Tuesday 5 July 2016

Focus film and the two supporting films:

Last Action Hero - John Carter and Aloha

Inspiration:
http://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/last-action-hero/


'To their dismay, Penn and Leff were swiftly dismissed from the project. Then, at Schwarzenegger’s suggestion, Columbia called in Hollywood’s hottest scribe. '(Shane Black)
'*It was a mess. What they'd made was a jarring, random collection of scenes. Shane Black*  '


 https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2015/jun/11/last-action-hero-sequel-arnold-schwarzenegger-jurassic-park


'Last Action Hero is, charitably, an uneven experience: overblown, tonally chaotic, goofy yet often leaden. Its fantastical premise – a golden ticket that allows young Danny (Austin O’Brien) to physically enter the world of movies – should be magical. But instead of hymning the transportive wonder of cinema, it’s more interested in expensively blowing up action-movie cliches and facilitating a series of star cameos that, despite being fun, chip away at an already slippery premise.'


http://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2015/03/09/famous-flops-john-carter-became-shorthand-for-box-office-bomb/#37dd09a42042


'You can make the case that different casting choices or different marketing choices would have changed John Carter‘s fate, but as the film existed it’s tough to argue against the notion that, to quote Morpheuswhat happened, happened and could not have happened any other way.'


http://www.ew.com/article/2015/06/01/four-reasons-aloha-flopped-box-office


'While hardly a ruinous debut for a movie with a relatively modest $40 million price tag, Aloha’s box-office haul is considered a disappointment in light of its prestige pedigree.'