Goonie
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Full article:
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/080531/entertainment/entertainment_boxoffice_col
C'mon people! Hit your local theaters and support your favourite adventurer!
"Sex" too hot for Indiana Jones at box office
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http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/080531/entertainment/entertainment_boxoffice_col
C'mon people! Hit your local theaters and support your favourite adventurer!
Sykopathic
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Just shows how many women and gays are out there going to the movies.Goonie said:
Agent Spalko
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No time for love, Dr. Jones.
Quickening
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I hate Sex and the City but Im willing to bet that it's a better made film than Kingdom and therefore deserves it.
Apparentely, the huge Cinema in the city (which I have very little time for, my local small cinema must be the last cheap first-run cinema in the world, god bless it) is showing this on all but two of their 30 screens.
And it was sold out.
Why? I've seen the show, I hated it. Must be a girl thing.
And it was sold out.
Why? I've seen the show, I hated it. Must be a girl thing.
DocWhiskey
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a HBO Chick Flick "Whips" Indy 4 at the box office?
C'mon, Sarah Jessica Parker's face looks like a foot!
What sort of cruel Hell is this?
C'mon, Sarah Jessica Parker's face looks like a foot!
What sort of cruel Hell is this?
Agent Spalko
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The tide has turned.
DocWhiskey said:
The thing is, it doesn't even look like a nice foot. It's one of those feet with dry skin and flaky bits.
I think this film is gaining the money simply because girls (surely it is mostly girls, yeah?) who never even had an interest in the show, for some reason are excited about it - perhaps getting caught up in all the strange hype that exists around it.
My own girlfriend, who has never seen the series, is dragging me to it on Monday. But I forced her to agree that we go see Indy again straight after it (to wash away the Sex in The City-Ness)
Agent Z
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I don't know why people are surprised or losing sleep over box office numbers, especially domestic totals.
If there is anything I've learned, mainstream filmgoers, for the most part, want the easiest entertainment for their brains....it's why we see films like Wild Hogs pull in blockbuster bucks.
If there is anything I've learned, mainstream filmgoers, for the most part, want the easiest entertainment for their brains....it's why we see films like Wild Hogs pull in blockbuster bucks.
commontone
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Hmm...disappointing.
But I've watched the show. As someone who is neither gay nor a woman, I watched the show casually and kind of liked it. It's not bad. I have no interest in New York fashion, advice columns or any of that crap, but the show is well done, well-acted. It's your typical tv show, with swearing (HBO) and some funny Seinfeld-like situations and hey, some attractive women.
I'm not going to see the movie, and will probably never sit down and watch it again. But it's stupid to start trashing sex and the city. It is what it is, and some people like it, and it's not terrible. And those people have also been waiting quite a while for their movie.
But I've watched the show. As someone who is neither gay nor a woman, I watched the show casually and kind of liked it. It's not bad. I have no interest in New York fashion, advice columns or any of that crap, but the show is well done, well-acted. It's your typical tv show, with swearing (HBO) and some funny Seinfeld-like situations and hey, some attractive women.
I'm not going to see the movie, and will probably never sit down and watch it again. But it's stupid to start trashing sex and the city. It is what it is, and some people like it, and it's not terrible. And those people have also been waiting quite a while for their movie.
DocWhiskey
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Turtle said:
*Ahsps* Very Dangerous. But you have a plan, so that's good.
To be honest, I haven't seen a single trailer, TV spot, or poster for this movie. Hell, I didn't even know it came out already. Are producers emitting special female sonar signals that call them to the theater?
Benraianajones
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Sykopathic said:
I am gay and I went to see Indiana Jones...3 times!
Benraianajones said:I am gay and I went to see Indiana Jones...3 times!
Thaaat's the spirit!
According to IMDB.com, 'Sex and the City' is worth 3.8/10...
Truly painful that Indy gets his behind kicked by this...
I hope this won't happen in the rest of the world too. The 'Sex and the City' tv show was pretty popular everywhere...
Y'know what? I'm gonna go to my local theater and whip everyone who tries to go see 'Sex and the City' ...
I don't like "Sex and the City" but I guess it's a better film than "Kingdom". If "Indy 4" was such as great as "Raiders", "Temple" or "Crusade" - "Sex and the City" has no change against "Indy $" in his second week
But: Most critics are bad, and most most people think "Indy 4" is embarrassing against the old Indy-Movies... this is why "Sex and the City" is success...
But: Most critics are bad, and most most people think "Indy 4" is embarrassing against the old Indy-Movies... this is why "Sex and the City" is success...
Benraianajones
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The reason it is being viewed more is because there is a very recent series of it on TV, where as, Indiana Jones is an "underground" franchise from the 80s for most unless you are a big fan. Most are bound to be interested in the most popular thing at the time.
Agent Z
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In all fairness, in this day and age, not many films keep up the pace for the second week. Dropoffs are to be expected and even the biggest summer films live and die on their opening weekend burst.
Man, when I was a kid, a movie would play ALL summer...for months on end. Those were the days....
Man, when I was a kid, a movie would play ALL summer...for months on end. Those were the days....
Crack that whip
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Agent Z is entirely correct; this is to be expected. And Sex and the City is a very popular series - it might be completely off the radar of most of the posters here, but it has a huge following all the same, and the end of the TV series' run was the major event in entertainment news at the time it happened. The movie has been pretty heavily anticipated by lots of people.
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is still in plenty of theaters, and we'll all be able to see it for weeks, even months. Whether it retains the top slot at the weekly box office for one or two or even three weeks isn't really important, nor is it really important whether it's the top-grossing movie of the year. I wouldn't sweat it. Just go enjoy Indy and let the fans of SatC do the same with their beloved franchise in peace.
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is still in plenty of theaters, and we'll all be able to see it for weeks, even months. Whether it retains the top slot at the weekly box office for one or two or even three weeks isn't really important, nor is it really important whether it's the top-grossing movie of the year. I wouldn't sweat it. Just go enjoy Indy and let the fans of SatC do the same with their beloved franchise in peace.