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This is a busy weekend (natch), but I should have an essay up tomorrow ruminating on critics, success and what it all means for screenwriters.
Good luck on your opening weekend, Craig!
I saw the numbers for today and the estimates for the weekend. Let me be the first to say, Congratulations!!
I’ll be seeing the movie tomorrow for my brother’s birthday. Can’t wait…
Just got back from your movie. Well, I can say I wasn’t disappointed and I wasn’t thrilled either. Your weakest link? Leslie Nielsen. He didn’t quite pull it off.
I could have laughed more but the theater I saw it in was crap — out of focus and the projector light was about to give making the image dark and the colors washed out. Complained to management but they just brushed me off.
I tried very hard to imagine what it would have looked like on a good projector since you were raving about the Genesis HD camera that was used to shoot it. To be fair and based on my experience as a post supervisor, I think I could extrapolate a B+ image. I’m pretty sure it had the potential to look very good (ie: like film) but alas, I couldn’t properly judge tonight. There should be a law against allowing cinemas to get away with this kind of presentation. Which raises some concerns about all this digital projection talk. I mean, isn’t it going to be harder to ensure a quality image with a sophisticated electronic projection system? Film projection is really just mechanics and optics and look what happened tonight.
I’m sure you’ll get lots of positive buzz and it will probably clean up this weekend. I’m also pretty sure it will play better on a smaller screen. Looking forward to seeing the DVD and actually being able to see an image.
If it’s worth anything, I could tell you which Montreal cinema it was. Perhaps the Canadian distributor can have a word with the chain. It’s Famous Players up here.
Bravo and good luck with the run.
I just saw “Scary Movie 4” and I gotta say it definitely delivered. It made me laugh, so all is well.
By the way, I would take film over digital any day and was extremely skeptical of the performance of the Genesis, but I was surprised at the amazing quality that thing produced. For the first half-hour I couldn’t tell it wasn’t film, then a few shots came up that let me know it was digital. But still, it looked good.
Hope all goes well for you!
I bet SM4 will work better than the previous one. ;-)
Is it just me or the film wasn’t screened for critics ? it would be appreciated to have your point of view on that.
Anyway, good luck !
The New York Times has called Scary Movie 4 “cleverly stupid.” A wonderful review of a parody if I ever heard one. Congrats on the good reviews, I’m going to see the film tonight.
Estimates : $19,150,000 in one day O_O
Now, Craig knows that he has to be ready for “Superhero Movie” that the Weinsteins planned to release in two weeks. Then, 3 hours later, he’ll be on the set with the 23th draft for shooting “Scary Movie 5-6 and 7” (because Weinsteins know they made a mistake for Lord of the Rings, so they want their back-to back-to back trilogy, saving more and more money). After that, he’ll shoot Zucker’s “Politic Movie” completely improvised by famous comedians and will supervise a remake of “Gone with the Wind” with midgets in the same time. Also, he’ll write “Mute People-The Musical” for Broadway, all the music & lyrics and the choregraphy. That’s all we know for the moment.