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Moviegoers asking for refund after seeing The Artist - Link HarryWarden Jan 17, 21:41

Beyond ridiculous that anyone would expect a refund because there is no dialogue in a silent film. {nm} Ruthian23 Jan 17, 21:47

Obviously, people don't know it is one going in since it's not clear based on the ads; most people don't research movies before seeing them {nm} HarryWarden Jan 17, 21:50

I heard that this winning BP would be bad for Hollywood's reputation among the people who actually attend its movies and make it money {nm} HarryWarden Jan 17, 21:53

Since when has the Academy actually cared about its "reputation"? accountant_4_Jesus Jan 17, 22:00

At least The Hurt Locker wasn't a silent movie about movies. Plenty of people like war films. {nm} HarryWarden Jan 17, 22:03

Hurt Locker is actually the choice for reputation. Avatar is populous choice. {nm} Antibody Jan 17, 23:09

I don't think that's the movie or the theater's problem, though. If you're not even going to do the absolute bare minimum of research about Ruthian23 Jan 17, 22:43

When was the last silent film released? 1935. It's reasonable to expect a film to have dialogue today. {nm} Antibody Jan 17, 23:04

1976 {nm} GalacticPothealer Jan 17, 23:59

lol {nm} JMT-NL Jan 18, 00:02

1976 - well there was one word spoken in it {nm} JMT-NL Jan 17, 23:59

By Marcel Marceau, wasn't it? {nm} Was Bar Was Jan 18, 06:58

yes. we Learn And Earn :-) {nm} JMT-NL Jan 18, 08:50

The dialogue in 1 Million Years B.C. wasn't that sophisticated. {nm} Unifex Jan 18, 04:09

Aren't some of Guy Madden's films silent films? {nm} second gary Jan 18, 06:58

Fair point. I don't know, though. It seems like the information that it's silent is out there everywhere you look. Even a bunch of friends Ruthian23 Jan 18, 08:12

It's one of the absolute worst trailers of recent memory, generating zero interest in the film. it's the main reason I haven't seen it yet. goodvibe61 Jan 18, 08:23

Their loss {nm} thatpj Jan 17, 23:12

Will your opinion change if Tim Tebow says he likes it? {nm} MiyazakiFan Jan 18, 06:52

Or if Piranha 3DD is a silent film? :) {nm} TheWeekendWarrior Jan 18, 07:36

I even have a tag line: "In a silent movie full of man-eating piranhas, no one can hear you scream" {nm} TheWeekendWarrior Jan 18, 07:36

I'm interested in seeing it. Since you've already seen it, could you elaborate on what was so pretentious about it? {nm} stevie1der328 Jan 18, 07:36

same thing happend with Drive. in fact, I think someone is suing or did sue because of it. {nm} lobogotti Jan 18, 08:15

I don't think The Artist is pretending that there's sound, though. Drive's ads pretended that it was the opposite of what it really was and Ruthian23 Jan 18, 08:54

I agree completely. Asking for refunds or suing is just plain asinine. {nm} lobogotti Jan 18, 10:22

The Artist, pretentious? Yes, it is silent. Yes, it is B/W... but it is totally a crowd-pleaser! Adriii Jan 18, 08:17

That's just awesome {nm} BionicMoron Jan 18, 09:55