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Was it only me?

posted 11 years ago by mike172728
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Not a bad film, the storyline was good, I've read a few of Koontz's novels and always enjoyed them.

BUT, what spoiled it for me was the obvious product placement all the way through the film, I mean I felt that they were actually pushing these products down our throats and, after watching I had two thoughts: 1.were they trying to see how much they could actually get away with, or 2.Was advertising the main route to raising the finance to make the film.

I did have a third thought that maybe there was an ironic twist to the placements, and now knowing of the graphic novels, maybe it was sticking to their form.

But really! I was like watching a 2 hour infomercial interspersed with an interesting story.... ok, I exaggerate (for comedic effect) but I did find the blatant placements irritating enough to spoil the movie for me.

Or am I just that grumpy that I felt the urge to complain?

[–] Moesislak 11 years ago

Im normally pretty good with seeing that stuff shoved in my face, why I buy so few things, but I didnt notice it. Only I just liked that they used the real names and logos of companies we all know and use instead of the shows and tv shows that make up fake products instead.
Most common example, nobody ever uses Google when searching the web its always some made up searxlch engine.

[–] lauriegonzalez11 11 years ago

Yes it's just you. I didn't see any product placement.

[–] alcalde 11 years ago

Nothing really stood out for me either. However, OP... so what if they did? Daniel Craig said once in an interview that (essentially) he wondered if people realized that movies like the Bond series wouldn't be made with the budgets they had if it weren't for product placement.

For a good shoot 'em up spy thriller, I really don't have a problem seeing a Heineken beer bottle, Coke bottle, Taco Bell bag or even <shudder> a MacBook.

That's because when I look around my world, guess what I see? Yup. Heineken, Coke, Taco Bell and the occasional (as in freakin' everywhere) Apple product.

It doesn't take me out of the movie at all. On the contrary, it connects me to the film in a more subliminal manner . What drags me out of the moment is when I see blatant attempts to hide a product by turning it just so, or having the performer cover the logo with their hand. Even worse are the obvious made up ones that are pushed in your face more than the real thing.

-Alcalde

[–] ShinobiLord 10 years ago

^This
I never understood the complaint against product placement, it never interferes with the main story so why should it be a problem. We see these things in real life anyway.

[–] erik-29-381626 10 years ago

I didn't notice anything. It makes it more real if they eat at McD or drink pepsi than if they eat at Burger Troll World and drink ZZzaacch cola.

What bugs me is a scene like Man of Steel with the Nikon camera! When they entire focus is on the camera, and not just once but over and over just to make sure EVERYONE saw it was a Nikon. Geez.

Only bad things about this movie:

Main character was kind of stupid: didn't pick up gun in the mall when running towards the third shooter and the bomb van, didn't try and get out of the way of bullets much.

Also his long scene with dead girlfriend... how did they touch and kiss?

Last: Addison Timlin has that body to show it like she did in Californication, needed a bit more scenes with her. ;)

[–] lulupalooza 10 years ago

Haha! Yeah. For days, he was making out with a ghost who liked to change her clothes, accessories, and hairstyle. Did he not notice that she wouldn't eat...or if she appeared to do so, wouldn't the tangible food hit the ground after she appeared to swallow?

While this is a small issue, there was much suspension-of-belief needed for this film.

"Don't get chumpatized!" - The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters (2007)

[–] fg400a 9 years ago

Don't forget she didn't spoke for days either. Anyway, I enjoyed the film although it was pretty obvious she was dead.

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[–] windwarrior-73958 8 years ago

I'm rewatching the movie right now and in fact, he does notice, how he says later he always knew but didn't want to accept it. If you see when he's in the wheelchair in the hospital and she "touches" his hand, you can see in his face that he realizes but later continues with the charade... in fact, when he is in the house with her having breakfast, you see he has a cereal bowl and orange juice mid eaten, but she just has an empty bowl and glass.
Who could blame him :(

[–] chilone 11 years ago

Yes. It was only you.

I don't love her.. She kicked me in the face!!

[–] thayerwayne 11 years ago

I normally pick up on product placement in TV and movies (for the most part it doesn't bother me), but I didn't in this film. As others have said, I think it's only you who feels this way. How sad to be all alone...

[–] mike172728 11 years ago

Sad to be all alone..... nah not really :)

[–] thayerwayne 11 years ago

[–] MrSiegal 11 years ago

Sorry, I watched the movie for the first time after reading your post and forgot to notice. While I agree that the movie isn't horrible, I had a bigger problem with things like a woman's voice screaming, "He's got a gun!" and then...nothing. No gun fire. That, plus all the people running like lemmings in the same direction so that Odd is the lone person going against the tide.

How do the angels get to sleep when the Devil leaves his porch light on?

[–] danielbrady_69 11 years ago

Being a marketer myself, I normally notice if they go overboard with product placements, but in this movie I noticed very little. I noticed only one front-and-center, and forgot which brand it was by the end of the movie...

It's hardly at the level of the Aston Martin in James Bond, Mustang in Transformers or Pepsi in every hand and table in a restaurant in some other movies.

[–] shawnspo82 11 years ago

Mustang in transformers? Transformer movies have always had chevys in them....u must live in an alternate universe

[–] guanzilla 10 years ago

Barricade was a Mustang. And to note, old school camaro bumblebee beats him in a race, out maneuvers him, and then kicks his ass. Felt like a clear jab to me.

[–] Jeramie 10 years ago

Every shot of the mall seemed to have Radio Shack, which I think is an anachronism because everybody knows that Radio Shacks haven't been useful for at least 20 years...