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Fewer Advanced Screenings = GREAT SUCCESS
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What do you think? Do you even use reviews to judge a movie before you see it? |
I sometimes judge a movie before I see it. Though I often make up my mind while seeing a preview of it. No one has to tell me that Phat Girlz is gonna suck, it looks crappy. I don't actively seek reviews for movies, though it is sometimes fun to see what other people have to say about them.
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I think it's pretty stupid to do that. It might temporarily work for one weekend, but once word of mouth spreads (especially over the internet), and the reviews come out, the movie is usually doomed after that. I think Date Movie is a good recent example of that. It did good when it first came out, but after that it went all the way downhill.
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I normally disagree with critics. They seem to recognize when a movie is complete crap, but little else. Im assuming critics are chosen like most jobs... for being "better" than the compition or having a unique viewpoint. If this is the case, then theres a problem here... what good is a "deviation" in reviewing a film for the majority? |
It probably doesn't really matter that much, although no publicity is also bad (seriously, there are some movies I would've loved to have seen, had I of known that they were coming out at all lol).
That said, if there's no reviews, I can always find something on the internet about it. And finally, if crap does just come up on us like the week before it comes out, it usually means the movie probably sucks, so most people probably won't go see it anyway. Yeah, bad reviews don't help too much, but sometimes it's better to know that ahead of time (and it'll get those bad reviews anyway after it's been released). |
But the first weekend is the most important, and for the types of films that go unscreened, the only thing the studios are banking on.
I'm actually a little surprised it took this long for this to become more common. |
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