Re: None of 'em did a hill of beans business compared to the kiddy fare. nt

I assume being a fan of Marx probably leaves one wanting in real world economics. "Kiddie" films generally do better because the are attended not only by their core audience, but also because the parents generally (note I wrote generally) attend with their children, meaning, on average, there are two additional tickets sold for one or more kiddies. Contrasted with an "adult" film, there only tickets sold are generally for the core audience.

Consequently, comparing "kiddie" films with adult epic type films in terms of either content or box office receipts is failing to look at the multitude of reasons for the differences that have nothing to do with quality, for which the original post is clearly guilty.

And I doubt Karl Marx, with his permanent scowl, would have enjoyed kiddie films either.

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Topic - Ben Hur, El Cid, The Longest Day, Mutiny on the Bounty: laugh all - tinear 09:16:19 12/15/05 (11)

But that was when movies were made for Mom and Dad, not the kids. - DWPC 15:05:50 12/15/05 (3)

My point is that adults now find the grandest of entertainment in kiddie fare. nt - tinear 15:43:37 12/15/05 (2)

Or maybe parents aren't much more mature than the kids - Shipguy 16:17:57 12/15/05 (1)

Yeah, getting all that post-secondary education means one postpones family and - tinear 17:38:41 12/15/05 (0)

What about Gladiator, Troy, The Last Samurai, Alexander... - PhilNYC 14:18:26 12/15/05 (2)

None of 'em did a hill of beans business compared to the kiddy fare. nt - tinear 14:39:22 12/15/05 (1)

Re: None of 'em did a hill of beans business compared to the kiddy fare. nt - jamesgarvin 13:20:29 12/16/05 (0)

Marketing, marketing, marketing . . . . did you ever have a Moses action figure? * - mr grits 10:46:16 12/15/05 (1)

Nope, I was Howdy Doody all the way. nt - tinear 12:50:39 12/15/05 (0)

Re: Ben Hur, El Cid, The Longest Day, Mutiny on the Bounty: laugh all - jamesgarvin 09:59:17 12/15/05 (1)

"Mommmmmmmmm, Jimmy's using Dad's computer again! " - tinear 10:27:29 12/15/05 (0)

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