Is Hollywood no longer making blockbusters for the US market?

MovieReviews ^ | 04/17/2012 | By Mark Harrison

[Carbonsteel]

It's curious enough that toy company Hasbro now counts as a Hollywood powerhouse, and still curiouser that Peter Berg managed to make a narrative (sort of) out of Battleship, but what makes me most curious is the fact that the premiere was held in Tokyo. In fact, much of the marketing of this unabashedly patriotic film about the US Navy fighting aliens has focused on the international angle, which leads us to wonder- are non-Americans now the primary audience of Hollywood cinema?

[LS]

So, in "not wasting time with me," you make it clear I think to everyone on the board that you have neither evidence, nor logic, nor even good comeback lines.

But I'm generous (even though clearly you aren't): I'll give you one more chance: Was "Undefeated" a box office bomb or not? Simple question, yes or no.

[LS]

I was at a conference last weekend with the author, Jason Mattera. It's a good book, and he has good points.

But it is important to remember that there are hundreds, maybe thousands, of conservatives who work in Hollywood who basically have to operate "in the closet." Two years ago I went to an event hosted by Gary Sinese that had 1400 (!!) Hollywood conservatives. He went through each major employment designation---producers, directors, actors---asking each to stand up. There were some 200 producers, 200 directors, and probably 600 actors or other work categories there who stood up.

[Fire_on_High]

He’d LOSE sales if he did! His work is exactly what he wants it to be, and his fanbase likes it that way.