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[griffolyon12]

In my opinion the fact that this film is Superman is going to draw in the audience.People love Superman and no matter how long it is or (although I don't think they will be bad) how bad reviews are,people are going to pay to see this over any other movie this summer.It has great FX,a love story,tons of action,and it stars one of the biggest pop culture icons ever,this movie will rock!I don't think the run time,reviews,or its current box office standing will chase away viewers.

 

[Matt]

if 2 hours and 51 minutes is true, it is just more a reason the general public will be turned off by this movie.

 

[Matt]

In my opinion the fact that this film is Superman is going to draw in the audience.People love Superman and no matter how long it is or (although I don't think they will be bad) how bad reviews are,people are going to pay to see this over any other movie this summer.It has great FX,a love story,tons of action,and it stars one of the biggest pop culture icons ever,this movie will rock!I don't think the run time,reviews,or its current box office standing will chase away viewers.

People said the same about Kong.

 

[spideymusprime]

People said the same about Kong.

People said the same thing about the Lord of the Rings too. And look how successful those movies were.

 

[explode7]

Matt what are you on???

 

[DvilDog]

I think we need Niveks post on how well King Kong has actually done. Again.

Though i didnt say before good post and research on that one Nivek

 

[spideymusprime]

The Superman and Kong comparison is really bad. Superman is just bigger plain and simple.

 

[DvilDog]

^^^ True not really comparing. I still havent seen Kong mind you but even though it was long it still did really well according to all the info that Nivek provided. It became number 4 on Universals all time list or something like that. Superman ehh way better. As far as i am concerned more time to develop the story. A lot of people i know would sit through a 3 hour movie if they thought it had a chance to be good. Were not talking Supes fans either. But hey what do i know.

 

[Excel]

you guys. w.b. will not release a superman move long then 150 minutes...or...2 hours and 30 minutes. this 171 minute **** is nonsense.

they simply wont. and their smart in doing that.

that is too long. its ahuge turnoff cause little kids wont wanna sit through a movie that long.

 

[DvilDog]

^^^ I can actually imagine trying to sit through almost 3 hours with my daughter. IF i were by my lonesome I wouldnt mind one bit. But as much as think she will get a kick out of it in IMAX I dont think she is gonna sit still for the whole thing unless we keeping shoving soda and popcorn and candy down her throat. Wow what a great parent I am. The price you must pay to watch a movie these days

 

[SolidSnakeMGS]

The success of Kong is more about the success of DVD and the swaying of preference to home viewing more than it's about the quality of the movie. People will buy any movie nowadays.

 

[spideymusprime]

you guys. w.b. will not release a superman move long then 150 minutes...or...2 hours and 30 minutes. this 171 minute **** is nonsense.

they simply wont. and their smart in doing that.

that is too long. its ahuge turnoff cause little kids wont wanna sit through a movie that long.

Yeah, I agree with you.

 

[PSU442]

2:51 would be way too long.... if a film isn't two hours (okay - two and a half), the filmmakers aren't trying hard enough...

 

[PSU442]

are we sure that isn't the length of the new trailer?

 

[spideymusprime]

I think the movie will be cut to 120-135 min. The extra scenes will be saved for the DVD.

 

[Nivek]

The success of Kong is more about the success of DVD and the swaying of preference to home viewing more than it's about the quality of the movie. People will buy any movie nowadays.

It pulled in half a billion in worldwide box office, and an additional $250 million in DVD sales. The only complaint i've heard about the movie is it takes too long to get to Skull Island (a point I fully agree with), alot of people love it that I've come across. And as i said in that other thread, DVD sales are a bigger point with studios now since they dont have to share that money with theatres.

Comparing supermans potetial B.O. and success with kong, to me, is a great comparison. Narnia wasn't as successful in the long run as Kong was, despite the box office last christmas.

 

[Matt]

People said the same thing about the Lord of the Rings too. And look how successful those movies were.

Here is the essential difference between Kong and LOTR and why LOTR was loved while many saw Kong as a failure...

LOTR has about 16 main characters, each with their own plots and development spread equally throughout the movie. When one story starts to drag it switches to another.

Kong on the other hand has 3 main characters (Denham, Ann, and Jack...four if you count Kong). 3 hours developing these 3 characters is pretty boring. No matter how good the rampage or time on Skull Island.

Superman is similar...Lex, Supes, Lois. You can't devote three hours to these characters.

 

[DvilDog]

^^^ to nivek

 

[DvilDog]

Its not just the main characters that are going to show development.

 

[Matt]

Its not just the main characters that are going to show development.

No but supporting characters are just that...supporting. They are usually two dimensional (Richard, Kitty)...the audience usually has no desire to learn more about them unless they are particularly compelling.

 

[DvilDog]

Personally and this is just me. I find both Richard and Jason compelling characters. Thats just me I could be wrong

 

[Kryptonite]

Lord of the Rings did well at 3 hours because there was a definitive story to tell and the fans wanted it to be told.

Superman is a balance of good story telling and efficient story telling. I don't think people want to be in there for an extra 30 minutes if the story can be told in 2hours and 20 minutes.

The best example I can think of is the movie A.I. - It was a good movie, up until the last 30 minutes, which ruined the entire thing.

 

[DvilDog]

^^^ true about A.I. havent seen that in forever

 

[SolidSnakeMGS]

King Kong BARELY made it's budget back over here. Yes, it did well overseas but it's very hard to calculate just how much is actually profit due to many factors of overhead prevailent in international exhibitions. Lots of movies that don't do well here do well overseas.

Suffice to say, KK was NOT the hit the studios thought it would be.

King Kong was overlong, too fake looking, and pretty much unnecessary since the original is so good and is still better than the Jackson version by a long shot.

 

[DvilDog]

downloading to watch it now for myself.