That always bugged me. Must have been some yokels during test screenings that complained they didn’t “get it”, so some suit at the studio made Kiefer Sutherland lay out the entire plot in the beginning monologue.
The way they do a lot of test screenings is having people standing in shopping malls (usually ones with movie theaters) offering free tickets to any takers.
Stupidest possible way to test your movie with an audience. Get the bored people with nothing better to do than accept a free ticket to a random movie.
That’s how I saw The Rock’s “Gridiron Gang”, meandering a mall. It was a bloated mess and I hear the finished product, while trimmed, still wasn’t worth it.
The Dark City director’s cut improves the film immensely just by taking out the opening narration.
That always bugged me. Must have been some yokels during test screenings that complained they didn’t “get it”, so some suit at the studio made Kiefer Sutherland lay out the entire plot in the beginning monologue.
I used to live in L.A.
The way they do a lot of test screenings is having people standing in shopping malls (usually ones with movie theaters) offering free tickets to any takers.
Stupidest possible way to test your movie with an audience. Get the bored people with nothing better to do than accept a free ticket to a random movie.
That’s how I saw The Rock’s “Gridiron Gang”, meandering a mall. It was a bloated mess and I hear the finished product, while trimmed, still wasn’t worth it.