Author Topic: Coulter Oscar predictions (Read 4775 times)

EN4CER · « **Reply #30 on:** March 06, 2006, 01:30:14 PM »

Good Stuff Rip - Keep it coming

lazs2 · « **Reply #31 on:** March 06, 2006, 02:18:20 PM »

thrawn... 78 million.... estimate? That is not exactly fantastic.. consider the hype that movie got and it would seem a dismal failure to me... never has a movie got such attention and awards (even before it came out) and adverstised and promoted so heavily...

And what did it get? 6 or 7 million people went to see it? I mean... if gays are 10% of the population like they claim... at least 30 million people had a real stake in this movie.

coulter is attractive.. way too skinny for my taste tho.

lazs

Shuckins · « **Reply #32 on:** March 06, 2006, 03:45:59 PM »

Nielsen ratings state that Oscar viewing was down by 8% since last year.

Skuzzy · « **Reply #33 on:** March 06, 2006, 03:51:39 PM »

Translated: 8% of last years viewers discovered they have a brain, and it works! No matter though, as those people will no longer be a part of the ratings family. The contract is specific in that area. Part 3 of Chapter 22, sub-section 1d states, "A brain is specifically not allowed to be involved in watching your shows."

By the way Rip,..awesome read.

john9001 · « **Reply #34 on:** March 06, 2006, 03:53:27 PM »

movies are for people who can't handle reality.

Skuzzy · « **Reply #35 on:** March 06, 2006, 03:58:56 PM »

I go to movies for pure entertainment. I feel sorry for people who go to them looking for a deeper meaning, or some such nonsense.

Shuckins · « **Reply #36 on:** March 06, 2006, 04:13:39 PM »

The top grossing movies released in 2005 were:

Revenge $380 million

Goblet of Fire $289

Chronicles of Narnia $288

War of the Worlds $234

King Kong $216

Wedding Crashers $209

Chocolate Factory $206

Batman Begins $205

Madagascar $193

Mr. and Mrs. Smith $186

The only one of the films nominated for an Oscar for best picture of the year to make it into the top 15 in terms of gross sales was:

Walk the Line

Brokeback Mountain came in at number 26 with $78 million in sales...just behind the Dukes of Hazzard.

Crash came in at number 49 with $53 million in sales.

Capote wasn't even in the top 50.

Toad · « **Reply #37 on:** March 06, 2006, 04:18:08 PM »

Well, you can't expect the viewing public to know a movie picture when they see one.

Only Hollywood insiders can recognize a good movie.

Rolex · « **Reply #38 on:** March 06, 2006, 05:15:11 PM »

And keep a perfect record... not one movie has ever made a profit.

You have to wonder about an industry that is so sleazy that not one movie has ever made a profit, by their accounting standards.

Thrawn · « **Reply #39 on:** March 06, 2006, 05:22:08 PM »

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Originally posted by lazs2
thrawn... 78 million.... estimate? That is not exactly fantastic.. consider the hype that movie got and it would seem a dismal failure to me... never has a movie got such attention and awards (even before it came out) and adverstised and promoted so heavily...

Failure? I guess it depends on the promotional costs.

midnight Target · « **Reply #40 on:** March 06, 2006, 06:04:47 PM »

Most Profitable Movies, Based on Return on Investment

High return on investment, or even high box office sales don't necessarily mean it was a high quality movie. And low sales or returns don't mean it was bad.

A good example might be Clinton and Bush.

Clinton was highly popular and never had an approval rating anywhere near as low as Bush.

Nevermind.... bad example.

xrtoronto · « **Reply #41 on:** March 06, 2006, 06:10:28 PM »

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Originally posted by Rolex
And keep a perfect record... not one movie has ever made a profit.

What are you talking about??

TITANIC made in excess of 2 BILLION dollars US!!!

BluKitty · « **Reply #42 on:** March 06, 2006, 06:30:04 PM »

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Originally posted by Toad
Well, you can't expect the viewing public to know a movie picture when they see one.

Only Hollywood insiders can recognize a good movie.

John Stewart

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“Martin Scorsese zero Oscars-Three 6 Mafia, one”

I think Scorsese is one of the best directors of our time. I doubt I'm alone.

Ya, the Oscar judges have great taste (rollseyes)

Shuckins · « **Reply #43 on:** March 06, 2006, 06:34:06 PM »

MT,

Evidently, what Hollywood thinks is a great movie and what the general public thinks is a great movie are two different things.

Sci-Fi and similar movies laden with high-cost special effects will net less than low budget movies. However, the popularity of a movie is measured by the number of tickets it sells.

If the average price of a movie ticket is seven dollars, and you divide that figure into the figures for gross sales I posted above, four or five times as many people thought their money was better spent watching one of the top five movies than those "groundbreaking" or "maverick" movies nominated by the Hollywood social elite for movie of the year.

Isn't taste, as well as truth, subjective after all?

xrtoronto · « **Reply #44 on:** March 06, 2006, 06:35:11 PM »

I was surprised last night to learn that Scorsese had not won an Oscar