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"Harry Krause" wrote in message ... Shortwave Sportfishing wrote: "As of last weekend, 36.4 million people had seen this year's five best-picture nominees in theaters, compared to 173.8 million the year of "Titanic."" Then, just to prove a point, which I'm not exactly sure what point was being made, there is this. "Tom O'Neil of the awards Web site, theenvelope.com says this year's Oscar show will probably be the lowest rated ever, but it shouldn't matter. "If we judge the success of the Oscars by the number of people who watch them, then we're as guilty as Hollywood studios who judge the success of movies by how many people see them," he said." Um...excuse me, but I thought the whole idea of making a movie is to entertain the maximum number of people possible in order to make the maximum amount of money or, as we capitalists put is, ROI. Honest to pete - these people can't be that stupid - or can they? No, that's not *the* purpose of making a movie, although that certainly has been the motivation of most of the "Hollywood type" movie for decades. Many of the best movies ever made were not necessarily produced or directed for the widest possible appeal and biggest possible box office, but for the sake of art. What is your definition of "best movies?" There are higher callings than huge profits. Such as? |
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Sincerely, Injam "Bert Robbins" wrote in message ... "Harry Krause" wrote in message ... Shortwave Sportfishing wrote: "As of last weekend, 36.4 million people had seen this year's five best-picture nominees in theaters, compared to 173.8 million the year of "Titanic."" Then, just to prove a point, which I'm not exactly sure what point was being made, there is this. "Tom O'Neil of the awards Web site, theenvelope.com says this year's Oscar show will probably be the lowest rated ever, but it shouldn't matter. "If we judge the success of the Oscars by the number of people who watch them, then we're as guilty as Hollywood studios who judge the success of movies by how many people see them," he said." Um...excuse me, but I thought the whole idea of making a movie is to entertain the maximum number of people possible in order to make the maximum amount of money or, as we capitalists put is, ROI. Honest to pete - these people can't be that stupid - or can they? No, that's not *the* purpose of making a movie, although that certainly has been the motivation of most of the "Hollywood type" movie for decades. Many of the best movies ever made were not necessarily produced or directed for the widest possible appeal and biggest possible box office, but for the sake of art. What is your definition of "best movies?" There are higher callings than huge profits. Such as? |
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