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[The Futurist]

Ratatouille is a fantastic movie.

 

Bird was so happy and giddy when he learned that the movie was the number one hit in France in 2007.

He said the movie was his love letter to french culture.

And Tomorrowland had a big french moment too.

[kowhite]

Actually no release date has been announced for Incredibles 2, so Bird can make three more movies between now and Incredibles 2 for all we know.

Not with how long it takes to make movies like that.

Bird ain't Spielberg.

[Fancyarcher]

Bird's probably hoping he gets an opportunity to direct a Star Wars spinoff film.

[The Futurist]

Not with how long it takes to make movies like that.

Bird ain't Spielberg.

 

But the Berg ain t human.

He doesn t count.

[The Futurist]

Bird's probably hoping he gets an opportunity to direct a Star Wars spinoff film.

 

I read his Twitter and he keeps rambling about the the near end of original blockbusters.

 

He even called out a twitter user that was saying the Star Wars trailer was amazing because it was teasing the movie well without revealing anything and Bird responded : " They don t need to show anything, it s Star Wars"

Edited May 30, 2015 by The Futurist

[Ethan Hunt]

This thread is one of the most dead things I've seen in a while

[kowhite]

I read his Twitter and he keeps rambling about the the near end of original blockbusters.

Well, he's partially right.

Thanks Brad, it's all your fault!

[Fancyarcher]

I read his Twitter and he keeps rambling about the the near end of original blockbusters.

 

He even called out a twitter user that was saying the Star Wars trailer was amazing because it was teasing the movie well without revealing anything and Bird responded : " They don t need to show anything, it s Star Wars"

 

That was before Tomorrowland bombed though.

Edited May 30, 2015 by Insidearcher

[kowhite]

That was before Tomorrowland bombed though.

"They don't need to show anything, it's Tommorwland"

Words NOBODY said.

[Fancyarcher]

I really enjoyed Tomorrowland myself, but even I realize the marketing for the film was a mess. Good or bad reviews, you still need to get moviegoers excited to go see the film. The marketing for Tomorrowland clearly failed to do that.

 

The mystery box approach to marketing literally rarely works, and if what I've been told is true, then the people in charge of marketing the film, were not exactly the smartest people in the world.

Edited May 30, 2015 by Insidearcher

[TalismanRing]

"They don't need to show anything, it's Tommorwland"

Words NOBODY said.

 

Forget it kowhite, it's Tomorrowland.

[kowhite]

I really enjoyed Tomorrowland myself, but even I realize the marketing for the film was a mess. Good or bad reviews, you still need to get moviegoers excited to go see the film. The marketing for Tomorrowland clearly failed to do that.

 

The mystery box approach to marketing literally rarely works, and if what I've been told is true, then the people in charge of marketing the film, were not exactly the smartest people in the world.

The trailers for this movie made it pretty clear to me...they had no idea how to sell the movie.

And Ima be honest...I think that's not the marketing folks fault.

[Fancyarcher]

The trailers for this movie made it pretty clear to me...they had no idea how to sell the movie.

And Ima be honest...I think that's not the marketing folks fault.

 

It is and it isn't, depends on how you approach it. Plenty of awful or poorly received non sequel films have opened well thanks to great marketing and advertisement.

Edited May 30, 2015 by Insidearcher

[TalismanRing]

I really enjoyed Tomorrowland myself, but even I realize the marketing for the film was a mess. Good or bad reviews, you still need to get moviegoers excited to go see the film. The marketing for Tomorrowland clearly failed to do that.

 

The mystery box approach to marketing literally rarely works, and if what I've been told is true, then the people in charge of marketing the film, were not exactly the smartest people in the world.

 

It's the old -- "Do you want some people to be surprised? Or do you want a lot of people actually in the theater?" conundrum.

[The Futurist]

"They don't need to show anything, it's Tommorwland"

Words NOBODY said.

 Found it.

 

Brad Bird ‏@BradBirdA113  21 avr.

Voir la traduction

Brad Bird a retweeté Chandler Desrochers

They don't have to. It's Star Wars. Everyone is already sold.

Brad Bird a ajouté,

Chandler Desrochers @YellowCranePr

@BradBirdA113 The marketing for Star Wars is great because they're showing us a lot of cool stuff without showing us anything.

[Blankments]

Bird just over-complicated what should have been a simplistic futuristic world

He also targeted the #1 thing most genre fans love nowadays along with a super overcomplicated plot, alienating both the geeks and the kids

[Fancyarcher]

It's the old -- "Do you want some people to be surprised? Or do you want a lot of people actually in the theater?" conundrum.

 

Presumably I'd think studios would want the second of those, but apparently when it came to Tomorrowland that was not the case.

[DeeCee]

The Interstellar shot in San Andreas was a wonderful homage.

[Blankments]

Seriously Disney

 

You gave Lone Ranger, John Carter, and Tomorrowland a combined 655M in budget, and yet you can't afford to give Turteltaub 120M for a National Treasure 3?

[MrPink]

The Interstellar shot in San Andreas was a wonderful homage.

 

Tell me more about this.