ST Alpha - "That's WOM having the opposite effect. I'm saying that Inception isn't front-loaded. A lot of block busters are." (Reading a Post)

SlickerTalk
Search Archives
The Leaderboard
The FAQ

Down to Post

Backboards:

Posts: 151

In response to "Yeah, once a movie gets out that it won't be panned before it's release it's dead movie walking. -- nm" by Bacon

That's WOM having the opposite effect. I'm saying that Inception isn't front-loaded. A lot of block busters are.

Posted by the liioulu with sore foot (aka liioulu) Jul 18 '10, 14:41

And for all your information. Used to be that movies opened and weren't expected to make the biggest money on opening weekend. They were expected to pick up business as word got out. This is that kind of movie. The ads give you an idea about this movie, but it still doesn't look like the type of movie that you turn off your brain to go see, not exactly what most people go to summer movies for.

Responses:

which is to say every movie needs positive WOM to get bigger -- nm - chuckles Jul 18, 14:42 10
- Sort of. But you're still not getting it. Inception is not some mindless summer action flick. -- nm - the liioulu with sore foot Jul 18, 14:46 9
  - even if it was a mindless summer action flick, it still needs positive WOM from people who have already seen it to increase it's B.O. take - chuckles Jul 18, 14:47 8
    - How were the reviews for the last Transformers and how much money did it make? -- nm - the liioulu with sore foot Jul 18, 14:51 2
      - It's no different than almost any other movie. People go see what they want and then from there, it'll float WOM-wise. - Will Hunting Jul 18, 14:56
      - less than $100 million more than the original, because the WOM *sucked* -- nm - chuckles Jul 18, 14:54
    - Not really. Al ot of summer blockbusters are about the air-conditioning and the big bangs. - the liioulu with sore foot Jul 18, 14:50 4
      - a/c likely adds something, but there has to be something more for a movie to be an ongoing success. something beyond just good bangs. -- nm - b! Jul 18, 14:56
      - "well the movie kinda sucked but the air conditioning was AWESOME!" - chuckles Jul 18, 14:52 2
        
        And the big bangs and action. How well did Transformers do last year? -- nm - the liioulu with sore foot Jul 18, 14:54 1
        
        how much better would it have done if people didn't think it sucked ass compared to the first? -- nm - chuckles Jul 18, 14:55

Post a message top

That's WOM having the opposite effect. I'm saying that Inception isn't front-loaded. A lot of block busters are.

Replies are disabled on threads older than 7 days.