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Author Topic: The Island Jamie Glossop Expert Film Handler Posts: 100 From: Nottingham Uk Registered: Jan 2004 posted 07-25-2005 03:14 PM                        Cool, Cant wait to see it  |  IP: Logged Bill Gabel Film God Posts: 3873 From: Technicolor / Postworks NY, USA Registered: Jan 2002 posted 07-25-2005 03:18 PM                     This was the weakest opening for a Michael Bay film with only $12.1 Million on 3122 screens. 2003 Bad Boys 2 $46.5 million on 3186 screens 2001 Pearl Harbor $59.0 million on 3214 screens 1998 Armageddon $36.0 million on 3127 screens 1996 The Rock $25.0 million on 2392 screens 1995 Bad Boys $15.5 million on 2132 screens The production budget is reported tobe between $122-125 million. [ 07-25-2005, 05:28 PM: Message edited by: Bill Gabel ]  |  IP: Logged Lyle Romer Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1400 From: Davie, FL, USA Registered: May 2002 posted 07-25-2005 05:00 PM                     This film was one of the most horribly executed good ideas I've ever seen. The story behind it could have been good but the first part was done in an almost comical way (not sure it was meant to be), the action sequences lacked excitement and it was about 45 minutes too long. The only thing that made it watchable was Scarlett Johansen. I was incredibly dissapointed that Michael Bay took a good idea that could have been a really enjoyable movie and screwed it up. 2/5 stars (most of my stars are for the scenery) SPOILERS AHEAD- As was mentioned by another poster, why was the truck transporting train wheels when the trains all seemed to be mag-lev (or blue light lev). Why did the cars look like tricked out normal cars and the helicopters were normal but the motorcycles were pod racers from SW:EPI (including the sound effects).  |  IP: Logged Jamie Glossop Expert Film Handler Posts: 100 From: Nottingham Uk Registered: Jan 2004 posted 07-25-2005 05:11 PM                        wow only $12.1 It reminds me of another film but i cant think of the name :S  |  IP: Logged Aaron Sisemore Flaming Ribs beat Reeses Peanut Butter Cups any day! Posts: 3061 From: Rockwall TX USA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 07-25-2005 06:39 PM                     quote: Bill Gabel This was the weakest opening for a Michael Bay film with only $12.1 Million on 3122 screens. This is also the first Michael Bay film since 1995 that was not produced by Jerry Bruckheimer. Coincidence? -Aaron  |  IP: Logged Steve Scott Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1300 From: Minneapolis, MN Registered: Sep 2000 posted 07-30-2005 11:49 AM                     A decent, appropriately unstable first half gives away to Bay-style action scenes and a black-hole of dialogue wrapped in friendly aquafina logos. This film was on track with "Back to the Future: Part 2" for me: a striking glimpse of the future that has little connection with the actual premise of the film. Although, this vision of the future does seem in keeping with current social trends... The cloning people will get their way (in some capacity, even via evil deeds) and corporations will infiltrate our lives to a greater extent. Seriously though, if Steve Buscemi is going to be killed, he needs to be done in with increasing, Cohen brothers-style creativity. The pace has been set!  |  IP: Logged David Stambaugh Film God Posts: 4021 From: Eugene, Oregon Registered: Jan 2002 posted 07-31-2005 06:14 PM                        Today, 12:40PM, Cinemark 17, Springfield OR, House #14. Attendance about 50. Some kind of digital sound. Special recognition to the Cinemarkers today. The presentation was excellent, almost flawless. Bright, sharp, steady image (40' screen); very full dynamic sound with (for once!) a solid bottom end to it (the hell with the poor saps in Houses 13 & 15!). There was nary a lab splice, scratch, speck of dirt, or sound dropout. They made the best of a very good print. A circa-1999 Cinemark Christie Package probably can't do much better than this. The only flaw is the image was shifted to the left a couple inches so the right edge was fuzzy. As if that's not enough, there were also no talkers, gum snappers, seat kickers, cell phone yakkers, or candy wrapper rustlers. Woo hoo! The movie is ridiculously fantastic. It's also fantastically ridiculous. I loved every minute of it, including that it kept going when I thought it was over. The sequence with the train wheels was great - Haven't seen that done before. Scarlett Johansson is HOT. Ewan McGregor was fine, but he still really needs to get that thing on his forehead looked at. This was a great moviegoing experience all the way around. 4.5 out of 5 from me. [ 07-31-2005, 07:16 PM: Message edited by: David Stambaugh ]  |  IP: Logged Jason M Miller Master Film Handler Posts: 284 From: Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA Registered: Jul 2004 posted 07-31-2005 06:35 PM                     I thought this movie was great, also did anyone think the movie was better then the trailer?  |  IP: Logged Bill Gabel Film God Posts: 3873 From: Technicolor / Postworks NY, USA Registered: Jan 2002 posted 08-01-2005 11:29 AM                     Well, from 4th to 7th this week. It opened with $12.1 million on 3122 screens. This week it took $5.6 million on 3138 screens with an average of $1784 per screen. Another film people are saying it copied is "Parts: The Clonus Horror" from 1979.  |  IP: Logged Dominic Espinosa Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1172 From: California, U.S.A. Registered: Jan 2004 posted 08-01-2005 02:06 PM                     ***SPOILER-AVERT YOUR EYES*** In the elevator in the beginning, Michael Clarke Duncan's character "Starkweather Two Delta" says he's only been there 6 months. Meanwhile later on Steve Buscemi's character explains that Echo generation is 3 years old and Delta is 4. I don't get it?  |  IP: Logged Dave Williams Wet nipple scene Posts: 1836 From: Salt Lake City, UT, USA Registered: Jan 2000 posted 08-01-2005 02:37 PM                        Also, Buscemi's character at one point, and in the same scene I believe, said that the "echo/delta" had to do with the age of the clone, and then when helping them find thier owners, said that they had to do with location of the owner. So lots of inconsistencies, still fun though. Ciao  |  IP: Logged Michael Gonzalez Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 790 From: Grand Island , NE USA Registered: Sep 2000 posted 08-08-2005 12:31 AM                     All I wanted to know was.... Where exactly did she hide that gun near the end of the movie?!?  |  IP: Logged Bill Gabel Film God Posts: 3873 From: Technicolor / Postworks NY, USA Registered: Jan 2002 posted 08-11-2005 11:45 AM                     The producers of the 1979 film "Parts: The Clonus Horror" filed suit Monday againist Dreamworks and Warner Bros. alleging a number of similarities between "The Island" and "Parts: The Clonus Horror" and a number of prominent movie reviewers agree. Imdb  |  IP: Logged Jamie Glossop Expert Film Handler Posts: 100 From: Nottingham Uk Registered: Jan 2004 posted 08-11-2005 12:44 PM                        I went to see the preview of the island this morning, Great film, The Clonus Horror Is old, But i dont think that the island is a kinda copy of the film, For them suing dreamworks etc is just plain right stupid, And this new king kong film coming out soon, How many films they gotta make of that But the island was a great film, Im so glad i went to see it, Cant wait to see it come out on dvd ^_^  |  IP: Logged Phil Blake Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 558 From: esperance western australia Registered: Nov 2003 posted 08-25-2005 10:45 AM                        we have just opened it as a subrun , I had a look at it today , It was an ok movie , alot better than some we have we have had lately. generally most people think it was OK so why did it do so bad in the US. It has done quite good in Australia and my audience tonight loved it. OK it was a bit like Coma,Logans Run, Invasion of the Body Snatchers and just as unethical as the 70's movie Soylent Green , but we all enjoyed thoses movies , this has just keeps up with the times. I agree it was well cast and kept its pace, as for the train wheels , well maybe some mining companies still use wheeled wagons. Would the involvement of Jerry Bruckhiemer made a difference ?  |  IP: Logged

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