Angelina Switches to Signature Black

I have nothing against this woman or her kids, but really…do we need to see her coming in and out of that school every #$*& day????

I’m bored with this couple now. Perfect example of over-exposure.

394 Passing Through : 10/10/2007 at 10:43 am
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It was an odd situation all around. Apparently, Clinton was visiting my state and he had some sort of a minor illness like a cold or flu or something. And the people in the records department decided to take a peek, mere months after everyone in the hospital began the first rounds of HIPAA education. They got bounced with a quickness and we all got emails about it, and several lectures about this after the fact and even more tutorials about HIPAA.

361 Peaches : 10/10/2007 at 9:02 am
351 Lynn Campbell : 10/10/2007 at 8:36 am
I am finding the marketing on Brad and Angelina’s latest movies very interesting. I wish AMH had been handled the way TAOJJ is being handled, a very limited and slow release to build up interest and a release in the fall. I also wish TAOJJ had been handled the way AMH was, with a more wide release. I also find it interesting that you can clearly see George Clooney’s push for Oscar beginning about right now, starting with David Letterman’s appearance talking about how George’s films are so respected. His film is being heavily promoted while Brad’s is not. I just find the whole workings of Hollywood very intriguing.

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IA. that you can see George’s push for Oscar. But I don’t agree that Brad’s film was not heavily promoted. I saw trailers for AAOJJ long before it came out. Also Brad did a heavy push with PR as far as interviews both televsion and mags and RC appearances. I just think the difference is his came out in limited relaease and George’s movie is coming out in wide release domestically hence why he is doing PR now. Also other than GMA Brad doesn’t seem to do talk shows anymore and George does letterman, Jay Leno, he has even done the view for certain movies.

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Peaches - I’ve got to disagree. Since we found out that AOJJ was coming out on Sept 21 I haven’t seen any TV ads for it, or print ads in regular magazines. If I didn’t come to the J-P threads here I wouldn’t have known anything about the movie. Hell, I live about 200 miles from where Jesse James lived. I’m 300 miles from Brad’s hometown in Springfield…and I live in the city where Brad went to college. I talked to my sister in St. Loo…she’s never even heard of the movie. If Missouri isn’t getting ads on a new Jesse James movie…then who is? The movie is opening in Missouri on Friday in 3 theaters - two of which are located in the most upscale theaters in the state. That says everything about Warner’s marketing of this movie that I need to know.

PT, tp, pwal and other BAMPZS fans have fun.

Gatta go and check up on Mel!

SYL!

405 Passing Through : 10/10/2007 at 11:15 am
361 Peaches : 10/10/2007 at 9:02 am
351 Lynn Campbell : 10/10/2007 at 8:36 am
I am finding the marketing on Brad and Angelina’s latest movies very interesting. I wish AMH had been handled the way TAOJJ is being handled, a very limited and slow release to build up interest and a release in the fall. I also wish TAOJJ had been handled the way AMH was, with a more wide release. I also find it interesting that you can clearly see George Clooney’s push for Oscar beginning about right now, starting with David Letterman’s appearance talking about how George’s films are so respected. His film is being heavily promoted while Brad’s is not. I just find the whole workings of Hollywood very intriguing.

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IA. that you can see George’s push for Oscar. But I don’t agree that Brad’s film was not heavily promoted. I saw trailers for AAOJJ long before it came out. Also Brad did a heavy push with PR as far as interviews both televsion and mags and RC appearances. I just think the difference is his came out in limited relaease and George’s movie is coming out in wide release domestically hence why he is doing PR now. Also other than GMA Brad doesn’t seem to do talk shows anymore and George does letterman, Jay Leno, he has even done the view for certain movies.

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Peaches - I’ve got to disagree. Since we found out that AOJJ was coming out on Sept 21 I haven’t seen any TV ads for it, or print ads in regular magazines. If I didn’t come to the J-P threads here I wouldn’t have known anything about the movie. Hell, I live about 200 miles from where Jesse James lived. I’m 300 miles from Brad’s hometown in Springfield…and I live in the city where Brad went to college. I talked to my sister in **. Loo…she’s never even heard of the movie. If Missouri isn’t getting ads on a new Jesse James movie…then who is? The movie is opening in Missouri on Friday in 3 theaters - two of which are located in the most upscale theaters in the state. That says everything about Warner’s marketing of this movie that I need to know.

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I live in Virginia and I saw trailers for AAOJJ for a month on television before it came out in limtied release. I have not seen ads for it since it came out and it isn’t playing in my area it is playing in Northern Virginia.

While print ad and televsion is the most effective way to market and mind you I am not in anyway saying that Warner has not made some mistakes in marketing this movie I just disagree that it has not been marketed at all, which is what some are saying. Brad did all the RC, the enetertainment shows talked about it everytime he and Angie walked the carpet. He did the mag (parade just hit the stand last week) interviews and GMA. He didn’t do any night time shows and I think he should have, at least one. But all of that is a form of advertising. Has Warner missed opportunities with this movie, yes they have but to say there wasn’t any advvertising before hand I just can’t agree with.

370 Peaches : 10/10/2007 at 9:24 am

Crash didn’t have one of the hottest actors on the planet and one of the biggest tabloid “stars”. The fact that Warners is UNDER-MARKETING A BRAD PITT movie should raise a few eyebrows and I’m sure people in the industry are talking about it the same way we are. AOJJ - despite having a divisive affect on critics, is a movie that for the most part has gotten very positive reviews and any other studio would be playing up Brad’s Venice FF Best Actor award and promoting the hell out of this movie even if they were starting with a limited release schedule. The fact that TV ads are non-exisitent says a lot. Yes, AOJJ is an art film…BUT, it’s a BRAD PITT ART FILM. That makes it a whole other beast.

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384 think positive! : 10/10/2007 at 10:28 am

Hey Lynn!! Yes. Advertising is the right word indeed. Well Babel didn’t even have the half promotion the AOJJ had but it did really well worldwide in the end as you said. So it’s a bit early to say anything.

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Gotta disagree TP. Babel was far more heavily promoted than AOJJ currently is. The print ads AND tv commericials were everywhere. You live in Greece, so you’re not able to witness firsthand the amount of promotion that’s going on in the States with this movie. I still haven’t seen a TV add for AOJJ. Some people got the clip off one of the entertainment shows and that’s where I saw it. Other than that, I have yet to be watching TV and see an ad for the movie. I haven’t seen a print ad in any magazines either. I watch a lot of sports, visit sports sites, read sports magazines. This isn’t a shoot ‘em up Western and it is an art film, and typically westerns are markets to men not women, but I’m just not seeing ads for this movie anywhere. I flipped through the most recent GQ with Ben Affleck on the cover…I didn’t see many movie ads in the mag at all, but definitely not one for AOJJ. If anyone else is seeing print and tv ads, please tell me where. I live in freaking Missouri and really thought I’d see more of a push for this movie here and there’s NADA.

386 hell is frozen : 10/10/2007 at 10:31 am
I REPEAT, HELL HAS FROZEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

IN TOUCH COVER IS NOT ABOUT BRANGELINA, EVEN MORE, THEY ARE NOT EVEN ON THE SIDEBARS

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HOLY MOLY! Not only has Hell frozen over, but the Earth stood still, too! This is probably the first cover in 20 weeks that doesn’t have Angie on it! Maybe OuttaTouch’s braintrust is running out of lies to tell. Oh…I know what it is…it was a slow week here at JJ’s last week and we didn’t give them any ideas for this week’s cover!

My take:

When Ben Affleck won the Best Actor at the Venice Film Festival, there was a flurry of ads for Hollywoodland. I know because I wasn’t even interested, and I remember seeing TV ads and the big push because Affleck won. For TAOJJ, there were no TV ads even after Brad won (there were newspaper ads with mention of the win, but that’s it). PT was right, I saw Babel commercials everywhere when it opened around this time last year. Now, for TAOJJ, zippo, zilch, nada. You would think that because Brad won he at least would get a boost from Warner. He must have really really ticked off a lot of people for them to treat his movie like it was chopped liver.

I don’t like when fans put blames on things they don’t know. If anyone has a real answer to the problem or what to do it’s okay. We as fans are not helping anyone by putting this informattion out that we are not sure about.

398 Some opinions : 10/10/2007 at 10:47 am

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Posted by: Goulet [TypeKey Profile Page] at October 9, 2007 05:30 PM

I saw this on opening night here in Dallas last weekend. Theater was packed, but the grumblings afterwards were noticeable. I personally feel its a stunning film, one of my very favs of the year. I love how patient the whole thing is. Just watch the expression on Casey Affleck’s face change in that one long shot as Jesse James joins his family for dinner. Or the unbearable tension built up when Jesse goes to visit the character of Ed Miller. Dominik has hit this one out of the park. I was enthralled from start to finish. It’s a shame the studio isn’t behind this more, but what can you expect after its production problems for so long.>

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Now here’s an enlightening comment - maybe Warner’s is pissed that they didn’t get their way with this movie? They didn’t like the 160 minute cut and wanted more action scenes. Brad & Tony Scott really fought for their vision of the movie and Warners finally caved in. Maybe they’ve decided that they may have caved, but it doesn’t mean they have to promote the movie. They could be shooting themselves in the foot because they’re having a 2 year-old’s hissy fit because they didn’t get their way!

The one great thing about this conversation is that the responsibility for so many people’s disappointment is on Warner Brothers. The movie looks great; the acting is top notch and yet, Warners is having problems promoting it?

It’s just like AMH; good movie, good acting and yet it was such a struggle to market it properly? I think that if you reach a point where you can’t wrap your mind and your resources around something that is actually good, you need to go somewhere else.