I hope someone makes the Really Cheap Movies - What Went Right thread. It`s really greta that the audience is embracing these small movies which proved to be very different from each other. You have found footage starring nobodies and an action and old-fashioned horror starring underexposed genre icons. I think it`s a great trend.
Lol,wut? Nobody auditions for Marilyn singing that mega cliche Beautiful and gets a callback. No 20something chick who bangs her boyfriend would not know that when director calls you to his pad late at night it means couch casting. These are just two glarinlgy unrealistic, only-on-TV scenes that would never ever happen in real life.
She`ll be big even if the show tanks. She is really a multi-talent and extremly beautiful to boot.
Yeah and Dream House had Daniel Craig and two known actresses and it wasn`t a period movie.Big names don`t mean shit in horror genre where most successful movies are usually ones with total nobodies (PA, anyone?). That DR proved a draw is a great news for him but he wasn`t a sure thing. Not to take anything away from Chonicle but credit where it`s due. DR or not, it`s super popular fad genre vs something that worked in 60s.
Chronicle is found footage contemporary horror whatever that was meant to be #1 by default. TWIB is old-fashioned one. That TWIB is in photofinish with Chronicle is nothing short of a miracle. DR or not, that type of horror didn`t sell since The Others. So it`s a huge win for both movies.
Wow, fantastic for Chronicle and TWiB, doesn`t matter who ends up on the top, both are winners. Low budget, decent to good reviews, great opening numbers. So happy for DR. Didn`t expect him to open but apparently he is the driving force for this.