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Ewan McGregor being blamed for failure of "The Island" by producers (along with the Johanasson girl)

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That's what IMDB has to say quote:

The Island's producers have blamed the movie's stars Scarlett Johansson and Ewan McGregor for the critical-mauling its received. Producer Walter Parkes and his wife Laurie have used their website to stage a vicious attack on Johansson and McGregor, claiming their half-hearted efforts have resulted in a poor reception for the high-budget sci-fi epic. And Johansson's talents take the biggest beatings, with the husband and wife team claiming a television actress could have done a more professional job. They write, "Listen those are superstars of the future, not superstars of the present. Even lesser television actresses, quite honestly would have more connection to that audience."

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Wrong forum, Han. Besides Ewan, this has nothing to do with Star Wars.,

It's unfortunate though. I liked the film. It was good for what it was.


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McGregor had nothing to do with the failure of The Island. The fact that it was a horribly written movie directed by the king of horrible teen summer movies is what made it a failure. I mean, they really tell you EVERYTHING about the story in the trailers. There was nothing surprising about the movie at all.

Besides, if I want to watch a movie about a dystopian future where there is a character running from something, I'd rather watch Logan's Run or THX-1138.

Though, I have to admit... Ewan's acting didn't seem as good in this movie as it normally does. I wish he'd do something with Boyle again...
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Originally posted by: Klingon_Jedi
Wrong forum, Han. Besides Ewan, this has nothing to do with Star Wars.,


*sigh* Yes, that's why this is the OFF-TOPIC section.
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Originally posted by: Klingon_Jedi
Wrong forum, Han. Besides Ewan, this has nothing to do with Star Wars.,


*sigh* Yes, that's why this is the OFF-TOPIC section.


It was originally in General Star Wars, Ric. Give me some benefit of the doubt.


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Didn't see the movie, but it sounds like Hollywood is starting to get frustrated with the lack-luster sales this past year and these 2 producers decided it couldn't possibly be there fault, so they blame the actors.

So, what's next, will the future director of Garfield 2 blame Bill Murray because movie stunk?

Hollywood should take a step back and ask themselves if there is REALLY a market for the movies they want to make, rather than just follow other people's successes.

Why make Garfield in the first place? How about the success of the first Scooby-Doo movie, which also led to the subpar Scooby-Doo 2.
Why make Elektra?? Because the character's appearance in Daredevil was a "selling point".
Why remake Superman? Because people seem to like the comic book movies (X-Men, X-Men 2, Spiderman, Spiderman 2, Fantastic Four, etc.) right now.
The comic book trend doesn't end any time soon...we've got Silver Surfer, Thor, The Flash, X-Men 3, Sub-Mariner, ?Aquaman? and others all coming down the pipe.
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Agreed DAYV,

I enjoy the comic movies, and I dont think the problem is necessarily that hollywood jumps on the 'whats successful' bandwagon, its the fact that they dont realize that its not just the fact that its X-Men or Spider-Man, its also because the movie was well done and didnt totally bastardize the comic. The movie wast successful soley because of the lead actor or because its based on a popular comic...the movie was successful because it was a good and appealed to fans and non fans alike.

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What the crap?!

I was under the impression that The Island was a quite good movie and the critics liked it. I have been meaning to see it for some time but for some reason my dad would rather go out to his new farm and go fishing than see a movie.

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No it isn't. I wish I could vote with my dollar and help it out, but the lack of transportation, and my dad's hospitalization won't let me. (And not that an extra three-five people would make the difference.)

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more and more, i'm coming to the realization that hollywood is losing it's ability to see what audiences want to see at the theater. This in turn leads me to believe that an alternative, a true alternative to hollywood must become available to the general public. This would be an alternative that would know what the audiences want to see at the movies rather than cramming garbage down they're throat.
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Originally posted by: Switch Radic
more and more, i'm coming to the realization that hollywood is losing it's ability to see what audiences want to see at the theater. This in turn leads me to believe that an alternative, a true alternative to hollywood must become available to the general public. This would be an alternative that would know what the audiences want to see at the movies rather than cramming garbage down they're throat.
I agree with you, but only to a point.
Another contributing factor in the reduction of theater attendance is the increase in home theater technology. Why go out to a movie (spending as much as $40 for tickets and $20 for food. Cost is another factor) when in a few months, you can have the DVD playing on your 42 inch plasma screen with a 5.1 Dolby stereo system?

You know how my family watched the last Super Bowl?? My dad borrowed a digital protector from where he works, put up a screen we had for some really old 8mm films and we now had a 5 foot viewing area. It was pretty cool. I hope we do it again.
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Yeah, I've heard a lot of Hollywood execs complaining that they can't figure out why box-office sales have been so low this year. They can't seem to get it through their heads that the reason is that most of the new movies that have come out this year have SUCKED, with the exception of a few.

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I didn't realize bonus features were that big a deal?
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No it isn't. I wish I could vote with my dollar and help it out, but the lack of transportation, and my dad's hospitalization won't let me. (And not that an extra three-five people would make the difference.)


I wouldn't really waste your time. It's a bad movie. If you've seen the previews, then you know or can at least guess everything that happens.

Also, I think another reason for low box-office turnouts could be because of all the remakes. I mean, at any given point during this year, there has been a remake in theaters. Bad News Bears, War of the Worlds, Herbie, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Batman Begins, King Kong, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Pink Panther... Then there are the TV remakes, like Bewitched and Dukes of Hazzard. Then there has been a million sequels and such. Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo, The Transporter 2, Saw II, Ice Age 2: The Meltdown, The Legend of Zorro...

Put all that together and then throw in movies like "The Fog" and "The Cave" and it's no big surprise that people aren't flocking to the movie theaters.

Honestly, there are very little films I'm actually looking forward too seeing.
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I liked the movie.

While the producers are blaming the actors, director Michael Bay is blaming the Marketing Department.

I do agree that that US poster is terrible (dunno what the international one looked like, can't remember it), I basically saw nothing about it on TV and half the complaints here are about the trailer revealing too much so he probably does have a fair point, though wisely he doesn't lay all of the blame on them.

[edit]Actually, this defamer.com article is interesting, basically Bay has ended up taking the blame.[/edit]

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Wrong forum, Han. Besides Ewan, this has nothing to do with Star Wars.,


*sigh* Yes, that's why this is the OFF-TOPIC section.


It was originally in General Star Wars, Ric. Give me some benefit of the doubt.


Sorry, I didn't know.

OK, how big of a bomb is The Island? Are we talking "Man on the Moon" bomb, or "Pluto Nash" bomb?
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Fricken wonderful. I hate it when someone randomly pops in and tells me a movie that's gotten good reviews and that I'm planning to see is bad. Now I don't know if I should or not. Yeesh.

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My apologies for posting this in the wrong section.

You all brought up good points, what with bad movies or remakes and advances in home video technology as well as the amount of care shown a particular adaptation.
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Originally posted by: Darth Chaltab
Fricken wonderful. I hate it when someone randomly pops in and tells me a movie that's gotten good reviews and that I'm planning to see is bad. Now I don't know if I should or not. Yeesh.


Well, see it if you're interested in seeing it. Don't let my opinion of the movie keep you from seeing it and forming your own opinion.

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It seems like The Island is having lots of trouble...

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Producers of the 1979 independent SF movie Parts: The Clonus Horror filed suit in federal court on Aug. 8 in New York alleging that Warner Brothers/DreamWorks' The Island was based on their film, Variety reported. In addition to a request for unspecified damages and part of the proceeds from Michael Bay's SF movie The Island, the suit asks the court to order the studios to withdraw it from theaters and block further release, the trade paper reported.

Since The Island was released on July 22, several reviewers have noted the similarities between the two films. Premiere magazine wrote: "The first hour of The Island plays like a much more expensive, albeit scene-for-scene, remake." The New York Daily News and Memphis' Commercial-Appeal, as well as plenty of online critics, agreed, the trade paper reported.

Clonus, produced by Myrl A. Schreibman and Robert S. Fiveson, who also helmed, tells the story of a secret colony of clones who are told they will one day go to a utopian place called "America." They're actually being raised in case their human counterparts need spare organs. One of the clones escapes into Southern California and is chased as he tries to expose the facility.

In The Island, the clones are similarly raised as a source of spare parts for humans, and two clones escape into the real world, a futuristic Los Angeles, and try to shut down the cloning facility.

DreamWorks said in a statement: "The Island was independently created and does not infringe anyone's copyrights."

Made for $120 million, The Island has done poor business at the box office, grossing just $55 million worldwide to date, the trade paper reported.

Source.

I've never seen Clonus, but I've seen Logan's Run and THX-1138 and The Island basically is just a rehased telling of those movies. I mean, it's your basic running away from a dystopian future story, only this one is directed by Michael Bay. I've never really been a fan of Michael Bay. He's okay if you like summer action movies, but really, he's not even that great at doing those.