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Post by seiryu on Dec 8, 2003 7:02:30 GMT -5
That´s good, it gives me a little time to catch my breath after The return of the king which is coming out December the 17th.
Then after that...The last samurai middle of January.
w00t!!!!!!!!!
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Post by Goemon on Dec 8, 2003 12:06:06 GMT -5
Thats kinda wierd that RoTK is coming to your theaters on time but not last samurai. I wonder how hard it is for the people who are in charge of that sort of thing to actually have it starting across the globe on the same day, they did it with Matrix 3
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Post by Goukistar on Dec 8, 2003 14:21:08 GMT -5
It's a money issue: the films are hughly expensive, so the film studio needs to launch an enourmous and very costly advertising/PR campaign to ensure maximum exposure. If they release a film in only one region first (invariably America if it's a Hollywood film), they can recoup some of their money and use it to fund the media blitz for it's next release (i.e. Europe). American Box Office results are also used as a barometer to gauge how hard a film should be pushed worldwide.
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Post by Kazuya_UK on Dec 10, 2003 8:38:00 GMT -5
It's a money issue: the films are hughly expensive, so the film studio needs to launch an enourmous and very costly advertising/PR campaign to ensure maximum exposure. If they release a film in only one region first (invariably America if it's a Hollywood film), they can recoup some of their money and use it to fund the media blitz for it's next release (i.e. Europe). American Box Office results are also used as a barometer to gauge how hard a film should be pushed worldwide. Absolutely true - with the Matrix Revolutions they knew the word of mouth would carry it more than anything, and they had already done a massive ad campaign for Reloaded. Anyone who saw Reloaded knew that Revolutions was coming, so there was no need to blitz the public in the same way again, meaning it wasn't too hard to release it simultaneously worldwide. As always, it comes down to the same thing unfortunately - MONEY. As for the film, I am definitely looking forward to it. I know a lot of people seem to hate Tom Cruise, and although he probably wouldn't have been the first person I would have thought of to put in the movie, I still think he's a pretty good actor. Hell, I enjoyed even MI:2 a lot (and I can be fussy about films sometimes), so I'm sure I'll get some enjoyment out of this one. Kill Bill still ownz though... I doubt anything will top that this year, although RotK will probably come close. Kaz |
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Post by Goukistar on Dec 10, 2003 14:45:40 GMT -5
It was also to make the lauch seem like an event - to give the film a seemingly even greater importance. It also helped prevent piracy and possibly - though noone involved would ever admit it - help limit the damage from negative word of mouth feared after the reception Reloaded got.
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Post by Kazuya_UK on Dec 11, 2003 6:37:40 GMT -5
Yeah true - doing stuff that hasn't really been done before = free advertising. Because it was being launched at the same time (not just same day) globally, most of the radio station here kept mentioning it, and it was printed about in the newspapers. That probably saved them a few thousand in advertising costs for regular ads, and people tend to pay more attention to that kind of thing... unlike regular ads where people tend to switch off and ignore them completely.
I don't think Reloaded was *that* badly received... the main thing was that it had been hyped for so long that no matter how the film turned out it was still likely to get panned. It always happens with anything that gets hyped up that much.
Kaz
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Post by Goukistar on Dec 11, 2003 23:26:56 GMT -5
Yeah true - doing stuff that hasn't really been done before = free advertising. Because it was being launched at the same time (not just same day) globally, most of the radio station here kept mentioning it, and it was printed about in the newspapers. That probably saved them a few thousand in advertising costs for regular ads, and people tend to pay more attention to that kind of thing... unlike regular ads where people tend to switch off and ignore them completely. I don't think Reloaded was *that* badly received... the main thing was that it had been hyped for so long that no matter how the film turned out it was still likely to get panned. It always happens with anything that gets hyped up that much. Kaz Or is that crap; Relaoded was so bad that I never once felt like going to see the final film. And by-the-by, Reloaded was quite poorly received by the critics. |
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Post by Kazuya_UK on Dec 15, 2003 5:26:55 GMT -5
It depends on whos review you read. There were more bad reviews than good ones, but then again, the original Matrix received a *lot* of poor reviews back in 1999. I can remember being very pissed off having seen the movie, and then seeing how many different magazines and newspapers blasted it. Anyways, I really like all 3 Matrix movies - there's never any point in paying attention to the critics or other people, and I'm glad I didn't with Reloaded  . Hell, if I had paid attention to what people were saying, I never would have played SNK Vs Capcom. Kaz |
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Post by Goemon on Jan 16, 2004 3:10:43 GMT -5
Some of yall still haven't seen this movie yet... Its mid January go see it now! I just happened to be thinking about the film today and i remember that most of you still haven't seen it yet... Do so now. ;D
Anyways im kinda interested if my fellow members enjoyed it as much as i did, though i respect the classic samurai films Akira Kurosawa (this movie inspired me to watch some of em agian) i really loved this movie just as much dispite what some critics have said.
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Post by Greg on Jan 17, 2004 12:40:25 GMT -5
Loved the movie. It really feels classic. I think they chose Tom Cruise as the right actor... the story is great. The action is really Braveheart style, but it's all not too violent ala Kill Bill flying limbs style.  |
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