Melissa’s Predictions: Comic book fanatics either are still broke from seeing “300” or are saving up to see “Spiderman 3”. Things look grim for Ghost.
April 06, 2007
Pathfinder prediction
April Movie PreviewPathfinder: Another bare-chested, blood spattered historic epic based on a comic book, Pathfinder seems to be lacking some of the elements that made “300” a moderate hit. Starring Karl Urban, an action movie sidekick in all his previous roles, this film tells the story of a Viking who was stranded by his people during a raid and raised by a Native American tribe. When the Norsemen return, 25 years later, little Viking Eagle-Feather (actually called Ghost) is all grown up and ready for revenge. The acting, story, and film-making are all worse than “300”…even the washboard stomachs are less impressive.
Melissa’s Predictions: Comic book fanatics either are still broke from seeing “300” or are saving up to see “Spiderman 3”. Things look grim for Ghost.
Melissa’s Predictions: Comic book fanatics either are still broke from seeing “300” or are saving up to see “Spiderman 3”. Things look grim for Ghost.
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Writerfella here --
Well, well, well - 300 is a 'moderate hit'. How 'moderate' is a $187,907,000 domestic box office for an early-in-the-year movie release (as of 4/4/07 - new total coming 4/9/07)? It just may cross $200 million domestic after Easter weekend, considering that the film cost some $65 million to make and promote. Then there is the total of $128,200,000 as of 4/4 for the film's take in international release, bringing it to a combined box office total of $316,107,000. 'Moderate' then becomes the 'damned by faint praise' way of addressing that the film has made nearly five times its production budget since its release on March 9. Poor 300! It shortly may make one-half billion dollars worldwide and yet it only will be a 'moderate success'. Perhaps when PATHFINDER achieves a box office figure of similar means, it also will be reported here as yet another 'moderate success'. This has yet to be seen, of course, but it will be, as the two films are comparably constructed and marketed. AMPAS stands for The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, but one filmmaker once wisely asked, 'What arts? What sciences?' as movies are made as capital investment ventures more than they are intended to be artistic. Only those who have no personal effort or endeavor involved then believe that there are arts and sciences involved...
All Best
Russ Bates
'writerfella'
I reported on Apocalypto's box-office receipts and Oscar chances when these subjects were in the news. I'll do the same for any Native-themed movie, including Pathfinder, regardless of its quality.
In case you didn't realize it, I try to cover every aspect of Native Americans in pop culture, whether it pleases me or not. My occasional posting of David Yeagley's views should be enough to tell you that.
Writerfella here --
Find APOCALYPTO mentioned in writerfella's post for this article, and writerfella will mail you a cookie. This tactic is called 'deflection by diversion' but plainly without the keyword APOCALYPTO, it fails. Truth has a way of overcoming such a deflection and many times, it does not even have to try. 'Saving of face' is not the way CYA can be translated...
All Best
Russ Bates
'writerfella'
When you wrote, "Perhaps when PATHFINDER achieves a box office figure of similar means, it also will be reported here as yet another 'moderate success'," you cast my reporting into doubt. I informed you (and everyone) that I report on the good and bad of every Native-themed movie.
Apocalypto is a prime example of that, so I noted it as such. Repeat: I'll report on any Native-themed movie's box-office receipts or Oscar chances whether I like it or not.
Therefore, there's no need to use your weasel word "perhaps." There's no doubt about it; I will report any significant news about Native-themed movies, including Pathfinder. Just as I did with Apocalypto.
As for your ridiculous charge of "deflection by diversion"...deflection from what? The Pathfinder prediction? There can only be deflection if you actually addressed the topic. Since you barely mentioned Pathfinder while trumpeting 300's success, there's no deflection.
In other words, you're the only one who's off-topic here. In case you forgot, the topic is Pathfinder, not 300. Next time try sticking to the topic at hand.
Writerfella here --
Find that PATHFINDER does NOT appear in writerfella's post, and he will mail you TWO cookies. And perhaps is not a 'weasel word'. Rather it is a futurist's keyword to couch a prediction that could goeither way. Odds however are toward the positive, rather than the negative which almost always are the direction of your words, Rob. Fortunately, the release date of PATHFINDER is far enough ahead of the 'archiving' of this item that news, good or bad, can be posted for all to see. writerfella is enough of a bingo player to realize that positive results occur more often than do the most negative predictions, if only because realities weigh far more than does negative fantasizing. It is not logical, but it is most often true...
See ya on this topic Monday, April 16.
All Best
Russ Bates
'writerfella'
Pathfinder opens April 13, so look for more comments April 12. (As you may or may not know, critics often review a movie a day or two before it opens.)
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