>If Lucas wanted to make a black film in the vein of a summer
>blockbuster, they would do well to release it in summer.

It wasn't really his play, it was Fox that had control over the release date. It doesn't sound like you're all that up on the fucked up circumstances surrounding this movie, because NOBODY wanted anything to do with it.

>I'm not in the mood to play the "user reviews are a better
>indication"

....of how well a movie will do financially, which is what I was talking about? user reviews are generally a good grade higher than the critics, and this is especially true of action/big budget/effects driven movies.

So when users give a movie overwhelmingly good reviews, that means word of mouth is good, which means, generally speaking, financial success.


>"there's a racist critic conspiracy holding it
>back" thing today.

I didn't say that anywhere in my post. I said I believe the critics are viewing it different in a different light. To my recollection- could be wrong I guess- I didn't go near the race card in my statements regarding the critics

>I'll still go see it, but it'll be with
>that same unease I sat down in the theater to, uh, experience
>Tyler Perry's "For Colored Girls" with.
>Maybe I'll be pleasantly surprised as far as the film
>exceeding my meager expectations. I have a pretty good
>tolerance for corn (which is the main thing people say is
>wrong with the film), so I might enjoy it more than, say, the
>folks at Slant Magazine.

What's so hard about simply having an open mind going in? You already seem to have a salty attitude about the movie, about any praise the movie recieves, and anything mentioning the very clear issues surrounding it.