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JediRandy
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Jumpman posted:
Thank you, Sapient. Excellent point. On top of all that, there is alot of techniques and equipment that he and his team have pioneered that has made him extremely wealthy. I'm sure that's a sore spot as well for some.
Speaking of Oscars and numbers, Kong only made 9.7 million on it's opening day. Perspective: All time Wednesdays( just a few numbers), Fellowship of the Ring=18 million. Episode I=28 million.
I ain't saying nothing.
That's it for Kong's opening Wednesday? Sheesh. I'm surprised it's that low. (as if 10 mill is low, but comparativly speaking).
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Jumpman
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It's going to be extremely hard for it to make 100 million for it's opening five days. It has to have a number either or highter of 30 million on Friday.
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Darth_Sapient posted:
Lucas generates a lot of profit for himself and not the industry. Instead of Hollywood celebrating the independent filmmaker who made good on a dream, they ostracize him.
This is true to a certain extent, but implying that had Lucas been inside the Hollywood loop he would have received the same accolades for the PT like Peter Jackson did for LOTR is proposterous. Why? Because unlike LOTR, which were spectacular in almost every facet, the PT was probably the single biggest disaster in film history. Save snippets of Sith, they were stinkbombs from start to finish.
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JediRandy
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Alexander_DeLarge posted:
Darth_Sapient posted:
Lucas generates a lot of profit for himself and not the industry. Instead of Hollywood celebrating the independent filmmaker who made good on a dream, they ostracize him.
This is true to a certain extent, but implying that had Lucas been inside the Hollywood loop he would have received the same accolades for the PT like Peter Jackson did for LOTR is proposterous. Why? Because unlike LOTR, which were spectacular in almost every facet, the PT was probably the single biggest disaster in film history. Save snippets of Sith, they were stinkbombs from start to finish.
I don't think he was implying that.
But thanks for talking out of your patoot during the rest of your post! 
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Alexander_DeLarge posted:
Darth_Sapient posted:
Lucas generates a lot of profit for himself and not the industry. Instead of Hollywood celebrating the independent filmmaker who made good on a dream, they ostracize him.
This is true to a certain extent, but implying that had Lucas been inside the Hollywood loop he would have received the same accolades for the PT like Peter Jackson did for LOTR is proposterous. Why? Because unlike LOTR, which were spectacular in almost every facet, the PT was probably the single biggest disaster in film history. Save snippets of Sith, they were stinkbombs from start to finish.
Why must the haters post? Considering the number of postive views of the PT on these boards (and the fact that the PT did well over a billion dollars domestic box office alone), it seems a bit much to call them "stinkbombs". Aleander_DeLarge, you are entitled to your opinion---however wrong it may be.
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jwebb1970 posted:
Alexander_DeLarge posted:
Darth_Sapient posted:
Lucas generates a lot of profit for himself and not the industry. Instead of Hollywood celebrating the independent filmmaker who made good on a dream, they ostracize him.
This is true to a certain extent, but implying that had Lucas been inside the Hollywood loop he would have received the same accolades for the PT like Peter Jackson did for LOTR is proposterous. Why? Because unlike LOTR, which were spectacular in almost every facet, the PT was probably the single biggest disaster in film history. Save snippets of Sith, they were stinkbombs from start to finish.
Why must the haters post? Considering the number of postive views of the PT on these boards (and the fact that the PT did well over a billion dollars domestic box office alone), it seems a bit much to call them "stinkbombs". Aleander_DeLarge, you are entitled to your opinion---however wrong it may be.
Exactly why is it that people who just didn't like the prequels are "haters"? I'm not talking about trolling, etc. This guy just doesn't like the PT, doesn't make him a hater.
Also, do you think that maybe all the positive views of the PT on these boards has something to do with the fact that THEY'RE STAR WARS MESSAGE BOARDS?
The movie world, in general, did NOT like the prequels. As a Star Wars fan I hated TPM, really liked AOTC and loved ROTS. But as a fan of cinema I completely understand why they bombed and why some people can't stand them.
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Academy announces the Visual Effects Competitors
The films are listed below in alphabetical order:
"Batman Begins"
"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"
"The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe"
"Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire"
"King Kong"
"Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith"
"War of the Worlds"
Fifteen-minute clip reels from each of the seven films will be screened for the Visual Effects Award Nominating Committee on Wednesday, January 25. At this screening the members will vote to nominate three of the seven films for Oscar® consideration.
Doesn't look good for ROTS. Of course the Academy will pick 'Kong' so that's one of three slots filled. Probably 'War of the Worlds' will make another spot, then I'm guessing either 'Narnia' or 'Harry Potter' will make another, based on how the Academy chooses films. This is all my opinion of course, I would like to see ROTS make it but, it doesn't look good with the corrupted system they use.
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The movie world, in general, did NOT like the prequels. As a Star Wars fan I hated TPM, really liked AOTC and loved ROTS. But as a fan of cinema I completely understand why they bombed and why some people can't stand them.
Hey, ROTS got 82 percent good reviews at rottentomatoes.com and even EP1 and 2 got more good reviews than bad ones. TPM got 62 percent good reviews and AOTC got 66 percent. This compiles all mainstream reviews. More people liked the prequels than those who disliked. You can also look at the rankings of the prequels on imdb.com and their user grades on boxofficemojo.com
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Yeah, seriously, such definitive "people hated the prequels" comments are really unfounded. Revisionist at best, utter lies at worst.
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This is true to a certain extent, but implying that had Lucas been inside the Hollywood loop he would have received the same accolades for the PT like Peter Jackson did for LOTR is proposterous. Why? Because unlike LOTR, which were spectacular in almost every facet, the PT was probably the single biggest disaster in film history. Save snippets of Sith, they were stinkbombs from start to finish.
The PT is definetaly not the the biggest disaster in film history and anyone who says so is an ignorant PT basher. Take a look over at RT.com or yahoo movies, statistics over there will tell you that that none of the PT movies are "stinkbombs" like you would ignorantly like to think of them. A movie that is a stinkbomb would be rotten over at RT.com but all of the PT are fresh, ROTS being certified fresh with 82%, the same as the golden movie, directed by the golden director, KK. Before you ignorantly and unsupportaviley come out with such facts about the PT please get your facts sorted first, this will prevent you from looking like the basher, PJ butt licker that you probably are. 
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The movie world, in general, did NOT like the prequels. As a Star Wars fan I hated TPM, really liked AOTC and loved ROTS. But as a fan of cinema I completely understand why they bombed and why some people can't stand them.[/quote]
Yet another ignorant statement, if the movie world in general hated the prequels so much why then were they so successful. TPM is the highest grossing sci-fi movie ever, ATOC did 310 million and ROTS 380 000 the highest of the year and seventh on the all time domestic BO chart (not adjusted for inflation). Movies don't make such massive amounts of money from being hated. Check out the amount of money and the PT made and compare them to other movies, I think you will find that none of them "bombed". I get sick and tired of coming onto these boards to discuss "positive" starwars related topics and end up having to defend the PT from ignorant bashers. This thread is about Lucasfilms oscar campaign not about public opinion of the PT.
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Newsflash Jedi!
What makes you think box office is the standard for a good or bad movie? A so-so film?
Why do people insist on quoting box office figures to justify whether the PT, particularly TPM, is considered a quality film. Not a successful film, a quality film. There is a difference.
And this Hollywood "has it out for Lucas" argument is sooooooooo played out. Why in the world would Hollywood bite the hand that feeds them? No one has a grudge against Lucas. And when you bring the Oscar argument and Hollywood bias into the same argument, it is so lame.
It almost seems like you believe there is some secret memo circulated to the Academy membership and to EVERY person who writes movie reviews that Lucas' movies are not to be taken seriously.
Movies are awarded based on merit. No more no less. Peter Jackson's movies blend each aspect of film making that the Academy loves: acting, writing, good visuals, and directing (of actors).
Can Lucas' movies compete on any of these levels, save for visual effects? Hardly. But that isn't a bias against Lucas. Harry Potter, Batman Begins and Narnia won't win any acting, directing, writing awards either so where's the bias? I just don't see it.
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Why do people insist on quoting box office figures to justify whether the PT, particularly TPM, is considered a quality film. Not a successful film, a quality film. There is a difference.
True, "successful" and "quality" are almost always never the same in movieland. But TPM became the highest grossing sci-fi film to date not just because it was the first SW film in 16 years. People kept returning to the theaters to see it, even after the critical drubbing it took. AOTC did less BO, even though it was viewed marginally better by most critics. (I think that the press announcement 2 weeks after AOTC's release that it would hit dvd that fall played a part-that, and a little movie called SPIDER-MAN) And we know that ROTS is, and will likely remain, 2005's biggest money-maker. The point I'm trying to make here is that while BO receipts make not a movie great, the kind of cash the PT films have made must mean that the majority of people who paid to see them (and then bought a lot of DVDs) thought they were. If you didn't like the PT, that is your opinion-you're entitled to it.
And this Hollywood "has it out for Lucas" argument is sooooooooo played out. Why in the world would Hollywood bite the hand that feeds them? No one has a grudge against Lucas. And when you bring the Oscar argument and Hollywood bias into the same argument, it is so lame.
It almost seems like you believe there is some secret memo circulated to the Academy membership and to EVERY person who writes movie reviews that Lucas' movies are not to be taken seriously.
It is more than a bit of a stretch to say there is a vast Hollywood conspiracy against Lucas. But as far as "biting the hand that feed them"-well, every SW film since ANH has not made Hollywood a lot of money. They (especially the PT) have made Lucas a lot of money. 20th Century Fox gets a relitively small-by Hollywood standards-percentage of distribution dollars from the SW movies. The rest goes to Lucasfilm. GL used his own vast fortune to finance the PT and used the profits from them (and all the merchandise, of course) to keep making more movies. So, no big Tinsletown studio is getting rich off SW.
Movies are awarded based on merit. No more no less. Peter Jackson's movies blend each aspect of film making that the Academy loves: acting, writing, good visuals, and directing (of actors).Can Lucas' movies compete on any of these levels, save for visual effects? Hardly. But that isn't a bias against Lucas. Harry Potter, Batman Begins and Narnia won't win any acting, directing, writing awards either so where's the bias? I just don't see it.[/quote]
Yes, the SW saga isn't full of Oscar-level performances (save for possibly McDiarmid this year and Guinness back in 1977) or writing. But that has never been the point or the reason to enjoy SW. As far as merit is concerned, Oscars or not, one must at least recognize the amount of work that has gone into these films. ROTS most definitely deserves an award for it's FX-they outshine everything else that has come out this year (including KK). Same goes for John Williams' score. Yes, he recycled several previous SW themes. But that only further strengthened the emotional content of ROTS, doing exactly what movie scores are supposed to do. Im my opinion, WOTW is the only other film that comes close, FX wise. No coincidence that WOTW was another ILM project.
As far as bias is concerned, I've always felt that when it came to FX Oscars for the two previous PT films that there may have been a little bit going on. In 1999, TPM lost to The Matrix. John Gaeta's "bullet-time" stuff was cool, but ILM's bar-raising digital work on TPM (not to mention the sheer number of FX shots) was far more deserving. Gaeta has said in interviews that he fully expected TPM to win that year. In 2002, AOTC lost to LOTR:TTT. Again, the FX in Two Towers were very good-Gollum in particular. But after seeing both Two Towers and AOTC, I still feel that AOTC FX work was just a little bit more astounding. SO, where is the bias? Well, Matrix was very much a Hollywood prodution using Hollywood money. And having manic producer Joel Silver in your corner could certainly help to drum up support for your film. Once The Matrix came and went, however, "bullet-time" FX popped up everywhere-in lesser movies and TV commercials. This has led to those Oscar-winning FX to seem far less amazing in hindsight. Even the Matrix sequels avoided these FX for the most part. As for Two Towers, LOTR was simply well on it's way to becoming Hollywood's critical darling by then. And Gollum's success on film owed as much, if not more, to Andy Serkis' performance then WETA's digital work. These above mentioned things very likely played a part in Academy voters giving awards to films other than SW. Not a anti-Lucas conspiracy, but certainly a SW bias. SW had jump-started movie FX long ago and it might have been easy to discount the PT based on what the critics had said about them (and the fact that ILM already had plenty of Oscar gold).Yet as good as the FX of LOTR are (and most are very cool-I do love those films), ILM's PT work just seems to have a higher level of polish then anything else on screen these days. If your idea of awards based on merit is what it is, then the PT truly merited award (in FX). But it did not get it's due ,likely in some small part part, to a certain amount of bias. Here's hoping ROTS nabs ILM a statue on Oscar night for it amazing work. It is time for Oscar to recognize that when it comes to visual FX, SW is still the true king!
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I don't believe I made any type of value judgement for or against the PT in my last post. However, I suppose now is as good a time as any to state that I am not a particular fan of TPM, but thoroughly enjoyed AOTC and ROTS. The box office figure cannot be denied - TPM raked in an incredible amount of jake.
I think you nailed it as far as TPM goes. The movie was sustained by repeat viewings. People that liked it and wanted to see it again. But you're also correct that it was drubbed by critics. AOTC was better reviewed but fared less at the box office. It still does not answer the quality question, however. Particularly as it relates to the Academy.
Lucas pockets the lion share of the dough. But the phrase "a rising tide floats all boats" still carries in Hollywood. Lucas has made a ton of money for Hollywood - as an industry than probably anyone else. I can't think of one reason why they would hold a bias against Lucas for being "too independent". its not like he's jumping ship entirely and making films in Bollywood.
As far as SW and Oscar is concerned - when did I say that SW wasn't enjoyable? That isn't the point. Any SW film must be judged individually - that's how individual oscars are rewarded - NOT on the culmination of 3 works as a whole. Match SW up against any Best Picture nominee in the 3 years of release for each film and SW loses fairly.
In terms of soundtrack - Oscars are rewarded based on new work - a new body of music. In SW, the opening theme is the same, the same music is heard. Whether the context or part of the film this music is introduced is different doesn't matter. It is the same music. Williams does not bring us anything new save for a few moments of interlude music and during the lightsaber battles. On any count, an Oscar nomination is not deserved here.
In terms of special effects, I think it could go either way. TPM brought a multitude of new effects to the table. No doubt about it. But bullet time was new and seemed innovative. That's why it got the nod. Also, it is often hard to discern a special effect shot in a SW movie, from an actuall special effect. In other words, most of the backgrounds in SW are digital. Should we call this a special effect even though it is merely a background? I think this muddles things. As far as LOTR, special effects shots were clearly visible and used, not as background, but as wide angle shots of armies or of Gollum. I believe this is why LOTR won. So, if there is a bias, I believe it is against entire digital landscapes versus actual special effects shots. But I don't believe there is a bias against Lucas for this.
Finally, it is universally recognized that ILM is the standard for all work to be judged by and against. There is no bias against it or its creator. SW will win on merit.
Ok, now really finally. I would probably give the nod to McDiarmid, not because of his body of work, but because of his character in ROTS. Not solely the evil mastermind that we considered him to be, McDiarmid plays Palpatine as an almost perverted uncle or father figure - gently playing to Anakin's weaknesses and building him up to suit himself. I like this because it highlights the nuance that the Sith must exert in order to remain hidden and operate with such stealth. McDiarmid's portrayal shows the seductive and perverse nature of the Sith - to prepare themselves to throw everything and everyone away to achieve a singular goal.
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My rant won't be several paragraphs long, so I feel stupid after those arguements above.
ROTS has no chance in hell with Lord of the Rings 4: Return of the Kong in there. How is the chosen boy supposed to sweep the oscars again?
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