At our theatre showing of WALL E, a clip with Steve Martin doing his horribly bad Inspector Clouseau served a a tedious "don't use your cell phone
alert". Not until the end of the horrible bit was it revealed that it was doubling as a promo for The Pink Panther 2. The audience reaction should have
been observed by the producers, then they could save some money by going direct to DVD.
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(07/02/08 2:30 AM) |
Today is only Yesterday's Tomorrow.
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(07/02/08 10:27 AM) |
I still say the worst trailer was for Head , with the fellows head being the only image, nothing about the Monkees at all.
And Steve Martin really is becoming annoyi  ng taking on roles in which
he is out of his depth. So far he has proven that hes no Phil Silvers, Peter Sellers , Spencer Tracy or Clifton Webb. Whats next Herman Munster to prove hes no
Fred Gwynne too.
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(07/02/08 10:43 AM) |
I heard he's slated for the big screen FLYING NUN, and I can tell ya, he ain't no Sally Field either!
My whole life I've been playing jacks with a square ball.
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(07/02/08 11:25 AM) |
In the clip (still don't know what to call it), his facial features were disturbing. It appeared his right eye had been pulled tight. Face lift?
Today is only Yesterday's Tomorrow.
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(07/02/08 12:32 PM) |
If this is the same trailer where he tries to buy a ticket to a sold out showing... then later rips through the movie screen... yeah, EVERYONE in the theatre
was totally silent... not even an uncomfortable giggle.
What the hell happened to the guy who gave us "L.A. Story" and that updated version of Cyrano with Daryl Hanna? But then, the latest Eddie Murphy flick "Meet Dave" looks like it's going to be about as lame as "Pluto Nash" was too. (basically taking the "Everyothing You Wanted to Know About Sex" sketch, and expanding it into a feature length film.) Every summer has it's blockbusters.. and it's dogs. Already "Speed Racer," "The Strangers," "The Happening" have all bombed. These two films aren't bolstering my confidence any. |
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(07/02/08 12:39 PM) |
bipolarber wrote:THE HAPPENING has earned back twice its production budget worldwide. THE STRANGERS has made over $50 million on a $9 million dollar budget. They're not exactly 'office water cooler' sensations, but they're doing just fine.
- Jeff
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(07/02/08 5:00 PM) |
If this is the same trailer where he tries to buy a ticket to a sold out showing
That is the one. I at first thought it was going to be a Silence Your Cell Phone clip they always show in the theatre. I never guessed there would have been a Pink Panther 2. You could sense the audience (a sold out WALL E showing) confusion. When the clip ended with the announcement of The Pink Panther 2, it was just silent. I never saw the Steve Martin Pink Panther, it looked so bad, and understood it did poorly. Where was the demand for #2?
Today is only Yesterday's Tomorrow.
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(07/02/08 6:31 PM) |
They probably shot a lot of footage ahead of time when they did the Pink Panther so they could do a sequel that even if it does badly on the big screen will
find a home in rentals. cable and free TV to the detriment of the Peter Sellers Classics. What a damn shame that would be.
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(07/02/08 7:35 PM) |
SteveZodiak wrote: It actually did fairly well--a little over $80 million at the U.S. box office. Not a blockbuster, but respectable. |
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(07/03/08 1:19 AM) |
It actually did fairly well--a little over $80 million at the U.S. box office. Not a blockbuster, but respectable.
I'm somewhat surprised at that.
Today is only Yesterday's Tomorrow.
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(07/03/08 10:43 AM) |
Yeah, I'm so out of the loop, I wasn't even sure the first film had been released.
Some time back I was watching a movie with my sister Linda and her friend Alice, and one of the trailers was for a Chris Rock movie. It was terrible - bad jokes, they seemed to pick random unfunny scenes from the movie, and it was even poorly edited. I groaned, but my companions just laughed and laughed. Some people have rotten taste. (I just posted a mini-rant in another thread so I won't repeat it here.) |
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(07/04/08 9:23 AM) |
The "all-time" worst trailer has to be that cheap cut-out animated one they did for VIDEODROME. Has a studio ever been more clueless on how to sell a film? |
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