W. Lowdown

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Deadline Hollywood Daily's Nikki Finke reported exit polling earlier today about W., and the bottom line is that "27% felt the movie was better than expected, 38% felt it was not as good as expected (this was consistent across all groups, especially liberals), and 35% felt it was as good as expected." Basically a 62-38 split favoring positive.

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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on October 19, 2008 at 11:52 AM

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SmilingPolitely says ...

Sarah Palin gets drilled...

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Posted by SmilingPolitely at October 19, 2008 12:07 PM

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gradystiles says ...

"As good as expected" isn't considered a positive comment, necessarily. It's the neutral response. What's more telling is that "not as good as" easily surpassed "better than" expected.

Posted by gradystiles at October 19, 2008 1:23 PM

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StoneFan1 says ...

Good showing for "W." no matter what the anti-Stone forces say. The End!

Posted by StoneFan1 at October 19, 2008 3:12 PM

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chuck/etb says ...

If Oliver Stone's name wasn't on the credits you never would have know it was his film. It was a very fair depiction and a real good movie! Josh Brolin has hit the A-list bigtime!

Posted by chuck/etb at October 19, 2008 3:24 PM

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StoneFan1 says ...

Wait a second, if Stone's name wasn't on "Salvador" or "The Hand" or even "Platoon" would you know he directed them? I think people are going to have to GET OVER the style he used on "The Doors" thru "U-Turn" as he is no longer interested in that type of filmmaking.

Posted by StoneFan1 at October 19, 2008 3:35 PM

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D.Z. says ...

I can't believe Max Payne disappointed that badly. It didn't even break the $20 million mark! Yeah, it's cheap and should make its money back on home video, but it should be doing a lot better than that. Did that SNL thing hurt Wahlberg?

Posted by D.Z. at October 19, 2008 8:25 PM

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TVMCCA says ...

D.Z. wrote:
I can't believe Max Payne disappointed that badly. It didn't even break the $20 million mark! Yeah, it's cheap and should make its money back on home video, but it should be doing a lot better than that. Did that SNL thing hurt Wahlberg?

I don't think Wahlberg appearing on SNL hurt the opening weekend. Perhaps Fox's marketing--which didn't even sell MAX PAYNE as a Wahlberg-starring film--might be more at fault.

Posted by TVMCCA at October 20, 2008 11:32 AM

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