Thanks Michael

Anyway, I am sad to see The Motorcycle Diaries losing theatres again. I can't believe that a movie that opened with a $50,000+ PTA, great reviews and a good WoM never got more than 300 theatres...stupid Focus!

I think the WoM has actually been better than the reviews. Critics are often required to see certain films, where as, one who suspects a film to glamorize Che Guevara and has a real grudge against the guy will most likely avoid it ( *cough* box_2005 *cough*). I know it got a great reaction at theatres the two times I saw it

But, yeah, Focus is doing a uber crappy job of releasing the film. But, then again, it's also possible that theatres simply don't see it bringing in enough money and with the onslaught of new indie/oscar-bait releases, there's just not enough room in the megaplexes. The Indie/Limited Release theaters have kept onto it, which is a good sign...

Bloody good hold for Polar Express Cool count for Oceans Twelve too im happy.

Shame Blade: Trinity got more than 2,5000 :x

OMG, it is an all-time record

i think The Incredibles is going to lose quite a few theaters this weekend

I think the WoM has actually been better than the reviews. Critics are often required to see certain films, where as, one who suspects a film to glamorize Che Guevara and has a real grudge against the guy will most likely avoid it ( *cough* box_2005 *cough*). I know it got a great reaction at theatres the two times I saw it

But, yeah, Focus is doing a uber crappy job of releasing the film. But, then again, it's also possible that theatres simply don't see it bringing in enough money and with the onslaught of new indie/oscar-bait releases, there's just not enough room in the megaplexes. The Indie/Limited Release theaters have kept onto it, which is a good sign...

Not really. It doesn't glamorize his politics, but him as an early man who, unlike his counterpart, is not apathetic about wordly affairs, and, unlike most doctors, cares more for his patients than the inflow of money. In the trip itself, the only thing we can really like about Che is his subtlety and the few moments in which he speaks. And, of course, that's sufficient. But, the film does not, as many critics have tried to point out (IDJOTS!), go out of its way to glamorize his social ideology or him as a person. If you consider the document on which the film is based, the film isn't slanted but presents an image that was already present in the text.

Focus needs to work at it, but, you have to consider everything. A good studio can't automatically get a film in wide release; theater distribution is a dual relationship: it depends on the theater companies too. Also, I'm sure Focus has analysed the situation (because, don't you think your view would be obvious to them? I mean, they're paying guys to schedule and deal with distribution who should know more than you, me, or even Brandon Gray ) and, possibly, has come up with the conclusion that expanding isn't worth it because the film doesn't have many Oscar chances anyways. Focus could put more effort into the expansion, but it's likely that public interest itself isn't there (and, realistically, it never is when it comes to foreign films, sadly) and they'd end up losing more money...

I think you have to admit, though, that they did a fine job with Lost in Translation...