If Windtalkers was Woo's Heaven's Gate was Paycheck his Year of the Dragon, The Sicilian or Desparate Hours? LOL
Woo went back to Hog Kong and just had a big comeback. His epic film Red Cliff did great worldwide box office. I think he and most HK directors didn't mesh well with the American studio style. Also HK melodrama mixed in with awesome action just doesn't play the same way in English. ;) Supposedly he is doing some more American films in the near future. --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "Kelwyn" <ravena...@...> wrote: > > Although he was great at it ("Face Off"), John Woo was not a fan of the > formulaic movies he was making. After MI-2, he thought he had the cachet to > make the kind of movie he wanted. He made "Windtalkers" (2002) a > well-intentioned movie starring Nicholas Cage that took in $77 million > worldwide ($40 million in America) on a budget of $115 million. > "Windtalkers" is his "Heaven's Gate." > > This is why I don't write that urban lit shit even though I know I can get it > published - I don't want to HAVE to write it. It is hard to get out of any > ghetto. Walter Mosley wants to write SF but he wrote the Easy Rawlins' > novels to get published. Now he is pigeon-holed as a detective fiction > writer. It ain't terrible; but it ain't good, either. > > ~rave! > > --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "Tracey de Morsella" <tdlists@> wrote: > > > > That statement reminds me of John Woo movies. At one time, his name was box > > office gold. After a string of hits using the same formula, and many people > > creating carbon copies, his name became synonymous with B-movies. > > > > What's he doing these days, has he had a comeback with a new formula? I > > never hear of him anymore > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifino...@yahoogroups.com] On > > Behalf Of B Smith > > Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 9:55 AM > > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > > Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: Hollywood Extinction: Old Dinosaurs die at Box > > Office > > > > The old formula picture doesn't seem to work at the box office unless they > > throw some new spin on it. From Paris With Love was probably a slam dunk > > once upon a time but the buddy cop genre seems stale now. I think Kevin > > Smith's Cop Out is going to suffer the same fate. > > > > > > --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "Kelwyn" <ravenadal@> wrote: > > > > > > I expected more from Harrison's film because, apparently, he is still a > > box office draw. I attend a lot of sneak previews (I am going to see > > "Shutter Island," tonight. These are typically oversold. The biggest crowd > > I have seen this year was for the Ford picture. My date and I arrived an > > hour early and could not get into the theater. For comparison, the second > > biggest crowd I have seen for one of these was for "Sherlock Holmes" (which > > I also did not get into) and Holmes proved to be a box office success. "The > > Book of Eli" was well attended but the theater was not full and "Eli" has > > done respectable business. I guess that is the problem with Hollywood: you > > never know. > > > > > > ~rave! > > > > > > --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "Mr. Worf" <HelloMahogany@> 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 <ravenadal@> 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=mapYa > > hoo! > > > > > Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! > > > > Mahogany at: > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > Post your SciFiNoir Profile at > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/app/peoplemap2/entry/add?fmvn=mapYa > > hoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (7.0.0.514) > > Database version: 6.14380 > > http://www.pctools.com/en/spyware-doctor-antivirus/ > > > > > > > > > > > > E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (7.0.0.514) > > Database version: 6.14380 > > http://www.pctools.com/en/spyware-doctor-antivirus/ > > >