Miscellaneous Movie Musings

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

I can accuse it of selling out.

Then I'm a sell out. I'd rather have more money to put quality workmanship on the screen by allowing coke cans to be seen as props.

The odd thing is that we basically agree. If the camera is FOCUSED on the product, blatantly showing it off, then yes, that is selling out, taking me out of the movie, and wrecking the story/art in order to make money.

What GD said about Pulp Fiction. Although I wouldn't have had a problem with Kahuna being McDonalds. Who cares? What if there was coincidentally a "Kahuna Burger" somewhere in the world (which there probably is), and they actually get amazing business due to that? So what? It's not about the name, it's about the acting/writing/directing/staging.

Originally Posted by GC

If a man has a burger in his fist, NA, that had a crumpled up wrapper that we don't see, that doesn't distract from anything. A wrapper that says 'Quarter Pounder' that is deliberately placed to be seen by the camera totally bugs. The blatant product placement makes things more disingenuous to me.

See, we do agree. You used the words "blatant" and "deliberately".