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Posted on 6/13/13 at 11:55 pm to Pilot Tiger
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you are, quite literally, talking out of your arse no offense
Or you just know nothing about accounting
Posted on 6/13/13 at 11:58 pm to reb13
Try to figure out negative gross revenue.
Posted on 6/14/13 at 12:08 am to Augustus
Blame America for being pretty frickin stupid.
I saw more status updates for the new Fast and the Furious movie than I have for a movie in years.
I saw more status updates for the new Fast and the Furious movie than I have for a movie in years.
Posted on 6/14/13 at 2:53 am to Brosef Stalin
The majority of these sequels started out as an original idea. When you find a good story, why not expound upon it?
Why would Disney stop at POTC and forgo billions when people obviously wanted to see the continuation of the story?
Same with The Fast and the Furious. How about Star Wars? Should Lucas have stopped after the first one?
Hell some of these movies are based on books with multiple volumes: LOTR, Harry Potter, etc. Hell even one of the best films of all-time, The Godfather, was originally a book.
I laugh my arse off when people say they hate the lack of originality in Hollywood because 1. Hollywood puts out dozens of non-sequels yearly and 2. Why the hell wouldn't you want to see the continuation of a story or character or whatever that entertained you?
I'll get off my soapbox now and go to sleep.
Why would Disney stop at POTC and forgo billions when people obviously wanted to see the continuation of the story?
Same with The Fast and the Furious. How about Star Wars? Should Lucas have stopped after the first one?
Hell some of these movies are based on books with multiple volumes: LOTR, Harry Potter, etc. Hell even one of the best films of all-time, The Godfather, was originally a book.
I laugh my arse off when people say they hate the lack of originality in Hollywood because 1. Hollywood puts out dozens of non-sequels yearly and 2. Why the hell wouldn't you want to see the continuation of a story or character or whatever that entertained you?
I'll get off my soapbox now and go to sleep.
Posted on 6/14/13 at 5:22 am to reb13
quote:or you just know nothing
Or you just know nothing about accounting
Posted on 6/14/13 at 6:33 am to Augustus
Seeing as I never watch blockbuster big budget movies I give zero fricks.
Posted on 6/14/13 at 7:54 am to Augustus
I haven't read the entire thread so this may have been mentioned. One change, and not necessarily for the better, is that corporate ownership of most of the entertainment industry (film, television and music) now rests with larger conglomerates. The CEO's of studios now have to answer to people who don't have any real experience in or love for the filmmaking.
Posted on 6/14/13 at 8:21 am to VOR
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The CEO's of studios now have to answer to people who don't have any real experience in or love for the filmmaking.
That would be forgivable - but they don't care, either. That want a return on investment, period. I appreciate that they're not in the business to lose money, but I am just not compatible with the current philosophy of all blockbuster/sequel/CGI/3D, just rererehash of the same stories we've seen.
I'm still on the lookout for quality films - I try not to hate everything, but it's difficult at times.
I just watched Moneyball - I thought it was excellent. That was a quality story, quality source material, not cheap for a drama at ~$50 million and returned a worldwide gross of ~$110 million - I don't have DVD or streaming revenue figures.
It appears that film didn't lose money, but it didn't make a lot either. My only consolation is that the big budget turd sandwiches that draw their target market in droves help get movies like Moneyball made.
Posted on 6/14/13 at 8:23 am to joeytiger
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but the film industry is failing
it is hardly failing. 
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