Taboo Tuesday

Hello again. No excuses for the delay's because I dont have any good ones. ;-) Lets get to it shall we?

Well for Star Wars fans out there, their day is coming. May 19th the long saga of Darth Vader will be complete when Revenge of the Sith is released. There have been rumblings about George Lucas possible making MORE Star Wars movies after this. However Lucas himself is adamant about the fact that "Sith" is the final one. He hopes to get back into more mainstream fare and leave the the world of sci-fi "far, far away".

"Sith" has been hyped up for many many months and has caught the eye of not just hard core fans but casual fans as well. I personally love the tagline "Sith Happens". Clever.

The Michael Jackson trial continues in Santa Maria California. The defense so far has done a good job of busting down the prosecutions case against MJ. We still havent seen the cavalcade of stars that the defense promised in their opening statements, but its still early in their phase of the trial.

One thing I have to say is that I am not 100% convinced that MJ is guilty. I mean the way I see it, most of the victims seem to have had money as their only motivation to come forward. Dont believe me? Then ask yourself this question: If you were a parent and someone sexually molested your child how much money would it take for you to keep quiet about it? Because if you truly loved your child, no amount of money should be enough to offset the emotional and mental trauma that your child will go through for the rest of their lives. Think about that for a second before you condemn Jackson.

BOX OFFICE REPORT (Again..better late than never!)

 

Jane Fonda and Jennifer Lopez in "Monster in Law"

 

1)Monster In Law, $23.1 Mil: Another number 1 opening for J-Lo. This film also marked the return to films by Jane Fonda. Asolid opening, but again shows that overall box office numbers are down (More on that later)

2)Kicking and Screaming, $20.1 Mil: Will Ferrel comedy movie. Need I say more? ;-) Actually, many thought this would be the number one movie since Ferrel always draws well. Not a bad number though considering that this wasnt really viewed as a blockbuster type movie.

3)Unleashed, $10.9 Mil: Jet Li plays man-dog. Weird movie, but it found its audience. The fact that it made that much despite the fact that it only opened in 1,957 theatres is very good.

4) Kingdom of Heaven, $9.6 Mil: That thud you hear is some FOX movie exec getting dropped. HUGE disappointment to say the least. However, this film may do better overseas. Either that or it will be up to the DVD sales to help spark interest and get some of that $150 million budget back. Lets see if the marketing changes on this one!

5) Crash, $7.0 Mil: Not a bad drop off from last week considering its only playing in about 1700 theatres nationwide. Word of mouth is keeping this film going, since the marketing campaign basically fizzled.

So we're in the third week of May and box office numbers are WWAAYY down from a year ago when big budget hits "Van Helsing" and "Troy" were in theatres. With "Revenge of the Sith" opening Thursday there is hope from the movie industry that it will help jump start a weak (so far) movie season. There are no other films opening this week, since most planners figured that "Sith" would bury all new entries. I suspect "Monster in Law" and "Kicking and Screaming" will be the films of choice for those that get shut out of watching "Sith". Stay tuned

 

OK, that will do it for now. Til the next time (Which hopefully wont be a week from now!!)..

DQ