Well word of mouth always affects box office. That's where a "sleeper hit" comes from. It can also happen to a movie that's expected to be a hit. If two new movies come out one weekend and you can only go see one of them are you going to go to the one that all your friends like or the one they all say sucks.
True and if DS fandom were as large as, say, Star Trek, word of mouth would make a difference. But the fandom is not anywhere nearly that large and the word of mouth strength would be minimal People who are Johnny Depp fans and into vampire stories are going to be what makes or breaks this film. It would be wonderful if we, as a fandom, really had that kind of power but we do not.
I think alot of DS fans are going to turn out for this movie if it gets made. It they don't like it they will tell people. Many will walk into the theater thinking that DS should not be remade, why can't they leave the classics alone? Then they'll see a house that looks nothing like Collinwood?
Well, the fans who walk into the theater thinking the film should not be remade to begin with already have a prejudice and it's not likely they will like anything about the film.
I don't think that's being closed minded. The fact is whenever you remake, or whatever you care to call it, a classic there are iconic things that are expected that people look for.
I disagree. If a movie is being remade, I don't expect much to be the same except for the basic story and the characters. But that's just my expectation. I have gone to the theater and seen the same play done by different production companies and I don't have a problem with seeing " different" even though I have favored a certain production.
The original can never be redone to match what it was. The very fact the film is being re-done by new people puts the viewer on notice that some things will be different. If I were so opposed to anything being different, I simply would not go see the new film.
With DS one of them is the waves washing over the rocks in the credits, one is Collinwood. For me if the new movie opened with the waves then Seaview I'd be ready for just about anything. I'd be at Collinwood, it would be on a big screen, and it would be hard to bring me down after that. It may be silly but if you put a smile on my face in the first 10 mins. it gonna be hard to get it off.
If I felt that way, I'd just stay home. If the film isn't even going to get a chance I would not spend $10 to go see it. I'd spend it on the DS DVDs I didn't have or something else I knew I already liked.