RichWS Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 "Cash grab" is fun to say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecstasy Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 Does that mean CA: TWS was saved by os numbers too? Hey leave CA:TWS out of this. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TServo2049 Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 (edited) Um...Wardrobe WAS published first. The Magician's Nephew was a prequel, it was the next-to-last Narnia book Lewis wrote. Same deal with The Horse and His Boy, it was a "midquel"/"sidequel" between Wardrobe and Caspian, written after The Silver Chair. Edited November 23, 2014 by TServo2049 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyGossamer Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 The idea was genius. It was a religious/conspiracy thriller. It's my favourite genre by far. Dan Brown is a genius and Tom Hanks was fantastic, even though I liked Angels and Demons more. Fun, hokey Scooby Doo vibes. I liked them too. Downright hilarious in spurts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 there are different levels of cashgrab though, i'm pretty sure when anyone uses the phrase cashgrab they think the product is at "fuck you, you'll see it" level. it's pretty easy to understand. When a film is made, there are hundreds of people who works 1000's of hours on the film. There has to be a level of commitment to that. That doesn't scream apathy to me, it means that there is passion behind what they are doing. A film like The Shining or Interstellar is just as much a cash grab as a film like the fourth part of any franchise,. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethan Hunt Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 This is the last weekend thread on this forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bapi Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 However looking into the past there were non blockbuster films that made insane amounts of money. Like imagine a 2.5 drama like The Firm making over 300 domestic today? OR a story about a Divorce (Kramer vs Kramer) making 350 million? Funny... also Jerry Maguire over 280m, There's Something About Mary 300+. No chance these movies would make any money now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mango Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 "Cash grab" is fun to say. It is more fun to actually do. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 Fun, hokey Scooby Doo vibes. I liked them too. Downright hilarious in spurts. Only if you don't know the source material it's based on. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolioD1 Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 Only if you don't know the source material it's based on. yeah, the books are even funnier. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FTF Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 That's not true at all. How do you know that the studio cares about the quality of the film? All they want is the money that comes with it. I don't see why it can't be (rightfully) said that studios want both a quality movie and for that movie to make money...which is true. Quality and gross usually go hand in hand anyway, so this is not a either or scenario. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lab276 Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 The Artist is a cash grab. So is ET So is WallE So is every film in the history of film. Hollywood is a business. True and I agree, but there's something about the whole splitting thing that feels a lot more cynical then if they had just done one film. I know it's a business, and it makes total business sense. But it's also a creative business and the creative part takes a step back more than normal in this instance (and some others). I think that's another factor driving people away from movie theatres, the cynicism is more transparent. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lab276 Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 I don't see why it can't be (rightfully) said that studios want both a quality movie and for that movie to make money...which is true. Quality and gross usually go hand in hand anyway, so this is not a either or scenario. Quality is hard to put in the formula. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
75Live Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 Only if you don't know the source material it's based on. You mean the book, the Holy Blood and the Holy Grail 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Jedi Master 007 Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 The Artist is a cash grab. So is ET So is WallE So is every film in the history of film. Hollywood is a business. Every film is made to make money, but certain films take big risks that make it harder for them to make money. Anything that Kubrick and Scorsese did/do fall into that category, imo. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 You mean the book, the Holy Blood and the Holy Grail It's one of the most pedantic books I've ever read, but it's fascinating nonetheless. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayumanggi Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 Hey leave CA:TWS out of this. Ha ha. It's the Marvel film I enjoyed the most. Now what? lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TServo2049 Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 (edited) You mean the book, the Holy Blood and the Holy Grail You mean the book whose co-author filed a lawsuit against Brown? The book that, from what I understand, doesn't fully say what the characters in the book say it says? Edited November 23, 2014 by TServo2049 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecstasy Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 Of course it is. Only biased people would say otherwise. No franchise constantly makes 1B if it's not beloved. I think we sometimes let our personal likes and dislikes cloud our objectivity about box office. Transformers even re-booted made a billion dollars. If a significant chunk of the public doesn't love Transformers then I don't know what love is. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avatree Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 That's not true at all. How do you know that the studio cares about the quality of the film? All they want is the money that comes with it. I think we have different ideas of what the term "cash grab" means. Coolio is right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
