Comments on: Open Forum Friday: Should Blockbusters Be Released All Year Round?

By: ovesesillTix

ovesesillTix — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 09:26:11 +0000

Hey, I’ve been lurking here for a few months, and decided to create an account today. Just figured I’d drop in and say hi

By: Wes

Wes — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 01:48:15 +0000

Yea? How’d that strategy of over hyping work out for Speed Racer.

By: Roy

Roy — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 07:29:46 +0000

yes i would love to see blockbuster film all year around and not just around them couple of months.

By: Baychuk

Baychuk — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 09:10:07 +0000

“Blockbuster” is code word for “over budget, so lets hype the shit out of this so we can get our money back”.

By: joe

joe — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 20:38:14 +0000

Lord of the Movies…. lol

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 20:12:28 +0000

It’s the logistics of this argument that’s the problem. The point is that all studios want their big mindless productions to open during the peak movie months. But how do you tell some movie studios that there movie cannot be released in July because it is overcrowded? It is not as if there is one LORD OF THE MOVIES who decides shooting and release schedules. The blockbuster movie industry corresponds to oligopoly model of economics. Its a free market that sorts itself out. Memorial Day weekend and 4th of July weekend are probably the biggest weekends for movies for the whole year. And yet all movies are not released on those two weekends. Why? Because the dates are spread out as far as possible in order to maximize earning potential in the summer months, while at the same time reducing blockbuster overlap. I say leave it as it is. If this really becomes a “problem”, it will sort itself out.

By: Rian

Rian — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 20:05:29 +0000

If I want to see a big summer-type blockbuster, I’ll see it regardless of what time of the year it comes out. I can’t speak for anyone else, but that’s my feeling on the matter. It doesn’t have to be the three care-free summer months to get me into a theater.

By: Wes

Wes — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 19:55:07 +0000

Being all stacked together sucks. I waited 10 days after Indy was released to see it and wound up having to see it in a tiny screen theatre. Sex and the City and THe Strangers forced it out of the larger screen.

By: Sean

Sean — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 19:40:40 +0000

I think one in particular they might have been talking about is Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian. He has a good point though… in the good ol’ days, popular movies would run for an entire year. Nowadays, even a really popular movie is out of theatres within a month or two.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 19:20:58 +0000

I’d be totally on board for blockbusters all year around. I never understood why they had to all be in the summer anyway. It would be nice to get some good action movies in during Feb/Mar/Oct months. While on the other hand it would also be good to see films that will contend for awards during the summer months too.

I wonder what films that guy Mike Campbell was talking about losing money when because of the time they were released? I thought Speed Racer lost lots of money because it was crap.