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<blockquote data-quote="Mistwell" data-source="post: 3449149" data-attributes="member: 2525">Nope.&nbsp; I have not seen it yet, but I plan on seeing it in the next couple of days.&nbsp; I just think it's an interesting topic.&nbsp; When movies do half as well as expected, I like to figure out why.&nbsp; That's it.I think it hurts when people make excuses about external factors.&nbsp; It's a matter of bias.&nbsp; I don't really care about this movie one way or the other.&nbsp; But a lot of folks who do, seem to want to blame external factors.&nbsp; I don't buy that.&nbsp; I think the movie did poorly because people are not buying into the concept of intentionally replicating bad movies from the 70s. Or because of bad marketing.&nbsp; Or because the movie was too long.Some concepts work with the public and others do not, and I think this one did not work.Not to me.&nbsp; Same number of family films as usual.&nbsp; I was just saying that there was a lot of competition for family films, as usual for Easter Weekend.&nbsp; However, that does not equate with R rate films doing poorly.About half the nation celebrates Easter, and that is only one day of a three day weekend.&nbsp; Another group (much less than half) celebrate good Friday.&nbsp; But that still leaves lots of time to see a movie.&nbsp; And people DID see movies this weekend, lots of them.&nbsp; Just not this one.You watch.&nbsp; This movie isn't going to suddenly rebound this upcoming weekend.&nbsp; Something went wrong with this film.&nbsp; Maybe the advertising, maybe how long the movie turned out to be, maybe people are not buying into the concept.&nbsp; But it wasn't external factors like competition or Easter.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mistwell, post: 3449149, member: 2525"] Nope. I have not seen it yet, but I plan on seeing it in the next couple of days. I just think it's an interesting topic. When movies do half as well as expected, I like to figure out why. That's it. I think it hurts when people make excuses about external factors. It's a matter of bias. I don't really care about this movie one way or the other. But a lot of folks who do, seem to want to blame external factors. I don't buy that. I think the movie did poorly because people are not buying into the concept of intentionally replicating bad movies from the 70s. Or because of bad marketing. Or because the movie was too long. Some concepts work with the public and others do not, and I think this one did not work. Not to me. Same number of family films as usual. I was just saying that there was a lot of competition for family films, as usual for Easter Weekend. However, that does not equate with R rate films doing poorly. About half the nation celebrates Easter, and that is only one day of a three day weekend. Another group (much less than half) celebrate good Friday. But that still leaves lots of time to see a movie. And people DID see movies this weekend, lots of them. Just not this one. You watch. This movie isn't going to suddenly rebound this upcoming weekend. Something went wrong with this film. Maybe the advertising, maybe how long the movie turned out to be, maybe people are not buying into the concept. But it wasn't external factors like competition or Easter. [/QUOTE]

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