Hear Hear, Keith! Grayson Reyes-Cole http://www.graysonreyescole.com Facebook Bright Star When evil is done for the greater good, a price must always be paid... In Print April 6, 2009
Ghost Writer Reviews: Grayson-Reyes Cole is an incredibly imaginative and original writer, and fans of dark fantasy, modern fantasy, and science fiction will enjoy “Bright Star” . Read the full review at http://ghostwriterreviews.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=608 ________________________________ From: Keith Johnson <keithbjohn...@comcast.net> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, March 8, 2009 1:39:22 PM Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Watchmen's First Day... Disappoints The problem nowadays is that everything is too micro-analyzed and watched. Whether it's Obama's performance, TV series, or movies, they are monitored on a minute-by-minute, second-by-second basis. A sixty-plus million dollar haul is great for a nearly three-hour, R-rated movie based on a "comic" that most people outside the fanbase never heard of. And even among comic fans, the majority have never read "Watchmen". So, while the hype might have been way up there, i personally try to avoid it. I think it's doing well, it will do fairly well the next few weeks, even if box office drops greatly. It'll do well in countries like Britian where they appreciate a little more intelligent fare, and then it'll have great legs on DVD. But people calling this a "failure"? Well, that's the problem with Hollywood nowadays. Nothing gets a chance to prove itself in the long haul. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tracey de Morsella" <tdli...@multicultur aladvantage. com> To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com, "Cinque3000" <cinque3...@verizon. net> Sent: Sunday, March 8, 2009 2:21:48 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [scifinoir2] Watchmen's First Day... Disappoints Watchmen's First Day... Disappoints By Graeme McMillan, 9:00 AM on Sat Mar 7 2009, 15,320 views Well, this wasn't what we expected. According to initial estimations, Watchmen made less money in its first day than Zack Snyder's 300, despite playing in more theaters. Has the backlash happened early? According to Exhibitor Relations, Watchmen made $25.1 million yesterday, including the $4.6 million from the Thursday night screenings, from 3,611 theaters; 300's first day gross was $28.1 million from 3,103 theaters. The box office tracking site now projects an opening weekend gross for Snyder's latest movie of around $60 million, which is below 300's $70.8 million... as well as, worryingly for Warners, Ice Age 2, the movie to hold the March opening weekend record prior to the swords and Spartans flick. Deadline Hollywood's Nikki Finke agrees, saying that "[i]t's now certain that $70M, even if Thursday's 1,600 midnight shows are included in the total, is impossible," and quoting an unnamed marketing guru warning that things could get worse: They will get a lot of initial interest because it's an event movie in March — and then the bottom falls out. Whether Warner Bros can broaden the campaign to sustain interest in Watchmen is what movie analysts will be watching after this Sunday. While there's no doubting that Watchmen's opening weekend will be huge - at $60 million, it'll still be the third largest March opening ever - it's far below what now look, in hindsight, like unrealistic expectations; even yesterday, after all, we were being told that advance tickets were outselling 300 and that that a $70 million weekend was the target (although /Film pretty much hit the target with their estimate of $63 million in the first weekend). Now, because of such excitement - and because 300 was being set up as the movie to compare this to, Watchmen's big weekend looks somewhat less impressive. But who knows? Maybe word of mouth will boost the movie's Saturday and Sunday. "Watchmen" Scores $25.1 Mil Friday [Exhibitor Relations]
