tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post1195305679767172355..comments2024-02-23T23:53:54.842+09:00Comments on Gusts Of Popular Feeling: A Little Pond playing on only a few screensmatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10296009437690229938noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-76061992122225364282010-08-05T14:25:15.722+09:002010-08-05T14:25:15.722+09:00http://mikemcstay.blogspot.com/2010/04/movie-revie...http://mikemcstay.blogspot.com/2010/04/movie-review-little-pond-jak-eun-yeon.html<br /><br />my review of the film.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08871704676578174000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-91077139353940710102010-04-20T04:28:41.897+09:002010-04-20T04:28:41.897+09:0085 screens is not quite right. The KOBIS system ov...85 screens is not quite right. The KOBIS system overcounts theaters a fair bit -- if a movie plays on screen #4 on Saturday and screen #2 on Sunday, that counts at two screens. So it was probably on something closer to 60 screens or so over the weekend.<br /><br />But, yeah, Korean audiences have been very entertainment-oriented for quite some time. Very little interest in Korea in eating their vegetables, as it were. <br /><br />And, of course, there is the looming spectre that is Iron Man 2, which is going to annihilate *everything* in its path. No one wants to go up against that film.Mark Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04471178281396296314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-17030209969173770442010-04-19T10:35:38.512+09:002010-04-19T10:35:38.512+09:00Much bluster, little bang, from the looks of it.
...Much bluster, little bang, from the looks of it.<br /><br />I would suspect the sinking of the Cheonan probably hurt interest and ticket sales.Nathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10631267390742283872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-5737537654022253272010-04-19T05:51:09.235+09:002010-04-19T05:51:09.235+09:00These are the first-weekend figures from KOFIC:
8...These are the first-weekend figures from KOFIC:<br /><br />85 screens<br />76,660,000 gross<br />10,784 wkend admission 26,940 total adm.<br /><br />all in all, higher-end of an indie/limited release (a typical indie-run is <10K.)<br /><br />The next wave of war-themed production (battle of yellow sea, into the gunfire, D-day, sleeping with the enemy; on TV: road #1 & comrade), promise more big-budget sleekness, even 3D effects. they certainly boast more dashing, romantic(ized) leads plus next-generation Great New Hope-stars - which may be why this type of folksy ensemble of no-name villagers got "little pond" a minor release (Moon Seong-geun's lasting image of "that darn leftist" as its main PR face, probably doesn't help either.)moorlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13819910131512490360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-45418748682316980482010-04-19T05:14:08.674+09:002010-04-19T05:14:08.674+09:00Despite all the bluster I've heard and read ov...Despite all the bluster I've heard and read over the past couple decades about how feverishly anti-American South Koreans supposedly are, I guess there aren't enough <i><a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303695604575181453840690566.html" rel="nofollow">chinboistas</a></i> and closet haters to fill the movie theaters over something reflecting their core narrative. <br /><br />Maybe if they keep having the same people go to the theaters to watch the movie day after day after day, like during the Mad Cow protests, they can make their numbers seem larger again.<br /><br />I am pleased by this outcome.kushibohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10306033998028548550noreply@blogger.com