I'd also add that, no matter how many surveys they have stating the opposite, everybody (generalization ahoy!) hates the goddamn commercials (as opposed to trailers) before the movie. As in "I can get that shit at home if I want it".
Mal: Yeah, well, just be careful. We cheated Badger out of good money to buy that frippery, and you're supposed to make me look respectable. Kaylee: Yes, sir, Captain Tightpants.
'Shindig'
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Frankenbuddha - Sep 22, 2005 8:33:40 am PDT #7491 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Frankenbuddha - Sep 22, 2005 8:35:44 am PDT #7492 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I'm still annoyed at City of Angels
Heh, your whitefont is the ONLY thing that could have made me watch that movie. I'd have laughed and laughed and thought all my Xmases had come.
signed,
Huge WINGS OF DESIRE fan
§ ita § - Sep 22, 2005 8:36:50 am PDT #7493 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
2005 box office to date (from boxofficemojo.com):
RankMovie TitleStudioTotal Gross / TheatersOpening / TheatersOpenClose 1Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the SithFox$380,115,6523,663$108,435,8413,6615/19- 2War of the WorldsPar.$233,144,3893,910$64,878,7253,9086/29- 3Batman BeginsWB$204,694,1473,858$48,745,4403,8586/15- 4Wedding CrashersNL$204,006,0003,131$33,900,7202,9257/15- 5Charlie and the Chocolate FactoryWB$203,644,5293,790$56,178,4503,7707/15- 6MadagascarDW$192,381,4294,142$47,224,5944,1315/27- 7Mr. and Mrs. SmithFox$185,380,9683,451$50,342,8783,4246/10- 8HitchSony$179,495,5553,575$43,142,2143,5752/117/21 9The Longest YardPar.$158,032,6613,654$47,606,4803,6345/27- 10Fantastic FourFox$153,524,7223,619$56,061,5043,6027/8- 11RobotsFox$128,200,0123,776$36,045,3013,7763/119/5 12The PacifierBV$113,086,8683,181$30,552,6943,1313/47/14 13The 40-Year-Old VirginUni.$91,686,9733,006$21,422,8152,8458/19- 14Monster-in-LawNL$82,931,3013,424$23,105,1333,4245/139/5 15Are We There Yet?Sony$82,531,1602,810$18,575,2142,7091/216/16
FF might have been more boring than HHGTTG, but it's done better (also relative to the posted production budgets).
We might want good writing and interesting characters. But many of us wanted Firefly and Wonderfalls too. Doesn't make them viable.
Jesse - Sep 22, 2005 8:37:19 am PDT #7494 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
It was just not what I was expecting.
§ ita § - Sep 22, 2005 8:37:59 am PDT #7495 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
See, I'd have watched the Heaven movie to see how the conundrum resolves. Learning that there's no conundrum? FUCK NO.
Jesse - Sep 22, 2005 8:39:46 am PDT #7496 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I don't care about the conundrum, really. Assuming I'm in a mental place where that movie is appealing to me, I just want cute Mark Ruffalo to be happy!!
DebetEsse - Sep 22, 2005 8:40:27 am PDT #7497 of 10002
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Jesse, but CoA's was a pointless not-happy ending, rather than a natural conclusion to the events of the movie.
Jesse - Sep 22, 2005 8:41:34 am PDT #7498 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Yes! Phew.
Jessica - Sep 22, 2005 8:42:03 am PDT #7499 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Now all I'm wondering is how one gets permission to rent out an apartment if the leaseholder is in a coma.
erikaj - Sep 22, 2005 8:43:29 am PDT #7500 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
In view of those numbers being huge for those things ita posted, are we just looking at a mildly sluggish season and studio execs being used to leading us like hogs to a trough on Memorial Day?