christmas to all and to all a good evening)
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To: ThreePuttinDude

Thanks:')


72 posted on 12/24/2005 5:29:53 PM PST by CindyDawg (Merry Christmas to all and to all a good evening)
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To: All

They know the kind of movies people want to see. That they don't produce them is beyond me.


73 posted on 12/24/2005 5:31:15 PM PST by bnelson44 (Proud parent of a tanker! (Charlie Mike, son))
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To: Thebaddog

Well, I agree about Smith, but not about the old guys. I've never been one for movies that came from my parents generation. Bogart, Garfield, Grant, Cagny etc all leave me cold. I like John Wayne in the few non-westerns he did. As for the westerns, I just never cared for them.


74 posted on 12/24/2005 5:31:43 PM PST by Melas (What!? Read or learn something? Why would anyone do that, when they can just go on being stupid)
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To: CindyDawg

And Merry Christmas to you, Cindydawg.


75 posted on 12/24/2005 5:36:19 PM PST by squarebarb
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To: upchuck

IMHO,
no originality
too much violence
too much immorality
too high ticket prices
bend over concession stand prices
NETFLIX
movies on demand
too many computer enhanced effects

for starters.

FYI, haven't been in a movie theater since 2002. Why bother?




One thing I hate is computer enhanced effects, like you said. It's getting old.
Some are starting to lean political. And yes, those high ticket prices. I'd rather wait 'till the movie comes out on DVD.


76 posted on 12/24/2005 5:37:46 PM PST by FeeinTennessee (http://hometown.aol.com/feereports/feepolitics.html)
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To: Melas

C'mon. You can't discount Bogey and all his movies. Even the spaghetti Westerns in the Seventies had more going on than the current crop of stuff.


77 posted on 12/24/2005 5:38:29 PM PST by Thebaddog (K9 4ever)
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To: squarebarb

Thanks. You too. I was hoping for another white Christmas. Greedy aren't I? :') Not happening .


78 posted on 12/24/2005 5:39:42 PM PST by CindyDawg (Merry Christmas to all and to all a good evening)
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To: Daralundy

You'd think Hollywood would take a hint.

Now, we all loved Mel Gibson's THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST. It was a masterpiece.

Hollywood still thinks we like overly gross films with sex in them and movies with no plot to follow.

And this winter, they are starting to lean political...I'm definitely staying away from the theatre...who could stand to see Brokeback Mountain or Syriana?


79 posted on 12/24/2005 5:40:27 PM PST by FeeinTennessee (http://hometown.aol.com/feereports/feepolitics.html)
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To: FeeinTennessee

What's Syriana about?


80 posted on 12/24/2005 5:41:53 PM PST by CindyDawg (Merry Christmas to all and to all a good evening)
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