Iamwarhorse wrote:Due to time restraints? The length of time has nothing to do with a movie's re-watchability whatsoever, and proof of that is the number one box office movies of both adjusted and unadjusted times. Titanic was 3 hours, and Gone With the Wind was 4. The other big hits such as LOTR and POTC are also very long films, and were huge successes at the box office. And I am constantly popping in LOTR in my DVD.
Time does have a big factor in it. To say otherwise is silly. I have to prepare myself for an evening to watch The Dark Knight, and as such, I've not seen it in months. When I watch my movies, I like to really sink into them.
Same with Titanic. It's a terrific film, and admittedly one of the best, but it's not something I can just sit down and start watching. 3.25 hours is a looong time. That's a road trip's worth of time. For a movie.
LOTR isn't exactly a fair example. Most of the people watching it were fans and geeks (and there's nothing wrong with that, our fandom is comprised of the same) and a good portion of that audience (and the TF audience) don't have much to do during their day (and take a look around all of the TF boards, you'll see numerous posts from people stating they have no life and laugh about it.) so of course it's easy for them to spend 3-3.5 hours watching a movie whenever.
ROTF is a great film, much better than the first TF flick, but as much as I love it, it's not a film I can just sit down and spend 2.5 hours watching. It's not just the amount of time, it's the overall feel of the film. It reminds me of TDK in how taxing it can be. It's fun, but it's a lot of constant, in your face spectacle.
TROC is a fast, fun, easy going (for the most part, though it's a tad more serious and darker than ROTF, I thought) diversion that can easily fit into a lot of people's schedules.
Plus it all depends on the person. Do you like the movie enough to spare that kind of time? The first TF movie, I can't even sit all the way through anymore. I play hopscotch through most of it and just go straight to the good scenes (which takes a 2.5 hour movie and drops it down to about 35 minutes when it's all said and done).
It's partially dependent on what your mindset is, going in.
Iamwarhorse wrote:You put in awesome fight scenes, and great characters, the audience will eat it up. And despite what the critics want you to believe, but ROTF did have the better characters. And the better fight scenes, and the better special effects, which is why more people are going to see ROTF vs GI Joe. Sorry it pisses people off, but there you go.
Joe has:
-Awesome scenes.
-Great characters.
The audience isn't eating it up.
You're right that ROTF has better special effects, but I'm not sure the characters are better than what's in TROC. I'd say they're neck and neck. I found something to like about all of them, equally to the TF movies.
Part of what helped TFs make such a huge impact beyond the special effects, the wow factor of seeing them in a realistic world, was that they've never really dropped off the radar since 1984. There was a small dead zone during the early '90s, but Beast Wars revived the whole thing for a new generation, and then RID, and so on, kept it alive. Then there's the nostalgia factor, etc.
G.I. Joe, outside of the old skool fans, really hasn't had that advantage. Outside of the fandom (Joe's that is), the public doesn't really remember, or give a crap about it. For some reason, TFs made a much bigger impact on the people than Joe ever did. (And I'm a TF fan first and foremost, so for me to defend TROC is just making my head spin.)
It's a shame TROC isn't gaining more ground, it deserves it.
I still say the critics are out of their minds. They hate ROTF and call it one of the worst films ever, yet it receives an overall rating of C-
Joe is just as good, and they give it a D+, yet they don't call it one of the worst films ever.
...none of that makes sense to me. Whatsoever.
I'm glad to see the critics are wrong though. I'd love to see ROTF climb back into the top 10 again, and see G.I. Joe become a massive hit. Regardless of what the critics have to say.
Screw 'em.
NOTE: Realize that I am not a perfect Christian, nor do I profess to be. I apologize if anyone's ever offended by me, I'm not perfect. Don't hold my posts and opinions against other Christians.
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