A studio can generally count on a sequel making at least half of what the previous film made. Sequels which surpass previous films are not all that common.
It's not like she blew me off. She just left with another guy, that's all.
Riley ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Buffista Movies 5: Development Hell
A place to talk about movies--old and new, good and bad, high art and high cheese. It's the place to place your kittens on the award winners, gossip about upcoming fims and discuss DVD releases and extras. Spoiler policy: White font all plot-related discussion until a movie's been in wide release two weeks, and keep the major HSQ in white font until two weeks after the video/DVD release.
Laga - Jun 11, 2007 6:49:27 pm PDT #9085 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Laga - Jun 11, 2007 6:50:33 pm PDT #9086 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Danny Boyle did some second unit directing on 28 Weeks.
Polter-Cow - Jun 11, 2007 7:35:14 pm PDT #9087 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Who really knew that in the general public, though? Joe Public looks at the credits and doesn't see Danny Boyle in the writer or director slot and thinks it's a crappy knock-off sequel.
Laga - Jun 11, 2007 8:08:01 pm PDT #9088 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Yes that's exactly what I thought at first.
§ ita § - Jun 11, 2007 9:47:42 pm PDT #9089 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Joe Public looks at the credits and doesn't see Danny Boyle in the writer or director slot and thinks it's a crappy knock-off sequel.
Betchya Joe Public doesn't look at the credits, or if he does, it's not for the director.
Laga - Jun 11, 2007 10:01:10 pm PDT #9090 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
let's say Joe Geek then. Joe Public probably doesn't know who Danny Boyle is.
§ ita § - Jun 11, 2007 11:40:27 pm PDT #9091 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I don't think that there's a significant enough window of people who care that it's not Danny Boyle, but who don't find out he has some involvement. Not to skew numbers too much.
Theodosia - Jun 12, 2007 3:03:11 am PDT #9092 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
There's a lot fewer Joe Geeks than Joe Publics. On the other hand, Joe Geeks probably make up a significant number of frequent movie-goers....
Ailleann - Jun 12, 2007 3:44:33 am PDT #9093 of 10001
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda
Kate P, regarding your whitefont, my mother after the movie was over told me that when my dad had his affair he cited the "you love the baby more than me" excuse wrt my older sister.
I agree with Zenkitty about the portrayal of the husband.
Nathan Fillion needs to be on my screen more often.
Dana - Jun 12, 2007 4:58:06 am PDT #9094 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Zenkitty, that is apparently true. I have a friend who's a big Pirates fan, and she said the writers gave an interview to that effect. Apparently they based the story on the opera of the Flying Dutchman. So it was the fact that Calypso didn't show up to meet Davy Jones after ten years that doomed him to staying on the sea forever.
It definitely wasn't clear in the context of the movie, and changes my interpretation of it. Of course, I didn't see the happy reunion scene after the credits either.