Is "Jackie Brown" not a good movie, or not that well received? I've never seen it.
----- Original Message ----- From: "ravenadal" <ravena...@yahoo.com> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 7:23:59 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: Basterds" Take Box Office,"District 9" Holds Strong I love Tarantino. "Pulp Fiction" is still my favorite movie of all-time. I have seen everything Tarantino has made. I even liked "Jackie Brown." I can't wait to see "Inglourious Basterds." I was going to go last night, but I decided to go to see "District 9" instead. ~rave! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com , Keith Johnson <keithbjohn...@...> wrote: > > After watching Tarentino's one hour manic interview with Charlie Rose, I'm > more interested in seeing "Basterds". Guy is very smart, very well read, very > well versed in history. His movies can be a bit overblown, but that's not it. > I can see myself seeing it on cable. I hear it's actually much more of a > "talky" than the grossout violence fest we seem to keep getting fed by the > trailers. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tracey de Morsella" <tdli...@...> > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 1:36:19 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Basterds" Take Box Office,"District 9" Holds Strong > > > > > > > > > > I can’t get up any enthusiasm to see bastards either. Don’t know why. > I’m not even sure I will pursue it on cable. It seems like it is some sort > of Dirty Dozen tribute and I loved that, but I’m not feeling it. > > > > Gotta get a baby sitter so we can go see District 9 > > > > > > From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com ] On > Behalf Of Keith Johnson > Sent: Sunday, August 23, 2009 9:06 PM > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [scifinoir2] Basterds" Take Box Office,"District 9" Holds Strong > > > > > > > > > > No surprise about Tarantino's flick. I'm not really motivated to see it > though. Anyone seen or heard of the Korean vampire flick "Thirst"? I've heard > some good things about it. > I saw "District 9" yesterday and loved it. Had two issues: the shaky camera > in the first 20 minutes or so, which darn near had me throwing up, and the > negative portrayal of the Nigerians (though to be fair, no human in the movie > was portrayed well). The Nigerian thing was a major issue, but overall I > really enjoyed the flick. Hope to drop a full review soon... > > ***************************************************** > http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i91e05ffd5e045bf1badc73eee3940fce > > > Quentin Tarantino's World War II actioner "Inglourious Basterds," a pivotal > Weinstein Co. release starring Brad Pitt, debuted gloriously during the > weekend with an estimated $37.6 million in chart-topping boxoffice. > > "Basterds" is touted by some as a make-or-break film for the recently > struggling indie, even though Universal is distributing the film > internationally and will share evenly in any worldwide profit. Sony's sci-fi > thriller "District 9" finished second after falling just 49% in its sophomore > session to $18.9 million and a 10-day cume of $73.5 million. > > The weekend's other three wide openers bowed softly. Robert Rodriguez's > PG-rated family fantasy "Shorts" from Warner Bros. rung up $6.6 million for > sixth place; Fox Searchlight's comedy "Post Grad" registered $2.8 million in > 10th, and Disney's sports documentary "X Games 3D: The Movie" -- slotted for > one week only in 1,399 extra-dimensional venues -- fetched just $800,000. > > Among other second-frame holdovers, Warners' literary adaptation "The Time > Traveler's Wife" fell a modest 46% to $10 million in fourth place for a $37.4 > million cume, while further down the rankings Paramount Vantage's comedy "The > Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard" slid 53% to $2.7 million and a $11.2 million > cume. Disney's "Ponyo" dipped 32% to $2.4 million with an $8.1 million cume, > and Summit Entertainment's youth musical "Bandslam" dropped 60% to $890,000 > and a $4.5 million cume. > > The weekend top 10 films collected $108 million, or 31% more than the top > performers over the same frame last year, according to Nielsen EDI. That > marked a third straight year-over-year weekend uptick. > > In a limited bow, Paramount Vantage unspooled comedy "The Mark Pease > Experience," starring Ben Stiller and Jason Schwartzman, in 10 theaters and > grossed $3,000, or just $300 per venue. > > Freestyle Releasing opened the comedy "My One and Only," starring Renee > Zellweger and Kevin Bacon, with two playdates in New York and two in L.A. and > grossed $60,708. -- a promising $15,177 per engagement. > > IFC Films debuted the crime thriller "Five Minutes of Heaven," starring Liam > Neeson and James Nesbitt, in a single New York location and fetched a sturdy > $5,200. > > Elsewhere in the specialty market, Samuel Goldwyn/IDP's Paul Giamatti starrer > "Cold Souls" added 32 theaters for a total 53 and grossed $133,295, or a > so-so $2,515 per venue, as cume climbed to $340,068. > > Focus Features' Korean vampire pic "Thirst" added three playdates for a total > 17 and grossed $31,400, or a thin $1,047 per engagement, with a $1.8 million > cume. >
