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Movie: The Island

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by gucci888, Jul 23, 2005.

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  1. SamCassell

    SamCassell Member

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    What's the big deal with product placement? I mean, E.T. pimped Reeces Pieces and Speak and Spell pretty hard.
     
    #21 SamCassell, Jul 24, 2005
  2. gucci888

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    ^ Product placement really never bothered me all that much until this movie. I understand if there is some sort of reason to put them in the film, but this movie had upclose shots bottles of Aquifina and Michelob for no reason and they had the blonde chick serving ice cream in the middle of the movie?
     
    #22 gucci888, Jul 24, 2005
  3. Rocket River

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    sorry
    but the ice cream was integral to the plot

    Rocket River
     
    #23 Rocket River, Jul 24, 2005
  4. xcharged

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    i read they raised 850,000 from corps product placement.
     
    #24 xcharged, Jul 25, 2005
  5. Oski2005

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    WEEKEND ESTIMATES
    1. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory $28,300,000
    2. Wedding Crashers $26,200,000
    3. Fantastic Four $12,275,000
    4. The Island $12,100,000
    5. Bad News Bears $11,500,000
    http://boxofficemojo.com/

    Damn.
     
    #25 Oski2005, Jul 25, 2005
  6. A-Train

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    Looks like Michael Bay is falling on his ass without Big Daddy Bruckheimer to help him...

    ...and moviegoers better get used to the product placement. I think it will become more and more common in movies in order to offset production costs, since fewer people are going to the movies these days. I doubt that ticket prices can be raised much more.

    oh yeah, and the producers of ET originally asked M&Ms to be in the movie, but were turned down...Reeces Pieces was their second choice...
     
    #26 A-Train, Jul 25, 2005
  7. Dennis2112

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    Man this is a funny movie. I nearly busted a gut laughing.

    Funniest movie I have seen in a while.
     
    #27 Dennis2112, Jul 25, 2005
  8. SwoLy-D

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    Just answer me THIS question: Will I see Scarlett Johansen's boobs in a tight sweater, or NOT? :confused:
     
    #28 SwoLy-D, Jul 25, 2005
  9. The Real Shady

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    For a good movie to check out go see Bad News Bears. If you're a fan of Bad Santa and the original then you'll like this movie.
     
    #29 The Real Shady, Jul 25, 2005
  10. alaskansnowman

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    Echoing the statements of others, I also felt that the storyline of the movie was pretty good, and it made me think what I would do if I were in a similar situation. However, Bay could have done a better job of executing everything. And yes, I also noticed the blatant product placement.
     
    #30 alaskansnowman, Jul 25, 2005
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