Posted on 03/11/2012 1:32:54 PM PDT by jimbo123
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“John Carter,” a big-budget science fiction epic from Walt Disney Studios that opened Friday and flopped over the weekend. Disney spent lavishly (some say foolishly) on the movie in large part to keep one of its most important creative talents happy: Andrew Stanton, the Pixar-based director of “Finding Nemo” and “Wall-E.”
“John Carter,” which cost an estimated $350 million to make and market, and was directed by Mr. Stanton, took in about $30.6 million at the North American box office, according to Rentrak, which compiles box-office data. That result is so poor, even when factoring in about $71 million in overseas ticket sales, that analysts estimate that Disney will be forced to take a quarterly write-down of $100 million to $165 million.
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So women are done by 34 in your book, eh?
Well, you must admit that she's seen above average wear-and-tear, eh?
Maybe. Is there a 3D version? That could be very cool.
*** The characters and creatures and Barsoomian world were *exactly* like I pictured them from the books. Very well done, in my opinion. Captured the spirit of the books to a T. ****
Thanks.
Naturally such a movie would be a box office flop, considering the character and sensibilities of today’s theater audience.
I saw it yesterday and thought it was pretty good. Might even go see it again. It has really, really good cgi, not a bad story and no really obnoxious Jar-Jar Binks type characters. Overall, I’d give 4 stars out of 5.
Yes, there is. It was at 3:35 and I didn’t finish up work until 3:25. The 2D was at 4:05 and the next shows were after 6:00PM.
Ticket prices for 2D before 5 were only $5.50
I picked the 2D with a large buttered popcorn and drink :-).
Loved the “dog”!
Or even better, "Darth Vader"...
the infowarrior
Think below the neck...
Check your PM...
One small shot with literally seconds of Screen Time can take months. The shots are much more complicated than ever before and the advent of CGI has just raised expectations from the Writers, Directors and Producers of what can be put into the final product.
The work on Star Wars was very simplistic in comparison and still took hundreds of people and thousands of man hours to accomplish. It does take less work than before, just as any improvement in productivity will, but it is far from easy.
Just an example. Our Friend was one of the guys working on the big scene in Serenity where a fleet of Military Space Ships followed the Firefly Ship out of a cosmic cloud. The scene was very impressive and lasted all of ten seconds. It took him over three months just to set it up. Tough work...
He has a couple of Emmy's from the Firefly and BG work. Now he is “between projects” and you can't eat an Emmy.
“Traci Lords:
Said old tumblindice, “I’m humble,
And maybe too old for a tumble,
..But produce me a blonde,
..And I’m still not beyond
An attempt at an interesting fumble.
On second thought: Vienna sausage/Versaille Hall of Mirrors
oh well
nevermind
these stories were written more than 50 years ago
True...they were written almost exactly a century ago (serious started in 1912).
I doubt I’ll spend $ to see it, but I’ll catch it on cable.
Those are worth money to certain collectors...you know why.
I saw it yesterday and thought it was pretty good. Might even go see it again. It has really, really good cgi, not a bad story and no really obnoxious Jar-Jar Binks type characters. Overall, I’d give 4 stars out of 5.I agree. A story! Yes it has A STORY. What an idea, telling A STORY!
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