XENOPHONZ opened this issue on Dec 11, 2007 · 68 posts
XENOPHONZ posted Tue, 11 December 2007 at 5:17 PM
Quote - I call it a success for realistic-styled CG filmmaking, which is still something rather new to North American movie audiences. Beowulf pretty much met it's opening weekend expectations. The money it generates through DVD will put it over the top, so expect more movies like this to come about in the near future, as audiences become more responsive to CG that isn't geared towards kids.
Actually -- I'd like to see that happen. But whether or not Beowulf's middling performance will cause studios to start turning out similar CGI-oriented movies by the gross remains to be seen. Most of the 'big boys' are looking to create the next blockbuster -- not the next "get by".
As a sidenote, it's odd how the MSM (Main Stream Media) will sometimes tout mediocre performance in a film as if it were a runaway success story. The first Star Wars was a runaway success story -- Beowulf isn't.
Quote - Is "qualifieth" really a word?
Aye. 