tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-859290034031232542.post5998534770282682971..comments2023-12-09T00:47:34.811-07:00Comments on Blog Cabins: Movie Commentary and Reviews Made Fun: Grading the Movie Studio Logo Openers - Part I: The Big BoysFletchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17299302086449086987noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-859290034031232542.post-73948356650906206982011-02-10T22:17:00.167-07:002011-02-10T22:17:00.167-07:00...well played sir. Well played...well played sir. Well playedTom Clifthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10969940401754806603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-859290034031232542.post-63024833918356679712011-02-10T21:44:29.417-07:002011-02-10T21:44:29.417-07:00Yeah, apparently, I'm not the only one that se...Yeah, apparently, I'm not the only one that sees Focus before a trailer or the film I'm about to see and thinks, "Yay, I'm gonna like this movie!" <br /><br />That sucks about Fox Searchlight. You know it's bad when you know that the films of a particular distributor don't make it there in a timely fashion, and even worse when they're the offshoot of a major player.<br /><br />Universal might have stolen some thunder this year, but no way - Warner has got the market beat at altering their logo. Crap - there was a comment here before with a video I linked to, but it's gone now (Disqus change). <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKfGVBovZUg" rel="nofollow">Check this out.</a>Fletchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17299302086449086987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-859290034031232542.post-22948618486411426882011-02-10T19:36:17.321-07:002011-02-10T19:36:17.321-07:00Aside from Pixar, Focus is the only brand that I a...Aside from Pixar, Focus is the only brand that I associate with surefire quality. In the last few years, they've brought us (at least in Australia): The American, A Serious Man, Milk, Burn After Reading and In Bruges. <br /><br />Fox Searchlight, on the other hand, seem to be the worst offender of delaying films for Aussie releases: we only got 127 Hours this week, Cyrus went straight to DVD, and we won't see Never Let Me Go until the end of March. I can only imagine how long we'll have to wait for Tree of Life :(<br /><br />I LOVE it when studios let the movie alter their logo. Watchmen, Harry Potter and The Matrix are cool examples for Warner Bros., but I think Universal leads the field in this area. Just this year, Scott Pilgrim and Catfish both got out to great starts by playing around with the Universal globe.Tom Clifthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10969940401754806603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-859290034031232542.post-62807817819909744922011-02-08T17:13:14.550-07:002011-02-08T17:13:14.550-07:00Darren - I can certainly appreciate your thoughts ...Darren - I can certainly appreciate your thoughts toward Universal. I think if one of them screams 'cinema' the most to me, it's Fox, but they go about it pretty blatantly. Universal's just doesn't have the same effect on me, though I wonder how much of that is due to seeing older versions of it and thinking it so hokey. It's updated, but I'm not sure if I can get past that.<br /><br />Kurt - Good point about Fox...they're coming up soon. Sony Classics screams "Merchant Ivory" (or the like) to me like no other. Makes me wonder if any of their productions are U.S.-based (I'm sure they are, it just doesn't seem that way).Fletchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17299302086449086987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-859290034031232542.post-30435681132111894202011-02-08T11:27:11.892-07:002011-02-08T11:27:11.892-07:00Agreed on Focus, of all the mini-major (dependant ...Agreed on Focus, of all the mini-major (dependant on the studio, in this case, Universal, I believe) Focus is so clearly above the pack.<br /><br />Albeit Fox Searchlight usually means a quirky kind of comedy often from the UK (Full Montey, Calender Girls, Waking Ned Devine, Saving Grace), so they have solid brand recognition in my books...Kurt Halfyardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08101562012826145929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-859290034031232542.post-34937424685271988612011-02-08T02:05:21.164-07:002011-02-08T02:05:21.164-07:00I have a soft spot for Universal, just because of ...I have a soft spot for Universal, just because of the darkness, then the light, then the music. It just screams "cinema" to me in a way that very little else does.<br /><br />The Disney one seems... I don't know, overstated, almost?Darrenhttp://m0vie.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-859290034031232542.post-68891967517649721572011-02-07T15:56:42.629-07:002011-02-07T15:56:42.629-07:00Gracias! I pay waaaay too much attention to the o...Gracias! I pay waaaay too much attention to the openers, I think.<br /><br />Part II coming later this week...Fletchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17299302086449086987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-859290034031232542.post-49659558191091397672011-02-06T21:56:03.332-07:002011-02-06T21:56:03.332-07:00Nice, original post! I have to say, I do pay atten...Nice, original post! I have to say, I do pay attention to the openers from time to time, and I agree that Focus definitely has a nice one. No clouds FTW.M. Hufstaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08710221415534490058noreply@blogger.com