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No “Passion” for the Movies?

My son recently wanted to go to the movies with his friends to see the new Star Wars movie. We made plans to have the boys here overnight and then I would take the boys to a local mall to see it the next day.

As we organized, my friend Debbie said, “Gee, I hope you manage to get in, should be a crowd there.”

I never thought to order tickets in advance, and worried the whole way there, that the boys might have a long line and wait, only to find it sold out.

It was quite the opposite; no lines, no wait, nothing. I left them there to do my shopping, pleased that my lack of forsight hadn’t caused a problem.

All this week, the news has been ringing how the ticket sales are down, down, down.

Not much of a movie goer myself, and having little taste for the likes of Hollywood, I didn’t find the news that surprising. They just don’t make movies that thrill me so much. I don’t rent, go to, nor watch many at all.

However, the news has been going on and on about this that I had to wonder…hmmm…what was the last movie people really got excited about? It came to me, The Passion of Christ.

One has to wonder, with Hollywood snubbing that movie the way it did, perhaps people are just snubbing back?

NightOwl said,

May 29, 2005 @ 5:14 am

Well Barb, I haven’t seen the movie as of yet. But there has been a bunch of controversy over it to be sure. From the reviews that I’ve been reading… It’s unlike any of the “other” StarWars movies in that this one is much “darker”. I’ve heard descriptions of limbs being severed by lightsabers in graphic detail. Like I said, I haven’t actually seen it yet, but since the “genre” is geared towards children, I’ve seen lots of parents grumbling about the gore. It’s ironic. I think they gave the movie a PG-13 rating and yet they are marketing the toys in happy meals at the fast food chains. Maybe concerned parents such as myself are a little tenative to let their kids go see it? Nahhh…. I doubt it! Not in todays world. Must be something else! hehehe

Rodney Olsen said,

May 29, 2005 @ 7:06 pm

You certainly won’t catch me in line for Revenge of the Sith.

The next movie I want to see is Bride and Prejudice. I’m up for anything Indian. My mother-in-law won the DVD and gave it to us to watch. I can’t wait.

rainypete said,

May 30, 2005 @ 3:49 am

It wasn’t just the Passion snub that did it to the industry. It probably has more to do with the fluff they have been churning out for the past few years. Now that it is summer here in North America it is time for the so called “summer blockbuster season”. This roughly translates to “a pile of lousy movies with plenty of explosions and scantily clad women and no plot”.

If they start making better movies I’d likely end up in a theater more than once a year. (Sadly I’m a Star Wars junkie and had to go thee the third and final movie.

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