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Thursday
- July 26, 2001
- Negative Reviews for Planet
of the Apes
- Shrek Top Animated
Film Ever in Australia
- Price of Dreamcast to Drop
on August 14, 2001
- News Link of the Day
- Disney's Stable of Heroes Grows
Early Reviews
Negative for Planet of the Apes
(by digitalmediafx.com) In a summer of movies that
have performed way under par (with a lack of attention to story,
character development, and endings)comes the remake of Planet
of the  Apes.
Unfortunately, early reviews of the movie, which opens domestically
tomorrow, are showing it to be like all other summer films - underwhelming
and poorly developed with a lack of believability and development
for the ending.
Here's how
Jeanne Aufmuth of the Palo Alto Weekly puts it - "It’s
time for Tim Burton to go back to the basics, forsaking the big-budget
action picture (it’s not working, Tim) and channeling his
visionary energies into intelligent, edgy indie material. All
style and no substance is the credo of summer 2001, and Apes
is no exception..."
Laura Clifford
of Reeling Reviews states that, "director Tim Burton's unique
look and style are nowhere to be found in this silly, pointless
remake."
The only movie
this summer to perform up to par with expectations was DreamWorks
Shrek. Throughout the summer, audiences continued to get disappointment
after disappointment (Pearl Harbor, Tomb Raider, A.I., Final
Fantasy, and the "see what I can do without a finished
script movie," Jurassic Park 3).
Despite early
negative reviews, advanced ticket sales for Planet of the Apes
are very strong and should easily make it the number one movie
of the weekend. More mainstream critic quotes will be available
tomorrow.
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Shrek Top
Animated Film Ever in Australia
(by digitalmediafx.com) The United States isn't the only place
that DreamWorks Shrek is breaking records. The PG-rated
animated movie has now become the top grossing animated film ever
in Australia and is the biggest moneymaker this year Down Under.
It only took six weeks for Shrek to pass The Lion King
as the #1 grossing animated film ever in Australia. It is now
building upon that record, having already brought in $14 million
(AUS $28 million). Shrek is also on record runs in other
countries too, like New Zealand.
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Price of
Dreamcast to Drop on August 14
(by digitalmediafx.com) In an effort to speed up the liquidation
of Dreamcast hardware units, Sega is planning on dropping the
price of the gaming console to $79.99 beginning August 14. Sega
also plans of lowering the price of many Dreamcast games.
Earlier this
year, Sega decided to get out of the hardware console business
to focus exclusively on game development for Sega's former competitors.
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News Link
of the Day - Disney's Stable of Heroes Grows
According
to SMH:
"Mickey
Mouse's family grew yesterday to include Spiderman, Digimon, Inspector
Gadget and the Power Rangers as Walt Disney Co confirmed it was
buying Fox Family Worldwide for $US5.3 billion ($10.4 billion).
Fox Family
was jointly owned by Mr. Rupert Murdoch's News Corp and Saban
Entertainment, a programmer of children's shows and creator of
the popular Mighty Morphin Power Rangers..."
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