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Michael wrote: Elektra's january release was the death sentence.
If they had moved it to maybe August not only would it have made more; it probobly wouldn't have been so critically slaughtered; however id also say that Elektras third weekend was basically destroyed by a snowstorm in the east coast which increased ALL drops. Its circumstances werent good; and bad buzz killed it at the last minute. I still think my friends and I were the only people to go out in that storm to see a movie :wink: In fact, we saw PHANTOM OF THE OPERA and ELEKTRA :razz:
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zingy
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The Island.
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Temujin
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Michael wrote: Elektra's january release was the death sentence.
If they had moved it to maybe August not only would it have made more; it probobly wouldn't have been so critically slaughtered; however id also say that Elektras third weekend was basically destroyed by a snowstorm in the east coast which increased ALL drops. Its circumstances werent good; and bad buzz killed it at the last minute. Or maybe it's because it sucked some MAJOR ass \:D/
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MovieDude
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Temujin wrote: Michael wrote: Elektra's january release was the death sentence.
If they had moved it to maybe August not only would it have made more; it probobly wouldn't have been so critically slaughtered; however id also say that Elektras third weekend was basically destroyed by a snowstorm in the east coast which increased ALL drops. Its circumstances werent good; and bad buzz killed it at the last minute. Or maybe it's because it sucked some MAJOR ass \:D/ Haha, here here! And I fail to see why people would have been any kinder to that horrid little shitfest in August rather then January. People don't get stupider in the summer. That movie was doomed the moment it went into production.
Personally, I thought Unleashed was up until I saw just how collosal a failure The Island was.
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andaroo1
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If anything, being released in August after Batman would have made Elektra look even worse.
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misutaa
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I think that Kung Fu Hustle wins the prize. They should have kept in as a limited release. I think that they really screwed up.
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Maximus
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Zingaling wrote: The Island. Yup. Biggest fuckup.
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Michael.
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I dont know why everyones screaming the island was a botched release. It had everything going for it. It just....bombed.
Elektra, however, did not have everything going for it..which is why it was a botched release.
But i appreciate that Elektra is actually one of the more artistically thought through superhero flicks in recent years. Even if its narrative and storytelling needed work. And Terrance Stamp was awful.
But Natassia Malthe was seriously sexy; and Jennifer Garner....well...
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Maximus
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 Michael wrote: I dont know why everyones screaming the island was a botched release. It had everything going for it. It just....bombed.
Elektra, however, did not have everything going for it..which is why it was a botched release.
But i appreciate that Elektra is actually one of the more artistically thought through superhero flicks in recent years. Even if its narrative and storytelling needed work. And Terrance Stamp was awful.
But Natassia Malthe was seriously sexy; and Jennifer Garner....well... What the hell? Elektra was NOT a *botched* release. The movie wasn't very good.
Now, The Island is *not* a bad movie. It's supposed to be pretty decent, actually. It is a bomb, yes, but that is because of hardly any marketing and a horrible, horrible release. WB fucked it up big time, Michael. You don't live here.... you don't know how there was NOTHING going for The Island.
A horrible release.... it was thrown around like a rag doll.
It's different when were dealing with 124m dollar films, too...
That's why it's the most botched release....
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zingy
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They spent over $100+ million for making the damn movie, but can't put a *little* more effort into the marketing? They screwed themselves.
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El Maskado
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I kind of agree with Michael in a way. Is it really the marketting thats supposed to be blamed for this. As I recall I didnt hear anyone really complain about the marketting 2 weeks ago when commercials for the movie have been airing for quite some time. I know sometimes its sort of easier to blame another department for it but I thought the marketting was ok. What exactly was missing from the marketting anyhow or did they screw something up big time? Also its hard to market a trailer if theres no voice over for it and I do remember some posters here mentioning that the money shots for the trailer got some great reaction. I just think that the Island got lost because it didnt feature a major star, didnt use the Bruckheimer name since he takes credit for all the successful action movies, and the name "from the creator of Armageddon" is very vague
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Harry Warden
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The marketing for 'The Island' featured too many random shots of action set-pieces without context. I agree that a voiceover for the trailer might have helped as it could have relayed the plot while the action was shown on-screen.
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mary
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El_Masked_esteROIDe_user wrote: I kind of agree with Michael in a way. Is it really the marketting thats supposed to be blamed for this. As I recall I didnt hear anyone really complain about the marketting 2 weeks ago when commercials for the movie have been airing for quite some time. I know sometimes its sort of easier to blame another department for it but I thought the marketting was ok. What exactly was missing from the marketting anyhow or did they screw something up big time? Also its hard to market a trailer if theres no voice over for it and I do remember some posters here mentioning that the money shots for the trailer got some great reaction. I just think that the Island got lost because it didnt feature a major star, didnt use the Bruckheimer name since he takes credit for all the successful action movies, and the name "from the creator of Armageddon" is very vague Many movies' trailers don't have voice over, but they still became box office hits.
However, overall, your analysis is very good. =D>
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