Damned pirates! – Eli Roth
p2pnet.net news:-Speaking of Hostel: Part II, its lack of success is down to piracy, says director Eli Roth, talking about, “the lackluster box-office,” in cinematical.
He’s, “blaming everyone but himself,” says the story, which has him saying, “Piracy has become worse than ever now, and a stolen workprint (with unfinished music, no sound effects, and no VFX) leaked out on online before the release, and is really hurting us, especially internationally”.
“Critics have actually been reviewing the film based off the pirated copy, which is inexcusable,” he says. “Some of these critics I have actually known for a few years, and while I wouldn’t dignify them by mentioning them by name, I know who they are, as do the studios, and other filmmakers, and they will no longer have any access to any of my films.”
Not only but also, fans who haven’t seen Hostel: Part II should, “go now, because after next weekend the film will be gone from theaters”.
Also See:
success – Did a Hollywood insider leak Sicko?, Juhne 19, 2007
cinematical – Blames Rampant Piracy, June 16, 2007
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Tired of being treated like a criminal? They depend on you, not the other way around. Don’t buy their ‘product’. Do bug your local politicians. Use emails, snail-mail, phone calls, faxes, IM, stop them in the street, blog. And if you’re into organizing, organize petitions, organize demonstrations and then turn up on your local political rep’s doorstep, making sure you’ve contacted your local tv/radio station/newspaper in advance. Don’t just complain. Do something!
June 19th, 2007 at 2:06 pm
Every time something doesn’t do well, it’s the pirates. The unsaid assumption is that they made it and therefore everyone wants to see it. Hollydud and the cartels have taken advantage of that so often that people will no longer just go see it first because of all the rip offs.
Poorly written sequels done to cash in on the first one’s better made movie, plot, or sound, have left the customer with the idea that most aren’t worth going to watch. If one studio has a box office smash then all the rest produce an imitation of it. One done hurriedly to cash in on the theme but quality is left in the dust in the rush.
Same thing with music. No one will buy an album unheard because of all the filler and duds that have come out.
It’s not about you made it, therefore it should be a hit at the box office. No one guarantees a hit on every movie or album. Forms of payolla have merely pushed the customer into the corner with refusing to pay first and find out they’ve been ripped off yet again. The cartels have no one to blame but themselves in this. It’s been a standard industry practice for so long that even the customers won’t just plop down the money for the un-tried, un-seen, un-heard, “product”. How many take offs can you do of a horror film based on teens in some isolated place before the public goes sour on theme? Yet the movie studios make take after take until the market is flooded with these silly themes and then it’s the pirates that are at fault for not buying? Puleezeee people, getta clue.
Add to it, that when the stockholders reports come out, you get a better clue to just what is happening at the box office. Even with the funny figures adjusted magically from thin air, they got to give their stockholders a bit more accurate accounting or see the money dry up. Any other time, it’s beat the drum as usual. Conflicting reports of self interest aren’t making their case for them but rather against them.
Last week was the report of the movies doing well and good, expanding in an upward spiral of income. Yet the next week, such as this, it’s back to the pirates. Do you really think the customer doesn’t read those reports as well and remember them over the span of a week? Helloooooo….
June 19th, 2007 at 2:10 pm
Well I see where the comment was added but strangely, when going back to check it out, it isn’t there. Go figure…
June 19th, 2007 at 3:11 pm
I’ve never even heard of it!
I don’t watch TV ads. I channel surf, skip them, or walk out of the room. If they weren’t FORCED down my throat a few ads might be interesting.
This movie must really suck. I hear about all the good ones through word of mouth.
June 19th, 2007 at 3:13 pm
there is always a delay between when a comment is posted amnd when it shows up
June 19th, 2007 at 3:28 pm
so it has nothing to do with the fact that the movie sucked… it has everything to do with the fact that some crap version showed up online and that is missing half of the finishing touches.
riiiiiight… they expect us to believe that?
June 20th, 2007 at 8:06 am
Here’s an idea: Maybe this hack director should take it upon himself to direct something decent that ISN’T A SNUFF FILM. Then he’ll be able judge for himself. If it suffers at the box office, he can stand by his piracy claims. If it does well, he’ll have to take his head out of his ass and bury it into some humble pie.
June 20th, 2007 at 10:11 am
i’m damm sure it wasn’t a pirate who leaked it in the first place… it was probably a ninja.
June 20th, 2007 at 1:21 pm
“I know who they are, as do the studios, and other filmmakers, and they will no longer have any access to any of my films.”
Suuuure, like they won’t go to the same p2p site they are visiting now to get his movies for review.
September 9th, 2007 at 11:11 am
“I know who they are, as do the studios, and other filmmakers, and they will no longer have any access to any of my films.”
He was refering to the person/people who put it on the net, not the people who where watching. I must agree though the movie was crap, the priated copy just saved lots of people from having to kill themselves after wasting 2 hours of thier lives.