tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post1424020717779237831..comments2024-03-05T10:52:24.691+00:00Comments on Mark Wadsworth: Forbes "Movie Value" ListMark Wadsworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-32360828337047272242014-01-06T16:13:43.476+00:002014-01-06T16:13:43.476+00:00@TS
I doubt your basic premise that word of mouth ...@TS<br />I doubt your basic premise that word of mouth is the determining factor. A lot of people read the reviewers who big up some obscure (by all your criteria) films.Philip French did a major review of Mud . Word of mouth may account for more bums on seats for teeny-beanery films which are all monsters ,imaginary worlds, special effects and shallow one-dimensional characterisation.DBC Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17891849727783879145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-36204962571635558112014-01-05T21:43:56.958+00:002014-01-05T21:43:56.958+00:00Derek,
Ta
Mark,
It's too complex for that, es...Derek,<br />Ta<br /><br />Mark,<br />It's too complex for that, especially as stars, directors and property owners often have non-financial demands.<br />There's a story that Steven Soderbergh wanted to make Ocean's 11 in black and white, and the studio told him he could have a $7m for black and white or $70m for colour.<br /><br />DBC,<br />I'm not saying that at all. It's just trying to expose the problems of the Forbes list.<br />There's a lot of films that struggled at the box office that are IMO very good, but just struggled to reach out to an audience.<br /><br />Pablo,<br />I liked Erin Brockovich, but was Julia Roberts doing anything but playing a slightly louder version of the same character she always plays?Tim Almondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13369256383976094670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-79641813629529084352014-01-05T14:37:32.749+00:002014-01-05T14:37:32.749+00:00Erin Brockovich is a great film.Erin Brockovich is a great film.Pablohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02533957790112612344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-53040772496863596612014-01-05T11:17:23.919+00:002014-01-05T11:17:23.919+00:00All rather depends on the notion that the value of...All rather depends on the notion that the value of a film can be determined by economic rather than artistic factors .By economic/materialist criteria those people who write verse in greetings cards are this country's best poets.Perhaps the only good American film in years was MUD which was carried by two boy actors .There is also the odd case of the several good films made out of Texas which is high local property tax, no local income tax state.DBC Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17891849727783879145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-68725044174123579182014-01-05T09:22:06.157+00:002014-01-05T09:22:06.157+00:00That would be fun - trying to reverse engineer the...That would be fun - trying to reverse engineer the spreadsheet which the number crunchers in Hollywood use to decide what mix of franchise, film stars, genre, director and budget etc to use when making a film.Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-33311316122715136402014-01-04T17:22:36.776+00:002014-01-04T17:22:36.776+00:00Good summary, TS. I haven't seen it analysed l...Good summary, TS. I haven't seen it analysed like that before but what you say makes a lot of sense.Derekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06296053477905542366noreply@blogger.com