By: Roger Hsieh

Roger Hsieh — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:11:18 +0000

Great post Freddy. Always educational and entertaining.

By: genine tillotson

genine tillotson — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:27:22 +0000

Hey, I had the same reaction watching Julie and Julia in a near empty theater. Yet another vehicle for the totally over-exposed Meryl Streep and the utterly uninteresting Julie Powell as played by Amy Adams (possibly the most forgettable actress of all time).
Do I date myself if I recall going to see Pink Flamingoes at a university theater at Princeton, way back when John Waters was truly not mainstream. Same marketing idea, very big cult following, still bizarrely hilarious. The nice thing was that Pink Flamingoes (with its beyond X content) was never transitioned to mass-distribution. I think of these sorts of movies like Zap Comics, precious because they cannot ever be mainstream 100 million dollar monsters.
Freddy, I say make a comedy-horror film. then no one will care if they ever leave the bedroom, their house, or LA.
But do check out the indie film, Long Distance http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0425206/ with a weird, somewhat inconsistent script but well-acted and compelling, although you will say, “huh?” at the end. I only mention it ’cause I know the guys who wrote it, and it takes place within a confined space, rather like Sorry Wrong Number. Whew, I need to get a life today…

By: Saba K. Washington

Saba K. Washington — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:56:54 +0000

Well Freddy, I must say that this is another well written post. My response to this one is, “Marketing does drive sales” -

By: Daneboe

Daneboe — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:08:04 +0000

You hit it on the head Freddy. This movie had its moments, but was hyped way too much. I, like you, am much more impressed with the marketing than the actual movie itself.

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