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The reason ?
Riotengine bought up all copies to resell on EBAY.
That basterd!
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Wonder if this will be another TOMORROWLAND situation. Glad I have mine!
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Very simply put: best score of the year so far! A fantastic throwback to his eighties stuff with a killer main title and great variations on it throughout the 85 min, magical and exciting. His best score in a looong time...
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Wonder if this will be another TOMORROWLAND situation....!
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...or JOHN CARTER
DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES...
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Last year's Matt Damon film THE GREAT WALL didn't even open in the U.S. until it had played most of the rest of the world, and only pulled in 14% of its $335 million gross in America. But the film was a hit overall, grossing double its budget.
International grosses are complicated. The Great Wall was actually a disaster, it lost $75 million. Here's an article that breaks down the revenue and the losses:
http://deadline.com/2018/03/king-arthur-geostorm-monster-trucks-the-promise-the-great-wall-box-office-losses-1202354934/
Here is where I am coming from.
My family (uncles and cousins) have a long history in the motion picture exhibition business.
I have several friends and acquaintances who work in theaters, in various capacities.
When I briefly worked at the United Artists regional office, my job was to report theater grosses for San Francisco houses.
SO, maybe you armchair studio execs care, but unless you have a financial stake in the outcome, DOMESTIC grosses are what is relevant.
Have a nice day?
bruce
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Apr 16, 2018 - 3:11 PM
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Coco314
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I have just read the book since many people said it differed from the movie. Well, the movie is vastly superior in my opinion, not only in making it more cinematic (the hero playing "Joust" or "Pacman" of re-enacting "Wargames" would have been quite boring), but also improving on characters and story (the book is Parzival centric to an absurd degree).
Plus the style is terrible, it's like it has been written not only for but also BY a 13 years-old. I now understand why so many people were reluctant toward the making this movie (plus given the fact that the trailers were not too great either), but in the end, it's a great popcorn flick.
As for the score I enjoyed it a lot. Sure, it's not a masterpiece full of unforgettable and memorable moments, but it's a very solid, multi-thematic effort, and the best Silvestri in years.The last minute of "Looking for a truck" is already one of the scorgasmic moment of the year.
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