Paul Dergarabedian
Paul Dergarabedian
becoming hollywood hopefully looking mouth people summer word
It's becoming more challenging to get people in the theater. When word out of mouth on a movie is not strong, that hurts. But the summer of 2006 is looking good. Hopefully Hollywood will be back on track.
beginning start
It's just the beginning. To me, it's just the start of something.
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It's a sensitivity issue - it's sort of in the eye of the beholder in terms of how closely someone might associate this movie with the real-life events in the wake of Hurricane Katrina,
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It's a sensitivity issue -- it's sort of in the eye of the beholder in terms of how closely someone might associate this movie with the real-life events in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. They'll put it out there, people will be able to decide whether it's something they want to see, it'll have its run and that'll be that.
following terry
It's a respectable opening. You can't underestimate the following that Terry Gilliam has.
both owners studios theater
It's a two-fold process: It's the product, which the studios supply, and it's the in-theater experience, which the theater owners supply. And both of those have to be top-notch.
audiences battling tougher
It's a tug-of-war now, ... battling for audiences that are tougher and tougher to get.
battle close holiday
It's a battle of the holiday blockbusters. It was very close for the No. 1 position.
quite summer weekend
It was quite an underwhelming week, ... This is theoretically the first weekend of the summer and It doesn't feel like one.
liked pat reviewers romance romantic seemed sort
It was sort of one of these traditional romantic comedies. Even the reviewers said it seemed like such a pat formula, but they kind of liked it, ... And Reese Witherspoon is always a draw.
knew march nobody plot released slow start
It was released on March 31, 1999, a Wednesday. It got off to a slow start because the plot was a little complicated and nobody knew what it was.
good
It was a really good weekend. We're in a good place.
box caused debate remembered seemingly summer
It was a summer that will be remembered for the debate it caused because of the seemingly lackluster box office.
believe felt hopefully last opposed people seeing
I still believe that the summer's about seeing the big blockbusters on the big screen, and hopefully people will feel that way this year, as opposed to how they felt last year, which was pretty disgruntled.