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That article is brutal on him, but brings up a few strong questions.
The first being, why is Clooney considered such a huge star? All of his movies are bombs except for Ocean's Eleven and in those he had Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Julia Roberts, etc. to help push the box office.
Let's be honest, Clooney won't be winning any acting Oscars since every character he plays is the same person. He has all the range of Will Farrell. Still, I think it was very smart on his part to stay single. I believe that alone is what keeps him in the limelight as it gives the tabloids something to discuss and follow, while giving female fans the message that he's "available".
Are the Hollywood media going to start turning on him? Look at that article, it's not just a rundown of the weekend box office, but a rip on Clooney. They make a point of explaining how Clooney did a lot of the re-writing on this script and even quit the Writer's Guild because they wouldn't give him credit for it. Then they point out how the script is what most critics bashed...? Ouch. Seems personal.
Throw onto that the fact that the writer talks about Clooney's past failures. Double ouch. No wonder his publicist didn't return the calls.
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They thought "Leatherheads" would bring in the mid-teen audience? Yeah, cos there's nothing "mid-teens" like more than waxing nostalgic about the early days of pro football.
Clooney is & will forever be famous for "ER." Just like David Duchovny will always be Fox Mulder. George's just been around massive budgets all his life, it appears he just don't know how to work w\ a small one. It's not like he's less talented than other leading hacks, he just returns less of a dividend.
& writing credit for "Leatherheads" is the type of thing I'd fight to keep OFF my resume.
Clooney is & will forever be famous for "ER." Just like David Duchovny will always be Fox Mulder. George's just been around massive budgets all his life, it appears he just don't know how to work w\ a small one. It's not like he's less talented than other leading hacks, he just returns less of a dividend.
& writing credit for "Leatherheads" is the type of thing I'd fight to keep OFF my resume.
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
My guess is that people just aren't caring or smart enough to understand his films.
Return of the Killer Tomatoes
Red Surf
Unbecoming Age
Predator: The Concert
Return to Horror High
The Harvest
One Fine Day
Batman & Robin
The Peacemaker
Out of Sight
The Thin Red Line
Solaris
Spy Kids
Spy Kids 3D: Game Over
Ocean's Twelve
Ocean's Thirteen
Intolerable Cruelty
I think people understand suckfests. But then again, maybe all of those were over the public's heads.
Granted Ocean's Eleven and The Perfect Storm were good and I hear nothing but good things about O Brother, Where Art Thou?, but the rest of his recent work hasn't been well received by audiences or critics.
Those films being:
Leatherheads
Michael Clayton
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Syrianna
Three Kings
The Good German
Good Night, and Good Luck
I think Clooney would get more folks into his dramas if he made more action/comedy films. He is at his best on screen when he gets to play a character like Danny Ocean.
On top of that, most of the dramas in that "recent" list had issues... period pieces rarely do well (3 of them), one was controversial for it's possible lack of truth (Confessions), and one was a political message (Syrianna). I don't know why Clayton didn't do better. It looked decent. Perhaps it's because Law & Order is on 24/7 on like 6 channels every hour? Maybe it's because going to a movie costs $50 and people don't want to waste their money on something they can watch on their HDTV at home? I mean, seeing Michael Clayton on the big screen isn't as crucial to enjoying it, as say, seeing Jurassic Park on the big screen.
“Every record been destroyed or falsified, books rewritten, pictures repainted, statues, street building renamed, every date altered. The process is continuing day by day. History stops. Nothing exists except endless present in which the Party is right.”
Three Kings was slightly above the level of a mindless action flick. Solaris even had its good points, albeit that film was fucked in so many other ways as to be incomprehensible.
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
You misread. The opening of the film was expected to amass millions of dollars in the "mid-teens," which I suppose means an expectation of somewhere around 14-16 million.Malcolm wrote:They thought "Leatherheads" would bring in the mid-teen audience? Yeah, cos there's nothing "mid-teens" like more than waxing nostalgic about the early days of pro football.
Granted, it was horrible phrasing and the person responsible should be shot.
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Yeah, I had a lot of booze in me at the time.Alhazad wrote:You misread. The opening of the film was expected to amass millions of dollars in the "mid-teens," which I suppose means an expectation of somewhere around 14-16 million.Malcolm wrote:They thought "Leatherheads" would bring in the mid-teen audience? Yeah, cos there's nothing "mid-teens" like more than waxing nostalgic about the early days of pro football.
Granted, it was horrible phrasing and the person responsible should be shot.
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."