I saw "Extraordinary Measures" (big sneak preview crowd) but Mel looks old and small and the brutal story just pummels you. Add to that a disturbing strain of misogyny - two young women (including the one playing Mel's daughter) are taken out with extreme prejudice. Further, "Measures" feels dated (like it should be on a twin bill with "The China Syndrome").
~(no)rave! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Daryle Lockhart <dar...@...> wrote: > > This is a good point I think, especially where "From Paris" is > concerned. Put that same movie out between some summer pictures and > it plays just fine. February was a horrible time for it, plus, > let's be honest, until Travolta is totally OK, NONE of these > pictures are going to do well. He's not promoting them, and folks > want to hear from John. > > You could add "The Spy Next Door" to this list, but then you have > The Shinjuku Incident, Jackie Chan's "first" dramatic role, a movie > that just came out, which was in hella limited release. It's > clear to me that Jackie is doing the family movies because he keeps > getting hired. his passion seems to be elsewhere. Maybe it's the > same with these other actors. > > Extraordinary Measures could star Will Smith, it would still be a > movie made for TV, and as such, would not have done as well. > > "Edge Of Darkness" was a bad idea, and I'm afraid it's going to be > the first of many bad ideas to come out in 2010 that will fail. NO > argument that it died - it should have. > > Also, it's not that these actors are old, because remember > "Jennifer's Body"? That was supposed to be a slam dunk. Who was > more popular than Megan Fox? But the movie was horrible and was > mismarketed. A good poster does not a marketing campaign make! > > Give the old guys a break. > > > > > > On Feb 16, 2010, at 8:56 PM, Mr. Worf wrote: > > > I think the timing was wrong for all three films. In the case of > > Ford's film they should have waited for the interviews about the > > movie to happen before the movie was released. Better still timed > > it with another medical movie. It doesn't help if the movie is > > mediocre as well. > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 12:54 PM, Kelwyn <ravena...@...> wrote: > > Harrison Ford's "Extraordinary Measures" grosses $12 million > > (budget:$31 million) > > > > John Travolta's "From Paris with Love" grosses $17.9 million > > (budget:$52 million) > > > > Mel Gibson's "Edge of Darkness" grosses $37 million (budget: $80 > > million) > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > Post your SciFiNoir Profile at > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/app/peoplemap2/entry/add? > > fmvn=mapYahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! > > Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ > > mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ > > > > >
