Red Mosquito

Bob Loblaw wrote:Seeing this tonight.

Chris liked it, Jorge didn't. I don't know what to expect.

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1) The phone going off while trying to sneak through/past the zombies at the airport
2) When Brad stopped to have a Pepsi right at the end - product placement much???

Rangi Guy wrote:I liked it for what it was. There were just a couple of things I didn't like that were relatively minor in the greater scheme of things....

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1) The phone going off while trying to sneak through/past the zombies at the airport
2) When Brad stopped to have a Pepsi right at the end - product placement much???

spike wrote:

Rangi Guy wrote:I liked it for what it was. There were just a couple of things I didn't like that were relatively minor in the greater scheme of things....

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1) The phone going off while trying to sneak through/past the zombies at the airport
2) When Brad stopped to have a Pepsi right at the end - product placement much???

haha like brad pitt drinks soda

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The movie creatively used the product placement in that the falling soda cans caused the diversion he needed to lure away the zombies. I saw no problem with it.

Rangi Guy wrote:I liked it for what it was. There were just a couple of things I didn't like that were relatively minor in the greater scheme of things....

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1) The phone going off while trying to sneak through/past the zombies at the airport
2) When Brad stopped to have a Pepsi right at the end - product placement much???

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i liked the part with the pepsi, i thought it was pretty funny, i loved how nonchalant he was while he was drinking it

Dr. Van Nostrand wrote:

Rangi Guy wrote:I liked it for what it was. There were just a couple of things I didn't like that were relatively minor in the greater scheme of things....

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1) The phone going off while trying to sneak through/past the zombies at the airport
2) When Brad stopped to have a Pepsi right at the end - product placement much???

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i liked the part with the pepsi, i thought it was pretty funny, i loved how nonchalant he was while he was drinking it

Rangi Guy wrote:Also...

World War Z sequel signs Impossible director Juan Antonio Bayona

The sequel to smash hit zombie action movie World War Z now has a director assigned to it: Juan Antonio Bayona, whose drama The Impossible told the story of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.

World War Z was beset with problems during its production, involving rewrites and the whole 40-minute third act being reshot, but the struggle proved worth it as the film made $540m worldwide earlier this year. Its success has cleared the pathway for a sequel, as Hollywood looks ever more towards franchises as stable revenue generators.

Bayona too has found success, with the critically acclaimed The Impossible grossing $180m and earning Naomi Watts an Academy Award nomination. His previous film, well-received horror curio The Orphanage, showed he can handle World War Z-style shocks.

But the sequel may not be made with the studio that housed the original, after Paramount's relationship with Brad Pitt's production company Plan B is coming to an end after eight years. The Hollywood Reporter reports that Pitt is instead teaming up with New Regency, the company from Israeli producer Arnon Milchan (who, he recently revealed, spied on the US on behalf of the Israeli government). RatPac, the cutely-named company formed by Brett Ratner and James Packer, will help with financing.

"There are very few partners in this business who are able to balance artistic integrity with commercial viability. Working hand in hand with New Regency and RatPac, we feel we have found the perfect fit," Plan B said in a statement.

As well as World War Z, Plan B has also produced 12 Years A Slave, the much-lauded slave drama released in the UK on January 10. The film marked the start of the new relationship with New Regency, who co-financed and distributed it, to the chagrin of Paramount who believed they had the rights to do so. But the Hollywood Reporter states that Paramount and Plan B will still partner on projects that are already in development.

Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.