I'm generally against betting on these things, but after Gil's recent success, maybe it's possible to win money guessing what Ebert is going to think about a movie none of us has seen yet.
What do you have for us, Gil?
Here's what I've got:
Eberts other Pixar Reviews:
Toy Story 1: 3 1/2
Toy Story 2: 3 1/2
Bug's Life : 3 1/2
Monsters Inc: 3
other CG animation reviews:
Ice Age: 3
Shrek 4
Antz 3 1/2
So far I haven't been too impressed with it's marketing, but I guess all the posters until now have been teasers. They sure waited long enough to roll out this poster, which is much better:
The reviews compiled at Rotten Tomatoes http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/FindingNemo-1122673/reviews.php have been mosty very good.
The word is that Finding Nemo's story is more serious and dramatic than earlier Pixar films, which probably increases the chance that Ebert will like it more that Monsters Inc. The favorite here is 1 or 3 1/2 stars, at +105. Could he give it 4? Maybe, but probably not? How the hell should I know, I haven't seen the damn thing! 3 is probably somewhat likely as well, so I don't know if I'm going to bother with this. If you think he's going to give it 3, then I would take the "draw" in the "star wars" prop they have at Intertops as well, as I think he will probably give the Italian Job 3 starts. He seems to give most good action flicks 3 stars, and IJ is getting mostly all good reviews so far. If you put 50 on the draw at +200, and 50 on 3 1/2 stars at +105 for Nemo, hopefully you wouldn't lose more than $0 dollars assuming Nemo gets 3 or 3 1/2 stars and IJ gets 3, and could win 50 if they both get 3 or any othe tie. But what do I know, you could obviously lose 100 as well. If Nemo got 4 you'd be screwed. Or they could both get 3 1/2, bling, bling! Right, Gil?
[This message was edited by Oren1 on May 26, 2003 at 04:12 AM.]
Here's what I've got:
Eberts other Pixar Reviews:
Toy Story 1: 3 1/2
Toy Story 2: 3 1/2
Bug's Life : 3 1/2
Monsters Inc: 3
other CG animation reviews:
Ice Age: 3
Shrek 4
Antz 3 1/2
So far I haven't been too impressed with it's marketing, but I guess all the posters until now have been teasers. They sure waited long enough to roll out this poster, which is much better:
The reviews compiled at Rotten Tomatoes http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/FindingNemo-1122673/reviews.php have been mosty very good.
The word is that Finding Nemo's story is more serious and dramatic than earlier Pixar films, which probably increases the chance that Ebert will like it more that Monsters Inc. The favorite here is 1 or 3 1/2 stars, at +105. Could he give it 4? Maybe, but probably not? How the hell should I know, I haven't seen the damn thing! 3 is probably somewhat likely as well, so I don't know if I'm going to bother with this. If you think he's going to give it 3, then I would take the "draw" in the "star wars" prop they have at Intertops as well, as I think he will probably give the Italian Job 3 starts. He seems to give most good action flicks 3 stars, and IJ is getting mostly all good reviews so far. If you put 50 on the draw at +200, and 50 on 3 1/2 stars at +105 for Nemo, hopefully you wouldn't lose more than $0 dollars assuming Nemo gets 3 or 3 1/2 stars and IJ gets 3, and could win 50 if they both get 3 or any othe tie. But what do I know, you could obviously lose 100 as well. If Nemo got 4 you'd be screwed. Or they could both get 3 1/2, bling, bling! Right, Gil?
[This message was edited by Oren1 on May 26, 2003 at 04:12 AM.]
