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Speaking of Eli...I still have no idea if Book of Eli is supposed to be an attempt at quality in January or a dumping ground.

Posted by Will Hunting (aka JoeMetz) Jan 11 '10, 08:01

Denzel's picked some odd roles recently.

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Wasn't Taken a January release in the US? -- nm - LMS Jan 11, 08:21
Mall Cop was a January release. Blockbusters can happen in the early part of a year. -- nm - con_carne Jan 11, 08:12 3
- I never said they couldn't. There's the films that are making an honest stab (Taken) and then still several that are trainwrecks being dumped. - Will Hunting Jan 11, 08:25 1
  - I'm saying it's the former. As was already said, it's getting the marketing push, which by definition does not happen to "dumped" releases. -- nm - con_carne Jan 11, 08:28
- you did not just say the words Paul Blart in the context of "quality". You just did not. -- nm - Reagen Jan 11, 08:16
i've only read a couple of reviews, and that didnt inspire confidence. -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 11, 08:08
More than anything, it's lazy show biz thinking that because Denzel's made films work in January before, he can do it again. -- nm - Reagen Jan 11, 08:06 3
- I think it's more a racial thing than a Denzel specifically think. -- nm - Qale Jan 11, 08:19 2
  - There's definitely been an "open a black film on MLK" movement the last few years. -- nm - Reagen Jan 11, 08:21 1
    - "Tyler Perry's The Blackopalypse" -- nm - Reagen Jan 11, 08:22
it's gotten as large of a pre-release push as any january opener i can remember - prayformojo Jan 11, 08:04

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