Comments on: Good Summer/Bad Summer: Who Were The Victors & The Victims Of The Blockbuster Box Office This Year? https://staging2.theplaylist.net/good-summerbad-summer-who-were-the-victors-the-victims-of-the-blockbuster-box-office-this-year-20130812/ Fri, 13 May 2016 09:17:48 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Donella https://staging2.theplaylist.net/good-summerbad-summer-who-were-the-victors-the-victims-of-the-blockbuster-box-office-this-year-20130812/#comment-47767 Fri, 13 May 2016 09:17:48 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2013/more/uncategorized/good-summerbad-summer-who-were-the-victors-the-victims-of-the-blockbuster-box-office-this-year-94912/#comment-47767 I'd say this is a fair write-up Oliver. I'd add that Ryan Reynolds has skated by by holding the coattails of veteran costars such as Wesley Snipes, Sandra Bullock, and Denzel Washington and participating in ensembles such as Smokin Aces and Adventureland.

]]> By: Skywater https://staging2.theplaylist.net/good-summerbad-summer-who-were-the-victors-the-victims-of-the-blockbuster-box-office-this-year-20130812/#comment-47768 Fri, 13 May 2016 09:17:48 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2013/more/uncategorized/good-summerbad-summer-who-were-the-victors-the-victims-of-the-blockbuster-box-office-this-year-94912/#comment-47768 No problem with long movies if it's good.

]]> By: daniel https://staging2.theplaylist.net/good-summerbad-summer-who-were-the-victors-the-victims-of-the-blockbuster-box-office-this-year-20130812/#comment-47769 Fri, 13 May 2016 09:17:48 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2013/more/uncategorized/good-summerbad-summer-who-were-the-victors-the-victims-of-the-blockbuster-box-office-this-year-94912/#comment-47769 The international boom in 3d will almost certainly carry the technology through till the advent of glasses-free 3d, which is looking to make it's debut in the next couple of years. Whether haters of 3d admit it or not, the real problem is simply the hassle of wearing glasses; once the experience is just as normal feeling as 2d, I believe it will be largely preferable for audiences. In order for the medium to fully succeed, it has to be forgotten. Due to the price hikes and the hardware the audience has to wear, 3d puts itself in the position to be actively judged, even as you watch it, and it's distracting. It needs to become an utterly passive, integrated experience, the same way that color film did. If you look at the early color pictures, they are basically saturation porn, because people responded to the novelty; same with the phase of 3d we are in. Almost all complaints break down into a) I hate the glasses b) it's too in your face, or c) its so subtle, what's the point. The last two of which remind me of the Woody Allen line about the women at the Catskill resort: "the food at this place is terrible. And such small portions!"

]]> By: cineman https://staging2.theplaylist.net/good-summerbad-summer-who-were-the-victors-the-victims-of-the-blockbuster-box-office-this-year-20130812/#comment-47760 Fri, 13 May 2016 09:17:47 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2013/more/uncategorized/good-summerbad-summer-who-were-the-victors-the-victims-of-the-blockbuster-box-office-this-year-94912/#comment-47760 Nice to see mention of blockbuster bloat. Would be really good to see some stripped down, lean and cool storytelling again. The bloat suggests some writers/directors/execs have forgotten how to do this, or never learnt properly in the first place.

]]> By: Vidiot https://staging2.theplaylist.net/good-summerbad-summer-who-were-the-victors-the-victims-of-the-blockbuster-box-office-this-year-20130812/#comment-47761 Fri, 13 May 2016 09:17:47 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2013/more/uncategorized/good-summerbad-summer-who-were-the-victors-the-victims-of-the-blockbuster-box-office-this-year-94912/#comment-47761 "Crucially, it was also a lot cheaper than most animated pictures, with a production budget of around $75 million, which makes it apparently the most profitable film in the history of Universal."
Nope: AMERICAN GRAFFITI (to name one) cost about $800K and made about $110,000,000, which is more than a 100:1 ratio. DESPICABLE ME made ten times its budget, which is great… but not as big as George Lucas' 1973 blockbuster.

]]> By: Gobbledygook https://staging2.theplaylist.net/good-summerbad-summer-who-were-the-victors-the-victims-of-the-blockbuster-box-office-this-year-20130812/#comment-47762 Fri, 13 May 2016 09:17:47 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2013/more/uncategorized/good-summerbad-summer-who-were-the-victors-the-victims-of-the-blockbuster-box-office-this-year-94912/#comment-47762 Fair article Oliver, although I would have to differ of your assessment of Tom Cruise and Matt Damon having a bad summer. "Oblivion" did well overseas: enough to make it break even (and considering it was never supposed to be a potential franchise, Universal were happy with this result). Though perhaps it would have cleared well over $300 million had it been released at a different time of year (March? November?). WB isn't worried about "Edge Of Tomorrow"; if they were it wouldn't be opening in the middle of next summer. It has a more original and interesting concept than "Oblivion" that will appeal to a broader audience. Tom IS the money.

Damon, outside of Bourne, never really opens a movie above $30 million. Consider that "Elysium" is an original film, opening in the middle of a period of deep audience blockbuster fatigue. Could it have opened any higher out of the summer? Not by much. Flick only cost $115m anyway; with international dollar it will break even. Damon is somewhat bankable.

]]> By: Mark https://staging2.theplaylist.net/good-summerbad-summer-who-were-the-victors-the-victims-of-the-blockbuster-box-office-this-year-20130812/#comment-47763 Fri, 13 May 2016 09:17:47 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2013/more/uncategorized/good-summerbad-summer-who-were-the-victors-the-victims-of-the-blockbuster-box-office-this-year-94912/#comment-47763 Good to see that Star Trek Into Darkness wasn't mentioned once. A movie that deserves to be completely forgotten.

]]> By: JAB https://staging2.theplaylist.net/good-summerbad-summer-who-were-the-victors-the-victims-of-the-blockbuster-box-office-this-year-20130812/#comment-47764 Fri, 13 May 2016 09:17:47 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2013/more/uncategorized/good-summerbad-summer-who-were-the-victors-the-victims-of-the-blockbuster-box-office-this-year-94912/#comment-47764 "Destruction fatigue" is a really good way of putting what is beginning to really ail me about a genre of movies I typically love. I loved "Man Of Steel" but would I'd liketo see a cut of the movie that is actually shorter –less mayhem.
"Pacific Rim" definitely suffered from…DF? It's attempts at humor were howlingly bad. Those 2 actors as scientists came out of the JarJar Binks acting academy.
"Europa Report" is this year's "Moon". It proves that a small budget needn't sacrifice a sense of wonder, fine casting & real suspense. Don't let the "found footage" gimic turn you off (as it almost did me). This is very smart, often moving & totally cool sc-fi film.
Will see "Elysium" soon & looking forward to "Gravity".

]]> By: JAB https://staging2.theplaylist.net/good-summerbad-summer-who-were-the-victors-the-victims-of-the-blockbuster-box-office-this-year-20130812/#comment-47765 Fri, 13 May 2016 09:17:47 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2013/more/uncategorized/good-summerbad-summer-who-were-the-victors-the-victims-of-the-blockbuster-box-office-this-year-94912/#comment-47765 "Destruction fatigue" is a really good way of putting what is beginning to really ail me about a genre of movies I typically love. I loved "Man Of Steel" but would I'd liketo see a cut of the movie that is actually shorter –less mayhem.
"Pacific Rim" definitely suffered from…DF? It's attempts at humor were howlingly bad. Those 2 actors as scientists came out of the JarJar Binks acting academy.
"Europa Report" is this year's "Moon". It proves that a small budget needn't sacrifice a sense of wonder, fine casting & real suspense. Don't let the "found footage" gimic turn you off (as it almost did me). This is very smart, often moving & totally cool sc-fi film.
Will see "Elysium" soon & looking forward to "Gravity".

]]> By: JAB https://staging2.theplaylist.net/good-summerbad-summer-who-were-the-victors-the-victims-of-the-blockbuster-box-office-this-year-20130812/#comment-47766 Fri, 13 May 2016 09:17:47 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2013/more/uncategorized/good-summerbad-summer-who-were-the-victors-the-victims-of-the-blockbuster-box-office-this-year-94912/#comment-47766 "Destruction fatigue" is a really good way of putting what is beginning to really ail me about a genre of movies I typically love. I loved "Man Of Steel" but would I'd liketo see a cut of the movie that is actually shorter –less mayhem.
"Pacific Rim" definitely suffered from…DF? It's attempts at humor were howlingly bad. Those 2 actors as scientists came out of the JarJar Binks acting academy.
"Europa Report" is this year's "Moon". It proves that a small budget needn't sacrifice a sense of wonder, fine casting & real suspense. Don't let the "found footage" gimic turn you off (as it almost did me). This is very smart, often moving & totally cool sc-fi film.
Will see "Elysium" soon & looking forward to "Gravity".

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