Miscellaneous Movie Musings - Page 5

Gemini Cricket · 05-23-2006, 09:00 AM

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I did catch the end of Freaks. That movie just fascinates me.

That's a great film. Love it.

Gemini Cricket · 05-23-2006, 08:13 AM

I would have opened all packages. Angel wings or not...

They could have come up with a generic name for the company. But they didn't. Product placement lasting for more than seconds turns movie into commercial. This movie is pre-9/11. The plane crash wasn't the company's fault, it just happened. Therefore, FedEx had to pay Zemeckis huge amounts of money to feature their logo. Bleh.

As for Madonna, I love her. I hope they keep the crucifiction part in for tonight's show.

innerSpaceman · 05-23-2006, 09:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

They could have come up with a generic name for the company. But they didn't.

Um, no. The movie takes place on earth. Real earth. Today. Sorry you disagree with that choice, but don't assume that you get to make that choice for the filmmakers.

(Heheh, I used "TransGlobal" as my example above - because it was the fake airline used in the Airport movies, to illustrate how fake names stand out like a sore thumb. Real names just stick out like a thumb.)

Gemini Cricket · 05-23-2006, 09:19 AM

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Um, no. The movie takes place on earth. Real earth. Today. Sorry you disagree with that choice, but don't assume that you get to make that choice for the filmmakers.

Filmmakers do it all the time. Even though the film takes place in the real world, they don't necessarily have to have real world company names. If I were a filmmmaker I would use made up names. Nothing dates a movie like having someone in it singing a McDonald's jingle that isn't around anymore (ie. 'Ordinary People') or referencing a company that no longer exists...

C'mon, how much of a sore thumb was McDonald's in 'Fifth Element'? Huge sore thumb.

You can't say he was trying to be realistic. Pshaw, he had dollar signs in his eyes.

Zemeckis didn't have money in mind when he put Fed Ex in his movie? He most certainly did. ie. The California Raisin Company paid millions of dollars to feature a bus bench with their ad on it in 'Back to the Future' (another Zemeckis film).

FedEx stuck out like an sore advertisement.

Cadaverous Pallor · 05-23-2006, 10:19 AM

I agree with iSm when it comes to real world products in film. BRAND X takes me out of the movie as much as "my phone number is 555-5555".

Gemini Cricket · 05-23-2006, 10:23 AM

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I agree with iSm when it comes to real world products in film. BRAND X takes me out of the movie as much as "my phone number is 555-5555".

The 555 thing is annoying, but I understand why they do it. Brand X doesn't bother me, though. In fact, I prefer it. Any mention of a real product or any visual ad in a film takes me out of the reality that the film is trying to sell us. It's like McDonald's in Disneyland. Annoying.

Moonliner · 05-23-2006, 10:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

The 555 thing is annoying, but I understand why they do it. Brand X doesn't bother me, though. In fact, I prefer it. Any mention of a real product or any visual ad in a film takes me out of the reality that the film is trying to sell us. It's like McDonald's in Disneyland. Annoying.

Like most things in life, it depends on how it's done. The FedEx placement in Castaway made it a better movie. Looking for the travelocity roaming gnome in the amazing race is a distration.

scaeagles · 05-23-2006, 10:29 AM

Perhaps I don't see enough films, but nothing like product placement or brand-x vs. the real thing bugs me. People drink Coke, so who cares if there's a Coke on the table? Why should I care if it is FedEx or Transglobal Express?

Just doesn't make a difference to me.

Gemini Cricket · 05-23-2006, 10:31 AM

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Just doesn't make a difference to me.

Would it make a difference if you found out that they put that can of Coke in their film just so that they could score 8 million dollars from Coke for advertising it?

scaeagles · 05-23-2006, 10:36 AM

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Would it make a difference if you found out that they put that can of Coke in their film just so that they could score 8 million dollars from Coke for advertising it?

Not in the least. Capitalism at its best. And if I am so weak minded that I go purchase a coke because I saw Harrison Ford drinking one then I deserve whatever the death-in-a-can soda does to me.

If I recall correctly.....I think it was the movie The Firm (Tom Cruise as a lawyer who ends up unwittingly going to work for a mob law firm). In the book, he gets a new Mercedes as a signing bonus. In the movie, it's a BMW. Why? Because BMW paid for it. Who the hell cares? He's got to drive something. Why not let him drive the car of the biggest bidder?

So no.....it doesn't bother me at all.

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Gemini Cricket ... Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,244	I would have opened all packages. Angel wings or not... They could have come up with a generic name for the company. But they didn't. Product placement lasting for more than seconds turns movie into commercial. This movie is pre-9/11. The plane crash wasn't the company's fault, it just happened. Therefore, FedEx had to pay Zemeckis huge amounts of money to feature their logo. Bleh. As for Madonna, I love her. I hope they keep the crucifiction part in for tonight's show.
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Cadaverous Pallor ohhhh baby Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Parental Bliss Posts: 12,364	I agree with iSm when it comes to real world products in film. BRAND X takes me out of the movie as much as "my phone number is 555-5555". __________________ The second star to the right shines in the night for you
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scaeagles I LIKE! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,819	Perhaps I don't see enough films, but nothing like product placement or brand-x vs. the real thing bugs me. People drink Coke, so who cares if there's a Coke on the table? Why should I care if it is FedEx or Transglobal Express? Just doesn't make a difference to me.
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