kayumanggi Posted December 1, 2012 Share Posted December 1, 2012 Nice Friday increase foe ROTG by the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
efialtes76 Posted December 1, 2012 Share Posted December 1, 2012 Nice Friday increase foe ROTG by the way.Yes,but this movie deserves much more!I saw today and is a beautiful movie. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travod Posted December 1, 2012 Share Posted December 1, 2012 I might see Flight tonight... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichWS Posted December 1, 2012 Share Posted December 1, 2012 I might see Flight tonight...I've been meaning to get around to that one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travod Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 I know. Like, I've been wanting to see it but every other movie is more important 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webslinger Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Seeing Flight at night? I speak from a position of firsthand knowledge when I say that's a pretty depressing experience. I thought the movie was very good, but a 140-minute drama about alcoholism doesn't exactly make for the best thing to take in before heading to bed.Moving back onto topic, it's a predictably slow post-Thanksgiving weekend at the box office. Twilight, Skyfall, and Lincoln are set up to be the top three movies for the third weekend in a row, and I wouldn't be all that surprised if it stays that way next weekend, albeit with the order changed.I'm surprised by just how low the CinemaScore for Killing Them Softly went. This thing was never going to connect with mainstream audiences, but an F? Even Drive got a C-. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackO Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Well not a completely disastrous weekend. SLP is looking to ave a pint sized drop compared to everything else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichWS Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Seeing Flight at night? I speak from a position of firsthand knowledge when I say that's a pretty depressing experience. I thought the movie was very good, but a 140-minute drama about alcoholism doesn't exactly make for the best thing to take in before heading to bed.I'm sure everybody is different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4815162342 Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Saw Flight today. Thought it was very good. I think the people who gave it mediocre reviews in the RTM forum were simply annoyed that the film was more of a character study than the trailer/commercials indicated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayumanggi Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Yes,but this movie deserves much more!I saw today and is a beautiful movie.Very true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayumanggi Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 The weekend after Thanksgiving is a slow one. I don't understand why some seem surprised or upset. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanboy Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 I'm surprised by just how low the CinemaScore for Killing Them Softly went. This thing was never going to connect with mainstream audiences, but an F? Even Drive got a C-.People. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladyevenstar22 Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 i saw flight 2 weeks ago i think in the afternoon, theatre is like a minute away from airport so that was fun knowing planes were taking off over your head every 10mn or so....i read michael crichton "airframe" about an airplane accident while onboard AA en route to orlando a few yrs back... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blenderbus Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 (edited) TerribleReally, an F? Edited December 2, 2012 by blenderbus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichWS Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 The F for Killing Them Softly doesn't surprise me at all. The marketing was a total bait-and-switch. People were expecting an action thriller, and got something else entirely. Someone on Twitter compared it to how they marketed The American two years back. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webslinger Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Oh, The American. What an awesome example of the "Never Trust a Trailer" trope in action. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJohn Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 At least FilmDistrict and Focus Features did a good job with those marketing campaigns. Those putted buts in the seats. Seats for Killing Them Softly have been empty so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichWS Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 What can you do? It's a bad weekend to open a movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJohn Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 (edited) Lies. The Last Samurai opened on this weekend with over 40M. Hollywood takes this bad weekends shit out of their asses. There is no bad weekend when your movie is appealing and audiences want to see it. Edited December 2, 2012 by CJohn 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichWS Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 A seedy crime thriller isn't quite a big-budget samurai movie with Tom Cruise at his peak, but you're ultimately right: The marketing wasn't great. They basically dumped it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
