Wall-E - Page 7

Snowflake · 06-26-2008, 04:53 PM

Let me just say, I'm bitter I won't be there.

I have a $40 gift card fro AMC 14 on Van Ness, but can I face an opening weekend alone?

Gemini Cricket · 06-26-2008, 11:00 PM

Wall-E is at 97% with 79 reviews in.
That's dang good!

Alex · 06-26-2008, 11:04 PM

I'm going to bed. It is tomorrow on the east coast. One sentence:

It is upper middle of the pack for Pixar. But keep in mind that is kind of like saying someone was an average Rhodes Scholar. The first act was phenomenal but then, for me, there was a bit of a slow leak in the energy.

Ok, three sentences.

Gemini Cricket · 06-27-2008, 09:40 AM

98% 93 reviews in. Wow!

And, uh, why did Eisner not want to continue Disney's relationship with Pixar at one point? What a dinglecheese.

Alex · 06-27-2008, 09:43 AM

Well, it wasn't that he didn't want to continue the relationship. It was that he didn't want to continue the relationship under the terms it would have required.

And he was probably right. If Disney hadn't bought Pixar the next negotiated distribution deal would have probably put Disney in Paramount's situation where they have made almost no money off of movies that have done a combined $1 billion in domestic box office.

Gemini Cricket · 06-27-2008, 09:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Alex

Well, it wasn't that he didn't want to continue the relationship. It was that he didn't want to continue the relationship under the terms it would have required.

And he was probably right. If Disney hadn't bought Pixar the next negotiated distribution deal would have probably put Disney in Paramount's situation where they have made almost no money off of movies that have done a combined $1 billion in domestic box office.

I see.

Cool review, Alex!

Alex · 06-27-2008, 09:53 AM

By the way, my review at MousePlanet isn't very well written, in my opinion. I had a hell of time trying to get a hook into what I wanted to say (that despite flaws it is still pretty good).

Mick LaSalle at the SF Chronicle, pretty much captured perfectly what I was trying for.

Ghoulish Delight · 06-27-2008, 09:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alex

By the way, my review at MousePlanet isn't very well written, in my opinion. I had a hell of time trying to get a hook into what I wanted to say (that despite flaws it is still pretty good).

Mick LaSalle at the SF Chronicle, pretty much captured perfectly what I was trying for.

And you've got an "it's/its" error.

Alex · 06-27-2008, 10:52 AM

Where? I'm not finding it.

Ghoulish Delight · 06-27-2008, 11:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Alex

Where? I'm not finding it.

Nevermind, I read the sentence wrong.

06-26-2008, 04:53 PM	#61
Snowflake lost in the fog Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: San Francisco Posts: 7,831	Let me just say, I'm bitter I won't be there. I have a $40 gift card fro AMC 14 on Van Ness, but can I face an opening weekend alone? __________________ Be yourself; everyone else is already taken. - Oscar Wilde
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Gemini Cricket ... Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,244	Wall-E is at 97% with 79 reviews in. That's dang good!
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06-26-2008, 11:04 PM	#63
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	I'm going to bed. It is tomorrow on the east coast. One sentence: It is upper middle of the pack for Pixar. But keep in mind that is kind of like saying someone was an average Rhodes Scholar. The first act was phenomenal but then, for me, there was a bit of a slow leak in the energy. Ok, three sentences.
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06-27-2008, 09:40 AM	#64
Gemini Cricket ... Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,244	98% 93 reviews in. Wow! And, uh, why did Eisner not want to continue Disney's relationship with Pixar at one point? What a dinglecheese.
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06-27-2008, 09:43 AM	#65
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Well, it wasn't that he didn't want to continue the relationship. It was that he didn't want to continue the relationship under the terms it would have required. And he was probably right. If Disney hadn't bought Pixar the next negotiated distribution deal would have probably put Disney in Paramount's situation where they have made almost no money off of movies that have done a combined $1 billion in domestic box office.
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06-27-2008, 09:53 AM	#67
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	By the way, my review at MousePlanet isn't very well written, in my opinion. I had a hell of time trying to get a hook into what I wanted to say (that despite flaws it is still pretty good). Mick LaSalle at the SF Chronicle, pretty much captured perfectly what I was trying for.
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06-27-2008, 10:52 AM	#69
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Where? I'm not finding it.
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