Re:Panic!!!
I’m glad you brought this up, I’ve been meaning to talk about this.
I can’t say I’m entirely surprised. I started having my doubts as to the movies quality when:
1)It’s release date was moved up very suddenly, and too close to the intended premier to be shrugged off.*
2) I saw ads for it on buses, TV, billboards etc a month before the new release.
Coincidently both of these happened on the same day so I’m hesitant say which had first gave me that impressionl.
Both of those points are always symptoms of a bad movie. The most recent example was Riddick, which I knew wouldn’t be that good when I saw a TV ad a month before the premier. Not that Riddick was awful, just not as good as it could have been.
With all that said, I am impressed with what I’ve seen in the ads. Its a great improvement over the BBC series, special effects wise. [i]Not that, that’s difficult[/i]. Maybe the studio just wanted to be the first big film out for the summer season. Of course they are starting the season pretty early this year…
I’ll reserve judgment until after I see the movie.
*Some movies, such as Aeon Flux have had their release date changed numerous times. AF is now scheduled for Dec 31, but it was first tentatively scheduled for the summer, then the fall, then…
But this movie (And Serenity) had their release changed over half a year in advance, which doesn’t mean too much, (except that its not big enough to compete in the summer)