 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
An analysis of the box office failure, and a look at a few of the reasons why it may have disappointed audiences.
gullcottageonline.com/WTFabouttheBFGreviewVertlie.html
Steve
|
|
|
|
|
|
Don't know why the link is not working.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
This might be part of the problem"...and moving musical score by our greatest living film composer, John Willimas,...", they did not hire the right composer. Who is this Willimas person?
|
|
|
|
|
|
The title. I'd contribute 80% of the reason to the title.
From people that went they said it was good.
2016 is the Summer of Bombs.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Overall Roald Dahl's novels have all fared rather poorly at the box office despite the quality of the films. The only success being Burton's unique, but flawed Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
I can say with confidence that the title was also a little confusing and the penetration of the marketing failed. My wife, who's an avid reader, was unaware of the film when we saw it 4 weeks into it's run. We both felt that it was a wonderful film.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
As much as anything I think it's simply that "A Film by Steven Spielberg" doesn't carry the marketing weight it used to. His last game changing hit was JURASSIC PARK, and that's well over twenty years ago now. He's made plenty of successful movies since then and in many ways has become a much more interesting filmmaker, but there's a new generation driving the box office now for whom the name doesn't mean anything. Nor does Roald Dahl, sadly, so you're left with an oddly (confusingly?) titled movie that looks a lot like every other fantasy movie out there.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
This shouldn't have been a July release. If this had opened up with no other children's movie competition, it would have done much better.
TRUTH
This has been the most constipated summer in recent memory. All the mind numbing tentpoles are basically plugging each other up.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
