Give it five years.Yeah and if you ask anyone in the world who starred in the Karate Kid, almost all of them will tell you that it was Ralph Macchio.
Give it five years.Yeah and if you ask anyone in the world who starred in the Karate Kid, almost all of them will tell you that it was Ralph Macchio.
I think you're arguing semantics/nomenclature.
For all intents and purposes, 28 days later was regarded as a zombie film. I can better buy the argument that I Am Legend didn't have zombies only because it was shown in the film that they were smart and methodical, whereas the zombies in 28 days later were not.
Still, if the general perception of Legend was as being a "zombie film," then the comparison is still apt.
which was the last good M Night movie, signs?
Lady in the crapper.
"Remember the Karate Kid? Man, I wish things had gone differently for that Jaden Smith kid."
which was the last good M Night movie, signs?
so many bombas
is will smith still relevant?
The Sixth Sense
It's gone relatively ignored, but there was a story that came out a couple weeks ago in which it was revealed that what Jaden wants for his 15th birthday is emancipation.
That's his birthday wish. To be legally separated from his parents.
He might not be. What are younger audiences going to know him from? His films generally have a short shelf life. Nobody's going back to much of his filmography, even though stuff like Hitch or Men in Black was successful at one time. Comparatively, Brad Pitt's filmography resonates a lot more today with younger audiences. Fight Club is pop culture at this point, Inglorious Basterds, Seven. Pretty widely seen, talked about, revisited. Will Smith's most re-visitable material is Fresh Prince.
Will also had years between films, leaving on some weaker ones in Hancock and Seven Pounds in 08, and coming back with Men in Black 3 in 2012 (which felt dated as it released, and reflects on the star). I wonder if people are really missing him all that much. It doesn't help being that this is advertised as a father/son film, and nobody cares about the duo as a performing team.
It amazes me that M. Night still has this disgustingly massive ego even after 4 major critical flops in a row.
That could either turn out incredibly beneficial or awful for him. Time will tell I suppose. That's very sad though.
World War Z will suffer from being unable or unwilling to commit to being either a disaster movie or a zombie movie. The marketing is too full of mixed messages. General zombie fans aren't going to be particularly excited about a zombie movie where you seemingly never see an individual zombie up close. It's just hordes of nondescript people climbing over each other. And if it's being sold as a disaster movie, what's the disaster? Some kind of vague infection?
The marketing isn't selling it as either one. They're failing, and perhaps the movie is as well, to deliver a hook. I think that'll be the biggest reason audiences stay away. Just a general impression of "I don't know what this is and why I should care".
It would turn out awful. From his point of view, emancipation would give him the right to spend whatever money he has made from acting and singing on whatever he wants. But he's 15 years old and would therefore just be an idiot. All 15 year olds want their parents to butt out of their life, even if their parents are doing a good job. This 15 year old just happens to be rich.
Does the budget on Box Office Mojo count the marking budget or just production?
He actually tweeted on the day of release that he wanted to sell it by comparing it to Malick and Spielberg.
Production only
Thanks. I'm curious to know how much some of these movies spend on marketing.
Signs was legit creepy in the beginning, the part where Joachim Phoenix is watching news in the tv and they show footage of the alien was great and his reaction sold it.
but then it goes to shit.
I enjoyed Sixth Sense and Unbreakable, though, those were great movies.
Thanks. I'm curious to know how much some of these movies spend on marketing.
Thanks. I'm curious to know how much some of these movies spend on marketing.
It's arguably a better made movie than the original, which mostly coasts on nostalgia, that ending tournament, and the charm of Pat Morita.
The remake has legitimate character arcs (multiple) and the first time I can remember that Jackie Chan really ACTED.
Holy shit, After Earth bombed harder than the Coalition Forces in Iraq.
Also, this poster for STiD is terribly apt:
It's only going to be down a bit over 09 but up a lot internationally. In the end it will end up in about the same place, if not slightly ahead of 09. In fact it's only 60 million off from surpassing 09 worldwide. Factor in after market and it's more than fine with a guaranteed sequel (that might have a budget more comparable to 09 than Into darkness, which is probably more than fine).
Nah, I've seen em, I just think he was pretty boilerplate in those. Most Jackie Chan movies he's a likable figure, but he's still just Jackie Chan being Jackie Chan.
Which is fine: I love those flicks. But for me, he wasn't really Jackie Chan in Karate Kid, to a level I hadn't seen before.
But maybe I'm being a little unfair. I should rewatch and find out. Any excuse to rewatch Police Story is a good one
I wonder if Fast6 is good. Last one was pretty good
It's gone relatively ignored, but there was a story that came out a couple weeks ago in which it was revealed that what Jaden wants for his 15th birthday is emancipation.
That's his birthday wish. To be legally separated from his parents.
Yeah, I also expected it to top TDKR domestically. Now it seems like it'll end at ~$420M at most.Iron Man 3 always looked like it was going to break $400M (after that first weekend).
Legs are actually on the low side of things.
Eh the movie seemed pretty expensive. CG was pretty good, and it was all over the movie. Plus the whole cast must have much bigger paychecks this time around.I still don't see where the budget went to with Into Darkness. The only "large" setpiece was the sequence at the end. Everything else was comparable to what was in '09.