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Author Topic: "Yes Man" Louis Belloisy Expert Film Handler Posts: 120 From: morris, ct usa Registered: Jun 2006 posted 02-16-2009 12:10 PM                        Gentlemen, Lets face it, times are tough, money is thin, the movies have to be good to get patrons out from their homes. It’s difficult to pry a ten-dollar bill from someone’s hand, unless he or she is interested in a movie, and from sales it’s obvious that not everyone likes Carrey. It bombed in our town, it went from a large screen to one of our smaller screens in only a one day. Whether our booker was joking or not, we had to take it down prematurely and give it back, after one week, no sales. We filled its spot with another film, and I don’t remember which one. Our theater only has a few screens and we only can take on one or two at the most, new films a week and they must be good to get our patrons in the theater. I read here where most of the members like the comedy type movie, that’s great, if you have another film pulling the stupid one along for the ride. A prime example of a good movie, was Gran Torino, we did very well on that film. Another one that comes to mind is, “A Big Fat Greek Wedding”, we made money on that one. We had it for months and the public loved it. And then comes along the stupid type of film, such as Beerfest, I can’t begin to tell you the problems we had with the overall clad patrons who came down from the hills to see this one. There was not a full set of teeth on anyone in the house. We now have a good comedy, Pink Panther, we are doing very well with this one, maybe I am a little older than most of you, but this is what I think is funny. This is a struggling economy and the end product has to be good for the walk-in to pay $9.50 to see it. I would tend to agree with some people that some movies only do well in different geographical areas. The Jim Carrey, Will Ferrell, Adam Sandler, Brendan Fraser and Eddy Murphy type films, will definitely bomb here. I have been in this business for a very very long time and in the past few years, the movie industry has gone downhill. I had a conversation with the post production manage of Paramount a year or so ago and he told me that the day of the good movie was gone. Remember, it’s the bottom line. Thanks, Louis  |  IP: Logged Chris Slycord Film God Posts: 2986 From: 청주시, 경북도, South Korea Registered: Mar 2007 posted 02-16-2009 12:48 PM                     If you only want to cater to a certain clientele then only program movies that will cater to them and dispense with complaining about the patrons you do get and especially writing up insulting remarks about them.  |  IP: Logged Louis Belloisy Expert Film Handler Posts: 120 From: morris, ct usa Registered: Jun 2006 posted 02-16-2009 01:17 PM                        Come on Chris, do we have a double standard here. i am not the only person who has complained about the movies or the patrons for that part. louis  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 02-16-2009 01:25 PM                        We are currently playing "Paul Blart: Mall Cop" and it's doing twice the business of "Yes Man," which is crazy...."Yes Man" is a far better movie in every conceivable way. I don't understand it.  |  IP: Logged Chris Slycord Film God Posts: 2986 From: 청주시, 경북도, South Korea Registered: Mar 2007 posted 02-16-2009 02:22 PM                     quote: Louis Belloisy Come on Chris, do we have a double standard here. i am not the only person who has complained about the movies or the patrons for that part. 1) I never said that you should stop complaining about the moves. So please don't put words in my mouth. 2) I specifically stated you should stop being INSULTING with your complaints about patrons. Remarks like "There was not a full set of teeth on anyone in the house" are absolutely unnecessary. 3) If you want to complain about patrons... do it in a section that isn't for movie reviews and especially not in a review for an unrelated movie (hint: Yes Man isn't Beerfest). 4) Maybe it's just me, but I think complaints about patrons should at most deal with their actions. If some guy had all his teeth and did a rampage, you surely would focus on his rampage and not his full set of pearly whites.  |  IP: Logged John Wilson Film God Posts: 5438 From: Sydney, Australia. Registered: Dec 1999 posted 02-16-2009 03:36 PM                     quote: Louis Belloisy We now have a good comedy, Pink Panther, we are doing very well with this one, maybe I am a little older than most of you, but this is what I think is funny. You must be the only theater on earth doing well with it then. Personally, I'd rather be the victim of Chris' dentally unchallenged rampager than go anywhere near another Pink Panther movie. I quite enjoyed 'Yes Man'. I actually got to sit down and watch it due to an unfortunate journey with the print from one auditorium to another that ended in disaster for one of my guys. One reviewer here said that Jim Carrey is now his own genre. While that may have some substance to it, there's nothing wrong with that. Even though I could see the 'teeth-in-the-glass' scene coming a mile away...it didn't make it any less amusing. (shudder). It has some genuinely funny moments and the girlfriend was a great advantage to the story. Jim Carrey's always worth watching as far as I'm concerned. He occasionally does the meaty role that makes no money and subsidises them with comedy roles. Works for me. out of  |  IP: Logged Louis Belloisy Expert Film Handler Posts: 120 From: morris, ct usa Registered: Jun 2006 posted 02-17-2009 07:41 PM                        Chris, I am not going to waste my time and argue with you, obviously I hit a nerve. Louis  |  IP: Logged Chris Slycord Film God Posts: 2986 From: 청주시, 경북도, South Korea Registered: Mar 2007 posted 02-17-2009 11:02 PM                     I was just annoyed by your rant being mostly unrelated and in some ways rude to certain people (even if it was "behind their backs").  |  IP: Logged

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