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[nikephros]

An article in the Times business section said that the real challenge in making movies is not finding creative artists, but in finding the best trailer directors and marketing executives, because "people decide to see movies based on the stregnth of the trailer and the marketing campaign

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[parma_violets]

I wonder if Hollywood's budget boom has reached its logical end point? A lot of articles recently have been talking about the disappointing opening for Mission: Impossible III, and that in and of itself is not unusual; I remember being sick to the back teeth of hearing the words "box-office slump" by the end of last year. But here's the interesting thing - every article I've read on it so far has mentioned how insane it is to be talking about a movie that's made nearly $50 million in three days in terms of "a disappointment". It does feel a bit like a tipping point.

Couple this with the influx of blockbuster-style films from other countries like Casshern or Night Watch. Now, I've got to admit I didn't see Night Watch - it looked like a feature-length Slayer video, and I don't see the need to go and see a foreign movie that's influenced by The Matrix and Blade, since I go to foreign films to escape those movies. But I saw enough of the 'money shots' to wonder, as so many people doubtless have, how did they get such amazing

[nikephros]

"I don't see the need to go and see a foreign movie that's influenced by The Matrix and Blade, since I go to foreign films to escape those movies