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Number X's ticket sales dropped 72%, from what I'm hearing. It may well be the first Trek film not to make it's money back in the domestic market.
It is the first Trek film that I haven't gone to see in the first week, and only the second that I didn't see on the first day of release. Right now, I have no plans to se it at a theater.
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People are fucking stupid. This is a good movie. Period. I hate to fucking see people who call themsevles fans say they "arnt going to see it". Makes me fucking sick.
And even if this one does 'flop', look at Star Trek V. Well, actually, look what came AFTER Star Trek V, Star Trek VI! One of the best Star Trek films came out only a few years after the worst one!
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"Nemesis" has not tanked yet. Even *I* haven't gone to see it yet -- I saw "The Two Towers" first.
Frankly, though I do want to see "Nemesis" in the theaters, I wasn't as eager to see it as LOTR, and so I'm waiting.
Maybe this nose dive will help convince those idiots in charge that they're running Trek into the ground? Because (1) Pitting a Trek movie against three heavy hitters (Bond, Harry Potter, and Two Towers) is not a good idea, and (2) people just aren't as interested these days.
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Well serves themselves right for releasing a movie in the face of several other similar-genre movies. Big movies. Now I know why it was delayed in Australia until January. And I heard a rumour - even longer.
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quote:Originally posted by Proteus: This is a good movie. Period.
What exactly is your definition of "good," Proteus? I won't post any details as this thread is labeled "no spoilers," but I'll just state that I was not as impressed with this movie as I had hoped. To quote a man who watched the same showing as I did, "It's not the first one they made, and it's not the best one, either."
One lady even commented, "I almost fell asleep watching that movie."
On the lighter side, there was a woman sitting behind me who kept asking her partner, "What's he going to do, now?" at certain points...followed by "Oh my!"
NOTE: Perhaps the audience's less-than-enthusiastic response to the film had to do with the 15(!) minutes of junk they showed at the beginning like Lego commercials and previews for quite too many action movies...
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quote:Originally posted by Ace: [QUOTE]Originally posted by Proteus:
NOTE: Perhaps the audience's less-than-enthusiastic response to the film had to do with the 15(!) minutes of junk they showed at the beginning like Lego commercials and previews for quite too many action movies...
Trailers and adverts are the best part of any cinema going experience. Fact.
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I don't mind when they show two, or maybe three if they're short. But, these days, fifteen minutes literally is about how long the previews last.
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I saw the movie at the openning day with a casual Trek viewer and both of us didn't like it. I didn't feel anything for the movie except when the Enterprise crashed into that other ship. This movie has no soul... even The Final Frontier had a soul when I watch it. I can't even think about buying this movie on DVD. Some people said that it has elements of Star Trek 2 in it. Fine. I don't mind that as long as it is executed well. I personally don't think the movie was executed well.
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I rather like the trailer for Warcraft III, the first time I saw it I thought it was an actual movie and not a PC game. Then I thought it'd make a bad-ass movie based on that level of CGI. Although if they ever did that, people would just call it a LOTR ripoff.
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quote:Originally posted by TSN: I don't mind when they show two, or maybe three if they're short. But, these days, fifteen minutes literally is about how long the previews last.
I like it when there's lots of trailers. It's really cool to get a look at a wide array of upcoming films, even if they're not ones you'd necessarily want to see when they actually come out. (My hat is off to the folks who assemble/edit trailers and teasers. It's amazing how they can make even what may turn out to be the worst movie look really good.) The trailers are sort of a tradition, too. That used to be even more of a big part of the cinema experience before TV advertising came about.
Plus, that extra wait causes you to get even MORE excited about the picture you're about to see.
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Also, trailers contain all the good bits of really bad films, so that you don't have to see them. Which is probably good.
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