With a $150m dollar budget, the movie produced by Berlanti Productions and Ratpac-Dune Entertainment, was probably seen as a potential big-earner that would make enough money to support the studio for some time to come.
But Pan has been an utter flop at the North American box office, which underlines how unpredictable the business of producing movies and selling tickets can be. Mr Malin says that for a film with a $150m budget that appears at the beginning of autumn, a fair box office opening would be $50m, a good one would earn $70m and anything above that would be excellent. According to Box Office Mojo, the film data provider, Pan earned just $15.3m in its opening weekend. Film is a relatively risky business. One day you’re a winner and the next day you’re a big loser. Pan, for example, will be a major writedown for Warner Brothers,” says Amir Malin, managing principal of Qualia Capital, a private equity firm that invests in the media sector. “It’s heavy on CGI work, and you would have called it an ‘event film’ but it will have a horrible time at the box office.” What went wrong? Many critics said the film was terrible. Yet scan the list of blockbusters which have done best so far this year and it is clear that audiences are happy to keep an open mind. If you want to be sure to make money, many in the film industry say, then you have to create an “event film” — one whose release is in itself considered to be a major event. This means that in the age of ubiquitous smart phones and connected home entertainment, you have to provide compelling reasons — such as explosions and eye-popping CGI — to draw people to a big-screen experience. You should use an existing set of recognisable characters with a ready-made audience. You should make it fun for the whole family, and try not to stray too far from a plot that everyone expects.
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Why The Hunger Games, Katniss Everdeen Played By Jennifer Lawrence is Empowering To Females11/24/2015 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2, the final film in the franchise based on Suzanne Collins’ massively successful YA novel trilogy. The film’s conclusion features a long-awaited showdown between President Snow (Donald Sutherland) and Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) as she launches a revolution in the nation of Panem. There are many ways in which the Hunger Games series of movies has been groundbreaking. It has given us a female world-changing heroine in the mold of the countless boys and men Hollywood has cast in such a role, and showed the caricature up by depicting her as more human than most of them: more conflicted, more unsure, more afraid yet also more brave for overcoming all that… and also simultaneously more principled and more selfish. Katniss Everdeen has never been about some romantic, idealistic notion of heroism; she has always been about protecting the people she loves. She has always been fully, plausibly human. The series has given us a look at a world in which women are presumed to be as capable and as effortlessly authoritative as men: one scene here has a rebel commander giving a rallying speech to her discouraged army about to go up against the oppressive Capitol… and it is absolutely thrilling to see a black woman (she’s played by Patina Miller) speak with unquestioned power and persuasion to masses of people of every gender and color. The films have delved deep into the potent influence of propaganda, even when you’re aware of the attempt to sway you. Oh, and another way in which Katniss’s hero story differs from the typical dude’s? She does not get a simple reward of a handsome trophy to walk off into the sunset with, like so many male heroes “get the girl.” The series has mined a lot of tension out of how Katniss is torn between Peeta — whom she only pretended to love in their first Hunger Games as a, well, propagandistic ploy, but whom she clearly now feels something real toward — and her oldest and dearest friend, now fellow soldier Gale (Liam Hemsworth: Paranoia, The Expendables 2). There is nothing simple or trophy-ing about how this triangle resolves itself. There are real stakes here for Katniss, and very high prices she has to pay before the rebellion she accidentally started is finally finished. And it’s the impact on Katniss that lingers most here.
But what’s most breathtaking about this series finale is how it doesn’t just deprive the fans of some of what might have been expected. It utterly rubs our noses in our expectations and our desires. More than just a simple story of a heroic young woman uniting the masses against a tyrannical government, The Hunger Games is as a whole a blistering deconstruction of the “Chosen One” myth both in popular culture and it current events. In the end, Katniss Everdeen is a media-fabricated hero, both regarding our real-world hunger for a female movie action hero who can spar with the likes of Iron Man or Neo and regarding what her fictional role in this fictional story might be. Jennifer Lawrence is fantastic per usual, and I hope she eventually gets more credit for these performances as opposed to merely being “those blockbuster movies” she did in between David O. Russell dramas. The constant debate over who is the greatest James Bond of all time will continue rage on forever unanswered. For some they will declare that Sean Connery deserves such honor, while others insist either Pierce Brosnan or Timothy Dalton need to be considered, Perhaps some will choose even with Roger Moore. Has Spectre Daniel Craig really solidified his position as the greatest James Bond of all time? We will look at some of the reasons why Daniel Craig is or should be the labeled as the best James Bond ever. He Brought James Bond Into The 21st Century Mainstream James was becoming an antiquated until Daniel Craig was cast. Pierce Brosnan’s Bond actually started magnificently with Goldeneye, but then it descend into a mediocre abyss. His last film as Bond, Die Another Day, was widely critique for simply being abysmal. To exacerbate the situation, the emergence of films such as Tom Cruise’s Ethan Hunt in Mission Impossible and the likes Matt Damon’s Jason Bourne, made Bond look even more irrelevant subsequent the end of the Cold War. Daniel Craig addressed it all with Casino Royale rebooting the James Bond character, giving us a back-story that provided credence for his calculate, heartless ways, as well an emotional depth that had hardly been seen before. He's Rejuvenated The Franchise Daniel Craig’s take on James Bond, has truly rejuvenated the franchise. Just look at the numbers. With the release of Casino Royale, the film racked up $599 million at the global box office to become the highest-grossing James Bond film of all time. Not even Quantum Of Solace could match its totals, falling shy of $13 million with $586.1 million. But then the mighty Skyfall, was released to coincide with the 50th anniversary of Dr. No, virtually doubled Casino Royale’s return, amassing $1.1 billion worldwide. The popularity of Daniel Craig’s as James Bond only appears to be growing, because Spectre has started exceptionally with its release breaking box office records in the UK. In fact, Roger Moore told Time that he believes Craig’s modernization of James Bond films has secured the franchise’s future for at least another 50 years. He Earned The Support Of His Peers It’s not just fans or moviegoers whom has endorsed Daniel Craig as their beloved James Bond. Even Shortly after watching Skyfall, Roger Moore, who had long insisted that Sean Connery was his favorite james Bond, admitted to Time that he’d changed his mind and considered Daniel Craig to hold such honor. Sean Connery has called Craig "fantastic" as Bond, Pierce Brosnan labelled him as "magnificent"," while, after Skyfall, Timothy Dalton declared, "There’s a case to be made that Daniel Craig is the best Bond ever." Only George Lazenby has came out and chided Daniel Craig’s Bond, stating his Bond films possess "no heart." He overcame Ridicule The success of Skyfall was even more remarkable when you underscore the copious spewing of hatred that was sent Daniel Craig’s way when he was cast as the new James Bond. Naysayers insisted that Daniel Craig’s 5-foot-10-inch frame meant that he was too short to be Bond, while his bright, blonde hair meant that he was also too fair. Some even went to the furthest extent of remarking that Craig was too bland and ugly. To make their point clear, fans literally started an internet campaign; while others even threatened to boycott any if not all of Daniel Craig’s James Bond films despite not giving him a chance of proving himself- similar to wha they did to Ben Affleck casting Batman in Batman V Superman. By the end of Casino Royale’s , all animosity towards Daniel Craig and he had been soon well on his way to being a bona-fide Bond. His Performance Base on Ian Flemings James bond, he depicted the spy as a self destructive, borderline suicidal alcoholic with a knack for killing people. Even Connery's bond is just a bit too slick (although superb in its own right). This is what persons have forgotten - bond is ex military and a hardened maverick. Some similarities to Riggs out of lethal weapon if you actually read the original books. And Daniel Craig portrayal is what almost perfectly fits the novel description with the exception of certain physical attributes we will discuss another time.
Craig is the most authentic bond of the lot. As much as Connery has sort of taken ownership of the 'classic Bond' probably for historical reasons, Craig fits with the novels (original novels) much better. Skyfall captures this very well - and in my humble opinion the best Bond film. Goldfinger or Thunderball being the next. Some will disagree of course. Comment and give us your opinion |
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