"Chairman Kaga" (mike-mckinnon)
10/24/2013 at 10:54 • Filed to: None
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"Chairman Kaga" (mike-mckinnon)
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Tom Cruise.
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/64777
I was curious if Rush's failure at the box office had hindered this long simmering production. guess not.
They call me the Beav
> Chairman Kaga
10/24/2013 at 10:59 |
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A) I absolutely loved this book, it almost felt like fiction how well the "characters" were written
B) I didn't realize the movie would be based off this book, which is awesome
C) Please no Tom Cruise :(
TheBaron2112
> Chairman Kaga
10/24/2013 at 11:00 |
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I'm glad to know that taking in from the box office almost double the film's budget constitutes it as a failure.
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Chairman Kaga
> TheBaron2112
10/24/2013 at 11:04 |
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According to the industry rags at least, it was a bomb.
Grindintosecond
> Chairman Kaga
10/24/2013 at 11:13 |
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We went from great movies that made good profits to "it's gotta be a blockbuster" weekend record setter or its a failure mentality. Do we all realize how long it took Silence of the Lambs to be a great film? multiple weeks in the theater. Released in February and it closed on....October!! It had a chance to become great. A 'sleeper hit' type of film. There is not a chance for a sleeper hit to happen again. Unexpected yes but sleeper? Now if it doesn't hit it big in one week, its gone and another film tries it out....
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TheBaron2112
> Chairman Kaga
10/24/2013 at 11:16 |
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If you look at the US take, yeah. But who cares what the critics say? Ron Howard did an amazing job and we all loved it. AND International revenue made it a profit.
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=rus…
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Chairman Kaga
> TheBaron2112
10/24/2013 at 11:22 |
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Well, no. Critics for the most part loved it. It was the audiences who couldn't have cared less, at least int he eyes of the industry that bankrolls studio films. The other side of the issue is they don't give a rip about foreign take. It certainly helps the bottom line, but with regard to final profit, it's not as meaningful. Take a film like Pacific Rim. It was the biggest hit in the history of Asian cinema. Made a KILLING in the Eastern hemisphere. But it's piddling receipts in the US ensured it was classified as a bomb. When a film is released in foreign markets, there are third party distributors and separate marketing campaigns that greatly reduce the overall profit. Same situation with Rush, except replace Asia with Europe.
I'm not saying Rush wasn't a good film. I loved it and I will buy it the day it's released. But in general, American audience apathy for a Ron Howard film essentially ensures, no matter the critical reception or its actual profit margin, it's a footnote film. That's just the craptastic nature of Hollywood.
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TheBaron2112
> Chairman Kaga
10/24/2013 at 11:34 |
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Hollywood blows. :|
Just more fuel to the flame that is American apathy towards Formula 1.
mambochapchap
> Chairman Kaga
10/24/2013 at 11:47 |
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I wonder who will play Ken Miles? Baime positioned him in the book quite well as the constant throughout the narrative, and it would be great if they cast him well and anchored the story around him. The problem is he is a relatively unknown figure, but I found him to be the most interesting figure in the whole story, especially when the Le Mans finish is orchestrated and it shafts him of a victory....plenty of movie material in there.