Is WB desperate?
Cat
CatMcNulty at comcast.net
Tue Jul 7 00:12:18 UTC 2009
--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, "Child of Midian" <md at ...> wrote:
> I noticed too, that they are spending a lot of money on a film that should
> have a built-in $400,000,000 + audience. My best guesses, it's been 2 years since OOTP, the prior largest gap was 18 months. It's been 2 years since the last book, with no more to come. OOTP had the DH bump, they both came out on top of each other raising the Pottermania. Also, they screwed and pissed off fans and they know damned well there's opening-weekend boycott groups and they want to entice people to opening weekend.
Cat Writes:
I agree. HP fans not like being de-valued and dismissed. WB has definitely bitten the hands that feed them and they will suffer for it. I am going to be very interested in the opening weekend earnings and I wonder how much of an impact the boycott is going to have.
md continues:
>They are also, no doubt, hoping that the unimaginable PG rating (how is this tamer than the last three, the book was the darkest, most violent and let's not forget all the sexual innuendo) I'm thinking they are hoping parents feel more comfortable bringing smaller kids the first time rather than seeing it themselves first.>
Cat Writes:
I wonder if they think that ploy will work?
md continues:
> Also, WB has not had the year it had last year by any stretch and Watchmen wasn't the ½ billion dollar smash they had hoped for, so the entire year is riding on HBP.>
Cat writes:
I'm not feeling sorry for them in the least!
md continues:
>We are seeing it twice the second and third week it's out, the first is just my wife and I so we can actually watch the film. We bring the kids to the second one so the constant distraction of divvying out candy and popcorn and constant bathroom trips don't ruin it for us.
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> md
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Cat writes:
I think that is an excellent plan. When I took my niece and 2 nephews to see OotP ... I missed a bunch because the youngest nephew kept talking and to make several bathroom trips. Needless to say, I went back to see the show alone so I could really enjoy it.
Cat
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