Comments on: It’s Mostly Official: ‘The Road’ Not Coming Out Til Feb Or March 2009

By: rodrigoperez

rodrigoperez — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 19:52:00 +0000

This won’t lead to less Oscar Baiting and more Transformers. It’s all about politics (in the Dreamworks/Paramount case of the Soloist) and money in the case of “The Road.” The Weinstein’s can only afford to mount so many Oscar campaigns and with the Road perhaps not being Oscar-baity enough (that’s prolly what the “commercial” suggestions mean), not ready and maybe not that Oscar-worthy, so they have to count their losses and release it at a time that it’ll be profitable.

It’s probably more emblematic of the economy right now. Movies cost a shitload to make and a shitload to market. Then an oscar campaign on top of that? that’s like marketing the film twice.

By: Chadams

Chadams — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 16:12:00 +0000

I’m not going to be a doomsayer, but I’m just going to put out my early prayers that this doesn’t lead to less Oscar-baiting fare and more Transformers. Bad enough that the indie film industry’s a harder strait to navigate than it ever was.

By: cirkusfolk

cirkusfolk — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 03:26:00 +0000

Alright then, new top 5 movies to see this season are: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Australia, Milk, Revolutionary Road, and what the hell, Quantum of Solace, although the shot in the trailer following Bond and the badguy through the glass roof of a building turns me way off. Slumdog Millionaire should bump Quantum, but i’d have to see a trailer. Too bad for The Road.