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According to Coming Attractions by Corona, the official title of the "Matrix" sequel is "The Matrix Reloaded." Bleh. "The Matrix 2.0" would have been better. Does anybody know why the Wachowski brothers decided not to do any other projects between 1999's "Matrix" and 2002's "Matrix Reloaded"? I thought "Bound" was better than "The Matrix" so I'm a little puzzled as to why they didn't toss a project of similar nature onto their schedule during the interim -- it's not like "Bounds" cost very much or require a substantial amount of resources.
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Lord Disney's official requirements for movie theaters regarding "Pearl Harbor," according to a guy that works at a 10-plex:
"1. Disney tells us we must play it on 4 out of our 10 screens. The most screens we've ever used for a movie was 3 with Toy Story 2 and Scream 3.
2. Disney tell us we MUST put it in our 4 largest auditoriums.
3. Disney tells us we MUST keep it in these 4 autitoriums for 3 weeks.
4. Disney has told us the times we must play it (show times start on the hour, every hour, from 11 am to 11 pm).
5. Our theatre doesn't have late night (11 or 12 o'clock showings), but we might have to have an 11 o'clock showing."
Sound a lot like "Phantom Menace"? After reading something like that, I almost WANT this movie to fail. And remember, I work indirectly for Lord Disney. Interestingly, "Tomb Raider" and "Atlantis" (which is also Disney) open three weeks after "Pearl Harbor" -- will theaters be allowed to put them in the biggest houses with the best audio by then? "Fast & the Furious" and "Evolution" could be screwed by this Disney declaration as well.
As for the movie itself, Newsweek's David Ansen releases the first major review: "At best, Ansen's review could be looked upon as being mixed; he writes that the film 'dazzles us with fireworks' when the raid on Pearl Harbor commences, but conversely states that 'almost nothing about [the film's] human drama rings true.' That kind of mixed reaction doesn't bode well for audiences who want to see Pearl Harbor human elements." Apparently it takes 90 minutes to get to the 40 minutes of beautiful hell. Uh oh...
It's still going to make $100M in the first week, no less than $200M overall and probably $300M...
http://www.msnbc.com/news/568998.asp?cp1=1
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