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    Cinema Is Doomed: New Moon Most Successful Opening Ever

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    Image of Bill-Lee Bill-Lee
    12:20 AM

    In reply to Cinema Is Doomed: New Moon Most Successful Opening Ever
    I feel sorry for all the teenage girls who have been snookered into reading/watching this franchise. Boy are they going to be confused when someone tells them that being stalked by vain, emotionally distant, shallow men is not the same as romance.
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    Image of Sunshineyness Sunshineyness
    11/22/09

    In reply to Cinema Is Doomed: New Moon Most Successful Opening Ever
    I think that on top of the genuine lovers of this franchise there's an exceptionally high number of people who went to snark. My friend at work went Friday night and she said most of the crowd was there to laugh at it all and just yuck around. There's also that large number of people who will see anything if it's hyped enough and New Moon has been hyped to the high heavens. I'm no defender of these shitty stories but it seems to me that Twilight isn't even about the story anymore. I dunno, just something I've been thinking lately. Has Twilight just become kitsch?

    I also heard that the film was at least better made and shot than the first one which, IMO, just looked cheap.
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    Image of jenrobe jenrobe
    12:10 AM

    @Sunshineyness: I went to snark, with a friend who really is a fan. And even she couldn't stop laughing. My god, there's a scene where Bella and Edward skip through a forest glen, wearing peasant blouses and vests, while sparkling. It's comedy gold.
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    Image of Byronotron Byronotron
    11/22/09

    In reply to Cinema Is Doomed: New Moon Most Successful Opening Ever
    OH GOD WHY.
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    Image of acrobatic rabbit acrobatic rabbit
    11/22/09

    In reply to Cinema Is Doomed: New Moon Most Successful Opening Ever
    I weep. But then I remember that when I was 15, I was an *nsync fan (sorry to say)..But not of the screaming variety. But I'm sure if I were 15 now, I would prolly be all over this Twilight shit. So teeny bopper crazies don't upset me. What DOES upset me is women my age, in their late 20s, and older even into their 40s actually dig these books and movies. Some even to the point of fanboy-hysteria. It's pathetic. and really disconcerting.
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    Edited by acrobatic rabbit at 11/22/09 9:07 PM acrobatic rabbit was starred acrobatic rabbit was unstarred
    Image of Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
    11/22/09

    In reply to Cinema Is Doomed: New Moon Most Successful Opening Ever
    Hey listen, say what you will about the quality of "New Moon", but I went to go see 2012 this weekend (review: LOVED IT) and it was refreshing to see a multiplex packed with cute sexed-up ladies (and no Chris Hansen, it wasn't all teens) rather than... well... guys like me.
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    Image of JimBonJovi JimBonJovi
    11/22/09

    @Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.: Wow, I just went to the theatre and had a totally different experience.

    My niece wanted to see Death Note, a Japanese movie based off of some colossally popular manga that was playing for one weekend only.
    I love cultivating her love of the geekly arts so I and my gf agreed to take her. When we got to the theatre it had been taken hostage by 30+ year old men dressed like naruto and high school seniors somersaulting around with fake ninja swords. I asked my niece if maybe she wouldn't be happier as a Twi-Hard.

    We wound up leaving her in the theater and sneaking into 2012 and I must say, the SFX were super-neat but not much else.
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    Image of Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
    11/22/09

    @JimBonJovi: This is way off topic, but yeah, the effects were amazing. So good and effective that those scenes were occasionally almost hard to watch because they captured the terror of destruction so well. (it didn't help that I have regular nightmares about being in buildings that rapidly sink into the earth, should look into that) I honestly think that if the movie had a more believable plot with characters that you actually cared about then the film wouldn't have been any fun and probably really hard to watch. It could be worth it to do a mash-up film with 2012 and The Road and make the MOST BRUTAL MOVIE EVER.
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    Image of JimBonJovi JimBonJovi
    11/22/09

    @Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.: Yeah and why not overdub the entire movie with the sound of pigs being slaughtered in reverse running subtly in the background? Step 4: PROFIT

    #calendar
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    Edited by JimBonJovi at 11/22/09 5:10 PM JimBonJovi was starred JimBonJovi was unstarred
    Image of CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard) CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard)
    11/22/09

    In reply to Cinema Is Doomed: New Moon Most Successful Opening Ever
    Its the end all right!!! Good cinema is gone and with it...good taste!!

    I say lets fire up that Hadron Collider right now. The worlds screwed..........lets go out with a bang!!

    Or at least a small pffft!**
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    Edited by CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard) at 11/22/09 3:02 PM CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard) was starred CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard) was unstarred
    Image of Wookie1972 Wookie1972
    11/22/09

    @CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard): Hey, Fantastic Mr. Fox is getting great reviews. And The Road is supposed to be pretty good, even though it's based on THE MOST DEPRESSING BOOK EVER.
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    Image of CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard) CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard)
    11/22/09

    @Wookie1972: I have to see New Moon because the wife wants to. Yipee!! (starts to load shotgun).

    But Fantastic Mr Fox does look ......fantastic!! I'll drag her there and show her a proper movie!!

    Besides, Wolfman and Daybreakers will hopefully show some of these Twishite 'Sheep' how proper Monster movies are supposed to be made.

    Ever remember the first Blade?? (Fade to nostalgic flashback).....sigh*

    #calendar
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    Edited by CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard) at 11/22/09 5:03 PM CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard) was starred CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard) was unstarred
    Image of Wookie1972 Wookie1972
    11/22/09

    @CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard): I'm through with vampires for the time being. Cautiously optimistic about the Wolf Man, but the fact that it's being released in February is not promising.
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    Image of CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard) CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard)
    11/22/09

    @Wookie1972: To be honest. Wolfmans release will not make an ounce of difference to me. Its a myth this whole summer blockbuster releases. Some of my fav films only get limited coverage and very obscure release dates. The trailer looks amazing and I just think the studios are putting a spin on it!

    #calendar
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    Image of firstanointed firstanointed
    11/22/09

    In reply to New Moon, Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Celibacy
    I'm not sure if you intended this review to send butts to the theater to see it, but I'm sold! In fact, I desperately need to see it now, just so I can see if it's as hysterical as your review. I will wait for the library DVD rental though, methinks.

    Just watch Bored McEmoface and Fangy McSpikeyhair run MILES from their roles when these films are done. LOL.
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    Image of AmishJohn AmishJohn
    11/22/09

    In reply to Cinema Is Doomed: New Moon Most Successful Opening Ever
    The Idiocrcy is progressing on schedule.
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    Image of Tracy Ham and Eggs Tracy Ham and Eggs
    11/22/09

    @AmishJohn: God I'm tired of that argument.
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    Image of TheGreenRanger TheGreenRanger
    11/22/09

    @Tracy Ham and Eggs: Amen
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    Image of RoboBagins RoboBagins
    11/22/09

    In reply to Cinema Is Doomed: New Moon Most Successful Opening Ever
    Only one good thing can come of this: NBC Universal greenlighting a full Firelight Movie.

    It's going to choke Twilight......... by accident.
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    Edited by RoboBagins at 11/22/09 12:30 PM RoboBagins was starred RoboBagins was unstarred
    Image of Dresan Dresan
    11/22/09

    In reply to Cinema Is Doomed: New Moon Most Successful Opening Ever
    So... when is Batman 3 coming out?
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    Image of Starwatcher Starwatcher
    11/22/09

    In reply to Cinema Is Doomed: New Moon Most Successful Opening Ever
    I was invited by female friend to go, because her original date stood her up. So I went. When we showed up for 6:45 viewing, it was sold out before we got to the window. We bought tickets for the 9:30 airing and came back, only to find another line backed up to the road. This is a small-town Tennessee theatre, and it was the most packed I'd ever seen it. As can be guessed, 90% of the fans were female, ranging in age from about 5 all the way up to women in their 6os, I figured.

    For me it was as least as interesting observing the lines and the audience reactions to the film as it was watching the film itself (although I have to say I enjoyed it despite myself); it's an interesting sociological phenomenon to see females of all ages united so passionately in their ardor for this story.

    I know young girls (12, 13 years) who never read much before picking up these books, and they're not exactly small books. There is an extraordinary fascination many females have for the idea of a brooding, exotic, and--it has to be said--much older (but safe) lover who is unwilling to change his gf until they're married. There's something weirdly Freudian about all of that, or at least antithetical to the hyper-feminist notions that culture alone is responsible for dictating sex roles .

    Media & sociological theorists are going to have a field day with the phenomenon that is the Twilight Saga.
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    Image of TheGreenRanger TheGreenRanger
    11/22/09

    @Starwatcher: I hate freud. Just sayin... But uh, anyway, i agree with you, anything that gets young people to read and avoid reality shows on mtv is gold in my book.
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    Edited by TheGreenRanger at 11/22/09 3:05 PM TheGreenRanger was starred TheGreenRanger was unstarred
    Image of Occula Occula
    11/22/09

    @TheGreenRanger: Bad news. These books don't get girls to read; sadly, it gets them to read these books only. And they certainly haven't stopped watching MTV reality shows either. Depressing!
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    Image of Chip Overclock Chip Overclock
    11/22/09

    In reply to Cinema Is Doomed: New Moon Most Successful Opening Ever
    Mrs. Overclock (etc.) and I were walking back to the Family Truckster after dinner Friday and noticed a couple orders of magnitude more traffic (no exaggeration) than usual. We realized they were all leaving the movie teraplex a few blocks away after an early show, and all had fifteen year old girls in them with their long suffering fathers.
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    Image of Rasselas Rasselas
    11/22/09

    In reply to Cinema Is Doomed: New Moon Most Successful Opening Ever
    Am I the only person in the world who still believes in adjusting for inflation?
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    Image of imconfus imconfus
    11/22/09

    @Rasselas: They should really just base the rating on number of tickets sold.
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    Image of jajbowler jajbowler
    11/22/09

    @Rasselas: there's at least two of us.

    [boxofficemojo.com]
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    Image of schrodingers-katana schrodingers-katana
    11/22/09

    @Rasselas: But that would make things harder to hype up and look more successful!
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    Image of Srynerson Srynerson
    11/22/09

    @Rasselas: Am I the only person in the world who still believes in adjusting for inflation?

    Inflation is pretty irrelevant in this context since The Dark Knight came out less than eighteen months ago and annual inflation's been nowhere near six percent during that time.
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    Image of Sunshineyness Sunshineyness
    11/22/09

    @Rasselas: Thank you for pointing this out. I always like to remind people that movies made more money before home video options and TV because, simply, if you wanted to see the movie you HAD to go to a theater. There was no other option.
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    Image of OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear
    11/22/09

    In reply to Cinema Is Doomed: New Moon Most Successful Opening Ever
    I really need to find some of getting a slice of this sweet money cake.

    I'm thinking vampire attractant spray. What is the opposite of garlic?
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    Image of ManchuCandidate ManchuCandidate
    11/22/09

    @OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear:
    AXE or Hai Karate
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    Image of korvre0001 korvre0001
    11/22/09

    @OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear: Blood?
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    OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear promoted this comment Chip Overclock approved this comment korvre0001 was starred korvre0001 was unstarred
    Image of schrodingers-katana schrodingers-katana
    11/22/09

    @OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear: I say cabbage.
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    11/22/09

    In reply to Cinema Is Doomed: New Moon Most Successful Opening Ever
    Meh. *goes back to watching Magnum Force*
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