What?
The post said very clearly "If it were a movie about Nicola Tesla, Hewelet and Packard (the founders), Fairchild, etc... Would it make that much money? Don't think so..."
That doesn't need sarcasm and you are basically saying the same thing.
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'Steve Jobs' Film Debuts Impressively in Limited Release
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The post said very clearly "If it were a movie about Nicola Tesla, Hewelet and Packard (the founders), Fairchild, etc... Would it make that much money? Don't think so..."
That doesn't need sarcasm and you are basically saying the same thing.
Yeah, I think the same way. I only go now to the movies if it is a film I am really anticipating and is visually stunning to deserve seeing on a huge screen. Honestly, because of the high prices the movie experience I much rather wait to watch it at home at a fraction of the price.
Unless it is kids movies that sometimes I break this rule so my two boys can enjoy the experience.
Nowadays, I maybe go two or max three times for myself to the movies per year. That's about it.
Very smart. A movie about Jobs has been done 2 or 3 times? (not documentaries). Just like the article says, it will create buzz.
Is it a slow news day today? I mean this is the only new story since Saturday and Monday is nearly over? must be some more news out there, rather then yet another Jobs film?
Although it might be good, I thought the film about Facebook, The Social Network, would be rubbish until I watched it and was pleasantly surprised by a good film with good acting.
Although it might be good, I thought the film about Facebook, The Social Network, would be rubbish until I watched it and was pleasantly surprised by a good film with good acting.
Oh, shoot, another SJ film article. Steve's afterlife notification system is going to be buzzing with mentions of his name.
Can't we just let him rest in peace?
Why can't we just let Christopher Columbus rest in peace?
I think we are more annoyed with other people these days. We go to our phones for information and movies and music.
At our house I have a stack of movie tickets I got at work as recognitions. I can't even give them away to my kids. They would just rather watch something on their phones or MacBooks. I think we've only gone to the theater (and there are 20 screens 5 minutes from us) about once in the last 6 years.
I don't think people like to be cooped up with others. And we can't turn on our phones without annoying others, but then find others on their phones annoying us, or we anticipate someone's phone is going to go off during a movie...
In our house we are fortunate to have a 73" TV, but we still go to our laptops and phones to watch stuff. Because we have total control and can take the movies with us...to the kitchen or...
And if we don't like a movie, like how I felt about Jurassic World, it wasn't worth it to walk out (even though we had free tickets). And the other members of the family wanted to see it, and we may as well have sat there and watched it, but if we were at home...we can just turn it off...
Total control...
Amongst otherw, two reasons:
- 400 inch > 40 inch
- A theater is a social gathering space where you can share with alikes
IDK - at home it's easy to just walk away from that POS. At a theater, it's kind of hard to arrange for everyone to collectively walk out of a movie, so you're stuck there for the full 3 hours.
I'm really confused by all the people trying to use Avatar to defend theaters. That's literally the worst movie in existence - blowing it up from a 40" screen to a 400" screen in no way made the plot any better.
Depending on the actors and director but it would be actually super interesting. You have movies like The Imitation Game that was awesome and The Theory of Everything. There are plenty of movies you could do about that sort of personalities and they can be very successful titles. The sad thing is that studios want to play safe and do another Transformers movie even the last one was a sad film but it made money because of the target audience.
Something Hollywood is doing a lot too is misleading you with a huge Trailer to have a load of people with false expectations to go to the opening weekend. By Monday everybody will say it was crap but the damaged is done... the movie was a "success" because many people attended for misleading advertising.
Jobs will rest just fine. I'm interested in this news.Oh, shoot, another SJ film article. Steve's afterlife notification system is going to be buzzing with mentions of his name.
Can't we just let him rest in peace?
It's what THIS movie makes. One that happens to be well-written, well-acted, well-reviewed, and well-received (87% on Rotten Tomatoes). Two years ago we had Jobs which had a 27% score on RT. It didn't make the money that this one likely will.
A movie about Nikola Tesla could do better than Jobs, if it had the right cast, the right director, and a compelling story. The Imitation Game, about a man who is at least as obscure (but important to the course of history) as Tesla brought in $91 million. A Beautiful Mind, about a mathematician whose name would not even ring a bell with the typical moviegoer, fetched $171 million.
I think the "rah rah Murica" mentality that lesser intelligent people looked for in American Sniper is somewhat missing from this film.
Opening Boston and Toronto on 10/16. Fandango has the theater locations if you live in the area.
Madness, pure madness.
Avatar was scintillating! I can't believe you didn't enjoy it.
Different strokes for different folks, I guess. Some like Bach, others like Crazy Frog. Go figure.
Avatar on my 46" UHD is awesome but in 3D on an IMAX screen was mind boggling.
Should have been a Disney ride.
While going to the movies may be a family event, date or some special occasion, it is hardly necessary to pay
the high prices for tickets or the horse buckets of pop corn.
But people go for the experience.
Watching at home has a lot of advantages.
Start time when I want, stop and take a break to get some food/drink, wind back if one doesn't understand what somebody says. Nobody talking or coughing and, and, and..................
To be honest that is however a bah humbug style for older folks like me.
So, to each his own and again, if it's worth for 3D (overrated) and a larger screen visual it usually isn't worth it.
This movie for sure can be waited for on cable/streaming etc.
Ok Steve Jobs was also an American Sniper.
Mac, ipod, iphone , Ipad all sniper style taking away entire markets from the competition.
I was being sarcastic. Unless anybody actually thinks we're alerted when we're mentioned posthumously, it should be pretty obvious that news articles and movies don't interrupt dirt naps.
Agreed. In 2006 I bought a decent home theater projector, built a 110" screen, added a power sub to the surround sound and haven't been to a theater since 2007. I'm just too distracted by noise. Between phones ringing, people talking, folks milling about, kids occasionally running, the crumpling of bags, etc., I never enjoy a movie in a crowded theater. I buy an updated projector every few years and it's really worked out well.