Anacondas: No review yet = bomb ?
08-25-04, 12:34 AM
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Anacondas: No review yet = bomb ?
When a movie, 2 days before release has not had a press screening, which it seems, since there are now reviews out there at all ... does it mean the movie is a bomb or the studio stopped caring?
I don't have a good feeling about this movie ... several reasons .. but at least it could turn into a nice popcorn ride ... and some gratuitus snake nudity ..
well .. premiere in a couple of hours in Fiji, where it was shot (but it is being sold as Borneo .. for reasons unknown) ...
we shall see ..
I don't have a good feeling about this movie ... several reasons .. but at least it could turn into a nice popcorn ride ... and some gratuitus snake nudity ..
well .. premiere in a couple of hours in Fiji, where it was shot (but it is being sold as Borneo .. for reasons unknown) ...
we shall see ..
08-25-04, 12:54 AM
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Um, Anacondas is the type of film that critic proof. Especially the first weekend. Regardless of good or bad word from critics people will see it in droves. They don't look for great acting, story, plot, etc. They are looking for the actors to get eaten by a snake.. more so by two snakes.
Forum troll is right.
pretty much what they are trying to shoot for. if it turns a profit then it's better news. but that's all that this film is.
Forum troll is right.
but at least it could turn into a nice popcorn ride
08-25-04, 03:55 AM
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Yeah, the first one was a compete piece of shit - but it was stupid fun. If the second one is dumb yet fun, i'll probably rent it and enjoy it too. If it delievers on the Giant Snakes Eating Lots of Humans, I'll be happy.
08-25-04, 12:34 PM
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It certainly looks less cheesy than the dozens of "animals amok" flicks on the Sci-Fi channel. I imagine it will turn a profit, it probably didn't cost a lot to make. It's a no-name cast, so that might hurt a bit. The first one had Jennifer Lopez, Ice Cube, the pompous ass from Titanic, Jon Voight, and Owen Wilson before he started blowing Ben Stiller.
08-25-04, 12:41 PM
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Re: Anacondas: No review yet = bomb ?
Originally posted by caipirina
well .. premiere in a couple of hours in Fiji, where it was shot (but it is being sold as Borneo .. for reasons unknown) ...
well .. premiere in a couple of hours in Fiji, where it was shot (but it is being sold as Borneo .. for reasons unknown) ...
08-25-04, 05:24 PM
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Originally posted by Charlie Goose
The first one had Jennifer Lopez, Ice Cube, the pompous ass from Titanic, Jon Voight, and Owen Wilson before he started blowing Ben Stiller.
The first one had Jennifer Lopez, Ice Cube, the pompous ass from Titanic, Jon Voight, and Owen Wilson before he started blowing Ben Stiller.
but then again, i may get the most popular pompous asses wrong ... and speaking of ass ... here is a pre-dated, pre-released review a friend of mine found
http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?...atures&id=1478
08-25-04, 08:10 PM
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Originally posted by MrN
Well, "Aliens vs. Predator" and "Exorcist" didn't have press screenings either
Well, "Aliens vs. Predator" and "Exorcist" didn't have press screenings either
ANACONDAS did as well.
Only SUPERBABIES did not screen this week.
08-25-04, 09:07 PM
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Yes, they both did.
ANACONDAS did as well.
Only SUPERBABIES did not screen this week.
Yes, they both did.
ANACONDAS did as well.
Only SUPERBABIES did not screen this week.
I read that the press screenings were well after the deadlines for the friday papers - at least in the case of AvP and Exorcist. So, I mis-spoke when I said there weren't any.
If Anacondas 2 is having press screenings then I am definitely surprised.
08-25-04, 10:25 PM
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Originally posted by MrN
I read that the press screenings were well after the deadlines for the friday papers - at least in the case of AvP and Exorcist. So, I mis-spoke when I said there weren't any.
If Anacondas 2 is having press screenings then I am definitely surprised.
I read that the press screenings were well after the deadlines for the friday papers - at least in the case of AvP and Exorcist. So, I mis-spoke when I said there weren't any.
If Anacondas 2 is having press screenings then I am definitely surprised.
Funny enough, RESIDENT EVIL 2's press screening was recently cancelled.
Hmmmmm....
08-25-04, 11:03 PM
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Originally posted by caipirina
May I ask which pompous ass you mean? Eric Stoltz was not in Titanic .. and Billy Zane was not in Anaconda but then again, i may get the most popular pompous asses wrong ...
May I ask which pompous ass you mean? Eric Stoltz was not in Titanic .. and Billy Zane was not in Anaconda
but then again, i may get the most popular pompous asses wrong ... "The press knows the size of Titanic, now I want them to marvel at her speed, too. We must give them something new to print. And the maiden voyage of Titanic must make headlines!"
08-26-04, 04:03 PM
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Originally posted by scott shelton
Actually, ANACONDAS screened on Tuesday night.
Funny enough, RESIDENT EVIL 2's press screening was recently cancelled.
Hmmmmm....
Actually, ANACONDAS screened on Tuesday night.
Funny enough, RESIDENT EVIL 2's press screening was recently cancelled.
Hmmmmm....
Well, I'm surprised. AvP and Exorcist were Fox and WB - Anacondas is Sony so this is a little insight into their marketing strategy on the respective studios' "critic-proof" films.
08-26-04, 05:28 PM
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six reviews ... and still 100% rotten http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/anac..._blood_orchid/
sad thing is ... it will get the #1 spot and can use that as a tagline in TV commercials ...
ah well
sad thing is ... it will get the #1 spot and can use that as a tagline in TV commercials ...
ah well
08-26-04, 05:30 PM
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Resident Evil 2 is Sony as well. What's your point?
Anyway, while I think the film is going to be awful... it has JOHNNY MESSNER!
Y'all are just ignorant of the fact that he RULES YOU.
Anyway, while I think the film is going to be awful... it has JOHNNY MESSNER!
Y'all are just ignorant of the fact that he RULES YOU.
08-26-04, 09:45 PM
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I just don't understand. Even for people obsessed with action movies, who really wants to see Anacondas? or AvP? or any of the other crap they're throwing at us this summer?
08-26-04, 10:19 PM
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I just don't understand. Even for people obsessed with action movies, who really wants to see Anacondas? or AvP? or any of the other crap they're throwing at us this summer?
I just don't understand. Even for people obsessed with action movies, who really wants to see Anacondas? or AvP? or any of the other crap they're throwing at us this summer?
08-27-04, 08:28 AM
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So is that J-Lo lookalike supposed to be the same character from the original or just the studio's way to try to dupe the naive into thinking it's her to see the flick?