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Author:  pcernie [ Fri Nov 04, 2011 10:25 pm ]
Post subject:  “We make a lot of sh!tty movies"

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Universal Chief Ron Meyer

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3-D is a seductive gimmick that audiences and studios should resist carefully.
“I’m not a believer that every film should be 3-D,” said Meyer, acknowledging his own fiscal concern over Universal’s expensive upcoming 3-D film 47 Ronin, led by Keanu Reeves. “I think there’s a place for it; I think certain films lend themselves to it. Warner Bros. did Journey to the Center of the Earth; that movie would have never worked had it not been 3-D. The only thing that made that film palatable at all was the 3-D aspect.”


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Re the Wolfman remake. Meyer: “We all went wrong. It was one of those things… like I said, we make a lot of bad movies. That’s one we should have smelled out a long time ago. It was wrong. The script never got right…”

Leopold: “The cast -”

Meyer: “—was awful. The director was wrong. Benicio [del Toro] stunk. It all stunk.”


http://www.movieline.com/2011/11/univer ... ost-wo.php

Have a read at that, it's about the most honest (unfortunately short) interview with a studio head I've seen :o

Author:  bobbdobbs [ Fri Nov 04, 2011 10:31 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: “We make a lot of sh!tty movies"

it wont stop them pumping out a load of [LIFTED] though. Or pillaging foreign films to destroy and make PG/family friendly etc.

Author:  pcernie [ Sat Nov 05, 2011 12:18 am ]
Post subject:  Re: “We make a lot of sh!tty movies"

bobbdobbs wrote:
it wont stop them pumping out a load of [LIFTED] though. Or pillaging foreign films to destroy and make PG/family friendly etc.


Rating system abuse is really starting to piss me off - if it's not making the likes of Die Hard 4 even worse via PG Whatever, it's enabling dumb parents and their consequently dumb kids to visit the cinema...

Author:  ProfessorF [ Sat Nov 05, 2011 4:00 am ]
Post subject:  Re: “We make a lot of sh!tty movies"

Hmm might just be a Ratner moment.

Author:  mikepgood [ Sat Nov 05, 2011 11:02 am ]
Post subject:  Re: “We make a lot of sh!tty movies"

ProfessorF wrote:
Hmm might just be a Ratner moment.


My thought exactly. Looking for a big severence bonus before things go t*ts up?

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