FilmDistrict is Being Sued for Marketing ‘Drive’ Too Well
Everyone’s complained about misleading and overly spoilerific trailers at one point or another. They’re all annoying, but they’re trailers. We deal with them.
Well, at least that used to be the case.
Now one member of society who’s so fed up with studios selling their movies in a “bait-and-switch” fashion is taking this very, very serious matter to where it belongs: the justice system! What film provoked her to take such an action? None other than FilmDistrict’s critical and fanboy darling, Drive.
Sarah Deming has filed a lawsuit — which will soon be a class action lawsuit, apparently — against FilmDistrict and the theater she viewed the film at, Emagine Novi. To her great disappointment, the movie wasn’t Fast and Furious enough.
The original story is here (clickondetroit, via Dave Poland), but one of her complaints is that Drive featured “dehumanizing racism directed against members of the Jewish faith, and thereby promoted criminal violence against members of the Jewish faith.” That was my exact interpretation of Drive as well. Clearly director Nicolas Winding Refn didn’t make a slow-burn thriller, but a total dig at the Jewish community. It was all a little too heavy-handed, if you ask me.
Worst of all, I can’t decide who comes off looking worse in this story: the plaintiff or Emagine Novi. Providing refunds to patrons who didn’t enjoy the movie? That’s ridiculous.
OK this woman is just plain stupid....
Seriously!!!
https://www.filmschoolrejects.com/news/filmdistrict-is-being-sued-for-marketing-drive-well-jgiro.php
https://www.clickondetroit.com/video/29422658/index.html
I was expecting more from this movie. 5/10 for me.
I was expecting more from this movie. 5/10 for me.
I also agree that the jacket might be hard to pull off in 1:6 unless Kato or Rainman's tailor makes it, but then it'll probably end up being more expensive than the 1:1. Since I doubt we'll get a 1:6 custom I'm even more tempted now to order that Steady jacket.
I was expecting more from this movie. 5/10 for me.
your sig is brilliant.
haha thanks my brotha.
As for the shock and awe with my comment, I thought it would be loaded with 'driving' and car chases, yet we got like what....2 major chases?
I thought it was going to be more like Ryan O'neals 1978 movie The Drive and in some ways i.e. the actual driving part it was..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTpJuDsVyQE&feature=related
More of a love story then an out and out driving movie tho..
I enjoyed it.
Well I certainly think it is a nod towards The Driver however don't you?
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