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Current Talk '24 I / Re: Depp/Burton DARK SHADOWS Is In Release!!
« on: July 28, 2012, 04:18:32 PM »
I didn't check out the MSN thing when people mentioned it before because I wasn't in the mood to get aggravated - but I did check it out this time. Wow! About all I can do is
The really interesting thing when it comes to DS is that the vast majority of the comments totally disagree with the writer's opinions. One comment even suggests that the writer may just be too young to grasp how popular DS was and still is - and given how young a lot of these people writing for the Internet are, that's probably a fair assessment. Though youth is no excuse to say that the DS film "came and went from theaters so fast you'd think someone staked it through the heart" when that is so clearly not the case. But then, as I've said many times already, the people writing stuff like that wrote off DS long ago and have not paid attention since. They're living in their fantasy of how the film supposedly did rather than actually giving notice to how the film has really been doing. And sadly with them, films like The Tourist and DS probably have a lot of company when it comes to films that they've prematurely written off. Though what could be fascinating would be if someone was to confront the writer with the fact that a film that supposedly "came and went from theaters so fast" actually just made $1,652,140 in its 11th week in release. But then again, it would probably be a wasted effort because, if the writer doesn't care enough about what he writes to pay attention to how films are actually doing in theaters, he probably doesn't pay attention to the comments that disagree with him (particularly when they muddle the situation with little things like facts) because it's so much easier for him to live his fantasy.
And when it comes to the list in general, not that WB probably even gives a hoot what MSN writes, but it's interesting that WB has four of the supposedly worst films: Rock of Ages, The Lucky One, Joyful Noise, and DS. It's also interesting that Chloe Moretz starred in two of the supposedly worst: Hick and DS - and that Seth Grahame-Smith wrote two of the supposedly worst: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter and DS. But what's most interesting is that the worst list also includes The Lorax, which is one of the most successful and one of the top critics' best reviewed films this year. But then, when it comes to the latter at least, the writer is probably trying to prove he stands apart from what audiences and top critics like. Good luck with that.
78 days 11 hours 24 minutes 40 seconds since the Depp/Burton Dark Shadows has been in release(ET)!!
The really interesting thing when it comes to DS is that the vast majority of the comments totally disagree with the writer's opinions. One comment even suggests that the writer may just be too young to grasp how popular DS was and still is - and given how young a lot of these people writing for the Internet are, that's probably a fair assessment. Though youth is no excuse to say that the DS film "came and went from theaters so fast you'd think someone staked it through the heart" when that is so clearly not the case. But then, as I've said many times already, the people writing stuff like that wrote off DS long ago and have not paid attention since. They're living in their fantasy of how the film supposedly did rather than actually giving notice to how the film has really been doing. And sadly with them, films like The Tourist and DS probably have a lot of company when it comes to films that they've prematurely written off. Though what could be fascinating would be if someone was to confront the writer with the fact that a film that supposedly "came and went from theaters so fast" actually just made $1,652,140 in its 11th week in release. But then again, it would probably be a wasted effort because, if the writer doesn't care enough about what he writes to pay attention to how films are actually doing in theaters, he probably doesn't pay attention to the comments that disagree with him (particularly when they muddle the situation with little things like facts) because it's so much easier for him to live his fantasy.
And when it comes to the list in general, not that WB probably even gives a hoot what MSN writes, but it's interesting that WB has four of the supposedly worst films: Rock of Ages, The Lucky One, Joyful Noise, and DS. It's also interesting that Chloe Moretz starred in two of the supposedly worst: Hick and DS - and that Seth Grahame-Smith wrote two of the supposedly worst: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter and DS. But what's most interesting is that the worst list also includes The Lorax, which is one of the most successful and one of the top critics' best reviewed films this year. But then, when it comes to the latter at least, the writer is probably trying to prove he stands apart from what audiences and top critics like. Good luck with that.
78 days 11 hours 24 minutes 40 seconds since the Depp/Burton Dark Shadows has been in release(ET)!!