Avengers is tracking through the roof… but they are still giving away one of the strongest action sequences online. Huh?
Is it just habitual now? Are they going to show us the movie before we get there and then make us pay to get out?
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“I have to imagine from Mr. Spielberg’s point of view, the paradigm shift in the 1970s was just the new “normal,” a “halcyon era” from which we are straying in the 21st century–because theatrical exhibition is tenuous (as it has been since the 1940s), the home video market has dried up and people are watching pirated movies on their phone. Spielberg’s coming-of-age era was for him the halcyon period that the 21st century “implosion” will cause to go “crashing into the ground.” But he is wrong. The market for movies is actually diverse and highly segmented–although from the top-down movie industry vantage point and media punditry you would not think this to be true. Would we really mourn for Mr. Spielberg or ourselves if Lincoln would have been made for cable or had played on public television? Is it bad for humanity that cable television is creating wonderful, resonant stories in long-form series that people want to watch at home on TV (or streamed onto their computer)? I don’t think so, but it is a paradigm shift and it might affect people’s theatrical moviegoing habits. Televisions in people’s homes have had that effect for seven decades–it is not a new phenomenon. As Art House cinema impresarios we need to focus on what WE can do at our theaters and in our communities. It is not productive for us to fret over what pundits say or about what well-meaning filmmakers like the Stevens–Spielberg and Soderbergh–say. We should fret about what we can do in our communities. What we can do to support filmmakers.”
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I don’t understand the point of your commentary. If it’s indeed tracking through the roof despite the decision to give scenes away…then apparently it doesn’t matter at all, and people will still go in droves. So good on the studio decision-makers, no? If it doesn’t bother them, then why does it bother you?
The deterioration of the movie going process continues through things like this. Almost as lame as showing critics or “select audiences” the first act of a movie. Stupid stupid stupid.
I really don’t get that one, Don. Every time the studios are so proud of a movie they have to screen 20 minutes of it, I dread it. “Oh, so when I see the whole movie, I can feel like 20 minutes of it is already tired?”
They do cut it off before it gets really good (when someone else joins the fight).
I’m actually surprised they’ve put out so little of the Hulk’s stuff.
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It doesn’t bother me. It’s just weird.
Like I wrote, it’s almost like they thought of it, put it on the schedule, and then forgot to cancel it… because taking “yes” for an answer it usually a good idea.
I don’t understand the point of your commentary. If it’s indeed tracking through the roof despite the decision to give scenes away…then apparently it doesn’t matter at all, and people will still go in droves.
Because that’s not accurate.
They’ve only been giving away the same few sequences, mainly third act – and adding or dropping bits of them as they go along.
This is a scene never shown before. When Cap gets involved is shown quickly in one spot, but they’ve never focused on Thor/Iron Man.
It’s pointless to treat more scenes like chum. After awhile, the tipping point for the audience reaction will become “all the good stuff is in the trailers”.
How long has Joss Whedon been Peter Stormare?
It’s very strange. Dr Strange even. The third act IS the film. Where it finally comes to life but somehow just feels like you’re watching a weird remake of T3. They’re saving the Hulk moments as they’re genuinely the only fun moments in the film.
cue IO
Hey Lady, you decided to grace us with your presence? http://assets0.ordienetworks.com/images/GifGuide/dancing/beyonce1.gif
and
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Now I can’t get that blues clues song out of my head. Thanks a lot.
Two heroes fighting each other? Sigh. I’d hoped that trope had died out in the ’80s.
I’m grateful they put this online because this is a great scene where some big strong mens start touching up on each other and getting all hot.
Has anyone seen _this_ before?
http://www.hometheaterforum.com/t/320364/a-few-words-about-digital-projection-in-the-wild#post_3921780
Casablanca isn’t good enough for WB to send a DCP on a Harddrive of it to theatres (like they do for first run), instead they send a 1080 satellite feed, and WB doesn’t care if the theatres don’t know how to switch their projectors to run B&W images, so A nice Magenta and Green image of Casablanca was ran across the country.
Ew, watching that clip would only make me wonder during which part did IO ejaculate. Or did he not finish in time and have to play it gain and accidentally finish when Joss Whedon was talking and be all like “oh fuck.”
It’s the same on TV, where now we get “teasers” for the scene coming up in one minute. Turning an already ADD addled media landscape into further idiocy.
Anghus, your point about this being a party. Read Perm’s bullshit up there and point out to me how that’s not disrespectful to one of Poland’s GUEST? Seriously Perm, go back to your editing bay and shitty up someone’s movie!