Jack the Giant Killer by Bryan Singer?

[Lighthouse]

I think Singer is a great journeyman director, but he keeps trying to be an auteur director.

 

[terry78]

What happened to Apt Pupil and X2 Singer?

 

[chaseter]

$7 million on Friday...yeah I knew it was a bomb with the first trailer. The marketing for this was so bleh and the cgi in the trailers wasn't breathtaking or anything. Poor Singer...I really enjoy him as a filmmaker so hopefully he can do some movie magic with X-Men again.

 

[henzINNIT]

Yeah the marketing for this film sucked.... in fact the whole idea of this film sucks really. Enough of the fairy tale "reimaginings" already. Will see this anyway as I like Singer and Hoult (and Ewan's 'tache), but I'm not expecting much. Doesn't do much to shake my faith in Singer and his return to X-Men, but it's a shame he's not knocking things out of the park outside of the mutants.

 

[Bruce Malone]

Marketing or not this was just a film that was so not needed. There was absolutely no one clamoring for a big budget semi-darker take on Jack and the Beanstalk.

It was an audience that didn't exist. Hell i saw it it wasn't terrible but i still left the theater with the impression that it was a very pointless concept for a movie.

 

[dark_b]

how is that good for singer he just blew 185 mill on a film that's gonna make 24 mill opening weekend?

its good for him because noone is screaming that Singer is the worst director on this planet. look at Andrew Stanton and John carter. and other examples.

with x-men its very different. if its bad they will curse him out . t:

 

[Liam_H]

This movie plays out exactly as you would expect based on the fairy tale. And that would be fine if the characters are well written and defined. But they are not. Plus the jokes need to hit but a lot of them fell flat.

So for something to pass the time you can do a lot worse but there isn't really anything to recommend except for maybe the final battle.

 

[TheVileOne]

I feel bad for Singer, but I think the writing was on the wall with the first trailer.

I don't think they really were able to make the giants look convincing enough.

 

[Project862006]

yeah i knew this would flop it just didn't have a hook compared to something like another fairy tale re-imagining SWATH which had jaw dropping visually effects and darker tone and had big names in hemsworth,theron,stewart

jack on the other hand had a very bland visual look and no flare at least swath was something fresh and different this film just looks very typical

 

[TheIrishAvenger]

Estimated $28M opening weekend. That's even lower than John Carter's OW which was $30M.

Budget was around $190 million.

 

[Ultimatehero]

It can't be compared to John Carter. It had no cut off the week after. It was wide open. Here, if people want to see a fantasy movie but only see one movie a month or every couple of weeks... they'd hold off for Oz. The only way this can be legitimately compared to JC is if it had a month to its own with no similar genre film with a bigger name coming out the week after. As said, Warner's screwed it over. Pretty sure no one saw it as getting in much money after that.

 

[CastlesInTheAir]

I had a feeling it would flop

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

Estimated $28M opening weekend. That's even lower than John Carter's OW which was $30M.

Budget was around $190 million.

I knew it would do worst than Carter opening weekend. I think it will have slightly better legs though, even with Oz coming out because the 57% jump from Friday to Saturday shows it was more for families than John Carter was. Familes don't rush out for films like fanboys do.

 

[terry78]

Oz will do Alice numbers I suspect. They've been marketing the thing like a mother****er and it's the first live action Oz movie since Return.

 

[dark_b]

 

[jacobed]

its good for him because noone is screaming that Singer is the worst director on this planet. look at Andrew Stanton and John carter. and other examples.

with x-men its very different. if its bad they will curse him out . t:

But Stanton was a big reason why JC cost so much money. I'm not surprised this bombed so bad but sad it did. I thought it was decent

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

Oz will do Alice numbers I suspect. They've been marketing the thing like a mother****er and it's the first live action Oz movie since Return.

I hope so because I want to see some interesting numbers and I like Raimi.

 

[mclay18]

I knew it would do worst than Carter opening weekend. I think it will have slightly better legs though, even with Oz coming out because the 57% jump from Friday to Saturday shows it was more for families than John Carter was. Familes don't rush out for films like fanboys do.

If Jack doesn't plummet more than 60% next week, it could hang in there for a bit longer than John Carter did. I didn't think Hansel & Gretel would have any legs at all when it opened, and yet it has a 2.75x multipler now. Not bad for a $50M pic released in late January...

Not saying that Jack is in the same league as H&G, but it's certainly leagues better than JC.

 

[Ultimatehero]

I'd say Jack and John Carter are leagues better than H&G. But, to each their own.

 

[mclay18]

I'd say Jack and John Carter are leagues better than H&G. But, to each their own.

I was comparing the films' holds in the box office, rather than comparing the films' quality. I expected H&G to plummet after its opening weekend, but I was surprised at its hold throughout the first several weeks.

If Jack can manage to hold on like H&G did, it could end up narrowly outgrossing JC. But that's damning with faint praise, in terms of WB's coffers.

2013 has not been a kind year for WB so far. Four flops in a row, but they should be able to save face with Hangover 3 and Man of Steel come summertime (as well as Hobbit 2 in December). If either underperform, or God forbid, flop... WB will need to re-evaluate their priorities or get a new regime to get things moving.

 

[DorneyDave]

It was an alright movie. I didn't like Hoult's performance, he lacked charisma and had zero chemistry with the love interest. The CGI was average and overall, it was somewhat boring.

 

[Ultimatehero]

Yeah, MAN OF STEEL and HANGOVER III should do really well. MAN OF STEEL won't be a break-through hit, as much as I want it to be, because I think SR will negatively impact it - but it has Nolan's name to partly deflect that. HANGOVER III is probably going to be less than II but more than I due to the negative reception of II, overall successful though.

 

[Liam_H]

SR has been pretty much forgotten by the general public, its impact would be pretty minimal. Pacific Rim is the wildcard.

 

[Ultimatehero]

Batman and Robin came out years earlier than Batman Begins than Superman Returns and Man of Steel. So years doesn't really say that much. Not saying SR was B&R, but years didn't make much of a difference there was still that decline after a negative reception. But, as said Nolan's name being built this time might save it from that decline (that every superhero film has fallen victim to, Batman Begins being the most years after one).

 

[Wheels]

I think Superman Returns is more comparable to The Hulk than Batman and Robin.