TWILIGHT MOVIE - POSITIVES VS. NEGATIVES
The Hollywood Reporter: Risky Biz Blog has posted an article on why they think the Twilight movie has as many positive things going for it as it does negative.
Here is some of their reasoning:
What we found is that for every argument arguing one side of the success of the November 21 release, something bites back on the other side. A few of them:–The books are bestsellers. But are they mega-bestsellers, to the point where readers alone can drive ticket sales, like “The Da Vinci Code” did?
–Boys won’t go because there’s not enough action. But mothers might — see under: Summit’s marketing to an online contingent called Twilight Moms (a distant cousin to hockey moms).
–It’s hard for a startup studio like Summit to spend enough to push the box office to tentpole levels. But with a budget in the $40-50 million range, it doesn’t exactly need to outearn “The Dark Knight” to become profitable.
–There’s precedent for teen-vampire stories to cross over — just look at “Buffy.” But the TV series built an audience over years. “Twilight” will have to pull it off over a couple weekends.
They also go on to say to say that the release of “Quantum of Solace” the week before, and the release of “Bolt” the same weekend as Twilight could possibly hurt the movie’s chances at success.
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I don’t really think all of their reasoning is valid. They say Buffy was successful because it had years to build up an audience, but the Twilight series had years to build up it’s audience as well, and I think the majority of those readers will go to see the movie.
What do you think about their reasoning?
I honestly don’t think they will have problems pulling people in on the movie weekend. There are thousands of people who are absolutely obsessed with the saga and we all want to see the movie. For example I have a theater in my town but I am going about two hours away to see it in Imax
Overall, I think there will be a big upset to some fans who say “it’s not by the book”,”it will be a big failure if Rob doesn’t do this” or “Kristen doesn’t do this right for Bella” or “if they don’t do this scene or say this line right…”. I can see several contingents of fans saying this.
But then again, I see many positives about (as far as I can tell with teasers, featurettes and interviews) this movie. Melissa Rosenburg has introduced some new ways to present this material, while still keeping to the book.
I admit, I have my reservations on the movie. The way the treetop scenes (Edward flying from tree-to-tree with Bella on his back) seems a little silly, fake. Granted, it IS fake, but you gotta make the fake look somewhat realistic. That’s my only real stipulation. Everything else, thus far, looks spot on.
I don’t see a problem in Twilight being a hit ! Hollywood does anything to cause drama ! DON’T WORRY TWILIGHTERS JUST GO AND GET YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY TO GO I AM !!! And you know there are more people getting into the books so time will tell !!!
If the chemistry between Edward and Bella is good WE DON’T HAVE ANYTHING TO WORRY ABOUT !!!
I Think that, obviously, book fans will want to see the movie to see wether it’s a good adaptation or not. Unless it’s a complete failure (which I hope it isn’t!), fans will want to judge by themselves. I personally think that the movie won’t be as good as the book, and I’m speaking from past experiences, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be an overall bad adaptation and therefor be a bad entertainment. Now, from a purely economic point a view, I don’t think movie studios can count solely on the money made by Twilight fan tickets. I think that since vampire stories are quite a popular theme, Twilight should attract quite a few non-book fans. Wether they are just people looking for an original story, alternative romance fans (or just regular romance fans for that matter), fantasy/dark fantasy lovers, etc…
On the whole, if Twilight is deemed a movie worth seeing, people will go see it, period.
Just a note on something the article mentioned: I agree with the fact that a book being a bestseller doesn’t necessarily mean the movie adaptation will be a blockbuster. Look at Eragon, for instance. I personally think it was a disaster, but the books are hugely popular. The result of this being that a lot of fans must have been immensely disappointed.