Archive for the tag 'Opinion'

Superman Can't Win

So the bad press has begun with the box office results for Superman. It’s day one and since it didn’t break every box office record, it’s obviously on its way to failure.
Here is a story I found linked to from Drudge. Click for Story.
Look people, calm down. The movie opened on a Wednesday before a […]

Steve Uncategorized on June 29th, 2006

Dear Sharon Stone

Since I didn’t actually go see Basic Instinct 2 you might completely disregard my thoughts, but please, don’t make Basic Instinct 3.
Don’t direct it, don’t have meetings about it and don’t even let it enter your thoughts.
Maybe everyone involved needs to realize that Basic Instinct drew such a large audience because of Michael Douglas and […]

Steve Uncategorized on May 9th, 2006

The Death of the Blockbuster?

Chris Anderson, editor-in-chief of Wired Magazine is writing a book based on his writing for Wired Magazine called ‘The Long Tail’. Here I would just like to mention his post on ‘The Death of a Blockbuster’ and something I think he is misunderstanding.
Go read the article and the lively comments for a good read.
I think […]

Steve Uncategorized on March 18th, 2006

Academy Award nominations

Well it Oscar nomination time again, and for the most part it’s the same old story again. There are rarely any REAL surprises when it comes to nomination time, as you can usually guess the nominations months in advance, just based on the press clipping and reviews. And this year isn’t any different.
Here are […]

Steve Uncategorized on March 18th, 2006

Best of 2005

Well, after criticizing other best of lists for the year, I will give what I consider to be some of the best movies of the year. I’m not going to rank them, just list a few films that I think stood above the rest.
Cinderella Man
Did this movie just come out at the wrong time? Or […]

Steve Uncategorized on March 18th, 2006