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<blockquote data-quote="ShinHakkaider" data-source="post: 851322" data-attributes="member: 9213"><p>Excellent points. </p><p></p><p>I'll also add that I used to attend a lot of movie screenings and in two cases of movies where people declared that the movies were ridicoulously overhyped (THE MATRIX and THE USUAL SUSPECTS) the preview audiences REALLY enjoyed these movies. </p><p></p><p>The previews/ trailers for The MAtrix showed a lot of cool visuals but told you almost NOTHING about the story. So I remember being in that screening audience when the big reveal happens about midway through. There definitely a few muffled "Oh <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />'s" in that audience. That and people really enjoyed the action. I remember getting how and my then finace (now wife) asking me "how was it" and I responded by calling most of my friends and telling them that it was pretty damn entertaining. </p><p></p><p>Likewise with the Usual Suspects. The screening auidence that I saw this with were for the most part caught off gaurd with the ending of that movie. I could tell because, again thier surprise was audiable. "Oh, <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />", "No way" " Damn, didint see that coming" etc, etc. </p><p></p><p>So yeah I think alot of the backlash has to do with the hype more than the actual film itself. And for the record, I think that both Singer and Ang Lee are excellent directors, Singer for his ability to focus on the character bits and Lee for pretty much the same thing and his ability to handle a wide range of topics in his films.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ShinHakkaider, post: 851322, member: 9213"] Excellent points. I'll also add that I used to attend a lot of movie screenings and in two cases of movies where people declared that the movies were ridicoulously overhyped (THE MATRIX and THE USUAL SUSPECTS) the preview audiences REALLY enjoyed these movies. The previews/ trailers for The MAtrix showed a lot of cool visuals but told you almost NOTHING about the story. So I remember being in that screening audience when the big reveal happens about midway through. There definitely a few muffled "Oh :):):):)'s" in that audience. That and people really enjoyed the action. I remember getting how and my then finace (now wife) asking me "how was it" and I responded by calling most of my friends and telling them that it was pretty damn entertaining. Likewise with the Usual Suspects. The screening auidence that I saw this with were for the most part caught off gaurd with the ending of that movie. I could tell because, again thier surprise was audiable. "Oh, :):):):)", "No way" " Damn, didint see that coming" etc, etc. So yeah I think alot of the backlash has to do with the hype more than the actual film itself. And for the record, I think that both Singer and Ang Lee are excellent directors, Singer for his ability to focus on the character bits and Lee for pretty much the same thing and his ability to handle a wide range of topics in his films. [/QUOTE]
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