WittyUsername Posted August 21 Share Posted August 21 1 minute ago, Avatree said: Wtf were they thinking? They honestly thought critics wouldn't notice made up quotes? My only explanation is that they were deliberately trying to stoke controversy to get people’s attention. “No such thing as bad publicity” and all that jazz. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudalb Posted August 21 Share Posted August 21 (edited) 3 minutes ago, Avatree said: Wtf were they thinking? They honestly thought critics wouldn't notice made up quotes? With Borderlands bombing big time, this fiasco, and "The Crow" not looking very promising, this has not been a good month for Lionsgate. I guess it was a really badly though out attempt to be clever. Edited August 21 by dudalb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric the Marxist Posted August 21 Author Share Posted August 21 This is like an episode of Nathan for You. Would love to know what the goal was using fake review quotes when you could just…find actual negative reviews at the time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudalb Posted August 21 Share Posted August 21 I am sure a few heads will roll at the Lionsgate Marketing Department over this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyB Posted August 21 Share Posted August 21 Lionsgate been on an all time run this year....Imaginary, Arthur the King, Ministry of Ungentlemanly Welfare, Unsung Hero, Ordinary Angles, Borderlands, Megalopolis, The Crow, 1992, The Killers Game, Never Let Go, Bagman, White Bird, Flight Risk, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. Strangers looks like the only movie that will do well and they quietly pulled the sequel from releasing this year. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpiderByte Posted August 21 Share Posted August 21 20 minutes ago, Avatree said: Wtf were they thinking? They honestly thought critics wouldn't notice made up quotes? I remember way way way back Spider-Man 2 got in trouble for using fake quotes in review promos. Which is super weird because that was very well reviewed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skim Beeble Posted August 21 Share Posted August 21 (edited) truly remarkable... Edited August 21 by Skim Beeble Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skim Beeble Posted August 21 Share Posted August 21 it insists upon itself lois... 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmlover Posted August 21 Share Posted August 21 They couldn't have just resurrected David Manning? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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dudalb Posted August 21 Share Posted August 21 (edited) 13 minutes ago, SpiderByte said: I don;t think there is a film in history , no matter how well received, that did not get some critical reviews whenit opened. With Coppola, I think part of it with Godfather was some critics though he had "Sold out" to the Hollywood establishment by making the Godfather; before that Coppola was considered one of the most promising American Avant Garde directors. It was OK for him to sell his skills a screenwriter for a commerical project like he did with writing Patton (and winning an Oscar for it) but directing a commerical film like the Godfather was beyond the pale for some of the critics. Film snobbery and contempt toward popular cinema was still a big thing among the :intellecutual critics at the time. And John Simon and Rex Reed both had reputations of being "Contrarians" anyway; that shitick was around a long time before Armand WHite came along. Edited August 21 by dudalb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Blaze Heatnix Posted August 22 Share Posted August 22 One of the bad reviews was actually a review for a Batman movie, lol. That's hilarious! XD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thajdikt Posted August 22 Share Posted August 22 I don’t understand what were they trying to achieve with the quotes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WorkingonaName Posted August 22 Share Posted August 22 Actually might see this for the Lols. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belakor Posted August 22 Share Posted August 22 For sure it was intended for both, making a huge scandal which is just free publicity and to mock the critics who will rate this low. This looks like a snooze fest, the type of movie you have to walk out because of the boredom. I hope I'm wrong because Coppola is one the greatest but we will see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vale9001 Posted August 22 Share Posted August 22 19 hours ago, WittyUsername said: My only explanation is that they were deliberately trying to stoke controversy to get people’s attention. “No such thing as bad publicity” and all that jazz. yeah of course is that and i think it will be a successfull strategy and could double the global box office from 10M to 20M. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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WittyUsername Posted August 23 Share Posted August 23 43 minutes ago, Eric Ripley said: So I guess it wasn’t intentional then. That just makes it even stupider. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krissykins Posted August 23 Share Posted August 23 10 minutes ago, WittyUsername said: So I guess it wasn’t intentional then. That just makes it even stupider. Even stupider stupider: they were AI too 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...