« Redeeming Dubya (II) | Main | The One-Term Pledge That Wasn't » Underestimating Sex02 Jun 2008 01:06 pm So I looked at the box office numbers this morning, saw that the unbearable (and unbearably long) Sex and the City movie had taken in $55 million, and thought to myself: Good - a deservedly below-expectations showing. They were probably hoping for $70-80 million. And that, of course, is why I don't have a high-paying job in a Hollywood studio. Comments (32)
Wait... was that comment at 1:31 me, or someone making fun of me? 
If only the real one was funny, then we could tell which is which.
Moe, I think the 1:31 comment was someone making fun of you, because it lacked the required references to Repiglicans et al.
Why write about the Iraq War when you can dis a chick flick instead? Because to discuss the Iraq War, in light of his kith's editorial in today's NY Times on military service, would put him in a rather odd position. Fortunately, obseity is now the new flat-foot deferment.
For those who care, 55 mil opening weekend is outstanding for a film like SATC. There still remains a question on whether that indicates the movie is really going to be a blockbuster or if 6+ months of Phantom Menace level hype in the entertainment media has just created the most frontloaded film of all time. Mike
I'm gonna man up and say that if you thought that the Sex and the City movie was unbearable, your taste in movies sucks.
Opening day was huge at $26 million, rest of the weekend not so much. It was a lot like a 1980s Star Trek movie.
The box office for movies whose primary audience is women follows a totally different pattern than movies aimed at males. The latter consistently make a much larger percentage of their total gross in the opening weekend. You are invited to check it out. Look at any year's list of total grosses on boxofficemojo. Sort the movies into the appropriate categories and divide the total gross by the opening weekend gross (only valid for movies that "open wide," of course). I guarantee the average number for the chick-flicks will be higher. The only explanation I can see to is that men can and do drag their SO's to see the Iron Men as soon as it opens, whereas the women have to overcome resistance, or sneak out during the week, to the the SatC's. (Support for this hypothesis is provided by the fact that children's movies take even longer to make their money - children's power over moviegoing decisions being dependent entirely on their capacity for sustained pestering.)
Tim K Tim Ks: "If only the real one was funny, then we could tell which is which." I'm not trying to be funny, chuckles, I'm trying to be an asshole.
I should start a new religion and collect tithes.
IMHO, the curious thing was the dog that barely barked in the night -- this movie was apparently so elusively bad that it almost escaped Anthony Lane's derision altogether.
J Mann, did you read Lane's review? Lane seems at a loss to explain why he hates the movie?!!!!! I see why you liked the movie.
Ross - God, you didn't actually go see Sex, did you?
Alex - I don't mean that I don't understand that Lane doesn't like the movie; I mean that his review lacks his usual insight and wit. "Yoda, whose reptilian smugness we have been encouraged to mistake for wisdom, has the answer. . . . “I hope right you are.” Break me a fucking give."
Alex - I don't mean that I don't understand that Lane doesn't like the movie; I mean that his review lacks his usual insight and wit. Maybe so, maybe no, but you'd be hard pressed not to admit that "The Lying, the Bitch, and the Wardrobe" is a killer of a closer.
Alex - I don't mean that I don't understand that Lane doesn't like the movie; I mean that his review lacks his usual insight and wit. Maybe so, maybe no, but you'd be hard pressed not to admit that "The Lying, the Bitch, and the Wardrobe" is a killer of a closer.
"I'm not trying to be funny, chuckles, I'm trying to be an asshole." What an accomplishment, you ridiculous little child. I never understood why people hang around places their clearly not wanted. Perhaps rejection is the only affirmation they ever receive.
A moron quotes and writes: " "I'm not trying to be funny, chuckles, I'm trying to be an asshole." What an accomplishment, you ridiculous little child. I never understood why people hang around places their clearly not wanted. " Are you actually stupid enough to fail to catch on to the fact that other people are posting under my username, dipshit? I've never understood why people can't learn the their/they're/there distinction. Meanwhile I'll go where I please and you can go Cheney yourself.
I don't care about popularity you stupid Repiglican
Fake Moe fake mewls: "Are you actually stupid enough to fail to catch on to the fact that other people are posting under my username, dipshit?" Are YOU actually stupid enough to think that people will think that you're the real MoeLarryAndJesus? Go Cheney yourself, chuckles.
Hey Moe, I actually do appreciate your contributions here. They're often insightful and sometimes funny. It looks like your username has been hijacked so perhaps you should think up a new pseudonym (preferably one that doesn't involve the name of any gods or deities).
Hector suggests: "I actually do appreciate your contributions here. They're often insightful and sometimes funny. It looks like your username has been hijacked so perhaps you should think up a new pseudonym (preferably one that doesn't involve the name of any gods or deities)." The hijackers would just hijack any new name, Hector. It's not like I'd be posting compliments about torture-loving Repiglican war criminals under a new name. It's also not like I've never seen this tactic before. I take it as a tribute.
Only stupid repiglicans could hate this movie, because it brings the funny
MoeLarryAndJesus: "It's also not like I've never seen this tactic before. I take it as a tribute." Definitely a tribute. MuhammadLuluandGaia is probably the most flattering of the bunch so far.
The commenters outside looked from Repiglican to Moe, and from Moe to Repiglican, and from Repiglican to Moe again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.
It's also not like I've never seen this tactic before. I've been informed by my court-appointed psychiatrist that it's a mistake to think of these impersonations as a "tactic", as if I'm locked in some struggle with a powerful enemy. He suggested that some people might just enjoy being silly--they may not even be repiglicans! What a relief!
I've since been informed by my court-appointed psychiatrist that these impersonations are actually parts of my repressed psyche. Integration will be a long and painful process.
Most of the time, it's the blog that is insightful and the comments that are nonsense. What mad, bizzaro world have I encountered where up is down? Moe, never change. You are the Joel Robinson and puppets to Ross's Coleman Francis-grade blogging.
Thanks, Apsaras.
"It's also not like I've never seen this tactic before. I take it as a tribute." He could be at a bar talking to a woman, she could through a drink in his face....& he would say to himself "Gosh, she's really paying attention to me now!"
A moron quotes and types: " "It's also not like I've never seen this tactic before. I take it as a tribute." He could be at a bar talking to a woman, she could through a drink in his face....& he would say to himself "Gosh, she's really paying attention to me now!" " You "through" like a girl. A retarded girl. Good luck getting your GED.
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Why write about the Iraq War when you can dis a chick flick instead?
Posted by MoeLarryAndJesus | June 2, 2008 1:31 PM