Cloverfield Monster Revealed, SPOLIER!!!

[Darklord Dave]

The theater I was at yesterday had warning signs at the boxoffice about Cloverfield causing motion sickness. That would have been a great marketing tool if they'd played that up from the beginning.

And something dropping 70% off a holiday weekend isn't the same as a 70% drop between two standard weekends.

 

[BadMoon]

The theater I was at yesterday had warning signs at the boxoffice about Cloverfield causing motion sickness. That would have been a great marketing tool if they'd played that up from the beginning.

And something dropping 70% off a holiday weekend isn't the same as a 70% drop between two standard weekends.

When I went to go see Rambo they had the same types of warning signs here too. I bet some people wanted their money back.

 

[Reinhardt]

just saw it this past weekend and loved it!!!

yes, there were some aspects that were not believable, especially beth still being alive in her apartment, but overall, a great ride and an intense ride.

 

[IrishJedi]

Why wouldn't Beth still be alive? It was only an hour or two later and people have survived through much more and longer than that after going into shock.

The less believable aspect was that she still looked like a Maxim model.

 

[YoNoSe]

The less believable aspect was that she still looked like a Maxim model.

That's true. She definitely took her impaling better than I would have. But at least she didn't get all chatty like Trinity.

 

[IrishJedi]

That's true. She definitely took her impaling better than I would have. But at least she didn't get all chatty like Trinity.

Trinity. :emperor :emperor :emperor :emperor

 

[darthviper107]

Why wouldn't Beth still be alive? It was only an hour or two later and people have survived through much more and longer than that after going into shock.

The less believable aspect was that she still looked like a Maxim model.

It looked like it almost went through her heart. And then with all the struggle afterwards where she seemed like she was barely alive, and then suddenly she's running down the street.

Also, did anyone else think she kinda looks like Megan Fox?

 

[Darth Caedus]

It may have just been me, but I thought that the spike thing went through her shoulder, not her chest. She just couldn't pull herself off and thus she was stuck. She is extremly hot on October Road

 

[gideon]

from yonose

I don't think you can really say a movie "has no legs" when it's at #4 in week 2, and it's only $6 million behind the #1 movie.

The term "legs" is an industry term which means the film does well from one week to another and does not lose that much of its business. CLOVER lost 70% from week one to week two. If you look at almost any trade article on this weekends box office the drop was described in all negative terms such as "severe..... precipitous .... sharp" and other such terms all which mean they lost a huge chunk of the audience.

The fact is that Dusty and others like myself were right in predicting that this would not last. The audience for this is mostly the usual fanboy audience and once it is exhausted there is not much left.

Of course, its going to be profitable. When you make a movie for under 25 mil these days, its hard not to make money when you have a good opening weekend. Which again tells you why they filmed it in the style that they did. If they had filmed it in the traditional way, that film would have cost at least twice the budget maybe a lot more than that. It was a gimmick plain and simple. And one which has paid off.

 

[BadMoon]

from yonose



The term "legs" is an industry term which means the film does well from one week to another and does not lose that much of its business. CLOVER lost 70% from week one to week two. If you look at almost any trade article on this weekends box office the drop was described in all negative terms such as "severe..... precipitous .... sharp" and other such terms all which mean they lost a huge chunk of the audience.

The fact is that Dusty and others like myself were right in predicting that this would not last. The audience for this is mostly the usual fanboy audience and once it is exhausted there is not much left.

Of course, its going to be profitable. When you make a movie for under 25 mil these days, its hard not to make money when you have a good opening weekend. Which again tells you why they filmed it in the style that they did. If they had filmed it in the traditional way, that film would have cost at least twice the budget maybe a lot more than that. It was a gimmick plain and simple. And one which has paid off.

Gideon how can you be a fanboy of a movie that just came out? I mean how are people going to see the movie already fanboys before they actually see it?

 

[YoNoSe]

The term "legs" is an industry term which means the film does well from one week to another and does not lose that much of its business. CLOVER lost 70% from week one to week two. If you look at almost any trade article on this weekends box office the drop was described in all negative terms such as "severe..... precipitous .... sharp" and other such terms all which mean they lost a huge chunk of the audience. QUOTE]

I know what "has no legs" means, and it does not apply to movies in the top five after one week. I'm not saying you'll be wrong in the long run, because no one knows. I'm saying it's premature to say that after one week.
I really liked this movie, and I hope it does well, but I'm not going to argue box office as if that proves whether it's good or not.

 

[gideon]

YoNoSe
I am not arguing box office as a quality measurement of the film either.
I am merely pointing out that when the weekend box office was reported it characterized a 70& drop in business as something rather steep. The film showed no legs after its first week. I also pointed out that some here predicted this would happen.

It really is not important if the film was in the top 5 top 55 or top 1005. A 70% drop is what it is.

 

[gideon]

BadMoon

My use of the term fanboy was to describe a certain demographic that appeared to be the target audience of the film. I would characterize that as a combination of the aintitcool.com crowd, followers of slasher films, and the usual teen-age to early 20's male dominated ticket buyers. Is there something wrong with that? Is that inaccurate?

 

[IrishJedi]

That does not accurately describe the majority of the crowd that was at the theater when I saw it on Opening Weekend.

 

[tomandshell]

I saw it this weekend. Including me, I there were 11 people in the theater. Four of them were teenagers, one was in his fifties or sixties, and the rest of us were late 20's to mid-30's.

I was expecting more people to be in the theater, since it was the number one movie last weekend and this was only the second weekend it was playing.

 

[YoNoSe]

I don't know, I counted at least 4 legs on the thing. Maybe more.
Wakka wakka! :chew

 

[darthviper107]

It doesn't really matter if it starts doing poorly now, it has made like $70 million so far and since it only cost $25 million to make (not including advertising) I would say it's doing pretty well.

 

[BadMoon]

BadMoon

My use of the term fanboy was to describe a certain demographic that appeared to be the target audience of the film. I would characterize that as a combination of the aintitcool.com crowd, followers of slasher films, and the usual teen-age to early 20's male dominated ticket buyers. Is there something wrong with that? Is that inaccurate?

Yes I believe it is.

Fanboy (sometimes spelt fanboi) is a pejorative term used to describe an individual who is utterly devoted to a single fannish subject, or to a single point of view within that subject, often to the point where it is considered an obsession. Fanboys remain loyal to their particular obsession, disregarding any factors (often including logic) that differ from their point of view.

 

[gideon]

Badmoon - thanks for the correction. I guess I should have said "aintitcoolnewsboy". That would have been more descriptive.

 

[BadMoon]

Badmoon - thanks for the correction. I guess I should have said "aintitcoolnewsboy". That would have been more descriptive.

I just think your being unfair and disrespectful to people who liked it. I for one liked it. I don't consider myself a fanboy of anything. If you didn't like it that doesn't exactly make you an a$$ hole now does it.