If it goes under you not going to be hearing much morefr om me on this board, I put a lot on this one. Been waiting to pounce on one I like. This one kinda reminds me of that Freddy vs Jason over, but I didn't wager enough on that one to make up for the Hulk or Charlie's Angels losses from the summer. Still realing from those. But, I'm pretty confident it's good for AT LEAST 23 million, unless it makes 10 million on Friday and declines by 50% on saturday for some reason. I already saw one theater report of a 1 oclock showing being sold out, so that's good news, haven't heard of one of those for a while.
here's one from Seattle,
Oak Tree Cinemas
Seattle Washington
2:30pm show
No snacks or drinks
Arrived too late to see any of the trailers
400 seat theater, had to sit within three rows of the front because it was virtually sold out
First off, I liked Pulp Fiction and Resevoir Dogs. They had very interesting character development, witty dialogue, and although the direction was generally pretty stilted, it was at least enthusiastic, and had some soul to it. KILLB has none of those things.
I think the best way to say it is it is perhaps the most egregiously amateurish film I've ever seen. I'm sure QT's heart was enthusiastically behind it, but his heart is about as polished as KSMIT's or perhaps even Ed Woods. This is a really, really horribly written and directed film. Granted, you have all the allusions to various genres, but that's it. There are no characters to speak of (even the ones where there are attempts at making characters, they turn into previous QT characters, most notably Vivica A. Fox, who borrowed her entire speech pattern directly from Samuel L. Jackson's Jules), no story to enjoy. And the blood? Well, the blood was so fake people were laughing at it, not excited by it.
There are some weird interludes in it which seem to have absolutely no purpose other than they fulfill QT's masturbation quotient for the flick, especially the black and white part of the biggest fight scene, and the animated "origins of O-Ren" part. Some incredibly laughable moments, and I don't think they were intentional because the film was so obviously trying to be a loving homage.
If you love really stupid violence that doesn't even look like real violence, if you like seeing incredible amounts of fake blood (emphasis on the fake, because none of it looks remotely good), and enough "cricket moments" (so dumb that you'll hear the crickets chirping), then this is the film for you. You'll have more fun laughing at how poor a director QT is than you will watching the movie, which seems to drag on with endless asides and flashes. You know it's bad when people, in the middle of the film, interject loudly "god, that was stupid!"
That said, it has a fascination like watching a train wreck. You can't quite make yourself leave, if only because you want to see how stupid the film can possibly get. And the buzz is certainly there, as is evidenced by the largest crowd I've ever seen for an early showing at this theater, and the manager told me presales were far higher than for any film since the summer high season.
In other words, it looks pretty darned long from here.
Oak Tree Cinemas
Seattle Washington
2:30pm show
No snacks or drinks
Arrived too late to see any of the trailers
400 seat theater, had to sit within three rows of the front because it was virtually sold out
First off, I liked Pulp Fiction and Resevoir Dogs. They had very interesting character development, witty dialogue, and although the direction was generally pretty stilted, it was at least enthusiastic, and had some soul to it. KILLB has none of those things.
I think the best way to say it is it is perhaps the most egregiously amateurish film I've ever seen. I'm sure QT's heart was enthusiastically behind it, but his heart is about as polished as KSMIT's or perhaps even Ed Woods. This is a really, really horribly written and directed film. Granted, you have all the allusions to various genres, but that's it. There are no characters to speak of (even the ones where there are attempts at making characters, they turn into previous QT characters, most notably Vivica A. Fox, who borrowed her entire speech pattern directly from Samuel L. Jackson's Jules), no story to enjoy. And the blood? Well, the blood was so fake people were laughing at it, not excited by it.
There are some weird interludes in it which seem to have absolutely no purpose other than they fulfill QT's masturbation quotient for the flick, especially the black and white part of the biggest fight scene, and the animated "origins of O-Ren" part. Some incredibly laughable moments, and I don't think they were intentional because the film was so obviously trying to be a loving homage.
If you love really stupid violence that doesn't even look like real violence, if you like seeing incredible amounts of fake blood (emphasis on the fake, because none of it looks remotely good), and enough "cricket moments" (so dumb that you'll hear the crickets chirping), then this is the film for you. You'll have more fun laughing at how poor a director QT is than you will watching the movie, which seems to drag on with endless asides and flashes. You know it's bad when people, in the middle of the film, interject loudly "god, that was stupid!"
That said, it has a fascination like watching a train wreck. You can't quite make yourself leave, if only because you want to see how stupid the film can possibly get. And the buzz is certainly there, as is evidenced by the largest crowd I've ever seen for an early showing at this theater, and the manager told me presales were far higher than for any film since the summer high season.
In other words, it looks pretty darned long from here.
couple more good reports here, not exactly a gaurantee that it's doing better than School of Rock di last weekend, I guess, but, still, I'd say the over is looking pretty solid so far.
"Saw 2 PM showing of KILL BILL at the Vista (400 seats) in Hollywood, CA.
Standing Room Only. Applause during credits.
A well made film, although it had as much plot as that other Japan set
wonder, LOST IN TRANSLATION.
I'm looking forward to KILL BILL Vol. 2.
Trailers: MATRIX REVOLUTIONS (greeted with complete silence)
LORD OF THE RINGS: RETURN OF THE KING (even more silence)
Perhaps three's not the charm.
$$$ "
"Kill Bill: 4:00 showing
about 60% full, which is really good. I loved the movie, and it seemed like everybody in the audience did too. A lot of laughing going on, mostly at all the severed body parts. Best time I've had at the movies in a while.
"
"Saw 2 PM showing of KILL BILL at the Vista (400 seats) in Hollywood, CA.
Standing Room Only. Applause during credits.
A well made film, although it had as much plot as that other Japan set
wonder, LOST IN TRANSLATION.
I'm looking forward to KILL BILL Vol. 2.
Trailers: MATRIX REVOLUTIONS (greeted with complete silence)
LORD OF THE RINGS: RETURN OF THE KING (even more silence)
Perhaps three's not the charm.
$$$ "
"Kill Bill: 4:00 showing
about 60% full, which is really good. I loved the movie, and it seemed like everybody in the audience did too. A lot of laughing going on, mostly at all the severed body parts. Best time I've had at the movies in a while.
"
One opinion so far that I've read regarding Kill Bill's performance is, that it's playing very very well in the cities, but doing poorly in the rural areas. Not sure what this means, but it should have decent word of mouth with all the positive reviews and what-not, so maybe it won't be too front-loaded and it will cash no problem....
well, just so you know, some people have come up with a 3 multiplier for Kill Bill, so there's still hope, but I'm not in that boat. Maybe I'm just too used to losing these big plays.
Besides Underworld a lot of recent releases have had high multipliers, but I'm afraid Kill Bill might be the exception.
Besides Underworld a lot of recent releases have had high multipliers, but I'm afraid Kill Bill might be the exception.
Well, we'll have to see what happens. If only you would have listened to me about GOOD BOY! It's going over 12 million. Did 3.5 last night, and that was a Friday night. Should do 5 million today and Sunday. Some good coin there for me. But still, Kill Bill is going to cost me, that is, unless it comes in at 22.5 then I win at Intertops and wsex. Imagine that... Gil... the top dog of box office betting.
