Paul Dergarabedian
Paul Dergarabedian
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Love and loss are two emotions that everyone can relate to, and that's why these movies really pull at our heartstrings.
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Last year was a tough year anyway, and this puts a fine point on it.
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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.
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It's a respectable opening. You can't underestimate the following that Terry Gilliam has.
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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.
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It's a tug-of-war now, ... battling for audiences that are tougher and tougher to get.
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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.
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It's probably going to be bigger than X2. X2: X-men United.
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It's probably going to be bigger than X2,
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It's part of our culture. It's part of our lexicon.
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The younger male audience, if you ask 10 of them if they'd rather go to the movies or play a video game, a lot of them are going to say they'd rather play a video game. Hollywood cannot release mediocre movies and expect people to line up in record numbers when consumers have so many options for their entertainment.
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You don't want a repeat of what happened last year. It's still early in the year to call it, but every weekend it's down is chipping away at the advantage we had early on this year.