JonathanLB
Nov 5th, 2000, 07:06:16 PM
Gee, I seem to remember having some conversations with some people who obviously still do not understand the box office too well and these unnamed people said Charlie's Angels wouldn't do too well.
Now, that's really interesting, because anyone who has followed the box office since The Phantom Menace should CERTAINLY have enough common sense to understand why a movie like Charlie's Angels will easily clear $100 million.
$40.5 million opening weekend means that it would have to demonstrate the worst staying power in the history of the box office not to make $100 million. NO movie ever debutes above $40 million and fails to crack $100, so that's case closed.
Some of you guys even were saying how sorry you thought the trailers looked, damn, talk about retarded. Those trailers ruled, anyone not totally excited about a movie with action directed by Yuen Woo Ping and featuring stars like Barrymore and Diaz in an action movie with Bill Murray must have NO PULSE!
Charlie's Angels was excellent, absolutely the best type of escapist fun. It wasn't a masterpiece, but it was a solid 3.5 star movie that seemed to go by even faster than its 90 minute running time. The pacing was perfect and there was action throughout, which really is the way it SHOULD BE. No movie that has even ONE action sequence should ever use this stupid plot structure where you sort of have a big action sequence, dick around for 50 minutes, then have some more action, dick around some more, then one final action scene.
That is the way a HACK would direct his movie, a good action movie MUST be action throughout the entire movie, and Charlie's Angels delivered.
Charlie's Angels will bomb? Gee, who on this forum said that to me again? I won't mention names, but I guess I was right once again. It's like someone saying "Little Nicky will bomb!" Well, yeah the movie looks really stupid, but so are other Adam Sandler movies and they all seem to do JUST fine! ($160 million each lately). Little Nicky really looks sorry, though, but I still think it will probably clear $25 million during its opening weekend.
Come on, if you couldn't see this coming with Charlie's Angels, there is NO HOPE for your box office predicting skills. Nevertheless, I'm just giving you a hard time, it's all good, but don't forget this experience! :)
Better luck predicting next time, but don't worry, it's just a game.
:) :) :)
Now, that's really interesting, because anyone who has followed the box office since The Phantom Menace should CERTAINLY have enough common sense to understand why a movie like Charlie's Angels will easily clear $100 million.
$40.5 million opening weekend means that it would have to demonstrate the worst staying power in the history of the box office not to make $100 million. NO movie ever debutes above $40 million and fails to crack $100, so that's case closed.
Some of you guys even were saying how sorry you thought the trailers looked, damn, talk about retarded. Those trailers ruled, anyone not totally excited about a movie with action directed by Yuen Woo Ping and featuring stars like Barrymore and Diaz in an action movie with Bill Murray must have NO PULSE!
Charlie's Angels was excellent, absolutely the best type of escapist fun. It wasn't a masterpiece, but it was a solid 3.5 star movie that seemed to go by even faster than its 90 minute running time. The pacing was perfect and there was action throughout, which really is the way it SHOULD BE. No movie that has even ONE action sequence should ever use this stupid plot structure where you sort of have a big action sequence, dick around for 50 minutes, then have some more action, dick around some more, then one final action scene.
That is the way a HACK would direct his movie, a good action movie MUST be action throughout the entire movie, and Charlie's Angels delivered.
Charlie's Angels will bomb? Gee, who on this forum said that to me again? I won't mention names, but I guess I was right once again. It's like someone saying "Little Nicky will bomb!" Well, yeah the movie looks really stupid, but so are other Adam Sandler movies and they all seem to do JUST fine! ($160 million each lately). Little Nicky really looks sorry, though, but I still think it will probably clear $25 million during its opening weekend.
Come on, if you couldn't see this coming with Charlie's Angels, there is NO HOPE for your box office predicting skills. Nevertheless, I'm just giving you a hard time, it's all good, but don't forget this experience! :)
Better luck predicting next time, but don't worry, it's just a game.
:) :) :)