At least he’s got a gun, to help break his fall.

did you check out the trailer.  bb stadium, glass canopy, sniper rifle…whammo broken glass. it’s an action flick, you set your ass in a seat, shovel in the popcorn (if you can afford it) and for 2 hours get to forget the “real world”.  too many bloggers & commenters are “glass half empty” dudes.. so I’m moving on.  wallow away losers

I’m confused by your comment. My opinions were not about the film itself. Obviously, I have not seen it so I can’t say with certainty whether it’s good or bad. If this was a post about the trailer, then I guess I could see some coherence in your comments. But it’s not. It is in reference to how bad the poster design is, unrelated to the film as a whole. There are a lot of great films with bad posters and a lot of bad films with great posters. 

However, movie marketing like posters, and trailers, etc. are meant to reflect the film, are they not? They are intended to give you an initial reaction at the bigger picture, aimed at making you interested in throwing down your money to see the film. So what creates that “glass half empty” or “glass half full” impression is the poster or the trailer. Not implying that I won’t give a movie a chance based on its marketing (because I believe in giving every movie a chance then forming your full opinion after you’ve seen it) but I’m a human being…with opinions…I still go into movies with expectations based on expectations set by its marketing. 

Are you telling me that you go into every film, be it a big budget action flick or small indie, with a “glass half full” attitude despite the fact that the film’s trailer or poster may have not been well done in your opinion?

I’m confused by your comment. My opinions were not about the film itself. Obviously, I have not seen it so I can’t say with certainty whether it’s good or bad. If this was a post about the trailer, then I guess I could see some coherence in your comments. But it’s not. It is in reference to how bad the poster design is, unrelated to the film as a whole. There are a lot of great films with bad posters and a lot of bad films with great posters. 

However, movie marketing like posters, and trailers, etc. are meant to reflect the film, are they not? They are intended to give you an initial reaction at the bigger picture, aimed at making you interested in throwing down your money to see the film. So what creates that “glass half empty” or “glass half full” impression is the poster or the trailer. Not implying that I won’t give a movie a chance based on its marketing (because I believe in giving every movie a chance then forming your full opinion after you’ve seen it) but I’m a human being…with opinions…I still go into movies with expectations based on expectations set by its marketing. 

Are you telling me that you go into every film, be it a big budget action flick or small indie, with a “glass half full” attitude despite the fact that the film’s trailer or poster may have not been well done in your opinion?