Sunday, August 14, 2005
Sore Losers
ISLAND PRODUCERS BLAME ACTORS FOR FLOP
THE ISLAND's producers have blamed the movie's stars SCARLETT JOHANSSON and EWAN McGREGOR for the critical-mauling its received.
Producer WALTER PARKES and his wife LAURIE have used their website to stage a vicious attack on Johansson and McGregor, claiming their half-hearted efforts have resulted in a poor reception for the high-budget sci-fi epic.
And Johansson's talents take the biggest beatings, with the husband and wife team claiming a television actress could have done a more professional job.
They write, "Listen those are superstars of the future, not superstars of the present.
"Even lesser television actresses, quite honestly would have more connection to that audience."
Huh!?! I don't regularly come to the defense of beautiful actresses who got to make out with Ewan McGregor but I'll make an exception. First of all, Scarlett did a really good job. Secondly, no sci-fi nerd is going to take his eyes off of Scarlett's hotness long enough to critique her performance. Thirdly, Ewan did a really good job as well. This leaves one with the same conclusion I came to early on - that this was a very poorly promoted movie. I never saw an ad on TV. The only reason I knew the movie was in existence was because I keep up as best I can with whatever Ewan might be releasing.
What a couple of assholes these producers are. Gee...your movie was the first big-budget film in the history of cinematography to flop...boo hoo hoo. Further note: I'm sure other actors will be dying to work with you knowing that, should your films with them fail, you'll publicly blame them.
Thanks to Trent for the link to this article.
THE ISLAND's producers have blamed the movie's stars SCARLETT JOHANSSON and EWAN McGREGOR for the critical-mauling its received.
Producer WALTER PARKES and his wife LAURIE have used their website to stage a vicious attack on Johansson and McGregor, claiming their half-hearted efforts have resulted in a poor reception for the high-budget sci-fi epic.
And Johansson's talents take the biggest beatings, with the husband and wife team claiming a television actress could have done a more professional job.
They write, "Listen those are superstars of the future, not superstars of the present.
"Even lesser television actresses, quite honestly would have more connection to that audience."
Huh!?! I don't regularly come to the defense of beautiful actresses who got to make out with Ewan McGregor but I'll make an exception. First of all, Scarlett did a really good job. Secondly, no sci-fi nerd is going to take his eyes off of Scarlett's hotness long enough to critique her performance. Thirdly, Ewan did a really good job as well. This leaves one with the same conclusion I came to early on - that this was a very poorly promoted movie. I never saw an ad on TV. The only reason I knew the movie was in existence was because I keep up as best I can with whatever Ewan might be releasing.
What a couple of assholes these producers are. Gee...your movie was the first big-budget film in the history of cinematography to flop...boo hoo hoo. Further note: I'm sure other actors will be dying to work with you knowing that, should your films with them fail, you'll publicly blame them.
Thanks to Trent for the link to this article.
