It’s telling that Saw VI has been suffering so much under the $15,000 thumb of Paranormal Activity. But just what has been the cause of this technical knock-out in the horror world?
Join Brett and Ellen along with our assembled webcammers as they delve into the fact why this lumbering franchise finally lost out to a hand-held ghost story.
It came as a surprise to almost everyone thatParamount’sActivity managed to usurp Lionsgate’s long-standingSawfranchise this weekend by $8 million . In a way, it’s worth praising a tiny independent film with a simple grassroots campaign for knocking down a mini-major juggernaut with nearly six years’ worth of convoluted yet perfunctory plot and back story. But that wasn’t what happened. In fact, Paramount relied on the age-old basis that if you make peoplethinkthey have power, they’ll surely feel like they’ve done something with their opinion. And you don’t get any more petty, opinionated or power-drunk than with film nerds. Which is why we, collectively, likeParanormal Activity .
It’s Friday and you need ideas for what you want to see this weekend. Let Brett and Ellen give you the weekend peekend above, while we bring you what our friends at Rotten Tomatoes are saying:
Astro Boy has one of the highest Tomatometer ratings at 46 percent. Lars Von Trier’s Antichrist is at 49 percent and Jonathan Parker’s(Untitled) is at 45 percent.
What’s shaking, gang? It’s Thursday morning on the West Coast and we’re minutes away from hearing thousands of screaming fan-girls ruin Comic Con when info about The Twilight Saga: New Moon arrives. Why are they ruining it? BECAUSE THEY’RE GIRLS. Or something obnoxious. Before all that, Michel Gondry and his son have a freestyle rap session on The Green Hornet and Javier Bardem drops out of Wall Street 2. Let’s take a gander!
Michel Gondry, you and your son Paul are awesome. That is all. [Video above. Cinematical]
Javier Bardem drops out of the Wall Street sequel due to a scheduling conflict. Universal sign of: the movie will suck. [Current]
This clip from Saw VIproves that nothing is more deadly than a Merry-go-Round with a shotgun. [Current]
The heart-breaking stories of the men and women who love in 2-D. [NYT]
An interview and conversation with Antichrist cinematographer Anthony Dod Mantle. [Eye for Film]
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