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zingy
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 Sahara Sahara Quote: Sahara is a 2005 action-comedy adventure film directed by Breck Eisner and based on the best-selling book of the same name by Clive Cussler. It stars Matthew McConaughey and Penelope Cruz.
Though it opened at number one in the US box office, grossing $18 million on its first weekend, Sahara is considered to be one of the biggest financial failures in Hollywood history since Ishtar. From a financial perspective, Sahara was unusual because it performed reasonably well, generating $122 million in gross box-office sales. However, the movie was beset by high costs, including $160 million in production costs and $81.1 million in distribution expenses. The film lost approximately $105 million according to a financial executive assigned to the movie; however, Hollywood accounting methods assign losses at $78.3 million, taking into account projected revenue. According to Hollywood accounting, the film drew in revenue of $202.9 million against expenses of $281.2 million.
The Los Angeles Times presented an extensive special report on April 15 2007, dissecting the budget of Sahara as an example of how Hollywood movies can cost so much to produce and fail; many of the often closely-held documents had become public domain after a lawsuit involving the film.
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Star Wars
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F. Horrible.
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Libs
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StarWarsEpisode7 wrote: F. Horrible. Other than Star Wars, what *do* you like?
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Maverikk
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Libs wrote: StarWarsEpisode7 wrote: F. Horrible. Other than Star Wars, what *do* you like? Indiana Jones. :razz:
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Dr. Lecter
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Maverikk wrote: Libs wrote: StarWarsEpisode7 wrote: F. Horrible. Other than Star Wars, what *do* you like? Indiana Jones. :razz: I'm afraid there's a conflict there. Spielberg is the director :razz: _________________The greatest thing on earth is to love and to be loved in return!
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Maverikk
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Dr. Lecter wrote: I'm afraid there's a conflict there. Spielberg is the direcor :razz: He puts that aside. His Lucas love is too much for his Spielberg hate to overtake.
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Goldie
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StarWarsEpisode7 wrote: F. Horrible. The real question really is = was this movie really seen or is it just a fake grade.
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Goldie wrote: StarWarsEpisode7 wrote: F. Horrible. The real question really is = was this movie really seen or is it just a fake grade. If you want I real make a full review. I have seen it.
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Libs wrote: StarWarsEpisode7 wrote: F. Horrible. Other than Star Wars, what *do* you like? Raiders of the Lost Ark (The Last Crusade and Temple of Doom are good though but compared to Raiders they don't even exist)
American Graffiti
THX-1138
Titanic
Terminator and T2
Die Hard
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Back to the Future
Chinatown
The Godfather Part 2
Forrest Gump
Home Alone
Independence Day
Total Recall
Robocop
and others.
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Goldie
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StarWarsEpisode7 wrote: Goldie wrote: StarWarsEpisode7 wrote: F. Horrible. The real question really is = was this movie really seen or is it just a fake grade. If you want I real make a full review. I have seen it. A full review isn't needed.
But if you want to list the problems you had with the film, that would be interesting to read.
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Dr. Lecter
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StarWarsEpisode7 wrote: Libs wrote: StarWarsEpisode7 wrote: F. Horrible. Other than Star Wars, what *do* you like? Raiders of the Lost Ark (The Last Crusade and Temple of Doom are good though but compared to Raiders they don't even exist) American Graffiti THX-1138 Titanic Terminator and T2 Die Hard One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Back to the Future Chinatown The Godfather Part 2 Forrest Gump Home Alone Independence Day Total Recall Robocop and others. Do you also like any Spielberg movies that Lucas wasn't involved in? :mrgreen: _________________The greatest thing on earth is to love and to be loved in return!
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Goldie wrote: StarWarsEpisode7 wrote: Goldie wrote: StarWarsEpisode7 wrote: F. Horrible. The real question really is = was this movie really seen or is it just a fake grade. If you want I real make a full review. I have seen it. A full review isn't needed. But if you want to list the problems you had with the film, that would be interesting to read. 1. Horrible film editing.
2. Based off an awful book.
3. Predictable plot.
4. Doesn't make a whole lot of sense at times.
5. Matthew McConaughey and the other actors.
6. It's deceitful (you will see what I mean).
7. Follows the same "National Treasure" formula. And NT was a bad movie.
That's 7 out of the 600,788,188 problems I found in the movie that I can think of right now.
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BacktotheFuture
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YEAH RANDOM BACK TO THE FUTURE MENTION. WOOT!!
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Dr. Lecter wrote: StarWarsEpisode7 wrote: Libs wrote: StarWarsEpisode7 wrote: F. Horrible. Other than Star Wars, what *do* you like? Raiders of the Lost Ark (The Last Crusade and Temple of Doom are good though but compared to Raiders they don't even exist) American Graffiti THX-1138 Titanic Terminator and T2 Die Hard One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Back to the Future Chinatown The Godfather Part 2 Forrest Gump Home Alone Independence Day Total Recall Robocop and others. Do you also like any Spielberg movies that Lucas wasn't involved in? :mrgreen: Jaws.
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Spidey
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I am not seeing this in theaters. I am seeing Fever Pitch instead.
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movies35
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I think this looks a lot better then FEVER PITCH but I'll be seeing both of them.
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Spidey
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movies35 wrote: I think this looks a lot better then FEVER PITCH but I'll be seeing both of them. Actually, this looks worse than Fever Pitch.
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bABA
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i'm gonna be avoiding sahara completely ....
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Snrub
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B-
Enjoyable fluff.
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Libs
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Spiderman2005 wrote: movies35 wrote: I think this looks a lot better then FEVER PITCH but I'll be seeing both of them. Actually, this looks worse than Fever Pitch. Well, um, Spiderman, it's not like that's a fact or something.
It's an opinion there.
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El Maskado
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Woah there people, I thought this thread was supposed to be about posting your REVIEW. The only legit review I see is from Snrub and the other posters are just posting that they dont care to see the movie. Jeesh
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Snrub
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El_masked_esteROIDe_user wrote: Woah there people, I thought this thread was supposed to be about posting your REVIEW. The only legit review I see is from Snrub and the other posters are just posting that they dont care to see the movie. Jeesh Just wait until my full review hits the website!
You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll get bored, you'll stop reading - oh yeah!
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Spidey
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I just saw Sahara and I liked it. Much better than I expected. A-
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KC
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I enjoyed Sahara and thought it was a pretty good adventure flick. Enough action to keep me satisfied with good humor throughout. In the same mold as NT but not nearly as good. Less importance is put on finding the "treasure" and more on saving the world.
B+
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El Maskado
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Its enjoyable but still not as good as Hildalgo. It definately has that Indiana Jones/National Treasure vibe and it doesnt take itself too seriously. Definately a family movie and Im a sucker for movies set in the safari/desert/africa atmosphere. I give it a strong B
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