Spielberg Disastrous Opening With 'BFG'...

[MickeyW]

You’d have to go back a long way in the Steven Spielberg canon to find a worse marketed, lousy opening for one of his films as “The BFG” has just had. It just shows you, you can be the most famous director in the world and it still doesn’t matter if the studio isn’t behind you.

On Friday “The BFG” made $7 million. Movie trackers were spot on predicting a $21 million weekend (three days), with $24 mi by end of July 4th. “The BFG” cost $140 million.
Box Office: Steven Spielberg Has Disastrous Opening With ?The BFG? | Showbiz411

 

[chromium]

he's rarely directed anything for so long, mostly just producer. Even with those credits though, he's made a bunch of **** even by crowd pleaser standards. "Catch me if you can" would be the last decent one i saw, not hard to direct by any means, and "Saving Private Ryan" is the last i could call truly great.

If he is the most famous director, he's certainly not the best for the past 15+ years. To me he's lost all allure. Younger audiences only know his work from old **** their parents made them watch at home, and most of those classics, like Jaws and ET, haven't aged well

 

[Brochacholomigo]

Well that's a shame. It sounded pretty good, judging from the article.

 

[countryboy]

Well that's a shame. It sounded pretty good, judging from the article.

Not much demand for wholesome, family entertainment these days.

 

[Fletch]

he's rarely directed anything for so long, mostly just producer. Even with those credits though, he's made a bunch of **** even by crowd pleaser standards. "Catch me if you can" would be the last decent one i saw, not hard to direct by any means, and "Saving Private Ryan" is the last i could call truly great.

If he is the most famous director, he's certainly not the best for the past 15+ years. To me he's lost all allure. Younger audiences only know his work from old **** their parents made them watch at home, and most of those classics, like Jaws and ET, haven't aged well

Jaws still holds up, but the rest of your post is spot on.

 

[chromium]

Jaws still holds up, but the rest of your post is spot on.

the tension and the story yes, but the shark looks too fake. My parents had me watch Jaws at age 7-8 and you'd think that'd scare a kid back in 1970, but in the 2000s i just did not get it. You can tell in the few seconds when it's attacking the cage it's a real shark, it looks so different. That might've been excusable before CGI, but with what audiences are used to now, it looks seriously out of place the same way ET looks like a big turd puppet

 

[calamity]

His best movie, IMO, was Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Everything else was....meh.

Except Color Purple. CP was pretty damned good.

 

[Bodi]

You’d have to go back a long way in the Steven Spielberg canon to find a worse marketed, lousy opening for one of his films as “The BFG” has just had. It just shows you, you can be the most famous director in the world and it still doesn’t matter if the studio isn’t behind you.

On Friday “The BFG” made $7 million. Movie trackers were spot on predicting a $21 million weekend (three days), with $24 mi by end of July 4th. “The BFG” cost $140 million.
Box Office: Steven Spielberg Has Disastrous Opening With ?The BFG? | Showbiz411

My two daughters who read and LOVED the book saw it this weekend and said that the movie wasn't very good...

 

[Bodi]

Not much demand for wholesome, family entertainment these days.

According to my girls who love wholesome family entertainment... the movie just wasn't that good.

 

[MickeyW]

he's rarely directed anything for so long, mostly just producer. Even with those credits though, he's made a bunch of **** even by crowd pleaser standards. "Catch me if you can" would be the last decent one i saw, not hard to direct by any means, and "Saving Private Ryan" is the last i could call truly great.

If he is the most famous director, he's certainly not the best for the past 15+ years. To me he's lost all allure. Younger audiences only know his work from old **** their parents made them watch at home, and most of those classics, like Jaws and ET, haven't aged well

I think Clint Eastwood has been one of the best for a long time......and I like his politics as well. Certainly not Spielberg's.

Although, Cate Capshaw is and always has been....HOT!

In The Quick and the Dead, my jeans would bulge every time she did a scene. She is very wholesome.

 

[chromium]

I think Clint Eastwood has been one of the best for a long time......and I like his politics as well. Certainly not Spielberg's.

Although, Cate Capshaw is and always has been....HOT!

In The Quick and the Dead, my jeans would bulge every time she did a scene. She is very wholesome.

i'm glad you brought that up, because eastwood's films in recent years have been far better than spielberg's. Even in high budget films, peter jackson's were clearly superior, "avatar" alone outgrossed all of spielberg's movies combined, and a number of young directors have had far more success

personally, i preferred russell crowe, but to each his own heh

 

[calamity]

Spielberg is 1980's...this is a Cohen Brothers century for adult movie buffs.

I guess the Finding Nemo/Dory stuff sells to kids today more so than the BFG. :shrug:

What was that other flop? Oh yeah, the Johnny Depp Alice Movie. Total crap dying on the vine. Even Tim Burton is yesterday's news these days.

 

[americanwoman]

According to my girls who love wholesome family entertainment... the movie just wasn't that good.

My daughter, who also loves wholesome family entertainment, has no interest to see it and has nicknamed it the Big Fat Guy movie. We did finally see Finding Dory yesterday and loved it.

 

[calamity]

My daughter, who also loves wholesome family entertainment, has no interest to see it and has nicknamed it the Big Fat Guy movie. We did finally see Finding Dory yesterday and loved it.

We saw Dory the other day as well. Cute flick. Totally made for kids, IMO.