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Do bad reviews stop the little kiddies from coming to see a movie?

Posted by: APRedona (a.k.a APRED) on Jul 01, 00:36 in response to petz's post So, Airbender is a sure short?

Think what'll hurt the movie more is the marketing.

Were more Percy Jackson commercials than The Last Airbender commercials in the Nickelodeon 10am-6pm EST cartoon block. Let's not mega push directly to our target demo. Wouldn't want to make money or anything.

Their making of The Last Airbender airs at 4pm on the day of release. Gee, 4pm in the summertime. Kids won't have anything to do but watch tv at 4pm in summer.

I would have tried to get Nickelodeon to run marathons or blocks of Avatar starting this past Monday to remind the fans of the series that ended 2 YEARS AGO why they liked it.

2 years is like a decade ago for kid trends so maybe the people in charge should remind middle school types why they liked the franchise and pull in some of the younger ones that they should be targeting given the competition.

Then they can be disappointed by the Asian ethnic cleansing of the franchise and the overall brutality of the movie quality.

So I go over to Rotten Tomatoes. The "best" Twilight movie has an RT score of 52. Rotten. But it must be Citizen Kane compared to Airbender. goodvibe61 Jun 30, 23:35

WOW ! I Just Read Some Of Those BRUTAL Twitter Reactions And People Are Not Likeing This Movie At All. :( wrongturn687 Jun 30, 23:41

So, Airbender is a sure short? {nm} petz Jun 30, 23:53

In HSX nothing is for certain. {nm} Skauge Jun 30, 23:58

It had lots of midnight sellouts. {nm} dsbman Jul 01, 00:07

The CinemaBlend review hints of bad writing, but material with such potential and beauty it could have the next LOTR in it... Facto Jul 01, 00:32

Do bad reviews stop the little kiddies from coming to see a movie? APRedona Jul 01, 00:36

Seems like perhaps the studio knows it's bunk, just as happened with Jonah Hex.. They're quietly dumping it - drowning it in Twilight-roar {nm} Facto Jul 01, 01:34

No! It tells me it must be a sure long! Grown Ups at 10% on RT = 40 million opening, so Bender at 6 % could mean 60 million. goodvibe61 Jul 01, 00:43

Heh, Glengarry Glen Ross.. Now that's a *fine* movie.. But looking at Twitter, the reactions really are of disgust, almost across the board. Facto Jul 01, 01:07

There have been many absolutely horrid films that have been longs in the past so until we see box office numbers it's still up in the air. {nm} mrbeankc Jul 01, 02:18