Star Wars: Episode VII: The Nerd Rage Awakens
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The mystery box is also not very mysterious.
Absurd? Just personal taste. We have no control over it at the end of the day so the director wins out...at least until the movie is released. Then the viewer has the final say, and all the power. Not enough buzz and/or negative word of mouth among other things can kill a movie and a marketing strategy can backfire.
This movie is fairly bulletproof though. People will see it regardless. It's Star Wars, so practically any marketing strategy would work.
Personally, I'm going to see it in its second or third week of release. The crowds will die down (I hate seeing movies with crowds...too noisy and people are rude and/or talk constantly), and I'll probably go on a weekday...and know the plot ahead of time. Smooth and easy...almost like a private screening.
This movie is fairly bulletproof though. People will see it regardless. It's Star Wars, so practically any marketing strategy would work.
Personally, I'm going to see it in its second or third week of release. The crowds will die down (I hate seeing movies with crowds...too noisy and people are rude and/or talk constantly), and I'll probably go on a weekday...and know the plot ahead of time. Smooth and easy...almost like a private screening.
Oh, I know. It won't be easy to wait with all the talking, but I'll manage. I did it with Avatar and I was 1 of like 10 people in the entire theater when I saw it a few weeks after release. Loved it. Felt like an exclusive screening.
And no loud snorting, coughing, not-so-quiet "whispering," cellphone usage, saying lines before the characters say them onscreen, babies crying, etc.
Absurd? Just personal taste. We have no control over it at the end of the day so the director wins out...at least until the movie is released. Then the viewer has the final say, and all the power. Not enough buzz and/or negative word of mouth among other things can kill a movie and a marketing strategy can backfire.
This movie is fairly bulletproof though. People will see it regardless. It's Star Wars, so practically any marketing strategy would work.
Personally, I'm going to see it in its second or third week of release. The crowds will die down (I hate seeing movies with crowds...too noisy and people are rude and/or talk constantly), and I'll probably go on a weekday...and know the plot ahead of time. Smooth and easy...almost like a private screening.
I think that having some mystery to a movie is part of the fun.
When the first trailer came out, I was worn out with not just the Internet discussion (which I expected) but whole magazine articles being devoted to shot by shot analysis of the first teaser/trailer. It felt like trying to make a mountain out of a mole hill.
Now, they hype feels a little bit more in line with the amount of material out there, with an interesting level of speculation without giving too much away. Fun, but ultimately, speculative.
Personally, I have no problems not knowing what a film is about beyond a couple of trailers. Heck, I walked in to Chronicles of Riddick with nothing but one trailer viewing to go by.
As for crowds, I will be curious to see how they go. It comes out right as Christmas/holiday/winter break starts for school, and at the height of debt, I mean, gift buying season. I don't think the crowds will fade that quickly, unless the film is terrible.
Good idea. I should try that.
The trailers for Star Trek Generations in 1994 get a lot of ribbing from fans for having revealed way too much of the movie's plot and Kirk's involvement with Picard before they got to see it for the first time, not to mention the Enterprise-D being destroyed.
And let's not get started on the Star Trek III trailers that not only mentioned that film was the final voyage of the original U.S.S. Enterprise but actually showed footage of the ship exploding. The only mystery left for moviegoers was why the Enterprise exploded and where.
The article was from the Daily Mirror so they probably made it up.
Darth Insulinus.
I'm finding that more hilarious than I probably should.
Just be glad it wasn't Wilford Brimley in the role of Qui-Gon.
Jediabitis.
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Tell them it was the same guy who rebooted Trek and you'll have enough people for a riot. Especially if the movie turns out to be shit.
