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Kick-Ass: Mostly aptly named film since Superbad
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Don't really know why District 9 is considered in the same category when it's so different from the other two films. If we're just comparing things we liked to each other, then you might as well throw Frost/Nixon, pizza, and hugs on the list as well.
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I think it's because all three sort of have the same "low budget" feel to them, even though they're all very distinctly different films.
I'm thinking about the part where they gain access to the house by holding the maid at gunpoint and then burst in to murder a bunch of guys chilling around a poker table. They'd be dead before they react. Nothing unrealistic about that.
Man according to that criteria of "better" Meet the Spartans was a better movie then The Pianist
Do you realize what you have done? Do you?
I thought I saw the camera pan over the computer screen showing the safe house address before Red Mist suggested putting it in the GPS
Absolutely. If you had more fun watching Meet the Spartans than The Pianist (this couldn't sound longer), then it would technically be a better movie to you.
But that would be my opinion because I go to movies to enjoy myself and have a good time... Because if I didn't what the hell is the point of paying $14?
That's what I thought the first time I saw it too, on the second viewing I noticed it just says "Safehouse B". I got a little laugh out of that.
I haven't read the comic, but I failed to see how the movie was trying to send any kind of message about how you'd have to be crazy to try and be a hero; the only message I got was "stand up and do something" when bad shit is going down. However, I do understand that there were major changes to the characters from their comic counterparts, so I'm trying to keep the two seperated and just comment on the film.
On the characters:
I did have a few minor nitpicks for an otherwise fun and outrageous movie:
* Seeing the father's goons manandle Red Mist, when they all knew it was the son struck me as really odd. Red Mist had already blown his cover at this point, seemingly killed Hit-Girl and delivered Kick-Ass and Big Daddy, and is the mob bosses son!
* The whole "safehouse B" thing, but that kind of made me laugh, so I brushed it off.
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On another note, how "Kick Ass" would it be if the next series of graphic novels involve this movie being released in some way.
I don't know, I don't find movies like Schindler's List, or Taxi Driver to be super fun to watch, but movies that make you think extend beyond the theater (at least for me) more than pure sugar like zombieland - it's a different viewing experience completely
Awwww, I hope there's a director's cut. That sounds good, and I hate watching stuff like that out of context.
Still, watching them dance in the car was enough to convince me that they got along well.
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I did notice more the 2nd go around. I just caught how good the music really is. It makes the sceans so much better.
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Some people enjoy going to films to think rather than to relax. Doesn't make it pointless for them, does it?
Does for me.
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It's made back production though, It'll probably run another four weeks at the box office for another 15 mill, 25 total counting worldwide, I'm guessing, which will put it around 75-80 mill total which will be close to break even.
It's basically going to be Serenity all over again, lets hope for a DVD following so that we might get some more Kick Ass down the road.
edit: I know Lion's Gate is trying to break free from the direct to dvd market, but hell...
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Considering that the studios make less per-ticket the longer the film plays, it'll have to make a lot more than just budget+marketing to turn a profit.
This film won't have a chance to turn a profit until DVD, and even that's a stretch. We have to face facts: this movie cannot be considered a success for Lionsgate. For Vaughan, Millar, and the cast, probably, since they probably made all their money already. It's not going to blemish anyone's career, and that's good. Lionsgate will take the biggest hit because of all the money they spent on ads, so the failure will be in their court alone, but make no mistake, it is a failure.
Chloe Moretz has a pretty jam-packed schedule right now, not to mention a rising stock in the industry. The same probably goes for Mintz-Plasse. Expecting a high-quality DTV sequel is some staggering wishful thinking at this point.
I was under the impression that dvd sales made more actual money for the people that made the film than box office tickets
edit: I think my assumption is wrong
Aren't there a lot of regulations in place to keep minors who act from a) making ridiculous sums of money and 2) having their parents take it? That's speaking purely for Moretz.
Also, another studio could just by the distribution rights and turn the (possible) franchise around. It would be the same thing that happened with Mallrats. Universal picked up the movie, but eventually everything god sold off to Miramax who actually did stuff with it, and the rest of Smith's work.
Honestly I'm just playing devil's advocate here. I mean Lion's Gate obviously screwed up with this, and for them, it will be a failure, but there's money to be made from this franchise, and there is a good chance someone could figure that out.
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I know more about the theatrical money breakdown than the DVD, but I gotta think that the studios don't make all that much of the DVD share either.
You have to pay the design team, any cast or crew that have points on the DVD (which Nic Cage, Vaughan, and Millar probably do), the marketing to get the word out, the manufacturers, and then whatever margin you're giving to the retailers. That eats up a good bit. At best, you're looking at half the revenue going to the studio. At best.
So let's take the estimated final North American take, which is about 50 million. The average ticket price, according to NATO, is about $8.00. This means about 6.25 million people saw (or will see) the movie theatrically. Now, take the average DVD price at $20 (less for SD, more for BRD), which gives us a profit of give-or-take $10 for the studios per disc. A little more research seems to tell us that Kick Ass can reasonably expect 1-3 million DVDs sold.
So the studio could possibly see another 30 million in net DVD revenue, but less is more likely. So, like I said, it might turn a profit, but it's a stretch.
I'm not sure there's either.
I'm not sure there is too much more money to be made here. It had a large marketing push, and it's dropping like a stone at the BO right now. Not only did it open small, it had no legs, meaning that word of mouth isn't getting around. It's not going to be like Batman Begins, opening small but then running all summer long.
You're also looking at a cast of young people that will be aging quickly. Moretz can't play Hit Girl too much longer without serious sexual issues coming into play. But more than that, the movie's arc closes nicely and brings resolution to every plot line. It doesn't demand the sequel the ending would seem to illicit.
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After Macauly Culkin (sp?)'s parents took all of his money and he divorced or got emancipated from them, they put regulations in place that stated something along the lines of a percentage of income going towards a trust (for college or the actor turning 18) and that the parents were only allowed to 20 or 30 percent. I know that much is true, I just thought they also had a salary cap as well.
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THats how you get a Lindsay Lohan.
Presumably they're acting as agents/managers. Even if they're not, I'm pretty sure legally parents are entitled to money that their minor children earn.
On the other hand you could get a Gary Coleman situation. Anyone want to buy some of Coleman's boxer shorts so he can pay his electric bill?
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