Enjoy your picks. Just so you guys know. A movie needs to make two and a half times the production budget in order to break even. Remember, half goes to the theaters and usually marketing is about half of the budget. So a 150 million dollar movie needs to make about 375 million to break even. You can see why studios tend to focus on previously known IPs when the cost of doing business is so high.
Thanks for the info! For a movie this niche, I think breaking even is a pretty damn good thing. It's crazy to me how much money was spent on the budget, given that the movie looks gorgeous, yet presents as low budget. It's an offbeat cast walking around a few sets, bar a few larger scenes such as the ball and cannery explosion. Seems TB learned his lesson, since he lowered the Beetlejuice Beetlejuice budget in favor of more on the back-end.
Great choice, Gents. I must not have paid much attention the first time I saw this, because I enjoyed it much more this time around. Loved the cast, the soundtrack and production. I like the desaturated color palette (and Helena Bonham Carter's contrasting hair). I totally thought Eva Green was Lisa Marie when I first saw her. Johnny Lee Miller was kind of underutilized, IMO, but it was good seeing him in there. Fun flick.
Thanks, brother! Yes, this was a fun ride. Good call on Eva giving some serious Lisa Marie. I think there are many reasons Tim was drawn to work with her multiple times--and the subliminal LM factor is one of them. It's funny how movies can get lost, especially when they're done by pretty prominent directors. But the last dozen years has really shrunk theatrical runtimes, not to mention splintered audiences and attention spans. Very hard to keep track of every release, large or small. Johnny Lee Miller definitely was a good choice to play the sniveling shit uncle, because I'm always in favor of casting actors larger than the roles. The older I get the more I appreciate a spooky good time, rather than crueler Halloween fare. Glad this one's in the rotation!
@@PopCultureGraveyard Knights in White Satin was great in this setting, even a little goth. That's a song ripe for a dirgey cover. Along the lines of Sonic Youth's "Superstar", Dandy Warhols' "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald," or Mudhoney's "The Rose."
Enjoy your picks. Just so you guys know. A movie needs to make two and a half times the production budget in order to break even. Remember, half goes to the theaters and usually marketing is about half of the budget. So a 150 million dollar movie needs to make about 375 million to break even. You can see why studios tend to focus on previously known IPs when the cost of doing business is so high.
Thanks for the info! For a movie this niche, I think breaking even is a pretty damn good thing. It's crazy to me how much money was spent on the budget, given that the movie looks gorgeous, yet presents as low budget. It's an offbeat cast walking around a few sets, bar a few larger scenes such as the ball and cannery explosion. Seems TB learned his lesson, since he lowered the Beetlejuice Beetlejuice budget in favor of more on the back-end.
Great choice, Gents. I must not have paid much attention the first time I saw this, because I enjoyed it much more this time around. Loved the cast, the soundtrack and production. I like the desaturated color palette (and Helena Bonham Carter's contrasting hair). I totally thought Eva Green was Lisa Marie when I first saw her. Johnny Lee Miller was kind of underutilized, IMO, but it was good seeing him in there. Fun flick.
Thanks, brother! Yes, this was a fun ride. Good call on Eva giving some serious Lisa Marie. I think there are many reasons Tim was drawn to work with her multiple times--and the subliminal LM factor is one of them. It's funny how movies can get lost, especially when they're done by pretty prominent directors. But the last dozen years has really shrunk theatrical runtimes, not to mention splintered audiences and attention spans. Very hard to keep track of every release, large or small. Johnny Lee Miller definitely was a good choice to play the sniveling shit uncle, because I'm always in favor of casting actors larger than the roles. The older I get the more I appreciate a spooky good time, rather than crueler Halloween fare. Glad this one's in the rotation!
@@PopCultureGraveyard Knights in White Satin was great in this setting, even a little goth. That's a song ripe for a dirgey cover. Along the lines of Sonic Youth's "Superstar", Dandy Warhols' "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald," or Mudhoney's "The Rose."