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The Crow (1994)--Thoughts on success?
I've had a long-running, but simmering argument with a good friend of mine over this movie. As is probably common knowledge, the movie was a modest hit at the box office.
Now, we both saw the movie and enjoyed it. However, my friend thinks that the movie was successful because of the notoreity of Brandon Lee's accidental death. I, on the other hand, think that it was successful because it was actually a good movie. I know it's probably impossible to separate the two--I mean, we'll never know how well the movie would have done if Brandon Lee hadn't been killed while filming it--but I still think it's worthwhile to discuss the merits of the film aside from that bit of sad news.
So, what do you think? Was "The Crow" a good movie, or was the aura of "I wonder if I can tell if it isn't him?" more important in getting people out to it?
I've had a long-running, but simmering argument with a good friend of mine over this movie. As is probably common knowledge, the movie was a modest hit at the box office.
Now, we both saw the movie and enjoyed it. However, my friend thinks that the movie was successful because of the notoreity of Brandon Lee's accidental death. I, on the other hand, think that it was successful because it was actually a good movie. I know it's probably impossible to separate the two--I mean, we'll never know how well the movie would have done if Brandon Lee hadn't been killed while filming it--but I still think it's worthwhile to discuss the merits of the film aside from that bit of sad news.
So, what do you think? Was "The Crow" a good movie, or was the aura of "I wonder if I can tell if it isn't him?" more important in getting people out to it?
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