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you're such an apologist for the studios who have lulled the public into accepting crap, because its easier for a studio to

Posted by: islander (a.k.a del_USA_islander) on Jul 08, 14:13 in response to Antibody's post Sony wants a Chipmunks-like family film, not an artsy...

push junk onto people, rather than convince them to accept better. pixar has been able to convince their audience to demand better. it would be nice if the studios would at least try to do the same.

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i didnt say smurfs has to be artsy, but if would be great if they found a director who could pull off a mix of high quality with the mainstream appeal sony would desire. nothing in gosnells resume shows he could do this, case in point, he took arguably the 3rd most popular animated character of all time Scooby doo (behind bugs and mickey) to only $150M and horrid reviews (and the worse-yet sequel proves that point even more)

Raja Gosnell [RGOSN] has signed on to direct Smurfs [SMURF] RazorHawk Jul 08, 13:05

do not want islander Jul 08, 13:10

Who did you expect would take this project? {nm} Antibody Jul 08, 13:17

the smurfs are awesome and deserve better! gosnell dooms this to being a mediocre, soon to be forgotten, midlevel hit. islander Jul 08, 13:45

Sony wants a Chipmunks-like family film, not an artsy film like Speed Racer or Where the WILD Things Are. {nm} Antibody Jul 08, 13:50

you're such an apologist for the studios who have lulled the public into accepting crap, because its easier for a studio to islander Jul 08, 14:13

We haven't seen Pixar tackle a pre-existing property. I {nm} Antibody Jul 08, 14:31

I'm a realist. Box Office is a business. Hollywood is a business. {nm} Antibody Jul 08, 14:33

So what you're saying is that if you were a studio head, the Lord of the rings trilogy doesnt get greenlit with Peter Jackson as director. islander Jul 08, 16:08

Those weren't family films. {nm} Antibody Jul 08, 17:54

I wish Jackson hadn't been the choice LOTR. Three of the most boring movies I've ever seen. I fell alseep during the first one, begged for angusmctrader Jul 08, 18:18

As long as the public eats up crap, the studios will keep making it. {nm} Hooray360 Jul 08, 14:50

There should more quality films, like that one with Kate Winslet as the Nazi bedding the underage kid. Or more of those Eastwood films about angusmctrader Jul 08, 18:23

Sounds like a safe enough place for him - at least he's not directing any movie I'd want to watch {nm} Roger More Jul 08, 13:38

Experience in live action/animation hybrid, and has a great team: Stem and Weiss (Shrek 2), Kerner (Charlotte's Web), good choice. {nm} latafilms Jul 08, 14:09

Great director to be attached for this project! [SMURF] {nm} latafilms Jul 08, 13:10

was Raja already on the stockpage, or are updates just super-duper fast in V4?...lol {nm} tealfan Jul 08, 13:27

They just put him there, when i bought he wasn't on the page. Super ScoobyDooChihuaha fast. latafilms Jul 08, 13:32

That sounds about right. {nm} secretstalker Jul 08, 15:11





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