150107, RE: The Break Up could be good Posted by ricky_BUTLER, Tue Feb-07-06 09:55 PM
>"I'm gonna hold you to this." > >I'm going to hold you to riding for SJP.
Dog, I'm not riding for SJP versus the field. It's just that I was encouraged by The Family Stone and see Jennifer Aniston, whom I originally stated SJP was taking the place off, falling off some.
>"woah. She's not running for president." > >You can't become a movie star without having most of America >like you. If you are popular on the coasts you'll have a >modest career. If you have the midwest and south you can have >a career despite any lack of talent.
So they're throwing ticker tape parades for Kate Hudson in Cleveland?
I understand what you're saying as far as you can't have a decent portion of the movie going public detest you, but I think you're stretching it.
I'd be curious to see movie-going stats broken down by large urban cities and their relation to overall box office success.
Plus, what's a ticket in NY or LA cost compared to Bumblefuck, GA?
>"Plus, you judge someone by the success of their last work." >So Jay Hernandez is a box office star becuse Hostel made 10x >its budget? This kind of rationale is what gets Hollywood >making three picture deals with Renny Harlin or Ben Affleck. >SJP was in an ensemble comedy that did well. I wouldn't give >her the benefit of any doubt right now. >
Not exactly what I meant, don't be coy.
Was Hostel marketed as a starring Jay Hernandez? No? Then its initial success is not necessarily his success. I would say it's more the success of gore flicks, Tarantino, and Eli Roth, since they were the brands riding on it.
Juts like I wouldn't say homie who played the gay deaf son in The Family Stone was the reason it made 60 mil and that he should be given a star on the Walk of Fame. No, but Parker's performance was central, she got good billing, and reviews focused on her. I chalk up its success, in large part, to her, more so than any other actor in the film, with the slight exception of Diane Keaton, who has a strong 3 decade-long established familiarity with audiences.
>"Reese Witherspoon I'll give you, though I'm pretty sure that >movie she did with Mark Ruffalo came and went quickly." > >Made over 90 million worldwide. She and Hudson have better >foreign records than SJP.
She and Hudson have been starring in big name movies longer than SJP has. They're already established.
>"I thought Kate Hudson fell off post-pregnancy. (Failure to >Launch just looks like a rehash of How to Lose a Guy in 10 >Days.)" > >So SJP is doing movies Hudson did years ago. Not a good >look.
A. Hollywood is a bastion of creativity now?
B. No one said Failure to Launch is gonna be good. I criticized it in my first post and said it looks god awful elsewhere.
>"And has Naomi Watts even made the types of of movies Jennifer >Aniston and SJP have been?" > >You think SJP wants to make Life Without Dick and Dudley Do >Right? She wishes she had Watts' career.
When did those movies come out?
>SJP made one film >that did well, I wouldn't go crowning her queen of the box >office. I think she has about as much box office clout as >someone like Paul Walker. Very few people really go just >because they are in the film.
You're trying to read way too much into what I'm saying.
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