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In a box-office story about the Twilight avalanche, N.Y. Times reporter Brooks Barnes notes that "experts" are saying the film "could struggle with what movie executives call playability, or the ability to maintain box-office heat after the core fan base has moved on."
Summit distribution chief Richard Fay is then quoted saying that "he hope[s] strong word-of-mouth among mothers will keep ticket sales solid."
Mothers? Guys of all ages can go to this thing and learn (i.e., remind themselves) how to act with their girlfriends and wives in a way that will most likely lead to some action. This is not a painful-to-sit-through, young-girls-only movie. It goes down fairly easily, plus it's a major phenomenon that anyone who fancies himself to be any kind of cultural pulse-taker is absolutely required to see.
Posted by Jeffrey Wells on November 24, 2008 at 6:38 AM
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T. Holly
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It was the wrath of God for not putting a digital print in NY. They buried the lead anyway:
Woman becomes ill during final scene of Revolutionary Road.
Posted by T. Holly
at November 24, 2008 8:02 AM
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corey3rd
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The film has already earned twice the budget - will move a ton of DVDs and will get tons of cable action. There is no need to worry about Twilight. This is one of the few "indie distributors have a good Christmas" stories.
Posted by corey3rd
at November 24, 2008 8:10 AM
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T. Holly
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There's plenty of reason to worry about Twilight
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/scott-mendelson/sure-twilight-may-be-sexi_b_145871.html
Even the movie's own afterglow can appreciate the soft landing of Scott's issues.
(I'm in the wrong thread. Inadvertently wishing the "Twilight is sexist" piece would wind up at Thompson on Hollywood, where it could do maximum damage, since all the Twilighters gather there.)
Posted by T. Holly
at November 24, 2008 8:19 AM
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Luke Y. Thompson
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So...absolutely refusing to get any action whatsoever will lead to getting some action?
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at November 24, 2008 8:21 AM
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T. Holly
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Twilight is the fishy dovetail to porn. Today's Twilighter is tomorrow's "want it" girl. It starts with Enchanted, moves into Twilight and ends in porn, because females are easy to exploit in all sorts of ways.
Posted by T. Holly
at November 24, 2008 8:35 AM
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T. Holly
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Twilight is like sex in the 50's -- see Revolutionary Road -- it's not about marriage, it's about how far we've come and gone back.
Posted by T. Holly
at November 24, 2008 8:58 AM
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DarthCorleone
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anyone who fancies himself to be any kind of cultural pulse-taker is absolutely required to see
Argh. Why'd you have to go and say that?
*hands in his Cultural Pulse-Taker membership card*
Regardless, I did get some action this weekend, and neither she nor I would be caught dead watching Twilight at the theater.
Posted by DarthCorleone
at November 24, 2008 11:42 AM
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EDouglas
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"Guys of all ages can go to this thing and learn (i.e., remind themselves) how to act with their girlfriends and wives in a way that will most likely lead to some action. This is not a painful-to-sit-through, young-girls-only movie. It goes down fairly easily, plus it's a major phenomenon that anyone who fancies himself to be any kind of cultural pulse-taker is absolutely required to see."
Dude, if I see you at a screening in the next couple days and you're wearing make-up and lipstick and glitter, don't feel bad if I pretend I don't know you :)
Posted by EDouglas
at November 24, 2008 2:00 PM
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bmcintire
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Jeff, out of real curiosity, did you go to see The Hannah Montana concert movie or High School Musical 3? Those phenoms seem to match the cultural pulse pretty accurately as well.
Posted by bmcintire
at November 24, 2008 5:07 PM
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