[HPFGU-Movie] Re: More Chicago screening reviews

[Cabal]

I don't think Equus had anything to do with it, because everyone forgets he
was in Equus last summer when OTTP came out, but it was in Britain not he
U.S. Since OTTP was the second highest grossing of the films and it came out
concurrent with his acting in Equus, I doubt they care. 

 

You are correct, I misread about the running time, it's 145 min.

 

As for why they are releasing it next summer, that's a balance sheet issue.
A publically owned company like WB has to make its balance sheet and other
financial info available to shareholders every year. What happened this year
is that "The Dark Knight" earned double or more than they expected and added
to a year in which they already made a ton of money. The problem is, with
the exception of "Watchmen" they didn't feel they had big movies for next
year. The issue for them was this, if you show HUDGE profits this year and
don't earn nearly as much next year, it's looked at as a loss. It doesn't
matter that the still make money, to earn less on year than the previous is
considered a loss. Soooo, they take the one last blockbuster in the '08
fiscal year and they move it to the '09 fiscal year to balance the profits
between the two years.

 

This is completely normal for large companies during really good years they
will delay releasing new products to boost the next year's profits just as
they will rush new things out to jack-up a sagging year. WB had a windfall
this year they know they can't repeat in '09 so they took their heaviest
hitter and moved him.

 

Hopefully, they will get a TON of negative feedback from the early
screenings. They are shooting DH this fall, which means the sets and actors
could be readily available for second-unit re-shoots.

 

Lets cross our fingers!

 

md 

 

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Behalf Of Gloria
Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2008 1:59 PM
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Subject: [HPFGU-Movie] Re: More Chicago screening reviews

 

Gloria says:

I don't want them to release 'this' movie either. I certainly hope 
they have other takes of theses scenes and were just looking for 
feedback from the audience. Hopfully there MUST of been Harry 
Potter fans present to set them straight.
Snape speaking and not yelling at Harry in that final scene between 
them is ridiculous and will most definitely leave us fans feeling 
betrayed yet again. True to the book! When did all that change?

Didn't they say the movie ran 145 minutes? That's 2 hours and 25 
minutes, not 2hrs and 45 min. I'm hoping for that long of a movie or 
even 3 hours; but I doubt it.

I truly believe WB's decision was based partly upon Dan's Equus run. 
How could it not be related? The man cannot be in several places at 
once. He HAS to be in NY constantly for 8 shows a week. I am one of 
Dan's biggest fans, so I'm not blaming him at all; but WB could have 
at least released HBP after Equus ends in Feb 2009. 

snip:
>
> On second thought, I take it back, I don't want them to 
release "this" movie
> in November. 
> I want them to do re-shoots and re-edits and release it next year 
so that it
> resembles the book it was based on!
> What really shocked me is the 2hr 45min running time, HPB is not 
as densely
> plotted as Phoenix or Gobet, so I'm thinking in that time frame 
they could
> do a hell of a job.

 



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