A fine trade paper reports:
... Early projections show Alvin grossing $3.5 million-$4 million for the day, while Tintin was expected to gross $2.5 million-$3 million.
Tintin is tracking at 76% fresh over at Rotten Tomatoes, while Alvin and the Chipmunks is a tad lower. Yet the ever-popular rodents are outgrossing Europe's favorite boy reporter.
Only in America.
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Look, if you don't like something, no need to sugar-coat it. Just express your dislike straight out.
"Tintin is tracking at 76% fresh..."
Spielberg going to WETA for Tintin and bypassing good ol' ILM is interesting to me, but not to too many others, I think.
Yeah, ILM was George's baby, of course. But Spielberg wouldn't be Spielberg without ILM.
You can't blame Union wages on his decision, either, since ILM kicked out IATSE-16 long ago.
How's that 30-40% drop in wages working out for you ILMings?
I don't think wages in San Francisco is the issue. I think that WETA is the "hot" visual effects/animation shop makes it the studio of choice.
ILM was "then." WETA is "now."
Despite what some of the "all ready decided" posts have said, Weta actually has overcome the 'dead eyes' syndrome on TinTin. Unfortunately someone needs to help Spielberg make an action movie more like Raiders and less like Temple of Doom.
- ILM was "then." WETA is "now."
That stung a few egos up here at The Presidio, but we'll get over it at Oscar time when Rango takes home The Golden Idol.
I don't understand this addiction to Peter Jackson and weta. Aren't there other people working in the entertainment industry??
And tin tin did NOT get over the "dead eyes" of mocap. Audiences are singing the praises of Andy Serkis and weta without even realizing they are watching the same garbage Zemeckis' mocap, just repackaged..
If you don't think they didn't get over the 'dead eyes' then you haven't seen or refuse to SEE it.
Weta does the best mo-cap out there.
" But Spielberg wouldn't be Spielberg without ILM"
Baloney. Spielberg wouldn't be Spielberg without Lew Wasserman, Carl Gottlieb, Verna Fields, Richard D. Zanuck, David Brown, and Sid Sheinberg.
ILM is just another service fx house.
"Weta does the best mo-cap out there."
The best mo-cap out there is still not good enough.
Tin tin is bad bad.
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