The marketing costs under the best of circumstance for a film like that could double the budget.
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But what differentiates a film like Avatar from the video games mentioned above?
The halo benefit of a film like Harry Potter is that it drives people to stores to buy the new film.
For movie-enthusiasts, watching an action-packed film like Marvel's The Avengers becomes the ultimate fan experience of being immersed in the action.
So there is always the possibility that a film like The Guys, however well intentioned, could be seen as exploiting the tragedy.
Even a B-list superhero film like The Fantastic Four got this right.
American audiences may want to explore Bollywood films after seeing "Slumdog Millionaire, " Pandya said, but it is unlikely that they will find another film like it.
"On a film like this, where you have an origin story based in literature, it may have been a little more resonant in the U.S., " he added.
The companies that are currently bidding for MGM (Lionsgate, Spyglass, and Summit Entertainment) would likely be happy to get help from Sony on a big budget film like Bond.
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"When a film like Titanic or Lord of the Rings comes along that redefines what's possible in the realm of filmmaking, the Academy vote simply celebrates its accomplishments, " says Cohen.
It isn't a massive film like "Batman" so you have to give away a bit of it and hope that the amnesiac effect that's part of the subject of the film is working on the audience as well.
Still more pernicious than Boyle's aesthetic choices, however, are the narrative "authenticity effects" that Slumdog seeks to achieve by depicting the extreme poverty and violence afflicting Mumbai's children--extremes to which a cheery film like this cannot do representational justice.
While still small in comparison to marquee film festivals like the Toronto International Film Festival, which draws about 400, 000 attendees each year, attendance at the New Orleans festival has more than doubled to 17, 000 in the past three years.
It is so straightforward that it plays out less like a film and more like a television procedural.
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We're looking for a name that can carry a film, like the DiCaprios of this world.
Suspense is actually just one of the many ways in which computer games are becoming more film-like.
The film, like its previous two instalments, takes many liberties with JRR Tolkien's text, but it does so judiciously.
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Film executives like the fact that Kocher's scheme gives them a stronger hand.
Regardless of what they say, it is impossible for him or other film makers like Oliver Stone to hate Capitalism.
The film, like the book, depends for its effectiveness on a straightforward presentation of information and an accumulation of damning detail.
Independent film branches like Paramount Vantage and Warner Independent closed their doors.
Mr. Spielberg's direction is hugely energetic and almost invisible, a fine combination, though his film, like the people it portrays, is imperfect.
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This unprecedented film is like a diary of their first steps in the discovery of their country and of their taste of freedom.
While star crazy Indian audiences have given the thumbs up to the phenomenon of singing stars, film critics like Amod Mehra remain cynical.
Film-like musical soundtracks, which play occasional bursts of mood music (rather than the continuous techno-din that traditionally accompanies arcade games) are also becoming more common.
The zombies themselves are the very recently human, allowing the film maker to play on types, and there is little film makers like more than exploiting stereotypes.
Unless you are an inveterate film buff like organiser Daniel Fitzpatrick, chances are you will not have seen or heard of most of the films on its March weekend programme, but that is half the fun.
Film projects like Skateistan and Kabul At Work show a rich tapestry of successful lives that are rarely seen or talked about in Western media, where there often seems to be a dominant narrative of failure and hopelessness.
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