Word: spidey
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Sometime in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, perhaps at the moment when the entire principal cast has been pointlessly drenched in water for the millionth time, you may feel the need for a consoling thought. Here it is: The apparently inexorable march of the sequels (Spidey 3, Shrek the Third already, with Ocean's Thirteen and Bourne something or other speeding toward us, all began with a pretty novel, (or at least entertaining) first film. You can extend that observation to lots of other series-Superman, Batman, Die Hard (which is also being recycled...
...There is, however, a mystery about Lucky You. Warner Bros. is tossing it out on the weekend Spider-Man 3 is expected to earn a gajillion dollars. In effect, they're saying, if you can't get a ticket for Spidey, maybe you'll wander down the multiplex hallway and take a look at our picture. It is also said that Hanson has been forced into many months of re-editing fuss to reach this frustrating point. Finally, it has been observed that televised poker, which became a TV darling when this picture was green-lit, has lost some...
...turns out fake water is really, really hard to perfect. Just ask the thousands of CGI jockeys who have been hunched over their monitors around-the-clock for months on the 2,000-plus effects shots in the next Pirates movie. Oh, and the Sandman's sand fists in Spidey 3? Totally time-consuming...
...Worth it? Every penny. Spidey will have his first two weekends virtually all to himself, except for some smaller budget movies providing counter-programming...
...Marketing isn't even part of the production budgets we're debating here, but it's worth noting some of the extravagances of these two films' promotional efforts, from closing down Disneyland for the Pirates premiere to covering New York City sight-seeing buses with Spidey's webbing...