Of course, bad publicity still works too. The ad I saw seemed geared toward the younger set -- 5 or 6 -- which I doubt is appropriate for the movie (if it is indeed faithful to the novel). Crying children and angry parents demanding their money back is the kind of hit I bet Disney would probably prefer to avoid. It tends to persist quite a while after the movie has disappeared.
Buffy. When I saw you stop the world from, you know, ending, I just assumed that was a big week for you. Turns out I suddenly find myself needing to know the plural of 'apocalypse.'
Riley ,'Potential'
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Nutty - Feb 07, 2007 12:17:58 pm PST #7374 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
beekaytee - Feb 07, 2007 12:32:01 pm PST #7375 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant
Crying children
That's what I would have said about the completely misleading advertising for "Happy" Feet.
Make that 'bipolar' (no pun intended) feet, more like it.
Ailleann - Feb 08, 2007 3:54:00 am PST #7376 of 10001
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda
GIVE ME MY MOVIE!!!
goes to sit in corner with Aimee, sneaks in Daniel Radcliffe
Hil R. - Feb 08, 2007 7:22:04 am PST #7377 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
OK, good. Those Bridge to Terabithia trailors were worrying me.
sumi - Feb 08, 2007 7:47:38 am PST #7378 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Director Mark Romanek has been hired to helm The Wolfman, a remake of the classic Universal Studios monster film, with Benicio Del Toro attached to star, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Scott Stuber and Mary Parent are producing, and Del Toro also is on board as a producer with Rick Yorn.
The movie will retain the period of the 1941 original, in which a man returns from the United States to his ancestral home in Victorian-era Great Britain, gets bitten by a werewolf and begins a hairy moonlight existence. Andrew Kevin Walker wrote the screenplay. A fall start is being planned.
Polter-Cow - Feb 08, 2007 7:51:26 am PST #7379 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Mark Romanek and Andrew Kevin Walker? This sounds promising.
DavidS - Feb 08, 2007 8:03:51 am PST #7380 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Romanek will make it look good, that's for sure. Still, I'm dubious about it.
Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 08, 2007 8:49:10 am PST #7381 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
They've found a way to keep me from watching a werewolf movie where the crappy scripts of Underworld and Blood & Chocolate failed: cast Benecio Del Toro in the title role.
Glamcookie - Feb 08, 2007 11:39:35 am PST #7382 of 10001
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
Woohoo! New movie with Gillian Anderson coming! It's called Straightheads and here's the trailer: [link]
Sean K - Feb 08, 2007 11:42:54 am PST #7383 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Oooh. Looks interesting. Plus Gillian having HOTT SEX!