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Thanks for sharing that personal information...NOT. :-O
btw:- No box office, means no films to go and enjoy. :)
I must go and see this bleedin film soon, before everyone tells me about the story and the other details!
I must go and see this bleedin film soon, before everyone tells me about
That's because in the pre internet days, BO info was generally not available to the public, and one may of only seen figures when a film trade article in a paper, on the years top earners.
But, it does seem in today's world that many people are fascinated by the earnings of films, its like a sort of competition, and there are scores of box office sites on the net, and the film media sites, particularly in North America are so engrossed by BO, and are always discussing whether a film will be a hit or a miss.
Yes, i do realize that SW could make a lot less money, than what it is expected to make, and still be profitable.........but anything other than a stellar gross, would be judged a disappointment.
Your comment about the 'fans doing the fretting for them' is absolutely bang on. I've been saying similar for a while. The last 5 years has seen the spin surrounding box office accelerate. It's partly because the once largely unattainable $1bn holy grail is now quite achievable had has been installed as the consistent narrative for each and every franchise blockbuster. The studios no longer have to do any work because slavering fan boys are more interested in besting rivals at the tills than on the screen.
This obsession with gross is setting a dangerous precedent, even within the industry. Personally I thought Jurassic World was a weak film, a rehash, but its enormous haul has resulted in the gifting of SW:EP9 to Colin Trevorrow. I can think of a hatful of directors who would work wonders in that universe, but money talks.
619 200 admissions on Wednesday for STAR WARS (also less admissions than EP III 641 799 in 2005)
850 297 admissions for SPECTRE (on its opening day)
Some people are measuring films quality by this and Trevorrow getting Episode 9 on the back of Jurassic World is worrying considering the ballsy choice of Rian Johnson for episode 8.
I didn't mind JW but it was nothing mind blowing, that being said Jurassic Park has always been a vastly overrated film that people get wet over just because of the advance in SFX, yeah they do look great but seriously the acting is sub standard and the reworking of Crichton's novel is so lame. I like it for entertainment but I can't believe it's been put over the likes of Close Encounters when charts are compiling Spielberg's best films, it's Jaws all the time and not some Oscar bait before anyone starts.
TFA was so much better an experience that JW because it's got heart and soul and we care about the characters. Yeah they repeated many beats from Episode IV, V VI but the momentum of it all carried it along, no it wasn't perfect and in my ranking it's a little early for it to leap Jedi. It's the weakest of the OT but I think TFA's nicking moments from the OT see's it lose points. My ranking would be.
1. The Empire Strikes Back
2. Star Wars*
3. Return of the Jedi
4. The Force Awakens
I'll stop there because I've wiped the other films from my memory and have no desire to watch them again so there is no reason to do anymore ranking.
*Edited because Birdleson has a very good point!
I don't mean us the viewing public would judge the film as a disappointment if the BO grosses weren't stellar, but the money men would.
Yes, of course you are right, as people we want to see the best film possible, as we want to be entertained, but really since the 80's the film studio's have got into this sequel thing, that if a film makes a decent amount of money, then the money men order more sequels, in the hope of coining in more cash, though usually we as viewers get inferior films to see.
It just seems to be the way of things, nowadays.
On another topic regarding SW. Did George Lucas really have in his mind a set of stories in the 70's as prequels to the original film, and if so why the hell did he start off with the 4th episode, because in the long run, it has screwed things up a bit, the way he has done it.
-The Empire Strikes Back
-Star Wars
-Return of the Jedi/The Force Awakens (I agree with you @Birdleson)
-The Phantom Menace (liked it apart from Jar Jar. Darth Maul rules)
-Revenge of the Sith
-Attack of the Clones (freaking poorly written & acted love garbage in the middle kills it for me, along with Hayden)
Thanks for that, i thought that would be the case, now i can go and buy a ticket for the film.
:)
The opening scenes are great. I think Kylo ren is also a villain with terrific potential.
Revenge of the Sith?
Glad to see it above the other two prequels; always have really liked Revenge of the Sith personally. We have the same bottom two.
1. The Empire Strikes Back
2. The Force Awakens
3. A New Hope
4. Return of the Jedi
5. Revenge of the Sith
6. Attack of the Clones
7. The Phantom Menace
Like @Birdleson and others I have always called it this, but wasn't born until 84. As with Bond it's something I've watched obsessively since around 1987/88 on VHS, but I have no recollection of how it was billed in those days, but to me it was always SW. It may be perhaps that my father and grandfather referred to it as such, but one memory that is clear as day is that school time chats with friends were always based around which was better, 'Star Wars' or 'The Empire Strikes Back'. It could only have been late 90's when I heard people referring to it as ANH. That title still never registers with me and never will. In my mind that just isn't its name.
I don't remember the original being widely referred to as "A New Hope" back then either. I 'm pretty sure its the prequels that really gave that title a meaning and significance. Star Wars was no longer the name of a film but the name of a series.
Can anyone imagine Dr No originally being titled "James Bond" or "The Adventures of James Bond" back in 1962 and then it being re-titled years later?
Sadly, I only could see it in Spanish... I thought
1. Return of the Jedi
2. A New Hope
3. Empire Strikes Back
4. Force Awakens
5. Phantom Menace
6. Revenge of the Sith
7. Attack of the Clones
Just a thought