CAPTAIN AMERICA-shooting July 2010:Casting, Rumors, Pics till release

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  1. Alidar Jarok

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    Re: CAPTAIN AMERICA-shooting July 2010:Casting, Rumors, Pics till rele

    I thought about that too. July 4 isn't really a good movie weekend if I recall correctly. Otherwise, yeah, it would have made entirely too much sense.
     
    Alidar Jarok, Jul 5, 2011
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  2. Argus Skyhawk

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    Re: CAPTAIN AMERICA-shooting July 2010:Casting, Rumors, Pics till rele

    Not really. According to BoxOfficeMojo, Serenity had a production budget of $39 Million, which was about the same as its total worldwide box office take.
     
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  3. davejames

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    Re: CAPTAIN AMERICA-shooting July 2010:Casting, Rumors, Pics till rele

    Love the newest trailer, but it does look VERY geeky and comic booky. In fact the style and period setting reminds me an awful lot of a Rocketeer or Shadow or LXG-- all movies which didn't exactly have a broad audience appeal...
     
    davejames, Jul 6, 2011
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  4. Harvey

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    Re: CAPTAIN AMERICA-shooting July 2010:Casting, Rumors, Pics till rele

    Yeah, it wasn't even close to doing well. With worldwide grosses about half a million short of the film's production budget, which doesn't include the costs of prints and advertising, nor factor in the significant cut (40-50% for domestic grosses, 60% for non-domestic grosses) exhibitors take from that, it probably still hasn't broken even, even accounting for home video and television sales.
     
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  5. Turtletrekker

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  6. JD

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    Re: CAPTAIN AMERICA-shooting July 2010:Casting, Rumors, Pics till rele

    I can see that too. It's definitely a very niche kind of thing, I'm glad it at least has some fairly big names involved. Hopefully that'll be enough to bring some people into the theaters.
     
    JD, Jul 6, 2011
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  7. Admiral Buzzkill

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    Re: CAPTAIN AMERICA-shooting July 2010:Casting, Rumors, Pics till rele

    Yep, people in those three countries have particularly strong anti-U.S. sentiments. Evidently France was not considered a problem. :lol:
     
    Admiral Buzzkill, Jul 6, 2011
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  8. Broccoli

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    Re: CAPTAIN AMERICA-shooting July 2010:Casting, Rumors, Pics till rele

    Eh...they just asked again and the French surrendered.
     
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  9. Admiral Buzzkill

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    Re: CAPTAIN AMERICA-shooting July 2010:Casting, Rumors, Pics till rele

    Yeah, like that joke never gets old. No wonder they love us. :rolleyes:

    At least they can boast of having had the good sense not to follow us into Iraq.
     
    Admiral Buzzkill, Jul 6, 2011
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  10. flemm

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    Re: CAPTAIN AMERICA-shooting July 2010:Casting, Rumors, Pics till rele

    Yeah, no kidding. One of the better examples of cultural groupthink in recent memory.

    Ironically, early in Brubaker's run on Cap he has a scene where Steve Rogers basically explains how stupid that particular meme actually is.

    Oh, and the United States and France have been allies for as long as the nation has existed, including militarily against the English during the war for independence :rolleyes:
     
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  11. Misfit Toy

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    Re: CAPTAIN AMERICA-shooting July 2010:Casting, Rumors, Pics till rele

    You forgot to mention Jerry Lewis.
     
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  12. Ayelbourne

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    Re: CAPTAIN AMERICA-shooting July 2010:Casting, Rumors, Pics till rele

    They pretty much have to if they want the movie to make any profit whatsoever.
    And to be honest, I expect the movie to bomb in Germany (pun intended just to serve the cliché and get that out of the way) because they're gonna keep the title over here.

    I mean...we're not Americans. Why should we give a damn about a dude who dresses himself with the american flag?

    When confronted with on-the-nose american patriotism, most people here just roll their eyes in slight anoyance and get on with whatever they were doing. It certainly won't attract any viewers.
     
    Ayelbourne, Jul 6, 2011
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  13. Captain Craig

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    Re: CAPTAIN AMERICA-shooting July 2010:Casting, Rumors, Pics till rele

    ^^^^
    I think it's fair to say it will not do the type of international numbers THOR did.

    I know I did not care one bit about the Brits latest Royal Wedding. That's about as close to a type of national pride "on the nose" event I can think of and I can't ever recall the last time Germany had something globally to promote or did. Fictional or otherwise.

    I do like Alpha Flight thought. :)
     
    Captain Craig, Jul 6, 2011
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  14. Broccoli

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    Re: CAPTAIN AMERICA-shooting July 2010:Casting, Rumors, Pics till rele

    Oh, please. Don't take things so damn seriously. :rolleyes:
     
    Broccoli, Jul 6, 2011
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  15. Admiral Buzzkill

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    Re: CAPTAIN AMERICA-shooting July 2010:Casting, Rumors, Pics till rele

    I'm not taking anything seriously. OTOH, if you posted "Q: Why did the chicken cross the road? A: To get to the other side," would you expect people to respond with :guffaw: :guffaw: ?
     
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  16. Klaus

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    Re: CAPTAIN AMERICA-shooting July 2010:Casting, Rumors, Pics till rele

    I recall hearing that the scene at the end of Superman 2 where he flies the flag back to the roof of the White House got booed often overseas...

    ..but it isn't like most Americans would ever watch a foreign film outside a martial-arts extravaganza anyhow, so handsome is as handsome does, I figure.
     
    Klaus, Jul 6, 2011
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  17. CaptainCanada

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    Re: CAPTAIN AMERICA-shooting July 2010:Casting, Rumors, Pics till rele

    The biggest cheers in many showings of Independence Day were when the aliens blew up the White House.;)
     
    CaptainCanada, Jul 6, 2011
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  18. Argus Skyhawk

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    Re: CAPTAIN AMERICA-shooting July 2010:Casting, Rumors, Pics till rele

    That shot in the trailer got cheers even here in the USA, and I saw that trailer in a theater in a rather right-wing patriotic part of the country. Even if you love America, sometimes its just entertaining to poke fun at the government.:)
     
    Argus Skyhawk, Jul 6, 2011
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  19. Sindatur

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    Re: CAPTAIN AMERICA-shooting July 2010:Casting, Rumors, Pics till rele

    Yea, but, Bill Clinton was the President at the time ;)
     
    Sindatur, Jul 6, 2011
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  20. Admiral Buzzkill

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    Re: CAPTAIN AMERICA-shooting July 2010:Casting, Rumors, Pics till rele

    It's just their good luck that no one involved had the bright idea "If we're gonna fry New York let's show the Twin Towers getting blowed up bigtime!" Would have been tres awkward later.
     
    Admiral Buzzkill, Jul 6, 2011
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