It’s sad that The Island, probably Michael Bay’s best film to date, will also probably be one of his lowest box office results film. This is a bad message to director’s like Bay. “Make totally crap movie = Make lots of Money. Make pretty decent movie = Make no Money.
It’s funny how losing in professional sports suddenly turns teammates against each other publicly. Losing will do that. Well I guess the movie industry isn’t all that different from professional Sports. The Island lost… and lost hard at the box office. And now “teammates” are coming out swinging at each other. Starting with the producers taking shots at Ewan McGregor and Scarlett Johanson:
Producers Walter Parkes and wife Laurie McDonald have admitted on their website that the acting duo – who play lovers in the sci-fi drama gave less than a sparkling performance, saying: “Listen, those are the superstars of the future, not the superstars of the present.” McDonald went further by writing of stunning Scarlett: “Even lesser television actresses, quite honestly, would have more connection to that audience.”
Ouch… that’s pretty brutal. More than brutal… it’s actually not really deserved either. I personally thought Ewan and Scarlett both did a fine job in the film. And it you saw my review, you know that I even thought the film as a whole was pretty good. But people stayed away. I’m still not 100% sure why (we all have our theories).
But really… this is kinda immature of the producers. Everyone wants to point a finger. But really… at this point what is finger pointing going to accomplish for them?
